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Category Archives: Games
Pye – Kernan, Leinster Senior Schoolboys’ Championship 1972
Many thanks to Robert Pye, who answered the question from the previous past on what the final outcome was in the Leinster Senior Schoolboys’ Championship (essentially the Leinster U19 championship) in 1972: the players shared the title after they had … Continue reading
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P. Lalić – Wall, Thames Valley League Knockout Cup 2022-23
I was alerted by Twitter to an interesting game earlier this week involving Gavin Wall, which comes with an even more interesting annotation. The game was against Peter Lalić in a club knockout match in London, and the annotation is … Continue reading
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Basman – Walsh, Hastings Challengers Reserves A 1963-64
John Saunders posted a report on Hastings 1963-64 at BritBase, and I was interested to note that J. J. Walsh had finished second in the Challengers Reserves A ‘Pelton’, behind Michael Basman. The report had none of J. J.’s games. … Continue reading
A four queens game: Fitzsimons – Rowson, London 2022
The Mindsports Masters GM Norm event in London in September produced the following interesting position early on: Fitzsimons – Rowson, Mindsports Masters GM 2022 46. ? If you would like to treat this as a (not too easy) puzzle, please … Continue reading
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W. Desmond Taylor 1941-2022
I was sorry to hear of the death of one of Ireland’s most distinguished correspondence players, Desmond Taylor, in August, aged 80. He earned the correspondence chess International Master title in 1998 and the correspondence chess Senior International Master title … Continue reading
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Basman – Tr. Kanyamarala, 1st EJCOA Invitational 2021
Michael Basman played some tournaments last year, including the 1st EJCOA Forest Hall Invitational in Northumbria, England, a 10-player all-play-all in which Tarun Kanyamarala earned his first IM norm. The 75-year-old Basman scored 2½/9. A photo of round 7 shows … Continue reading
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A trap in the Petroff
The chess world is abuzz with news of the 10-move win of Leinier Domínguez Pérez against Elshan Moradiabadi in the US Championship in St. Louis earlier this month. After 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 … Continue reading
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An echo of Capablanca
The last round of the recent Sligo Spring Tournament Masters featured an interesting ending on board 1 between Lara Putar and the tournament winner, Ukrainian WGM Evgeniya Doluhanova. Duras – Capablanca, Rice C.C. Masters, New York 1913 Lara Putar – … Continue reading
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The Sligo Spring Tournament 2022—II
A report on the Sligo Spring Tournament Challengers 2022 has been added to the tournament pages here. The event attracted an impressive entry of 87 players, and after five rounds, two players were on full points: Dariy Kelbas (Ukraine) and … Continue reading
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O’Hanlon – Seitz, British Championship Major Open B 1938
The last post commented that new games from long-ago events appear all the time. Here is another example, which has also surfaced this month, and which also involves John O’Hanlon. This one is from a subsidiary event of the British … Continue reading
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