Category Archives: Games

O’Connell – Daly, Irish Championship 1999

Posted on April 10, 2023 by Sean Coffey

In the Irish Championship 1999, defending champion Colm Daly had some difficulties at the beginning of the event, drawing in round 2 against Gerard O’Connell and then losing in round 3 against Jonathan O’Connor. His 5½/6 in the remaining games … Continue reading →

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Greer – Orr, Irish Championship 1985

Posted on April 3, 2023 by Sean Coffey

In the 1985 Irish Championship, contemporary reports said that Mark Orr was in serious danger in only one game: his round five encounter with 17-year-old Kieran Greer. After Black’s 21… g6, the position in the first diagram was reached. How … Continue reading →

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Irish Championship 1985

Posted on March 28, 2023 by Sean Coffey

A report on the Irish Championship 1985 has been added to the tournament pages here. The event was held in Dublin, at Ardscoil Rís on Griffith Avenue, from July 6-14, 1985. 30 players took part, including defending champion Eugene Curtin, … Continue reading →

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Pye – Kernan, Leinster Senior Schoolboys’ Championship 1972

Posted on January 12, 2023 by Sean Coffey

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

Posted on December 11, 2022 by Sean Coffey

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

Posted on December 7, 2022 by Sean Coffey

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 →

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A four queens game: Fitzsimons – Rowson, London 2022

Posted on December 1, 2022 by Sean Coffey

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

Posted on November 26, 2022 by Sean Coffey

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

Posted on November 15, 2022 by Sean Coffey

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

Posted on October 26, 2022 by Sean Coffey

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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