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Category Archives: Players
Irish championship players
The lists of Irish championship players have been updated to reflect the 2024 championship, and to add some details. The full list is available in alphabetical order and in descending order of number of championships played. The 2024 championship set … Continue reading
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Gerard McDonnell 1960-2023
I was very sorry to learn of the passing of Gerard McDonnell, in Manhattan, New York, on June 3, 2023, after a long illness. He was born in Castlebar, Co. Mayo, on October 30, 1960, the eldest of a family … Continue reading
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Zalan Nemeth, FM title and two IM norms
Congratulations are due to Zalan Nemeth, who recorded two IM norms within the span of the past few weeks, at the SixDays Budapest IM-C January 2025 and the 1st EUTender Sinus Sárkány IM 2025. Each was structured as a ten-player … Continue reading
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IM Dmitriy Kushko registers as IRL
Ireland has a new IM: Dmitriy Kushko, born 2004, has switched his registration from Ukraine to Ireland. Belated congratulations! A Connaught Telegraph profile from March 2023 says that he is from Kharkiv, and had arrived in Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo in … Continue reading
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Ireton – Cox, Wexford Premier 1973
The 1968 Irish championship, covered here recently, featured seven teenagers. Two of these were David Cox of Dublin C.C., and Oatlands College, Dublin (my own school), who finished equal 3rd-4th, and Tom Ireton of C.C.Y.M.S. and Sullivan’s Quay C.B.S., Cork, … Continue reading
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A game of Jim Phelan’s
John Saunders’ outstanding BritBase website provides a constant stream of newly discovered games, aided by contributions from a set of regular contributors at the English Chess Forum, and some of these involve Irish players. One game, added there today, is … Continue reading
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Lara Putar qualifies for WFM title
Congratulations to Lara Putar, who has qualified for the WFM by scoring 7/9 at the Women’s Olympiad in Budapest. Direct WFM titles at the Women’s Olympiad require a score of at least 65% over at least 9 games, having at … Continue reading
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Eddie O’Connor 1956-2024
I was very sorry to hear of the passing of Eddie O’Connor. Sincere condolences to his family. His association with Dublin C.C. lasted over thirty years, and he also served as club President, most recently ending at the end of … Continue reading
Maurice Coveney 1939-2024
I was very sorry to hear of the passing this week of Maurice Coveney. Sincere condolences to his family. His playing career spanned six decades, and he also contributed heavily in several administrative roles. He played in four Irish championships—1967, … Continue reading
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Patrick Alphonsus Duignan 1916-1997
The ICU website has two brief items dealing with the 1947 Irish champion. The longer one, by Enda Rohan, includes the photo at right, taken at the Irish Championship in Belfast in 1950, describes him as a principal officer at … Continue reading
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