Category Archives: Irish championships

Irish Championship 1978, updated

Posted on January 30, 2022 by Sean Coffey

The reports on the 1978 Irish championship posted here over the past couple of years were unusually difficult to compile, because many of the pairings and results were unknown. Apart from leading to many missing entries in the tables, this … Continue reading →

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Irish Championship 1982

Posted on October 10, 2021 by Sean Coffey

A report on the Irish Championship 1982 has been added to the tournaments pages here. 16 of the 99 games are included; there are currently none in the ICU games archive. The event, sponsored by IBM Ireland, took place (mostly) … Continue reading →

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Porter – Griffin, Irish Championship 1978

Posted on October 1, 2021 by Sean Coffey

When I posted an initial report on the 1978 Irish championship here last year, I noted that there was one game that was known to survive, but was nevertheless missing: an annotation by John Griffin of one of his games, … Continue reading →

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Irish championship players, updated

Posted on September 4, 2021 by Sean Coffey

The lists of Irish championship players have been updated to reflect the 2021 championship, and to correct a couple of errors. There are 570 players in all, including 557 men and 13 women. Of these, 49 have been Irish champion. … Continue reading →

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Irish Championship 2021

Posted on September 2, 2021 by Sean Coffey

A report on the Irish Championship 2021 has been added to the tournament section here. Yet another outstanding championship—the last five have never been surpassed in the history of the event, it seems to me—saw Mark Heidenfeld win for the … Continue reading →

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Irish championship players, updated

Posted on July 18, 2021 by Sean Coffey

The lists of Irish championship players have been updated to add the previously missing players from the 1889 championship, i.e., those who received a handicap and who did not qualify for the final. With these additions, the lists contain the … Continue reading →

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Irish Championship 1988

Posted on May 29, 2021 by Sean Coffey

A report on the Irish Championship 1988 has been added to the tournaments collection here. The event was held in Dublin, at Árdscoil Rís in Griffith Avenue. The field comprised 21 players, with Mark Orr, David Dunne, Philip Short, Pat … Continue reading →

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Irish Championship 1994, Re-revisited

Posted on May 12, 2021 by Sean Coffey

Herbert Scarry has contributed yet more information on the 1994 Irish championship, for which many thanks. The new material includes the tournament brochure, the flyer, and a supplemental report in the October 1994 issue of the Irish Chess Journal. As … Continue reading →

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Irish Championship 1994, Revisited

Posted on May 2, 2021 by Sean Coffey

For the Irish Championship 1994, David McAlister has provided an avalanche of new information, for which many thanks. All tournament reports here are updated from time to time, to correct errors, incorporate new information, and add analysis, but I cannot … Continue reading →

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Irish Championship 1994

Posted on April 29, 2021 by Sean Coffey

A report has been added here on the Irish Championship 1994. The championship was held for the first and only time in the town of Armagh. The field of 20 players included the defending champion Niall Carton, along with a … Continue reading →

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