Category Archives: Tournaments

Ennis Congress 2015

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Sean Coffey

Last weekend’s Ennis Congress featured live boards for the top two games in the Open and the top board in the Under 1400. The 18 games have now been added to the games archive here. There were several interesting games, … Continue reading →

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Irish Junior (or Schools) Championships

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Sean Coffey

The Irish Junior Championships are on this weekend in Blanchardstown. Best of luck to all participants! Just in time for this event, David McAlister has put together a full list of all these events back to 1948, with just one … Continue reading →

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Armstrong Cup 1901-02: Booterstown and Blackrock

Posted on March 28, 2015 by Sean Coffey

The 1901-02 Armstrong Cup was contested by five teams: Booterstown and Blackrock, Dublin University, Rathmines, Dawson Street, and Calaroga. The competition was set up as a double-round league over eight boards, with match points counting. We have the crosstable above … Continue reading →

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Bunratty Classic 2015

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Sean Coffey

The Bunratty Congresses have been around for many years now but they still post-date my own playing career by several years, so I have never played in any of them. Looking at the various reports this is a matter of … Continue reading →

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Dunsany Premier Tourney 1941

Posted on January 13, 2015 by David McAlister

The 1940 Irish Championship was affected by the late withdrawal of the two Ulster representatives, A.L.Davies and J.D. Peebles, because they were unable to travel to Dublin. As the Second World War continued into 1941, the Irish Chess Union Council decided, … Continue reading →

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Irish championship 2008

Posted on December 22, 2014 by Sean Coffey

A tournament report for the 2008 Irish championship has now been added to the archive here. The champion was Alexander Baburin, who was playing in his first, and so far only, championship, after finishing joint first with Alon Greenfeld, who … Continue reading →

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World Under-16 Team Championship, Viborg 1979

Posted on December 18, 2014 by Sean Coffey

The news that an Irish team is currently competing at the World Youth Under 16 Chess Olympiad in Győr brought back memories: I was on the Irish team that participated in the first World U-16 team championship, far back in … Continue reading →

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City of Dublin championship 2014

Posted on December 13, 2014 by Sean Coffey

A full report on last September’s City of Dublin Masters (1st Juri Firstov, for the second consecutive year, though not without a little controversy) has been added to the Tournaments page. Though the turnout was on the small side (14 … Continue reading →

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An Armstrong Cup record?

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Sean Coffey

In the last post I mentioned that the 1984-85 season has been up to now one of the most mysterious of all Armstrong seasons. David McAlister’s full roll of honour at irishchesshistory.com contains only the name of Dundrum as the … Continue reading →

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B. E. A. Cup 1975-76

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Sean Coffey

The Elm Mount team that won the B. E. A. Cup in 1975-76, with trophy: This is from a Facebook post by one of the players, for which thanks. How many of the players can you identify? You might like … Continue reading →

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