Category Archives: Tournaments

12th Gonzaga Classic 2013: Masters

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Sean Coffey

For some reason I’ve fallen behind in processing tournaments: probably this is because they’re more work than grabbing a game and adding it to the archive. Anyway this year’s Gonzaga Masters has now been added. Winner of the Masters, and … Continue reading →

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Warsaw Olympiad 1935

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Sean Coffey

Ireland’s first Olympiad was Warsaw 1935, the 6th overall. As with all Olympiads, and indeed many other team tournaments, the definitive reference is the OlimpBase report, and there would be no point in assembling a different report here. However we … Continue reading →

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Irish championship 1998

Posted on February 9, 2013 by Sean Coffey

The ICU web site has an interview with Stephen Brady from 1995. His views on the Irish chess scene of the day make interesting reading. One comment that jumps out concerns Colm Daly, and whether he would ever win the … Continue reading →

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Waterford 2012

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Sean Coffey

Rory Quinn won last year’s Waterford Open in style, with 6/6, retaining his title from the year before. I asked him for his games for the archive, and he very kindly sent them. Alas! I ran into all sorts of … Continue reading →

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Irish Women’s Championship

Posted on November 26, 2012 by David McAlister

The 2012 Kilkenny Congress also played host this year to the Irish Women’s Championship. The Championship was open to non-Irish qualified players and Czech WFM Martina Mareckova won the event, with the championship title going to runner-up WCM Karina Kruk. … Continue reading →

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Cox centenary: Play-off for the Dublin CC Championship 1936

Posted on September 23, 2012 by David McAlister

Sean previously posted about the centenary of the birth of Thomas Cox, Irish chess champion in 1937 and 1938 but who died in 1939 aged only 27. This present post is the first of a series of articles on important … Continue reading →

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Glorney Cup 1964

Posted on August 18, 2012 by Sean Coffey

Here is a photograph of the players at the 1964 Glorney Cup, played in London. A warmup question: can you identify the three very well known English players who are in the third row from front, seventh from right; second … Continue reading →

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Janusaitis-Dunne, Branagan Cup 2012

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Sean Coffey

Oliver Dunne sends in this snappy and instructive miniature from this year’s Branagan Cup semi-final, in which Elm Mount resoundingly defeated a considerably higher-rated Rathmines side that had just won the Armstrong Cup. Below I’ve set this up as a … Continue reading →

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Irish championship 2012

Posted on July 21, 2012 by Sean Coffey

Must dash, so very briefly: a report on the Irish championship has been added to the tournaments page.

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Irish championship 2012, and an update to the equal-first-in-an-Irish-championship-but-never-Irish-champion list

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Sean Coffey

Congratulations to the joint Irish champions for this year, FMs Stephen Brady and Colm Daly, after one of the closest finishes ever. A fuller report later, but for now we should acknowledge that first place was shared by, and indeed … Continue reading →

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