The game in the last post was far from Boris Spassky’s last interaction with Irish chess. In March 1991 he visited Ireland and gave two simuls, in Dublin and Kilkenny. The Kilkenny event was part of the club’s celebration of its 21st birthday.
Spassky was undefeated across the two events, scoring +24 =1 -0 in Dublin and +22 =8 -0 in Kilkenny, conceding draws in Kilkenny to Seán Bradley, Liam Brady, Maurice Buckley, Trevor Hunter, Fergal O’Dwyer, Paud O’Reilly, Ciaran Sharkey, and one other.
Maurice Buckley has provided a copy of his scoresheet, signed by Spassky and complete with photo of simul in progress, for which many thanks.
