A report on the Irish Championship 2019 has been added to the Tournaments sections here.
The championship has been going from strength to strength, with each of the last three years bringing a stronger field. This year had in addition an outcome that was in suspense until the last few minutes, when Conor E. Murphy turned around a losing position against Conor O’Donnell to finish clear first with 7½/9, a point ahead of defending champion Alex Lopez and Sam Collins.
The ICU web site has a photo of the prizegiving (credit: Fiona Steil-Antoni):
Trivia question: what’s that trophy? (See report for answer.)
There were many interesting games, which the next few posts will explore.