A report has (at long last) been added here on the Irish Championship 2018. Jim Olney described the field as “the strongest for some years” in the Irish Examiner, but really he could have said “ever”, with 8 former champions, including the defending joint champions, 4 out of the 5 Olympiad team members, and 11 players rated over 2300 FIDE.
Alex Lopez romped home to clinch his third title in his first three Irish championships, with 1½ points to spare over the field, with David Murray recording his first IM norm in sharing second place with Conor O’Donnell.
The selection of “Interesting games” on the Information page is always subjective, but when 33 games are so listed, it’s a sign that the chess was unusually interesting.