Author Archives: Sean Coffey

Drogheda Super Rapid 2K24 KlimaX 2024

Posted on March 22, 2025 by Sean Coffey

The inaugural Drogheda Super Rapid 2K24 KlimaX 2024 was held on December 28-29, 2024, with a field of 76, and 15 rounds. A full report has been added to the tournament pages here. The organisers provided twenty live boards, with … Continue reading →

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A king hunt

Posted on March 10, 2025 by Sean Coffey

From an Armstrong Cup game played on Wednesday: Jonathan O’Connor, on X, remarked that “My opponent went downhill very quickly after forgetting his Sveshnikov theory”. This happened around ten moves before the diagrammed position. Beatty – O’Connor, Armstrong Cup 2024-25 … Continue reading →

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Zalan Nemeth, FM title and two IM norms

Posted on February 24, 2025 by Sean Coffey

Congratulations are due to Zalan Nemeth, who recorded two IM norms within the span of the past few weeks, at the SixDays Budapest IM-C January 2025 and the 1st EUTender Sinus Sárkány IM 2025. Each was structured as a ten-player … Continue reading →

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Irish 65+ Championship 2025

Posted on January 16, 2025 by Sean Coffey

The recent New Year festival also included the Irish 65+ Championship, which attracted a very healthy entry of 34. A full report has been added to the Tournament pages here. Four boards per round were available on live boards, and … Continue reading →

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IM Dmitriy Kushko registers as IRL

Posted on January 14, 2025 by Sean Coffey

Ireland has a new IM: Dmitriy Kushko, born 2004, has switched his registration from Ukraine to Ireland. Belated congratulations! A Connaught Telegraph profile from March 2023 says that he is from Kharkiv, and had arrived in Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo in … Continue reading →

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Irish International Open 2025

Posted on January 9, 2025 by Sean Coffey

Last weekend’s events also featured the Irish International Open, which attracted a mammoth field of 75. The top seed, by a margin of over 300 rating points, was IM Kristian Stuvik Holm of Norway. Only four other players were rated … Continue reading →

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Irish 50+ Championship 2025

Posted on January 7, 2025 by Sean Coffey

The Irish chess year sprang to life over the weekend, with a large number of events at the Talbot Hotel Stillorgan, including an International Open, a GM norm and an IM norm event, the Irish 50+ and 65+ championships, a … Continue reading →

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Downloading games from IRLchess

Posted on December 20, 2024 by Sean Coffey

The “Search games” function here (see right column and the games page) has been modified to add a link to download a pgn file corresponding to the results of a search. I hope this will be useful for readers. For … Continue reading →

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Kilkenny Masters 2024

Posted on November 29, 2024 by Sean Coffey

The Kilkenny Congress took place last weekend, attracting 246 players (apparently a record) over three sections. A report on the full Congress by Gerry Graham, with many photos, can be found on the ICU web site. The Masters attracted a … Continue reading →

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Ireton – Cox, Wexford Premier 1973

Posted on November 11, 2024 by Sean Coffey

The 1968 Irish championship, covered here recently, featured seven teenagers. Two of these were David Cox of Dublin C.C., and Oatlands College, Dublin (my own school), who finished equal 3rd-4th, and Tom Ireton of C.C.Y.M.S. and Sullivan’s Quay C.B.S., Cork, … Continue reading →

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