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Author Archives: Sean Coffey
Thomas Bewley 1926-2022
Thomas Bewley, who died aged 95 last June, was a highly distinguished psychiatrist who had a major impact on the treatment of alcoholism and drug addiction, as noted by extensive obituaries in the Irish Times, Guardian, Telegraph, and Times, amongst … Continue reading
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Proved or not proved?
The Irish Championship 1997 came down to the final game between Anthony Fox and Stephen Brady. A win for Brady would leave him tied with Joe Ryan for first, on the astounding score of 8½/9, thus sharing the title, while … Continue reading
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Cafolla – McCarthy, Irish Championship 1999
Peter Cafolla’s round 3 game against Jim McCarthy in the Irish Championship 1999 reached the diagrammed position at move 25. Cafolla – McCarthy, Irish Championship 1999 (3) 25. ? Black’s last move 24… Rf8-d8? turns out to be an error … Continue reading
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O’Connell – Daly, Irish Championship 1999
In the Irish Championship 1999, defending champion Colm Daly had some difficulties at the beginning of the event, drawing in round 2 against Gerard O’Connell and then losing in round 3 against Jonathan O’Connor. His 5½/6 in the remaining games … Continue reading
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Greer – Orr, Irish Championship 1985
In the 1985 Irish Championship, contemporary reports said that Mark Orr was in serious danger in only one game: his round five encounter with 17-year-old Kieran Greer. After Black’s 21… g6, the position in the first diagram was reached. How … Continue reading
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Irish Championship 1985
A report on the Irish Championship 1985 has been added to the tournament pages here. The event was held in Dublin, at Ardscoil Rís on Griffith Avenue, from July 6-14, 1985. 30 players took part, including defending champion Eugene Curtin, … Continue reading
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Sligo Spring Tournament Championship, Major, and Challenger 2023
Full reports have been added here for last month’s Sligo Spring Tournament remaining sections: the Championship (32 players, 1st Lukian Hushpit after blitz playoff), Major (10 players, 1st Oisín O’Sullivan after blitz playoff), and the mammoth Challenger (76 players, 1st … Continue reading
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Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023
The Sligo Spring Tournament 2023 was held in Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, from February 3-5. The event was held over four sections, and a full report on the Masters has been uploaded to the Tournament pages here. The Masters attracted a … Continue reading
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City of Belfast Championship 2022
The City of Belfast Championships 2022 were held in June at the Maynard Sinclair Pavilion at Stormont. Usually there are two separate events for the Nemtzov Cup and the Henderson Cup, but in this case the two were combined into … Continue reading
Pye – Kernan, Leinster Senior Schoolboys’ Championship 1972
Many thanks to Robert Pye, who answered the question from the previous past on what the final outcome was in the Leinster Senior Schoolboys’ Championship (essentially the Leinster U19 championship) in 1972: the players shared the title after they had … Continue reading
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