Category Archives: Games

Spassky – Buckley, Kilkenny simul 1991

Posted on April 23, 2019 by Sean Coffey

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 … Continue reading →

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Déiseach – Spassky, World Junior Championship 1955

Posted on April 5, 2019 by Sean Coffey

Alan McGowan, ChessScotland’s historian, has sent the photo above, for which many thanks. The third World Junior Championship was held in Antwerp, from July 21 to August 9, 1955. Ireland’s representative was Dónal Déiseach of Clontarf C.C., then Armstrong Cup … Continue reading →

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Flannery – Kennefick, West of Ireland Open 1976

Posted on April 2, 2019 by Sean Coffey

Here’s another game of Maurice Kennefick’s (missing up to now from the ICU games archive) from the inaugural West of Ireland Open in 1976. (This series of events was held in Galway from 1976 to around 1980.) CHESS (Sutton Coldfield) … Continue reading →

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March 2019 update

Posted on March 31, 2019 by Sean Coffey

The games archive has been updated with Irish games from approximately the last six months of The Week in Chess, and sundry other sources. The tournaments covered include the Batumi Olympiad & Women’s Olympiad, the European Club Cup 2018, the … Continue reading →

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Maurice Kennefick: the early years

Posted on February 17, 2019 by David McAlister

Maurice Kennefick  came to the fore in the late 1960s when he was an undergraduate student at University College Cork. In the course of the 1965-66 season, his first year at university, he rapidly moved from the junior ranks to … Continue reading →

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An instructive ending

Posted on January 17, 2019 by Sean Coffey

In the diagrammed position, taken from the game between David Fitzsimons and Peter Cafolla in the 2010 Irish championship, it is Black to play. Fitzsimons – Cafolla, Irish Championship 2010 47… ? At the end of the event Peter commented … Continue reading →

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A New Year’s game: Armstrong-Dix, 1897

Posted on January 1, 2019 by Sean Coffey

Previous posts here have discussed William Armstrong B. L. (1848-1899), the donor of the Armstrong Cup. He donated the Cup in 1888, but left the running of it to others, and doesn’t seem to have played in it himself. For … Continue reading →

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Ulster Masters 2018

Posted on November 30, 2018 by Sean Coffey

A report on the Ulster Masters 2018, held in Belfast on November 10-11, has been added to the archive here. Ten players competed in the top section, for which we have all games. The top seed Gábor Horváth suffered two … Continue reading →

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Irish Championship 1997

Posted on November 1, 2018 by Sean Coffey

A report on the Irish Championship 1997 has been added to the archive here. The event was the ultimate two-horse race: Stephen Brady and Joe Ryan drew their second-round game, but otherwise mowed down the field, and they were still … Continue reading →

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Irish Championship 2002

Posted on October 27, 2018 by Sean Coffey

A report on the Irish Championship 2002 has been added to the archive here. For the second year in succession, the championship was held in Greystones. In all, 19 players competed. The defending champion and top rated player Stephen Brady … Continue reading →

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