Category Archives: Games

Hogarty-Green, European Boys U18 Team Championship 2006

Posted on May 10, 2016 by Sean Coffey

In the puzzle in the last post, White must not play 1. Ke3?, which loses: after 1. … c1=Q+ 2. Nxc1 Kxc1 3. Ke4 Kd2 4. Ke5 Ke3 5. Kxe6 Kf3 6. Kf6 White is one move too late. The … Continue reading →

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Moulton-Crichton, Mulcahy Memorial 1988

Posted on April 30, 2016 by Sean Coffey

Congratulations to Martin Crichton, who recently finished equal first in a small FIDE Open tournament in London, the Colin Crouch Celebration Congress Weekender. Always good to see IRL at the top of the leaderboard! This was a decade since his … Continue reading →

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Irish Junior Championships 2016

Posted on April 9, 2016 by Sean Coffey

Congratulations to the winners in this year’s Irish Junior Championships, held last weekend in Killiney: Conor O’Donnell (Gonzaga), U19; Diana Mirza (St. Michael’s), U16; Henry Li (Gonzaga), U14; Danny Dwyer (Blanchardstown), U12, and Con Kirby (Limerick), U10. (I understand there … Continue reading →

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“An unexpected move”

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Sean Coffey

23. ? In the position at right it’s White to play: how should he continue? The position arose in a casual consultation game played around 1887, probably somewhere in Dublin, between J. A. “Porterfield” Rynd (White) and John Morphy and … Continue reading →

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Gonzaga Masters 2016

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Sean Coffey

Last month I wrote here that there were apparently going to be no games available from this year’s Gonzaga Masters. I’m delighted to report that the great majority of the games have now been made available, compiled by Ruth Redmond … Continue reading →

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Armstrong Cup 2015-16, continued

Posted on February 12, 2016 by Sean Coffey

Even at the beginning of the season the general consensus was that it would be hard to stop Gonzaga in this year’s Armstrong Cup, and so it has proved. With some of the 8th-round matches played, Gonzaga leads by 4½ … Continue reading →

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Gonzaga Masters 2012

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Sean Coffey

The 15th Gonzaga Classic concluded today; congratulations to David Murray who won the top event, and for the first time. Apparently there will be no games available from this year’s event, but I’ve reorganized the Gonzaga Classics page here to … Continue reading →

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Quigley-Duignan, Irish championship 1946

Posted on January 2, 2016 by Sean Coffey

Happy New Year, and best wishes for 2016! For this first post of the new year, let’s turn to the next ‘new’ game from J.J. Walsh’s unpublished manuscript of selected Irish games 1896-1967. It’s an historic one, as a matter … Continue reading →

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At the cutting edge of theory

Posted on November 17, 2015 by Sean Coffey

At one time the Winawer made regular appearances at the highest levels, even in World Championship matches (Smyslov-Botvinnik, Tal-Botvinnik) but these days it’s a relatively rare occurrence. It’s therefore a delight to see two 2600+ grandmasters battle it out in … Continue reading →

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Munster championship 2015–II

Posted on November 11, 2015 by Sean Coffey

This year’s Munster championship provided a return to a separate event and live boards for the top two games, both welcome decisions. (See the recent post here.) In an even more welcome development, the Munster Chess Union has now followed … Continue reading →

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