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Glorney Cup 1952

Posted on May 18, 2021 by Sean Coffey

The Glorney Cup in 1952 was held at the College of Preceptors, Bloomsbury Square, London, from July 23-24, 1952. Once again, four teams competed. On the opening morning, England started with a 5 – 1 win against Scotland, while Wales … Continue reading →

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Irish Championship 1994, Re-revisited

Posted on May 12, 2021 by Sean Coffey

Herbert Scarry has contributed yet more information on the 1994 Irish championship, for which many thanks. The new material includes the tournament brochure, the flyer, and a supplemental report in the October 1994 issue of the Irish Chess Journal. As … Continue reading →

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Barnett – Whitmarsh, Imperial v Lensbury Match 1925

Posted on May 6, 2021 by Sean Coffey

by Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd), whole-plate film negative, 18 October 1929 By Source (WP:NFCC#4), Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40802266 Richard Whieldon Barnett, 1863-1930, the 1886 Irish champion, was described by Gerald Abrahams in Not Only Chess (London, 1974) as follows: “[T]he late Sir … Continue reading →

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Littleton at the 1969 Praia da Rocha Zonal

Posted on February 14, 2021 by David McAlister

In his post on the high quality photograph of Michael Littleton playing at the World Championship Zonal at The Hague in 1966, Sean pointed out the much improved result Littleton achieved in the following World Championship qualifying process at the 1969 Zonal at … Continue reading →

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Littleton – Donner, The Hague 1966

Posted on February 10, 2021 by Sean Coffey

I remarked in the last post that Michael Littleton was lost out of the opening in his game against Donner in the Zonal tournament at the Hague in 1966. A closer look shows that while this is true, it is … Continue reading →

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Michael Littleton

Posted on February 8, 2021 by Sean Coffey

Attribution: Fotograaf Onbekend / Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons A recent thread at the English Chess Forum pointed out that a large collection of high-quality chess photographs from the Dutch National Archive has recently been made available via Wikimedia Commons. … Continue reading →

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M. McMahon – Coldrick, Irish Schoolboys Championship 1956

Posted on February 2, 2021 by Sean Coffey

Here is another game from J.J. Walsh’s manuscript of unpublished Irish games, 1896-1967, that has never appeared in any database, including the ICU games archive. It also appears to be the only known game of the winner. The winner, Michael … Continue reading →

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Irish Championship 1949

Posted on January 30, 2021 by Sean Coffey

Following up on the last two posts, a full report on the Irish Championship 1949 has been added to the tournament sections here, including all 7 of Paddy Kennedy’s games. These games and the two in the previous posts make … Continue reading →

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Kennedy – Heelan, Sexton Cup 1948

Posted on January 29, 2021 by Sean Coffey

As David remarked in the last post, very few of Paddy Kennedy’s games survive. I wasn’t aware of any other than his games from the 1949 Irish championship before seeing David’s discovery, but the post prompted me to check other … Continue reading →

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Cummins – Clarke, Irish Championship 1995

Posted on December 23, 2020 by Sean Coffey

From the first round of the 1995 Irish championship, Black to play and win: Cummins – Clarke, Irish Championship 1995 (1) 23… ? This is not a particularly hard problem, I think, but it’s a spectacular finish. [Click to replay … Continue reading →

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