Category Archives: Tournaments

Irish International Open 2019

Posted on April 28, 2019 by Sean Coffey

A report on the Irish International Open 2019 (97 players, 9 rounds, 1st GM Robert Ruck (Hungary)) has been added to the Tournaments page here. Update, August 3, 2019: one week after the event, a substantially revised game file with … 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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Bunratty Masters 2019, contd.

Posted on March 30, 2019 by Sean Coffey

The report on the Bunratty Masters 2019 mentioned in the last post had only the 36 games that were available from live boards. The organizers have now made available the full set of 151 games (excellent job; I hope this … Continue reading →

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Bunratty Masters 2019

Posted on February 25, 2019 by Sean Coffey

The Bunratty Festival concludes today. A report on the Masters, including 36 games that were broadcast live, has been added to the tournament section here. The winner was Luke McShane, for his second title; the first was when he won … Continue reading →

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Williamson Shield 2019

Posted on January 26, 2019 by Sean Coffey

The Williamson Shield took place last weekend in Belfast (Maynard Sinclair Pavilion) (9 players, 6 rounds, 1st Gábor Horváth). A report has been added to the Tournaments pages here.

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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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Irish Championship 1996

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Sean Coffey

A report on the 1996 Irish championship has been added to the Irish championships page here. This was the year when the championship ended in a three-way tie, with Richard O’Donovan winning his first, and so far only, title over … Continue reading →

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Irish Championship 2017

Posted on December 7, 2018 by Sean Coffey

A report on the Irish Championship 2017, held July 29-August 6, 2017 in Ennis, has (belatedly) been added to the archives here. It was the strongest Irish championship for many years—the average rating jumped 150+ points over the previous edition—and … 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 Women’s Championship 2018

Posted on November 29, 2018 by Sean Coffey

A report has been added to the archive here on the Irish Women’s Championship 2018, held in Busswells Hotel, November 9-11. Perhaps due to the proximity to the Women’s Olympiad, the event turned out to be one-sided, with defending champion … Continue reading →

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