Irish Championship 1951

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Sources and notes

Sources
Web Final standings, ICU web site
Newspapers
  • Cork Examiner
  • "17 Entries for U.C.C. Event", July 10, 1951, p. 7
  • "First Round Pairings", July 13, 1951, p. 7
  • "Chess Championship At U.C.C.", July 17, 1951, p. 7 (Formal opening, Round 1 results)
  • "D.J. O'Sullivan and J.J. O'Hanlon Lead", July 18, 1951, p. 7 (Round 2 results)
  • "D.J. O'Sullivan Defeats J.J. O'Hanlon To Take Lead", July 19, 1951, p. 7 (Round 3 results)
  • "P. Diskin Takes Lead In Chess Championship", July 20, 1951, p. 7 (Round 4 results)
  • "One Point Between First Seven", July 21, 1951, p. 10 (Round 5 results)
  • "Close Struggle For Chess Title", July 23, 1951, p. 6 (Round 6 results)
  • "Half-Point Lead Before Last Round", July 24, 1951, p. 6 (Full standings before Round 8, Round 7 results)
  • "Irish Chess Title for A. Bourke", July 25, 1951, p. 7 (Full final standings, Round 8 results, prizegiving dinner)
  • "Best Game Award For E.N. Mulcahy", November 6, 1951, p. 7 (Award adjudicated by former champion James Creevey)
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  • Evening Echo
  • "Irish Championship", July 18, 1951, p. 2 (Early Round 3 results)
  • "Today's Progress In Irish Championship", July 23, 1951, p. 2 (Round 7 results, adjourned games)
  • "Vital Games In Irish Championship", July 24, 1951, p. 2 (Early Round 8 results, Premier winner)
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  • Irish Independent
  • "Seventeen To Bid For Chess Title", July 10, 1951, p. 9
  • "Munster Hopes Bad Start In Chess Bid", July 17, 1951, p. 10 (Formal opening, Round 1 results)
  • "Connacht Players Leads In Chess Test", July 20, 1951, p. 10 (Round 4 results)
  • "Chess Champion Beaten At Cork", July 21, 1951, p. 9 (Round 5 results)
  • "Interesting Position In Chess Title Race", July 23, 1951, p. 8 (Round 6 results and standings)
  • "Bourke Favourite For Irish Chess Title", July 24, 1951, p. 7 (Round 7 results and leading places before final round)
  • "A. Bourke New Chess Champion", July 25, 1951, p. 8 (Full final standings, Round 8 results)
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  • Irish Times
  • "Surprise at Chess Championships", July 17, 1951, p. 5 (Round 1 results)
  • "Chess Championship", July 20, 1951, p. 1 (Half-way report)
  • "First Defeat of Chess Champion", July 23, 1951, p. 4 (Round 5 results and standings)
  • "Unbeaten Yet in Chess Test", July 24, 1951, p. 3 (Leading standing after Round 7)
  • "Civil Service Wins Chess Championship", July 25, 1951, p. 3 (Final standings)
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  • Evening Herald
  • "Chess champion Beaten At Cork", July 21, 1951, p. 8 (Round 5 results and leading standings)
  • "O'Sullivan-Mulcahy", December 29, 1951, p. 4 (Final round game annotated by Mulcahy)
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  • Ireland's Saturday Night
  • "The Irish Championship", August 4, 1951, p. 2 (Final standings)
  • "The Reti Opening", January 5, 1952, p. 4 (Best game prize game)
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  • Belfast News-Letter
  • "The Irish Championship", July 26, 1951, p. 2 (Standings after Round 6)
  • "The Irish Championship", August 2, 1951, p. 6 (Final standings)


Notes
Key In "Pairings & results",
  • "qual" denotes method of qualification
  • "age" denotes the player's age on their birthday that year, regardless of that birthday falling before, during or after the event
  • "x-ch" denotes former Irish champions
  • "ch#" denotes the number of championships the player played in, including this one
  • "s-b" denotes Sonneborn-Berger score
Clubs Club affiliations, except for the Ulster players, are sourced from various contemporary newspaper reports from the 1950-51 season. There was no competition for the Ulster Trophy in the two League seasons immediately prior to the 1951 Irish Championship; club affiliations for the Ulster players are therefore from the following 1951-2 season and are sourced from the Ulster Chess Union archives.
Débuts and final appearances For Gallagher, Appelbe and Conor Finnegan this was their only appearance in the Irish championship. Steen and Reid also made their débuts in 1951 while for Bourke, Kennedy, James Finnegan and Martin it was their final appearance.
Disambiguation John Casey, b. 1930 or 1931, is given as “John Casey (2)” to distinguish him from John Casey, ca. 1895-1968, who was Leinster champion in 1944, and who played in the Irish championships of 1939, 1940, and 1947.
Versions
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Contributors Seán Coffey; David McAlister
Author David McAlister


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