Irish Championship 1964 sources

Irish Championship 1964

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Sources and notes

Sources
ICU web site	Tournament archive (totals and places)
Newspapers	Cork Examiner: July 8, 1964 p. 11, "Irish chess championships" (details of championship) July 13, 1964 p. 9, "Irish chess championship" (rounds 1 and 2) July 14, 1964 p. 11, "Irish chess championship" (round 3) July 15, 1964 p. 2, "Irish chess championship" (round 4) July 17, 1964 p. 12, "Chess championship" (round 6) July 18, 1964 p. 13, "Heidenfeld retains chess title" (round 7) Evening Herald: June 17, 1964 p. 8, "Irish chess championship" (details of championship) July 17, 1964 p. 16, "Holder likely to retain" (round 6) Irish Independent: July 13, 1964 p. 17, "Heidenfeld and O'Reilly share leadership" (rounds 1 and 2) July 14, 1964 p. 13, "B. Reilly's narrow chess lead" (round 3) July 15, 1964 p. 16, "Chess leaders in adjourned match" (round 4) July 16, 1964 p. 14, "Holder leads in chess chmapionship" (round 4 adjournment, round 5) July 18, 1964 p. 15, "W. Heidenfeld retains Irish chess title" (round 7) Irish Press: July 13, 1964 p. 15, "Heidenfeld through in chess" (rounds 1 and 2) Kuly 14, 1964 p. 18, "Reilly has clear chess lead" (round 3) July 16, 1964 p. 17, "Heidenfeld takes over chess lead" (round 4 adjournment, round 5) July 17, 1964 p. 20, "Champion Heidenfeld wins again" (round 6) July 18, 1964 p. 23, "Heidenfeld is chess champion" (round 7) Irish Times: July 16, 1964 p. 10, "Irish championship" July 16, 1964 p. 15, "Heidenfeld enhances chess title hopes" July 17, 1964 p. 5, "Leinster lead in chess" July 18, 1964 p. 6, "W. Heidenfeld retains Irish chess title" July 23, 1964 p. 12, "Heidenfeld wins again"

Sources

ICU web site

Newspapers

Cork Examiner:
July 8, 1964 p. 11, "Irish chess championships" (details of championship)
July 13, 1964 p. 9, "Irish chess championship" (rounds 1 and 2)
July 14, 1964 p. 11, "Irish chess championship" (round 3)
July 15, 1964 p. 2, "Irish chess championship" (round 4)
July 17, 1964 p. 12, "Chess championship" (round 6)
July 18, 1964 p. 13, "Heidenfeld retains chess title" (round 7)
Evening Herald:
June 17, 1964 p. 8, "Irish chess championship" (details of championship)
July 17, 1964 p. 16, "Holder likely to retain" (round 6)
Irish Independent:
July 13, 1964 p. 17, "Heidenfeld and O'Reilly share leadership" (rounds 1 and 2)
July 14, 1964 p. 13, "B. Reilly's narrow chess lead" (round 3)
July 15, 1964 p. 16, "Chess leaders in adjourned match" (round 4)
July 16, 1964 p. 14, "Holder leads in chess chmapionship" (round 4 adjournment, round 5)
July 18, 1964 p. 15, "W. Heidenfeld retains Irish chess title" (round 7)
Irish Press:
July 13, 1964 p. 15, "Heidenfeld through in chess" (rounds 1 and 2)
Kuly 14, 1964 p. 18, "Reilly has clear chess lead" (round 3)
July 16, 1964 p. 17, "Heidenfeld takes over chess lead" (round 4 adjournment, round 5)
July 17, 1964 p. 20, "Champion Heidenfeld wins again" (round 6)
July 18, 1964 p. 23, "Heidenfeld is chess champion" (round 7)
Irish Times:
July 16, 1964 p. 10, "Irish championship"
July 16, 1964 p. 15, "Heidenfeld enhances chess title hopes"
July 17, 1964 p. 5, "Leinster lead in chess"
July 18, 1964 p. 6, "W. Heidenfeld retains Irish chess title"
July 23, 1964 p. 12, "Heidenfeld wins again"

Notes
Key	In "Pairings & results": "res" denotes the player's city of residence at the time of the event "age" denotes the player's age on his or her birthday that year (even if the birthday fell after the event); "x-ch" denotes former Irish champions; "ol" denotes members of the previous Olympiad team (Varna 1964); the result would be the same if the reference was to the following Olympiad team (Tel Aviv 1964). In round bulletins, results in parentheses indicate that colours are unknown.
Game descriptions	Many newspaper articles gave brief game descriptions (colours unknown except for Heidenfeld-Reilly, round 5): Reilly 1-0 Déiseach (1): 'Reilly was fully extended to clinch the issue on the 35th move of a modern Benoni' (Irish Independent, July 13 p. 17); "Reilly had to produce his best form to overcome Donal Deiseach (Leinster) after 35 moves" (Irish Press, July 13 p. 15) Heidenfeld 1-0 McDaid (1): "Heidenfeld was quickly on the attack against F. (sic) McDaid (Connacht) in the first round, gaining a pawn early on which culminated in the latter's resignation on the 35th move of a Modern Benoni" (Irish Independent) Reilly 1-0 Mulholland (2): 'Reilly was in brilliant form in his second-round game against N. Mulholland (Ulster) whom he forced to resign on the 29th move of an Alekhine defence' (Irish Independent) Reilly 1-0 Coldrick (3): "Art Coldrick put up a tremendous struggle against Reilly after losing a pawn on the 15th move, but the former champion utilised his advantage to win on the 40th move of an English opening" (Irish Press, July 14 p. 18) Heidenfeld ½-½ MacGrillen (3): "Heidenfeld could make no impression on a strong defensive set-up by McGrillen (sic) and had to be content with a draw after 39 moves of a Reti opening" (Irish Press) Mulholland 1-0 McDaid (3): "N. Mulholland (Belfast) showed a flair for pawn endings when in a tight finish with equal numbers of pawns, his oppponent, F. (sic) McDaid, could not prevent the promotion of a pawn and was forced to resign on the 58th move of a Sicilian Defence" (Irish Press) Heidenfeld 1-0 Reilly (4): adjourned after 42 moves of a Caro-Kann, with Reilly having R + 5P versus Heidenfeld's B + 5P (Cork Examiner, July 15 p. 2); adjourned after 42 moves of a Caro-Kann, with Reilly having Q + R + 5P versus Heidenfeld's Q + B + 5P (Irish Press, July 15 p. 16) (note discrepancy on material); "Heidenfeld quickly won a pawn on the resumption against Reilly, and set up a strong attack which culminated in Reilly'same resignation on the 54th move of a French defence" (Irish Indpendent, July 16 p. 14); "Heidenfeld played excellent end-game chess on resumption of his game against Reilly, who was forced to resign on the 54th move of a French defence" (Irish Press, July 16 p. 17); "After a few moves Heidenfeld won a pawn, which enabled him to obtain a neat combination, and won the game on the 54th move of a French defence" (Irish Times, July 16 p. 15 (note discrepancy on opening) MacGrillen 1-0 Mulholland (4): "Early on, in a Pirc defence, MacGrillen obtained a king-side attack which he pressed home, and forced Mulholland to resign on the 17th move, as he was faced with the loss of a rook" (Irish Press) Déiseach ½-½ Heidenfeld (5): Déiseach "with King and 4 Pawns against King, Knight and 2 Pawns, forced a draw after 62 moves of a French Defence" (Irish Press); Heidenfeld "lost the exchange of a Rook for Bishop, but cleverly offset this set-back by forcing the exchange of the pieces leaving himself with a Knight and two pawns against a King and four pawns, and forced a draw on the 62nd move of a French defence" (Irish Times) MacGrillen 1-0 O'Brien (5): Irregular opening, 33 moves, MacGrillen won Q for R one move before the finish (Irish Press) Heidenfeld 1-0 Mulholland (6): Caro-Kann, 25 moves (Cork Examiner, July 17 p. 12); Caro-Kann, 27 moves (Evening Herald, July 17 p. 16); 'Heidenfeld played excellent attacking chess against Mulholland to clinch the issue on the 27th move of a Caro-Kann Defence' (Irish Press, July 17 p. 20); 'Heidenfeld in his game against Mulholland was having it rather hard when Mulholland left a Rook en prise, which Heidenfeld gladly accepted and his opponent resigned next move' (Irish Times, July 17 p. 5) (note difference in description) Reilly 1-0 MacGrillen (6): "Reilly had to struggle to beat H. MacGrillen (Ulster) on the 30th move of a Queen's Indian" (Evening Herald); Queen's Indian, 30 moves (Irish Press) McDaid 1-0 O'Brien (6): Irregular opening, 38 moves (Irish Press) Coldrick ½-½ Heidenfeld (7): "Coldrick won a pawn in the middle game of a French defence but he failed to make much use of this advantage and Heidenfeld had little difficulty in holding his opponent to a draw" (Irish Press, July 18 p. 23); drawn "on the 64th move of a French defence after a 6½-hour struggle. Coldrick tried desperately to convert his advantage of a pawn won in the middle game, but Heidenfeld easily held him. (Irish Times, July 18 p. 6) MacGrillen 1-0 McDaid (7): MacGrillen "availed of weak development moves by his opponent to obtain a strong centre and won on the 60th move of an English opening" (irish Independent, July 18 p. 15); MacGrillen "obtained a strong attack ... and won on the 28th move of an English opening" (Irish Press); "McDaid allowed his opponent to obtain a strong attack after 28 moves of an English opening through bad development, and was forced to resign on the 60th move" (Irish Times) (note contradictory accounts) O'Brien ½-½ Reilly (7): Budapest defense, 36 moves (Irish Independent, Irish Press, Irish Times)
Format	'One leading Irish player suggested to me that once it became obvious that both the championship and open would be sub-standard contests, the officials should have taken a drastic decision and combined the two tournaments in a single Swiss event, awarding the Irish championship title to the leading eligible player and giving everyone a chance of winning a cash prize.'—J. J. Walsh, Irish Times, July 23, 1964.
Discrepancies	MacGrillen was given in most reports (not all) as "McGrillen" McDaid was variously given as "D. McDaid" and "F. McDaid" O'Brien was variously given as "S. B. O'Brien", "W. B. O'Brien", and "W. R. O'Brien".
Versions	v1.0 (5 Feb 2017): first published version v1.1 (12 Feb 2017): added score of Heidenfeld-Reilly (round 4); corrected dates in round bulletins; added Mulholland's first name (all from David McAlister) v1.2 (31 May 2017): changes not recorded v1.3 (26 Feb 2018): corrected minor typos, modified format of playable games v1.4 (22 Jan 2019): modified index information in playable game files v1.5 (24 Jan 2019): added notes to Heidenfeld - O'Brien (round 2); added highlighting of URLs in playable games; sundry minor format changes v1.6 (26 June 2021): added notes and reference to Heidenfeld - Reilly (round 4) and added to list of Interesting games; added Annotations index; changed http to https where possible; modified format to show direct link to "Sources and notes" page from every page, rather than having to go via Information → Basic data
Contributors	Seán Coffey, David McAlister