Irish Championship 1980

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Sources and notes

Sources
Scoresheets Alan Ludgate's scoresheets (9 games) (via Alan Ludgate)
PGN
  • PGN file of Jack Killane's last 8 games (via Gerard MacElligott)
  • PGN file of 6 games (5 of Tom Clarke's, plus Allen - Delaney, round 2) (via David McAlister)
Flyer Flyer & entry form (via John Gibson)
ICU web site
  • Scores and places
  • (Note: as of date of v1.0 of this report, the ICU games archives has no games from the event)
Contemporary photographs
  • Evening Echo, June 28, 1980 p. 9 (Pat Kenneally, B. Prendiville (regional manager, IBM), Pat Constant, Bro. Tallon (Superior, North Monastery), John Quigley; presentation of sponsorship cheque)
  • —, July 15, 1980 p. 11 (Paul Delaney, Anthony McCarthy, Eugene Curtin, Eddie O'Reilly during round 3 games)
  • Evening Press, July 15, 1980 p. 9 (April Cronin)
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  • Evening Echo, July 22, 1980 p. 11 (Paul Delaney) (see above)
Newspapers
  • Cork Examiner
  • "Irish chess championship", July 11, 1980 p. 23 (announcement)
  • "Irish chess championships: Delaney and Wallace set the pace", July 14, 1980 p. 13 (rounds 1 and 2)
  • "Delaney takes clear lead", July 15, 1980 p. 16 (round 3)
  • "Delaney in command", July 16, 1980 p. 15 (round 4)
  • "Leader held to a draw", July 17, 1980 p. 19 (round 5)
  • "Delaney still leads", July 18, 1980 p. 16 (round 6)
  • "Delaney takes another step", July 19, 1980 p. 17
  • "Delaney gets vital draw", July 21, 1980 p. 13 (final results)
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  • Derry Journal
  • "The Irish Championship", June 24, 1980 p. 17 (announcement and details)
  • "The Irish Championship", July 22, 1980 p. 17 (summary report, based on situation after round 7)
  • August 12, 1980 p. 16 (final report)
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  • Evening Echo
  • "Cork to host the Irish championships", June 17, 1980 p. 13 (Jim Olney) (announcement, schedule, time control, prize fund)
  • June 28, 1980 p. 9 (photo of sponsor and organisers)
  • "Irish championships next big event", July 1, 1980 p. 11 (preview, photo of Michael Littleton)
  • "Strong entry likely for Irish championships", July 8, 1980 p. 11 (Jim Olney) (preview, photo of Alan Ludgate)
  • "Irish chess championships", July 15, 1980 p. 11 (Jim Olney) (preview, photos of Paul Delaney, Anthony McCarthy, Eugene Curtin, and Eddie O'Reilly)
  • "Cork venue a great success", July 22, 1980 p. 11 (results, photo of Paul Delaney)
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  • Evening Herald
  • "I.B.M. Ireland Irish chess championships—July 12-20, 1980—Cork", July 8, 1980 p. 16 (announcement, schedule, prize fund)
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  • Evening Press
  • July 15, 1980 p. 9 (photo of April Cronin)
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  • Ireland's Saturday Night
  • "Chess news", June 24, 1980 p. 6 (announcement and details)
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  • Irish Independent
  • "Dublin player is new chess champ", July 22, 1980 p. 7 (report)
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  • Irish Press
  • July 15, 1980 p. 11 (round 2)
  • July 16, 1980 p. 13 (round 3)
  • "Delaney leads", July 19, 1980 p. 13 (round 7)
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  • Irish Times
  • July 11, 1980 p. 5 (announcement, leading entrants)
  • "Chess championships", July 16, 1980 p. 15 (round 4)
  • "Senior chess games at Cork", July 17, 1980 p. 7 (round 5)
  • "Crucial game not over", July 19, 1980 p. 8 (round 6)
  • "Raheny player best at Cork", July 23, 1980 p. 12 (results, scores of top 13 finishers)
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  • Sunday Independent
  • June 22, 1980 p. 11 (Cyril Hardiman) (preview, schedule, prize fund, rating requirement, entry fee)
  • "Big entry for Irish chess championship", August 8, 1980 p. 17 (Jack Killane) (report)


Notes
Key In "Pairings & results",
  • "(age)" denotes the player's age on his or her birthday that year (regardless of whether the birthday fell 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
  • "ol" denotes members of the following Olympiad team (La Valletta 1980)
Boards and colours Board order and colour assignment are as shown on Alan Ludgate's scoresheets (with, for rounds 2-9, his own game added based on normal procedure).
Débuts and final appearances Guy Lyons was the only new player. Ciarán O'Hare and Kevin O'Shea never played again.
Ratings
  • FIDE ratings are from the January 1980 list
  • ICU ratings are from the documents (via John Gibson) "Leinster Gradings July 1979" and "Irish National Master (& Candidate Master) Grading Summary", by Fred Harte (January 1983) (showing some 1979 ratings, all consistent with the May 1979 list, and implying that there was one list for each of 1979 and 1980) (1980 list published in September)
Club affiliations
  • Clubs for Keith Allen, Tom Clarke, Derek McGill, and Arthur Pinkerton are from league records for the Belfast & District League 1979-80 season, via David McAlister
  • Clubs for Leinster players are from John Gibson's notebook of results of the Armstrong Cup 1979-80
  • Kevin O'Shea's club is from the Cork Examiner, February 25, 1980, p. 13
Versions
  • v1.0 (28 September 2020): first published version
  • v1.1 (2 October 2020): added ICU ratings for 5 players; added entry form; added full prize fund; added John Gibson to list of Contributors
  • v1.2 (8 Nov 2020): added 6 games (Allen - Delaney, round 2; Clarke - Lyons, round 3 (fragment); Pinkerton - Clarke, round 5; Carton - Clarke, round 6; Clarke - Delaney, round 8; Porter - Clarke, round 9) provided by David McAlister from a collection of Tom Clarke's scoresheets
  • v1.3 (8 April 2024): added ICU ratings for Cassidy, Cronin, Killane, Lyons, O'Hare, O'Reilly, Porter, Quinn, and Wallace from the Leinster grading list for July 1979 (John Gibson archive); corrected Porter's club (Inchicore → Rathmines); changed "Raheny" to "Kilbarrack" for club affiliation of Carton, Delaney, and Quinn; added clubs for Cassidy and O'Hare (all club changes based on John Gibson's notebook of full results of the Armstrong Cup 1979-80); modified format to show direct link to "Sources and notes" page from every page, rather than having to go via Information → Basic data; added spacing between score groups in Pairings & results; added file irlch1980_tables.txt in directory; added xml directory and file irlch1980_tables.xml; changed "age" to "(age)" in Sources and notes → Notes → Key and modified description; added "Author" entry in Sources and notes → Notes
  • v1.4 (10 April 2024): corrected glitch in McDonnell - Ludgate, round 2; corrected javascript glitch in Clarke - Lyons, round 3; corrected glitch in link back to tournament report from five playable games; added reference to Clarke - Lyons, round 3; added Derry Journal and Ireland's Saturday Night references in Sources and notes → Sources → Newspapers; modified Ratings and Clubs items in Sources and notes → Notes to refer to the new documents referred to above
Contributors Alan Ludgate, Jack Killane, Gerard MacElligott, John Gibson, David McAlister, Seán Coffey
Author Seán Coffey


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