Irish Championship 1999

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Basic data

Irish Championship 1999
Dates April 3-11, 1999
City Drogheda
Venue Boyne Valley Hotel & Country Club, Dublin Road
Controller Andrew Thomson
Players participating 18
Games played 80
Competition format 9-round Swiss
Eligibility Rating 1900+
Tie-break Not explicitly stated but probably unchanged from 1996: two players who tied for first would share the title, while in the case of a tie between three or more players, a tie-break (probably the ICU 1990 rules, i.e., starting with Buchholz) would apply to produce a singe champion.
Time control 40 moves in 2 hours, followed by 20 moves in 1 hour, followed by a 30-minute allegro finish.
Schedule Rounds 1-8: 2.30pm-finish; round 9: 10.00am-finish
FIDE rated? Unknown
Prize fund (IR)£500 guaranteed for championship; “Over £2000 in prize money” overall
Entry fee (IR)£30 ((IR)£20 for U-19s)
Games available All 80
Sponsor Coca-Cola Atlantic
Concurrent events
  • Irish Intermediate Championship 1999, 1st Colm Fitzpatrick
  • Irish Junior Championship 1999, 1st Shay Scott
  • Irish Veterans Championship 1999, 1st Andrew Thomson
  • Irish Championship Weekender 1999, 1st Paul Delaney (Rathfarnham)
  • Interprovincials 1999, April 2, 1st Ulster
References Sources and notes. If you have any other documents, reports, references, biographical information, annotations or (in particular) photos, please .


Tournament review

“Colm Daly retained his Irish championship title in a tough event excellently hosted by Drogheda chess club from April 3rd-April 11th. Unlike last year, this year the eventual winner had to come from behind with victories over Tom Clarke in rd 8 and Mark Orr in rd 9. The pace for much of the tournament was being set by Tom Clarke and Joe Ryan, but no one player managed to impose himself on the event, and in the end the stamina and determination of the reigning champion proved to be the decisive factor.”

—Joe Ryan, LCU web site, April 1999.

Irish Championships 1999, Donal O'Boyle, Irish Chess Journal, vol. 11, no. 4, September-October 1999, pp. 13-18.



Interesting games

         O'Donovan, Richard – Dooley, Michael      0-1

         Ó Cinnéide, Mel – Clarke, Tom      0-1

         O'Connell, Gerard – Daly, Colm      ½-½

         O'Connor, Jonathan – Ryan, Joe      ½-½

         O'Rourke, Ray – O'Donovan, Richard      1-0

         Daly, Colm – O'Connor, Jonathan      0-1

         Kennedy, John P. A. – O'Rourke, Ray      0-1

         Bennett, Eric – Path, David      ½-½

         Clarke, Tom – Ryan, Joe      0-1

         Dooley, Michael – O'Rourke, Ray      1-0

         Ryan, Joe – O'Connell, Gerard      ½-½

         Daly, Colm – Clarke, Tom      1-0

         Nicholson, John – Cafolla, Peter      0-1