The race for this year's title is hotting up, quite a lot of draws today, yes but, most were very hard fought.
I'm sorry I've no game today, I didn't get time because I'm on my way out to see John Martin in concert in Limerick this evening and if you'll forgive me, that's more important!
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 GAWAIN JONES FM [4] ½:½ JOE RYAN FM [3.5] 2 STEPHEN JESSEL [3.5] ½:½ KARL Mc PHILLIPS [4] 3 JOHN A. JOYCE [3.5] 1:0 STEPHEN BRADY FM [3] 4 PHILIP SHORT FM [3] 1:0 MARK ORR IM [3] 5 RORY QUINN [2.5] 0:1 JOSEF MUDRAK FM [2.5] 6 GORDON FREEMAN [2.5] ½:½ EAMON KEOGH [2] 7 EDMUND SOH [2] ½:½ KEVIN WHITE [2] 8 ALAN BEVERIDGE [1.5] ½:½ PAUL WALLACE [2] 9 ANTHONY FOX [2] ½:½ PAUL WALSH [1.5] 10 TOM HEALY [1.5] 1:0 RAY BYRNE [.5]
I believe that Philip Short's win over Mark Orr is a particularly fine example of endgame skill.
I hope to give that game tomorrow.
Place Name Rtg Score M-Buch.
1-3 KARL Mc PHILLIPS 2172 4.5 15.5
GAWAIN JONES FM 2453 4.5 15.0
JOHN A. JOYCE 2271 4.5 13.5
4-6 STEPHEN JESSEL 2238 4.0 14.0
JOE RYAN FM 2294 4.0 13.0
PHILIP SHORT FM 2298 4.0 11.5
7 JOSEF MUDRAK FM 2391 3.5 12.5
8-10 MARK ORR IM 2338 3.0 16.0
STEPHEN BRADY FM 2365 3.0 13.5
GORDON FREEMAN 2066 3.0 10.5
11-17 ANTHONY FOX 2123 2.5 12.5
EDMUND SOH 2049 2.5 11.5
KEVIN WHITE 2062 2.5 11.0
RORY QUINN 2047 2.5 11.0
PAUL WALLACE 2171 2.5 10.5
EAMON KEOGH 2122 2.5 10.0
TOM HEALY 1902 2.5 9.5
18-19 PAUL WALSH 2012 2.0 12.0
ALAN BEVERIDGE 2138 2.0 9.5
20 RAY BYRNE 1941 0.5 10.0
1 JOHN A. JOYCE [4.5] : GAWAIN JONES FM [4.5] 2 KARL Mc PHILLIPS [4.5] : PHILIP SHORT FM [4] 3 JOE RYAN FM [4] : STEPHEN JESSEL [4] 4 STEPHEN BRADY FM [3] : JOSEF MUDRAK FM [3.5] 5 MARK ORR IM [3] : EDMUND SOH [2.5] 6 RAY BYRNE [.5] : GORDON FREEMAN [3] 7 PAUL WALLACE [2.5] : RORY QUINN [2.5] 8 EAMON KEOGH [2.5] : ANTHONY FOX [2.5] 9 KEVIN WHITE [2.5] : ALAN BEVERIDGE [2] 10 PAUL WALSH [2] : TOM HEALY [2.5]
No Name Rtg Club Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. GAWAIN JONES FM 2453 ENGLAND 4.5 11:W 8:D 4:D 5:W 9:W 6:D 7: 2. JOSEF MUDRAK FM 2391 CZECH REPUBLIC 3.5 12:D 5:D 14:W 4:D 7:L 17:W 3: 3. STEPHEN BRADY FM 2365 PHIBSBORO 3.0 13:W 10:W 9:L 6:L 15:W 7:L 2: 4. MARK ORR IM 2338 SCOTLAND 3.0 14:W 7:D 1:D 2:D 6:D 5:L 16: 5. PHILIP SHORT FM 2298 GALWAY 4.0 15:D 2:D 12:W 1:L 10:W 4:W 9: 6. JOE RYAN FM 2294 DUBLIN 4.0 16:W 9:L 18:W 3:W 4:D 1:D 8: 7. JOHN A. JOYCE 2271 WICKLOW 4.5 17:W 4:D 8:W 9:L 2:W 3:W 1: 8. STEPHEN JESSEL 2238 FRANCE 4.0 18:W 1:D 7:L 16:W 12:W 9:D 6: 9. KARL Mc PHILLIPS 2172 KILKENNY 4.5 19:W 6:W 3:W 7:W 1:L 8:D 5: 10. PAUL WALLACE 2171 ENGLAND 2.5 20:W 3:L 16:D 12:D 5:L 11:D 17: 11. ALAN BEVERIDGE 2138 SCOTLAND 2.0 1:L 18:L 17:D 19:D 20:D 10:D 15: 12. ANTHONY FOX 2123 DUN LAOIRE 2.5 2:D 15:W 5:L 10:D 8:L 18:D 13: 13. EAMON KEOGH 2122 KILKENNY 2.5 3:L 20:L 19:W 18:D 16:D 14:D 12: 14. GORDON FREEMAN 2066 GONZAGA 3.0 4:L 17:W 2:L 15:D 18:W 13:D 19: 15. KEVIN WHITE 2062 ENGLAND 2.5 5:D 12:L 20:W 14:D 3:L 16:D 11: 16. EDMUND SOH 2049 ENGLAND 2.5 6:L 19:W 10:D 8:L 13:D 15:D 4: 17. RORY QUINN 2047 GALWAY 2.5 7:L 14:L 11:D 20:W 19:W 2:L 10: 18. PAUL WALSH 2012 LIMERICK 2.0 8:L 11:W 6:L 13:D 14:L 12:D 20: 19. RAY BYRNE 1941 GONZAGA 0.5 9:L 16:L 13:L 11:D 17:L 20:L 14: 20. TOM HEALY 1902 CORK 2.5 10:L 13:W 15:L 17:L 11:D 19:W 18:
Josef Mudrak approched me yesterday evening and said "You told me before the start that this would be a tough event". "Yes", I replied, slightly surprised, he continued "You should have said it was going to be a very tough event". "Your players are very much under-rated", he said with a smile.
You'd have to agree, most of them are.
Gerry Graham