Irish Championship 2006

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Basic data

Irish Championship 2006
Dates July 8-16, 2006
City Dublin
Venue St. Benildus College, Upper Kilmacud Rd., Co. Dublin
Tournament Director Gerard O'Connell
Players participating 12
Games played 52
Competition format 9-round Swiss
Tie break Tie-break would apply for title in case of a tie between three or more players; otherwise none
Time control 40 moves in two hours, and one hour allegro for each player
Sponsor None
Missing data, etc. Game scores for the remaining games
Concurrent events
References Sources and notes. If you have any other documents, reports, references, biographical information, annotations or (in particular) photos, please .


Tournament review

See John Healy's round-by-round updates on the ICU web site (July 2006)


Interesting games

Four queens and an underpromotion:
         Short, Philip – Daly, Colm      0-1

The tournament winner put to the test:
         MacElligott, Gerard – Brady, Stephen      0-1

A quick and crushing attack:
         Fitzsimons, David – Boyle, Bernard      1-0

An even quicker and more crushing attack:
         Delaney, Killian – Cafolla, Peter      1-0

A spectacular blunder with an effect on first place:
         Brady, Stephen – Daly, Colm      1-0

And another ("The ultimate truth about chess is that it is a game of chance"—Donner):
         Short, Philip – Jessel, Stephen      1-0