Irish Championship 2010

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Basic data

Irish Championship 2010
Dates July 3-11, 2010
City Dublin
Venue Ballsbridge Inn Hotel, Pembroke Road
Tournament Director Michael Crowe
Players participating 28
Games played 122
Competition format 9-round Swiss. Rating requirement 1900+. Open to non-Irish players but only Irish players eligible for title of Irish champion.
Tie break Tie break (probably the same rules as in 1994) would apply for title of Irish champion in case of a tie between three or more players. Otherwise none.
Time control 40 moves in 2 hours, 20 moves in 1 hour, all remaining moves in 30 minutes.
Prize fund 1st €1000; 2nd €600; 3rd €400
Games available 101
Concurrent events
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Tournament review

See Mark Orr's tournament report on the ICU web site and Tony Foley's article in the Irish Chess Journal, October 2010


Interesting games

Elegant combination, and in a crucial game:
         Redmond, John P. – Lopez, Alex      0-1

A bolt from the blue:
         Rodriguez Lopez, Rafael – Griffiths, Ryan-Rhys      0-1

A lone bishop unable to hold four pawns
         Lopez, Alex – Griffiths, Ryan-Rhys      1-0

Black appears to get great compensation for the exchange but White weathers it in the end; did Black have better?:
         Short, Philip – Griffiths, Ryan-Rhys      1-0

The defending champion tries too hard to win
         Daly, Colm – Lopez, Alex      0-1

The exchange plus a passed pawn vs. four passed pawns:
         Brady, Stephen – O'Connell, Gerard      ½-½

An instructive ending:
         Fitzsimons, David – Cafolla, Peter      1-0