Leinster Championship 2006

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Basic data

Leinster Championship 2006
Dates December 28-30, 2006
City Dublin
Venue An Óige, 61 Mountjoy St, Dublin 7
Chief Arbiter Mick Germaine
Players participating 17
Games played 48
Competition format 6-round Swiss
Eligibility Nominal rating requirement 2000+ but players within 100 points could play at their own option
Tie break Unknown. Karl McPhillips won title on tie-break from Jan Votava.
Time control 2 hours per player for all moves
FIDE rated? Yes (ID 9873)
Games available 46 of the 48 games, probably including 1 incomplete
Extra information Karl McPhillips, Leinster champion 2006

The Phibsboro C.C. web site has a collection of 26 photos of the prizegiving. Above: Karl McPhillips in play and (inset) receiving the trophy from Tony Gregory TD (from the Irish Chess Journal, February 2007)
Missing data Remaining games; tie-break method
Concurrent events
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Tournament review

See Mark Quinn's tournament report in the Irish Chess Journal, February 2007, pp. 9-14 and Pat Fitzsimons' tournament report on the ICU web site.



Interesting games

“This game was easily one of the most wonderful I have seen in quite a while. I simply loved the themes in this game and if anyone can get a hold of this game I suggest they look at it”—Colm Daly:
         Wall, Gavin – Quinn, Mark      ½-½

A brilliant finish:
         Palmer, Bernard – Quinn, Rory      1-0

White, forced to give up queen for rook plus knight, seems to get compensation but is eventually reeled in:
         O'Connell, Gerard – Quinn, Mark      0-1

Black presses for a grandmaster scalp, but eventually falls just short:
         Votava, Jan – Quinn, Rory      ½-½

White's king is in an uncomfortably airy position, and is finished off elegantly:
         Freeman, Gordon – Votava, Jan      0-1

A sensational game in which Black sacrifices a rook for an attack, but lets White escape with a draw:
         McPhillips, Karl – Quinn, Mark      ½-½

White looks as if he's being crushed but hangs in there:
         Cafolla, Peter – Palmer, Bernard      ½-½

An eventful game:
         McPhillips, Karl – Daly, Colm      0-1

White gives up a rook for a chance for a perpetual, Black fails to find a way out, and at the last White lets Black escape:
         Daly, Colm – Redmond, John P.      0-1

Nobody ever won by resigning: White recovers from three pawns down with no compensation:
         Fitzsimons, David – Redmond, John P.      1-0