Local simuls

This page covers simuls by local players, i.e., by players who were resident in Ireland at the time of the simul or were Irish players by birth. (And it includes simuls that were held outside Ireland.) Simuls by visitors are listed on the Simuls page.

  • 1889
  • Mary Rudge, shortly before 1899.10.14, Dublin (St. Stephen’s D.B.C.). Unknown number of games. Loss v. Dick.
  • Mary Rudge, 1889.10.16, Dublin (Dawson St. C.C. (opening meeting), 8 Dawson St.). +4 =0 -2. Losses v. Prentice, Young. Wins v. Crawford, King, O’Farrell, Templeton.
  • J. Porterfield Rynd, (Blindfold), 1889.10.16, Dublin (Dawson St. C.C. (opening meeting), 8 Dawson St.). +2 =1 -0. Draw v. P.W. Dunn. Wins v. H. Harden, T.M. Kenny.
  • G. D. Soffe, 1889.10.16, Dublin (Dawson St. C.C. (opening meeting), 8 Dawson St.). +10 =0 -2. Losses v. Campbell, McNeill. The twelve games played v. seven opponents: Caldwell, Campbell, Doheny, Jenkins, Ledbetter, McNeill, Palmer.
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  • 1890
  • A. E. N. Wallace, 1890, Belfast (Victoria C.C.). Played 10, all but one twice. +14 =4 -1.
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  • 1893
  • Mary Rudge, 1893.02.04, Dublin (Booterstown and Blackrock C.C.). +5 =2 -1. Loss v. A.A. MacDonogh. Draws v. Mrs. F.S. Berry, J.E.H. Colclough. Wins v. F.C. Barker, R. Leonard, R.C. Millar, Miss Quinton, W. Stephens.
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  • 1899
  • Mary Rudge, 1899.10.23, Kingstown (now Dún Laoghaire), Co. Dublin (Coffee Palace, 104 Lower George’s St., Kingstown; inaugural meeting of Kingstown C.C.). Results unknown.
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  • 1900
  • J. S. West, 1900.01.15, Castlebar. +14 =0 -0. Wins v. Rev. J. Cairns, E. K. Dixon, Dr. Ellison, H. C. Larminie, Mr. Quinn, Canon Taylor.
  • J. A. “Porterfield” Rynd, 1900.04.30, Castlebar (Parochial Hall). +18 =0 -2, and simultaneously blindfold +0 =0 -1. Losses v. G. O’Donnell, J. S. West (main simul), E. K. Dixon (blindfold).
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  • 1902
  • J. A. “Porterfield” Rynd, 1902.11.22, Dublin (Sackville C.C., Lower Sackville St.). +10 =9 -1 (+9 =9 from adjudications). Full list of players known (though not individual results).
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  • 1908
  • J. H. Parnell, 1908.10.17, Dublin (Café Cairo, 59 Grafton St.). Results unknown.
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  • 1915
  • J. J. O’Hanlon, 1915.04.29, Belfast (Strandtown C.C.). +10 =1 -0.
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  • 1922
  • T. G. Cranston, 1922.12 (shortly before 1922.12.09), Blackrock, Co. Dublin (Carnegie Library; Blackrock C.C.). +6 =1 -0.
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  • 1926
  • John J. O’Hanlon, 1926.09 (shortly before 1926.09.25), Dundalk, Co. Louth (Town Hall). +12 =3 -5. Losses v. A. S. Coulter, F. H. Cox, M. Fitzpatrick, John McGuinness, R. T. Varian. Draws v. Crocket Johnston, T. O’Dwyer, James Norman Ashe. Wins v. J. M. Cox, Dr. Daly, Jas. Dearey, W. A. Deeney, T. Hakenjos, A. Kelly, J. McEvoy, S. S. McKevitt, M. Murney, W. Reid, J. Tallon, A. E. Timlin.
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  • 1934
  • Gerald Abrahams, 1934.04.21, Belfast (Queen’s University). +12 =0 -0. Win v. R. Sproule (C.I.Y.M.S.).
  • —, (Blindfold), 1934.05.21, Belfast (Belgravia Hotel, Ulsterville Avenue). +2 =2 -0. Draws v. P.J. MMcMahon, William Minnis. Wins v. S. Coulson, A.L. Davies.
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  • 1936
  • Oscar Quigley, 1936.07.22, Dublin (An Árd Craobh de Chonnradh na Gaedhilge). “About a dozen games were played, Quigley winning all of them”.
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  • 1941
  • Austin Bourke, 1941.04.06, Newcastle West, Co. Limerick. +8 =0 -0. Wins v. Doherty, Griffin, McDonnell, Monaghan, Moylan, Mullane, O’Connor, Rev. Fr. Quinn.
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  • 1950
  • P. A. (Paddy) Duignan and Matt Ryan, shortly before March 5, 1950, Dublin (Blackrock Newsboy’s Club). Played 20, lost at least 1.
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  • 1966
  • E. N. (Noel) Mulcahy, October 15, 1966, Cork (Cork Examiner offices). +12 =0 -0.
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  • 1974
  • Barney O’Sullivan, 1974.01, Waterford (Waterford C.C.). +15 =2 -0.
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  • 1975
  • David Dunne, shortly before 1975.07.02, Dublin (Dublin C.C., 20 Lincoln Place). +12 =2 -1. Loss v. Rónán Nolan. Draws v. Tor Liljestrom, Seán Terry.
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  • 1976
  • John Moles, 1976.02.07 or .08, Deene C.C., Co. Down. Played 18, -1. Loss v. Brian Nellis.
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  • 1977
  • Bernard Kernan, 1977.02.25, Galway, +19 =6 -1. Loss v. Professor Killeen. Draws v. F. Monaghan, R. O’Meara, L. Joyce, P. Muldoon and 2 others.
  • —, 1977.02.?? (probably 26), Sligo, +34 =1 -2. Losses v. R. Norton, M. Ruane (both Castlebar). Draw v. T. Hamilton (Sligo).
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  • 1978
  • Wolfgang Heidenfeld, 1979.04.29, Dublin (St. Benildus College). Pl. 18, lost 5. Losses v. Oliver Dunne, J. Hayes, Jimmy McAndrew, Owen O’Mahony, Ciarán Walker.
  • Tim Harding, 1979.07.01, Dublin (Royal Marine Hotel, Dún Laoghaire). Win v. Jonathan O’Connor.
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  • 1980
  • Eamon Keogh, shortly before 1980.02.22, Bahrain, +29 =6 -5.
  • Jonathan O’Connor, (Blindfold), date unknown (late 1980/early 1981), Blackrock College, +1 =0 -3. Losses v. Kevin Finucane, Andrew McCabe, Ross Stanley. Win v. Brendan O’Connor.
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  • 1988
  • Joe Savage, 1988.08.08, Monivea, Co. Galway. +15 =1 -1.
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  • 1991
  • John Delaney, 1991.08.10 or .11, Drogheda (Gaughan’s, O’Rahilly Street). +7 =1 -0. Draw v. Des O’Carroll.
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  • 1993
  • Tony Dennehy, 1993.07.13, Ballina (Gaughan’s, O’Rahilly Street). +10 =1 -2.
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  • 2002
  • Alexander Baburin, 2002.09, Ballina (Gaughan’s Pub), pl. 30. Results unknown.
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  • 2004
  • Stephen Brady, 2004.02, Dublin (Order of Malta Hall, Hampton Street). +18 =2 -0.
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  • 2005
  • Alexander Baburin, 2005.06, Dublin (Blackrock Shopping Centre). Pl. > 20, =1 -0. Draw v. Hugh Doyle. Win v. Gary Dunne.
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  • 2006
  • Stephen Scannell, date unknown, Fisherwick C.C., +6 =0 -4. Losses v. Richard Gould, Robert Lavery, Calum Leitch, Stewart McConaghey. Wins v. Alex Beckett, James Fairley, Bernard Jaffa, David Seaby, Owen Wilson, Iain Woodfield.
  • Alexander Baburin, 2006.05.13 or 14, Dublin (Blackrock Shopping Centre). Pl. >25, =2 -0. Draw v. Sam Osborne.
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  • 2007
  • Karl McPhillips, 2007.04.21, Queen’s University Belfast, +5 =0 -1 (?). Loss v. Chris Millar. Wins v. Robert Lavery, Calum Leitch, Cathal Murphy, William Storey, Philip Todd.
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  • 2008
  • Stephen Scannell, 2008.02.07, Queen’s University Belfast C.C. (Peter Froggatt Centre), +11 =1 -0. Draw v. Caroline Downey. Wins v. Chris Armstrong, Geoff Hindley, Robert Lavery, P. J. Mallon, Cathal Murphy, Jonathan Rodgers, Gianluca Sarri, John Steen, Laura Stronge, Tito Thomas, Zul Zulkifli.
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  • 2011
  • Alexander Baburin, 2011.03.02, T.C.D. C.C. (Room 3051 Arts building, Trinity), +8 =1 -0. Draw v. Colin Power. Wins v. Matthew Berkeley, Nicholas Bland, Charles Dillon, Diego Lionello, Hugh O’Connor, Jack McHugh, James Vaughan, Zbigniew Zdziarski.
  • Jonathan O’Connor, 2011.05.06, Curragh C.C. (Watertower Conference Facility), +9 =0 -0. Wins v. Martin Brehhov, Dermot Earls, Tim Hinchey, Hugues Hammouma, Padraig Hughes, Noel Lynch, Aidan O’Connor, Niall O’Shea, Franco Rivera.
  • John Delaney, 2011.12.06, Drogheda C.C. (Boyne Valley Hotel & Country Club), results unknown.
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  • 2012
  • John Delaney, 2012.01.21, Blanchardstown Junior C.C. (Community Centre in Blanchardstown Village, Dublin 15), +15 =2 -1. Loss v. Ian —, draw v. Alex —.
  • Alexander Baburin, 2012.02.23, Dublin (the Atrium, Civic Offices, Wood Quay). Results unknown.
  • Stephen Brady, 2012.05.14, Gorey (Loch gCarman Arms Hotel), +23 =2 -3. Losses v. Daire Gohary, Mikol Penzes. Draws v. Mark Berney, Séamus Halpenny, John Lacy.
  • Yuri Rochev, (clock simul), 2012.10.04, Galway (Bridge Centre, St. Mary’s Road), +15 =0 -0. Wins v. Joona Kiiski, Paul Ezergailis, Gernot Isola.
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  • 2013
  • John Joyce, 2013.02.13, Bray (Esplanade Hotel, Strand Road), +14 =1 -2. Losses v. Garrett Curran, Vincent Denard. Draw v. Richard Doyle. Win v. Mervyn Honner.
  • Mark Quinn,2013.03.21, Dublin (Dublin University Chess Society), +5 =1 -0. Draw v. Zbigniew Zdziarski. Wins v. Anthony Bourached, Friedrich Wetterling.
  • Jonathan O’Connor, 2013.08.04, Dublin (Twisted Pepper, 54 Abbey St. Middle, Dublin 1 (1st Rumbullion Festival)), +12 =0 -1. Loss v. Sam Osborne. Win v. Conor Pender.
  • Alexander Baburin, 2013.08.19, Dublin (Inchicore C.C., Camac Close, Kilmainham), +22 =3 -1. Loss v. Stephen Joyce. Draws v. Dougie McCann, Richard Walshe, Declan –. Full list of opponents available.
  • Sam Collins, 2013.09.07, Gorey (Gorey C.C., Loch gCarman Arms Hotel, Main St., Gorey), +38 =6 -0. Draws v. Ross Beatty (St. Benildus), John Lacey (Gorey) (?), Joshua Redmond (Enniscorthy).
  • Stephen Brady, 2013.09.18, Dún Laoghaire (Dún Laoghaire C.C.). (Scheduled; unknown whether it took place.)
  • Darko Polimac, 2013.11.02, Enniscorthy (Market Square). +14 =0 -0.
  • Diana Mirza, 2013.11.06, Croom, Co. Limerick (Coláiste Chiaráin), pl. 23, +21.
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  • 2014
  • Jonathan O’Connor, 2014.01.16, Dublin (Dublin C.C., United Arts Club, 3 Upper Fitzwilliam St., Dublin 2). +15 =0 -0.
  • Alexander Baburin, (Blindfold), 2014.07.16, Dublin (Printworks, Dublin Castle). Played 16. +5 =2 -2, 7 unfinishd. Losses v. Ross Beatty (St. Benildus), Geoffrey Keating (Limerick). Draws v. Seáan Bradley (-), Mihailo Manojlovic (St. Benildus). Wins v. David Baird (Westport), Hannah Lowry-O’Reilly (T.C.D.), Pat McCarrick (Longford), Ciarán Ruane (St. Benildus), Garóidíin Uí Laighléis (Aer Lingus). Unfinished games v. Vincent Bissett (Malahide), Alex Byrne (St. Benildus), Melvyn King (Malahide), Henry Li (Rathmines Jrs.), Christopher Murphy (-), Paul Ryan (Bray/Greystones), Fiachra Scallan (Rathmines Jrs.).
  • Stephen Brady, 2014.09.11, Dublin (Rathmines C.C.), clock simul. (100 min. total for Brady, 80 min. for opponents). +10 =5 -3. Losses v. Stephen Higgins, Fiachra Scallan, Nick Scallan. Draws v. Kevin Collins, Liam Coman, Paul Higgins, Jack Killane, Shahram Nikrow. Wins v. Joe Flood, Pat Freer, Matthew Gallagher, Abul Kalam, Michael Kennedy, Atanas Kouhtas, Peter J. Lynch, John Maher, Eoin O’Higgins, Ciara Scallan.
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  • 2015
  • David Fitzsimons, 2015.02.17, Drogheda (Drogheda C.C.). +14 =0 -2. Losses v. Stefan Baczkowski,
    Michael Johnston. Win v. Eoin Murphy.
  • Colm Daly, 2015.03.18, Bray (Esplanade Hotel). +13 =6 -1. Loss v. Tom O’Gorman. Draws v. Garrett Curran, Gavin Doyle, Allen Gaughan, Mark Kilcullen, Joshua Redmond, Fiachra Scallan.
  • Gábor Horváth, 2015.09.24, Groomsport, Co. Down (Bangor C.C.). Pl. 17, -1. Loss v. Michael Sheerin.
  • Monika Gedvilaite-Cipariene, 2015.12.11 or shortly before, Germany. +9 =3 -0.
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  • 2016
  • David Fitzsimons, 2016.01.07, Dublin (Inchicore C.C., Inchicore Workman’s Club, Emmet Road). +12 =5 -3. Losses v. Tom O’Flynn, Niall O’Higgins, Andy Rodger. Draws v. Philip Clarke, Declan Geraghty, Pat J. McGowan, Paul Malone, Christy Spellman. Wins v. Karl Brophy, Brendan Canning, Brian Carty, Stephen Joyce, Pat McCabe, Francisco Martire, Davide Possenti, Chris Sheridan, Alexandru Rad, Gordon Roe, Richard Walshe, Richard P. Walshe.
  • David Fitzsimons, 2016.03.30, Bray (Esplanade Hotel). +13 =2 -3. Losses v. Seán Cullen (Bray), Shane Melaugh (Elm Mount), Conor Nolan (Bray). Draws v. Garrett Curran (Bray), Felix Jordan (Rathmines Jrs).
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  • 2017
  • Monika Gedvilaite-Cipariene, 2016.01.22, Dublin (Stephen’s Green Hibernian Club, 9 St. Stephen’s Green). +6 =1 -0.
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  • 2018
  • Brendan Jamison, 2018.10.12, Portrush, Co. Antrim (Portrush Atlantic Hotel). +13 =1 -0. Draw v. Dexter Harris. (Full list of players available.)
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  • 2019
  • Gábor Horváth, 2019.01.10, Groomsport, Co. Down (Groomsport Parish Church Hall). +19 =3 -0. Draws v. Stephen Cullen, James O’Fee, Peter Wilson.
  • Ross Harris, 2019.03.14, Groomsport, Co. Down (Groomsport Parish Church Hall). + ca. 16 =0 -0. Wins v. Ellen Eachus, Callum Magennis, Rebecca McGlurg.
  • Stephen Scannell, 2019.05.04, Lisburn, Co. Antrim (Lisburn C.C., Lisburn City Library). +17 =2 -0.
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  • 2020
  • John Cairns, 2020.01.09, Groomsport, Co. Down (Groomsport Parish Church Hall). +13 =6 -1. Loss v. Andrew Todd. Draws v. James O’Fee, Richard Proctor, Michael Sheerin, Conor Spackman, Ben Toogood, Walter Wilson. Full list of opponents available.
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  • 2021
  • Ethan Cole, 2021.07.16, Greenisland, Co. Antrim (Greenisland FC CC). +16 =0 -0. Wins v. Max Hudson, Charys Jardine, Evan McCartney.
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  • 2022
  • Andrew Todd, 2022.03.31, Groomsport, Co. Down (Groomsport Parish Church Hall). +7 =1 -3. Losses v. Seán Donaghy, Richard McClean, Louis McKnight. Draw v. Ken Browne.
  • Alexander Baburin, 2022.05.22, Dublin (Harold’s Cross Park). 15-board simul, played 30-35, =1 -0.
  • Stephen Scannell, 2022.08.16, Lisburn (Lisburn C.C.). +16 =4 -3. Win v. Stephen Taylor.
  • Alex Goss, 2022.08.25, Lisburn (Lisburn C.C.). +7 =0 -4 (with “dodgy” opening on every board).
  • Tarun Kanyamarala and Trisha Kanyamarala, 2022.10.08, Dublin (Talbot Hotel Stillorgan). Tarun Kanyamarala: +8 =0 -0 and (blindfold clock simul) +2 =0 -0. Trisha Kanyaramala: +8 =0 -0.
  • Edward Khanzharov and Brendan Jamison, Groomsport, Co. Down (Bangor C.C.). Khanzharov: +5 =4 -3. Losses v. Craig Kelly, Louis McKnight, Richard Proctor. Draws v. Ken Browne, Alan McBurney, Jacob McClean, Walter Wilson. Jamison: +12 =0 -0. Wins v. George Gamble, Josh Whearty, Nathan Woodhouse.
  • David Fitzsimons, 2022.11.22, Drogheda (Drogheda C.C.). +19 =0 -0.
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  • 2023
  • Jonathan O’Connor, 2023.08.02, Dublin (Dublin C.C., United Arts Club). +11 =2 -2. Losses v. Joe Durkan, Ken Killian.
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  • 2024
  • Jonathan O’Connor, 2024.06.12, Dublin (Dublin C.C., United Arts Club) (Black on all boards). +11 =1 -0.
  • Alexander Baburin, 2024.07.07, Dublin (Sandymount Green). 12 boards, about 20 games. =1 -0.

Last updated December 8, 2024.

4 Responses to Local simuls

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  2. Tim Walsh says:
    December 6, 2013 at 8:22 pm

    Tim Harding gave a simul the night before a tournament started in Castlebar (I think) in the late 1970s or early 1980s (Before 1983). My game was one of the last to finish.

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  3. Jonathan O'Connor says:
    May 5, 2020 at 10:18 am

    Sometime in the summer of 1978 or 1979, Tim Harding gave a simul in the Royal Marine hotel in Dun Laoghaire. I lost very quickly to him after playing 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e5??

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