Overseas tournaments

This page covers tournaments held outside Ireland that involved Irish players. Event names in italics denote external reports.

  • 1895
  • Hastings 1895, August 5-September 2, 1895; 1st Harry Pllsbury (USA); 22 players, 231 games; James Mason, 9½/21, 12th-14th.
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  • 1955
  • Johannesburg International 1955, August 15-20, 1955; 1st-2nd Wolfgang Heidenfeld (South Africa), Willem Jan Mühring (Netherlands); 8 players, all-play-all, 28 games (all available); Wolfgang Heidenfeld (later an Irish player).
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  • 1968
  • Glasgow Invitation 1968, September 28-30, 1968; 1st Michael Basman (England); 16 players, 6 rounds, 47 or 48 games (47 available); Michael Littleton, 2/6, 14th.
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  • 1984
  • 4th Lewisham International 1984, September 4-14, 1984; 1st-2nd Gert-Jan de Boer (Netherlands), Mark Hebden (England); 29 players, 9 rounds, 112 games (all available); Mark J. L. Orr, 6/9, 3rd-4th. Event page, BritBase (pairings & results, all 112 games). Orr’s games.
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  • 1999
  • Capablanca Memorial, Havana 1999, May 8-21, 1999; 1st Tony Miles; 14 players, all play all; Alexander Baburin, 7/13, 7th-8th.
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  • 2024
  • Sheffield Masters 2024, April 10-14, 2024; 1st Tom O’Gorman; 10 players, all play all; Tom O’Gorman, 6½/9, 1st; Trisha Kanyamarala, 4½/9, 7th.

Last updated April 23, 2024.

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