Amidst a wave of byes, we’re left with just two players on 100% records going into the business end of the competition.
Continue ReadingThere’s been two late bye requests for Wednesday, so there’s a couple of changes to the club championships third round draw.
Continue ReadingFormer Bunratty winner Wesley So has been involved in a lovely tactic which will appear in many textbooks and tactics puzzle sites to come.
Continue ReadingThe provisional draw is out for Wednesday week’s third round of the senior club championships.
Continue ReadingWhite only scored a combined 1½/11 in round 2 of the club championships, but it wasn’t for want of trying…
Continue ReadingLara is on Board 2 for today’s opening game against Myanmar, and you can watch live here from 10:30am Irish time (probably with a standard 15-minute anti-cheating delay added)
The 2022 Olympiad opening ceremony gets underway around about now, with games due to start tomorrow. And for the first time in 12 years – and only the third time ever – there’ll be St Benildus involvement.
Continue ReadingThe ECU have voted to strip the Russian city of Sochi of its right to host the 2024 European Club Cup, and instead awarded the tournament to the Serbian spa town of Vrnjačka Banja. Tournament dates will be agreed at a later date.
The 2023 tournament is in Durrës in Albania from 30th September to 8th October, and we’ll be entering the National Club Championships in due course in an attempt to qualify.
This year’s tournament is in Mayrhofen in Austria from 2nd – 10th October and with no qualifying NCC, we’re sending a team of Lara, Kavin, Leon, Kevin Mc, Brendan L, John, me and Brendan C (exact board order to be confirmed closer the time of course)
There’s a couple of bye requests for round 2, so there’s a revised draw for Wednesday’s games, with only one new pairing.
Continue ReadingA 1-2 at the weekday tournament, and two mid-table finishes at the Irish Championships.
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