We went into the final day of the leagues mostly with nothing to play for – though things didn’t work out well for the one team that did.
Continue ReadingAnnotations and positions
A round-up of our teams’ second round performances in the Leinster leagues – five matches saw four wins as we go top of the Armstrong and threaten to get an Armstrong C team…
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 2022 Club Championships are underway, and as is traditional, we have our front-runner for the David v Goliath prize – though for the first time, it’s a repeat of a previous winner.
Continue ReadingThe club came to a close for the summer break with both remaining Cup teams being knocked out at the first knock-out stage, while Gerry’s lead at the top of the blitz narrowed despite his nearest rivals not playing.
Continue ReadingSeán Coffey (once of this parish of course), found an interesting link between one of Lara’s games in Sligo recently and a famous textbook Capablanca ending from 100 years ago. And when I say “interesting link” – it’s the exact same position. See more here on Seán’s site.
We had two matches up the club as our covid re-opening gathers pace – the Killane confirmed their place in the quarter-finals, while the Branagan B bowed out with three decent draws against Gonzaga B, including one against Ireland’s number 1 ranked player.
Continue ReadingFour of the club’s juniors shared 500+ rating points between them at the John Bolger Cup in Coláiste Éanna last month – and only that there was a derby in the last round of the Masters section, they could each topped 100 points of a gain each.
Continue ReadingIn which the 4NCL adventure came to an end, while the HOCL season got set up for a showdown…
Three of our five online teams now top their respective leagues, but our blitz team slumped to their lowest finish to date…
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