Results & Winners of Blitz Compettition

Thanks again to John Crowley for running the blitz competition. The quick turnaround between rounds could not have been achieved without his trusty laptop and usual efficiency. With 16 players on the last night, there was plenty of work to be done.

Killian Delaney was the outstanding player over the three rounds. His total score of 26.5/27 (just one draw conceded over 27 games!) is a testament to just how strong and consistent he is over the 5-minute format. Kudos to Thomas Gruel for taking that one half-point off Killian!

Second overall was John Crowley with a more-than-decent 19 points, but because he was in the senior section with Killian he receives no prize.

Winner of the second section is the ever-combative and strong blitz player Atanas Khoutev, on 16.5 points. James Osbourne won the junior section with 11 points overall.

On the night, the strongest threat to Killian’s dominance came from Sam Osbourne and Jack Killane. Jack was a rook up with a completely won game until he lost on time. But that’s blitz. I didn’t witness Sam’s game against Killian, but he lost in the end. Myself, Tony, can normally play a decent fast game, but was completely trounced on the night and trailed in on 3 points.

 Overall

 

Senior		Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Total
2055	Osborne Sam			8	8
1922	Delaney Killian	9	9	8.5	26.5	Winner
1897	McCabe Darren		4		4
1809	Killane Jack	5.5	6.5	5.5	17.5
1796	Kennedy Michael		6		6
1790	Scannell Tony	6		3	9
1634	Crowley John	8	5	6	19
Intermediates
1570	Lynch Peter		5.5	5	10.5
1535	McEvoy Pat	4			4
1500	Burke James	1			1
1432	Pierce Nicky			5.5	5.5
1405	Keouhtev Atanas	6	5.5	5	16.5	Winner
1402	Maher John	3	3.5	5	11.5
Junior
1352	Mogerley Paul	1		3	4
1320	Byrne Ciaran J	3		4	7
1306	Osborne James	4	3.5	3.5	11	Winner
1132	O’Boyle Una			2	2
1050	Gruel Thomas		3.5	4.5	8
1015	McCrann Roland	3.5	2	3.5	9
726	Hall Shane		0	1	1

Standings for Round 3:

Place Name             Feder Rtg Loc  Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.

  1   DELANEY, KILLIAN           1922 8.5      35.5  46.0   43.5
  2   OSBORNE, SAM               2055 8        36.5  48.0   38.0
  3   CROWLEY, JOHN              1634 6        36.0  47.5   30.0
 4-5  KILLANE, JACK              1809 5.5      35.0  45.5   27.5
      PIERCE, NICKY              1432 5.5      32.0  42.5   23.5
 6-8  KOUHTEV, ATANAS            1405 5        29.0  38.5   24.0
      MAHER, JOHN                1402 5        27.5  37.0   25.0
      LYNCH, PETER               1570 5        27.0  36.0   21.0
  9   GRUEL, THOMAS              1050 4.5      33.0  42.5   22.5
 10   BYRNE, CIARAN J            1320 4        32.5  42.0   24.0
 11   OSBORNE, JAMES             1306 3.5      24.5  31.5   13.5
12-13 MOGERLEY, PAUL             1352 3        35.5  46.0   20.0
      SCANNELL, TONY             1790 3        30.5  37.0   14.0
 14   McCRANN, ROLAND            1015 2.5      26.5  36.0   12.5
 15   O'BOYLE, UNA               1123 2        31.0  37.5   12.0
 16   HALL, SHANE                725  1        27.5  34.5    9.0

Cross Table

No Name             Feder Rtg  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9  

1  DELANEY, KILLIAN            5:W  3:W  2:W  4:W 10:W  7:W  9:D  6:W 14:W
2  OSBORNE, SAM                8:W  4:W  1:L 12:W  3:W  5:W  6:W  7:W  9:W
3  CROWLEY, JOHN              12:W  1:L 10:W  8:W  2:L  9:W  4:W  5:L 11:W
4  KILLANE, JACK               6:W  2:L  9:W  1:L 13:W 12:W  3:L 15:W  5:D
5  PIERCE, NICKY               1:L 12:L 14:W 13:W 15:W  2:L 10:W  3:W  4:D
6  KOUHTEV, ATANAS             4:L 13:W 12:L 11:W 16:W 10:W  2:L  1:L 15:W
7  MAHER, JOHN                13:W  8:L 15:W 10:L 14:W  1:L 12:W  2:L 16:W
8  LYNCH, PETER                2:L  7:W 16:W  3:L  9:L 11:L 15:W 13:W 12:W
9  GRUEL, THOMAS              10:L 14:W  4:L 15:W  8:W  3:L  1:D 16:W  2:L
10 BYRNE, CIARAN J             9:W 16:W  3:L  7:W  1:L  6:L  5:L 11:L 13:W
11 OSBORNE, JAMES             14:D 15:L 13:L  6:L 12:L  8:W 16:W 10:W  3:L
12 MOGERLEY, PAUL              3:L  5:W  6:W  2:L 11:W  4:L  7:L 14:L  8:L
13 SCANNELL, TONY              7:L  6:L 11:W  5:L  4:L 16:W 14:W  8:L 10:L
14 McCRANN, ROLAND            11:D  9:L  5:L 16:W  7:L 15:L 13:L 12:W  1:L
15 O'BOYLE, UNA               16:L 11:W  7:L  9:L  5:L 14:W  8:L  4:L  6:L
16 HALL, SHANE                15:W 10:L  8:L 14:L  6:L 13:L 11:L  9:L  7:L

Blitz Round 2 Results

Standings

Place Name             Feder Rtg Loc  Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.

  1   DELANEY, KILLIAN           1922 9        33.0  41.5   45.0
  2   KILLANE, JACK              1809 6.5      31.5  40.5   29.5
  3   KENNEDY, MICHAEL           1796 6        30.0  39.0   24.0
 4-5  LYNCH, PETER               1570 5.5      34.0  43.0   30.0
      KOUHTEV, ATANAS            1405 5.5      28.5  37.5   26.0
  6   CROWLEY, JOHN              1634 5        32.5  43.5   25.0
  7   McCABE, DARREN             1897 4        35.5  44.5   25.0
8-10  OSBORNE, JAMES             1306 3.5      32.0  41.0   21.0
      MAHER, JOHN                1402 3.5      29.0  38.0   15.0
      GRUEL, THOMAS              1050 3.5      29.0  35.0   18.5
 11   McCRANN, ROLAND            1016 2        33.5  42.5   11.0
 12   HALL, SHANE                726  0        31.5  40.0    0.0

Cross Table

No  Name             Feder Rtg  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9  

1.  DELANEY, KILLIAN            7:W  4:W  2:W  6:W  9:W  3:W  5:W 11:W  8:W
2.  McCABE, DARREN              8:W  5:W  1:L 10:W  3:L  6:L  7:L 12:W  4:L
3.  KILLANE, JACK               9:D  6:D  4:W  7:D  2:W  1:L 11:W  5:W 12:W
4.  KENNEDY, MICHAEL           10:W  1:L  3:L  5:L 11:W 12:W  6:W  9:W  2:W
5.  CROWLEY, JOHN              11:W  2:L  6:L  4:W  8:W 10:W  1:L  3:L  9:W
6.  LYNCH, PETER               12:W  3:D  5:W  1:L  7:W  2:W  4:L  8:L 10:W
7.  KOUHTEV, ATANAS             1:L 12:W  8:W  3:D  6:L  9:W  2:W 10:L 11:W
8.  MAHER, JOHN                 2:L  9:D  7:L 12:W  5:L 11:L 10:W  6:W  1:L
9.  OSBORNE, JAMES              3:D  8:D 10:D 11:W  1:L  7:L 12:W  4:L  5:L
10. GRUEL, THOMAS               4:L 11:W  9:D  2:L 12:W  5:L  8:L  7:W  6:L
11. McCRANN, ROLAND             5:L 10:L 12:W  9:L  4:L  8:W  3:L  1:L  7:L
12. HALL, SHANE                 6:L  7:L 11:L  8:L 10:L  4:L  9:L  2:L  3:L
Ratings (Local)
No  Name             Feder Loc Id Loc  Score Exp. Chg*K  Rav Rprfm

1.  DELANEY, KILLIAN              1922 9.0/9 8.19     8 1537  2536
2.  McCABE, DARREN                1897 4.0/9 8.37   -44 1479  1436
3.  KILLANE, JACK                 1809 6.5/9 7.92   -14 1475  1641
4.  KENNEDY, MICHAEL              1796 6.0/9 8.10   -21 1437  1562
5.  CROWLEY, JOHN                 1634 5.0/9 5.76    -8 1530  1573
6.  LYNCH, PETER                  1570 5.5/9 5.22     3 1516  1596
7.  KOUHTEV, ATANAS               1405 5.5/9 4.41    11 1411  1491
8.  MAHER, JOHN                   1402 3.5/9 4.59   -11 1392  1312
9.  OSBORNE, JAMES                1306 3.5/9 3.15     4 1418  1338
10. GRUEL, THOMAS                 1050 3.5/9 0.90    26 1417  1337
11. McCRANN, ROLAND               1016 2.0/9 0.54    15 1450  1230
12. HALL, SHANE                   726  0.0/9 0.00     0 1472   473
			

Announcements

We are closed for St. Patrick’s Day, Tuesday, March 17th 2009.

The committee have decided to enter one team into the Branagan Cup this year – players who played on the Armstrong or Heidenfeld leagues are entitled to enter, we need a team of five and a panel of eight. Jack Killane will be the captain and invites players to contact him about entry. Ironically, we do not expect to enter a team into the Killane Cup this years. Instead…

The committee have also decided to enter two teams into the newly created William Brennan Cup. This is a knock-out team competition for players rated below 1500 only. We hope to enter a team composed of O’Hanlon players (captained by James Osbourne) and one of other players (we are hoping for mainly Heidenfeld players…) captained by either John Maher or Peter Bishop. Please contact any of the above if you want to play.

The Blitz competition reaches the second round this Thursday, 12th March. The third round is scheduled for Tuesday 24th March. All players are welcome, even if they haven’t previously played in the first round.

The dates for the Rathmines Club Championship have been decided. Play will start on Tuesday 21st April and continue for six weeks until 26th May. The rating bands are: Senior 1500+; Intermediates 1200-1499; Juniors <1200. James Osbourne will control the Intermediates, Peter Bishop the juniors. (No controller chosed for seniors as yet). Results will be submitted for rating purposes.

The Irish National Club Championships are happening on the weekend of April 25th/26th. Details from the ICU website:

This year’s National Club Championships will be held in the Carlton Shearwater Hotel in Ballinasloe on Saturday 25th (1:00pm start) and Sunday 26th April. The Hotel are offering special rates for players – €65 per person sharing. All Clubs in Ireland are invited to participate provided their team of 6 boards has an average rating on this January’s ICU list of 1600 or more and, of course, they are all members of the ICU.

The club are entering one team only, of 6 boards, with a possibility of two substitutes. To participate, please contact Jack Killane directlyon 4902099 (H) or talk to him on a club night. We will choose the best team available. The top two teams from the National Club Championships normally gain entry to the European Club Championships – so there’s an incentive to enter a strong team!

The final day of the Leinster leagues were held on Sunday 8th March. The Heidenfeld team survived! The Rathmines A team finished with a 4-4 draw against Elm Mount to end the season 4th, just above Bray/Greystones and Gonzaga. Actually, we could well have converted a couple of draws into wins and won the match 5-3, to just pip Elm Mount for 3rd place, but in the end a 4th place finish was OK. Rathmines B were relegated.

Round 10 for Armstrong A

Apologies, but Jack gave me these results, which I mislaid. Here is the link to the Leinster League site: we scored a 5-3 win over Gonzaga. Unfortunately, Mindaugaus lost, thus ending his chances of a board prize on the second last hurdle. Darren scored a win which he has promised to annotate for me! And John Delaney, our newest recruit, scored another fine win on board one.

The final round is this Sunday at 3pm, in St Michaels Community Centre, Inchicore.

http://www.chessleague.net/lcu/lcu0809/div1/match56.htm

Leagues – Final Day this Sunday 8th March!

http://www.chessleague.net/finalround.htm

The final round matches in this seasons Leinster leagues will be played on Sunday 8th March 2009 in St Michael’s Community Centre, Emmet Road, Inchicore, Dublin 8.

Timetable:

10 AM

Division 2 Heidenfeld Trophy
Division 4 O’Hanlon Cup
Division 5 BEA Cup

3 PM
Division 1 Armstrong Cup
Division 3 Ennis Shield

Teams must provide their own boards sets and clocks.
The rate of play will be the same as in the regular season.
For divisions 3,4 and 5 each player will have 1 3/4 hours to play all their moves.
For divisions 1 and 2 each player will have 2 hours to play all their moves.

BEA Round 10 vs. Dublin

RATHMINES                          DUBLIN

1.Ed Cunningham 966  0-1  Pat Loughrey     1372

2.Rob Wilson  858 0.5-0.5  Michael Fagan   1342

3.Shane Hall 728  0-1  Rory Broderick   1194

4.J. Lowry O’Reilly 700  0-1  Ross O’Mullane  1192

5.Marion O’Raw  700  0-1  Martin McDonald  836

Played Tuesday 24th February.

Philip’s Memorial – Entry Form and details

philip-hogarty-memorial-event

Philip Hogarty Memorial Rapidplay
Saturday 4th April 2009

Venue The Teacher’s Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1

Format 5 round Swiss Open
25 mins per player, FIDE Rapidplay Rules apply

Registration: 9.30am-10am

Schedule

Round 1: 10.15am-11.05am
Round 2: 11.15am-12.05pm
Round 3: 12.15pm-1.05pm
Round 4: 2.15pm-3.05pm
Round 5: 3.15pm-4.15pm

Prize giving: 4.20pm

• Entry Fee €25
• Cheques should be made payable to Jobstown Chess Club
• Entries will be accepted on the day
• Irish players should be members of the ICU
• Generous Prize Fund Guaranteed
• Contact Darren McCabe
  0876938736
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  Entry Form
  Name:______________ Rating:_________
  Club:_______________ ICU No:_________

Blitz – Dates for rounds 2 and 3

Round 2 (Thursday March 12th) and
Round 3 (Tuesday March 24th)

Put these dates in your diary. A very good, fun night is promised. Anybody can enter, even if you didn’t play in round 1. Five minutes each; normal blitz rules apply. Senior, Intermediate, and Junior prizes….

Heidenfeld results vs Curragh

 

 

	Rathmines			Curragh
Board	Player	Rating	Result	Player	Rating
1	John Crowley	1634	0 / 1	Richard Arundell	1892
2	Pat McEvoy	1533	½ / ½	Noel Lynch	1650
3	John O’Connell	1494	0 / 1	Mark McLoughlin	1649
4	David O’Connell	1438	1 / 0	Peter Klompers	1433
5	Nicholas Pierce	1432	0 / 1	Harry Valters	UG
6	Patrick Freer	1431	½ / ½	Niall O’Shea	1454
7	John Maher	1415	½ / ½	Brendan Duff	1382
8	Peter Bishop	1400	1 / 0	Derek Stacey	1379
		Score	3½ /4 ½