Paul Mogerley memorial – Final results

PAUL MOGERLEY MEMORIAL TEAM TOURNAMENT

Team B (5 pts.) Team A (4.5 pts.)
J.Burns 1-0 M.Kennedy
P.McEvoy 0-1 P.Freer
D.Mowlds 0.5-0.5 S.Hall

Team D (5 pts.) Team E (4.5 pts.)
K.Moore* 0-1 J.Crowley
U.O’Boyle 1-0 J.Osborne
R.Wilson 1-0 P.Kavenga **
*subbed by J.Gaffney **subbed by P.O’Brien

Team C (4 pts.) Team F (4 pts.)
J.Burke 0-1 P.Lynch
J.O’Connell 0-5-0.5 J.Flood
J.Lowry O’Reilly 0-1 A.McGrath

Leaderboard
Team D: 7
Team B: 6.5
Team F: 6.5
Team A: 6
Team E: 5.5
Team C: 4.5

Therefore,the winners are Ken Moore, Una O’Boyle and Rob Wilson. Congratulations on a close fought win!

Branagan Cup Triumph

Last night, Monday 21st June 2010, Rathmines beat Phibsboro to claim the annual Branagan Cup.
The scores were:

1. John Delaney FM 2198 1/2 – 1/2 Stephen Brady FM 2354
2. Peter Cafolla 2028 1 – 0 Richard O’Donovan 2065
3. Killian Delaney 1999 1 – 0 John Nolan 2038
4. Darren McCabe 1892 0 – 1 Kevin Butler 1955
5. Michael Kennedy 1831 0 – 1 David Salter 1879
6. Tony Scannell 1822 1 – 0 Herbert Scarry 1737

We last won the Branagan Cup in 2005. My records (from this website’s Roll of Honor) only indicate this single previous win. Does anybody know of a previous win? Surely we have won it before (aside from 2005)?

Well done to all of the team for a tremendous end to the league season!!

Paul Mogerley Memorial Round 3

Team B (3.5 pts.) Team D (3.5 pts.)
J.Burns 1-0 K.Moore default
P.McEvoy 0.5-0.5 U.O’Boyle
D.Mowlds R.Wilson postponed

Team A (3pts.) Team F (2.5 pts.)
M.Kennedy 1-0 P.Lynch
P.Freer 0.5-0.5 J.Flood
S.Hall 0-1 A.McGrath *
*R.McCrann subbed

Team E (2.5 pts.) Team C (3 pts.)
J.Crowley ** 0-1 J.Burke
C.Byrne *** 1-0 J.O’Connell
P.Kavenga 1-0 J.Lowry-O’Reilly
**J.Killane subbed
***J.Osborne subbed

Rathmines Championships – Final Results

Finally, we can announce the complete results. The delay was over a decision about the tie-break rules for the Junior competition, so apologies for that.

Congratulations to all the winners!
John Delaney (Senior) (it took an FM to take away my crown! :-) )
Cormac O’Brien (Intermediates)
and Andrew McGrath (Junior) on tie-break from Pat O’Brien. (Cumulative scores used to separate them)

Thanks again go to John Crowley for expertly managing each of the rounds.

Rathmines Senior 2010

Standings

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

  1   DELANEY "FM", JOHN              2211 6        13.0  19.5   21.0
 2-3  KILLANE, JACK                   1888 4        13.0  21.0   14.5
      DELANEY, KILLIAN                1980 4        12.5  20.5   15.0
 4-7  FAGAN, LEON                     1790 3        13.5  21.5   13.0
      JANUSAITIS, MINDAUGAS           1869 3        13.5  21.0   13.0
      DOYLE, PHILIP                   1686 3        10.5  18.0   10.0
      BURKE, JAMES                    1718 3         9.0  14.5    7.5
 8-9  BURNS, JOHN                     1744 2.5      12.5  18.0    9.0
      GOGGINS, DAVID                  1817 2.5      10.0  17.5    7.0
 10   KALAM, ABUL                     1993 2         9.0  14.5    7.0
11-12 MOORE, KEN                      1657 1.5      11.0  15.5    5.5
      LYNCH, PETER J.                 1557 1.5      10.0  14.5    3.5

Cross Table

No  Name                  Feder Rtg  1    2    3    4    5    6  

1.  DELANEY "FM", JOHN               6:W 10:W  7:W  5:W  4:W  3:W
2.  KALAM, ABUL                      7:L  3:L 11:W  6:W  8:- 12:L
3.  DELANEY, KILLIAN                 8:D  2:W  4:D  7:W  5:W  1:L
4.  KILLANE, JACK                    9:W  5:D  3:D  8:W  1:L  7:W
5.  JANUSAITIS, MINDAUGAS           11:W  4:D 10:W  1:L  3:L  6:D
6.  GOGGINS, DAVID                   1:L 12:D  9:D  2:L 11:W  5:D
7.  FAGAN, LEON                      2:W  8:W  1:L  3:L 10:W  4:L
8.  BURNS, JOHN                      3:D  7:L 12:W  4:L  2:+  9:L
9.  BURKE, JAMES                     4:L 11:D  6:D 10:L 12:W  8:W
10. DOYLE, PHILIP                   12:W  1:L  5:L  9:W  7:L 11:W
11. MOORE, KEN                       5:L  9:D  2:L 12:W  6:L 10:L
12. LYNCH, PETER J.                 10:L  6:D  8:L 11:L  9:L  2:W
Rathmines Inter 2010
Standings
Place Name             Feder Rtg Loc  Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.

  1   O'BRIEN, CORMAC            1475 5        10.0  16.5   18.0
  2   COSGROVE, PAT              1450 4.5       9.5  16.0   16.0
 3-4  BYRNE, CIARAN J.           1328 3        12.5  19.0   11.0
      KOUHTEV, ATANAS            1367 3         9.5  16.0    6.0
 5-6  MAHER, JOHN                1353 2.5      12.5  19.0    6.5
      O'CONNELL, JOHN            1452 2.5      10.0  16.5    9.0
  7   FREER, PAT                 1384 2        13.0  20.5    9.5
  8   GAFFNEY, JOHN P            1366 1.5      13.0  20.5    8.0
Cross Table
No Name             Feder Rtg 1   2   3   4   5   6  

1. O'BRIEN, CORMAC            5:W 4:W 3:D 6:W 7:D 8:W
2. O'CONNELL, JOHN            6:L 7:D 5:W 4:D 8:D 3:L
3. COSGROVE, PAT              7:W 6:W 1:D 8:- 4:W 2:W
4. FREER, PAT                 8:W 1:L 7:D 2:D 3:L 5:L
5. KOUHTEV, ATANAS            1:L 8:L 2:L 7:W 6:W 4:W
6. GAFFNEY, JOHN P            2:W 3:L 8:D 1:L 5:L 7:L
7. MAHER, JOHN                3:L 2:D 4:D 5:L 1:D 6:W
8. BYRNE, CIARAN J.           4:L 5:W 6:D 3:+ 2:D 1:L
Rathmines Junior 2010

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

 1-2  O'BRIEN, PAT                      960  5        12.0  18.0   16.0
      McGRATH, ANDREW                   1122 5        10.5  16.5   18.0
  3   COOKE, PETER                      808  4        13.5  19.5   16.5
  4   LOWRY-O'REILLY, JOHANNA           702  3.5      12.0  18.0   12.5
 5-6  BOYLE, PAUL W                     900  2.5      12.0  18.0    8.0
      COOKE, FRANK                      834  2.5      10.5  16.5    7.0
  7   MOWLDS, DEE                       701  1        12.0  18.0    3.5
  8   HALL, SHANE                       700  0.5      13.5  19.5    2.5
Cross Table
No Name                    Feder Rtg 1   2   3   4   5   6  

1. McGRATH, ANDREW                   8:W 2:W 3:W 5:L 6:W 7:W
2. O'BRIEN, PAT                      6:W 1:L 8:W 4:W 5:W 3:W
3. BOYLE, PAUL W                     4:D 5:- 1:L 7:W 8:W 2:L
4. COOKE, FRANK                      3:D 6:L 5:D 2:L 7:D 8:W
5. COOKE, PETER                      7:W 3:+ 4:D 1:W 2:L 6:D
6. LOWRY-O'REILLY, JOHANNA           2:L 4:W 7:W 8:+ 1:L 5:D
7. MOWLDS, DEE                       5:L 8:D 6:L 3:L 4:D 1:L
8. HALL, SHANE                       1:L 7:D 2:L 6:- 3:L 4:L
			

Two games from Peter Lynch

Here are two games of Peter’s from some recent tournaments. The first is an exciting Sicilian battle against Bernd Thee in the 2009 Limerick Open.

Replay Game Here

White: Thee, Bernd (1805) vs. Black:  Lynch, Peter (1540)
Sicilian Wing Gambit
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. b4 Giving up the pawn so he can build up an impressive centre. The other popular Sicilian Gambit idea is 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. c3?!
3… cxb4 4. d4 g6 5. a3 bxa3 6. Nxa3 Bg7 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. c3

Position after White’s 8. c3
The basic position has been established. White has the centre he wanted while black has a Sicilian Dragon-type position and an extra pawn. Black should probably try to use the c-file, in classic Sicilian fashion, for counterplay before white uses his extra space to generate an attack.

8…Nf6 9. Qe2 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. Bg5 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qc7 14. Rfe1 Nd7 15. Ba2 Rac8 16. Qg3 Nb6 17. f4 Na5 18. Rac1 Rfe8 19. f5 Nac4 20. Nxc4 Nxc4 21. h4 b5 22. h5

Position after White’s 22. h5

White has a tremendous attack against black’s King. The pawn storm is about to destroy his pawn cover. Meanwhile, black’s counterplay against the weak c3 pawn and c4 square seems to have petered out. Black must try 22…h6 here, with something like 23. Be3 g5 to come, trying to blockade the kingside.

22…Qb6?! 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. fxg6 fxg6 25. Be3 Rf8 26. Qxg6

Position after white’s Qxg6. Black looks exposed, but has some counterplay now along the f-file with the rooks.

26…Rf6 27. Qg4 Rcf8 28. e5 dxe5 29. dxe5 Qe6 30. Qh4 Rf5 31. Bb1 Nxe3 32. Rxe3 Qh6

33. Ba2 Kh8?

White should now be comfortably winning, after Rh3! Black cannot take without losing a piece. Instead, presumably under time pressure, he blunders horribly…
34. Qe1?? Rf1+! 35. Qxf1 Qxe3+ and black snaps up the queen too. 0-1

The second game is Peter playing Brendan Lyons in Bunratty this year. As he says himself, Brendan had a huge attack and probably should have converted it into a win, but missed something near the end.

Replay Game Here
White: Lyons, Brendan vs. Black: Lynch, Peter
Closed Sicilian/f4 attack

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Bc4 e6 6. O-O Ne7 7. Qe1 O-O 8. d3 Nbc6 9. Qh4 Nd4 10. f5 gxf5 11. Qh5 a6 12. Bh6 Ng6?!

Position after white’s 13. Ng5
12…Ng6 was dubious. Allows Ng5 immediately and white has a strong attack. (12… Bxh6 13. Qxh6 f6 is preferable)

13. Ng5 Qf6 14. Nxh7! Qe5 (14… Kxh7? 15. Bg5+) 15. Nxf8 Kxf8

16. exf5 Nxf5 17. Bxg7+ Kxg7 18. Rxf5? Throws away any advantage. What’s wrong with 18. Rae1 Qd4+ 19. Kh1, which keeps all his options open and the attack is still alive. 18… exf5 19. Qe2 Be6 20. Qxe5+ Nxe5 21. Bd5 Rb8 22. Re1 1/2-1/2

Branagan Cup win for Rathmines

Rathmines overcame St. Benildus last night to win through to the final of the Branagan Cup for the second year in a row, where they will face Phibsboro.

Rathmines vs. St Benildus, Monday 14th June 2010.
Delaney, John 2198  1 – 0 O’Connell, Gerry 2095
Cafolla, Peter 2028  1/2 – 1/2 Bittner, Thomas 2190
Delaney, Killian 1999  1 – 0 Benson, Oisin 1970
Janusaitis, Mindaugas 1792 Thusday Madynski, Pawel 2104
Kennedy, Michael 1831 0 – 1 McCarthy, Tim 1909
Scannell, Tony 1822 1 – 0 Gibson, John 1801

Score 3.5-1.5 with 1 game to play.

Paul Mogerley Memorial results 1 & 2

Round 1

 

Team A                              Team B

M.Kennedy               1-0      K.Moore

P.Freer                  0.5-0.5   U.O’Boyle

S.Hall                       0-1     R.Wilson

 

Team B                              Team C

J.Burns *                   0-1    J.Burke

P.McEvoy                 1-0    J.O’Connell

D.Mowlds               0.5-0.5 J.Lowry-O’Reilly

 

Team E                              Team F

J.Crowley                  0-1     P.Lynch

C.Byrne                 0.5-0.5   J.Flood

P.Kavenga                 1-0     A.McGrath

 

*J.Maher subbed for J.Burns.

Draw results were not played as team members were late recruits.

 

Round 2

 

Team A 1.5 pts.                   Team C 1.5 pts.

M.Kennedy                 0-1    J.Burke

P.Freer                    0.5-0.5 J.O’Connell

S.Hall                         1-0    J.Lowry-O’Reilly

 

Team B 1.5 pts.                   Team F 1.5 pts.

J.Burns                       1-0    P.Lynch*

P.McEvoy                   1-0    J.Flood

D.Mowlds                    0-1   A.McGrath

*P.Cosgrove subbed for P.Lynch.

 

Team E 1.5 pts.                    Team D 1.5 pts.

J.Crowley                     0-1    K.Moore **

C.Byrne                       0-1    U.O’Boyle

P.Kavenga                   1-0    R.Wilson

**T.Gruel subbed for K.Moore.

Branagan Cup Rnd 2 Result

Bd	Rathmines A	Rating	Result	Drogheda	Rating
1	John Delaney	2198	1 – 0	Kieran Rogers	1714
2	Killian Delaney	1999	1 – 0	Donal O´Boyle	1769
3	Michael Kennedy	1831	1 – 0	Rick Goetzee	1763
4	Tony Scannell	1822	0 – 1	Joe Reid	1523
5	Mindaugas Janusaitis	1792	1 – 0	Alan Dee	1474
6	Jack Killane	1798	0 – 1	Brendan Corrigan	1502
			4 – 2