Blitz Results

Table – with winners of sections A and C in bold and the four winners of B in italics.

1 Killian, Delaney 2051 7.5 
2 Leon, Fagan 1888 6.5
3 Manuel, Gardenes 2172 6
4-7 Tony, Scannell 1812 5.5
Mindaugas, Janusaitis 1850 5.5
Mel, O Cinneide 2182 5.5
John, Maher 1386 5.5 
8-12 Tomasz, Skzypnik 1877 5
Jack, Killane 1756 5 
Ken, Moore 1572 5 
Tony, Bermingham 1754 5 
James, Burke 1661 5
13-16 John, Burns 1776 4.5
David, Goggins 1733 4.5
Shahram, Nikrow 1140 4.5
Atanas, Kouhtev 1459 4.5
17 Ian, Moloney 1702 4
18 James, Osborne 1436 3
19-21 Arda, Balkanay 1000 2
Una, O´Boyle 1199 2
Ciaran, Byrne 1241 2

 

Crosstable

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

1 Killian, Delaney 2051 17:W 5:W 8:W 2:W 10:W 4:W 3:L 6:D 9:W
2 Leon, Fagan 1888 12:W 9:W 4:D 1:L 14:W 3:L 8:W 11:W 5:W
3 Manuel, Gardenes 2172 14:W 4:L 6:W 10:L 17:W 2:W 1:W 5:D 8:D
4 Tony, Scannell 1812 18:W 3:W 2:D 8:L 13:W 1:L 9:L 16:W 10:W
5 Mindaugas, Janusaitis 1850 16:W 1:L 12:W 14:D 15:W 8:D 10:W 3:D 2:L
6 Mel, O Cinneide 2182 11:D 13:W 3:L 20:W 8:L 9:D 12:W 1:D 14:W
7 John, Maher 1386 13:L 17:L 0:W 12:W 11:W 10:L 16:D 15:W 20:W
8 Tomasz, Skzypnik 1877 10:W 19:W 1:L 4:W 6:W 5:D 2:L 9:L 3:D
9 Jack, Killane 1756 15:W 2:L 10:L 11:D 19:W 6:D 4:W 8:W 1:L
10 Ken, Moore 1572 8:L 21:W 9:W 3:W 1:L 7:W 5:L 13:W 4:L
11 Tony, Bermingham 1754 6:D 14:L 18:W 9:D 7:L 15:W 13:W 2:L 17:W
12 James, Burke 1661 2:L 18:W 5:L 7:L 20:W 0:W 6:L 19:W 21:W
13 John, Burns 1776 7:W 6:L 16:W 15:D 4:L 14:W 11:L 10:L 0:W
14 David, Goggins 1733 3:L 11:W 19:W 5:D 2:L 13:L 20:W 0:W 6:L
15 Shahram, Nikrow 1140 9:L 0:W 17:W 13:D 5:L 11:L 21:W 7:L 19:W
16 Atanas, Kouhtev 1459 5:L 20:W 13:L 17:L 0:W 21:W 7:D 4:L 18:W
17 Ian, Moloney 1702 1:L 7:W 15:L 16:W 3:L 18:L 0:W 21:W 11:L
18 James, Osborne 1436 4:L 12:L 11:L 0:W 21:L 17:W 19:L 20:W 16:L
19 Arda, Balkanay 1000 0:W 8:L 14:L 21:L 9:L 20:L 18:W 12:L 15:L
20 Una, O´Boyle 1199 0: 16:L 21:W 6:L 12:L 19:W 14:L 18:L 7:L
21 Ciaran, Byrne 1241 0: 10:L 20:L 19:W 18:W 16:L 15:L 17:L 12:L

Killian Delaney Lecture & Christmas Blitz

REMINDER!!!

Killian Delaney tells us how to “win games, analyse your games” on Thursday. Next Monday we have the traditional Christmas blitz.

Details here.

Rathmines A vs. Elm Mount A result

Manuel 1-0 David Fitzsimons
John D. 1/2 – 1/2 Ciaran Quinn
Mel 1/2 – 1/2 Zygimantas Jakubauskas
Killian 1/2 – 1/2 Gerard MacElligot
Darren 1-0 Matthias Rahneberg
Tomasz 1/2 – 1/2 Liam Porter
Tony 1-0 Bernard Boyle
Leon 1/2 – 1/2 William Ffrench

Rathmines again went undefeated on every board as they recorded a 5.5 to 2.5 win over Elm Mount’s finest. The result was sealed at the death when Manuel, superstar, beat David Fitzsimons on board 1. There were wins too for Darren and Tony, with all other games being drawn.

The result was tighter than the final result suggests. Certainly, Leon was in a losing position for most of his game, Manuel was worse out of the opening, and Tony was in a very complex game that could have gone either way. But as in soccer, where a game lasts 90 minutes, chess requires concentration over all phases, and all three were able to capitalise on mistakes from our opponents.

Well done to the team, who now head into the New Year top of the table.

Leinster Junior Chess Championships in January

Read all about it in the

Leinster Schools Chess A4 FA HQ.

Collins IM defeated as Gonzaga crushed

Rathmines won in spectacular fashion last night, Dec 1st, by beating the Armstrong leaders, Gonzaga, 7-1, with six wins and two draws. Even with one or two strong players missing, Gonzaga put out a very strong team.

The team was put out with Manuel on board one in order to “sacrifice” him, to maximise our chances on the lower boards. We thought that Sam Collins – Ireland’s #3 ranked player and IM – would inevitably defeat whoever we put against him. But Manuel turned out to be the star of the night, beating Sam and sending a ripple of shock and delight through the club. Aside from being a brilliant personal triumph, it sent a rush of adreniline through Rathmines.

Killian – last to start and first to finish – racked up a win early, even before his opponent had managed to castle. Leon followed up with another win and we were 3-0 up.

Darren looked to have messed things up against Ray Byrne (although I am sure he’ll claim otherwise) in a R+B+4Ps vs. 2B+6Ps ending. White had a passer on d6 which looked ominous. But Darren reached a B+4Ps vs. B+4Ps ending with a tiny edge which he skillfully exploited.

Tomasz looked to have a massive attack against Eoghan Casey, while Tony was comfortable against Carl Jackson. Mel had a distinctly better position in his game against John McMorrow, while I couldn’t see any advantage for either Sam Osborne or Gordon Freeman on board 2. In the time scrambles that followed, Tony went a piece up, almost lost to a counter-attack, then entered a winning endgame 2 pawns up, which was converted. Mel won, cooly converting his advantage.

Tomasz lost the thread somewhere and looked worse right near the end. With both of them in massive time-trouble, a draw was offered and accepted. Times: Tomasz 12 secs, Eoghan 4 secs! 

I didn’t see the end of Sam’s game, but it also ended in a draw.

The result puts Rathmines A clear on 28 points at the top of the board, with Gonzaga down to 24.5 points. We’ve played Dublin, Dublin University, Bray/Greystones and Gonzaga, out of five matches, so the opponents have been strong. There are 3 strong opponents left – Kilkenny, Phibsboro, and Elm Mount A. But we fancy our chances now of winning the league.