Monthly Archives: November 2008

Una finished strongly, with wins in her final two games, to leave her on the extremely respectable score of 4/8 points and a performance rating of 1630, which far exceeds her regular Irish rating. She has done herself proud and Rathmines … Continue reading →

Inchicore vs. Rathmines, Thursday, November 20th 2008 1 Liam Porter 1831 1 / 0 Pat McEvoy 1533 2 Sean Murphy 1494 1 / 0 John Crowley 1634 3 Pearse Connolly 1438 0 / 1 David O’Connell 1438 4 Darrgh Connolly … Continue reading →

A picture of the women’s team, with Una on the right…http://www.icu.ie/images/display.php?id=390 Nigel Short, always eager to please, has his picture taken with the Irish team: http://www.icu.ie/images/display.php?id=393 Full set here: http://www.icu.ie/images/list.php?text=Dresden+Olympiad

Rathmines A vs. Dublin University Played Thursday, November 20th 2008. 1 Cafolla, Peter 1927 0 – 1 McPhillips, Karl 2283 2 Delaney, Killian 1950 1/2-1/2 Harding, Tim 2042 3 McCabe, Darren 1897 1/2 – 1/2 Burcea, Valentin 1900* 4 Janusaitis, … Continue reading →

Despite facing a 2005-rated player, Una won in fine style today, not getting fussed by her opponent’s extra pawn on f6, guarded by a bishop on g7. If anything, white’s bishop became a liability because it was shut out from the … Continue reading →

Elm Mount vs. Rathmines B Round 5, Played Monday 17th November 2008. 1 David Fitzsimons  2145 1 – 0 David Goggins 1876 2 Zygis Jakubauskas  2028 1 – 0 Michael Kennedy 1796 3 Gerry MacElligott  1970 0 – 1 John … Continue reading →

Three games are featured here, from the recent Armstrong A team’s 6-2 win over Bray/Greystones. Board 2: John Joyce vs. Killian Delaney, 5th November 2008 Replay Slav Defence A game where Killian again demonstrates that being alert tactically is an … Continue reading →

Una is on 1/4 at the Olympiad, basically mirroring the Irish ladies team’s performance, which has been a struggle. But Una is performing extremely well in each game and hasn’t made many obvious mistakes. Una did notch up a fine win … Continue reading →

Rathmines’ very own Una O’Boyle is competing with the Irish Ladies team at the Chess Olympiad being held this month in Dresden. The first round is Thursday, November 13th, 2008, starting around 3pm local time (2pm Irish time I presume…). … Continue reading →

The BEA Rathmines team played Inchicore on Tuesday, 4th November, and came out with a credible 2-3 loss. Ed Cunningham won yet again! He has won every game this year (4/4) and is beating opponents up to 300 points higher … Continue reading →

Report from Peter Bishop Match played Saturday 8th November The Heidenfeld team won their first match of the season beating a stronger Killkenny team 5.5 to 2.5. Once again the team picked up points against a potentially stronger team. On … Continue reading →

First, the good news: the Armstrong A team had their best result of the season last night, winning 6-2 against a very strong Bray/Greystones team. Despite being out-rated on 5 boards and having to meet Colm Daly (Board 1, 2276) … Continue reading →