Monthly Archives: February 2009

Here´s the scorecard from the Armstrong match Dublin University vs. Rathmines B, played 24-Feb-09 Bd. Dublin University ICU # Rating Result Rathmines B ICU # Rating 1 Karl McPhillips 5243 2297 1 – 0 Abul Kalam 16042 2059 2 Tim … Continue reading →

(BTW …apologies for the very late delivery of updates to the website – I’ve been otherwise engaged!) Dun Laoghaire vs. Rathmines BEA, Round 9, Played 18th February 2009 1. Cormuin O’Reilly 1308 0 – 1 Ed Cunningham 933 2. Conor … Continue reading →

Irish Braille Chess team with their trophies L-to-R: Philip Doyle, Eamonn Casey, Martin Keane and Sean Loftus. A report from Sean Loftus, a member of the winning team On Friday, 2nd January, 4 of us flew to Edinburgh to represent … Continue reading →

Malahide vs. Rathmines A Armstrong Cup, Round 8 Justin Daly 1877 0 – 1 John Delaney 2264 Frank McMahon 1855 1/2 – 1/2 Mindaugaus Janusaitis 1921 Paul Taaffe 1755 0 – 1 Darren McCabe 1897 Gerry Buckley 1656 0 – … Continue reading →

Rathmines vs. Elm Mount, played 3rd Feb. 2009 (Rathmines home) 1. Ed Cunningham 966 1/2 – 1/2 Sean Davdren 1167 2. Pat O’Brien 938 0 – 1 Kevin Murray 1092 3. Rob Wilson 858 0 – 1 Donal Harrington 936 … Continue reading →

Report from Michael Kennedy, captain of the Armstrong B team On Tuesday night, 10-Feb-09, the Rathmines B Armstrong team lost 3-5 to a far superior Bray / Greystones team.   From a Rathmines perspective, Abul was definitely the star of … Continue reading →

Michael plays the white side of a Benko Gambit and shows how to punish some anti-positional moves from black. I play the Benko myself occasionally and have had mixed results. The only way to win with it is to generate … Continue reading →

Here’s the scorecard from our Armstrong match Rathmines B vs Bray (10-Feb-09). A superb win for Abul on board one, while Lukasz and Michael also brought home full points.  Rathmines B vs. Bray/Greystones 1 Abul Kalam 2059 1 – 0 John … Continue reading →

Rathmines Blitz Round 1 – January 27th 2009 Standings Place Name Rtg Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr. GP 1 Delaney, Killian 1922 9 32.0 43.0 45.0 100.00 2 Crowley, John 1634 8 29.0 39.0 37.0 50.00 3-4 Kouhtev, Atanas 1405 6 … Continue reading →