Monthly Archives: April 2009

John has annotated this fascinating game for us. It starts with the King’s Indian, turning into an extremely complex middlegame. A dubious black attack backfires as white takes tons of material and control of the game. But then white loses his … Continue reading →

Rathmines competed in last weekend’s National Chess Championships. Normally, only teams topping their provincial club competitions would be eligible. This year, the format was for all clubs capable of entering a team with an average rating exceeding 1600 ELO to … Continue reading →

Seniors Second Round Draw 1 BURNS, J (7) : JANUSAITIS, M (3) 2 CROWLEY, J (10) : SCANNELL, T (6) 3 KILLANE, J (4) : McCABE, D (2) 4 KENNEDY, M (5) : KALAM, A (1) 5 DOYLE, P (8) … Continue reading →

So asks Dave Fanning, temporary host of today’s Ryan Turbidy RTE radio show (broadcast from 9am to 10am, but available on their website…News: they’ve posted it as a podcast, so it’ll be available for longer: http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2009/pc/pod-v-220409-18m20s-tts.mp3) Here’s the intro: “And … Continue reading →

Lukascs sends me this message:  Peter Cooke (11), representing Rathmines, came 6th (joint 4th) in Irish Junior Chess Championship 2009 Under 12 held last weekend in Kilkenny. Well done Peter! Sam Osbourne, also a member of Rathmines, won the U19 … Continue reading →

Teams are top seeds Kilkenny, followed by Galway, Ennis, Dublin University (Trinity), Rathmines, and Limerick.     Board No. Kilkenny Rating 1 Alexander Baburin 2536 2 Mark Heidenfeld 2391 3 Mark Quinn 2349 4 Ryan Rhys Griffiths 2145 5 Eamon … Continue reading →

Rathmines played Benildus on Wednesday night in the second round of the Branagan Cup and scored a good 3-2 victory over a largely higher-rated team. Rathmines vs. St Benildus (Played Wed 15th April 2009, in St Benildus) 1. Delaney, John … Continue reading →

Rathmines have entered a team for the National Club Championships, to be held on the weekend of Saturday 25th April – Sunday 26th April 2009, in Ballinasloe. The top two placed teams qualify for the European Club Cup. Full list … Continue reading →

  Rathmines Bray Board Player Rating Result Player Rating 1 Atanas Kouhtev 1436 0/1 G Cahill 1499 2 John O’Connell 1494 1/0 T Malone 1438 3 Nicholas Pierce 1432 0/1 A White 1352 4 Patrick Freer 1431 0/1 F Holohan … Continue reading →

Results of the Philip Hogarty Memorial Rapid, held on Saturday 4th April 2009. Thanks to Darren McCabe for organising such an excellent event and to Rory Delaney for a very efficient administration. Best U18 – Sam Osborne David & Goliath … Continue reading →

Philip’s Memorial rapid-play tournament is happening this Saturday, April 4th, 2009, in the Teacher’s Club in Parnell Square. Entry fee is 25 euro and be there for 9.30am to register. Darren McCabe tells me that he expects a very good … Continue reading →