Monthly Archives: May 2009

RELAY GAME HERE French Defence, Winawer Variation Jack Killane (1827) vs. Peter Lynch (1578) Rathmines Senior Club Championships, Round 5. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 Slightly unusual-looking defence, although a book move. 4…Ne7 5. … Continue reading →

John Burns (1774) vs. James Burke (1712) Round 6 of the Rathmines Senior Club Championships Queen’s Gambit Declined REPLAY GAME HERE All comments by James Burke 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.cxd5 There was an improvement for … Continue reading →

Results for Round Six 1 McEVOY, P (11) 0:1 SCANNELL, T (5) 2 KENNEDY, M (4) .5:.5 KILLANE, J (3) 3 CROWLEY, J (9) 0:1 JANUSAITIS, M (2) 4 BURNS, J (6) 0:1 BURKE, J (8) 5 LYNCH, P (10) … Continue reading →

Thanks to the ICU, we have a new ratings list for club members. 318 Delaney, John (FM) 2236 (Our new No. 1) 159 Cafolla, Peter 2036 (+49 points, rising back over 2000) 16042 Kalam, Abdul 2015 5104 Delaney, Killian 1984 … Continue reading →

Here’s a King’s Indian between James Burke and Mindaugas Janusaitis from round 5 of the Senior championships. All comments are from James. REPLAY GAME HERE Here is the pgn text: Burke (White) vs. Janusaitis (Black) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 … Continue reading →

Senior CC – Round 6 DRAW 1 McEVOY, P (11) : SCANNELL, T (5) 2 KENNEDY, M (4) : KILLANE, J (3) 3 CROWLEY, J (9) : JANUSAITIS, M (2) 4 BURNS, J (6) : BURKE, J (8) 5 LYNCH, … Continue reading →

DRAW Seniors 1 SCANNELL, T (5)     :     KENNEDY, M (4)   2 KILLANE, J (3)      :     BURNS, J (6)     3 BURKE, J (8)        :     JANUSAITIS, M (2) 4 McEVOY, P (11)      :     LYNCH, P (10)    5 DOYLE, P (7)        :     CROWLEY, … Continue reading →

Jansuitis, Mindaugas (white) 1857 vs. Scannell, Tony (black) 1790 Round 4 of the Rathmines Senior Championships A tense battle in the very sharp Najdorf Sicilian. REPLAY GAME HERE 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 … Continue reading →

Rathmines faced a strong Phibsboro team in the semi finals of the Branagan team cup on Thursday night. First to finish on the night was a loss for Killian Delaney against Kevin Butler. Any hopes Rathmines had of winning the … Continue reading →

2009 Senior CC – Round 4  1 JANUSAITIS, M (2)     :     SCANNELL, T (5)  2 KENNEDY, M (4)        :     McEVOY, P (11)  3 KILLANE, J (3)        :     LYNCH, P (10)   4 BURNS, J (6)          :     DOYLE, P (7)    5 CROWLEY, … Continue reading →

Jack played an old-time variation – the Ruy Lopez Schliemann Defence – against Sean Bradley of Kilkenny in the recent National Club championships held in Ballinasloe. Jack annotates this interesting variation… Replay Game Here Bradley vs. Killane (annotated by Jack) … Continue reading →

Rathmines Summer Team Competition 2009 Please note that the dates for the competition are as follows: Tuesday June 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th 2009. Teams are made up of a Senior, Intermediate and Junior Player. All moves in an hour and … Continue reading →

Rathmines Chess Club Senior Championships Round 2 – REPLAY GAME HERE Peter Lynch vs. James Burke Sicilian Dragon 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. … Continue reading →

Senior – Round 3 Draw           1 JANUSAITIS, M (3)     :     KENNEDY, M (5)  2 SCANNELL, T (6)       :     KILLANE, J (4)  3 LYNCH, P (11)         :     BURNS, J (7)    4 McEVOY, P (12)        :     CROWLEY, J (10)  5 KALAM, A … Continue reading →