Monthly Archives: November 2009

I recently annotated my game against Alexander Baburin at the Galway Congress 2009. I have just seen that he annotated the game himself for his daily Chess Today column, back in October, which has been reproduced by the Galway Chess Club website. … Continue reading →

Rathmines overall is doing extremely well in the leagues – aside that is from the Armstrong team! We’ve been slow out of the blocks in the top league. Last year, at this point, we were leading. We all felt that … Continue reading →

Leinster Chess Union have started an interesting new individual league tournament, happening over the entire season, called the “Lost Knights”. It features many leading players from the Armstrong Cup. Today’s game has been sent in by Peter Cafolla – an … Continue reading →

Peter Cafolla has alerted me to the a new site. Jonathan O’Connor has started an interesting blog over at Leinster Chess League Cogitations. He has games, results, and some commentary about chess issues in Ireland & Lenister. Interestingly, he has … Continue reading →

RATHMINES DUN LAOGHAIRE BD. PLAYER ICU. NO. RATING RESULT PLAYER ICU.NO. RATING 1. John Delaney 318 2211 0.5-0.5 Anthony Fox 456 2094 2. Peter Cafolla 159 2035 0.5-0.5 Bernard Palmer 1354 1961 3. Killian Delaney 5104 1980 0.5-0.5 John Lane … Continue reading →

Bd Rathmines A ICU no. Rating Result Lucan ICU no. Rating 1 David Goggins 497 1817  0.5 – 0.5 Garry Windebank 3342 1819 2 Lukasz Goralski 10298 1787   1 – 0 Jim Murray 977 1734 3 Leon Fagan 406 … Continue reading →

It is with great sadness that I must announce the sudden passing away of our long-standing and much-loved club member, Paul Mogerley. Paul was an Honorary Member, committee member, and regular attender at the club. He won a board prize … Continue reading →