tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86777230430785778682024-02-19T02:38:23.991-08:00Dublin University Chess SocietyJosé Raúl Capablancahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18408522628643900407noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677723043078577868.post-5419445510625394522014-10-12T15:04:00.000-07:002014-10-12T15:04:17.468-07:00Intuition in Chess<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I'm reading this book at the moment:</div>
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It deals with decision making and thought processes, so naturally some of it is applicable to chess. Here is an excerpt that mentions chess explicitly:</div>
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Another quote also stands out, as a way of defining intuition:<br />
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"The situation has provided a cue; this cue has given the expert access to information stored in memory, and the information provides the answer. Intuition is nothing more and nothing less than recognition." Herbert Simon</blockquote>
As players get stronger, the correct move in a position will more often be one of the first that pops into their head. This intuition is nothing more than recognising a pattern that they have seen before in the position, and already knowing how to proceed. So this suggests a simple way to improve your game: become familiar with as many new positions as possible.<br />
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Fortunately this is a pretty easy training method to implement. Tactics training sites are available which show you a position and ask you to spot the best move/series of moves. They generally track your rating if you sign up in order to give you puzzles of the appropriate level, and also so you can check your improvement.<br />
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<li><a href="http://chess.emrald.net/" target="_blank">Chess Emrald</a></li>
<li><a href="http://chesstempo.com/" target="_blank">Chess Tempo</a></li>
<li><a href="http://chess.com/">Chess.com</a> (you need to pay for full access to the tactics training here, the first two have more positions than you'll ever need)</li>
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Practice on these sites for 10 minutes a day and you will see improvement in tactical ability.</div>
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Here's an example from my own game last week against Rathmines, where I had not seen a particular pattern before and thus my intuition could not prompt me. I was black, and it is my move.</div>
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The game concluded 49....Nxh3 50.Rxe5 Ng5+ 51.Kg1 Nf3+ 0-1 (I'll take white's rook next move).</div>
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This is a huge material advantage, well enough to win easily despite only having two minutes on my clock. But what if I only had two seconds? </div>
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It would have been much more efficient to kill the game immediately, as Jacob later pointed out to me. 49....Nf3+! 50. Kh1 (or 50.gxh3 Rhxh3#) Rhxh3+! 51.gxh3 Rg1 checkmate. It didn't even occur to me to check this line, but now if something similar ever comes up again I'm sure the right move will suggest itself without me even being aware of why.<br />
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If anyone has this pattern show up in a game this year, please share. I'd love to see intuition-building in action :)</div>
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José Raúl Capablancahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18408522628643900407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677723043078577868.post-26028583104610371482013-03-23T11:17:00.001-07:002013-03-23T11:17:49.319-07:00Beyond the Square, and on to the Hexagon! Three Player ChessThis Tuesday was a great day for Chesssoc. On Tuesday, having mastered the "trivial" 2-player, square-board form of the game, our esteemed leader Ziggy decided that we must take on the challenges of the Hexagon, and 3-player chess, having procured the very cool board pictured below. The rules for this can be found <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-Man_Chess" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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The inaugural winner was Ziggy himself, so congratulations to him!<br />
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<br />José Raúl Capablancahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18408522628643900407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677723043078577868.post-86496986837478366672013-03-23T07:56:00.000-07:002013-03-23T07:59:25.202-07:00IM Mark Quinn Lecture and Simul Results<br />
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A report from Thursday's simul and lecture. The final score was 0.5 - 5.5 with the 5 wins going to <b>International Master Mark Quinn</b>
and a draw going to our captain, Ziggy. Anthony Bourached also had an
incredible game and was unlucky to come away with no points from it.
Friedrich Wetterling (pictured below) annoyed everyone by offering a draw (aka "remi")
every move for about 25 moves in a row :P He also came up with the
comment of the night to IM Mark Quinn: "You're actually playing well in
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The lecture was very interesting too. Mark had some little
anecdotes from his international tournament playing days when he got to
know Kasparov a little behind the scenes, so not only did we get a
presentation of a comparison between Kasparov's and Carlsen's playing
abilities and styles but also their personalities. Watch out for this
Grandmaster Magnus Carlson character. Mark thinks he's a better
(overall) player than Kasparov and will deservedly break the 2900 rating
mark in the not too distant future. Let's hope he qualifies for the
World Championship showdown against GM Viswanathan Anand this year. He's
in the lead (equal 1st) in the qualifying tournament: <a href="http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/candidates-r6-aronian-carlsen-increase-lead-to-15-points" target="_blank">http://www.<wbr></wbr>chessvibes.com/reports/<wbr></wbr>candidates-r6-aronian-carlsen-<wbr></wbr>increase-lead-to-15-points</a></div>
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José Raúl Capablancahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18408522628643900407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677723043078577868.post-72658162445705285122013-03-09T05:57:00.003-08:002013-03-09T06:01:37.735-08:00IM Mark Quinn Lecture and Simul<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">International Master </span><a href="http://markquinnwriter.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" target="_blank">Mark Quinn</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> will be paying us a visit on </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Thursday March 21st at 6pm </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">for a chess simul and lecture. For those that don't know, a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simultaneous_exhibition" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" target="_blank">chess simul</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> is when one person goes around the room and plays multiple opponents at the same time. Mark is currently ranked #6 in the country and has represented Ireland in the Chess Olympiad seven times (no big deal for us of course, is it, <a href="http://chess-soc.blogspot.ie/2012/10/hannah-lowry-oreilly-in-olympiad.html" target="_blank">Hannah</a>?). The chess simul has limited places, so if you would like a go at trying to beat Mark when he's at a slight disadvantage, email c</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #595959; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: nowrap;">hess@csc.tcd.ie. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">His lecture will follow the simul and will be on a comparison between </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Kasparov" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" target="_blank">Garry Kasparov</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Carlsen" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" target="_blank">Magnus Carlsen</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">. Garry Kasparov is considered by many to be the greatest chess player of all time. His feats are incredible. In January, however, a new person, Magnus Carlsen, made headlines by beating Garry's all-time highest rating. Magnus in 2004 became the second youngest Grandmaster in history (he's since become the 3rd). He's 22 now and playing incredible chess. How does he compare to the great man Kasporov? Come on March 21st to find out! (Room yet to be decided).</span><br />
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Visit Mark's website at <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><a href="http://markquinnwriter.com/chess.html" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" target="_blank">http://markquinnwriter.<wbr></wbr>com/chess.html</a>José Raúl Capablancahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18408522628643900407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677723043078577868.post-25168558892734665222013-03-09T04:59:00.002-08:002013-03-09T05:49:54.156-08:00A long-overdue update: Armstrong & O'Hanlon teams, and some success at BunrattyHi guys! A long time has passed since the last update, so I thought I'd do a major update now. Some very good results from the Bunratty Chess Festival first, then I'll get on to how our teams are doing in the leagues.<br />
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Firstly, the Masters Event, which was won, as it was last year, by English Super-GM Michael Adams, rated 2725. Trinity representation in this came in the form of Armstrong Team Captain and Secretary Anthony Bourached, former captain and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_President_of_the_Republic" target="_blank">Eternal President</a> Stephen Moran, and Colin Menzies, who used to go to Trinity and about whom I don't really know enough to give any preamble. He was probably on committee too, back in the day. We did quite well in this event, with all 3 exceeding their official ratings in their performance ratings, but special mention must go to Anthony, who managed an impressive 3.5/6 (which included a bye), despite being outrated in every single game he played. For the record, Anthony placed 16th, Colin 23rd, and Stephen 25th, out of 39 competitors.<br />
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In the Challenger event, we were represented by Didier Kalemba Mukekwa, who finished a very respectable 30th of 68, with a score of 3.0/6. The Major event saw participation by Shane Sheedy, who should be very pleased with a score of 3.0/6, with a performance rating almost 250 points above his official rating, placing 41st of 76.<br />
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Finally, we were represented in the Minor by the ridiculously underrated committee member Jacob Miller, who has been annoying O'Hanlon opponents all year with his antics on Board 1, where 1400s and 1500s, expecting easy wins upon seeing his rating of 1082, have seen their own ratings potentially plummeting before their eyes as it turns out he's actually much better than that. Jacob had a very successful weekend, going undefeated, and finishing 2nd of 108 competitors with 5.5/6. The only blemish on his record was a draw in the 5th round.<br />
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Now, to the leagues, and things aren't quite so rosy as they have been. The Armstrong team have lost 4 of the 5 matches they've played since the last update, though the dominant fashion of that lone win means that those 5 matches have given a total team score of 19.5/40, which is a reasonable return. Unfortunately, however, a problem over payment of fees led to an 8 point deduction, so has led to a slide down the table, to 10th, though if this is rectified we will be in an excellent 5th position. The games were, chronologically: 5-3 defeats to Elm Mount and Kilkenny, a 4.5-3.5 defeat to Phibsboro, a 6.5-1.5 thumping of Rathmines B, and another narrow 4.5-3.5 loss to Bray./Greystones. The loss to Phibsboro, who lead the league with 8 wins from 9, was particularly unfortunate, as we were a player down (missing Anthony), and so forfeited a board before play had even began. The surprise result in that game was Charles Dillon (rated ~1300) pulling out a very surprising win over an 1800+ rated opponent on board 6. Of the Armstrong players, Rory Delaney has been having an very good season, scoring 5.5/8 with only a single loss, as has Anthony Bourached, with the same record. The ever presents on the team Oisín Benson, Stephen Moran and Karl McPhilips, have been doing well too, with scores of 5.5/9, 4.5/9, and 5.5/9 respectively. The table is as follows:<br />
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<tr><td class="head2">1</td><td class="player"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/team11.htm">Phibsboro</a></td><td class="ratecode">10</td><td class="ratecode">43</td><td class="ratecode">19</td><td class="ratecode">18</td><td class="ratecode">0</td><td class="ratecode">0</td><td class="game">52 ½</td></tr>
<tr><td class="head2">2</td><td class="player"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/team6.htm">Gonzaga</a></td><td class="ratecode">10</td><td class="ratecode">43</td><td class="ratecode">17</td><td class="ratecode">20</td><td class="ratecode">0</td><td class="ratecode">0</td><td class="game">51 ½</td></tr>
<tr><td class="head2">3</td><td class="player"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/team7.htm">Elm Mount</a></td><td class="ratecode">10</td><td class="ratecode">31</td><td class="ratecode">27</td><td class="ratecode">22</td><td class="ratecode">0</td><td class="ratecode">0</td><td class="game">44 ½</td></tr>
<tr><td class="head2">4</td><td class="player"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/team4.htm">Bray / Greystones</a></td><td class="ratecode">10</td><td class="ratecode">30</td><td class="ratecode">21</td><td class="ratecode">29</td><td class="ratecode">0</td><td class="ratecode">0</td><td class="game">40 ½</td></tr>
<tr><td class="head2">5</td><td class="player"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/team1.htm">Rathmines A</a></td><td class="ratecode">10</td><td class="ratecode">23</td><td class="ratecode">27</td><td class="ratecode">30</td><td class="ratecode">0</td><td class="ratecode">0</td><td class="game">36 ½</td></tr>
<tr><td class="head2">6</td><td class="player"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/team12.htm">St Benildus</a></td><td class="ratecode">9</td><td class="ratecode">26</td><td class="ratecode">21</td><td class="ratecode">25</td><td class="ratecode">0</td><td class="ratecode">0</td><td class="game">36 ½</td></tr>
<tr><td class="head2">7</td><td class="player"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/team10.htm">Dun Laoghaire</a></td><td class="ratecode">9</td><td class="ratecode">21</td><td class="ratecode">27</td><td class="ratecode">24</td><td class="ratecode">0</td><td class="ratecode">0</td><td class="game">34 ½</td></tr>
<tr><td class="head2">8</td><td class="player"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/team8.htm">Balbriggan</a></td><td class="ratecode">9</td><td class="ratecode">20</td><td class="ratecode">28</td><td class="ratecode">24</td><td class="ratecode">0</td><td class="ratecode">0</td><td class="game">34</td></tr>
<tr><td class="head2">9</td><td class="player"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/team9.htm">Kilkenny</a></td><td class="ratecode">9</td><td class="ratecode">18</td><td class="ratecode">31</td><td class="ratecode">23</td><td class="ratecode">0</td><td class="ratecode">0</td><td class="game">33 ½</td></tr>
<tr><td class="head2">10</td><td class="player"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/team5.htm">Dublin University</a></td><td class="ratecode">10</td><td class="ratecode">25</td><td class="ratecode">28</td><td class="ratecode">27</td><td class="ratecode">0</td><td class="ratecode">8</td><td class="game">31</td></tr>
<tr><td class="head2">11</td><td class="player"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/team3.htm">Dublin</a></td><td class="ratecode">9</td><td class="ratecode">17</td><td class="ratecode">23</td><td class="ratecode">32</td><td class="ratecode">2</td><td class="ratecode">0</td><td class="game">26 ½</td></tr>
<tr><td class="head2">12</td><td class="player"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/team2.htm">Rathmines B</a></td><td class="ratecode">9</td><td class="ratecode">14</td><td class="ratecode">21</td><td class="ratecode">37</td><td class="ratecode">0</td><td class="ratecode">0</td><td class="game">24 ½</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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Now, to the O'Hanlon. The O'Hanlon team has been beset by struggles to get bodies on the boards, and concessions of walkovers against Celbridge (2 boards), Drogheda and Bray/Greystones A (each 1 board, with a penalty of -1 aganst Bray) have cost us. This has contributed to our current placing of 11th, which places us in danger of relegation if we cannot bridge the 1.5 point gap above us in the last two games (the game vs Dublin has not been played). Credit must go to Jacob Miller, the only ever present in the team, who has managed to score 4/9 despite mostly playing vastly higher rated opponents on Board 1, and to Ross Byrne, Rob Murtagh and Conor Hickey, who have scored 4/8, 4/8, and 3.5/7 respectively, and have been our other consistently present team members. The table is as follows:<br />
<table class="tbl">
<colgroup>
<col class="col40"></col>
<col class="col190"></col>
<col class="col30"></col>
<col class="col30"></col>
<col class="col30"></col>
<col class="col30"></col>
<col class="col30"></col>
<col class="col50"></col>
</colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th></th>
<th class="textl">Team</th>
<th class="textc">MP</th>
<th class="textc">GW</th>
<th class="textc">GD</th>
<th class="textc">GL</th>
<th class="textc">Adj</th>
<th class="textl">Pts</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="head2">1</td>
<td class="player"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/team6.htm">Drogheda</a></td>
<td class="ratecode">9</td>
<td class="ratecode">31</td>
<td class="ratecode">9</td>
<td class="ratecode">14</td>
<td class="ratecode">0</td>
<td class="game">35 ½</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="head2">2</td>
<td class="player"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/team10.htm">Elm Mount</a></td>
<td class="ratecode">9</td>
<td class="ratecode">24</td>
<td class="ratecode">16</td>
<td class="ratecode">14</td>
<td class="ratecode">0</td>
<td class="game">32</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="head2">3</td>
<td class="player"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/team8.htm">Inchicore</a></td>
<td class="ratecode">10</td>
<td class="ratecode">23</td>
<td class="ratecode">17</td>
<td class="ratecode">20</td>
<td class="ratecode">0</td>
<td class="game">31 ½</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="head2">4</td>
<td class="player"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/team7.htm">Dublin</a></td>
<td class="ratecode">10</td>
<td class="ratecode">24</td>
<td class="ratecode">12</td>
<td class="ratecode">18</td>
<td class="ratecode">6</td>
<td class="game">30</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="head2">5</td>
<td class="player"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/team3.htm">Celbridge</a></td>
<td class="ratecode">10</td>
<td class="ratecode">24</td>
<td class="ratecode">12</td>
<td class="ratecode">24</td>
<td class="ratecode">0</td>
<td class="game">30</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="head2">6</td>
<td class="player"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/team5.htm">Curragh</a></td>
<td class="ratecode">9</td>
<td class="ratecode">23</td>
<td class="ratecode">12</td>
<td class="ratecode">19</td>
<td class="ratecode">0</td>
<td class="game">29</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="head2">7</td>
<td class="player"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/team12.htm">Ballinasloe</a></td>
<td class="ratecode">9</td>
<td class="ratecode">24</td>
<td class="ratecode">8</td>
<td class="ratecode">22</td>
<td class="ratecode">0</td>
<td class="game">28</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="head2">8</td>
<td class="player"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/team1.htm">Bray / Greystones A</a></td>
<td class="ratecode">9</td>
<td class="ratecode">16</td>
<td class="ratecode">19</td>
<td class="ratecode">19</td>
<td class="ratecode">0</td>
<td class="game">25 ½</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="head2">9</td>
<td class="player"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/team9.htm">Finglas</a></td>
<td class="ratecode">9</td>
<td class="ratecode">16</td>
<td class="ratecode">17</td>
<td class="ratecode">21</td>
<td class="ratecode">0</td>
<td class="game">24 ½</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="head2">10</td>
<td class="player"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/team11.htm">St Benildus</a></td>
<td class="ratecode">9</td>
<td class="ratecode">20</td>
<td class="ratecode">8</td>
<td class="ratecode">26</td>
<td class="ratecode">0</td>
<td class="game">24</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="head2">11</td>
<td class="player"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/team4.htm">Dublin University</a></td>
<td class="ratecode">10</td>
<td class="ratecode">16</td>
<td class="ratecode">13</td>
<td class="ratecode">25</td>
<td class="ratecode">6</td>
<td class="game">22 ½</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="head2">12</td>
<td class="player"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/team2.htm">Bray / Greystones B</a></td>
<td class="ratecode">9</td>
<td class="ratecode">11</td>
<td class="ratecode">13</td>
<td class="ratecode">30</td>
<td class="ratecode">0</td>
<td class="game">17 ½</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
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That's all for now: hopefully the teams do well in their remaining games and the O'Hanlon team can stave off relegation. Details of everything to do with league performances can be found at <a href="http://leinsterchess.com/lcu1213/tables.htm">http://leinsterchess.com/lcu1213/tables.htm</a> and via links on that page.<br />
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Till next time,</div>
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Charles<br />
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José Raúl Capablancahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18408522628643900407noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677723043078577868.post-8547138274521812282012-11-22T12:36:00.001-08:002012-11-22T12:36:40.548-08:00O'Hanlon UpdateHey again! This is the promised, though unfortunately low on specifics, O'Hanlon update.<br />
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The O'Hanlon year started quite brightly, with a heavy win 4.5-1.5 versus Bray/Greystones B, and continued well with a 3.5-2.5 win over St. Benildus, though 1 of the points against was a result of our forfeiting a board, which has been a persistent problem for us over the last few seasons.This left us relatively highly placed after two matches, with 7 wins, 2 draws, 2 losses and a forfeit (which counts as a loss).<br />
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Sadly, the next two games, against Bray/Greystones A and Drogheda, didn't turn out so well. Against Bray, an unexpected withdrawal left us with a forfeit and -1 points for not declaring it beforehand, and a tough opposition team yielded little in the way of points to make up for it. The result was 4.5-0.5 (after the deduction) and this was followed up by another loss to Drogheda. Away, to the furthest club from us in the division, we could only muster 5, and so again forfeited a board. The result was 5-1, leading to a lot of work needed to regain a firm footing in the upper regions of the division.<br />
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Due to the slowness of the upkeep of the website, the table isn't available, so this rather vague update is all that can be given right now. Stay tuned for more (and more lucid) updates!José Raúl Capablancahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18408522628643900407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677723043078577868.post-47844426887044545532012-11-17T13:52:00.000-08:002012-11-17T13:52:14.756-08:00Armstrong updateHey guys!<br />
Just thought I'd give an update on how the teams have been doing so far this year.<br />
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On the Armstrong front, the team have been doing pretty well, with the table currently looking as follows:
<br />
<table class="tbl">
<colgroup>
<col class="col40"></col>
<col class="col190"></col>
<col class="col30"></col>
<col class="col30"></col>
<col class="col30"></col>
<col class="col30"></col>
<col class="col30"></col>
<col class="col50"></col>
</colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th></th>
<th class="textl">Team</th>
<th class="textc">MP</th>
<th class="textc">GW</th>
<th class="textc">GD</th>
<th class="textc">GL</th>
<th class="textc">Def</th>
<th class="textl">Pts</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="head2">1</td>
<td class="player">Phibsboro</td>
<td class="ratecode">4</td>
<td class="ratecode">20</td>
<td class="ratecode">6</td>
<td class="ratecode">6</td>
<td class="ratecode">0</td>
<td class="game">23</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="head2">2</td>
<td class="player">Elm Mount</td>
<td class="ratecode">4</td>
<td class="ratecode">15</td>
<td class="ratecode">10</td>
<td class="ratecode">7</td>
<td class="ratecode">0</td>
<td class="game">20</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="head2">3</td>
<td class="player">St Benildus</td>
<td class="ratecode">4</td>
<td class="ratecode">15</td>
<td class="ratecode">9</td>
<td class="ratecode">8</td>
<td class="ratecode">0</td>
<td class="game">19 ½</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="head2">4</td>
<td class="player">Dun Laoghaire</td>
<td class="ratecode">4</td>
<td class="ratecode">12</td>
<td class="ratecode">12</td>
<td class="ratecode">8</td>
<td class="ratecode">0</td>
<td class="game">18</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="head2">5</td>
<td class="player">Dublin University</td>
<td class="ratecode">4</td>
<td class="ratecode">11</td>
<td class="ratecode">13</td>
<td class="ratecode">8</td>
<td class="ratecode">0</td>
<td class="game">17 ½</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="head2">6</td>
<td class="player">Gonzaga</td>
<td class="ratecode">4</td>
<td class="ratecode">14</td>
<td class="ratecode">7</td>
<td class="ratecode">11</td>
<td class="ratecode">0</td>
<td class="game">17 ½</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="head2">7</td>
<td class="player">Balbriggan</td>
<td class="ratecode">4</td>
<td class="ratecode">8</td>
<td class="ratecode">14</td>
<td class="ratecode">10</td>
<td class="ratecode">0</td>
<td class="game">15</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="head2">8</td>
<td class="player">Rathmines A</td>
<td class="ratecode">4</td>
<td class="ratecode">9</td>
<td class="ratecode">11</td>
<td class="ratecode">12</td>
<td class="ratecode">0</td>
<td class="game">14 ½</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="head2">9</td>
<td class="player">Bray / Greystones</td>
<td class="ratecode">4</td>
<td class="ratecode">10</td>
<td class="ratecode">6</td>
<td class="ratecode">16</td>
<td class="ratecode">0</td>
<td class="game">13</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="head2">10</td>
<td class="player">Kilkenny</td>
<td class="ratecode">4</td>
<td class="ratecode">6</td>
<td class="ratecode">12</td>
<td class="ratecode">14</td>
<td class="ratecode">0</td>
<td class="game">12</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="head2">11</td>
<td class="player">Dublin</td>
<td class="ratecode">4</td>
<td class="ratecode">6</td>
<td class="ratecode">12</td>
<td class="ratecode">14</td>
<td class="ratecode">1</td>
<td class="game">11</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="head2">12</td>
<td class="player">Rathmines B</td>
<td class="ratecode">4</td>
<td class="ratecode">6</td>
<td class="ratecode">8</td>
<td class="ratecode">18</td>
<td class="ratecode">0</td>
<td class="game">10</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
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As you can see, we are quite reasonably placed in 5th, thanks in no small part to the form of Karl, who is currently 4 wins from 4 on board 1. Also notable is their recent 5.5-2.5 thumping of Rathmines A, despite being outrated on the majority of the boards. In particular, Anthony scored the full point on board 4 despite his opponent outrating him by a whopping 207 points.</div>
<div>
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<div>
The next match up will be Monday, against Elm Mount, who currently sit 2nd. A very brief and unscientific analysis of their players' ratings indicates it should be a very evenly matched tie, so hopefully we can get the win (notably, Karl will experience being outrated on board 1 for the first time, though only by a minuscule 2 points).</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
That's all for now, an O'Hanlon update will hopefully follow in due course!</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
José Raúl Capablancahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18408522628643900407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677723043078577868.post-45705059176703144032012-10-04T08:44:00.004-07:002012-10-04T08:49:00.296-07:00Hannah Lowry O'Reilly in the OlympiadA special mention needs to be given to our very own Hannah Lowry O'Reilly who represented Ireland in the recent Chess Olympiad (chess team world championships, so to speak)!!! If that isn't awesome, I don't know what is! Hannah pops in to our Tuesday meetings from time to time so you can ask her for her autograph then. Good stuff Hannah!<br />
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The scorecard of the Irish women's team is below:<br />
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Full team results for the women <a href="http://results.chessolympiadistanbul.com/tnr77682.aspx?art=0&lan=1&flag=30" target="_blank">here</a><br />
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For the Open category <a href="http://results.chessolympiadistanbul.com/tnr77681.aspx?art=0&lan=1&flag=30" target="_blank">here</a><br />
<br />José Raúl Capablancahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18408522628643900407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677723043078577868.post-55270622604333091042012-09-29T09:44:00.002-07:002012-09-29T09:44:58.064-07:00League results from last yearFor all who are interested here are the league results for last year:<br />
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Armstrong;<br />
<table class="tbl" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffff99; border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; border-collapse: collapse; border-left: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; border-top: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: black; font: medium 'Times New Roman'; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px auto; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; width: 455px; word-spacing: 0px;"><colgroup><col class="col30" style="width: 30px;"></col><col class="col190" style="width: 190px;"></col><col class="col30" style="width: 30px;"></col><col class="col30" style="width: 30px;"></col><col class="col30" style="width: 30px;"></col><col class="col30" style="width: 30px;"></col><col class="col30" style="width: 30px;"></col><col class="col40" style="width: 40px;"></col></colgroup><tbody>
<tr><th style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: crimson; font: bold 12px Verdana; height: 20px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;"></th><th class="textl" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: crimson; font: bold 12px Verdana; height: 20px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: left;">Team</th><th class="textc" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: crimson; font: bold 12px Verdana; height: 20px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">MP</th><th class="textc" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: crimson; font: bold 12px Verdana; height: 20px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">GW</th><th class="textc" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: crimson; font: bold 12px Verdana; height: 20px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">GD</th><th class="textc" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: crimson; font: bold 12px Verdana; height: 20px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">GL</th><th class="textc" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: crimson; font: bold 12px Verdana; height: 20px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">Def</th><th class="textl" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: crimson; font: bold 12px Verdana; height: 20px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: left;">Pts</th></tr>
<tr><td class="head2" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: crimson; font: bold 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">1</td><td class="player" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;"><a href="http://www.chessleague.net/lcu/lcu1112/div1/team1.htm" style="color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Rathmines A</a></td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">11</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">45</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">28</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">15</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">0</td><td class="game" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: left;">59</td></tr>
<tr><td class="head2" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: crimson; font: bold 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">2</td><td class="player" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;"><a href="http://www.chessleague.net/lcu/lcu1112/div1/team6.htm" style="color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Gonzaga</a></td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">11</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">47</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">18</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">23</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">0</td><td class="game" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: left;">56</td></tr>
<tr><td class="head2" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: crimson; font: bold 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">3</td><td class="player" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;"><a href="http://www.chessleague.net/lcu/lcu1112/div1/team11.htm" style="color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Phibsboro</a></td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">11</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">40</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">30</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">18</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">0</td><td class="game" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: left;">55</td></tr>
<tr><td class="head2" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: crimson; font: bold 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">4</td><td class="player" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;"><a href="http://www.chessleague.net/lcu/lcu1112/div1/team4.htm" style="color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Bray / Greystones</a></td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">11</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">38</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">24</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">26</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">0</td><td class="game" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: left;">50</td></tr>
<tr><td class="head2" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: crimson; font: bold 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">5</td><td class="player" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;"><a href="http://www.chessleague.net/lcu/lcu1112/div1/team9.htm" style="color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Kilkenny</a></td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">11</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">31</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">29</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">28</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">1</td><td class="game" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: left;">44 ½</td></tr>
<tr><td class="head2" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: crimson; font: bold 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">6</td><td class="player" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;"><a href="http://www.chessleague.net/lcu/lcu1112/div1/team7.htm" style="color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Elm Mount A</a></td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">11</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">29</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">28</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">31</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">0</td><td class="game" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: left;">43</td></tr>
<tr><td class="head2" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: crimson; font: bold 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">7</td><td class="player" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;"><a href="http://www.chessleague.net/lcu/lcu1112/div1/team5.htm" style="color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Dublin University</a></td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">11</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">27</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">28</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">33</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">0</td><td class="game" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: left;">41</td></tr>
<tr><td class="head2" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: crimson; font: bold 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">8</td><td class="player" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;"><a href="http://www.chessleague.net/lcu/lcu1112/div1/team12.htm" style="color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">St Benildus</a></td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">11</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">27</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">28</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">33</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">0</td><td class="game" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: left;">41</td></tr>
<tr><td class="head2" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: crimson; font: bold 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">9</td><td class="player" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;"><a href="http://www.chessleague.net/lcu/lcu1112/div1/team2.htm" style="color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Rathmines B</a></td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">11</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">22</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">31</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">35</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">1</td><td class="game" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: left;">36 ½</td></tr>
<tr><td class="head2" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: crimson; font: bold 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">10</td><td class="player" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;"><a href="http://www.chessleague.net/lcu/lcu1112/div1/team3.htm" style="color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Dublin</a></td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">11</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">26</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">21</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">41</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">0</td><td class="game" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: left;">36 ½</td></tr>
<tr><td class="head2" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: crimson; font: bold 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">11</td><td class="player" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;"><a href="http://www.chessleague.net/lcu/lcu1112/div1/team10.htm" style="color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Celbridge</a></td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">11</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">18</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">28</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">42</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">0</td><td class="game" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: left;">32</td></tr>
<tr><td class="head2" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: crimson; font: bold 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">12</td><td class="player" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;"><a href="http://www.chessleague.net/lcu/lcu1112/div1/team8.htm" style="color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Elm Mount B</a></td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">11</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">22</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">19</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">47</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">0</td><td class="game" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: left;">31 ½</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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O'Hanlon;<br />
<table class="tbl" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffff99; border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; border-collapse: collapse; border-left: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; border-top: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: black; font: medium 'Times New Roman'; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px auto; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; width: 420px; word-spacing: 0px;"><colgroup><col class="col30" style="width: 30px;"></col><col class="col190" style="width: 190px;"></col><col class="col30" style="width: 30px;"></col><col class="col30" style="width: 30px;"></col><col class="col30" style="width: 30px;"></col><col class="col30" style="width: 30px;"></col><col class="col40" style="width: 40px;"></col></colgroup><tbody>
<tr><th style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: crimson; font: bold 12px Verdana; height: 20px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;"></th><th class="textl" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: crimson; font: bold 12px Verdana; height: 20px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: left;">Team</th><th class="textc" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: crimson; font: bold 12px Verdana; height: 20px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">MP</th><th class="textc" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: crimson; font: bold 12px Verdana; height: 20px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">GW</th><th class="textc" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: crimson; font: bold 12px Verdana; height: 20px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">GD</th><th class="textc" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: crimson; font: bold 12px Verdana; height: 20px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">GL</th><th class="textl" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: crimson; font: bold 12px Verdana; height: 20px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: left;">Pts</th></tr>
<tr><td class="head2" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: crimson; font: bold 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">1</td><td class="player" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;"><a href="http://www.chessleague.net/lcu/lcu1112/div4/team2.htm" style="color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Cavan</a></td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">11</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">32</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">21</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">13</td><td class="game" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: left;">42 ½</td></tr>
<tr><td class="head2" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: crimson; font: bold 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">2</td><td class="player" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;"><a href="http://www.chessleague.net/lcu/lcu1112/div4/team11.htm" style="color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Wicklow</a></td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">11</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">30</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">23</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">13</td><td class="game" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: left;">41 ½</td></tr>
<tr><td class="head2" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: crimson; font: bold 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">3</td><td class="player" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;"><a href="http://www.chessleague.net/lcu/lcu1112/div4/team9.htm" style="color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Finglas</a></td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">11</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">31</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">18</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">17</td><td class="game" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: left;">40</td></tr>
<tr><td class="head2" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: crimson; font: bold 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">4</td><td class="player" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;"><a href="http://www.chessleague.net/lcu/lcu1112/div4/team7.htm" style="color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Bray / Greystones</a></td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">11</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">30</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">15</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">21</td><td class="game" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: left;">37 ½</td></tr>
<tr><td class="head2" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: crimson; font: bold 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">5</td><td class="player" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;"><a href="http://www.chessleague.net/lcu/lcu1112/div4/team8.htm" style="color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Inchicore</a></td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">11</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">29</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">15</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">22</td><td class="game" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: left;">36 ½</td></tr>
<tr><td class="head2" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: crimson; font: bold 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">6</td><td class="player" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;"><a href="http://www.chessleague.net/lcu/lcu1112/div4/team6.htm" style="color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Drogheda</a></td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">11</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">25</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">20</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">21</td><td class="game" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: left;">35</td></tr>
<tr><td class="head2" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: crimson; font: bold 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">7</td><td class="player" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;"><a href="http://www.chessleague.net/lcu/lcu1112/div4/team3.htm" style="color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Celbridge</a></td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">11</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">21</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">20</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">25</td><td class="game" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: left;">31</td></tr>
<tr><td class="head2" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: crimson; font: bold 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">8</td><td class="player" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;"><a href="http://www.chessleague.net/lcu/lcu1112/div4/team4.htm" style="color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Dublin University</a></td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">11</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">23</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">12</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">31</td><td class="game" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: left;">29</td></tr>
<tr><td class="head2" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: crimson; font: bold 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">9</td><td class="player" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;"><a href="http://www.chessleague.net/lcu/lcu1112/div4/team5.htm" style="color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Curragh</a></td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">11</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">21</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">12</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">33</td><td class="game" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: left;">27</td></tr>
<tr><td class="head2" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: crimson; font: bold 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">10</td><td class="player" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;"><a href="http://www.chessleague.net/lcu/lcu1112/div4/team10.htm" style="color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Elm Mount</a></td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">11</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">20</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">14</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">32</td><td class="game" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: left;">27</td></tr>
<tr><td class="head2" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: crimson; font: bold 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">11</td><td class="player" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;"><a href="http://www.chessleague.net/lcu/lcu1112/div4/team12.htm" style="color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Phibsboro</a></td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">11</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">16</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">22</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">28</td><td class="game" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: left;">27</td></tr>
<tr><td class="head2" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: crimson; font: bold 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">12</td><td class="player" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;"><a href="http://www.chessleague.net/lcu/lcu1112/div4/team1.htm" style="color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Naomh Barróg</a></td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">11</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">15</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">14</td><td class="ratecode" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">37</td><td class="game" style="border-bottom: rgb(128,128,128) 1px solid; color: blue; font: 12px Verdana; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: left;">22</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The Chess Soc is back! This coming <b>Tuesday, September 25th</b> will be our first meeting. <strong>7-9pm</strong> in the <strong>Maths Seminar Room,</strong> in the <strong>Hamilton</strong> building (see "HOW TO FIND US" for details).<wbr></wbr><wbr></wbr></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Signs will also be posted in the Hamilton building as you enter up the stone steps and keep in mind that most students in the Hamilton should know where the Seminar Room is so don't be afraid to ask for directions. The first meeting will be a casual one - friendly games with or without chess clocks. The regulars, though, will be more than happy to teach and give tips to anyone keen to improve. </span></div>
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José Raúl Capablancahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18408522628643900407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677723043078577868.post-39324268794967417492011-12-02T03:56:00.000-08:002011-12-02T03:56:32.862-08:00Some Armstrong Results and Tournament NewsHey everyone, apologies for the long gap since the last post.<br />
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The Armstrong team has had a few matches since, here are the scorecards:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">3 losses, but compared to last year our losses much closer affairs. Against Rathmines in particular, you can see when we get out strongest team out we can give anyone a match.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next Tuesday we'll have a swap chess tournament at the club, so be there by 7.15 if you want to play. The week after will be our Christmas Blitz tournament (13th December). Prizes and fun guaranteed! Also, the LCU Christmas blitz will be on the 14th. Details at www.icu.ie There should be a good gang of us heading out, come along for the craic! </div>José Raúl Capablancahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18408522628643900407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677723043078577868.post-48601144293892518432011-10-20T09:38:00.000-07:002011-10-20T09:38:22.290-07:00Two in a Row!The Armstrong team won the second game of the season on Tuesday against St. Benildus. Here's the scorecard:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This puts us up to 4th in table, great start to the season.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oisin and myself got the wins, and there were a lot of hard fought draws too.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've annotated my game, you can see it below:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">[Event "Amstrong Cup 2011/12"]</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">[Date "2011.10.18"]</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">[White "Lyons, Brendan"]</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">[Black "Moran, Stephen"]</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">[Result "0-1"]</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">[WhiteElo "1848"]</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">[BlackElo "1991"]</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. h4 a5 11. Nf1 Ba6 12. Bf4 b4 13. N1h2</b> (13. Ne3) <b>13... a4 14.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Ng5</b> (14. a3 {is an interesting try to hold black on the queenside.}) <b>14... Qe8</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">{All theory up to here.}</div><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <b>15. Qh5</b> {probably not best, as it walks into the</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">point of black's 14th move.} (15. c4 bxc3 16. bxc3 h6 17. Ngf3 Qc8 18. Ng4 Rb8</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">{is another interesting line, but you have to be brave to allow so many pieces</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">aim at at your kingside, particularly h6.}) <b>15... Bxg5</b> (15... h6 16. Ng4 {gets</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a bit crazy. Black has to defend accurately.} Bxg5 (16... hxg5 17. hxg5 Qd8 18.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Be4 dxe4 19. Kg2) 17. hxg5 f5 18. Qxe8 Raxe8 19. Ne3 hxg5 20. Bxg5 Ncxe5 {with</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a slight advantage.}) <b>16. hxg5 f5</b> {this is point behind Qe8. White doesn't</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">have time to play exf6 because his queen is attacked. If he swaps off the</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">queens, black has much the better prospects on the queenside.} <b>17. Qh4</b> {</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">leaving the queen out of play.} (17. Qd1) <b>17... Nd4</b> {this is always annoying</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">for white without the queen around to defend the weak pawns.} <b>18. Rac1 b3 19.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>axb3 axb3 20. c4</b> (20. c3 Nc2 21. Red1 Nb6 {none of white's pieces are doing</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">anything. Black can attack the queenside pawns or try invade down the a-file.})</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>20... dxc4</b> {I figured I could sacrifice the exchange here, since my bishop and</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">queen would line up along the h1-a8 diagonal and it would be a monster. I'd</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">also have Nd7-b6-c4 or a4 ideas too.} </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>21. dxc4</b> {probably best to decline the</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">offer.} (21. Bxa8 Qxa8 22. dxc4 Qc6 23. Rc3 {to play f3 after black plays Bb7.}</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bb7 24. f3 Ra8 25. Bc1 Ra1 {with roughly equal chances. I still like black's</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">activity though.}) <b>21... Rd8 22. Nf3 Nb6 23. g6</b> {white missed my 25th move</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">when playing this.} (23. Be3 {keeps it level, or maybe even a small advantage</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">with the two bishops.} f4 (23... Nxc4 24. Nxd4 cxd4 25. Bxd4) 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nd2 fxg3 26. Qxg3 Qf7) <b>23... Qxg6 24. Bg5?</b> (24. Nxd4 Rxd4 25. Qe7 Nd7 26.</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Red1 Qf7 27. Qxf7+ Kxf7 {is only slightly better for black.}) <b>24... Nxf3+ 25.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Bxf3 Rd4</b> {and black is a clear pawn up with a better position.}</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <b>26. Qh5 Qxh5</b></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>27. Bxh5 Nxc4</b> {finally the weak pawn goes.} <b>28. Be7</b> (28. Be2 Nxe5 29. Bf4 Nc4</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">30. Bf1 Kf7 31. Rc3 h6 32. Ra1 Bb5 33. Rxb3 {and despite being a pawn up, it's</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">not easy for black.}) <b>28... Rc8 29. Ra1</b> (29. Rc3 {to pick up the b3 pawn is</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">better.})<b> 29... Bb7</b> {the bishop is a monster here, white has to watch out for</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">back rank mates now.} <b>30. Ra7 Rd7</b> (30... Bd5 {consolidates everything quicker</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and protects the b3 pawn. White has no threats.}) <b>31. Bd6 Nxb2</b> {creating</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">connected passed pawns.} </div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>32. Rb1 c4!</b> {a nice way to finish the game, by</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">marching a pawn up the board.} <b>33. Rxb2 c3 34. Rxb3 c2 35. Ba3 c1=Q+ 36. Bxc1</b></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Rxc1+</b> ({White resigned bacause of the following} 36... Rxc1+ 37. Bd1 Rcxd1+ 38.</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Kh2 Rh1# {A triumph for the light squared bishop!}) <b>0-1</b></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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We've also started the tournament to see who could get on one of our teams. So far after 3 rounds the table looks like this:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> ID NAME Rtg T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">--------------------------------------------------------------</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> 1 Enrique Saez 1700 NC --- 3.0 | +B10 +W15 +B3 </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> 2 Colin Power 1300 NC --- 2.0 | -W4 +B11 +W13 </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> 3 Diego Lionello 1300 NC --- 2.0 | +W13 +B9 -W1 </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> 4 Charles Dillon 1200 NC --- 2.0 | +B2 -W6 +B16 </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> 5 John Shanley 1100 NC --- 2.5 | =W17 +B8 +B6 </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> 6 Robert Murtagh 1000 NC --- 2.0 | +W11 +B4 -W5 </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> 7 Andy Hare 0 NC --- 0.0 | -- -- -- </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> 8 Brian McDonald 0 NC --- 1.5 | =B15 -W5 +B10 </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> 9 Diarmuid Neville 0 NC --- 2.0 | +B16 -W3 +B17 </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> 10 Eric Hattaway 0 NC --- 0.0 | -W1 -B13 -W8 </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> 11 Ewan Dalby 0 NC --- 1.0 | -B6 -W2 +BYE </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> 12 John Prasifka 0 NC --- 0.0 | -- -- -- </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> 13 Michael Birt 0 NC --- 1.0 | -B3 +W10 -B2 </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> 14 PJ Moloney 0 NC --- 0.0 | -- -- -- </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> 15 Philip Corkery 0 NC --- 0.5 | =W8 -B1 -BYE </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> 16 Sean Delorey 0 NC --- 1.0 | -W9 +B17 -W4 </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> 17 Sean Higgins 0 NC --- 0.5 | =B5 -W16 -W9 </div><div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Can anyone catch Enrique?? He's looked very strong so far. It's not too late to put yourself in the hat, we'll be continuing next week and maybe one more week after that. Let me know if you'd like to play.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Oh, and a quick reminder that our library is open to your viewing on the right hand side of the page.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That's it for this week,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Stephen</div>José Raúl Capablancahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18408522628643900407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677723043078577868.post-66997079634876423292011-10-08T13:14:00.000-07:002011-10-08T13:19:15.630-07:00Aaaaaaaand we're off!<pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hi all</span></pre><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Armstrong Team had it's first match of the season on Thursday against Celbridge. We managed to win 4.5-3.5 which is a great start. Here's the scorecard:</span></pre><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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</span></pre><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well done everyone, let's keep it up!</span></pre><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span></pre><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also, Viktor has kindly annotated his game for everyone to see. Here it is below (I've added in a few diagrams, but the rest is Viktor's analysis).</span></pre><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span></pre><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Korennoi,Viktor (2251) - Dempsey,Paul (2198) [D15]
Leinster League Dublin, Ireland (1.1), 07.10.2011
[Ęîðåííîé,Âčęōîð]
<b>1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Bg5 dxc4</b> [5...Ne4 is the most popular move here] <b>6.a4 Nd5 7.e4 Nxc3 8.bxc3 b5 9.Qd2</b></span></pre><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> now the bishop on g5 hinders black to play e6 and develop it's bishop. If queen goes to c7, I play Bf4, and black queen has no cosy squares to hide <b>9...Bb7 10.Be2</b> I want to play Be2-d1-c2 and attack black king in case of short castle [Computer recommends 10.Qb2 Qc7 11.g3 preventing c6-c5] <b>10...Nd7 11.0-0 h6 12.Bh4 g6</b> [If black plays 12...Nf6 I can go either calm Qe3 or sharp 13.Ne5 Nxe4 14.Qf4 (14.Qc2 Nf6 15.Bf3ē) 14...Nd6 (14...Nf6 15.Bh5 g6 16.Rae1+- (16.Nxg6?? Nxh5-+) 16...Bg7 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Nxg6 fxg6 19.Qxf6+-; 15.Bh5 g6 16.axb5 cxb5 (16...gxh5 17.bxc6 Bc8 18.Qf3Đ) 17.Bf3ē] <b>13.e5</b> The idea is to play e5-e6 and the black pawn on g6 is too weak. I'm not afraid of the knight on d5, because it can't protect the black king from there. <b>13...g5 14.Bg3?!</b> [I should have immediately played 14.e6!</span></span><br />
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</tbody></table><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> fxe6 15.Qc2 Bg7 16.Bxg5ą E.g. 16...hxg5 17.Qg6+ Kf8 18.Nxg5 Qe8 19.Nxe6+ Kg8 20.Qxg7#]</span></pre><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>14...e6 15.Qc2</b> Now the idea is to play Nf3-d2-e4, Bh5 and f2-f4 and use the weakened white squares of black's position. Maybe, it was better to play Qb2, preventing c6-c5. If I tried to restrict black's knight by moving a4-a5, black could play c6-c5, Qc7 and long castle, making it's king safe. Then he plays Nd7-b8-c6, attacking all my pawns (on a5, d4 and e5). And I obviously have no attacking opportunities on Queen's side ever. <b>15...Nb6</b> [15...c5!] <b>16.Nd2 h5?</b> Black has no attacking opportunities on the king's side. Eventually, this move only weakens black pawns [16...Nxa4?! 17.Rxa4 bxa4 18.Qxa4ē; </span></pre><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">16...c5!=] <b>17.h3</b> [17.f4 is rash 17...h4 18.Be1 gxf4 (18...Nd5 19.fxg5 Ne3 20.Qb2 Nxf1 21.Bxf1 Qxg5 22.Nxc4ģ) 19.Ne4 Nd5ģ;
Computer doesn't find white's advanrage after 17.Ne4 h4 (17...Be7 18.Nd6+ Bxd6 19.exd6ą) 18.Nf6+ Ke7 19.Qc1 b4 20.Qxg5 hxg3 21.fxg3 Bh6 22.Nd5+ Ke8 23.Qxd8+ Rxd8 24.Nxb6 Be3+ 25.Kh1 bxc3 26.Nxc4 Bxd4 27.Nd6+ Rxd6 28.exd6 f5=] <b>17...c5 18.axb5 axb5 19.Qb2 Bc6</b> [After 19...Rxa1 20.Rxa1 (20.Qxb5+ Qd7 21.Qxd7+ Kxd7 22.Rxa1 cxd4 23.cxd4 c3ģ) 20...Bc6 21.Bf3 Qd7 22.Ra6 white still makes some pressure] <b>20.Bf3 Nd5</b> [20...Bxf3 21.Qxb5+ Qd7 22.Qxb6ą] <b>21.Ne4</b> My opponent admitted, he didn't see the idea behind this move. Even if he did, black is already in trouble now. </span></pre><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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</tbody></table><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <b>21...cxd4</b> [21...Qb6 22.Rxa8+ Bxa8 23.Qa3 Bb7 24.dxc5 And I can play Nd6+ at any moment, creating a strong pawn tandem;
21...Rxa1 22.Nf6+ Qxf6 (22...Ke7 23.Rxa1ą; 22...Nxf6 23.Bxc6+ Nd7 24.Rxa1+-) 23.exf6 Ra8 24.Bxd5 exd5 25.Qe2+ Kd7 26.Qe5+-] <b>22.Nf6+! Ke7 </b>[22...Nxf6? 23.Bxc6+ Nd7 24.Rxa8+-] <b>23.Bxd5 exd5 24.cxd4</b> With such a weakened king and no coordination among the pieces black can hardly protect this position. I have two basic ideas: 25. Qd2 Bh6 26. Qb4+ and 25. f2-f4 with the idea 26. Qb4+ Ke6 27. f4-f5 # <b>24...h4</b> [24...Qb6 25.Rxa8 Bxa8 26.Qa3+ Winning bishop on a8] <b>25.f4</b> Now I can move Bg3-e1-b4, changing black-squared bishop - the last King's defender </span></pre><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>25...Qb6</b> [25...hxg3 26.Qb4+ Ke6 27.f5#] <b>26.Rxa8 b4</b> [26...Bxa8 27.Qa3+ b4 (27...Ke6 28.f5#) 28.Qxa8 hxg3 (28...Bh6 29.Nxd5+ Ke6 30.f5+ Kd7 31.Nxb6++-; 28...Qxd4+ 29.Bf2 Qxf4 30.Nxd5++-) 29.Nxd5++-] And the final move is nice <b>27.Re8+!</b> Black resigned because of <b>27...Bxe8 28.Nxd5+</b>+- 1-0</span></pre><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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</span></pre><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">See you down at the club,</span></pre><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stephen</span></pre><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"></pre>José Raúl Capablancahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18408522628643900407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677723043078577868.post-5885651536759669142011-09-27T05:16:00.000-07:002011-09-27T05:16:43.226-07:00Welcome!If you're new here, welcome to the club! Otherwise, good to have you back after the summer.<br />
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You can see the kind of things we get up to by looking at previous posts. These are mostly reports of league matches and tournaments we've held in the club. Of course there are other things like a simultaneous display with a grandmaster, and links you might be interested in.<br />
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Directions to find us are on the right sidebar. We meet most Tuesdays from 7. If the club will not be meeting for some reason, I'll let you know both here and on facebook (join the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/227342557321139/">group</a> to keep up with everything!).<br />
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First meeting is tonight. There will be signs up in the Hamilton building to help you find us for the first couple of weeks.<br />
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We'll have every standard of player, so matter how much or little experience you have you will not be out of your depth. If you want some coaching or lessons feel free to ask, it's what we're here for.<br />
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Hi all,<br />
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I think everyone enjoyed the lecture and simultaneous display by Grandmaster Alexander Baburin. The list of players was as follows:<br />
Jack McHugh<br />
Colin Power<br />
Diego Lionello<br />
Zbigniew Zdziarski<br />
Matthew Berkeley<br />
Nicholas Bland<br />
Hugh O'Connor<br />
Charles Dillon<br />
James Vaughan<br />
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A big well done to Ennis captain Colin, who was the only one to take a draw off him. In fact, it was Alexander who offered as he was down on material. Also, 0.5/9 against a GM rated 2540 gives us performance rating of 2096. Just thought you'd like to know.<br />
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</tbody></table>Last mention should probably go to Diego who help out longest against Alex, and was unlucky in a tricky ending.<br />
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Before the simul, GM Baburin answered a few questions. The main points to take from his answers were:<br />
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<ul><li>Always go on what the position demands, there are no rules that apply to every position.</li>
<li>Play what you think <b>is</b> right, not what you think should be right.</li>
<li>If time trouble is a problem, try be more confident in your moves. Spending too much time too often does a lot more damage than making a small mistake every now and then by playing more quickly.</li>
<li>The best way to improve involves 3 things: Analyzing your own games (your losses most of all), practicing your tactics, and working on your endgame technique.</li>
</ul><div>He also said that he was banned from playing swap chess in Russia when he was growing up. No swap chess you say? What kind of a deprived childhood...</div><div><br />
</div><div>Anyway, feedback was generally positive, so we might look at organising another early next year, possibly around fresher's week.</div><div><br />
</div><div>If anyone feels like looking over their game with Alex, remember you can always bring it down to the club. I'd be very interested in seeing some of them.</div><div><br />
</div><div>See you then,</div><div>Stephen</div>José Raúl Capablancahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18408522628643900407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677723043078577868.post-42535393941049582042011-02-17T06:50:00.000-08:002011-02-17T06:56:21.808-08:00Ever Wanted to Play a Grandmaster?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.4ncl.co.uk/pre2010/baburin2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.4ncl.co.uk/pre2010/baburin2.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Hi guys,<br />
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Exciting news this week. As part of the Russian Cultural Festival 2011, we will be hosting a lecture and simultaneous display by International Grandmaster Alexander Baburin (above), internationally rated 2539. For those who don't know, a simultaneous display is where a strong player plays several games at once against different opponents, making one move on each board before moving to the next game. <br />
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<ul><li>Where? Room 3051 in the Arts building.</li>
<li>When? Wednesday March 2nd, 12-2pm (during reading week, no excuses!)</li>
<li>How much? Free!</li>
</ul>Alexander is the only Grandmaster living in Ireland, so chances to play him, or any grandmaster, do not come along often. I'd highly recommend you play, once you get a taste of playing someone that good it really encourages you to improve. I speak from experience on that. Demand for this will be high, so get back to me soon as you can to make sure you've a good chance of getting a place.<br />
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Cheers,<br />
<span style="color: #888888;">Stephen</span>José Raúl Capablancahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18408522628643900407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677723043078577868.post-63262630454687553752011-02-13T14:17:00.000-08:002011-02-13T14:17:30.387-08:00Last Few League Results<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We've had a couple of tough matches recently against teams up near the top of the table. First was Rathmines A:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ3A6z14dZSoi1Dgdk_iMxKgX4-3umRUq9h9k5P2wdmOj-mYuiU2y5GKWCj95S0vngp_t_VeA8IrXJpu_AKwWP_92Tn6nyttFNC0ZG0Dlerde8BFnEfHp-oDJx0_OX8rYF4O1owcDbtjs/s1600/Rathmines+A.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="121" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ3A6z14dZSoi1Dgdk_iMxKgX4-3umRUq9h9k5P2wdmOj-mYuiU2y5GKWCj95S0vngp_t_VeA8IrXJpu_AKwWP_92Tn6nyttFNC0ZG0Dlerde8BFnEfHp-oDJx0_OX8rYF4O1owcDbtjs/s400/Rathmines+A.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Rathmines have a very consistent team rating wise, two and a half is not a bad result against them. A couple of games that they won could have gone either way, so the ratings did not count for as much as the scoreline suggests.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Next was Bray, who also have a very strong all round team: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh492T66OsgT7BgtprQejhyHdt6BAvhybxWNlUtxoTWaQx8VvPMtHrgfXaBkYo9dcvzhQ6UPuqHYo_qgeWRGEVmyMH2pvx4zYgmtyi5KQWlKiOYhSdsE4GIbjD5TOw1aX9DqoZtVv4wjmM/s1600/Bray.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="121" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh492T66OsgT7BgtprQejhyHdt6BAvhybxWNlUtxoTWaQx8VvPMtHrgfXaBkYo9dcvzhQ6UPuqHYo_qgeWRGEVmyMH2pvx4zYgmtyi5KQWlKiOYhSdsE4GIbjD5TOw1aX9DqoZtVv4wjmM/s400/Bray.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Everyone did exceptionally well against higher rated players, and like last time, with a bit of extra luck we could have tied the match. Everyone was ahead in their game at least once, so it's a little disappointing to only come out with 4 draws, but again not bad against a strong team.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Two games left for the Armstong team against Gonzaga and Dun Laoghaire and we've a 3 point cushion over the relegation places. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">More news soon,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Stephen</div>José Raúl Capablancahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18408522628643900407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677723043078577868.post-35028029774264352262011-01-22T15:55:00.000-08:002011-01-22T15:55:52.967-08:00It's Been a Long Time...Haven't posted in a while. Since the last one, the Armstrong team has played two of the best teams in the division, Kilkenny and Phibsboro. Kilkenny was a bit of an ugly result:<br />
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However we rebounded excellently with a great win against Phibsboro:<br />
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The Ennis team are going to have a tough second half to the season. Laurence and Anastasia finished their Erasmus so we're a couple of players down there already. On top of that they're in a relegation place at the moment too. But we're always optimistic here, they won their last game 5-1 (!) against Wicklow who are probably in more danger of going down. This should take them out of the bottom two and there's a great chance of a few more good results like that.<br />
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Finally, probable blitz tournament in a couple of weeks at the club, keep an eye on the blog for news.<br />
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See you at the club,<br />
StephenJosé Raúl Capablancahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18408522628643900407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677723043078577868.post-44552894716289500402010-11-30T17:09:00.000-08:002010-11-30T17:09:49.750-08:00Bits and BobsI didn't put up the result from the Elm Mount game, so I'll do that now. 7-1 is not a nice scoreline to be on the end of, here's the scorecard:<br />
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We also held a blitz last night. The bad weather may have been the reason for the low turnout, but it was still good fun. Results of the round robin were as follows:<br />
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Look out for the LCU Christmas Blitz coming up in a couple of weeks, you can find details on the ICU website and I'll mention it on here again closer the time.<br />
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Next post will probably be after the big Kilkenny match, hopefully we'll have some good news.<br />
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StephenJosé Raúl Capablancahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18408522628643900407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677723043078577868.post-61109303169677904022010-11-29T09:46:00.000-08:002010-11-29T09:46:45.039-08:00Tournament TomorrowWe'll be having a blitz tournament tomorrow to get in practice for the upcoming Leinster Chess Union Christmas Blitz in a couple of weeks. Come down if you fancy sharpening up, it's always good fun :)<br />
See you then,<br />
StephenJosé Raúl Capablancahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18408522628643900407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677723043078577868.post-73097394451974027612010-11-15T12:29:00.000-08:002010-11-15T12:33:18.869-08:00Looking to Improve?Tactics tactics tactics. That's all you need. If you get your tactical sharpness up, you spot opportunities to go for the kill a lot quicker, and patterns that crop up time and again on the board will become easy to see. <a href="http://chess.emrald.net/index.php">Chess Emrald</a> is a particularly good site for training yourself in tactics. You create an account so it can track your progess with a rating, then you do a few problems. It quickly gets to understand your standard, and so gives you problems that will just about challenge you. You really do notice your standard getting better and I really can't overstate how handy the site is.<br />
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Here's one to get you started, it's a little tricky ;) White to play and checkmate in 2 moves:<br />
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Also, club night tomorrow night at 7 as usual. Check the sidebar ==> for directions.<br />
See you there,<br />
Stephen.José Raúl Capablancahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18408522628643900407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677723043078577868.post-36514337370399936702010-11-09T17:31:00.000-08:002010-11-09T17:32:00.753-08:00DU -v- Rathmines BIn the Armstrong, we got our second win of the season on Monday night against a good Rathmines B team.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFWbIcIWGPaCduWfMUSY-UEH4u0ARHx90G_CCIZbuw46XGOoPrOUInKOuHSrByQSpVpLXYHNS9lYJ8H4qyWsIVVW-CzrA6sMy9VyljrIAyad2JCLelgSAR65ChTGPA1E9H6-Jbe88Pr5s/s1600/Rathmines+B.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="110" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFWbIcIWGPaCduWfMUSY-UEH4u0ARHx90G_CCIZbuw46XGOoPrOUInKOuHSrByQSpVpLXYHNS9lYJ8H4qyWsIVVW-CzrA6sMy9VyljrIAyad2JCLelgSAR65ChTGPA1E9H6-Jbe88Pr5s/s400/Rathmines+B.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Myself and John had nice wins, Alan and Fabian (super-sub!) had VERY nice wins. Overall, our bottom boards did well against higher rated opposition again which is great to see.<br />
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Next Tuesday the club will be back on after reading week. We'll be doing analysis that night. So if you've played a game recently in the leagues for one of our teams, or at home or online or anywhere else, I encourage you to bring it to the club and one of the more experienced players will have a look through it with you. I cannot stress enough how important this is for the player who is looking to improve. Analysing your own games shows you the strengths and flaws in your thinking processes and shows up any blind spots you might have.<br />
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If you don't have any games, you can still come down and play as normal, or even sit in on an analysis session for a few tips.<br />
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Final random piece of info: this page has been viewed once from Malaysia...just thought that was interesting :)<br />
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Till next week,<br />
Stephen.José Raúl Capablancahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18408522628643900407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677723043078577868.post-44657139745993119762010-11-05T07:55:00.000-07:002010-11-05T07:55:51.231-07:00Blitz!We held a blitz tournament on Thursday night in the club. Due to the club night being moved, numbers were down, but I think everyone enjoyed the round robin style this allowed us to play. This is how it finished:<br />
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</div>The David versus Goliath prize (just pride I'm afraid) goes to Charles for his win over John. Very impressive all round tournament from Charles.<br />
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There won't be a club night on next week due to it being reading week for most people, and it'll be back to Tuesday nights from then on. I'll look at having another blitz the week we get back, or maybe the week after.<br />
See you in a couple of weeks,<br />
StephenJosé Raúl Capablancahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18408522628643900407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677723043078577868.post-55911989423919701882010-10-31T16:55:00.000-07:002010-10-31T16:55:23.718-07:00New time this weekThe Armstrong team drew 4-4 with Malahide last week:<br />
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We'll be having a blitz tournament during our club night this <b>Thursday</b>, not Tuesday. It'll still be 7 o'clock in the maths seminar room.<br />
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See you then,<br />
Stephen.José Raúl Capablancahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18408522628643900407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677723043078577868.post-79960490816863866052010-10-24T07:48:00.000-07:002010-10-24T07:48:27.904-07:00Busy WeekMixed results last week. The Armstrong team lost 5-3 to Dublin. It was a very close match, 3-3 with 10 minutes in the games left and both games could have gone both ways. The scorecard looks like this:<br />
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The Ennis team did brilliantly in their first match, winning 4-2 away against Bray/Greystones. A few debuts in there, making it even more impressive, well done guys! Here's their scorecard:<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">1. James Vaughan 1412 1-0 T. Conlon 1531</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div style="text-align: center;">2. Colin Power 1251 0-1 G. Curran 1450</div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div style="text-align: center;">3. John Shanley 1034 1-0 T. Malone 1406</div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div style="text-align: center;">4. Laurence Bergez 1-0 T. Jamowski 1382</div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div style="text-align: center;">5. Diego Lionello 1-0 M. Finnegan 1342</div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div style="text-align: center;">6. Fabian Helm 0-1 E. Wallace 1303</div></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">Club night as usual on Tuesday, see you then,</div><div style="text-align: left;">Stephen</div>José Raúl Capablancahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18408522628643900407noreply@blogger.com0