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Heidenfeld Trophy - Division 2 - Round 3
Curragh v Lucan (7 November 2009)
A full-strength Curragh scored a 5.5-2.5 win against a strong Lucan side.
Richard Arundell | 1918 |
0.5-0.5 |
Gary Windebank | 1819 |
Pearse Dunne | 1809 |
1-0 |
Jim Murray | 1734 |
Noel Lynch | 1637 |
0.5-0.5 |
Patrick Daly | 1805 |
Mark McLoughlin | 1548 |
1-0 |
Brendan Norris | 1553 |
Martin Brehhov | 1496 |
1-0 |
Anthony Bourached | 1568 |
Harijs Valters | 1460 |
1-0 |
John McMahon | 1491 |
Peter Klompers | 1404 |
0.5-0.5 |
Patrick Fitzgerald | 1443 |
Tim Hinchey | u/g |
0-1 |
Shane Brennan | 1444 |
Total Score 13/24 (after 3 rounds)
Full results on : http://www.leinsterchess.com
Noel Lynch v Pat Daly The following position occurred in Noel Lynch v Pat Daly. White found a simple tactic to win a pawn.
Rxh7! If Kxh7, then Qh5+ recovering the rook in a strong position.
B Norris v M McLoughlin In the following position, white has just played f3 attacking the knight. Black came up with a novel way of relieving the pressure and keeping in the game.
.... Rxb4 20. Bxb4 Nc6 21. Qd6 ef ultimately winning in a tricky position.
John McMahon v Harijs Valters Harijs playing Black allowed his opponent to walk into a simple trap. Self mate in one move?
Kd3 Rd2 mate!
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O'Hanlon Cup - Division 4 - Round 3
Curragh v Inchicore (7 November 2009)
Curragh suffered a 2.5-3.5 defeat against Inchicore.
Hugues Hammouma | 1391 | 0-1 | John Dunne | 1206 |
Brendan Duffy | 1369 | 1-0 | Ray Woodhouse | 1182 |
Franco Rivera | 1283 | 0.5-0.5 | Eamon Connolly | 1162 |
Leo Talbot | 1127 | 0-1 | John Thompson | 1199 |
Maurice Canavan | 1215 | 0-1 | Christy Hassett | 1134 |
James Forde | 861 | 1-0 | Paul Carter | 1011 |
Total Score (after 3 rounds): 11/18
Posted by mmcloughlin at November 8, 2009 01:14 PM