November 08, 2009

Heidenfeld Trophy (Div 2) & O'Hanlon Cup (Div 4) 2009/10 - Rd 3

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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.

 NLynchvPDaly.bmp

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.

BNorrisvMMcLoughlin.bmp

.... 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?

ValtersvMcMahon.bmp

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