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Introduction ...... : ...... ' ..' ...... 2 The purpose of this booklet is to put on record the results of the 1979 Irish Championships and the supporting events. Unfortunately high production costs ruled out Irish Champions, 1912 -1979 ...... 3 the publication of all the Championship games, but, through careful and time·consuming Round One ...... 4 selection, I hope that at least the best ones have been recorded and will give both pleasure " I and instruction to readers. Rou nd Two...... '...... '.' ...... 7 . The Championships were the biggest to date with more than 400 entries. This was Round Three ...... '...... 10 due in no small way to the generous support of the sponsors, I.B.M. (Ireland) and hopefully the 1979 Irish Championships saw the beginning of a long and mutually· Photographs ...... 13 1\ beneficial relationship. A list of acknowledgements poses an invidious choice when the organisation and Round Four ...... 14 running of a tournament of this size and the preparation of this booklet involved so Round Five ...... 16 many people. I Warmest thanks are due to Terry Shorten, Brendan Hayes, Jack Killane, John Photographs ...... 19 ,r Bracken, Eamon Martin, Christy Hogan, Shay McDonough the principal controllers. To Pat Carton, Don Short, Shay McDonough, Kevin and David O'Connor, Denis ! Cross Table of Results...... 20 Dempsey, Miriam Woods and Susan Hardiman, trojan workers during the preparations. ! Round Six ...... •...... 22 To Pat Carton, William Collins, Paul and John Del·aney, John Gibson, Brendan Hayes. Jack Killane, Joe Noone and Ciaran O'Hare for painstaking work in checking and . Round Seven ...... '...25 annotating games; I To Olive Hardiman whose untiring dedication recording and sifting the huge volume Round Eight ...... , ...... 28 of entries in the face of the postal strike was simply remarkable. 1 Round Nine ...... 32 t To Eamon Keogh who presented to the Irish Chess Union a new perpetual trophy ­ "The E. A. Keogh Trophy". Irish Intermediate Championship ...... 34 '. . CYRIL HARDIMAN .lriShJunior Championship ...... ' ...36 Tournament Director East of I reland Congress ...... 37 October 1979 ~'it.. 54th Irish Championship-The Players ...... 40 ..

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INTRODUCTION The East of Ireland championships, a major weekend tournament involving 210 players in three "class" sections, rounded off the Irish Championship Congress. John The Irish Championship is the premier chess tournament run in Ireland. The title Gibson (Collegians) narrowly won the "Open':DermotLeahy (Dublin) and Joe McDonnell was introduced in 1912 and has been contested annually since 1924, with the exception (Castlebar) tied in the "Major", while Jonathan O'Connor (Dublin) and John Noonan of a five-year spell during the Second World War. In recent years the championship has (POESSBA) carried off the honours in the Junior section. rotated around the provinces and in 1979 it was the turn of Leinster to stage this The six tournaments therefore attracted a total entry of 431, involving 329 prestigious event. individual players which is a record for an Irish Congress. The total cash prize fund of The 54th Championship was held in Dublin at the O'Brien Institute, Marino, from £2,012 is also a record and reflects on the generous support given by the sponsors IBM July 7 to 15 and attracted the strongest and biggest (39 players) field for many years. ( Ireland). After his excellent win in the ELO grading tournament held in Dublin in April, David The O'Brien Institute comfortably al!lsorbed the big numbers and proved an ideal Dunne started slight favourite to win his first Irish title. But with only a few of the venue both in terms of playing and controlling conditions. country's leading players missing from the entry, it was considered to be a fairly open The 1979 Irish Championshij:l Congress was officially opened by Dr. Michael championship. Paul Delaney, the second seed, the holder Alan Ludgate - aiming for his Woods, Minister of State to the Taoiseach on Saturday July 7th 1979. third consecutive championship success - Tony Doyle, the 1979 Leinster Champion and former "Irish" title holder, and national master Eamon Keogh, who shared the championship in 1975, were all reckoned to be in with a good chance. I Dunne opened strongly and from early on it became evident that the young IRISH CHAMPIONS 1912 - 1979 Dubliner was the one to beat. Ludgate was soon in trouble, losing for the first time in 28 Championship games to Joe Noone in round 2. Delaney also opened strongly but too Year Champion Year Champion many drawn games meant the he was always struggling to get on level terms with the 1912 J. J. O'Hanlon 1953 E. N. Mulcahy front runners, while Keogh seemd to have blown his chances, surprisingly going under in 1915 J. J. O'Hanlon 1954 T. Kelly Round 2 to Ray Byrne. 1922 T. G. Cranston 1955· V. Maher With an excellent score of 6 points after seven rounds, Dunne looked to be home 1924 P. Baker 1956 D. J. O'Sullivan and dry, but indecisive results in the final two rounds opened the way for Keogh to come 1925 J. J. O'Hanlon 1957 D. J. O'Sullivan from behind and force a share of the title with seven points. The ebullient Keogh, 1926 J. J. O'Hanlon 1958 W. Heidenfeld Ireland's representative in the Amsterdam Zonal last December, staged what surely must 1927 P. Baker 1959 B. Reilly have been one of the most remarkable comebacks in the history of the tournament, 1928 P. Baker 1960 B. Reilly recovering after his early loss to notch up six points in the last 7 rounds, including a draw 1929 P. Baker 1961 J. Reid with Dunne. 1930 J. J. O'Hanlon 1962 J. Reid & M. F. Littleton Joe Noone, who also staged a fine comeback after successive defeats mid-way 1931 T. G. Cranston 1963 W. Heidenfeld through the Championship, was clear third with 6% points. Belfast's Keith Alien broke 1932 J. J. O'Hanlon 1964 W. Heidenfeld the almost complete dominanceof the Dublin players by taking a share of 4/5th places on 1933 J. Creevey 1965 M. F. Littleton 6 points along with Paul Delaney..., who apart from Dunne was the only player unbeaten 1934 J. Creevey 1966 J. L. Moles in the tournament. . 1935 J. J. O'Hanlon 1967 W. Heidenfeld A feature of the 1979 "Irish" was the participation of April Cronin, the first .. 1936 J. J. O'Hanlon 1968 W. Heidenfeld woman to compete in the Senior event for a long time. She can be satisfied with her I 1937 T.Cox 1969 N. J. Patterson 2% - 5% score - excluding the bye - which included two wins. 1938 T.Cox 1970 P. Henry Supporting national Intermediate and Junior Championships were run in 1939 B. O'Sullivan 1971 J. L. Moles conjunction with the Senior event over six rounds from July 7 - 12. The intermediate 1940 J. J. O'Hanlon 1972 W. Heidenfeld has been an annual tournament now for some years but the Junior was introduced this 1946 B. O'Sullivan 1973 H. McGrillen year. 1947 P. A. Duignan 1974 A. Doyle Play in the Intermediate (83 players) was highly competitive and a very close tussle 1948 D. J. O'Sullivan 1975 E. Keogh and A. Ludgate resulted in a three-way tie between Pat McCarthy (UCC) Joseph Marks (Phibsboro) and 1949 P. B. Kennedy 1976 B. Kernan Noel Skelton (Guinness)_ 1950 V. Maher 1977 A. Ludgate and R. Devenney In contrast, the Junior (99 players) was dominated by John Kennedy (Rathmines), 1951 A. Bourke 1978 A. Ludgate the only player to score maximum points during the whole congress! 1952 M. Schuster 1979 D. Dunne and E. Keogh

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?! R(e)b8 27 Rf3? [(Diagram 1) allowing a small combination] 27 ... Rb2! 28 Bb2: Rb2: 29 fS Rc2: 30 Qe3 Qa2: 31 Rgl Re2 32 Qb6 Nel 33 Qd8+ Bf8 0 - 1 [notes by the winner] 54th Irish Championship ~ 3. DOYLE - O'REILLY: le4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cd4: 4 Nd4: Nf6 S Nc3 a6 6 g3 eS 7 _ ROUND ONE Nde2 Be7 8 Bg2 Nbd7 9 a4 b6 100·0 Bb7 11 NdS Nd5: 12 ed5: 0-013 Be3 BgS 14 BgS: Qg~: 15 c4 f5 16 f4 Qh6 17 Rcl g5 18 Rc3 g4 19 feS: de5: 20 a5 Rf6 21 ab6: f4 22 Dunne·Palmer 1·0 Ruy Lopez Wallace-McMahon 1-0 French Nf4:! . ef4: 23 Qg4+: Qg7 24 Qg7+: Kg7: 2S c4 Nc5: 26 Rc5: Rb6: 27 Rc7+ KgB 28 I O'Connell·Delaney, P. 0·1 Benko Gambit Coldrick·Allen Y:z-% OPOpening I Rf4: Rb2: 29 Be4 Re8 30 Bh7+: Kh8 31 Be4 as 32 Rg4 1-0. Doyle-O'Reilly 1·0 Sicilian Clarke-Hickey 1-0 Nimzo-Indian Carton- Ludgate 0·1 Pirc O'Shaughnessy-McOaid 0·1 Caro Kann + Keogh·Smyth 1-0 Sicilian Noone-Collins 1-0 OG Accepted 4. KEOGH - SMYTH: 1 e4 cS 2 Nc3 d6 3 f4 Nc6 Cassidy-Orr 0·1 O.G., Slav McGiII-Oennehy %-% Sicilian 4 g3 [A form of closed Sicilian frequently Delaney J.·Pinkerton 1-0 Vienna Game O'Hare C.-Quinn 0-1 Pirc favoured by Keogh in order to avoid main·line Coffey-Murray 1-0 Nimzo-Larsen Hearns-Barrington 1-0 King's Indian Sicilians] 4 ... e5 5 d3 Nf6 6 Bg2 Bg4 7 N(g)e2 Curtin-Porter 1-0 Modern Byrne-O'Connor King's Indian 1-0 t Qd7 8 h3 Be2: [Black has chosen to give up his o1iare E.-Littleton 0-1 Modern Cronin - Bye good Bishop for White's "peaceful" Knight, The defeat of Murray, the seventh seed, by 1S year-old Coffey was the major upset of a perhaps 7 ... Qc8 was better, but while Black first round in which the games went as generally expected. The Players' determination to seems to gain a tempo for his development with get off to a good start resulted in only two drawn games. the earlier 6 ... Bg4, the Bishop really belongs on the a6 - fl diagonal, so the correct plan for the 1_ DUNNE·PALMER: 1.e4 eS 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 BbS a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 S 0-0 Ne4: 6 d4 bS 7 Bb3 position of White's 6th move was an immediate dS 8 de: Be69 Qe2 Be7 10 Rdl Na5 11 Nbd2 Nd2: 12 Bd2: Nb3: 13 ab: 0-0 14 b4 Bg4 pawn-push on the Queenside supported by ... 15 h3 Bf3: 16 Qf3: c6 17 Ra3 Qc7 18 Qg3 f6 19 ef: Qg3: 20 Rg3: Bf6: 21 Bc3 a5 22 ba: Rb8, Ba6,Qc7 and Nd4]. 9 Qe2: Nd4 10 Qf2 bS d4 23 Bd4:Bd4: 24 Rd4: Ra5:25 Rc3 Ra1+ 26 Kh2 Rf2: 27 Rd8+ Rf8 28 Rf8+: Kf8: 110-0 b4 12 Nd5 NdS: 13 ed: ef: [Black must complete his development, as he cannot 29 Rc6: Rcl 30 Rc5 Ke7 31 c3 1-0. Diagram 1 (Black) very well castle queenside he tries the alternative course]. 14 Bf4: Be7 lS c3 NbS 16 c4 Nd4 2. O'CONNELL - DELANEY, P.: 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 17 Be5 [a nice pseudo-piece sacrifice, if accepted, for example 17 ••. de: 18 Qf7:+ Kd8 c5 3 d5 bS 4 c bS: a6 S b a6: The sharpest 19 Qg7: Re8 20 d6 Rc8 21 de:+ Re7: 22 Rf8+ Kc7 23 Rc8:+ Kc8: 24 Qf8+ with what continuation here is 5 Nc3!?, a: bS 6 e4!, b4 7 must be a winning advantage] 17 ... 0-018 Bd4: cd: 19 Qd4: Bf6 20 Rf6 !! [ (Diagram Nb5 Which is the modern system. S ... B a6: 6 2) Black, thinking he was receiving some compensation for the pawn, has allowed a Nc3 , d6 7 Nf3 ,g6 8 g3 , Bg7 9 Bg2 19 Bh3 I?) 9 . brilliant end game sacrifice] 20 ... gf: 21 Qf6: Qd8 22 Rfl Qf6: 23 Rf6: R(a)d8 24 g4! . . 0·0100 - 0, N(b)d7 11 h3 (11 Rel, Qc7 12 e4 • Kg7 2S gS Rh8 26 Rh6 R(h)f8 27 Be4 fS 28 Bf3 Rf7 [26 ... Rg8 with the idea of ... ?! , Ng4 13 h3, N(g)e5 14 N eS:, Ne5: lS Bfl, Kh8 and ... Rg6 is an interesting possibility, though White should still be winning fairly Bfl: 16 Kfl:, Qc81 17 Kg2, Ga6 T is a previous comfortably because Black has no way to combat White's King march or pawn roller, for game between the same two players, which Black the rest of the moves are routine] . 29 Re6 R(8)d7 30 Kf2 R(f)e7 31 Ke3 Re6: +32 de: won easily. This time white is playing with a plan Rc7 33 Kf4 Rc5 34 Bd5 Kf8 35 h4 RaS 36 hS Ke7 [36... Ra2: 37 g6 hg: 38 hg: Rb2: in mind.) 11 ... N b6 (11 .. Ga5 is the 39 e7+ Ke7: 40 g7 and Queens] 37 g6 hg: 38 hg: Kf6 39 e7 Ke7: 40 g7 RdS: 41 cdS: recommended move) 12 Re 1 , Qc7 (Black plans 1 - O. to force white to play e4 by attacking the d . pawn) 13 Nd21 (neatly crossing Black's plan i.e. if now 13 .. Qb7 14 Nf1 ,Bc4 15 Ne3 5. DELANEY J. - PINKERTON: 1 e4 e5 2 Nc3 Nf6 3 f4 d5 4 d3 d4 S N(c)e2 ef4: %) 13 ... Bb7 14 Nfl , Qd7! (The idea of this move is to exchange off White's Nc3 by . 6 Bf4: Nc6 7 Nf3 Bg4 8 Qd2 Qd7 9 a3 h6 10 h3 Bf3: 11 gf3: 0-0-0 12 h4 Kb8 13 Bh3 playing 15 .. Na4) 1S e4?! [losing patience, he had to play 1S a41, Ra5 16 Qb3! with a Qe8 140-0-0 N(f)d7 15 R(d)fl N(d)eS16 Bg3 hS17 Kbl g618 R(h)gl Bc5 19 Nf4 Ne7 very unclear position] 1S ... Na4 16 Qc2 Nc3: 17 bc3: Qa4 18 Qd2 [If 18 Q84: Ra4: 20 Ne6 fe6: 21 BeS: Rh7 22 Bh2 Qf7 23 Qf4 Bd6 24 Qf7: Rf7: 2S eS BcS 26 Be6: Black stands much better in the ending] 18 ... Nd7 19 Ne3 Ba6 20 f4 c4 [Possibly R(f)f8 27 f4 b5 28 b4 Bb6 29 Rg5 Kb7 30 fS gfS: 31 Rh5: as 32 Rh7 Nc6 33 RfS: ab4: better is 20 ... Nb6] 21 Nc2 NcS 22 Ba3 Nd3 23 Re3 R(a) b824 Rfl R(f)e8 [24 ... 34 ab4: Nb4: 35 h5 Rf5: 36 Bf5: Rf8 37 Be4+ Ka6 38 Bg3 Rf1+ 39 Kb2 Ba5 40 Rh8 Rb6 with the idea of doubling rooks on the b - file gives White unnecessary chances after Nc641 Ra8+ Na7 42 c4 dc:(e.p)+ 43 Kc-2 b444 Bg2 Ral [44 ... Rgln 45 Ra7:+1 Ka7: 25 eS! deS: 26 Be7: Re8 27 d6] White now drifts into time trouble. 25 Kh2 Rb6 26 Rhl 46 Bf2+ Bb6 47 Bgl: Bgl: and white is clearly winning] 4S BdS Bb6 46 e6 Be3 47 e7

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Rc1+ 48 Kb3 Rbl+ 49 Ka4 Ra1+ [49... c2 50 e8 (Queens) cl (Queens) 52 Bc4+! wins] 50 Kb4: c2 51 Bc4+! Kb7 52 Bd5+ Ka6 53 Bc4+ Kb7 54 e8 (Queens) Rb1+ and Black wins. Just 55 Bf5 draws] 54 ... Kg8 55 Ke8 Kh8 56 Bf7 g5?? [Black, thinking 55 Ka4 1-0. [If 55 ... cl (Queens) 56 Rb8 mate. On 55 ... Ral+ 56 Kb3 and Black is he was forcing a draw as in last instance, carelessly throws the game away] 57 hg:(e.p.) totally lost] . Kg7 58 Ke7 h5 59 Ke6 h4 60 Kf5 1-0. Diagram 3 (Black) 6. CASSIDY _ ORR: 1 c4 e6 2 d4 Nf6 3Nf3 d5 9. COFFEY-MURRAY 1 b3 Nf6 2 Bb2 g6 3 e3 Bg7 4 Nf3 0-05 d4 d5 6 Bd3 c5 70-0 4 Nc3 c6 5 e3 N(b)d7 6 Bd3 dc: 7 Bc4: b58 Bd3 Nc68 N(b)d2 Nd7 9 c4: cd: 10 ed: Nc5!? [Black manoeuvres his Knight in the hope of [Bb3!?] 8 ... a6 [Good alternatives are ... b4 or provoking a weakness in the White position] 11 Bc2 [if 11 dc: Bb7: 12 Rbl B lack should ... Bb7] 9 e4 c5 10 e5 [current theory favours 10 now simply play 12 ... Bg7 with a slight advantage, but not 12 ... Ba3 because 13 cd: d5! with advantage] 10 ... cd: 11 Nb5: ab: 12 ef: Od5: 14 Bc4 Oc5:15 Ne40b6 16 Od2 Kg7 17 Oc3+ Kg8 18 N(f)g5 with excellent play e5 [12... Qb6!] 13 Nd4:! Bb4+ 14 Kfl (Daigram for the pawn. Instead by 11 Bc2 White accepts the burden of'an isolated d-pawn, perhaps 3) Qf6: [If 14 ... ed: 15 Qe2+ Kf8 16 fg:+ Kg7: '" 11 Ocl was best] 11 ... dc: 12 Nc4: Na6 13 Ne3 N(a)b4 14 Be4 f5!? 15 Bc6: Nc6: 16 17 Qg4+ Kf8 18 Qd4: wins] 15 Nb5: 0-0 16 Nc7 Od2 f4 17 Nc4 Bg5 18 R(a)dl [the weakness of the d-pawn shows itself] la ... Bf3: Bc5 [Better is 16 ... Ra5 treathening to trap the 19 gf: Rf5! 20 d5 Od7! 21 Khl Bb2: 22 Nb2: Ne5 23 Nc4 [if 23 Oe2 then 23 ... Rh5 White Knight, avoiding the exchange of Queens 24 Rgl Oh3 25 Rg2 Kh8! followed by 26 ... Nf3 winning] 23 ... Nf3: 240e2 and bringing the rook into play, all in one move] r Nh2:? [24 ... Ng5 should be played as 24 ... Nh2: only draws] 25 Kh2: Rh5+ 26 17 Qf3 Qf3: 18 gf: Rb8 19 Na6? [better is ... Kgl Rg5+ 27 Kh2 Rh5+ 28 Kgl e5?? 29 de:(e.p) Oe7 30 Of3 Oh4 31 R(f)el Oh2+ 32 19 b3 with advantage, now White loses his Queen­ Kfl Rg5 33 e7 Re8 34 Rd8 Rg1+ 35 Ke2 1-0 (Time). side Pawns] 19 ... Ba6: 20 Ba6: Bd4 21 Rbl Rb6 22 Bc4 Rc8 23 Bb3 R(c)b8 24 Be3 Nc5 25 Bd4: ed: 26 Kg2 Rg6+ 27 Kfl [27 Kh3? Nb3: 28 ab: Rb3: and there is no way of saving the f - pawn while the rest of White's •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• pawns are still very weak and must eventually fall] 27 ... Nb3: 28 ab: Rb3: 29 Rdl Rb2: 30 Rd4: h6?! [considering White's next move, 30 ... h5 was probably better] 31 Rg4 Rf6 32 Kg2 Rb3 33 Rg3 h5.34 Rel h4 35 Rg4 h3+ 36 Kh3: R(b)f3:+ 37 Rg3 Rf2: 38 Re8+ Kh7 39 Rg2 R(2)f3+ 40 Rg3 Rf2 41 Rg2 R(2)f5 42 Re4? [allowing Black to exchange a pair of rooks. 42 Rg4 needed to be played] Rh5+ 43 Rh4 [if 43 Kg4 Rg6+ 44 Kh5: Rg2: 45 h3 g6+ 46 Kh4 f5 47 Re7+ Kh6 48 Re6 Kg7 and White has to give up ~ 54th Irish Championship his Rook to stop the f-pawn] Rh4:+ 44 Kh4: Rg6?! [simply 44 ... Rh6+ reaches a won pawn ending] 45 Rc2 Rgl 46 Rf2 Kg6 47 h3 Rel 48 Ra2 Re3 49 Rg2+ Kh6 50 Kg4 g6 _ ROUND TWO 51 Rh2 Ra3 52 h4 Ra4+ 53 Kg3 Kh5 54 Rf2 Rg4+ 55 Kh3 Rh4;+ 56 Kg3 f5 0-1. Wallace-O unne 0-1 O.P. Opening Allen-McG ill 1-0 Catalan 7. O'SHAUGHNESSY - McDAID: 1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 ed: cd: 4 Bd3 Nc6 5 c3 Nf6 6 Bf4 ... Oelaney, P.-Clarke 1-0 French Murray·Cassidy '-0 O. G. Slav Qb6 7 Qb3 Qb3: 8 ab: Nh5 9 Ne2 Nf4: 10 Nf4: e6 11 Bb5 Bd6 12 Nd3 0-0 13 Bc6: I McOaid-Ooyle 0-1 Dutch Pinkerton-O'Hare, C. 0-1 O. P. Opening bc: 14 Nd2 f6 15 f4 a5 16 b4 Ba6 17 Nc5 Bf4: 18 Ra5: Bb5 19 Kdl Bc7 20 Ra8: Ra8: Ludgate-Noone 0-1 Dutch Barrington-Porter 0-1 King's Indian 21 Kc2 e5 22 de: fe: 23 Nf3 Re8 24 Rel e4 25 Nd4 Bh2: 26 Nb5: cb: 27 Rdl Re528 Keogh-Byrne 0-1 Two Knights Palmer-O 'Hare, E. 1-0 O. P. Opening Nb3 Rg5 29 Rd2 Bgl 30 Na5 e3 31 Re2 Bf2 32 Nc6 Rg2: 33 Ne7+ Kf7 34 Nd5: Rg3 Orr-Coffey y.-y. French McMahon-O 'Connell 0-1 Sicilian (luinn-Delaney, J. 1-0 Catalan O'Reilly-Hickey y..y. Sicilian 35 b3 h5 36 Nf4 h4 37 c4 h3 38 Nh3: Rh3: 39 Kd3 g5 40 c5 g4 41 c6 g3 42 c7 Rh8 0-1. t Hearns-Curtin y..y. Grunfeld Collins-Carton 0-1 Benoni Littleton-Cronin 1-0 Catalan Smyth-O'Shaughnessy 0.1 Sicilian 8. WALLACE - McMAHON: 1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nd2 Nf64 e5 Nd7 5 Bd3 c5 6 c3 Nc6 Dennehy·Coldrick '-0 Philidor's O'Connor Bye 7 Ne2 Qb6 8 Nf3 cd: 9 cd: Bb4+ 10 Bd2 Bd2:+ 11 Qd2: Qb4 12 Rcl Qd2:+ 13 Nd2: Nb6 14 a3 Bd7 15 b4 Ke7 16 Nb3 R(h)c8 17 Nc5 R(a)b818 Kd2 Be819f4Nd720Ke3 This round w~s marked by three major upsets to fancied players: Ludgate, the holder, Nc5: 21 dc: h6 22 b4 Na5 23 Nd4 Rc7 24 Rc2 R(b)c8 25 R(h)cl Bd7 26 g4 f6 27 h4 losing with White to Noone, Keogh falling to Byrne and John Delaney's defeat by his Kf7 28 f5 Re8 29 b6ab: 30 fe:+ Be6 31 Nb5 R(c)e7 32 Nd6+ Kf8 33 Ne8: Re8: 34 cb: fe: clubmate Quinn. The ,Champion's downfall was an event in itself bringing to a close his 35Bg6 Ra8 36Rc7 Nc4+37R(1)c4: dc: 38Rb7: Ra3:+39Ke4Bg4: 40Rf7+Kg841b7 Rb3 42 excellent unbeaten run of 28 games which stretched back to the 50th Irish Championship Re7 Bf3+ 43 Ke5: Bc6 [of course, not 43 ... Bb7: because of 44 Re8 mate] 44 Re6 (Dublin 1975). But while Ludgate's chances were severely damaged, the top three seeds Rb7: 45 Rc6: Rb8 46 Ke6 Kf8 47 h5 Ra848 Rc7 c349 Kd7 Rb8 50 Rc3: Rb7+ 51 Rc7 Dunne, Paul Delaney and Doyle all came through comfortably_ Much interest centered Rc7:+ 52 Kc7: Ke7 53 Kc8 Kf8 54 Kd8 [if 54 Bh7 then 54 ... g5! 55 hg:(e.p)?? Kg7! on the Championship debut of April Cronin, who extended National Master Littleton before going under in the second session. 6 7 10. WALLACE-DUNNE: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nc3 d5 3 15. LUDGATE-NOONE: 1 c4 f5 2 Nc3 Nf6 3g3 Bg5 Nbd7 4 Nf3 g6 5 Od3? [the Oueen is mis­ 964 Bg2 e5 5 e3 Bg7 6 d4 d6 7 Ne2 N(b)d7 80-0 placed here] Bg7 6 e4 de: 7 Ne4: 0-0 80-0-0 Nb6 0-0 9 b3 Nh5 10 de: de: 11 Ba3 Re8 12 Od2 9 Bf6: ef: 10 Nc5? [Od2 is best when the position [White declines winning the exchange by 12 Bd5+ is about equal] Bh6+! [Now White never finds a Kh8 13 Bf7 because of 13 ... Re7 14 Be7: Qe7: satisfactory position for the Oueen] 11 Kbl Nd5 15 Bd5 e5! 16 c4 (forced) Ne5! with at least 12 Ob3 b6 13 Bc4? [Nd3 is best] c6 14 Bd5:[lf adequate compensation for the exchange] 12 .. , Nd3 black plays Ne7 threatening b5] cd: 15 Nd3 c6 13 R (a)dl Of6 14 Od6 ] White has the si ight advantage ofthe d-file, but as long as the Queen Ba6 16 Rhel Od6! [The only way to prepare to + challenge the e-file]. 17 Ob4 Oc6 18 Re2 Rfe8 and minor pieces remain on this can only be equal 19 Re8: Re8: 20 Oa3 Bb5 21 Rel [If Oa7: Bf8 and since White is wasting time with his Queen, traps the Oueen] ReS 22 Nb4 Od6 23 Ob3 Rc4! B lack should look for advantage by tempting (Diagram 4) [White is now lost] 24 a3 a5 25 Na2 + White to over extend himself. 14 Na4 is perhaps Ba4 26 Od3 Bc2: + 27 Oc2: Rc2: 28 Kc2: Oc6 + 29 Kbl Oc430 Nc3 b5 31 Re8+ Kg7 better for White] 14 .. ,Of7 15 Oc7?! Bf6 16 Nbl g5!? 17 N(d)c3 g4 (diagram 5) 18 32 Rd8 b4 33 ab: ab: 0-1 [If Nd5: b3! forces mate Nc3 Ofl+.] (Notes by the winner). Nb5? Bd8! [of course, not 18 ... cb5: because 19 Bd5 wins] 19 Od6 Re6 20 Od2 cb5: 21 Bd5 Ng7 22 cb: Bf6 23 Be6: Ne6: 24 f4 ef: 25 gf: N(d)f8 26 Od5 [White, two pieces 11. KEOGH- BYRNE' 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3Bc4 Nf640-O Ne4: 5 Nc3 Nc3: 6dc3: Be7 for a Rook down and with doubled pawns on the b-file, offers to "exchange off" in an 7 Od5 0-0 8 Ne5: Ne5~ 9 Oe5: Bf6 10 Oh5 c6 11 Bf4 d5 12 R(a)dl Ob6 Bd3 g6 14 Qf3 effort to stem "Black's" attacking chances on the King side, only to drift into a lost Bg7 15Rbl Be6 16 Bd6 Re817 Og3 c5 18 b3 Oc619 c4dc: 20 bc: R(a)d8 21 Bf4 b6 22 ending. On 26 Nc3 Ng6! with the idea of occupying f3] 26 ... Nc7 27 Of7:+ Kf7: 28 h4 Oa4 23 Bc7 Rd4 24 h5 Oc6 25 hg: hg: 26 Bb8 Rg4 27 Oh2 Ob7 28 Bd6 Bf6 29 g3 Bf8: Kf8: 29 a4 Be6 30 Nd2 Ke7 31 Nc4 Nd5 32 Kg2 Rc8 33 Rd3 Nb4 34 Rd2 Nd5 35 Kg7 30 Be2 Rd4 31 R(f)dl Bf5 32 g4 Bc2: 33g5 Bg5: 34 Be5+: Bf6 36 Og3 Bbl: 37 Rd3 Nb4 [Black repeats moves to gain time on the clock] 36 Rd2 Bc4: 37 bc: Rc4: 38 Rbl: Oe4 38 Rel Rd20-1. R(f)dl Rc2 39 Kg3 Rd2: 40 Rd2: Ke641 e4 fe4: 0-1. " 12. SMYTH-O'SHAUGHNESSY: 1 e4 c52 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cd: 4 Nd4: Nf65 Nc3a6 6 Bg5 e6 7 f4 b5 8 a3 Bb7 9 Be2 N(a)d7 10 Bf3 Ob6 11 Bf6: Nf6: 12 Nde2 Rd8 13 Od3 Be7 16. MURRAY-CASSIDY: 1 d4 d5 2 c4 c63 Nf3 Nf64Nc3e65cd:ed: 6Bg5h6 7Bh4 14 g4 0-0 15 g5 Nd716 O-O-ONc517 Od4 ReS 18 R(h)gl Bc6 19 Rg3 a5 20 e5 de: 21 Be7 8 Oc2 N(b)d7 9 e3 0-0 10 Bd3 Re8 110-0 Ne412 Be4: Bh4: 13 Bh7+ Kh814 Bd3 Oe5: b4 22 ab4: ab4: 23 Nd5 Bd5: 24 Bd5: ed: 25 Rd5: R(f)e8 26 Re3 Kf8 27 Od4 Be7 15 R(a)bl Bd6 16 b4 Nf6 17 b5 Bg4 18 Nd2 Oc7 19 h3 Bd7 20 bc: bc: 21 R(f)cl R(c)d828 Re7: Ke7: 29 0c5:+ 0c5: 30 Rc5: Kd6 31 Re5: 32 fe:+ Ke5: 33 b3 Kf5 c5 22 Nb5 Bb5: 23 Bb5: R(e)c8 24 Ba6 R(c)b8 25 Rb8: Rb8: 26 dc: Be7 27 Nb3 Oc6 28 34 Kb2 Kg4: 35 c4 Rd2+ 0-1. Oe2 Ne8 29 Nd4 Og6 30 Bd3 Qf6 31 Bb5 Nc7 32 Ba4 Og6 33 Bb3 Qf6 34 Oh5 Rd8 13. P. DELANEY-CLARKE: 1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nd2 f5 4 ef5: [Delaney-Clarke, Leinster 35 Og4 g6 360e2 Rb8 37 Rc2 Ra8 38 Of3 Qf3: 39 Nf3: a5 40 Ba4 Bf6 41 Kfl Rb8 v Ulster Match, June 1979 went 4 ed5: ed5: 5 Nh3which also favoured White (1-043 42 Bd7 Rb4 43 Ke2 Kg7 44 Nel Kf8 45 Nd3 Rc446 Kd2 Ke7 47 Bc6 g5 48 f3 Ke649 moves)] 4 ... ef5: 5 N(d)f3 Nf6 6 Bg5 Be7 7 Bd3 0-08 Ne2 Ne4 9 Be7: Oe7: 100-0 ... e4 Rc2: 50 Kc2: de: 51 fe: Bd4 52 Kb3 f5 53 Kc4 fe: 54 Kd4: ed: 55 Kd3: Na6 56 Kc4 Nd7 11 c4 c6?! [11 ... dc4: 12 Bc4:+ Kh8 13 Nf4 Nf6 14 Rel c6 15 h4 gives Black Nb4 57 Kb5 Na2: 58 Ka5: Ke7 59 Kb6 Nc3 60 Bf3 Kd8 61 Kc6 Ke7 62 Bd5 Ke8 63 problems but he is active] 12 cd5: cd5: 13 Ob3 Nb6 [12 ... N(d)f6 slows Black's game Kd6 Nb5+ 64 Ke5 Nc7 65 Bc4 Ke7 66 Kf5 Ne8 67 Kg6 Nf6 68 c6 g4 69 c7 Kd7 70 Kf6: as f4 and Rf6, h6 are inhibited] 14 R(f)el Od6 15 Ne5 Oh6 16 Nc3! Be6 [16 ... Of4 gh: 71 Be6+ 1-0 . 17 Nf3 Nf6 18 a4] 17 Nb5 Nd2 [17 ... Oh4 18 g3 Oe7 19 Na7:] 180dl Rf619 Rcl • N(b)c420 Rc2 ReS 21 b3 Ne5: 22 de5: Rc2: 23 ef6: Rc8 24 Nd6 1-0 [If 24 ... Rc6 25 17. LlTTLETON-CRONIN: 1 Nf3 Nf6 2 g3 g6 3 Bg2 Bg7 4 0-0 0-05 d4 d5 6 c4 dc4: Re6: Rcl 26 Re8 mate] . 7 Na3 c68 Nc4: Be69 b3 Na6 [9 ... h6 10 Ba3 a5 11 Rcl b5 12 N(c)e5 b4 13 Bb2 Ob6 leaves Black's pieces nicely placed to play a4, but gives white central control] 14. OUINN-J. DELANEY: 1 d4 Nf6 2 g3 c5 3 Nf3 cd4: 4 Nd4: e6 5 Bg2 d5 6 c4 Nc6 10 Bb2 Bd5 11 Rcl ReS12 Ne3 Be413 Bh3 Rc7 14 Nd2 Nb415 Ne4: Ne4: 16 Bg2 Nf6 7 Nc3 Ob6 8 Nf3 dc4: 9 Oa4 Bd7 10 Oc4: ReS 11 0-0 Ne5 12 Ob3 Ob3: 13 ab: Nc6 14 17 Od2 N(b)d5 18 Nd5: cd5: 19 Rc7: Oc7: 20 Rcl Od7 21 Ba3! [This move completely Be3 b6 15 Nb5 Nd5 16 Na7: Na7: 17 Ra7: Ne3: 18 fe3: Bd6 19 Ng5 f5 20 Rd'l Bc7 21 zugzwangs Black as the c-file cannot be contested. This is White's reward for a very nicely Bb7 Rd8 22 Bf3 Rc8 23 Nf7 0-0 24 Nh6+ gh6: 25 Rd7: Rf7 26 Bc6 Kf8 27 Rf7:+ Kf7: played opening] 21'. .. Re8 22 Oc2 Bh6 23 e3 Oe6 24 Od3 Rd8 25 Rc7 Rd7 26 ReS+ 28 Bd7 BbS 29 Bc8:+ Ba7: 30 Kf2 Kf6 31 Kf3 Ke5 32 Bb7 b5 33 b4 Bb8 34 Bc6 Bd6 35 Kg7 27 Oc2 b6 28 Rb8 Qf5 29 Qf5: [oeS treatening Qf8 and Oh8 wins quickly] 29 ... Bb5: Bb4: 36 Bc6 Kd6 37 Bb7 Ke5 38 c4 Bc5 39 ef: ef: 40 e4 Bd4 41 b3 Bgl 42 ef: gf5: 30 ReS Ne4 31 Bfl Nd6 32 Bd6: Rd6 33 Rc7 Kf634 Ra7: Rc635 Rb7 Ke6 36 a4 Kf5: 43 Be4+ Kg5 44 Bh7: h5 45 h3 h4 46 g4 Bc5 47 Ke4 Bf8 48 Bf5 Ba3 49 Bd7 Be7 Kf637 Kg2 e6 38 Bb5 Rc2 39 Kf3 Rc340 Be8 Rb3: 41 Rf7+ Kg6 42 a5! Bg743 Rb7+ 50 Kd5 Kf4 51 Kc4 Kg3 52 b4 Bg5 53 B5 1-0, Kf6 44 a6 Ra3 45 a7 e5?? 46 de5:+ 1-0.

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19 DUNNE-LlTTLETON 18. BARRINGTON-PORTER: 1 d4 g6 2 c4 Bg7 1e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 d6 5c'3 Bd7 6d4 g6 7 Bb3 Bg7 8 de: de: 9 Be3 Nf6 10 3 g3 d6 4 Bg2 e5 5 Nf3 Nc6 6 Be3 f5! 7 d5 N(b)d2 h6 11 h3 Oe7 12 Oe2 0-013 Bc2 Nh5 14 g3 b615 a4 Be6 16 Bb3 Bb3: 17 Nb3: N(c)e7 80-0 Nf6 9 h3 0-0 10 Nc3 f4!! 11 gf4: [11 Oe6 18 N(f)d2 Nf6 19 Nc1 a5 20 Kf1 R(a)d821 Kg2 Rd7 22 Re1 R(f)d8 23 f3 Kh7 24 Bd2 e4 12 Nh4 e3 13 fe3: fg3:) 11 ... ef4: 12 N(c)b3 h5 25 g4 Ng8 26 R(a)d1 Bh6 27 g5 Bg7 28 Nc1 f6 29 Nf1 fg: 30 Bg5: Bf6 31 Be3 Bf4: Nh5 13 Be3 Nf4 14 Ng5 [14 Bf4: Rf4: 15 Bh431 Rd7: + Od7: 33 Bf2 Bf2: 34 Of2: Nh6 35 Ne3 Od2 36 Rd1 Of2: + 37 Kf2: Y:,-Y:, Nd2 Rh4 16Kh2 Bh3: 17 Nf3 Bg2:+ 18 Nh4: Bf1: 19 Of1: N.d5:) 14 ... Ng2: 15 Kg2: Nf516 20 DOYLE-BYRNE Bd2 Nh4+ 17 Kh1 [17 Kg3 Be5+ 18 Kh4: (if 18 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3Bc4 Nf6 4d4 ed: 5 e5 Ne4 6 Oe2 Nc5 7 Bf4 Be7 8 N(b)d2 0-0 9 0-0-0 d6 10 R(h)e1 Be6 11 Kb1 Re8 12 Nb3 Bc4: 13 Oc4: Ne6 14 Bg3 Ne5: 15 Be5 f4 then Og5:+) 18 ... h6 19 f4 hg5:+ 20 fg5: t Rf1: 21 Of1: Od7!) 17 ... h618 Ne6Be619 de5: 16 Ne5: b5 17 Ob5: Rb8 18 Oc4 Rb419 Oa6 Rb6 20 Oa7: Od5 21 Oc7: Nc7: 0-1 de6: Oe7 20 Oc2 Oe6: 21 Od3 Rf3! [21 ... Kh7 21PALMER-KEOGH 22 f4!) 22 Od5 [of course, not 22 ef3: because 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 d5 4 Bg5 Be7 5e3 0-0 6 Diagram 7 (Black) of 22 ... Oh3:+ forcing mate) 22 ... Rh3:+ 23 Kg1 ... cd5: ed5: 7 Oc2 h6 8Bh4 Be6 9 Bd3 c5 10 dc5: Re8 24 R(f)e1 c6 25 Oe6:+ Re6: 26 R(a)d1 Be5 27 f4 (diagram 6) 27 ... Bc3: 28 Bc3: Nc6 11 Nf3 [White decides to complete his devel­ R(e)e3! [forcing a goo~ knight v bad Bishop ending) 29 Kf2 [29 Rd6: R(e)g3+ 30 Kf1 opment and in doing so allows Black an easy Rg2! followed by mate) 29 ... Nf5 30 Rh1 Rh1: 31 Rh1: h5 [31 ... Re4 equality) 11 ... d412ed4: Nd4: 13 Nd4: Od4: wins another Pawn cleanly. After a very well played opening Black's 14 Bf6: Bf6:150-0(Diagram 7)Oc5: [My initial technique here is a bit anti-climatic) 32 Bd2 Re4 33 b3 Rd4 34 Bc1 Kf7 35 Kf3 reaction was to play 15R(a)c8 but I could see no d5 36 cd5: cd5: 37 Be3 Ne3: 38 Ke3: Re4+ 39 Kf3 Re6 40 Rd1 Rd641 Ke3 Ke642 attractive answer to 16Ne4. Instead I opted to go Rg1 Kf5 43 Rg5+ Kf6 44 Kd4 b6 45 e3 Rd7 46 a4 h447 Rg4 Rh7 48 Kd5: h3 49 Rg1 .intothe end game with a broken King-side position, h2 50 Rh1 Kf5 51 b4 Kg4 52 a5 ba5: 53 ba5: Kg354 Ke5 Kg2 56 Rh2:+ Kh2: 56 Kf6 and having only the advantage of a tempo) 16 Ne4 Rh5 57 Kg6: Ra5: 58 f5 Re5 0-1. Oc2:17 Nf6:+gf6: 18 Bc2: R(a)cB 19 Be4 b6 20 b3 [Better was R (a)c1. The attack on a·pawn is illusory] 20 ... f5! [Effectively moving the Bishop off his good diagonal as he must maintain control over c2 to· prevent an incursion of the Rooks ~ 54th Irish Championship on the 7th Rank] 21 Bd3 R(f)d8 22 R(a)d1 Kg7 23 f4? [White adopts a faulty plan of trying to centralise his King] 23 ... Rc3 24 Bb1 R(d) cB 25 Kf2 a5 [It is time to loosen _ ROUND THREE up on the Oueen side) 26 R(fle1 a4 27 ba4: [The a·pawn must be taken) 27 ... R(8)c4 28 g3 Ra4: 29 Re2? [Better was Rd6 to try and get some mobility) 29... Rb4 30 -!- R(e)d2 Ra3! 31 Re1 [White is reduced to complete inactivity and awaits Black's next Dunne-littleton ~~ RuyLopez Porter-Wallace 0-1 Nimzowitch Defence thrust] 31 ... h5 [now to loosen up the King-side) 32 Rc1 h433 Re2 Kh6 34 Rd2 Kh5 Noone-Delaney, P. ~-~ King's Indian Clarke-O'Shaughnessy ~-~ D.G. Accepted Doyle-Byrne 0-1 Two Knights O'Connor-McDaid ~-~ Sicilian 35 Kg2 [White sets a little trap and Black walks into it to see if White has seen it and Quinn-Orr 0·1 Catalan O'Hare, C.-Cronin 0-1 Sicilian , knowing thet retreat is possible] 35 ... Kg4 36 Bd3! [Threatening mate by Be2] 36 ... Curtin-Dennehy 1-0 D.P, Opening Coldrick-O'Reilly 1-0 Sicilian - Kh5 37 Bb1 R(b)a4 38 Rc6? [Better was 38 Rb2 but after 38 ... Ra6 39 Bd3 fails to 39 Coffey-Allen 0-1 Sicilian Hickey-Cassidy ~-~ D_G. Accepted ... Ra2: while 38 R(c)c2 fails to 38 ... Bd5+ followed by Be4!) 38 ...hg: 39 hg: Kg4 ludgate-Hearns 1-0 English McGill-Barrington ~-~ Ruy Lopez [now 40 Bd3 fails' to 40 ... Bd5+ winning a Rook and preventnig mate through control Palmer-Keogh 0-1 D.G.D. O'Hare, E.-Smyth 0-1 Sicilian of f3. White's position quickly collapses] 40 Rb6: Rg3:+41 Kh1 Ra842 R(b)d6 [forced Delaney-O'Connell ~-~ Sicilian Co lIins-Pin kerton ~-~ Nimzo-lndiRn to cover the check on d5] 42 ... Rb8 43 Bc2 Kf4: 44 Bb3 [44 ... Rb2 was threatened) McMahon Bye Carton-Murray ~-~ King's Fianchetto 44 ... Bb3: 45 ab3: Rh8+ [forcing off one pair of Rooks to reduce any slim possibility LEADING SCORES: of counter play by White] 46 Rh2 Rh2:+ 47 Kh2: Rb3: 48 Kg2 Kg4 49 Rf6 Rb7 50 Kf2 . 3-Byrne, 2Y:.-Dunne, Delaney, P., Orr, Curtin, Allen,Noone,littleton. f451 Kg2 f3+ 52 Rf3: Rb2+! 53 Rf2 0-1 [Notes by the Winner] Byrne, availing of draws on the top Boards, became clear leader on full points when Doyle unaccountably blundered his Oueen in the slightly better position, and was forced 22 CURTIN-DENNEHY to resign. Littleton was unable to convert a marginally more favourable position against 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 d6 3 Nc3 e5 4 Nf3 e4 5 Ng5 Bf5 6 f3 ef: 7 gf: Be7 8 Nh3 0-0 9 e4 Bg6 10 Dunne into the win. Ludgate and Keogh both got back on the winning trail. Be3 Nh5 11 Od2 f5 120-0-0 f4 13 Bf2 c6 14.Bd3 OcB 15 Ng1 Nd7 16 Kb1 a6 17 Rc1

10 11 Kh8 18 N(g)e2 Qd8 19 Kal b5 20 Nbl Qb8 21 cb: cb: 22 N(b)c3 Nb6 23 d5 b4 24 Ndl a5 25 Rc6 Na4 26 Bc2 Nc5 27 Bc5: dc:28 d6 Rd8 29 e5 Qb5 30 Bg6: hg: 31 Rc7 Bf8 32 Nf4: Nf4: 33 Qf4: a4 34 Ne3 a3 35 Qh4+Kg8 36 Qc4+Qc4: 37 Nc4: ab:+ 38 Kb2: R(a)c8 39 Rc8: Rc8: 40 e6 1-0 23 O'HARE, C.-CRONIN 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bd3 e6 4 c3 d5 3 ed: ed: 6 a-a Bd6 7 Bc2 Bg4 8 d3 N(g)e7 9 Bg5 f6 la Bh4 Ne5 11 N(b)d2 a-a 12 Bg3 N(e7)g6 13 d4 cd: 14 cd: Nc6 15 Qbl N(c)e7 16 Nh4 Nh4: 17 Bh4: [17 Bh7+? Kf7 18 Bh4:g6!] 17 ...g618 Bb3 Kg7 19 h3? [Better 19 f3?] 19 ... Bd7 20 Bg3 Bg3: 21 fg: Nf5 22 Qd3 Qb6 23 Rf4 Bb5 24 Qbl [if Qf3 Nd4:] 24 .. ~ Ng3: 25 Kh2 Ne2 [Here 25 ... Qd6! is sharper] 26 Rh4 f5 27 Nf3 Qf6 28 Qe1 g5 29 Rh5 h6 30 Bd1 Nf4 31 Ne5 Be8 32 g4 Nh5: 33 gh5: Bc6 34 Qa5 R(f)e8 35 Qc3 R(a)c8 36 Qg3 f4 37 Qg4 Rc7 38 Qe2 R(c)e7 39 Qd3 Re5: 40 de5: Re5: 41 Bc2 Re4 42 Rgl Qe5 43 Bdl f3+ 44 Khl f245 Rfl Qf5 46 Bg4 Qf4 47 Bf3 Bb5 48 Qb5: Qf3:+ 49 K~2 Re7 50 Qc5 Rel 51 Qc7+ Kf6 52 Qd6+Kf5 53 Qf8+ Ke4 54 Qe7+ Kd3 55 Qa3+ Ke2 56 Rf2:+Qf2: 0-1. 24 COFFEY-ALLEN: 1 e4 c5 2 c3 Nf6 3 e5 Nd5 4 d4 cd: 5 Qd4: e6 6 Bc4 Nc6 7 Qe4 d6 8 ed: Nf69 Qe2 Bd6: 10 Bg5 h6 11 Bh4 a-a 12 Nd2 Ne5 13 Bb3 Ng6 14 Bg3 Nf4 15 Bf4: Bf4: 160-0-0 b5 17 g3 Bd2:+ 18 Rd2: Qb6 19 Nf3 Bb7 20 Rgl b4 21 c4 Ne4 22 Rd4 Nf2:! 23 Qf2: Bf3: 24 Rel R(a)d8 25 Rd2 Qf2: 26 Rf2: Bc6 27 Re5 a6 28 Rc5 Rd6 29 Rd2 R(f)d8 30 Rd6: Rd6: 31 Ra5 Bb7 32 Ra4 Rb6 33 Ra5 Kf8 34 c5 Rb5 35 Rb5: ab5: 36 Bdl Bd5 37 Be2 Ba2: 38 Bb5: Ke7 39 Kc2 Bd5 40 Kd3 e5 41 Bc4 Ke6 42 Bb5 f5 43 Ke3 g5 44 Bfl f4+ PAUL DELANEY 45 gf: gf:+ 46 Kf2 Bc6 47 Bc4+ Kf5 48 Bfl e40-1. ALAN LUDGATE 25 COLDRICK-O'REILLY 1 e4 c5 2 c3 Nf6 3 d3 e6 4 g3 Nc6 5 I3g2 Be7 6 Nf3 Qc7 7 N(b)d2 0-0 8 a-a d5 9 Rel b6 10 e5 Diagram 8 (White) Nd7 11 Qe2 b5 12 Nfl a5 13 h4 Ba6 14 Bf4 Nb6 15 N(f1)h2 [Better Ne3!] b4 16 Ng4 Qd7 17 Ng5 bc: 18 bc: Na4 19 Qc2 Na7 20 h5 R(a)b8 21 R(a)bl Nb6 22 d4 Bg5: 23 Bg5: cd4:24Bf6 Nc4 [If 24...gf6: (Diagram 8) 25 Nf6:+ winning the -+ Black Queen] 25 cd4: [25 Qcl! wins, for if 25.. . Rbl: 26 Qh6!! gh6:?7 27 Nh6: mate. If 26.. . Rel :+27 Kh2 and Black is also lost. After 25.•.h6 ..., 26 Bg7:!! etc] 25...Rbl: 26 Rb1: Qc8 27 Qcl Nd6 28 Qg5 [Not 28 Qh6 Nf5!] 28 ... Ne8 [If now 28 •.. Nf5 29 Nh6+]29 Bg7: 1-0 [Blacks position is hopeless. If 29 ... Ng7: 30 h6!! (and not 30 Nf6+ Kh8 31 Qh6 because of 31 ... Bd3!) and mate follows]

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SUZANNE CONNOLLY (Intermediate) KEITH ALLEN

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a5 43 b4 ab 44 ab Kf7 45 Re4 Kf6 46 Re6+ Kf7 47 Re2 Kf648 Re4 Nel+ 49 Rdel: de=O 50 Rel:Re5 51 Rfl+ Rf5 52 Rel ¥.! - ¥.! . 29. SMYTH-McG ILL: 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cd 4 Nd4:Nf6 5 Nc3 g6 6 Be3 Bg7 70d2 VIiI": 54th Irish Championship . Ng48 Bb5+ Bd7 9 0-0 Ne3:10 fe 0-011 Bc4 Nc6 12 Nd5 Ne5 13 Bb3 Rc8 14 c3 Bc6 15 " Rf4 Nd7 16 Nc6:bc 17 Nb4 Ob6 18 Nd3 Bh6 19 Rf3 Nf6 20 Nf2 Nd7 21 Nd3 Nf6 22 _ ROUND FOUR Nf2 Nd7 23 Ng4 Bg7 24 Rafl e6 25 Rf7: Nc5 26 Rf8:+ Bf8:27 Qf2 Nb3: 28 Of7+ Kh8 ~ 29 Oe6: Rb8 30 ab Ob3?? 31 Rf8:+ 1-0. Byrne-O unne 0-1 Nimzo-Indian O'Shaughnessy-Coffey 1-0 French Oelaney, P.-littleton JS-JS Modern McOaid-Hearns JS-JS Nimzo-Indian 30. DENNEHY-DELANEY, J.: 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 c5 3 Orr-Noone 1-0 French o'Connor-Carton JS-JS Sicilian d5 b5 4 cb: a6 5 ba: Ba6:6 Nc3 d6 7 Nf3 g6 8 e4 Diagram 10 (Black) Allen-Curtin 0-1 Grunfeld Porter-O'Hare, C. 1-0 RuyLopez Bfl: 9 Kfl: Bg7 10 g3 [White prepares to 'castle Cronin-Ludgate 0-1 Modern Smyth-McG ill 1-0 Sicilian by hand' as usual in this variation] 10 ... N(b)d7 Wallace-O oyle 0-1 Modern Barrington-H ickey 0-1 Catalan 11 Kg2 0-0 12 Oc2 [more usual is Rel] 12 ... Keogh-Quinn 1-0 Modern O'Reilly-Pinkerton 1-0 Closed Sicilian • Ob613 h3 R(f)b8 14 Nd2 Oa6 15 Rbl Ne5 16 Oennehy-Oelaney, J. 0-1 Benko Gambit Cassidy-Collins 1-0 Queen's Indian Murray-Coldrick JS-.JS Reti O'Hare, E. Bye b3 N(f)d7 17 Bb2 Nd3! 18 Bal Nb4 [winning O'Connell-Clarke JS-JS Dutch back the gambit pawn] 19 Odl Od3 20 Nc4 Bc3: LEADING SCORES: 3¥.! - Dunne, Orr, Curtin; 3 - Delaney, P., Doyle, Ludgate, 21 Od3: Nd3: 22 Bc3: Ra2: 23 R(h)fl Littleton, Keogh, Byrne; 2¥.! -- Delaney, J., Alien, Noone, O'Shaughnessy_ Rc2 24 Bal (Daigraml0) Nf2:! 25 Ne3 Byrne relinquished the lead by losing to Dunne, who was .joined by Orr and Curtin [The b-pawn is pinned thus preventing Rf2:] half a point ahead of the field. However, with all but one of the top Boards producing 25 ... Re2 26 Kf3 Re3:+!? 27 Ke3: Nh3: 28 Bc3 decisive results, the championship still remained wide open_ Diagram 9 (Black) Ng5 29 Rf2 f6 30 Ra2 Rb7 31 R(b)b2 Kf7 32 Ra8 Nb6 33 Ra6 f5 34 Rh2 Ne4: 35 Rh7:+ Ke8 36 26. -BYRNE-DUNNE: 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Rh8+ Kd7 37 Ba5 Nd5:+ 38 Kd3 Ke6 39 Rg8 Bb4 4 e3 c5 5 Bd3 d5 6 Nf3 dc: 7 Bc4: cd: 8 ed: Rb3:+ 40 Kc2 Rg3: 0-1. 0-090-0 N(b)d7 10 Od3 b6 11 Bf4 Bb7 12 R(f)el Rc8 13 Nd2 Re8 14 Re3 Nf8 15 R(a)el Ng6 16 Bg5 31. McDAID-HEARNS: 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4~ Bc3:+ 5 bc: c5 6 f3 Oa5 7 Be7 17 Nf3 Nh5 18 Be7: Re7: 19 g3Nf6 20 Rdl Bd2 d6 8 e4 e5 9 Bd3 Nc6 10 d5 Ne7 11 Ne2 Ng6120-0 h5130b3 h414 R(a)el Oc7 diagram 9) Ng4 21 R(e)el Rc4:! 22 Oc4: Bf3: 15 Bbl Bd7 16 Ncl Nh5 17 Nd3 f618 Kf2 N(h)f4 19 Bf4: ef: 20 Oc2 0-0-021 Ocl Ne5 23 Rd3 Rc7 24 Ob5 Bc6 25 Oa6 Nf6 26 R(d)dl 22 Nf4: g5 ¥.! - ¥.!. h5 27 Oe2 Rd7 28 Oc4 Bb7 29 Oa4 Oa8 30 d5 Bd5: 31 Nd5: Rd5: 32 Rd5: Nd5: 33 f4 Nge7 32. PORTER - O'HARE, C.: 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 34 Rcl Ne3 35 Kf2 Ng4+ 36 Kgl Qf3 37 Od4 Oe2 - Diagram 11 (White) Bb5 Bc54 c3 Bb6 [here 4 ... Nf6 or f5 are usual] 38 Rc7 Nd5! 39 Rc8+ Kh7 40 f5 Oh2:+ 41 Kfl 50-0 N(g)e7 6 d4 ed: 7 cd: d5 8 e5 0-09 Be3 Bg4 N(d)e3+0-1. 10 Be2 f5 (Nf5 would be interesting) 11 ef:(e.p) .... Rf6 12 Nc3 Oe8 13 h3 Bd7 14 Ne5 Ne5: 15 de: Rg6 27. ORR-NOONE: 1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e5 c5 5 a3 Bc3: 6 bc: Ne7 7 Nf3 Bd7 16 Bh5 (taking up Black's exchange offer) Bh3:? 8 a4 0-0 9 Bd3 h610 dc: Oe8 110-0 Na612 c6 Nc6: 13 Ba3 Ne7 14 Oe2 Nc7 15 R(f)bl [Black miscalculates (diagram 11)] 17 Bg6: Og6: b6 16 a5 Rb8 17 Bd6 Od8 18 Oe3 Nc8 19 Bf8: Of8: 20 h4 b5 21 g4 g6 22 Nd4 a6 23 18 Of3 Bg4 19 Nd5:! [completely undermining Rfl Kg7 24 f4 Oe7 25 Og3 Oc5 26 f5 Oc3: 27 Ne2 Oc5+ 28 Kh2 Na7 29 fg: fg: 30 Rf6 Black's plan of attack] Nf5 20 Of5:! Bf5: 21 Be8 31 Nf4 Nc6 32 Bg6: Ne7 33 Nh5+ Kg8 34 Bd3 b4 35 R(a)f1 Ba4 36 g5 1-0. Ne7+ Kf7 22 Ng6: Bg6: 23 Bb6: ab: 24 R(f)dl 28. O'CONNELL-CLARKE: 1 d4 f5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 g3 g64Bg2 Bg7 5 c4 d6 6 Nc3 Ke6 25 f4 Ra4 26 g3 Be4 27 b3 Ra5 28 Kf2 g5 0-070-0 Nc6 8 b3 e5 9 e3 Ng4 10 Bb2 f411 ef ef 12 Nd5 fg:13 fg:Nh614 Ne3 Bg4 15 29 Ke3 Bc6 30 Rd8 Bd5 31 Rdl c6 32 Rd2 Rc5 Od2 Od7 16 Ng5 Bf6 17 Bd5+ Kh8 18 Ng4: Og4: 19 Ne6 Nf5 20 Nf8: Rf8: 21 Bc6:bc 33 Kd4 Rc1 34 fg: Rg1 35 Rd3 Ral 36 Rd6+ Kf5 22 d5 c5 23 Bf6: Rf6: 24 Rf4 Og5 25 Of2 h5 26 Rfl Rf7 27 Rel Re7 28 Rfe4 Rf7 29 37 Rd5: cd: 38 Kd5: Ra2: 39 e6 Re2 40 g4+ Kg5: Of4 Of6 30 Re6 Og7 31 Rfl g5 32 Oe4 Od4+ 33 Od4: cd: 34 Rg6 d3 35 Re6 d2 41 Kd6 Kf6 42 Rf3+ Kg5 43 e7 Kg444 Rf8 h5 36 Rd 1 Nd4 37 Re8+ Kg7 38 Kg2 Nf3 39 Re2 g4 40 Re3 Kg6 41 h4 Rf5 42 a3 1 - O.

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33. ALLEN - CURTIN: 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 d5 4 cd: Nd5: 5 e4 Nc3: 6 bc: Bg7 7 Bg5, of a5 when white stands very badly, his black squares are very weak, particularly e3l Bc4 c5 8 Ne2 0-0 9 0-0 Nc6 10 Be3 Oc7 11 Rcl Rd8 12 Od2 (usual is f4 or h6) Oa5 13 18 Khl a5? [Best is Od8 admitting his mistake] 19 g5 [white now has very good chances R(f)dl Bd7 14 Bh6 Bh8 15 Of4 Be8 16 e5 b5 17 Bd3 Ob6 18 Rbl cd: 19 Rb5; Oa6 on the King side] 19 ... a4 20 f6 Bd8, 21 fg: Re8 22 Ng3! [If Nal theh black plays Ne3 20 Rc5 dc:! 21 Nd4 (not_Ba6:??becauseof Rdl: mate).Oa4 22 Nc2 and white loses his initiative) 22 ... ab: 23 ab: (Diagram 17) Nb2:, [If N(c4)a5 white Rd3:! 23 Rd3: Oc2: 24 R(5)c3:0bl+ 25 Ocl Ocl:+ 26 Rcl: Ne5: 27 R(d)c3 f5 28 plays Nh5, and Oh4 with very good chances down the h file] 24 Bb2: Bg5: 25 Rd6: Oc7, Bg5 Kf7 29 f4 Ng5 30 Rc7 Bd4+ 31 Kfl Bb5+ 32 Kel Bf2+ 33 Kdl Ne3+ 34 Kd2 Rd8+ 26 Rd3 Nd4, [Better is Rad8] 27 Bd4: ed: 28 Rd4: Bb5? [This loses material by force] 35 Kc3 Nd5+ 0 - 1. 29 Rf5 Re5 30 Rd5 Rd5: 31 Rd5: Bf6 32 e5 Bc6 33 ef: 1-0 [Notes by the Winnerl

35 C. O'HARE-E. O'HARE 1 Nf3 f5 2 b3 Nf6 3 Bb2 c5 4 e3 e6 5 c4 Nc6 6 Nc3 Be7 7 Bd3 O,() 8 Ne2 Ne4 9 Ng3 d5 10 Rcl Bd7 11 Bbl Oa5 12 Nh5 g613 Nf4 dc4: 14 Rc4: Nb4 15 Ne5! Bb5 16 Re4:! -154th Irish Championship fe4: 17 Og4 Rf5 ?? [A blunder which loses quickly. Black's only hope of survival seems ~.~ to lie in 17 ... Rf4: but this may only temporarily twart White's attack after 18 _ ROUND FIVE Oe6:+ followed by 19 ef4:] 18 N(e)g6: hg: 19 Og6:+ Kf8 20 Ne6: Mate

Dunne-Orr 1-0 Sicilian Quinn-O'Connell ~-~ Neo-Grunfeld 36. CLARKE-McMAHON Curtin-1lelaney ~-~ Q.P. Unorthodox Hearns-Carton 0-1 Grunfeld 1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nd2 Nf6 3 e5 N(f)d7 5 f4 c5 6 c3 Nc6 7 N(d)f3 Ob6 8 g3 cd4: 9 cd4: Doyle-Keogh 0-1 Evan's Gambit Smyth-O'Connor 1-0 Sicilian Bb4+ 10 Kf2 f5 11 Be3 Nf8 12 Bd3 Bd7 13 Ne2 Be7 14 Od2 Ng6 15 a3 Na5 16 Ludgate-Byrne _~-~ English Cronin-Porter ~-~ Pirc R(a)gl Rc8 17 b4 Nc4 18 Oa2 Oa6 19 Ral 0-020 Nd2 b5 21 Nb3 Rc7 22 Nc5 Ob6 23 Littleton-Delaney, J. ~-~ Q.P. Unorthodox Cassidy-Dennehy 1-0 English Obl Bc5: 24 dc5: Ob8 25 Nd4 Ne7 26 h3 Nc6 27 Nc6: Bc6: 28 Bd4 Od8 29 Odl Oe830 Noone-Allen 0-1 Nimzo-Indian Coffey-O'Reilly ""~ Nimzo-Larsen Oe2 a6 31 Kg2 Ra7 32R(h)fl Kh!Y33 g4 g6 34 Kh2 Oe7 35 Bc2 a5 36 gf5: gf5: 37 Oh5 Murray-O'Shaughnessy ~-~ King's Indian O'Hare, C.-O'Hare, E. 1-0 Nimzo-Larsen Of7 38 Oh6 Rg8 39 Of6+ Of6: 40 ef6: Rf7 41 Bdl R(g)f8 42 Bh5 Rf6: 43 ba5: Na5: 44 Coldrick-Wallace 0-1 Budapest Palmer-McGill 0-1 Q.G.D. Rf3 Kg745 Rg1+ Kh6 46 Rg5 Rg6 47 R(f)g3 R(f)g8 48 Bg6: hg6: 49 h4 Nc4 50 Rg2 Clarke·McMahon 1-0 French Pinkerton-Barrington ~-~ Two Knights Na3: 51 h5 Be8 52 Kgl Bf7 53 hg6: e5? 54 Be5: 1-0. Hickey·McDaid 1-0 Leningrad Dutch Collins Bye Diagram 13 (Biack) LEADING SCORES: 4'h-Dunne, 4-Keogh, Curtin, 3'h-Delaney, P., Ludgate' Orr, DOYLE-KEOGH. 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Bc5 4 Littleton, Alien, Byrne. b4! Bb4: [Conforming to the principle that Punishing some slack play by Orr, Dunne took a clear lead for the first time in the the best way to refute a gambit is to accept it.] 5 Championship, as Curtin and Paul Delaney settled for a draw. Keogh, maintaining his c3 Ba5 [5 ... Bc5 is more normal. 5 ... Be7 is a strong recovery, kept his chances of the title very much alive when he turned a suspect modern concept where Black returns the pawn in opening against Doyle into an exciting win, but the other front runners lost ground order to "win" the two Bishops and is reckoned to through indecisive results. be a satisfactory alternative to the more "wild" 5. 34 DUNNE-ORR "" .. Ba5] 6 d4 ed: 7 0-0 d6 8 Ob3 Of6 9 cd: Bd7? Diagram 12 (Black) 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 e6, 3 d4 cd: 4 Nd4: Nc6, 5 Nc3 a6, [To protect against 10 d5! which would cost a 6 g3 Nge7, 7 Nb3 d6 8 Bg2 Bd7, 9 O,() NeS, 10 f4 ... piece after Ob5+. Better is Bb6 developing the Be7, 11 Be3 O,() 12 g4? [Best is f5! with the idea threat of Na5 and also protecting the b-pawn. of playing Bh3 and a Knight to either d4 or f4 Black is now totally lost.] 10 d5? [Surely 10 e5! is with pressure against e6] 12 ... b5, 13 Oel winning for White, with Black's King stuck hope­ [Inorder to have the Oueen's Rook developed after lessly in the centre and the e·file open.] 10... Ne5 11 Ne5: de5: 12 Ob7: Od8! [Either the Bishop is forced to retreat to cl] 13 ... Nb6 12... Rd8 of 12...ReS loses to 13 Bb5] 13 Bb5 Nf6! 14 Ba3 Rb815 Bd7:+ Nd7: 16 14 Rdl b4 15 Ne2 Nc4, 16 Bcl e5! 17 f5 [Other­ Oc6 [A quick appraisal of this position (Diagram 13) shows that Black's position is hope­ wise Black will play ef: and will then be able to less. When Whites completes his development his pressure against c7 and the B lack King in occupy e5 with a piece, but white now has a very the centre will prove' insurmountable. In desperation, Black decided the only chance lay bad game. If white could manouvre a Knight to d5 in mounting a King-side attack against the White King. 16 ...Rb6 fails to 17 Oa4which he would stand well but there is no way he can do would tie Black in knots to protect the Bishop.] hence 16...h5!! 17 Nc3 Rb6 [Now the this.) 17 •.. Ob6+? [A very bad move because it Knight must be protected] 18 Oc4 Rg6 19 d6! [an excellent move which complicates gives up control of g5. Black should play either B lack's simple plan. Now 19... cd6? 20 Nb5 is very awkward for Black and the White

16 17 ""­ i: Rooks will come into play quickly. 19 ...c5 20 Bc5:.invitesthe Bishop to movetoa good 43. HICKEY-McDAID. 1 d4 f5 2 c4 Nf6 3 Nc3 g6 4 g3 Bg7 5 Bg2 0-06 Nf3 d6 7 0-0 square of e3 to repel the Black Oueen from g5. Clearly dc7: must be avoided, hence] 19. Nc68 e3 e5 9 d5 Ne7 10 Bd2 h6 11 b4 g5 12 Rc1 Ng6 13 Kh1 g414 Nh4 Nh4:15 gh: e4 ..c6! [The Whited-pawn will shelter Black's King] 20 Oc6:? [It has been suggested that 16 Ne2 Nd7 17 Nf4 Oh4: 18 Bc3 Ne5 19 c5 Bd7 20 a4 Kh7 21 c6 bc: 22 dc: Be8 230c2 the unlikely Kh1 will slow down Black's attack, but at this stage both players thought Bf7 24 Rg1 Rg8 25 b5 Bf6 26 Bd4 Bg5 27 Red1 Nf3 28 Bf3: gf: 29 Od2 Bb3 30 Ra1 they were winning!] 20...Og5 21 g3 h4 22 Oc8+ Bd8 23 Nd5 hg: 24 fg: Rh2: 25 Rf3? Bf4: 31 ef: Ba4: 32 Rg3 Bb5: 33 Rag1 Rg3: 34 Rg3: Rg8?? 35 Oa2 1-0. [If 35...Rg3: [Better was 25 Nc7+ Kf8 26 Ne6+ and after 26... Re6: 27 Kh2:] 25...Rh3 26 Nc7+ Kf8 then 36... 0f7+ mates or 35 ...Oe7, 36 Og8 mate.] 27 Rf7:+ Kf7:? [27...Kg8! was an easy win for Black] 28 Od7:+ Kg8 29 Oh3: 03e+ 30 Kg2 Oe4:+ 31 Kg1 Rh6 0-1. [Og2 Oe3+ 33 Of2 (forced) Rh1+ wins. Notes by the Winner.] 38.MURRAY-O'SHAUGHNESSY: 1 g3 g6 2 Bg2 Bg7 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 0-0 d6 5 c4 e5 6 Nc3 .. 0-07 d3 Nc6 8 Rb1 a5 9 a3 Be610 b4ab: 11 ab: Oc812 Re1 11613 b5 Ne714 Bd2g5 150c1 Bh3 16 e4 Og4 17 Nd1 Bg2: 18 Kg2: Od7 19 h3 g4 20 hg: Ng4: 21 Ne3 Ne3:+ 22

Be3: f5 23 Bh6: fe: 24 de: Og4 25 Nh2 Oh5 26 Be3 Kf7 27 Od1 Og6 28 Og4 Og4: 29 ..,J Ng4: Ra4 30 R(e)c1 b631 Ra1 R(f)a832 Ra4: Ra4: 33 Nh2 Ng8 34 Nf1 Nf6 35 Nd2 Ng4 36 Nf1 Ne3: 37 Ne3:Bh6 38 Kf3 Ra3 39 Rc2 Be3: 40 fe: Kg6 y.-y.. 39. COLDRICK-WALLACE: 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e5 3 de: Ng4 4 e4 Ne5: 5 f4 Ng66 Be3 Bb4+ 7 N(b)d2 Oe7 8 Bd3 Od6 9 Oe2 Nf4: 10 Bf4: Of4: 11 N(g)f3 d612 0-0 Bc5+ 13 Kh1 Bg4 14 e5 0-0 15 Oe4 Oe4: 16 Ne4: Nd7 17 N(f)g5 h6 18 Nh7 R(f)e8 19h3 Bh5 20 e6 Re6: 21 Nc5: Nc5: 22 Bf5 Re2 23 b4 Ne6 24 R(a)e1 Re1: 25 Re1: Re8 26 g4 Bg6 0-1 40. SMYTH-O'CONNOR. 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cd: 4 Nd4:Nf6 5 Nc3 e6 6 Be2 Be7 7 Be3 a6 8 g4 Nc6 9 g5 Nd7 10 f4 Nd4: 11 Od4: 0-0 120-0-0 b5 13 h4 Bb7 14 Rh3 Rc8 15 a3 Oc7 16 f5 e5 17 Od2 Nc5 18 f6 gf: 19 gf: Bf6: 20 Bc5: dc5: 21 Rg3+ Kh8 22 Oh6 Ob6 23 Rf1 1-0. Diagram 14 (White) 41. NOONE-ALLEN_ 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e3 0-0 5 Bd3 d5 6 a3 Be7 7 Nf3 b6!? 8 'i' cd:?! [White tries to slow down Black's play on APRIL CRONIN TONV DOYLE the Oueenside, whilehimself building on the King­ side. White should perhaps castle and complete his development.] 8 ...ed: 9 b4 Bb7 10 Oc2 Nbd7 11 Rb1 Re8 12 Ne5 c6 13 f4 a6 140-0 Oc7 15 Rf3 c516 bc: bc: 17 Rh3 h6 18 g4!? [White tries a "smash"; his alternative is to wait around - with ~ 18 a4 or 18 Bd2. If 18... c419 Bf5 Ba3:? 20 Oa4 wins] 18 ... cd: 19 ed: Rac8 (Diagram 14) 20 Og277 [White "sacs" two pieces and a rook for a Oueen and his "attack"_ 20 Ob2 Rb8 21 g5 should " have been tried but after 21 ... hg: 22 fg: Ne4 23 Ne4: de: 24 Nf7:? Bd5! wins] 20 ...Ne5: 21 fe: Oc3: 22 Bh7+ Nh7: Rc3: Rc3: 240b2. [Probably the point of White's 20th move but.. _] 24...R(e)c8 25 Bd2 R(3)c7 26 Rf1 Bc6 27 Ba5 Rb7 28 Qf2 Ba3: 29 h4 Bf8 30 Of5 Re8 31 g5 Re6,32 Bd2 g6 33 Of4 h5 34 Rf2 Bb5 35 Qf3 Bc4 36 Oh3 Rb3 37 Oh2 Bb4 38-0f4 Re7 39 e6 Bd2: 40 ef+ Kf841 Od6 Bf4 42 Of4: Rb6 43 Og3 Kg7 44 Qf4 Nf8 45 Rb2 Re1 + 0-1. 42 PALMER-McGI LL 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 d5 4 Bg5 N(b)d7 5 cd5: ed5: 6 e3 Be7 7 Bd3 h6 8 Bh4 0-09 Nf3 c6 10 Oc2 Re8 11 0-0 Nf8 12 Rb1 Be6 q b4 N(f)d7 14 Be7: Oe7: 15 b5 c5 16 dc5: 0c5; 17 R(f)c1 R(e)c8 180d2 Oa3 19 Nd4 Ne5 20 f4 Nd3: 21 Od3: Rc4 22 f5 Bd7 23 Od2 R(a)c8 24 Rb3 0c5 25 f6 g6 26 Nf3 Re8 27 Ne2 Bb5: 28 BRIAN CLAN CV (Intermediate) JOHN DELANEV R(b)c3 Nd7 29 N(f)d4 Nf6: 30 Nb5: Ob5: 0-1. 18 19 ¥

-, REsuur OF THE 54th IRISH CHAMPIONSHIP -.fI 'lllVIJI ~\I!V **..­ - JULY 1979 ~- Place Name Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd4 Rd5 Rd 6 Rd 7 RdS Rd 9 Tot. Pts Place Name Rd 1 Rd :I Rd ~ Rd ~ Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd S Rd 9 Tot. Pts

1 Ounne o. +30 +8 =12 +31 +6 =2 +11 =4.. =5 7 21 O'Shaugnnessy C -18 +16 =9 +25 =19 -3 -26 +27 =24 4% 2 Keogh E +10 -31 +30 +20 +7 =1 =5 +13 +6 7 , 22 O'Connor C. -31 Bye =18 =15 -16 =36 +29 +28 19 4% 3 Noone J. +36 +13 =4 -6 -5 +2l +27 +11 +8 6% 23 O'Reilly E. -7 =17 -26 +37 =25 +35 =19 -9 +31 4% 4 Oelaney P. +10 +9 =3 =12 =11 =5 =13 =1 +14 6 24 McMahon F. -8 -10 Bye +30 --9 -18 +34 +37 =21 4% 5 Alien K. :026 +39 +25 -11 +3 =4 =2 +7 =1 6 25 Coffey S. +19 =6 --5 -21 =23 +39 =18 -15 =33 4 6 Orr M. +29 =25 +20 +3 -1 =11 =12 +16 -2 5% 26 Coldrick A. =5 -28 +23 =19 -8 +33 +21 -14 -18 4 7 Ooyle A: +23 +18 -31 +8 -2 =17 +15 -5 +12 5% 27 Porter l. -11 +34 -8 +33 =32 =19 -3 -21 +37 4 8 Wallace P. +24 -1 +27 -7 +26 +31 =14 +20 -3 5% 28 Dennehy A. =39 +26 -11 -14 -29 =30 +32 -22 +38 4 9 Clarke T. +17 -4 =21 =10 +24 =15 -16 +23 +20 5% 29 Cassidy P. -6 -19 =17 +36 +28 -20 -22 +32 =30 4 10 O'Connell G. -4 +24 =14 =9 =20 +32 +17 =12 =13 5% 30 Palmer B. -1 +38 -2 -24 -39 =28 Bye +36 =29 4 11 Curtin E. +27 =35 +28 +5 =4 =6 -1 -3 =16 5 31 Byrne R. +22 +2 +7 -1 =13 -8 -20 -17 -23 3% 12 Littleton M. +38 +32 =1 =4 =14 =13 =6 =10 -7 5 32 Cronin A. Bye -12 +33 -13 =27 -10 -30 -29 +39 3% 13 Ludgate A. +15 -3 +35 +32 =31 =12 =4 -2 =10 5 33 O'Hare C. -20 +37 -32 -27 +38 -26 -36 +39 =25 3% / 14 Oelaney J. +37 -20 =10 +28 =12 =16 =8 +26 -4 5 34 Barrington C. -35 -27 =39 -17 =37 =38 -24 Bye +36 3% 15 Carton P. -13 +36 =19 =22 +35 =9 -7 +25 =17 5 35 Hearns l. +34 =11 -13 =18 -15 -23 -37 -38 Bye 3 16 Smyth M. -2 -21 +38 +39 +22 =14 +9 -6 =11 5 36 Collins W. -3 -15 =37 -29 Bye =22 +33 -30 -34 3 17 Hickey J. -9 =23 =29 +34 +18 =7 -10 +31 =15 5 37 Pinkerton A. -14 -33 =36 -23 =34 Bye +35 -24 -27 3 18 McDaid A. +21 -7 =22 =35 -17 +24 =25 =19 +26 5 38 O'Hare E. -12 -30 -16 Bye -33 =33 =39 +35 -28 3 19 Murray J. -25 +29 =15 =26 =21 =27 =23 =18 +22 5 39 McGiII D. =28 -5 -34 -16 +30 -25 =38 -33 -32 2% 20 Quinn C. +33 +14 -6 -2 =10 +29 +31 -8 -9 4% - 1. The title was shared Ijetween Dunne and Keogh. 2. For the purpose of this table, places within score groups have been decided on the cumulative score system, and within that by Sonnerborn Berger. 3. The placings do not necessarily indicate the order of merit. In particular the bye distorted lower placings.

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White should win) 26 ... Bf5 27 Od4 Rd5:! [Black grabs his opportunity to twart ·fJ White's attack) 28 cd5: [Not 28 Od5:, of course, because of 28 ... Be4) 28: .. Ra4:!? .~'W~ 54th Irish Championship [Hoping for 29 Oa4: Be4 30 Rg2! Bg2: leading to a draw. But 28 ... Kf7:! is simpler 'W. when White will have to settle for a draw by 29 Rb7+ (29 e6+ transposes) 29 ... Kg8 _ ROUND SIX 30 e6 Oe2+ etc.] 29 Ob6! [Still trying to win especially since Black is in extreme time pressure now] 29 ... Ra6? [The only chance is Kf7:! when there is no clear win in sight Keogh·D urine ~-~ Sicilian O.Connell-Cronin 1-0 Grunfeld for White) 30 Ob7: Ofl 31 Nd6?? discovered check [correct is 31 Ng5+ Kh6 32 h4! and orr-Curtin ~-~ Grunfeld Quinn·Cassidy 1-0 Catalan White mates). 31 ... Kh632 Nf5:+ gf5: 33 Rb6+ Rb6: 34 Ob6:+ Kh7 35 Ob2 f4 [Never Delaney, P.·Allen ~-~ Sicilian MeD aid-MeMahon 1-0 Dutch say die!) 36 d6? [A tragic mistake in time trouble. Instead 36 Og2 should win easily]. Littleton· Ludgate ~-~ Modern Coldriek-O'Hare, C. 1-0 Ponziani 36 ... f3! [With twin threats of f2 and Oe2) 37 Oc2+ Kg7 38 Oc7+ Kg6? [Returning the Byrne-Wallaee 0-1 Budapest 1-0 O'Reilly-Hearns Sicilian compliment. 38 ... Kh6! wins) 39 Oc2+ Kf7 [39 ... Kh6!) 40 Of5+ Kg7 41 Og5+ Kh7 Hiekey-Doyle ~-~ King's Indian MeGiII-Coffey 0-1 Nimzo-Indian 42 Oh5:+ Kg7 43 Og5+ Kh7. %. %. Carton ·Clarke ~-~ Dutch O'Connor-Collins ~.~ French Delaney, J.-Smyth ~-~ Sicilian Dennehy-Palmer ~-~ Ruy Lopez 460RR-CURTIN: 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 d5 4 ed5: Nd5: 5 e4 Nc3: 6 bc3: Bg77 Nf3 O'Shaughnessy-Noone 0-1 French Barrington-O'Hare, E. ~-~ Queen's Indian c58 Bb5+ Nd7 9 0-0 0-0 10 a4 Oc7 11 Bg5 Nf6 12 Rel b6 13 Od2 Bb7 14 Bf4 Oc8 15 Porter-Murray ~-~ Alekhine Pinkerton Bye Bd3 Rd8 16 Be5 Ba6 17 a5 Bd3: 18 Od3: Nd7 19 Bg7: Kg7: 20 e5 e6 21 Oe4 b5 22 Of4 h6 23 h4 Oc6 24 Nh2 h5 25 Nf3 b4 26 Ng5 Rf8 27 cb5: cb5: 29 d5 Od5: 29 Ob4: Rb8 Leading scores: Dunne (5); Keogh, Curtin (4%); Delaney, P_, Ludgate, Orr, Littleton, 30 Of4 Rb3 31 R(a)dl Rd332 Rd3: Od3: 33 Ob4 Od5 34 Nf3 Nc5 35 Of4 Nd3 36 Of6+ Wallace, Alien (4). Kg837 Re3 Od8 38 Og5 Og5: 39 Ng5: Rd8 40 g3 Rd5 41 Ne4 Kg7. %-%. Dunne maintained his slender half-point lead after a fairly uneventful round in which most of the top games finished in draws. Caution was the keynote with none of the Diagram 16 (White) 47 BYRNE-WALLACE: ld4Nf62c4e53de5: Ng4 leaders prepared to take unnecessary risks. In fact, Wall ace was the only winner among 4 Nf3 Bc55 e3 Nc6 6 Be2 N(g)e5: 70·0 d6 8 Nc3 the top boards, while Noone got back on the winning trail again. h5!? [8 ... 0-09 Ne5: Ne5: 10 Na4 Bb6 11 Bd2 44. KEOGH-DUNNE: 1 e4 c5 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 g3 g6 4, f4 Bg7 5 d3 d6 6 Bg2 Rb8 7 Nf3 Nf6 with slight advantage to White is recommended to 80-00-09 h3 b5 10g4 Nd411 Ne2 Ne2:+ 120e2: a5 13 Bd2 b414e5 Nd7 15 R(a)e1 less brave palyers) . 9 b3 Bg4 10 Bb2 Of6 (diagram de5: 16 fe5: Nb6 17 Of2 c4 18 dc4: Nc4: 19 Bcl Ob6 20 b3 y,-%. 16) 11 Ne5: [or 11 Nd5 Nf3:+ 12 Bf3: Ob2: 13 ::; Nc7:+ Ke7 14 Na8: Ra8: 15 Bg4: hg4: 16 Diagram 15 (Black) 45. HICKEY-DOYLE: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf6 2c4 g6 3 g3 Og4: with slight advantage to White, or if 12 gf3: Bg7 4 Bg2 0-0 5 Nc3 d6 e4 c6 7 N(g)e2 e5 8 0-0 Ob2: 13 fg4: 0-0-0 White is again happy]. 11 ... N(b)d7 9 b3 [Better is 9 h3 followed by Be3; in Oe5:! 12 Bf3? [White wrongly thinks he can general this Bishop belongs on the gl - a7 prevent an eventual Bd4 by Black with the next diagonal] 9 ... Re8 10 h3 [10 d5 is the move. 12 Od2! 0-0-0 13 R(a)dl R(d)e8 14 Nd5 alternative move here] 10 ... ed4: 11 Nd4: Nc5 Bd4 15 Bd4: Nd4: 16 ed4: Oe2: 17 Oa5 gives 12 Rel a5 13 Bb2 N(f)d7 [Threatening Ne5 - d3] White the upper hand and is a better ideal. 14 f40b6 15 Kh2 a4 16 ~b1 h5 17 ba4: [Here 17 0-0-0 13 Oe2 R(d)e8 14 R(a)dl Bd4 15 Rd3! Og5 16 Kh1 f5? [Re6 would leave White Bal is playable] 17 ... Oa6 [In anticipation of a with problems]. 17 R(f)dl Be5 18 c5! Rh6 [Allowing White counterplay) 19 cd6: cd6: pawn mopping-up operation] 18 N(d)b5! [Bold 20 Ba3 Bh2: [forced) 21 Kh2: Ne5 22 Rd6: Oh4+23 Kg1 Bf3: 24 gf3: Oh3 [Winning and imaginative) 18 ... cb5: [forced) 19 Nb5: White's Oueen but it is not good enough) 25 Nb3 Nf3:+ 26 Of3: Of3: 27 Rc1+ Kb8 28 Bb2: 20 Rb2: [Better is 20 Nc7 Oa4: 21 Ne8:! Rh6: Og4+ [of course not 28 ... gh6: because of 29 Bd6+ Ka8 30 Nc7+ Kb8: 31 Ne8:+ arriving in a complex position with chances for Ka832 Rc8 mate] 29 Kf1 Oh3+ 30 Ke2 0g4+ 31 Kd2 a6 [To provide an escape route both sides) 20 ... Oa5! [The refutation of White's for the King. Not 31 ... Rd8+ because of 32 Bd6+] 32 Bd6+ Ka8 33 Nc7+ Ka7 34 Ne8: plan] 21 Nd6: Rd822 e5 Nd3! 23 Od3: Oe1: [Emerging a Rook up for three pawns, but gh6: 35 Bc5+ [White now drifts in time trouble in a winning position. 35 Rc7 is best]. White is not finished yet!] 24 Bd5! [(Diagram 15) Threatening Og6:+ leading to mate] 35 ... b6 36 Bd4 Of3 37 Rc7+ Kb8 38 Kel Oh1+ 39 Ke2 Od5 40 Rc2? [40 Rc4 is 24 ... Ne5:?? [Panicky and incomprehensible. 24 ... Nf8 fails to 25 Nf7: but 24 .. necessary] 40 ... Ob5+ 41 Kf3 Oe8: 42 Bb6:? Oe4+ 0-1 Kg7! is correct, for example 25 Bf7: Nf8 and after 25 Od4 NfSI and Black should hold 48 McDAID-McMAHON: 1 d4 f5 2 c4 Nf6 3 g3 g6 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3 0-0 60-0 d6 7 d5 on to win.] 25 fe5: Kg7 26 Nf7:? [leading to a draw - white had two other choices (1) [Recommended is 7 Nc3!] 7 ... c6 [On 7 ... e5 8 de: (e.p) Be6: 9 Nd4 slig~tly favours 26 Of3 Oe5:! and Black holds on for the time being. (2) 26 Bf7:! Bf5! 27 Od4! and White]. 8 Nd4 c5? [Black now has trouble destroying the White centre. Better is .. 22 23 ~~ ---- 8 ... e5!? Anyway, Black's ideas on the Oueen's side are too slow]. 9 Nf3 Na6 10 Nc3 Bf651 Ra5 Bd4 52 Ra8 Bf6 53 ReS Bd4 54 Rd8 Ke555 Re8+ Kf5 56 Re7 Bf6 57 Rc7 Nc7 11 a4! Bd712 Rel Rb8 13e4fe4: [Necessary to stop White getting ine5] 14 Ne4: Bd4 58 Rh7 Bf6 59 Rc7 Bd4 60 Rd7 Ke6 61 Rh7 Kf5 62 Rh5! Kg6 63 Kg4 Bf664 h4 Ne4: 15 Re4: Bf5 16 Rel e5 [Black must look for some play]. 17 de6: (e.p.) Be6: 18 gh4: 65 Rc5: h3 66 Kh3: f367 Kg3 f2 68 Kg2 [Of course, not 68 Kf2: because of Bd4+ Bg5 [After 18 Re6: Ne6: 19 Od5 Od7 20 Bh3 R(b)e8 21 Ng5 Rf6 22 Ne6: Re6: 23 winning the Rook] 68 ... Bc3 69 Rc6+ Kf5 70 Kf2: Ke5 71 Rc4 Bd4+ 72 Ke2 1 - O. Be6:+ Re6: Black stands slightly better]. 18 ... Od7 [If 18 ... Bf6 19 Bf4] 190d2 R(b)e8 20 Bf4 Bg421 Ng5 [After 21 Od6:? Od6: 22 Bd6: Bf3: Black holds sway]. 21 .. 52 CARTON-CLARKE: 1 Nf3 f5 2 g3 Nf6 3 Bg2 d6 4 d4 g6 5 0-0 Bg7 6 c4 0-0 7 Nc3 Bd4 22 Ne4 Ne6 23 Bh6 Rf7 24 Ra3! Ng7 25 Be3 [else 25 ... Nf5] 25 ... Ne6 [If 25 .. Nc68 e3 e5 9 d5 Ne7 10 b4 h6 11 h4 Nh7 12 Bb2 g513 hg5:.hg5: 14Nh2 f4 15 e4 Nf6 Be3: 26 R(a)e3: Threatens Nc5: and if ... Ne6, Ng5] 26 Bd4: Nd4: 27 R(a)e3 Be6 28 16 g4 Ng6 17 f3 Nh4 18 Kf2 Kf7 19 Rhl Rh8 20 Ogl c621 Ke2 cd5: 22 cd5: Ng2: 23 b3 h6 29 Rd3 Kg7? [A mistake, presenting White the chance to win a pawn through the Og2: Ob6 24 a3 Oe3+ 25 Kd1 Bd7 26 Oe2 Od4+ 27 Kel ReS 28 Rdl Ob6 29 Of2 Bg4: temporary sacrifice of the exchange] 30 Rd4:! cd4: 31 Od4:+ Kg8 32 Nf6:+ Rf6: 330f6: 30 fg4: Ng4: 31 Ob6: ab6: 32 Rd2 f3 33 Kfl Ne3+ 34 Kgl Nc4 35 Nf3: Rhl:+ 36Khl: [threatening Rd6:] Bf7 34 Re8:+ Oe8: 35 Bb7: Oe1+ 36 Kg2 Odl 37 Of3 Obl 38 g4 37 Rf2 gf3: 38 Rf3+ Ke7 39 Bel Bf640 Rh3 Bg7 41 Kg2 Kf7 42 Kf2 Kg643 Rg3+ Bd5 Bd5: 39 Od5:+ Kg7 40 Of3! [Putting Black in zugzwang] 40 ... Ob2 41 Od30a3 Kf7 44 Rh3 Kg645 Ke2 Rf846 Rg3+ Kh7 47 Rf3 Rf3: 48 Kf3: Bh6 49 Bh6: Kh6: 50 420e31-0. Nb5 Kg5 51 a4 Kf6 52 Ke2 Ke7 53 Nc3 Kf6 54 Kd3 Nb2+ 55 Kd2 Nc4 56 Kd3 Nb2+ 57 49 O'CONNELL-CRONIN: 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 d5 4 cd5: Nd5: 5 e4 Nc3: 6 bc3: Kc2 Nc4 58 Nb5 Ke7 %-%. Bg7 7 Bc4 0-0 8 Ne2 Nc6 [8 ... b6 9h4!] 9 Be3 [Better is 9 Bg5 preventing e5] 9 ... Na5 [Why not 9 ... e5!] 10 Bd3 [Here 10 Bb3 appears better for the Bishop daren't be taken and the Oueen still defends the d pawn] 10 ... c5! 11 0-0 e6 [Now Black's •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Oueen Bishop and Rook are out of play] 12 Od2 Nc6 13 Bc2 cd4: 14 cd4: Oe7 15 R(a)cl Rd8 16 Bb31 Nd4:? [Black miscalculates] 17 Nd4: e5 18 Bg5 Bf6 19 Bf6: Of6: 20 Rc7! Rd4: [Of course not 20 ... ed4: because of 21 Rf7:] 21 Rf7: Rd2: 22 Rf6:+ Kh823 Rf8+ Kg7 24 Rg8+ Kf6 25 Rcl Re2 26 f3 1-0. 50 COLDRICK - O'HARE, C.: 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 c3 Nf6 [If 3 ... d5 40a4!] 4 d3 [On 4 d4 Ne5: 5 d5 Nb8 6 Bd3 Nc5 7 Ne5: Nd3:+ 8 Nd3: Be7 9 ~ 54th Irish Championship 0-0 d6] d5 5 N(b)d2 Bg4 6 Be2 Bc5 7 0-0 0-0 8 Oc2 Bb6? [Better is 8 ... a6 to preserve the black-squared Bishop, for example 8 ... a6 9 d4 ed4: 10 e5 Ne4 and Black stands _ ROUND SEVEN slightly better] 9 Rel Od6 10 h3 Bd7 11 ed5: Od5: 12 Nc4 Nh5 13 Ng5 Nf4 14 Bf4: Dunne-Curtin 1-0 Sicilian O'Shaughnessy- ef4: 15 h4 Bf5 16 Ob3 Od8 17 Nb6: [The Black-squared Bishop must be removed]. Allen-Keogh "-,, D.P. Game Coldrick 0-1 Modern 17 ... ab6: 18 d4 h6 19 Nf3 g5?! [Here 19 ... Bg4 wins a pawn] 20 hg5: hg5: 21 d5! ludgate-D elaney P. "-,, English Coffey-M cD aid "''' Nimzo-Larsen Na5?! [Better is Na7 - c8 - d6] 22 Odl f6 23 Nh2 Kg7 24 b4 Rh8 25 ba5: Rh2:!? 26 Orr-littleton "." King's Gambit Cassidy-O'Connor 0·1 English Kh2: Oh8+ 27 Kgl Oh4 28 Bh5! g4 [After 28 ... Rh829 Re7+ Kf8 30 Re8+ gives White Wallace-Delaney J. "-,, Sicilian Cronin-Dennehy 0·1 Sicilian the upper hand] 29 Re7+ [Not 29 Re8? because after 29 ... Re8: 30 Be8: g3! 31 Oh5 Doyle-Carton 1-0 Sicilian Collins·O'Hare, C. 1-0 Budapest Gambit gf2:+ 32 Kfl Bd3 mate. If instead 31 f3 Oh2+ 32 Kfl Oh 1+ 33 Ke2 Og2:+ 34 Kel Of2 Clarke-Smyth 0-1 Sicilian Pinkerton-Hearns 1-0 8ago-lndian mate]. 29 ... Kh6 30 Bf7 Rh8 [more exact is 30 ... Kg5, for example 31 Be6 Rh8 32 No one-Porter 1-0 King's Indian McMahon-Barrington 1-0 Vienna Game Kfl Oh1+ 33 Ke2 f3+ 34 gf3: Of3:+ 35 Kd2 Od3+ 36 Kcl Oc3:+] 31 Be6 Be6: 32 Re6: Byrne-Quinn 0-1 D.G.D. O'Hare, E.-McGill "''' Petrov's Palmer Bye Kg5 33 Kfl Oh1+? [33 ... f3! threatening mate is much stronger. If 34 Kel? fg2: and O'Connell-Hickey 1·0 Dutch Murray-O' Reilly "-,, Grunfeld Balck wins. On 34 gf3: Oh3+ 35 Kel gf3 gives Black drawing chances] 34 Ke2 Og2: 35 Od4 Rh6 36 Kd3 c5 37 dc6: (e.p) bc6: 38 ab6: g3 39 fg3: Og3:+ 40 Kc4 Kf5 41 Oe4+ Leading Scores: 6 - Dunne; 5 - Keogh; 4% - Delaney P., Doyle, Ludgate, Orr, Curtin, Kg442 b7 1-0. Littleton, Wallace, Alien, Noone, O'Connell, Smyth, Quinn. 51 O'REILLY-HEARNS: 1 e4 c5 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 g3 g6 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 d3 d6 6 f4 f5 7 Nd5 e6 Dunne extended his lead to a full point following an emphatic win over one of his closest 8 Ne3 N(g)e7 9 Nf3 Rb8 100-00-011 Oel b512 Khl Bb7 13 Ng5 Od7 14 g4 h615 Nh3 rivals, Curtin. Keogh played out a fairly uneventful draw against Alien to go clear second R(b)e8 16 Oh4 Nd8 17 Og3 d5 18 gf5: gf5: 19 e5 d4 20 Bb70b7+21Ng2 Nd5 22 Ngl and thus maintain h'is strong revival in the championship and an "outside" chance of Kh7 23 Nf3 Nf7 24 Oh3 Rg8 25 Ng5+ Ng5: 26 fg5: Ne3 27 Be3: de3: 28 Oe3: Od529 victory. But for the other favoured players the 7th round almost certainly dashed any Oh3 Oe5: 30 c3 Od5 31 Rf3 Bf8 32 Nf4 Ob7 33 Nh5 Rg5: 34 Nf6+ Kg635 Ne8: Od7 hopes they may have had of challenging for the top honour in 1979. This round produced 36 Rgl Oe8: 37 Ofl Oc638 Rg5: hg5: 39 Og2 Od5 40 Rg3 f4 41 Od5: ed5: 42 Rg4 Kf5 one of the tournament's most interesting games, when Quinn caused another major upset 43 h3 a5 44 Kg2 Bg7 45 Kf3 d4 46 cd4: Bd4: 47 Rg2 a4 48 b3 ab3: 49 ab3: b450 Ra2 with a two piece sacrifice to down early pacemaker, Byrne.

24 25 ..,­

53 DUNNE-CURTIN: 1 e4 c5, 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cd: is good for Black] 22 ... Re3:+ [Black was committed to this further sacrifice, 4 Nd4: Nf65 Nc3 a6, 6 8e3 e5 7 Nb3 Be7 8 Od2 unfortunately for him it does not seem quite sound] 23 Ke3: Ng4+ 24 Kd2 Bf4+ 25 N(b)d7 [Be6 is more usual] 9 a4 Ng4 10 Nd5 Kel? [White spoils his previously fine play and is destroyed by some powerful play from Ne3: 11 Qe3: Nf6 12 Nf6:+ Bf6: 13 Bc4 0-0 Black. 25 Kdl! holds in all variations: (a) 25 .. Of3:+ 26 Oe2 Nf2:+ 27 Kc2 and White is [more accurate is Be6 when White hasen't got time better. (b) 25 ... Nf2:+ 26 Ke2 Re8+ 27 Be4! with the upper hand] 25 ... Re8+ 26 Be4 to establish a piece on d5] 14 Bd5 Rb8 [Black's Of3: 27 Rb3 de4: 28 Ndl e3! 29 fe3: Ne3: 30 Ne3: Be3: 31 Rg2 Bf2+! 0 . 1 [32 Kfl plan should be to play Bg5 Kh8 g6 and f5 with Rel mate - a game which reflects credit for both players.] play on the k -side] 150-0 Bd7 16 R(f)dl Oc7? 56 WALLACE - DELANEY: 1e4 c5 2 Nf3 e6 3 d4 cd4: 4 Nd4: Nf6 5 Bd3 a6 6 0-0 d6 7 [Pointless Black should attempt to get in f5] 17 c4 Be7 8 Nc3 Nc6 9 Nc2 Bd7 [Worth considering is 9 ... Ne5!? 10 Be2 Oc7] 10 f4 g6!? c3 B.c6 18 Ncl [The Knight will be well placed on 11 Oe2 0-0 12 e5? de5: 13 fe5: Nh5 14 Khl Oc7 15 Rel Kh8 [Unclear are 15 ... e2 with possibilities of later going to d5] 18 ... Bh4 16 g3 Bg3: 17 Rg1 and 15 ... Ne5:16 Oe5:Bd617 Og5 Bh2:] 16 Bh6 Rg817 Bd2 Be7 19 Ne2 Kh8 20 Rd3 Od7 21 b3 Bd5:? [This Bh4 18 Ne4! Bel: 19 Rel: R(a)d8 20 Ng5 Be8 21 Nf3 [21 Nh7:?! Rd3:! 22 Nf6 Qe5:! only helps white who now has a positionally won and Bla.ck holds the upper hand] 21 ... Nb8 22 Bg5 Bc6123 Be4 Be4: 24 Oe4: Nc625 game] 22 Rd5: Oe6 23 c4 g6 24 R(a)dl f5? [This Ne3 Oa5 26 Ng4 Nd4 27 Nf6 Nf3: 28 gf3: Nf6: 29 Bf6:+ [The game is now equal] loses material (diagram 17) Black should just sit tight with a move like Kg7 when White 29 ... Rg7 30 Oh4 Rd4 31 Od4: Oel:+ 32 Kg2 Oe2+ 33 Kg3 h5 34 Of4 Kh7 35 Bg7: will still have to find a way to break through] 25 ef: gf: [Rf5:? Nd4!] 26 f4! e4 27 Nd4 Kg7: 36 Kh4 Of2+ 37 Kg5 Og2+ 38 Kh4 [38 Og3 Od2+ 39 f4?? Od8 mate is amusing] 'Og6 28 Oh3 0g4 29 0g4: fg: 30 Nf5 R(a)e8 31 Rel 1 - O. [White wins two pawns at once 38 ... Of2+ 39 Kg5 Og2+ 40 Kh4 Of2+ YZ-YZ. and the remaining pawns are very weak.] 57 O'CONNELL -HICKEY: 1 d4 f5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Diagram 19 (White) 54 ALLEN - KEOGH: 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 g3 c5 4 Nf3 Be7 5d5 ed5:6 cd5: d6 7 Nc3 0-0 g3 e6 4 Bg2 Be7 5 0-0 d5 6 b3 0-0 7 c4 c6 [7 ... 8 Bg2 Oa5 9 0-0 b5 10 Nd2 Ba6: 11 Oc2 Nbd7 12 Rel Rac8 13 b3 b4 14 Na4 c4!? 15 Ne41?] 8 Nc3 Ne4 9 Bb2 Nd7 10 e3 Nc3: [Better Nc4: Bc4: 16 bc4: Ne5 [16 ... b3! 17 Bd2! bc2:! (17 ... Oa4 18 ab3: wins) 18 Ba5: is 10 ... Oe8] 11 Bc3: Nf6 12 Oc2 Ne4 13 Bb2 Rc4: Black is slightly better! 17 Nb2 b3 18 Od2 Qa6 19 Oc3 ba2: 20 Ob3 Nc4: 21 Nc4: Bd7 14 Ne5 Nd6 15 f3 Rc8 16 e4 Be8 17 R(a)dl Oc4: 22 Oc4: Rc4: 23 Ra2: Ra8 24 Ra6 Nd7 25 Be3 Nc5 26 Bc5: Rc5: 27 Real Rc7 Bh5 18 R(d)el [White has a clear advantage. 28 Be4 g6 29 Kg2 Kf8 30 R(l )a2 f5 31 Bc2 Rb8 32 Ra7: Ra7: 33 Ra7: Rb5 34 e4 fe4: Perhaps 18 g4!?] 18 ... b5 19 c5 Ne8 20 ef5: ef5: 35 Be4: Rb2 36 h4 g5 37 Re7: Ke7: 38 hg5: Rb5 39 Kf3 Kf8 40 Kf4 Kg7 41 Kf5 Rb8 21 Bh3! Bg622 Ng6: hg6: 23 Re6 Rf6 24 R(f)el 42 f3 Re8 43 Kg4 Re5 44 Kf4 Yz - Yz. Re6: 25 Re6: Kf7? [(diagram 19) Better is 25 ... 55 BYRNE - OUINN: 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Nf6 Diagram 18 (Black) Nf6] 26 Rg6:! Kg6: 27 Of5:+ Kh6 28 Bc1+ Bg5 4 Bg5 Be7 5 e3 N(b)d7 6 cd5: ed5: 7 Bd3 h6 8 29 Bg5:+ Og5: 30 Og5:+ Kg5: 31 Bc8: [Black Bh4 0-0 9 Oc2 c6 10 Nf3 Re8 11 0-0 [Worth would probably be lost anyway without being two considering here is 11 0-0-0 with the idea of h3, pawns down] Nc7 32 Bd7 b4 33 Bc6: Ne6 34 g4, g5 since Black has weakened his Kingside with Bd5: Nd4: 35 Kf2 Kf636 Bc4 Ke7 37 Ke3 Nc6 h6! 11 ... Ne4 12 Be4: Bh4: 13 Bh7+ Kh8 14 38 Ke4 1 - O. Bd3 Be7 15 R(a)bl Bd6 16 b4 Nf6 [Chances are 58 CASSIDY-O'CONNOR: 1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 g6 3 Nf3 Bg7 4 g3 d6 5 Bg2 0-0 6 0-0 Nc6 level. White has a minority attack and Black will 7 d3 e5 8 Rbl Nd7?1 9 e3 [9 b4 White stands slightly better! 9 ... Nb6 10 Nd2 a5 11 seek to build up an iniative on the King side] 17 h3 Bd7 18 R(flel!? [This is very commital, a3?1 a4 12 Nd5 Nd5: 13 cd5: Ne7 14 b4 b5! 15 Bb2 Bb7 16 e4 c6 17 dc6: Nc6: 18 f4 Ob6+ 19 Khl f5 20 ef5:? gf5: 21 g4 Ne7 22 gf5: Bg2:+ 23 Kg2: Nf5: 24 Oe2 Ne3+ though not clearly bad. 18 Bf5 is best when White 25 Khl Nfl: 26 Rfl: R(a)e8 27 f5 d5 28 Og2 Od6 29 f6 Rf6: 30 Rf6: Of6: 31 Od5:+ has a slight advantage without risk] 18 ... Oc8 19 Kh8 32 Ob5: Rg8 33 Oa4: Bh6 34 Ob5 Be3! 0-1 [Not 34 .. " Bd2: because of 35 Kfl (diagram 18) Bh3:!?? 20 gh3: Oh3:+ 21 Ke2 Be5:]. [Black has sacrificed a piece for two pawns to expose White's King, but since the centre is blocked White has adequate ·defensive 59 CRONIN-DENNEHY: 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cd4 4 Nd4: Nf65 Nc3 e6 6 g4 h6 7 resources] 21 ... Og21 [Other alternatives are not as sharp, for example 21 ... Nh5 22 g5 hg5: 8 Bg5: Be7 9 Od2 Nc6 10 0-0-0 a6 11 f4 Oc7 12 Bg2 Bd7 13 Nf3 [13 h4] Rc8 Ngl! Og2 23 Kdl favouring White or 21 ... Ng4 22 Rgl! kills the attack. Here 22 Bf5? 14 R(h)el b5 15 Re2?1 Na5 16 e5 Nc4 17 Od3 de5: 18 fe5: b4! 19 ef6: gf6: 20 Nd5 ed5 Ne3:! 23 Bh3: (23 fe3: Og2+ 24 Kdl Of3:+with advantage) 23... Nc2:+ 24 Kd2 Ne1: 21 Od4Be6 22 Bf4 Oa5 23 Kbl Ob5 24 R(d)el Na3+! 25 ba3:+ 26 Kcl Rc4 27 Oal Rf4: favours Black] 22 Rgl! [The best move. Instead 22 Ne5 Be5: 23 de5: Ng41 24 Rf1 Re5: 28 Ng5 Ob2+ 29 Ob2: ab2:+ 30 Kb2: fg5: 31 Bd5: Rh6 32 Bd7? Rb4+ 0-1.

26 27 Diagram 20 (White) 60 McMAHON-BARRINGTON: 1 e4 e5 2 Nc3 Nf6 3 f4 d5 4 fe5: Ne4: 5 Nf3 Be7 6 63 KEOGH-LUDGATE: 1 e4 g6 2 d4 Bg7 3 Bb5+!? Nc6 7 0-0 0-0 8 d4 Bg4 9 Ne2 f6 10 Bc6: bc6: 11 Bf4 Ob8?! 12 Rb1 Ob5 13 h3 Be3!? d6 4 Od2 c6 5 Ne2 Nd7 6 f3 e5 7 c3 N(g)f6 Bf3: 14 gf3: fe5:? 15 Be5: Ng5 16 Nc3 Oc4 17 f4 Ne6 18 Og4 1-0. 8 g4 [Na3!? looks better] 8 ... d5! 9 g5 Nh5 10 61 COLLlNS-O'HARE, C.: 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e5 3 de5: Ng44 Bf4 Nc6 5 Nf3 Bc5 6 e3 Oe7 Bg2 Nb6 11 b3? Be6 [Black stands slightly better] 7 a3 a5 8 Nc3 d6 9 ed6: cd6: 10 Nd5 Od8 11 Be2 f6 12 Nd4 N(g)e5 130-0 g5 14 Bh5+ 12 a4 [Again, developing the Oueen's Knight via Kf8 15 Be5: de5: 16 Nb5 Bb6 17 Oc2 Be618 R(a)d1 Bd5: 19 Rd5: Oe7 20 R(f)d1 Rd8 a3 to c2 is safer] 12 ... de: 13 a5 ef3: 14 Bf3: 21 c5 Bc7 22 Qf5 Kg7 23 Nc7: 1-0. Nd5 15 de5: Ne3: 16 Oe3: Bd5 17 a6 b6 18 Nd2 0-0 19 c4 Bf3: 20 Nf3: Re8 [Black must be *+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ winning here as White seems to be pretty tied up trying to hang onto his e-pawn] 21 Nc1 Od6 22 Nd3 R(a)d8? [(Diagram 20) If 22 ... Nf4! 23 0-0-0 (alternative moves are bad for White, for example (a) 23 Nf4: Be5:! (b) 23 Rd1 Ng2+! (c) 23 Qf4: Od3! with 24 ... Oc3 to follow) 23 ... Nd3:+ 24 Rd3: 0a3+ 25 Kb1 b5!? (25 ... Oa6: I?) 26 c5 Bf8 gives Black the upper hand]. 23 R (a)d 1 Oa3:! 24 0-0 Ob3: 25 Oe4 c5 26 Nf2 [The position is sharp: Black now forces White to go pawn hunting with his Oueen] 26 ... Oa4 27 Ob7 Nf4 28 Rd8: Rd8: I~"''--' 54th Irish Championship 29 Oa7: [Otherwise Black plays Od7 with an easy win] 29 ... Oc4: 30 Ob6: Ne2+ 31 Kg2 Od5? [Black, who is in time trouble, refuses to draw by 31 ... Nf4+] 32 Rd1 Nd4 ROUND EIGHT 33 Ob7 Ob7: 34 ab7:Rb8 35Nd4: cd4: 36 Rd4: Rb7: 37 Rd8+ Bf8 38Ng4 Kg739Nf6 Rb5? [39 ... Rb6 is better] 40 h4! Re5:?? [A classic time trouble blunder 40 ... Rb6 keeps Delaney, P.-Dunne YZ-YZ Sicifian Hickey-Byrne 1-0 O.G.D. Black in the game] 41 Rf8: Kf8: 42 Nd7+ Ke7 43 Ne5: f6 44 Ng4 fg: 45 hg: Ke6 46 Keogh-ludgate 1-0 Modern Carton-Coffey 1-0 King's Indian Attack Kg3 Kf547 Kh4 Ke6 48 Nh6 Ke5 49 Kg4 Ke6 50 Kf4 Kd5 51 Ng41 - O. Allen-Doyle 1-0 Dutch Dennehy-O'Connor 0-1 Sicilian Smyth-Orr 0-1 Sicilian McMahon-Pinkerton 1-0 Sicilian 64 ALLEN-DOYLE: 1 d4 f5 2 Nc3 d5 3 Bg5 Nf6 4 Bf6: ef6 5 e3 Be66 Bd3 g6 7 Of3 c6 Curtin-Noone 0-1 Dutch Porter-O'Shaughnessy 0-1 Sicilian 8 Nge2 Bd6 9 h3 h5 10 g4 fg4 11 Bg6:+Bf712.Bf7:+Kf7: 13 hg4hg414 Rh8: Oh8: 15 littleton-O'Con nell ~,~ Grunfeld Palmer-Collins 1-0 Dutch Ouinn-Wallace 0-1 King's Indian Cronin-Cassidy 0-1 Caro Kann Og4: Oh1+ 16 Ng1 Oh2 170-0-0 Of2: 18 Oh5+ Ke6 19 Oe8+ Be7 20 Oc8+ Kf7 21 Ob7: Delaney J.-Coldrick 1-0 Cam Kann O'Hare, C.-McGill 1-0 NJmzo-Larsen Na6 22 Oa8: Nb4 23 Nge2 Of5 24 e4 de4 25 a3 Nd3+ 26 cd3 ed3 1-0. McDaid-Murray JS-~ O.G.D. Hearns-O'Hare, E. 0-1 Nimzo-Larsen O'Reilly-Clarke 0-1 French Barrington Bye 65 CURTIN-NOONE: 1 d4 e6 2 c4 f5 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 g3 Bb45 Bg2 0-0 6 Nf3 Oe8 7 0-0 Bc3: 8 bc3: d6 9 Ba3 N(b)d7 10 Nd2 e 5 11 Nb3? a5?! [11 ... c5!? Blocking White's Leading Scores: 6% - Dunne, 6 - Keogh, 5% - Orr, Wallace, Alien, Noone, 5 - Delaney P., doubled c pawns is sharper] 12 c5 a4 13 Nd2 dc5: 14 dc5: c6 [If 14 ... Oe7 15 Ob1!] Delaney, J., Littleton, O'Connell. 15 Nc4 Ne4 16 Nd6 Nd6: 17 cd6: Rf6 18 c4 Rh6 19 Bc1 f4 20 e3 Nf6 21 ef4: Dunne moved one step closer to his first Irish title success when he extended his unbeaten Rh2?! 22 Kh2: Ng4+ 23 Kg" Oh5 24 Re1 Be6! 25 Re4 b5 26 fe5: [Underestimating Black's run against P. Delaney. For Delaney it was a last chance to challenge for the title, but he attack. 26 f3 is best] 26... Oh2+ 27 Kf1 h5 28 Bg5 Rf8 29 Bf4 [Not 29 Rf4? because of was unable to break down the ever-steady leader. Keogh took full advantage of this result 29 ... Bc4:+ 30 Ke1 (Rc4:?? Rf2:+ forces mate) 30 ... Rf4:31 Bf4: Og2: 32 Kd2 Nf2: when to move within half a point of Dunne and thus keep his championship prospects very Black has goodchances of at least drawing] 29 ... h4 30 d7 [30gh4:?? Rf4:! 31 Rf4: Qf4 and much alive. He defeated Ludgate after the champion mishandled a favourable position. White is in difficulties] 30 ... h3 31 Of3 Bd7: 32 e6 Be8 33 Og4:?? [Now, in time trouble, White blunders a won game] 33 ... Og2: 34 Ke20e4:+35 Kd2 Od4+ 0-1. 62 DELANEY P.-DUNNE: 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 e6 3 d4 cd4 4 Nd4: Nf65 Nc3 d6 6 Be2 Be7 70-00-08 f4 Nc6 9 Be3 Oc7 10 Kh1 a611 Oe1 Bd7 12 Og3 Nd4: 13 Bd4: Bc614 Rae1 66 J. DELANEY-COLDRICK: 1 e4 c6 2 Nc3 e53 Nf3 de4: 4 Ne4 Nf6 5 Ng3 Bg4 6 Bc4 b5 15 a3 Ob7 16 Bd3 b4 [16 ... g6!? 17 f5! b4 18 fg6: fg6: 19 Nd5!?] 17 ab4 Ob4: e6 7 c3 N(b)d7 8 d4' Bd6 9 0-0 Oc7 10 h3 Bf3: [Here 10 ... Bh3: 11 gh: Bg3: 12 fg: 18 Ne2 Ob7 19 Nc3 Ob4 20 Ne2 Ob7 21 e5 Nh5 22 Oh3 g6 23 Ng3 Ng3:+? [23 ... de5:! Og3:+ 13 Kh1 Oh3:+ should draw. However, Black thinks he has more] 11 Of3: 0-0-0 12 24 Be5: Ng7 is equa"') 24 Og3:?! [hg3: intending g4, f5 favours White] 24 ... de5: b4 Nb6 13 Be2 N(b)d5 14 Bd2 e5 15 de5: Be5: 16 R(a)d1 R(h)e8 17 c4 Nf4 18 Bf4: 25 Be5: Rad8 26 Oh3 f5 27 Ra1 Bb5 28 Rfd1 Rd7 29 Bb5: ab5 30 Ob3 Kf7 31 Oh3 Bf4: 19 b5 cb5: 20 cb5: Kb8 21 a4 Bg3: 22 fg3: Ob6+ 23 Kh2 Rd1: 24 Rd1: Oe325 h5 32 Rd3 Rd3: 330d3: Rd8 34 Oe2 % - %. Rd8+ Kc7 26 Re8: Oe8: 27 a5 Oe5 28 a6 ba6: 29 ba6: Od5 30 Oe3 Kb8 31 Bf3 Od6 32

28 29 Qb3+ Qb6 33 Qc4 Qc7 34 Qb4+ Qb6 35 Qf8+ Kc7 36 Qf7:+ Kd8 37 Bb7 Ne8 38 Qd5+ [Black is looking for a safe place for his King] 48 Rd2 Kf8 49 Re2 Kg7 50 Bd4+ kh6! Qd6 39 Qg5+ Qf6 40 Qe3 1-0. [Black has no answer - if 40 ... Qb6 41 Qb6: ab6: 51 Be3 Kh5 52 Bd4 g4 53 hg4:hg4:+54 Re3 Rf4 55 Re2 Re8 56 Be3 Rf5 57 Bh6 h3! 58 42 a7!]. gh3:+ Kh3: 59 Re3+ Kh4 60 Re2 Rf6 61 Be3 Rg6+ 62 Khl Kg4 63 Kg2 Kf5+ 64 Kfl Rg3 65 Kel Nd3+ 66 Kd2 Nb4 67 Bb6: Nd5: 68 cd5: Re5 69 d6 Rd5+ 70 Kel Rf371 67 O'REI LLY-CLARKE: 1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 e5 c5 4 c3 Nc6 5 Nf3 Qb6 6 a3 c4 7 g3 f6 8 d7 Rd7: 72 Ba5: e3 73 Bb6 Ke4 74 Rh2 Rg3 75 Ba5 Kd3 76 Rhl Rh7! 77 Rfl [77 ef6: Nf6: 9 Bh3 Bd6 100-00-0 11 Qe2 e5 12 Bc8: R(a)c8: 13 ed5: R(c)e8 14 Be3 Bc5 Rh7:?? Rgl mate] Rh2 78 Bc7 Rb2!! 0-1. [This was the longest game of the 15 ef6: Be3: 16 Qdl Qb6 17 Qd5+ Kh8 18 fe3: Qal: 19 Ng5 gf6: 20 Ne6 Rf7 21 Qf5 Championship in terms of playing time - lasting some eight hours] . Ne5 22 Nf4 Qb2 23 Qh5 Qh6 24 Rel Rg825 Nd2 Rd7 26 Ne4 Qc6 0-1. 70 McDAID-MURRAY: 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 c6 3 Nc3 d5 4 cd: cd: 5 Nf3 Nc6 6 Bf4 Bf5 7 e3 Diagram 21 (White) 68 CARTON-COFFEY: 1 e4 e6 2 Qe2 c5 3 Nf3 e6 8 Bb5 Nd79 0-0 [The currently fashionable way for White to play for complications is Nc6 4 g3 g6 5 Bg2 Bg7 6 0-0 N(g)e7 7 d3 0-0 8 by 9 Qa4 Qb6 10 Nh4] 9 ... Be7 10 Rcl 0-0 11 Bd3 Bd3: 12 Qd3: Rc8 13 R(f)dl Nf6 Nc3 d6 9 Be3 a6 [If 9 ... Rb8!? 10 Qd2 leaves 14 a3 Bd6 15 Bg5 h6 16 Bh4 [16 Bf6: Qf6: 17 e4 Bf4 18 e5 Qe7 19 Rc2 h5 would White with a slight advantage] 10 Qd2 Rb8 11 lead to complications in which Black would be no worse] 16 ... Be7 17 b4 Nd7 18 Be7: Bh6 b5 12 Bg7: Kg7: 13 Nh4 Ng8?! [If 13 ... Qe7: 19 Na4 R(f)d8 20 Nc5 Nc5: 21 Rc5: [Definitely best. If 21 bc: Na5 22 Nd2 e5 and b4 14 Ndl f5 15 f4 equals] 14 f4 Bb7 [ If 14 .. , Black has no problems. If 21 dc: e5 with attacking chances. White might then continue e5 15 f5 with advantage] 15 Qf2 b4 16 Nd 1 Kh8?! 22 e4 de: 23 Qe4: Qe6 24 b5 f5 25 Qc2 Nd4 or e7 in either case with a good position] [Too passive. Black should try 16 ... f5 17 ef: 21 ... b6 [Black cannot allow White to dominate the c-file. The draw now becomes ef: but White still has the edge] 17 Ne3 N(c)e7? inevitable] 22 Rc3 Qb7 23 R(d)cl Ne7 24 b5 Rc3: 25 Rc3: Rc8 26 Qc2 YZ-YZ. [Play [again 17 ... f5 is better] 18 f5! Bc6?! [It was might continue with 26 ... Rc3: 27 Qc3: a6 28 a4 ab: 29 ab: Qc8 30 Qc8: Nc8: 31 Ne5 necessary to prevent White's next move] 19 f6 Nd6 32 Nd7 and draws] . Nc8 20 Ng4 Nb6 21 Qf4 Qc7 22 Nh6 Nd7 23 Ng8: 71 CRONIN--CASSIDY: 1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 ed5: cd5: 4 Bd3 Nc6 5 c3 Nf6 6 Nf3 g6 7 Bf4 Rg8: 24 Nf3! [If 24 Qh6? Qd8 25 Nf3 Nf6: 26 Bg7 8 N(b)d2 0-0 9 0-0 Nh5 10 Be3 f5 11 Nb3 f412 Bcl [Normal here is 12 Bd2] 12 ... Ng5 Rg7 and Black hangs on] 24 ... Nf8?! [Black's Qd6 13 Be2 Nf6 [More Usual and equal is 13 ... Bg4. Black rejected this because of 14 only defence against mate is 25 ... Qd8 26 Qd6:Bb5 27 Ng5 Qe8 28 Qf4 with a winning h3 Bf3: 15 Bf3: e5 16 de5: Ne5: 17 Bh5: gh5: 18 Qh5:, although after 18 ... f3Black advantage] 25 Qh6 e5?1 26 Ng5 Rb7 (Diagram 21) 27 g4!! 1-0 [Black cannot prevent gets good play] 14 Nc5 b6 [Only chasing the Knight to the square intended. Better is being mated or losing his Queen. For instance, 27 ... Qc8 (forced, for if any other move 14 ... Bg4 or even Ne4. Black, however, had ideas of developing his Queen's Bishop at then 28 Rf3 and White sacrifices his Q on h7 followed by Rh3 mate) 28 Rf3 Qg4: 29 a6] 15 Nd3 Ne4 16 Nd2 Kh8! [A good move which removes threats along the b3 - g8 Rh3! Qh3: when White has an overwhelming material advantage]. diagonal and later prevents White from utilising the e5 square] 17 f3 [reducing the scope of White's King Bishop, while also weakening the Black squares] 17 ... Nf6 18 Rel Nh5 69 PORTER-O'SHAUGHNESSY: 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cd4: 4 Nd4: Nf6 5 Nc3 a66 [Black's four move Knight tour, returning to h5 has not been a waste of time. On the Be2 e5 7 Nb3 Be7 8 0-0 Be69 Be3 Qc7 10 Nd5?! [10 f4! transposes to main line theory contrary, the Knight is ideally posted here, safe from the Bishop's threats because of which should be preferred to 10 Nd5?!] 10 ... Bd5:?! [10 ... Nd5: 11 ed5: Bf5 slightly 17 f3] 19 Qb3 Ba6? 20 Ne5? [White, who had about 20 minutes for the next 20 moves, favours Black. 12 Bd3 (on 12 Bg4 Bg6 13 Qf3 0-0 14 Bf5 Nd7 with ideas such as ... b5, probably feared 20 Nf4: Rf4: 21 Ba6: Nd4:~2 cd4: Bd4:+ when Black's attack is difficult Nb6 to think about) 12 , .. e4 13 Be2 Bg6 14 g4! Nd7 and the position is equal] 11 ed: to meet. However, this may have been White's best line and Black's N(b)d7 12 c4 0-0 13 Rcl b6 14 Nd2!? [Better is 14 f4! when 14 ... ef4: 15 Bf4: gives 19 ..• Ba6 was, therefore, probably premature] 20 ... Be5: 21 Ba6: Bf6 22 Bd3 [Better White the upper hand; on 14 ... R (f)e8 15 Bg4!? is interesting and deserves consideration]. is Bb7 eliminating Black's important Knight] 22 ... e5! 22 de5: Ne5: 24 c4 R(a)e8! 14 ... Ne8 15 f4 f5 16 Nf3 [Better is 16 g4!] 16 ... a5 17 fe: de: 18 Ng5 Bg5: 19 Bg5: [Threatening ... Qc5+ and Nd3:] 25 Bfl Qc5+ 26 Khl Nd3 27 Qd3: [Not Re8:? Qc5+ [Sharper perhaps is 19 ... Nc5! with 20 ... Nd6 and 21 ... R(a)e8 to follow] 20 because of Nf2+ followed by mate] 27 ... Rel: [27 ..• dc4:!? also offers winning Khl Rf7 21 Bh5 g6 22 Bf3 Nd6 [The game is equal] 23 Qb3 Rb8 24 Qc3 ReSl? 25 b3 possibilities but, in time pressure, Black chooses the safer line] 28 b4 Qd4 [28 ... Qe3 Qc7 26 Qel Nc5 27 Qh4 f4?! [27 ... Re8! keeping ... f4 in reserve is better] 28 R(c)el is sharper] 29Qd4: Bd4:30 Bb2! [A clever trap. If 30 ... Ral: 31 Bd4:+ and White is Nf5 29 Qg4 Ne3 [Unclear is 29 ... h5!? 30 Qh3 Qd6 31 g41 fg3: 32 hg3: R(c)e8] 30 winning!] 30 ... Rfl:+,[But this end's whites hopes] 31 Rfl: Bb2: 32 cd5: Rd8 33 Nc4 Re3:! fe: 31 d6 e2! [Of course not 31 ..• Qd6: because of 32 Qc8:+] 32 Rel Qd7 33 Bg7 34 d6 b5 35 d7? [White is now in severe time pressure] 35 ... bc4: 36 Rel Nf6 Qd7: Rd7: 34 Bd5+ [34 Bg4? Rd6: Threatening Rdll1] Kg7 '35 Re2: Rf8 36 Kgl Rf5 [Simply 36 ... Rd7: would do for if 37 Re8+ Bf8 38 Rf8: Kg7 White to avoid mate, 27 Be7 h5 38 Bc6 Ra7 39 Rd2? [Here 39 Bd8! gives White winning chances] 39 ... e4 loses the Rook] 37 Re7 Bf80 - 1. [Notes by the winner]. 40 d7?? [A blunder 'in time trouble - 40 Re2 is a much stronger move] 40 .•. Nd7: 41 Bh4 Nc5 42 Bd5 Rd7 43 h3 g5 44 Bf2 h4 45 Bd4+ Kf8 46 Re2 Re7 47 Be3 Ke8

30 31 .... ­

Bd5: Ne6 22 Qb7: R(a)b8 23 Qa7: Qf4 24 g3 Qd6! [Not 24 ... Qd4:? which loses to 25 ., Rc7: 11) 25 Be6: fe6: 26 Qc5 Qc5: 27 dc5:? [Better was 27 Rc5: and if 27 ... Rb2: then VIJI": 54th Irish Championship 28 R(f)cl forcing 28 ... Rb7 and after 29 Rc6 Black is very constricted, although still holding a slight edge) 27 ... Rb2: 28 R(f)dl Ra2 29 Rd7 Bb630c6 Rf2: 31 Khl Rf3 _ ROUND NINE 32 Rb7 Bc733 Rdl Rc3 0-1. [34 Rd7 fails to 34 ... Rc6: followed by Be5 defending ~ the g7 square. Notes by the winner) . Dunne-Allen ~-~ Sicilian Coldrick-McDaid 0-1 Dutch 74. WALLACE - NOONE: 1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nd2 c5 4 ed5: ed5: 5 N(g)f3 Bd6 6 Bb5+ Orr-Keogh 0-1 O.G.D. O'Shaughnessy-McMahon ~-~ French Nc6 7 a-a Ne7 8 dc5: Bc5: 9 Nb3 Bd6 10 Rel a-a 11 c3 [All of this has been played Wallace-Noone 0·1 French Byrne-O'Reilly 0-1 Grunfeld many times before, but here 11 Bg5 as played by Karpov is considered best. e.g. 11 Bg5 Delaney J.-Delaney P. 0·1 Sicilian Cassidy·Palmer ~-~ O.G.D. Bg4 12 Be2 Qc7 13 h3 Bd7 14 N(f)d4) 11 ... Bg4 12 Be2 Qd7 13 Be3 Rad8 14 Qd2 Doyle-littleton 1-0 Pirc Coffey-O'Hare C. ~-~ Scotch Ng6 15 Radl Bb8 16 h3 Bf5 17 Nh2 [Both sides have been quietly developing but now ludgate-O'Connell ~-~ English 0-1 Modern Pinkerton-Porter Black produces a bombshell] 17 ... Bh3:1? 18 Nfl [After 18 gh3: Qh3: 19 f4 the Smyth-Curtin ~-~ Sicilian O'Hare, E.. Dennehy 0-1 Modern position is very unclear but it is still White's best) Bg2: 19 f4 [Now the Bishop can't Clarke-Ouinn 1-0 Catalan Collins-Barrington 0·1 King's Indian Hickey-Carton 0-1 King's Indian McGill-Cronin 0·1 Grunfeld be captured e.g. 19 Kg2: Nh4+ 20 Kgl Qh3 , but it's too late anyway as White is lost;) O'Connor-Murray 0-1 Sicilian Hearns Bye 19 .. , Be4 20 Bd3 Qg4+. 0 - 1. 75 DELANEY, J. - DELANEY, P.: 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 cd4: 4 Nd4: Nf6 5 Nc3 e6 Dunne played out a lively draw against Alien to make sure of at least sharing the 1979 6 Ndb5 d6 7 Bf4 e5 8 Bg5 a69 Na3 b5 10 Bf6: gf6: 11 Nd5 f5 12 Bd3 Be6 13 Qh5 Bg7 Irish Title and then had an anxious wait to see if Keogh - the only player capable of 14 0-0 f4 15 c4 bc4: 16 Bc4: 0-0 17 Racl Kh8 18 Rfdl Rb8 19 b3 Qd7 20 h3 f5 21 catching him - could get the win he desperately needed. The National Master did just Nf4: ef4: 22 Be6: Qe6: 23 Rc6: fe4: 24 Rcd6: Qe7 25 Rd7 Qf6 26 Nc4 Rb5 27 Qe2 fe this, punishing some slack play early on by Orr to round off a remarkable recovery. 28 Qe4: fg2: 29 Qe3 Rf5 30 Nd6 Rf3 31 Ne4 Qh4 32 Qg5 Qg5: 33 Ng5: Rf2: 34 Rd2 Noone won rather easily against Wall ace to take third place in the Championship. Off the Rf1+ 35 Kg2: R (1)f6 36 R(7)d6 Bh6 37 h4 Kg7 38 Rf6: Rf6: 39 Rd7+ Kg6 40 Nf3 Bf4 41 top boards, main interest centered on the marathon all -Delaney encounter which Paul Rd4 Kf5 42 Rd7 h6 43 Re7 Rg6+ 44 Kf2 Bg3+ 45 Ke3 Bf4+ 46 Kd4 Rg2 47 a4 Kg448 won after 7% hours play, to draw level with Alien for a share of 4th/5th places. Nel Rh2 49 Nd3 Bd2 50 Re4+ Kg3 51 Ne5 Bf4 52 Ng6 Bd2 53 Kc4 a5 54 Ne7 Kf3 55 72 DUNNE - ALLEN: 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cd4: 4 Nd4: Nf65 Nc3 a6 6 Be3 e5 7 Rd4 Be3 56 Rd3 Rh4:+ 57 Kc3 Re4 58 Nf5 h5 59 Nd6 Re6 60 Kc4 h4 61 Nf7 Rc6+ Nf3 Qc7 8 Bg5 Nd7 9 a4 h6 10 Bh4 g5 11 Bg3 Nc5 12 Nd2 Be6 13 Be2 Be7 14 f3 Ncd7 62 Kd5 Rc5+ 63 Kd6 h3 64 Re3: Ke3: 65 Kc5: h2 66 Ne5 hl(Queens) 67 Nc4+ Kd3 15 Nfl Nf8 16 Qd2 Ng6 17 Ne3 h5 18 h3 a4 19 Bh2 Nf4 20 Bf4: gf4: 21 Ned5 Nd5: 68 Na5: Kc369 Nc6 Kb3: 70 a5 Qh5+ 71 Kb6 Kc4. 0 - 1. 22 Nd5: Bd5: 23 Qd5: Rg8 24 0-0 0-0-0 25 Ra3 Qc5+ 26 Qc5: dc5: % - %. 76 DOYLE - LlTTLETON: 1 e4 g6 2 d4 Bg7 3 Nf3 d6 4 Bc4 Nf6 5 Qe2 c6 6 e5 Nd5 7 Diagram 22 (White) 0-00-08 Rel Na69 Bb3de5: 10de5: Nc511 h3h612Bd5:cd5: 13Nc3e614a4b6 73 ORR - KEOGH: 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 d5 15 Nd4 Qh4 16 Qg4 Qg4: [White has achieved an ending where he has a slight advantage, 4 Nf3 Be7 5 8f4 0-0 6 e3 N(b)d7 7 Qc2 c5 8 cd: but he must be careful to keep the position closed or else Black's Bishops could become cd:! 9 ed: Nd5: 10 Nd5: ed5: [Already Black has strong] 17 hg4: a6?1 [Black is overly anxious about his d6 square. Perhaps better is equalised and White must quickly complete his 17 ... f61? to attempt to open the position and stop g5 being played, while keeping development] 11 a3! [Necessary to prevent Bb4+ ... a6 in reserve] 18 g5 h5 1~ b4 Ne4?! [Giving up a pawn to get play for his Queen's and Qa5 keeping the White King in the centre] Bishop, but the price seems too high) 20 Ne4: de4: 21 Re4:Bb7 22 Rel R(f)d8 23 Bb2 11 ... Re8 12 Be2 Qa5+ 13 Bd2 Qb6 140-0 Nf8! Bf8 24 c3 Be7 25 f4 a5 26 b5 R(a)c8 27 R(e)dl Rc4 28 Ba3 Bc5 29 Bc5: bc5: 30 Nb3 15 Bf4 Bg4 [Setting a little trap and hoping to lure Ra8 31 Rd7 Bd5 32 b6 Rb8 33 Na5: Rc3: 34 b7 Rc235 Rc7 Rg2:+ 36 Kfl Kg737 Rc8 Bc7] 16 Bc7? R(e)c8 [Orr was expecting 16 ..• Rb7: 38 Nb7: Bb7: 39 Rc7 Rh2 40 Rel Ba6+ 41 Kgl Ra2 42 Rdl Ra4: 43 Rd6 1 - O. R(a)c8 and then he could play 17 Bb6: Rc2: 18 Bd3 and after 18 . . . Rb2: then 19 Ba7:] 17 77 O'CONNOR - MURRAY: 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 cd4: 4 Nd4: Nf65 Nc3 d6 6 Bg5 R(a)cl Qh6! [Now White (daigram 22) cannot e67 Qd2 Be7 8 0-0-0 a-a 9 f4 h6 10 Bh4 en 11 Bf6: Bf6: 12 Nc6: bc6: 13 Qd6: Qb6 move his Queen as either 18 Qdl or bl is answered 14 Na4 Qe3+ Hi Qd2-Qe4: 16 Nc5 014: 17 Of4: ef4: 18 Nd3 Bg4 19 Re1 R(a)b8 20 Be2 by 18 .. Bf3: 19 Bf3: Rc7:! and after 20 Rc7:? Bf5 21 .b3 Bc3 22 Ref1 g5 23 Bf3 Rbc8 24 h3 R(fle8 25 h4 Be4 26 hg5: hg5: 27 Rh5 Bd6 threatens the Rook and mate. Likewise, 18 Qd2? loses to 18 ... Qd2:! 19 Nd2: Bf628 Be4: Re4: 29 g3 Kg7 30 gf4: Kg6 31 R(1)h1gf4: 32Rh6+Kf5 33R(6)h5+Bg434 Be2: 20 Rel Ne6! 21 Re2: Bd6! winning a piece. Hence:] 18 h3 Bf3: 19 Bf3: Bd6? Rg1 f6 35 Rh7 Ra8 36 Rc7 Re6 37 Nb4 f3+ 38 Kb1 f2 39 Rd1 Re1 40 Rcd7 f1=Q [Better was 19 .. Ne6. White now gets dangerous counter chances) 20 Qb3 Bc7: 21 0-1.

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(*McCarthy and Marks also finished equal on tie break and will share the IBM (Ireland) 78 CLARKE - QUINN: 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 g3 c65 Bg2 dc4: 60-0 Be7 7 Ne5 perpetual trophy for 1979/80) Nbd78 Nc4: 0-09 Nc3 Nb6 10 b3 Nbd5 11 Bb2 b6 12 Rcl Bb7 13 Nbl c5 14 e4 Nb4 15 a3 Nc6 16 d5 Nd4 17 Bd4: cd4: 18 d6 Bd6: 19 Nd6: Qd6: 20 e5 Qd7 21 Bb7: Qb7: The tournament's second seed Mc:Carthy shared the pacemaking through the first four 22 ef6: Qd5 23 Qg4 g6 24 Qh4 h5 25 Rc4 e5 26 Nd2 b5 27 Rc7 Rfe8 28 Qg5 Re6 29 rounds with Marks, who proved the surprise package of the Championship. Both players Rfcl Rae8 30 Ra7: Rc631 Rc7 Rcl:+ 32 Rcl: Kh7 33 Rc7 Ra8 34 Nf3 d3 35 Ne5: Rf8 got off to a flying start by winning their first four games and then drew their individual 36 Qg6:+ 1 - O. game in round five. This allowed Skelton, who never looked back after dropping a half Diagram 23 (White) point in round one to Martin Delaney, and O'Brien to pull level on 4% points with just 79 COLDRICK - McDAID: 1 d4 f5 2 Bg5 g6 3 one round to decide. In the final series of games, McCarthy downed O'Brien; Marks got Nd2 Bg7 4 e4 d6 5 N(g)f3 Nf6 6 Bf6: Bf6: 7 e5 the better of Delaney, while Skelton extended his winning run to five by defeating Ivan Bg78 c3 Be69 Ng5 Bg8 10 f4 c6 11 Be2 Nd7 12 Gormally. Gerry McElligott, a local player, also staged a fine recovery, coming back from Nc4 b5 13 Ne3 Qb6 14 ed6: ed6: 150-0 h6 16 a first round loss to Marks to finish clear 4th. Nf3 Bf7 17 a4 0-0 18 a5 Qb7 19 d5 c5 20 Nel Diagram 24 (White) R(a)e8 21 N(e)c2 a6 22 Bf3 Re7 23 Re' .R(f)e8 81. MARKS - S. GALLlGAN: (King's Indian 24 Qd2 Qc7 25 Re2 Nf6 26 Qel Ne4 27 g3 Qa7 Defence - Round 1): 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 Bg7 28 Kg2 Qd7 [Black has an ideal position with a 4 e4 d6 5 f3 0-0 6 Be3 e5 7 d5 c6 8 Bd3 cd5: 9 fluent Queenside pawn structure and pressure cd5: Nh5 10 Qd2 f5 11 N(g)e2 a6 12 a4 b6 13 against White's isolated "d" pawn, while his Black Rcl Nd7 14 b4 N(d)f6 15 Qc2 Nf4 16 Nf4: ef4: squared Bishop is undermining White's pawns on 17 Bd4 fe4: 18 Be4: Ne4: (Diagram 24) 19 Bg7: the Queen wing. Adding to his problems, White is Qh4+? [This fails tactically. Better is 19 ... Kg7: forced to keep his Knight on e3, thus restricting and after 20 Ne4: Rf7 21 Qc6 Bb7 22 Qd6: Bd5: active peice play] 29 h3 b4! 30 cb4:? Bb2: 31 Ra2 Bc3 32 Qdl Bb4: 33 Nb4: Nc3134 23 Rdl Qh5+ 24 Kfl?! Bc4+ 25 Kgl b5 Black Nc6 [A move in desperation (diagram 23) White, forced to give up the exchange, hopes stands better. Also on 24 g3 fg3: 25 Qg3:Qg3: 26 for 34 ... Ndl: 35 Ne7:+ Re7: 36 Ndl: Re2: 37 Re2: though after 37 ... Qb5 Black is hg3: Be4: 27 fe Re8 28 Rd4 R(f)e7 Black is still easily on top. However, Black effects the win in a more efficient manner] 34 ... slightly better) 20 Kfl! Ng3+21 hg3: Qhl:+22 Re3: 35 Re3: Ndl: 36 Re8:+ Qe8: 37 Re2 Qe2:+ 38 Be2: Bd5:+ 39 Bf3 Ne3+ 40 Kf2 Kf2 Qh2 [If 22 ... Qcl: 23 Qcl: fg3:+ 24 Kg3: Bf3: 41 Kf3: Nd542 Ke2 Kf7 43 Nb8 Nb4 0 - 1. Kg7: 25 Ne4 and White is winning] 23 Bf8: 80 PINKERTON - PORTER: 1 d4 g6 2 c4 Bg7 3 Nf3 d64 e4 Bg4 5 Be2 Nc6 6 Be3 e5 fg3:+ 24 Ke3 Kf8: 25 Ne4 Qh6+ 26 f4 Bf5 27 Qc3 Kg8 28 Nd6: Qf8 29 Nf5: Re8+ 30 7 d5 Bf3: 8 Bf3: Nd49 Nc3 c5 10 dc6: bc6: 11 Qa4 Ne7 12 Bdl 0-0 130-0 f5 14 f4 Kf3 Of5: 31 Qc4 h5 32 d6 (dis. +) Kh7 33 Kg3:Qg4+ 34 Kh2Qh4+ 35 Kgl Rel+ 36 Rel: Qb615 Qa3ef4: 16 Rf4: Bh617 Na4 Qa518 Rfl Be3:+ 19 Qe3: Qe5 20 Nc3d5 21 Bb3 Qel:+ 37 Kh2 Qh4+ 38 Kgl Qe1+ 39 Ofl Qe3+40 Of2 Qcl+41 Qfl Qe3+42 Qf2 Qe6 Nb3: 22 ab3: d4 23 Qd2 dc3: 24 bc3: fe4 25 Rfel Nf50-1. 43 Qd2 Qd7 44 Qd4 Kg8 45 Qb6: Qa4: 46 Qd8+ Kh7 47 Qe7+ Kh6 48 d7 1 - O. 82. R. WOOLF - SKELTON (Alekhin's Defence - Round 3): 1 e4 Nf6 2 e5 Nd5 3 c4 Nb64 d4 d6 5 f4 g6 6 Nc3 Bg7 7 Be3 0-0 8 Be2 Nc6 9 Nf3 Bg4 100-0 e6 11 b3 d5 12 c5 Nd7 13 Bb5 Ne7 14 Qd2 Bf3: 15 Rf3: Nf5 16 g4 Ne3: 17 Qe3: c6 18 Be2 b6 19 f5 ~ IRISH INTERMEDIATE CHAMPIONSHIP bc5: 20 f6 cd4: 21 Qd4: Bh6 22 h4 c5! 23 Qf2 d4 24 g5 Ne5: 25 Ne4 Nf3:+ 26 Of3: Qb6 27 gh6: d3 28 Bdl R(a)c8 29 h5 c4(dis. +) 30 Kg2 Qd4 31 Rcl Qb2+ 32 Kg3 Qcl: ... Grading: 1500 - 1899 Entry: 83 33 hg6: Qh6: 34 gf7:+ Rf7: 35 Qg4+ Kh8 36 Nd6 Rf6:! 37 Qd4 Qg7+ 0-1.

LEADING POSITIONS: 1/3rd Pat McCarthy (UCC)*, Joseph Marks (Phibsboro)*, Noel 83. P. McCARTHY - M. O'BRIEN (Caro Kann - Round 6): 1 e4 c6 2 c4 e5 3 Nf3 d6 Skelton (Guinness)-5%; 4th Gerry McElligiott (Elm Mound-5; 5/10th Michael O'Brien 4 Nc3 Be7 5 d4 N(b)d7 6 Bd3 N(g)f6 70-00-08 b3 Re8 9, Rel ed4:'10 Nd4: a5 11 Bb2 (Refinery), David Salter (Kevin Barry), Ivan Gormally (Dundrum), Colm Egan (Collegians), Bf8 12 Qd2 Nc5 13 Bc2 Ng4 14 Of4 Qh4 15 h3 g5 16 Qd2 Ne517 Nf5 Bf5: 18 ef5: f6 Ronan Nolan (Dublin), and John Quigley (Sandymound. 4%/6. 11/23rd John Proudfoot 19 a3 g4 20 Re5: de5: 21 b4 R(a)d8 22 Qe2 gh3: 23 g3 Qg5 24 Bcl Qg7 25 bc5: Bc5: (Printers), Terry Fayne (Kevin Barry), Tom Collins (Printers), Brian MacReamoinn 26 Ne4 Ba7 27 c5 b6 28 Bb3+ Kh8 29 Qh5 bc5: 30 Bh6 Qe7 31 Bf7 Rd4 32 Be8: Re4: (Dundrum), Tom O'Sullivan (Malahide), Martin Delaney (Kevin Barry) Tom O'Conluain 33 Rdl Rd4 34 Rd4: cd4: 35 Qf7 Bc5?? 36 Bg7 mate. [A blunder, presumably in time (Cuig Cuigj),Tim McCarthy (Dundrum), Thomas Esmonde (Collegians), Dorren O'Siochru trouble - 35 ... Qf7: is the only move but after 36 Bf7: Black's three pawn s may not be (Collegians), Richard O'Donovan (Ballymun), Desrnond Thorpe (Fisherwick), and sufficient compensation for the piece.] Cormac Brady (Guinness): 4/6. 35 34 ....

84. P. SMITH - K. O'DONNELL )Pirc - Round 2): 1 e4 d6 2 d4 Nf63 Nc3 g6 4 f4 Bg7 5 h3 Nh5 6 Qf3 Bd4: 7 g4 Ng7 8 N(g)e2 Bb6 9 Be3 Be3: 10 Qe3: Nc6 11 0-0-0 e5 12 f5 0-0 13 h4 Ne8 14 g5 gf5: 15 ef5: Bf5: 16 Ng3 Bg4 17 Be2 Be2: 18 N(c)e2: Ng7 19 h5 Ne6 20 Ne4 NbS 21 Nf6+ Kh8 22 R(h)g1 Nd7 23 Nh7: Kh7: 24 g6+ fg6: 25 Rg6: Nf426 Nf4: ef4: 27 Qe4 Nc5 28 Rh6+ 1 - O. EAST OF mELAND OPEN

LEADING POSITIONS: 1st John Gibson (Collegians), 2/4th Philip Short (Cork), Anthony McCarthy (UCC), Eamon Martin (Rathfarnham) - 4%/6. 517th Paul Henry , IRISH JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP WII~ (CIYMS, Belfasd, Michael Keeshan (Greystones), Pat McCarthy (UCC) .- 4/6. 8111th Brendan Ryan (Phibsboro), Gerard Quinn (UCD), S. Randall (U.C.C.) and David Salter ..._ Grading: 1499 and Under Entry: 99 ~ (Kevin Barry) 3%. FINAL LEADING POSITIONS: 1979 Champion John Kennedy (Rathmines) 6/6; 2/6th John Gibson caused a major upset of form, winning from a field which included three of Alan Hickey (Elm Mound, John Ahearne (Athlone), Denis Dempsey (Dublin), John Ireland's leading exponents - Henry, Anthony McCarthy and Short. All three got off to a Clarke (Collegians), John O'Donoghue (Kevin Barry) - 5/6; 7/1Oth Alan Gormally poor start with Henry and Short held to draws by Brian Redmond (UCD) and Michael (Dundrum), James Wade (P.O.E.S.S.B.A.), Cormac Quinn (Greystones) and P. J. Daly O'Brien (UCC) respectively, while the Kevin Barry club player Terry Fayne cause a (lnchicore) - 4%/6; 11/26th Derek Leggett (Phibsboro), Jarlett Steen (Fisherwick), sensation when he beat McCarthy. Cork's Pat McCarthy set a cracking pace and scored Moore Kenny (Bangor), Cormac O'Reilly (P.O.E.S.S.B.A.), Pat Scanlon (Dublin), four straight wins before losing to Gibson (3%) in the penultimate round. This left the Jonathan O'Connor (Dublin), G. Beirne (lnchicore), P. J. McGarry (Greystones), Patrick Collegians man half a point ahead of the field - a margin which he sustained by virtue of Fitzsimons (Dublin), David Mitchell (Dublin), Eugene Mallon (Collegians), Pat Gaffney a last-round draw with Henry. Short and A. McCarthy also drew in the final round. (Cork), Don Short (Dublin), John A. Walsh (Phibsboro), John McGrath (Phibsboro), Ciaran Walker - 4/6. 87 D. GOGGINS - E. MARTIN: [Sicilian - Round 2]: 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cd4: 4 This was the first year a national "class" championship for junior-standard players was Nd4: Nf6 5 Nc3 a6 6 Be2 e5 7 Nb3 Be7 8 0-0 Nc6 9 Bg5 Be6 [Black avoids the held and it proved a big success. Competition was keen throughout, although in the end complication of 9 Ne4:] 10 Qd2 ReS 11 R(a)d1 0-0 12 Bf6: gf6: [Black hangs on to his the young Dubliner John Kennedy ran out a very impressive winner. Round 5 clearly d pawn and hopes to get some play on the half-open g file] 13 f4 Kh8 14 f5 Bb3: 15 proved the decisive point of the Championship, with three competitors - Kennedy, ab3: Nd4 16 Bd3 [16 Bh5 seems better here, but White is worried about his c pawn] Alan Hickey and P. J. Daly - reaching this stage on maximum 4/4 scores. Kennedy, with 16 ••• Rg8 17 Ne27 [17 Nd5 or Qh6 must be superior] 17 .•• d5 18 Nd4 Bc5 19 Kh1 the black pieces, defeated Hickey and with Daly losing to Denis Dempsey, he pulled half Bd4:20 ed5: Bb2:21 c4 Bd4 22 R(d)e1 Rg5 23 Re4 Qg87 [The Queen has no scope from a point ahead of this nearest rivals - Dempsey, John Ahearn and Cormac Quinn. The this square] 24 Rf3 Qf8 25 Rh3 Qa3 [Preventing R(4)h4 and attacking the back rank] Rathmines player was the only one of the leaders to win in the final round, however. 26 Qd1 [White must cover his back rank, while at the same time, keeping his Rooks free to operate on the h file] 26 ••• Qb2 27 BfH [losing the exchange - 27 Bc2 looks 85. B. DALY - KENNEDY (Sicilian - Round 2): 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 cd4: 4 Nd4: J. better, though b5 seems promising for Black] • 27 •.• Qf228 Rd4: (forced) ed4: 29 Rf3 Nf6 5 Nc3 d6 6 Be3?! Ng4 (Black has a slight advantage) 7 Qd2 Ne3: 8 Qe3: e6 9 0-0-0 Qb2 30 Qe1 d3! 31 Rd3: Rf5: 32 d6 Qe5 33 Qd1 [33 d7 is interesting, Black cannot Be7 10 Nb3 a6 11 a4? [Better is 13 f4 aiming for some counter play on the King's side] play 33 Qe1: because of 34 dc8:+ Kg7 35 Qf5] 33 ••• Rd8 34 d7 Rf4 35 Be2 Re436 11 ..• 0-0 12 f4 Bd7 13 Kb1 Na7 14 e5?! d5 15 Nd4 b5 16 ab5: Nb5: 17 N(c)b5: ab5: Rd57 Rd7:1 37 Rd7: [If 37 Re5Rd1+ 38Bd1: fe5: leaves Black a Rook ahead, as the 18 Nb3 Qc7 19 c3 R(f)c8 20 Kc2 b4 21 Ra1 Ba4 22 Be2 be3: 23 Qc3: 0857 (29 ••• Bishop cannot be moved] 37 •••Re2: 38 Rd8+ Kg7 0-1. [White must give up his Queen to Qd7!) 24 Kd2 Qc3:+ 25 bc3: Bb3: 26 Ra8: Ra8: 27 Rb1: Bc4 28 Bc4: dc4: 29 Rb2 f6 avoid mate.] 30 ef6: gf6: 31 h3 Rd1+ 32 Ke2 Rd3 33 Rb6 Kf7 34 Rc6 Rc3: 35 Kd2 Rg3 0 - 1. 86. D. LEGGETT - J. AHEARNE (English - Round 2): 1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3 e4 Nc6 4 a3 Bc55 Nf3 b6 6 d4 Be7 7 e5 Ng1 8 Bf4 d6 9 Qa4 Bd7 10 ed6: cd6: 11 Qd1 Nf6 12 Nb5 Qb8 13 c5 Nd4: 14 Qd4: e5 15 Nd6:+ Bd6: 16 Qd6: ef4: 17 Qb8: (170-0-01 with advantage to White) 17 ••• Rb8: 19 cb6: Rb6: 19 b4 Re6+ 20 Be2 0-0 21 Nd4 Re4 22 Rd1 R(f)e8 23 Rd2 Ba41 24 0-0 Rd8 25 Nf3 Rd2: 26 Nd2: Re2: 27 Nc4 g6 28 Nd6 Ra2 29 Nb8 a6 30 Ne7+ Kf8 31 Re1 Ra3: 32 f3 Re333 Re3: fe3: 34 Nc8 Bb5 35 Nd6 Nd5 36 Nb4: ab4: 37 Kf1 Nb4: 38 Ke2 Nd5 39 0-1.

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88 J. GIBSON - S. GALLlGAN: (English - Diagram 25 (White) Round 3): 1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 g6 3 g3 Bg7 4 Bg2 c5 5 e4 [The Botvinnik System. The square d4 is only . an apparent weakness.] 5 ... Nc6 6 N{g)e2 e5 EAST OF IRELAND MAJOR [Inacccurate as c5 has already been played. Now White can occupy d5 with a Knight if necessary] 7 0-0 d6 8 a3 0-0 9 Rbl Be6 10 Nd5 [A standard response to Be6 in this type of position because LEADING POSITIONS: 1/2nd Dermot Leahy (Dublin) 5%/6*; Joe McDonnell Black cannot play N {f)d5: losing a piece] 10 ... (Castlebar) 5%/6*; 3rd Desmond Forson (Fisherwick) 5; 4/9th David Flannery (Refinery) Bd5: [Again inaccurate. White will now aim to 4%; Ronan Nolan (Dublin) 4%; Brian Woods (Irish Life) 4%; Frank McLoughlin (Dublin) take control of the White squares] 11 cd5: Nd4 12 4%; Desmond Thorpe (Fisherwick) 4%; David Jones (Dundrum) 4%. b4 Ne2:+ 13 Oe2: Nd7 14 d3 f5? 15 f4 Rc8 16 Be3 b6 17 bc5: dc5: [17 ... bc5: would concede * Leahy won the trophy, sponsored by Dublin Tourism, on tie break. the b file or 17 ... Nc5: 18 fe5: de5: a passed A draw apiece in the early rounds meant that the joint winners did not have to face each pawn] 18 fe5: Be5: 19 Bh6 Re8 20 Khl [20 ef5:? Bd4+ loses the Oueen] 20 ... Bg7 21 other during the tournament. Leahy dropped a half a point in round 3 against Kieran Bf4 Ne5 22 R{b)dl fe4: 23 de4: Od6 24 Bh3 Rc7 25 Ob5 Rb8 26 Rd2 h6 27 R(2)f2 Ra8 O'Donnell (Rathmines), while McDonnell was held to a share of the spoils a round earlier 28 Be6+ Kh7 29 g4 a6 30 Ob3 b5 31 h4 Rb832 Bg3 R(8)b7 33 h5 g5 34 Rf5 [Winning by Inchicore's James Wade. With one round to play, however, the stage was set for an the Knight] 34 ... a5 35 Ob2 c4 36 Be5: c3 (Diagram 25) 37 Oh2? [White goes wrong in exciting conclusion to the championship, with four players locked together on 4%/5 - time trouble 37 Bd6:! cb2: 38 Bc7: Rc7: 39 d6 Rc1 40 Ba2 wins] 37 ... Be5: 38 Re5:? Leahy, McDonnell, Flannery and Woods. In the final round Leahy, playing the white [38 Oe5: Oe5: 39 Re5: c2 40 Rcl and White wins the ending] 38 ... c2 39 Bf5+ Kg7 40 pieces, downed Woods, while McDonnell overcame Flannery with black to force a share Rcl b4 41 Bc8 Rb6 [If 41 ... Rc8:? 42 Rg5:+ hg5: 43 Od6: and White wins] 42 ab4: of the first prize. ab4: 43 Of2 [43 Rc2: Rc2: 44 Oc2: Oe5: and Black wins] 43 ... Oe5: 44 Ob6: Oe4:+ 45 Kgl Rc3 46 Oa7+ Kh8 47 Bf5 Rg3+ 48 Kfl Og2+ 49 Kel Oh1+ 50 Kd2 Od5:+ 51 90 DELANEY, M. - McDONNELL, J.: [King's Indian Attack - Round 5]: 1 e4 e6 2 d3 Kc2: b3+?? [Black misses a mate in four. 51 ... Rc3+ 52 Kbl (or Kb2) Ob3+ 53 Kal d53 Nd2 c5 4 N{f)f3 Nc6 5 g3 Nf6 6 Bg2 Be7 70-00-08 Rel b5 9 e5 Ne8 10 Nfl a5 Rcl:+ 54 Bbl Rbl: mate, and allows White to force the win] 52 Kbl! Og8 53 Od4+ 1-0 11 h4a412Bf4a313b3b414N(l)h2Ba615Ng4Rc8160e2Na717h5Nb518 h6 [53 ... Og7 54 Rc8] . g619 Od2 c4 20 d4 cb3: 21 cb3: Nc3 22 Ng4 Ne2+ 23 Kh2 Nf4: 24 gf4: Rc3 25 Re3 Bg5:1 26 fg5:? Og5: 27 Od1 Re3: 28 fe3: f51 29 ef6:(e.p.) Nf6: 30 Bh3 Ng4:+ 31 Og4: Og4: 32 Bg4: Rf6 33 Rcl g5 34 Rc6 Rh6:+ 35 Kg3 Bd3 36 Re6: Re6: 37 Be6:+ Kg7 38 89 A. McCARTHY - S. RANDALL (Petrovs Defence - Round 6): 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Bd5: Bb1 39 e4 Ba2: 40 e5 Bb1 41 e6 a2 42 e7 Bg6 43 0 - 1. Ne5: d6 4 Nf3 Ne4: 5 d5 Be7 6 Bd3 d5 7 0-0 0-0 8 c4 [Better is 8 Rel] 8 ... Nf6! 9 Ne5 Be6 10 Be3 dc4: 11 Bc4 Bc4 12 Nc4 N{b)d7 13 Nc3 Nb6 14 Na5 Rb8 15 Ob3 N{f)d5 16 R{a)cl c6 17 R(f)el Bd6 18 Ne4?? [A terrible blunder but, in any case, Black is better] 18 ...Bh2:+19 Kfl Ne3+ 20 fe3: [If 20 Oe3 Nd5 21 Od2 Bf4 or 20 Re3 Bf4] 20 ... Re8 21 Nd2 Nd5 22.N(5)c4 Bg3 23 Nf3 Bel 24 Rel Kh8? [A most unfortunate move, trying to play . .. f6] 25 e4 Nf4 26 N {c)e5 Rf8 [If 26 ... Of6 27 Nf7:+ Kg8 28 EAST OF IRELAND JUNIOR Nd6+ Re6 29 g3 Nh5 30 e5 is very unclear] 27 Nf7+ Rf7 28 Of7 Of6 29 Of6 gf6: 30 e5 fe5: 31 de5: Re832 Rdl? [Time trouble, Kf2 - e3 - e4 is better] 32 ... Re7 33 Kf2 Kg7 34 Rd6 Ng6 35 Kg3 Ne5?! [35 ... Kg8 probably wins] 36 Ne5 Re5 37 Rd7+ Kg6 LEADING POSITIONS 1/2nd Jonathan O'Connor (Dublin) 5%*; John Noonan 38 Rb7 Re2? [38 ... Rb5 draws] 39 a4 h6 40 a5 Kg5 41 Kf3 Rc2 42 a6 Kf5 43 Rf7+ (POESSBA) 5%*; 3/7th John Smyth (Ulster College) 5; Paddy White (POESSBA) 5; Ke5 44 Ra7 Rb2 45 Re7+ Kf646 Rc7 Rb6 47 a7 Rb3+ [Not 47 ... Ra6 because of 48 Patrick Fitzsimons (Dublin) 5 .. John Ahearne (Athlone) 5; Alec Tyrell (Elm Mound 5; Rc6+] 48 Ra3 Ra4 49 Rc6+ Kg550 Rc7 Kg4 51 Rg7+ Kh4 52 Kf5! Ra5+ 53 Kg6 h5 54 8/14th P. J. McGarry (Greystones) 4%; Ger Cronin (Dublin) 4%; Andrew Dobbyn Kh7 Ra2 [If Black's Rook was on a6 then he could play ... Rh6+ 55 Kg8 Rh8+ 56 Kf7 (Ballymun) 4%; D. Duffy (Inchicore) 4%; Eugene Costello (Skerries) 4%; Michael Fagan Rf8+ 57 Ke7 Re8+ 58 Kd7 Rd8+ 59 Kc7 Rc8+ 60 Kb7 Rb8!+ drawing] 55 g3+ Kh3 56 (Dublin) 4%; Richard Hayden (Regency) 4%. Kg8 h4 57 gh4: Kh4: 58 Kf8 Kh5 59 Ke8 Kh6 60 Rd7 Ra6 61 Kd8 1 - O. *O'Connor won the Dublin Tourism Trophy on tie break.

38 39 .,~ r THE PLAYERS

Tourney No. Name . Club Grading 1 David Dunne Rathmines 2330 2 Paul Delaney Collegians 2287 3 Tony Doyle Rathfarnham 2275 1-:. 4 Alan Ludgate * Liverpool 2246 5 NM Eamon Keogh lerne 2221 6 MarkOrr Manchester 2216 7 John Delaney Kilbarrack 2181 8 John Murray Dublin C.C. 2175 9 Eugene Curtin Dundrum 2171 10 NM Michael Littleton Collegians 2155 11 Paul Wallace U.C.D. 2145 12 Keith Alien Fisherwick 2126 13 Tom Clarke Fisherwick 2119 14 Adrian McDaid City of Derry 2115 15 Joseph Noone Sandymount 2110 16 T ony Dennehy Collegians 2074 17 Ciaran O'Hare U.C.D. 2072 18 Conor Barrington Collegians 2046 19 Ray Byrne Collegians 2037 20 Bernard Palmer Rathfarnham 2034 21 Gerard O'Connell Sandymount 2006 22 Eddie O'Reilly Kevin Barry 2004 23 Pat Carton Kilbarrack 2003 24 Michael Smyth Bangor 2000 25 PaulCassidy Dublin 1997 26 Arthur Pinkerton C.I.Y.M.S. 1996 27 Sean Coffey Dundrum 1993 28 Liam Porter Rathmines 1991 29 Eugene O'Hare City of Derry 1955 30 Frank McMahon Portmarnock 1944 31 Arthur Coldrick Phibsboro 1940 32 John Hickey Phibsboro 1940 33 Conor O'Shaughnessy C.Y.M.S. 1930 34 William Collins Newtownards 1910 35 Derek McGill City of Derry 1902 36 Ciaran Quinn Kilbarrack 1900 37 Liam Hearns Dalkey 1900 38 Clifford O'Connor Kevin Barry 1900 .39 April Cronin Collegians 1900 Note: NM = National Master I ·'i ... 40 j ~,<~ • .,