Div 1 Armstrong Cup 2014 - 2015

L1m1tless

Awesome! Knight Bishop mate's are rare. This GM couldnt even do it!

cdeb

St Benildus 5.5 - 2.5 Kilkenny

sinbad68

balbriggan 4.5 - 2.5 rathmines , 1 postponed

checknraise

Gonzaga 4.5 Trinity 1.5 2 games postponed.

Danville

Dublin 2.5-Kilkenny 5.5

eclipsechaser

Gonzaga 6.5 Trinity 1.5.

EnPassant

Elm Mount 6 Dun Laoire 2

wine and final destination

That puts Dun Laoighre under a little pressure! Kilkenny, Bray and Trinity can field strong teams so the head to head games with Elm Mount and Rathmines will be interesting!

wine and final destination

That puts Dun Laoighre under a little pressure! Kilkenny, Bray and Trinity can field strong teams so the head to head games with Elm Mount B and Rathmines will be interesting!

cdeb

That's a great win for Gonzaga. 11 points clear of third. Can't see anyone stopping them at this rate. They could even lose to us and still win comfortably

cdeb

St Benildus 6 - 2 Elm Mount B

sinbad68

Rathmines 2.5 - 5.5 Dublin

Dublin presented with their strongest team of the season

mikhail

Bray/Greystones 6-2 Benildus. There goes Gonzaga's last chance of finishing second - 5.5 and 6 points and a game in hand over Benildus and Trinity.

Chess_Coach

I have heard that Armstrong league will not be FIDE rated this season . I cant paste the link here but at FIDE web site - Ireland tournaments I cant see Armstrong. Some says that we didnt register on time . I am not sure ,but this will affect Karl McPhillips to get his Fide rating title now.

One of the comments suggest that <**snip**> did not register tournament to FIDE.

Original comment from FB Irish Chess Quote

Armstrong Cup was supposed to be Fide rated of course as it has been for years but <**snip**> in another of his petty and vindictive acts (sin of omission-willful) made sure that didn't happen and it is very much in the balance on the question of a special dispensation being given to the ICU now, with regard to the rating of the Armstrong Cup. Hardly matter really anyway as Karl will get the FM title soon enough anyway.

Mod edit - if you're going to name names in that manner, you want to have a source. No source - and better than just a suggestion in a comment on another site - means no comments like that.

mikhail

ICU Chairman Pat Fitzsimons told me about this at the Gonzaga Classic. I don't think he intended it to be a confidence (though I sometimes miss subtlety), and clearly from the above the cat's out of the bag.

Pat still hopes to negotiate a dispensation from FIDE, but fears that a similar slip-up with the Munster leagues last year might have eaten up our good will with them. Incidently, it's all LCU leagues - none of the Armstrong, Heidenfeld or Ennis are to be FIDE rated as they were meant to be.

He named the person responsible for the oversight as the former ICU ratings officer and webmaster. The internet being what it is, I won't name the name. Anyone who cares will either know who he is or can look it up. Critics might pause to moderate their comments considering the amount of work he's done for Irish Chess. I imagine this will be discussed at exhausting and unnecessary length at the next AGM.

Chess_Coach

Mikhail

You know what should be done when one make mistake that will affect 100+ players. We had resignation from that Officer and this is fine but this will not help our players to get their games rated . I do not think that next AGM will spent any time on this but it might spend lots of time related to other things made by same Officer.

EnPassant

Gonzaga 5.5 Elm Mount A 2.5

Gonzaga 9 points clear now ...

cdeb

When was the last time the Armstrong was decided before the last day?

Chess_Coach

You are correct not for very long time

EnPassant

cdeb wrote: »

When was the last time the Armstrong was decided before the last day?

Not sure when a team last had the Armstrong won before the last round but I think that Kevin Barry were 16.5 ahead going into the 2nd last round in 1992.

cdeb

Just looking at the LCU site, Phibsboro were 9 points clear going into the final round in 2008/09

Mustafa Chess

Where can the past results be seen

cdeb

LeinsterChess.com - on the left, it has the past ten seasons.

Mustafa Chess

Thanks that is a great resource

cdeb

St Benildus 5 - 3 Trinity

L1m1tless

Looking good for Second spot!

cdeb

Gonzaga and Elm Mount A next up; still far from secure. Trinity probably even favourites for second still. But a good win for us in any event.

eclipsechaser

Gonzaga 6.5 - 1.5 Phibsboro

Mustafa Chess

it is as good as over already. Congrats to Gonzaga

cdeb

Gonzaga 5.5-2.5 St Benildus