Heidenfeld Trophy 2017/2018

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flipsake

Bray 3-5 Inchicore

flipsake

The word from the west is:
Ballinasloe 3.5-4.5 Phibsboro

JohnDelaney

Lucan 0-8 Blanchardstown

pawntof4

Dun Loaghaire 2.5 - 5.5 Elm Mount

Rathminor

Rathmines A 3 Rathmines B 5

JohnDelaney

Please Note that Blanchardstown have moved premises. We now meet at Coolmine Community School. This is very close to Blanchardstown Shopping Centre (on a road behind the Draoicht.if bussing.

See www.blanchardstownchess.com for location details

Razzen

Blanchardstown 5.5 - 2.5 Rathmines B

flipsake

Rd 2: Inchicore 5.5 -1.5 Dun Laoghaire with 1 game to be played next week

pdemp

Rd1: Gonzaga 4.5 - 3.5 Celbridge, both teams using a number of subs.

My first game as captain, and now I feel sorry for all other captains. Some league rules need some overhaul/clarifications. Gonzaga hadn't declared their lower division teams before using subs in the Armstrong, so that meant they are autodeclared for the Armstrong team, an admin error on their part, which I advised their captain to sort out it with controller before we played to avoid chaos, as one of Armstrong subs was <1200 meaning no lower division team could have had a player rated more than 1350 [mind you that player still isn't showing as declared on lower team yet, but that could just be waiting approval]. Waiting until after the game and making a claim would have been horrible for the number of young players there, and I only read the rules in full as I was freaking about the rules for subs for my team as we will only have enough players after December, so the admin oversight is easy to make.

And then on board 2 neither player was aware that you had to record at all times in Fischer time controls, and while our player did record, neither I or Gonzaga's captain for the night were sure if a captain can point it out in the absence of an arbiter [final round games only]. With the penalty for interfering in a game are far greater than the loss of one point I just let it go, to check with controller before the next game. Having read the rules again today, I don't think there's a point to making an appeal as it wasn't raised by our player during the game.

Section 12 of the FIDE competition rules "Team Captain's Role in Team competitions" aren't really relevant for the Leinster leagues, as they all involve contact via an arbiter, so we may need to clarify them in the LCU league rules.

pdemp

Rd 2: Celbridge 4.5 - 3.5 Lucan.

Never much between us and Lucan when we meet.

Rathminor

Rathmines B 4.5 Celbridge 3.5

flipsake

Gonzaga 4.5-2.5 Inchicore
Gonzaga had one default.

flipsake

Inchicore 5.5 - 2.5 Lucan last night.
A late night. Some tough games. Lucan were missing 2 of their top 3 boards so we were lucky enough.

pdemp

Celbridge 3 - 5 Blanchardstown. Blanch look good for an immediate return to Armstrong.

flipsake

Rathmines B 3.5 - 4.5 Inchicore
Lucan 6 - 2 Phibsboro

Arguably a bit of an opportunity missed by Inchicore to challenge the big 3.
Lucan on the comeback trail! They won’t be easy opposition for the 2nd half of the season.

pdemp

Celbridge 6 - 1 Rathmines A. Rathmines defaulted on board 1 and conceded a walkover on board 8.

flipsake

Inchicore 3.5-4.5 Blanchardstown

Rathminor

Rathmines A 2.5 Dun Laoghaire 5.5
Phibsboro 4 Rathmines B 4

Rathminor

Elm Mount 5.5 Rathmines A 2.5

flipsake

Celbridge 3-5 Inchicore
A very late night in Clane!

Retd.LoyolaCpt

I hear there was a bit of a shock between Phibsboro and Blanchardstown.
4.5-2.5 to Phibsboro with one game to be played.

Lucan 5-3 Bray/Greystones. Decent win for Lucan and means there's 5 points separating the bottom 7. Ballinasloe have a chance to get out of that group today with a win today.

Rathminor

Rathmines B 1 Ballinasloe 7

pawntof4

Gonzagga 4.5 - 3.5 Dun Laoghaire

flipsake

Inchicore 2.5-5.5 Elm Mount
Well done to Elm Mount. Keeps the 3 horse race at the top very interesting!

webwayz

Phibsboro 5 -3 Celbridge

pawntof4

Dun Laoghaire 4 - 4 Lucan

Rathminor

Bray 4 Rathmines B 4

We let some strong positions slip and Bray battled back very well to get a deserved draw.

Rathminor

Rathmines A 4 Gonzaga 4
Very tight now at both ends of the table

webwayz

Blanchardstown 6.5 - 1.5 Bray/Greystones

pawntof4

Rathmines B 2 - 6 Dun Laoghaire

webwayz

Elm Mount 3.5 - 4.5 Phibsboro

Retd.LoyolaCpt

Exceptionally tight at both ends - I think the adjourned Ballinalsoe-Blanchardstown games end in draws (or possibly 0.5-1.5) so the table is currently:

Blanchardstown: 47.5
Elm Mount: 46
Gonzaga: 41.5 (8 matches played)

Inchicore: 34.5 (8 matches played)
Phibsboro: 34
Ballinasloe: 32 (8 matches played)
Dun Laoghaire: 32

Bray/Greystones: 30.5
Rathmines B: 28.5
Celebridge: 28 (8 matches played)
Rathmines A: 26.5 (8 matches played)
Lucan: 25 (8 matches played - once points are added back)


Blanchardstown have to play Dun Laoghaire and Gonzaga
Elm Mount have Ballinasloe (away) and Bray/Greystones
Gonzaga have Lucan, Rathmines B and Blanchardtown.

At the other end, the teams have it in their own hands; no one is too far adrift. Any big result against a rival and you should be safe and vice versa. Lucan and Rathmines B will have the most to do to avoid the drop and one of the two is very likely to go down with them both playing on the last day. On paper, it looks likeliest that it will be two from Lucan, Rathmines B and Bray/Greystones.

Rathminor

Inchicore 4 Rathmines A 3. 1 default for Rathmines

Retd.LoyolaCpt

Round 9: Gonzaga 6.5-0.5 Lucan (board 6 to play; Lincoln vs Murray)
Round 10: Dun Laoghaire 2-5 Blanchardstown (board 1 to play - Cassidy vs Delaney)


Table after 9 rounds played unless otherwise stated:

Title chasers
Blanchardstown: 53 (10 rounds played, one game o/s)
Gonzaga: 48 (one game o/s)
Elm Mount: 46

Safe
Inchicore: 38.5
Celebridge: 37.5 (10 rounds played)
Ballinasloe: 34.5
Phibsboro: 34

Danger Zone
Dun Laoghaire: 34 (10 rounds played, one game o/s)
Bray/Greystones: 34 (10 rounds played)
Rathmines A: 29.5
Rathmines B: 28.5
Lucan: 25.5 (one game o/s)


Key game tomorrow: Ballinasloe host Elm Mount.

Team to watch: Lucan finish with Rathmines A and B so are not out of it.


To play:
Blanchardstown: Gonzaga
Gonzaga: Rathmines B, Blanchardstown
Elm Mount: Ballinasloe, Bray

Dun Laoghaire: Celbridge
Bray/Greystones: Elm Mount
Rathmines A: Lucan, Phibsboro
Rathmines B: Gonzaga, Lucan
Lucan: 25.5 Rathmines A, Rathmines B

Rathminor

Rathmines B 1 Gonzaga 7

Retd.LoyolaCpt

Round 10: Dun Laoghaire 2-6 Blanchardstown
Round 10: Ballinasloe 2.5-5.5 Elm Mount
Round 10: Rathmines A 4.5-3.5 Lucan
Round 11: Elm Mount 1-1 Bray

Title chasers
Gonzaga: 56
Blanchardstown: 54
Elm Mount: 52.5 (2 r11 games played)

Danger Zone
Bray/Greystones: 35 (2 r11 games played)
Dun Laoghaire: 34
Rathmines A: 34
Rathmines B: 29.5
Lucan: 29

Top 2 and bottom 2 play on Sunday.

webwayz

Result: Phibsboro 4 - 4 Inchicore

flipsake

Phibsboro 4-4 Inchicore
Keeps Inchicore top of the mediocre ship with a healthy 5.5 point lead over Ballinasloe, with the 2 to meet on Sunday.
That’s going to be MAJOR 😉

flipsake

Well done to Gonzaga and Blanch. And hard luck to Elm Mount on narrowly missing out on promotion.
Best of luck to Lucan and Rathmines B in the Ennis.
And indidually respect to the board prize winners Sean, John, Rudolph & Eoin!
The Heidenfeld has been getting very strong in recent years. Great to see.