IM Norm League

Retd.LoyolaCpt

Just to separate this from the Irish chat as it’s a big week for the event with 10 games in 5 days. Results yesterday:

Conor O’Donnell 1-0 Sam Collins
Stephen Brady 1-0 Alex Pachalov
Colm Daly 0-1 Tom O’Gorman

Conor now needs 3.5/5 against:
W: Colm, Stephen, Alvaro
B: Tom, Alexiei

Stephen needs 4.5/6, Colm needs 5/6, Tom needs 3/3, Michael De Verdier needs 4.5/6.

Games over next 10 days:
August 20, 7.30pm,
O'Gorman Tom vs O'Donnell Conor

August 20, 7.30pm, Elm Mount
Brady Stephen vs De Verdier Michael

August 20, 7.30pm, Elm Mount
Pachalov Alex vs Fitzsimons David

August 22, 7.30pm, Dun Laoghaire
De Verdier Michael vs Pachalov Alex

August 22, 7.30pm, Dun Laoghaire
O'Gorman Tom vs Brady Stephen

August 23, 7.30pm, Rathmines
Fitzsimons David vs O'Gorman Tom

August 23, 7.30pm, Rathmines
Bottino Alexiei vs Daly Colm

August 27, 7.30pm, Elm Mount
Daly Colm vs De Verdier Michael

August 27, 7.30pm, Elm Mount
Brady Stephen vs Fitzsimons David

August 29, 7.30pm, Dun Laoghaire
Fitzsimons David vs De Verdier Michael

August 29, 7.30pm, Dun Laoghaire
O'Donnell Conor vs Brady Stephen

August 29, 7.30pm, Dun Laoghaire
Pachalov Alex vs Bottino Alexiei

https://www.icu.ie/articles/781

Tim Harding

Thanks. Is there a crosstable of this event online anywhere?

Retd.LoyolaCpt

Posted here now:
https://www.icu.ie/articles/781

sodacat11

For years I ran an event just like this for 1800-2200 players. All play all,games played in different clubs. It was always very well supported.Maybe something for the ICU to run in the future?

Tim Harding

Retd.LoyolaCpt wrote: »

Posted here now:
https://www.icu.ie/articles/781

Thanks for that!

Retd.LoyolaCpt

Tom 0-1 Conor
Stephen 0.5-0.5 Michael
Alex 0-1 David.

Conor now needs 2.5/4 against:
w: Stephen, Alvaro, Colm
b: Alexiei

Tom is now out of the running for a norm.

Stephen and Michael needs 4/5:
S: Tom, Colm, Conor, Sam, David
M: Alexiei, Alex, Sam, David, Colm

Retd.LoyolaCpt

One game last night, one important result:
Tom O'Gorman 0-1 Stephen Brady.

Other game moved to saturday

Retd.LoyolaCpt

Two games last night:
David Fitzsimons 0-1 Tom O'Gorman
Alexiei Bottino 0-1 Colm Daly

Norm requirements:
Conor O'Donnell 2.5/4
Stephen Brady 3/4
Colm Daly, Michael De Verdier 4/5

Michael still has two of the sub 2000s to come, Conor has 1. Colm and Stephen have tougher run-ins.

I've updated the crosstable to include colours to give a better picture of what's ahead of each player.

Tom finishes the event with 5/9 which includes 2.5/3 against the IMs. I think he's gaining about 25 FIDE points

Retd.LoyolaCpt

One game at the weekend:
De Verdier Michael 0.5-0.5 Pachalov Alex

Games upcoming this week featuring 2 big games tonight and 2 more on Wednesday:
August 27, 7.30pm, Elm Mount
Daly Colm vs De Verdier Michael

August 27, 7.30pm, Elm Mount
Brady Stephen vs Fitzsimons David

August 29, 7.30pm, Dun Laoghaire
Fitzsimons David vs De Verdier Michael

August 29, 7.30pm, Dun Laoghaire
O'Donnell Conor vs Brady Stephen

August 29, 7.30pm, Dun Laoghaire
Pachalov Alex vs Bottino Alexiei

Retd.LoyolaCpt

Retd.LoyolaCpt wrote: »

One game at the weekend:
De Verdier Michael 0.5-0.5 Pachalov Alex

Games upcoming this week featuring 2 big games tonight and 2 more on Wednesday:
August 27, 7.30pm, Elm Mount
Daly Colm vs De Verdier Michael

August 27, 7.30pm, Elm Mount
Brady Stephen vs Fitzsimons David

August 29, 7.30pm, Dun Laoghaire
Fitzsimons David vs De Verdier Michael

August 29, 7.30pm, Dun Laoghaire
O'Donnell Conor vs Brady Stephen

August 29, 7.30pm, Dun Laoghaire
Pachalov Alex vs Bottino Alexiei

Colm 1-0 Michael - ends Michael’s norm chances.

Stephen 0.5-0.5 David


Stephen now needs 2.5/3, Colm needs 3/4. They each player each other, Sam, Conor and Colm also has to play David.

Retd.LoyolaCpt

Retd.LoyolaCpt wrote: »

Colm 1-0 Michael - ends Michael’s norm chances.

Stephen 0.5-0.5 David


Stephen now needs 2.5/3, Colm needs 3/4. They each player each other, Sam, Conor and Colm also has to play David.

Norm “race” blown wide open after the result tonight in the big game:

O’Donnell 0-1 Brady

Other results:

Fitzsimons 0-1 De Verdier

Pachalov 1-0 Bottino

Norm requirements:
Stephen: 1.5/2 versus Sam (b) and Colm (w)
Conor: 2.5/3 versus Alexiei (b), Colm (w), Alvaro (w)
Colm 3/4: Sam (b), Stephen (b), Conor (b), David (w)

Retd.LoyolaCpt

Colm 1-0 David

Norm requirements:
Stephen: 1.5/2: Sam (b) and Colm (w)
Conor: 2.5/3: Alexiei (b), Colm (w), Alvaro (w)
Colm 2/3: Sam (b), Stephen (b), Conor (b)

Retd.LoyolaCpt

Collins Sam 1-0 Pachalov Alex

Bottino Alexiei 0.5-0.5 O'Donnell Conor

O'Donnell Conor 1-0 Valdes Escobar Alvaro

Norm requirements:
Stephen: 1.5/2: Sam (b), Colm (w)
Conor: 1/1: Colm (w)
Colm 2/3: Conor (b), Stephen (b), Sam (b)

Retd.LoyolaCpt

O'Donnell 1-0 Daly - which means that Conor has made his second IM norm. Many Congratulations to him.

Norm requirements for the remaining players:
Stephen: 1.5/2: Sam (b) -game ongoing, Colm (w)
Colm 2/2: Stephen (b), Sam (b)

Tim Harding

Fantastic. Well done Conor!

Retd.LoyolaCpt

Collins 1-0 Brady - which ends Stephen's norm hopes.

Norm requirements for the remaining players:
Colm 2/2: Stephen (b), Sam (b)

Retd.LoyolaCpt

Retd.LoyolaCpt wrote: »

Collins 1-0 Brady - which ends Stephen's norm hopes.

Norm requirements for the remaining players:
Colm 2/2: Stephen (b), Sam (b)

De Verdier Michael 0.5-0.5 Collins Sam

Brady Stephen 1-0 Daly Colm

Fitzsimons David 1-0 Bottino Alexiei


Stephen finishes with an impressive 6.5/9 - half a point shy of a norm. Colm’s norm chances are now gone.

As we’ve no other norm events this year, we’ll finish with 7 Norms achieved on this island in 2018. 2 GM and 5 IM.

Retd.LoyolaCpt

This event is now finished with Conor O'Donnell winning with a score of 7/9, followed by Stephen Brady on 6.5/9. Conor secured his second IM norm in the process.

Pairings, games, results and crosstable here:
https://www.icu.ie/articles/781

Eugene Donohoe

Retd.LoyolaCpt wrote: »

As we’ve no other norm events this year, we’ll finish with 7 Norms achieved on this island in 2018. 2 GM and 5 IM.

Kudos organisation and a very good result.