Ennis Shield 2018/2019

L1m1tless

Official Thread

Past_Pawn_99

Predictions:

Winner: Dublin University
Runner Up: Rathmines A
Third: St. Benildus

Relegated: Dublin & Cavan

Eugene Donohoe

Ennis Shield Round 1. Phibsboro 2.5 - Lucan 3.5

hotamatua

Past_Pawn_99 wrote: »

Predictions:

Winner: Dublin University
Runner Up: Rathmines A
Third: St. Benildus

Relegated: Dublin & Cavan

Thanks for the vote of confidence Past pawn!We have a former board 1 1750 playing until Christmas so that we may even pull off more wind than last season!

cdeb

St Benildus 1-5 Drogheda

Rathminor

Looking at the Ennis for this year, longtime Ennis stallworths Longford are a surprise omission.
Have they pulled out if the leagues.?
It will be a shame if they are no more, as they always played above their rating and were always a difficult opponent.

cdeb

Yes, Longford have folded. I don't know if any of their players are now playing for Drumlish in the Bodley.

L1m1tless

Shame to see the Longford club drop from the leagues. They lost 4 players for the upcoming season so could not field a team.

Rathminor

Rathmines B 3.5 Rathmines A 2.5

hotamatua

Cavan 3.5 Curragh .5-Two games to be played Thursday.

hotamatua

Cavan 5-1 Curragh

Rathminor

Skerries 3.5 Rathmines B 2.5
Rathmines A 3.5 Phibsboro 2.5

hotamatua

Drogheda 4-2Cavan

Rathminor

Rathmines B 4 Curragh 2

hotamatua

Cavan 2.5-3.5 Dublin

Rathminor

Rathmines A 2 St Benildus 4

Vampslayer

Don’t see anyone beating Drogheda to the title this year

hotamatua

Ye,Droghedas to lose know so the race is on for 2nd between 3 or 4 teams

cdeb

St Benildus 5-1 Skerries

Two tablebase draws were lost; one on each side. Can be a cruel game at times.

Rathminor

Rathmines A 4 Elm Mount 2

bduffy

Curragh 2 St. Benildus 4

cdeb

St Benildus 6-0 Dublin

bduffy

cdeb wrote: »

St Benildus 6-0 Dublin

Unbeaten team whitewashed?

cdeb

Yup. We've a very young team who are really motoring now. Think we could be hard to stop for second. Some big games to come though

bduffy

cdeb wrote: »

Yup. We've a very young team who are really motoring now. Think we could be hard to stop for second. Some big games to come though

Looks like the final match will be decisive against Cavan!

Rathminor

Lucan 3 Rathmines A 3

bduffy

Drogheda 2.5 Curragh 3.5

brianhere

Cavan 5.5 Phibsboro 0.5, mind you there was a bit of luck there (on board 3) but at least St Benildus are not pulling away into the distance!

cdeb

Massive upset there with Curragh beating Drogheda. Suddenly all to play for between the top 3, with St Benildus v Cavan on the final day

Vampslayer

cdeb wrote: »

Massive upset there with Curragh beating Drogheda. Suddenly all to play for between the top 3, with St Benildus v Cavan on the final day

Crikey Drogheda do have a habit of self destructing in recent times. Actually reckon that is them finished now. My money is on Benildus now with Cavan for 2nd

bduffy

Curragh 4.5 Elm Mount 1.5

cdeb

Any result from Drogheda v Dublin as yet?

Was due to be played last week

Vampslayer

cdeb wrote: »

Any result from Drogheda v Dublin as yet?

Was due to be played last week

Drogheda website says the won 4.5 - 1.5 so looks like 3 horse race again

cdeb

Rathmines B 1.5-4.5 St Benildus

Rathminor

Drogheda 3 Rathmines B 3

bduffy

Lucan 4 Curragh 2

cdeb

Rathminor wrote: »

Drogheda 3 Rathmines B 3

Drogheda really aren't making things easy for themselves, are they?

bduffy

Mind games ..... :-)

Rathminor

cdeb wrote: »

Drogheda really aren't making things easy for themselves, are they?

No- but they were not in the least bit flexible when dealing with our A team before Christmas, so I for one hope they don’t get any rub if the green- what comes around goes around- so good luck to Benildus and Cavan!

bduffy

We were given directions to the wrong venue in Drogheda when we played there! The address on the LCU page should be changed.... they stopped playing there 2 years ago apparently.....

cdeb

Any score from Cavan v Trinity at the weekend?

brianhere

Two games still to play, current score 1.5 to 2.5, Trinity ahead obviously.

cdeb

St Benildus 3½-1½ Phibsboro. Final board next week.

So with three boards left in round 9, the best Cavan can do is match St Benildus' score and stay two points behind.

On the other hand, if we can win the final board, we're only a half point behind Drogheda

Rathminor

Curragh 2 Rathmines A 4

bduffy

Rathminor wrote: »

Curragh 2 Rathmines A 4

All of the Curragh home games can be found on https://www.chessspectator.com
There are 11 games available from yesterday between the Curraghs' Ennis and BEA matches against Rathmines

hotamatua

Skerries 4.5 - 1.5 Cavan-Surely our chance gone of contending for a promotion place.Two games still to be played against Trinners but we,ll have to get a result of biblical proportions against St Benildus on the last day if we are to advance.

DmanDmythDledge

cdeb wrote: »

St Benildus 3½-1½ Phibsboro. Final board next week.

How did that go?

slavko.putar

DmanDmythDledge wrote: »

How did that go?

Postponed a bit more. Should be played within a week.

cdeb

Phibsboro 2½-3½ Drogheda

Getting very tight at the top now.

Drogheda 10-40 (Trinity)
St Benildus 8.5-35 (Trinity, Cavan)
Skerries 10-33 (Curragh)
Cavan 9.4-32.5 (St Benildus)

Don't know if any results from the last two games in Cavan v Trinity? Either way, if Cavan and Benildus win the adjourned games, then a 5-1 win against Trinity (probably unlikely, but still) would seal promotion with a game to go and open a one-point lead on Drogheda into the last round. Not bad given we lost 5-1 to them on the opening day!

Edit - in fact, Drogheda now need just a half point to ensure promotion - either against Trinity on the final day, or for any of Cavan's remaining eight opponents. So congrats to them!

slavko.putar

Benildus 4 - 2 Phibsboro

cdeb

Trinity 1½-3½ St Benildus. Final board to be played on Wednesday; postponed due to international selection.

Means we need one point from the last round to be promoted, while if we can win the final board on Wednesday, we'd go into the final round level on points with Drogheda at the top.