Heidenfeld Trophy 2018/2019

That's an amazing scoreline.

Have Enniscorthy got some players back?

Dún Laoghaire 3.5-4.5 St Benildus. Just about keeps us in the hunt, but we need a big win v Enniscorthy and probably a win v Malahide too

St Benildus 4.5-2.5 Enniscorthy with final board on Wednesday

So the current standings assuming everyone gets points back -

Celbridge 9.7-43.5 (still to play Dún Laoghaire)
St Benildus 9.7-43 (Malahide)
Ballinasloe 9-41 (Elm Mount, Inchicore)
Malahide 8.5-38.5 (Rathmines, St Benildus)
Dún Laoghaire 9-36.5 (Curragh, Celbridge; the Curragh game is live online at the moment - chessspectator.com)
Rathmines 8-36.5 (Inchicore, Malahide, Phibsboro)

And I think everyone else is too far adrift at this stage

Ballinasloe could find themselves challenged if they win premonition as they had three walkovers v Enniscorthy, although many teams are winning the bottom 3 anyway, which would rule out a challenge.

Would Rathmines want two Armstrong teams if it happened?

Malahide have the toughest run-in and may yet regret that defeat by Enniscorthy (still 4.5-0.5 at present)

Actually ended 4-2 to Dún Laoghaire; the other two boards were played midweek, but don't know how they ended.

Also, Phibsboro aren't out of it yet; they're on a higher percentage than we are.

So the updated state of affairs is -

Celbridge 9.7-43.5 (still to play Dún Laoghaire)
St Benildus 9.7-43 (Malahide)
Ballinasloe 9-41 (Elm Mount, Inchicore)
Malahide 8.5-38.5 (Rathmines, St Benildus)
Dún Laoghaire 9.6-40½ (Celbridge)
Rathmines 8-36.5 (Inchicore, Malahide, Phibsboro)
Phibsboro 8-35 (Elm Mount, Inchicore, Rathmines)

Dún Laoghaire, Rathmines and Celbridge all scored 3/3 on the bottom three boards against Enniscorthy, so none of those could challenge Ballinasloe, who had three walkovers. We're on 2/2, with board 7 to play, so if we were to win that last board, then we couldn't challenge either. Phibsboro dropped half a point and lost to Ballinasloe, so they could challenge them if they ended up level on points, while Malahide have presumably lost a couple of points on the bottom boards, in which case they could also challenge.


It's looking very close at the bottom too (Enniscorthy aside, who are adrift and almost certainly doomed) -

Bray 9.7-36½ (Elm Mount)
Curragh 9.6-34½ (Enniscorthy)
Elm Mount 8-29½ (Phibsboro, Ballinasloe, Bray)
Inchicore 8-27½ (Rathmines, Phibsboro, Ballinasloe)
Enniscorthy 9.4-25 (Curragh)

So if, say, Elm Mount and Inchicore both got 6 points from their two matches in hand, then the top four of those would be 36½-35½-34½-33½, and Enniscorthy would be way back on 25. Elm Mount and Inchicore may yet regret those defaults.

5-3 final score in St Benildus v Enniscorthy

Curragh on 35, not 45

I think it would have gone to game points rather than batch points, so Rathmines on 13 pipped Phibsboro and Malahide on 12.

Extraordinary finish to a great league though. And credit to Ballinasloe too, who I think I wrote off on this thread earlier in the year. Didn't think they had enough to stay on top, but can't argue with winning by 5 points