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Irish New Year Festival: Philip Hogarty Memorial

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  • #52
    sodacat11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,300 ✭✭✭sodacat11


    Yes, congratulations to all the winners.A very enjoyabe tournament even if I did blow the outright win of the title and 400 euro with my ludicrous Ra8+???? in the final game when the simple and obvious Qa4 would have given me a thirteen point advantage on the engines.
    Senior events are great fun. All the players are experienced so strategically knowledgeable and their is great camaraderie between the contestants. No young whippersnappers who are booked up to the gills with theory to contend with either is another plus but most of all these senior events bring out people who would not normally play in tournaments at all and that has got to be good for the game.


  • #53
    macelligott
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 383 ✭✭macelligott


    An enjoyable tournament. We should also congratulate joint Irish champions in the over 65 event: Anthony Doyle & Tim Harding.


  • #54
    Sharkey47
    Registered Users Posts: 80 ✭✭Sharkey47


    +1 on all the +ve commentary on the O50s and O65s tournament. Most enjoyable. As someone who hasn't played a tournament in over a decade I would definitely be encouraged to play more events. Chess highlight for me was Sodacat's instantly winning 0-0-0 in his game against Robin :).


  • #55
    Tim Harding
    Closed Accounts Posts: 954 ✭✭✭Tim Harding


    Sharkey47 wrote: »
    Chess highlight for me was Sodacat's instantly winning 0-0-0 in his game against Robin :).

    That indeed was the moment that turned the whole championship on its head!

    Please check out this link:
    https://www.icu.ie/events/1166

    Higher rated contestants, do consider signing up for the World Senior Teams (fairly urgent for this one) or EU Senior Teams (no commitment at this stage).
    Unfortunately I am unavailable for the former for family reasons. Rhodes in late April should be a good chess holiday.

    The EU Teams in Croatia in September looks attractive too, if the FIDE calendar (which says the venue will be an island resort in the Adriatic) rather than the ICU website/ECU calendar which still lists the inland venue originally scheduled when that event was to be in March.


  • #56
    Joedryan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 479 ✭✭Joedryan


    Are games available from the Seniors event?


  • #57
    macelligott
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 383 ✭✭macelligott


    Joedryan wrote: »
    Are games available from the Seniors event?
    No! Game scores were not collected :-(

    Only the 4 games on the live boards each round are available.
    So that makes 28 downloadable games:
    http://chess-results.com/tnr404616.aspx?lan=1&art=2&rd=1


  • #58
    Tim Harding
    Closed Accounts Posts: 954 ✭✭✭Tim Harding


    Ivan Baburin has also posted the 90 games played in the GM and IM norm events, which you can find via the same link.


  • #59
    zeitnot
    Registered Users Posts: 271 ✭✭zeitnot


    macelligott wrote: »
    No! Game scores were not collected :-(

    Only the 4 games on the live boards each round are available.
    So that makes 28 downloadable games:
    http://chess-results.com/tnr404616.aspx?lan=1&art=2&rd=1

    Also now available in the ICU games collection.


  • #60
    anchor4208
    Registered Users Posts: 104 ✭✭anchor4208


    This whole festival, from the junior events that commenced on new year's day right through to the concluding blitz last night was enormously successful. All of the organisers deserve great credit and thanks.


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  • #61
    Joedryan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 479 ✭✭Joedryan


    macelligott wrote: »
    No! Game scores were not collected :-(

    Only the 4 games on the live boards each round are available.
    So that makes 28 downloadable games:
    http://chess-results.com/tnr404616.aspx?lan=1&art=2&rd=1


    Better than nothing! Thank you.

    Perhaps the winners can make the rest of their games available?


  • #62
    Tim Harding
    Closed Accounts Posts: 954 ✭✭✭Tim Harding


    Joedryan wrote: »
    Perhaps the winners can make the rest of their games available?

    And assist future opponents? No thank you!


  • #63
    sodacat11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,300 ✭✭✭sodacat11


    senior games available here https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2019-philip-hogarty-memorial-senior


  • #64
    Joedryan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 479 ✭✭Joedryan


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
    Tim Harding wrote: »
    And assist future opponents? No thank you!

    How could you let the world miss out on your brilliant artistic efforts though?

    Doesnt bear thinking about.


  • #65
    Joedryan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 479 ✭✭Joedryan


    sodacat11 wrote: »
    senior games available here https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2019-philip-hogarty-memorial-senior

    thanks, great site that.


  • #66
    Tim Harding
    Closed Accounts Posts: 954 ✭✭✭Tim Harding


    Was Michael de Verdier's excellent 6.5/9 last week an IM norm or did he fall half a point short?


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  • #67
    Retd.LoyolaCpt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 627 ✭✭✭Retd.LoyolaCpt


    Tim Harding wrote: »
    Was Michael de Verdier's excellent 6.5/9 last week an IM norm or did he fall half a point short?

    0.5 short. He had a few wins in the last game but missed them


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