Ennis Shield 2018/2019

L1m1tless · 26-09-2018 10:17pm #1

Official Thread

Past_Pawn_99 · 28-09-2018 1:50pm

Predictions:

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

Relegated: Dublin & Cavan

Eugene Donohoe · 28-09-2018 3:51pm

Ennis Shield Round 1. Phibsboro 2.5 - Lucan 3.5

hotamatua · 28-09-2018 8:54pm

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 · 29-09-2018 6:59pm

St Benildus 1-5 Drogheda

Rathminor · 30-09-2018 7:51pm

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 · 30-09-2018 8:05pm

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

L1m1tless · 30-09-2018 11:14pm

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 · 02-10-2018 1:09pm

Rathmines B 3.5 Rathmines A 2.5

hotamatua · 02-10-2018 11:32pm

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

hotamatua · 05-10-2018 7:53am

Cavan 5-1 Curragh

Rathminor · 15-10-2018 8:57pm

Skerries 3.5 Rathmines B 2.5
Rathmines A 3.5 Phibsboro 2.5

hotamatua · 19-10-2018 10:23pm

Drogheda 4-2Cavan

Rathminor · 03-11-2018 7:24pm

Rathmines B 4 Curragh 2

hotamatua · 03-11-2018 10:06pm

Cavan 2.5-3.5 Dublin

Rathminor · 23-11-2018 2:04pm

Rathmines A 2 St Benildus 4

Vampslayer · 07-12-2018 1:10pm

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

hotamatua · 09-12-2018 8:45pm

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

cdeb · 13-12-2018 12:47am

St Benildus 5-1 Skerries

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

Rathminor · 18-01-2019 2:08pm

Rathmines A 4 Elm Mount 2

bduffy · 19-01-2019 9:08pm

Curragh 2 St. Benildus 4

cdeb · 30-01-2019 11:57pm

St Benildus 6-0 Dublin

bduffy · 31-01-2019 12:00am

cdeb wrote: »

St Benildus 6-0 Dublin

Unbeaten team whitewashed?

cdeb · 31-01-2019 12:18am

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 · 31-01-2019 12:24am

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 · 02-02-2019 8:55pm

Lucan 3 Rathmines A 3

bduffy · 02-02-2019 9:10pm

Drogheda 2.5 Curragh 3.5

brianhere · 02-02-2019 9:54pm

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 · 02-02-2019 10:04pm

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 · 03-02-2019 12:33pm

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 · 09-02-2019 9:08pm

Curragh 4.5 Elm Mount 1.5

cdeb · 15-02-2019 1:38pm

Any result from Drogheda v Dublin as yet?

Was due to be played last week

Vampslayer · 16-02-2019 11:10am

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 · 19-02-2019 7:58am

Rathmines B 1.5-4.5 St Benildus

Rathminor · 02-03-2019 9:24pm

Drogheda 3 Rathmines B 3

bduffy · 02-03-2019 9:45pm

Lucan 4 Curragh 2

cdeb · 02-03-2019 10:16pm

Rathminor wrote: »

Drogheda 3 Rathmines B 3

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

bduffy · 02-03-2019 10:24pm

Mind games ..... :-)

Rathminor · 02-03-2019 10:24pm

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 · 02-03-2019 10:28pm

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 · 04-03-2019 10:01pm

Any score from Cavan v Trinity at the weekend?

brianhere · 05-03-2019 4:38am

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

cdeb · 07-03-2019 9:00am

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 · 10-03-2019 1:07am

Curragh 2 Rathmines A 4

bduffy · 10-03-2019 9:37am

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 · 13-03-2019 8:49am

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 · 20-03-2019 3:01pm

cdeb wrote: »

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

How did that go?

slavko.putar · 20-03-2019 4:40pm

DmanDmythDledge wrote: »

How did that go?

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

cdeb · 24-03-2019 12:03am

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 · 28-03-2019 1:41pm

Benildus 4 - 2 Phibsboro

cdeb · 30-03-2019 8:19pm

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.

Ennis Shield 2018/2019

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