The Leinster Chess Union Blitz took place in the Ierne Club on Wednesday 19th December organized by club secretary Pat Fitzsimons and with a good contingent of Elm Mount players participating.
Elm Mount prize winners on the night were David Fitzsimons, Alex Goss, Athurva Rajeshkumar and Philip Ó Greachain. They are pictured below receiving their prizes with the chairman of the ICU, John McMorrow:-
The 2018 Elm Mount Christmas Blitz took place on Monday 17th December. There were 30 participants in 3 all-play-all groups of 11, 9 and 10 players. Games were played using the usual time-handicap system with game times varying from 5 minutes each to 2 minutes against 8 minutes depending on the rating difference between the players.
Food was provided before the final couple of rounds. After all the games were ompleted, the prizes were presented by the club secretary, Pat FItzsimons. The top 3 in each section received prizes. The cross-tables from the 3 sections can be seen at the bottom of this page. The winners of the 3 sections are shown receiving their prizes below. Gavin Melaugh won section A, Eugene McMorrow won section B and Bren Ó Móráin won section C.
The runners up in the 3 sections were Shane Melaugh in section A, John Dooley in section B and Nicu Boldjar in section C.
Zygis Jakubauskas took 3rd place in section A, Luke Keenan was 3rd in section B and Atharva Rajeshkumar took 3rd place in section C.
The cross-tables are of the 3 sections are pictured below.
Final Ranking Crosstable Section A
|
Rk. |
Name |
Rtg |
FED |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
Pts. |
|
|
1 |
Melaugh Gavin |
1970 |
IRL |
* |
0 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
8,5 |
|
|
2 |
Melaugh Shane |
2130 |
IRL |
1 |
* |
1 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7,5 |
|
|
3 |
Jakubauskas Zygimantis |
1971 |
IRL |
½ |
0 |
* |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7,5 |
|
|
4 |
Goss Alex |
1659 |
IRL |
0 |
1 |
0 |
* |
½ |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7,0 |
|
|
5 |
Quinn Ciaran |
1890 |
IRL |
0 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
* |
½ |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
6,5 |
|
|
6 |
O’ Neill Paul |
2021 |
IRL |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
* |
0 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
5,0 |
|
|
7 |
Murphy Sean |
1720 |
IRL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
* |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4,5 |
|
|
8 |
Fitzsimons Pat |
1614 |
IRL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
* |
1 |
½ |
1 |
3,5 |
|
|
9 |
Boyle Bernard |
1695 |
IRL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
* |
1 |
1 |
3,0 |
|
|
10 |
Armstrong Fred |
1632 |
IRL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
0 |
* |
1 |
2,0 |
|
|
11 |
Barry Gerry |
1600 |
IRL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
* |
0,0 |
Final Ranking Crosstable Section B
|
Rk. |
Name |
Rtg |
FED |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
Pts. |
|
|
1 |
McMorrow Eugene |
1335 |
IRL |
* |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7,0 |
|
|
2 |
Dooley John |
1200 |
IRL |
1 |
* |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6,0 |
|
|
3 |
Keenan Luke |
1240 |
IRL |
0 |
1 |
* |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
5,0 |
|
|
4 |
Capper Jonathan |
1200 |
IRL |
0 |
0 |
1 |
* |
½ |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4,5 |
|
|
5 |
O’ Danachair Donal |
1343 |
IRL |
0 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
* |
½ |
0 |
1 |
1 |
4,0 |
|
|
6 |
Summons Walsh Kevin |
1391 |
IRL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
* |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3,5 |
|
|
7 |
Murphy Ronan J. |
1340 |
IRL |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
* |
0 |
1 |
3,0 |
|
|
8 |
Grehan Philip |
1100 |
IRL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
* |
1 |
3,0 |
|
|
9 |
Scott Peter |
1300 |
IRL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
* |
0,0 |
Final Ranking Crosstable Section C
|
Rk. |
Name |
Rtg |
FED |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
Pts. |
|
|
1 |
O Morain Bren |
997 |
IRL |
* |
½ |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7,5 |
|
|
2 |
Boldjar Nicu |
900 |
IRL |
½ |
* |
1 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7,0 |
|
|
3 |
Rajeshkumar Atharva |
0 |
IRL |
0 |
0 |
* |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7,0 |
|
|
4 |
O’Connor Terry |
1098 |
IRL |
0 |
1 |
0 |
* |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6,5 |
|
|
5 |
Power Breen Rory |
0 |
IRL |
1 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
* |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
5,0 |
|
|
6 |
O’Neill Sean |
846 |
IRL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
* |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5,0 |
|
|
7 |
Stack Pat |
785 |
IRL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
* |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3,0 |
|
|
8 |
Davoren Sean |
980 |
IRL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
* |
1 |
2,0 |
||
|
9 |
Phelan Niall |
0 |
IRL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
* |
½ |
0,5 |
|
|
10 |
Murray Kevin |
1000 |
IRL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
* |
0,5 |
Happy Christmas to all!
Mick Germaine Cup 2018
This year’s Mick Germaine Cup competition for teams of four juniors from schools or clubs took place recently in the club’s premises.
22 teams took part in the event, including two from the club. The Cup was won for the second year in a row by the Rathmines Kings who won all 6 of their matches. The Elm Mount kings finished second while the Elm Mount Knights team, comprised of players making their competitive debuts in the event, also performed well.
The final standings are set out below and full details of each round can be viewed on www.chessresults.com. The two Elm Mount teams are also pictured below with Mick Germaine who presented the prizes at the event.
| Name |
FED |
Pts |
BH. |
||
|
1 |
Rathmines Kings |
IRL |
6 |
22½ |
|
|
2 |
Elm Mount Kings |
IRL |
4½ |
24½ |
|
|
3 |
St Catherines Castles |
IRL |
4½ |
23½ |
|
|
4 |
North Kildare |
IRL |
4 |
21 |
|
|
5 |
Malahide |
IRL |
4 |
20 |
|
|
6 |
Skerries |
IRL |
4 |
19½ |
|
|
7 |
St Catherine’s Knights |
IRL |
3½ |
19½ |
|
|
8 |
Badgers |
IRL |
3½ |
18½ |
|
|
9 |
Rathmines Knights |
IRL |
3 |
23½ |
|
|
10 |
Foxes |
IRL |
3 |
18½ |
|
|
11 |
Glasnevin Rooks |
IRL |
3 |
18 |
|
|
12 |
Holly Park |
IRL |
3 |
17½ |
|
|
13 |
Otters |
IRL |
3 |
14 |
|
|
14 |
Four Knights |
IRL |
2½ |
19½ |
|
|
15 |
Elm Mount Knights |
IRL |
2½ |
18 |
|
|
16 |
Bats |
IRL |
2½ |
11½ |
|
|
17 |
Glasnevin Knights |
IRL |
2½ |
11½ |
|
|
18 |
Elephants |
IRL |
2 |
16½ |
|
|
19 |
RALET |
IRL |
2 |
15½ |
|
|
20 |
North Dublin NS Project |
IRL |
1½ |
15 |
|
|
21 |
The Marvels |
IRL |
1½ |
12½ |
|
|
22 |
Glasnevin Bishops |
IRL |
0 |
15½ |
Pictured below are the Elm Mount Knights from left: Arjun Rajeshkumar, Atharva Rajeshkumar, John Connolly, Joseph Connolly.
Pictured below are the Elm Mount Kings. Back row from left to right are Rory Power Breen, Cillian Doherty, Raphy Isnard, Mick Germaine and front row left is Cathal Hogarty.
Congratulations to David Fitzsimons, joint winner of this year’s Kilkenny Open with 3 grandmasters. Gerard MacElligott finished joint 2nd in the Major section also. There is a report on the tournament here.
The Elm Mount Christmas blitz for club members will take place next Monday, 17th December.
The Leinster Chess Union Christmas Blitz will take place in the Ierne club on Wednesday 19th December.