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City of Dublin Congress

#20 "Rookie": Irish News 15th September 1983

Last weekend 234 players, 33 from the North, took part in one of the biggest ever chess congresses in Ireland, the "City of Dublin". Northern successes were:

  • joint second in the Premier event for D. Houston and K. Allen
  • D. Blair co-winner of the Senior in which G. McCormick and D. McGill were joint third
  • joint second in the Intermediate for D. Truesdale and P. McKeown, while M. Kelly took the grading prize

Today's game has an "agreeable" finish

For details of the Bangor Chess Congress on 24th September, phone Jim Montgomery (Bangor 63554).

Other Northern scores in Dublin were (out of 6 points):

Premier

  • T. Clarke, N. Carton 2½,
  • D. Artt 1½

Senior

  • A. Pinkerton 4,
  • R. Devenney, K. McCann 3½,
  • A. Cootes, K. Greer 3,
  • E. Webb, R. Henderson 2½,
  • A. Waterman 2

Intermediate

  • P. Hendrick 4,
  • A. Burns, P. McGarry, R. Beckett 3½,
  • P. Moclair, J. McLean (both Sen & Jun), P. Carton jnr., G. Jennings 3,
  • J. Strawbridge, M. Stone, S. Lynn 2½

Junior

  • B. Thompson 3
  • D. Carton 2½

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