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
