Stephen Rush at the Irish Championships 2018 and Danny Roberts at the Irish Majors.
Its always good to follow our top players at top events. Stephen Rush played in the Irish Championships in Dublin. He came away with 4 points out of 9 and a tournament performance rating of 2051.
| Rd. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Res. | |
| 1 | FM | Murphy Conor | 2336 | 5,5 | s 0 |
| 2 | Scott Luke | 1873 | 2,0 | w 1 | |
| 3 | Delaney Killian | 2206 | 5,0 | s 0 | |
| 4 | Wallace Paul | 2202 | 4,5 | w 1 | |
| 5 | Fox Anthony | 2046 | 4,0 | s ½ | |
| 6 | FM | O'Gorman Tom | 2258 | 4,5 | w 0 |
| 7 | Bourached Anthony | 2026 | 3,5 | s 0 | |
| 8 | Keogh Eamon | 1960 | 4,0 | w ½ | |
| 9 | Tirziman Rudolf | 1943 | 3,0 | s 1 |
A game from the tournament:
Stephens Games for the tournament
Rush, Stephen (2025) - Wallace, Paul (2202)
The Blackthorne Irish Championship 2018 (Talbot Hotel Stillorgan, Dublin, Ireland), 07.08.2018
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Be3 c57.Nge2 Nc6 8.d5 Ne5 9.Ng3 h5 10.Be2 h4 11.Nf1 a6 12.Bg5h3 13.g4 b5 14.Qd2 bxc4 15.Bh6 Rb8 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Ne3Bd7 18.Rg1 Rh8 19.f4 Nd3+ 20.Bxd3 cxd3 21.e5 Ne8 22.O-O-O Qa5 23.f5 dxe5 24.fxg6 fxg6 25.Nc4 Qb4 26.Nxe5 Ba427.Nxd3 Qd4 28.Rde1 c4 29.Rxe7+ Kf8 30.Qe1 Ng7 31.Rf1+Kg8 32.Nf4 Be8 33.Rxg7+ Qxg7 34.Ne6 Qe7 35.Rf8+
1-0
A brilliant result.
Danny Roberts played in the Irish Masters over the weekend of 3rd/4th August. Coming joint first with the brilliant result of 4 1/2 out of 5 with a performance rating of 2200. Another brilliant result.
| Rd. | Name | Rtg | FED | Pts. | Res. |
| 1 | Lohan Martin | 1837 | IRL | 1,5 | s 1 |
| 2 | Antohi Marius | 1852 | IRL | 3,0 | w 1 |
| 3 | Condon Gerard | 1679 | IRL | 2,0 | s 1 |
| 4 | Bolkeny Gabor | 1909 | HUN | 4,0 | w 1 |
| 5 | Flynn Jacob | 1895 | IRL | 4,5 | s ½ |
Also playing in the Masters was Chris Armstrong. Who gained 2.5 out of 5 and a performance rating of 1564.
| Rd. | Name | Rtg | FED | Pts. | Res. | |
| 1 | Hunter Eoin | 1430 | IRL | 1,5 | s ½ | |
| 2 | Solomatina Jana | 1342 | LAT | 2,0 | w 0 | |
| 3 | WCM | Ui Laighleis Gearoidin | 1801 | IRL | 2,5 | s ½ |
| 4 | O'Connell Michael | 1454 | IRL | 2,0 | w 1 | |
| 5 | Coldrick Art | 1792 | IRL | 2,5 | s ½ |
Whilst at the British Chess Championships Martin Kelly played in both the Yates and the Under120 tournaments.
Scoring 3 out of 5 in the Under 120.
| Rd. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Res. |
| 1 | Pal Rohan | 96 | 2,5 | s 0 |
| 2 | Mclaurin Murdo | 97 | 2,0 | w 1 |
| 3 | Kasprzyk Milosz | 100 | 2,5 | s ½ |
| 4 | Jestico John V | 98 | 1,5 | w 1 |
| 5 | Munro Paul F | 88 | 3,0 | s ½ |
and scoring 3 out of 5 in the Yates tournament.
| Rd. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Res. |
| 1 | Everitt David | 94 | 2,0 | s ½ |
| 2 | Welch Hazel | 88 | 2,0 | w 1 |
| 3 | Buchan W Allan | 82 | 2,0 | s 1 |
| 4 | Bienvenu Emma | 99 | 4,5 | w 0 |
| 5 | Sugden John E | 96 | 3,0 | s ½ |
Please let us know if you play in any tournaments and we will report on them.
