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Dermot O'Doherty Obituary

In Memory of Dermot O'Doherty, first published in the UCU Yearbook 1989-90.

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O'Doherty - Higgins

O'Doherty - Higgins

Dermot O Doherty springs an opening trap in this game from one of the subsidiary tournaments in the 1987 Irish Championship Congress: 1..e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.f4 Bg7 7.e5 dxe5 8.fxe5 Ng4 9.Bb5+ Kf8 10.Ne6+ (winning at least his opponent's Queen), Black resigned.

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