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‘Of chess it has been said that life is not long enough for it, but that is the fault of life, not chess.’
- Irving Chernev
MCA Team Lightning Tournament -
9th June
Congratulations to Waterloo 1 winners of this year's event with 16pts followed by Atticus 1 with 15½.
Richard Noonan and Nick Wall both
scored 5½/6.
Photos with a report by John Carleton.
Atticus Summer (handicap) Tournament
This is open for
members or non-members and takes place every Monday
(excluding Bank Holidays) from
7.30 - 10.30pm. It's a casual event, games are not
graded. New to the area or interested? Then come along, you are welcome to join in ... more. See a game played recently between
Stephen Philp and Martin Blasczyk.
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Jonathan Blackburn |
Another Atticus player beats a GM
Jonathan Blackburn (pictured right) has notched up another GM scalp during a match this season. His opponent, Nigel Davies winner of over 15 international
tournaments gets checkmated ... more
Congratulations
to Atticus teams
Atticus 1
won the
Division 1 title
with 22 points and receive the Silver Rook trophy.
Congratulations
to Dave James
and all the team
players. Atticus
2 were 2nd
with 21 points. In Division 2 Atticus 4 came 2nd with 20 points, Atticus 3 came 3rd with 16. In Division 4 Atticus 5 came 4th with 10 points and in Division 5 Atticus 6 came 4th with 16
points. Congratulations to all concerned.
Puzzle of the Day
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Glorney and Faber Cups 2008
Liverpool John Moores University
IM Marsh campus
is hosting this prestigious and famous tournament from July 22nd–25th.
In 1948 a Dublin businessman created the Glorney Cup (for boys) and it was joined twenty years later by the Faber Cup (for girls).
The Cups were last played for in Liverpool in 2005. More information about last year's competition is on the
ECF site.
Data about both cups is well documented on the Olimpbase website and the Irish Union
website has photos and match results from last year's event (won by England) in Dublin.
Club
Championship
Following Vojtech's draw with Phil Hopkins and Sanjoy's win over Mark Wadsworth two players shared first place with an excellent score of 7½ pts.
The event was very exciting with fighting chess throughout. Both players will share the trophy and it will be awarded sometime during the summer to Vojtech and Sanjoy. The Mike
Price memorial
trophy is a recent award organised by
Atticus club captain John Carleton. More information about it is on the tournament page.
Match reports
See
Carlo's
report about the cup finals on
21st April at
The Adelphi
Hotel.
4NCL final weekend
See a selection of photos here from Divisions 1-3, rounds 9, 10 & 11
from the May Bank Holiday weekend. Results, games in PGN, final tables and more is all available from the official 4NCL site.
