Ennis win Munster League Division 1

Some unfinished business in the Munster League concluded today as the final 2 rounds from the COVID interrupted 2019-2020 season were played. It was tight at the top as Sarsfields, Cork A and Ennis all battled for the title. Cork A led the way going into today but a defeat to 2nd placed Sarsfields in the first match of the day, meant Ennis could go first if we beat Limerick A.

Limerick A 1-4 Ennis

1. J. Naughton 0-1 O. Gubanov
2. C. Kirby 0-1 R. Quinn
3. D. Chaudarov 0.5-0.5 O. Murchadha
4. R. O’Brien 0-1 T. Dunne
5. G. Stack 0.5-0.5 K. O’Brien (Capt.)

Winning 4-1 meant we had a slender lead over Sarsfields going into the last round. However, our last round game was against Cork A who could still win the title themselves by beating us, whereas Sarsfields played Limerick B which, on paper, was an easier match. A stunning victory in the last round meant we won the title for the first time since the 2016/2017 season.

Ennis 4.5-0.5 Cork A

1. O. Gubanov 1-0 S. Murphy
2. R. Quinn 1-0 H. de Jonge
3. O. Murchadha 1-0 H.R. Manasa
4. T. Dunne 0.5-0.5 S. Lawrence
5. K. O’Brien (Capt.) 1-0 M. Bradley

Ennis B also had a match today and finished the season on a high with a win against Cork B.

Ennis B 5-0 Cork B

1. L. Daros (Capt.) 1-0 M. Watkins
2. N. Whelan 1-0 M. McGrath
3. R. Marshall 1-0 S. Shindgi
4. P. Timlin 1-0 H.S. Muhammad
5. J. O’Sullivan w/o

Ennis A – Munster League Division 1 Winners 2019-2020 Season

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Club League Round 7 draw

1 Quinn, Rory [5.5] : Danaher, James [5]
2 Koeller, Peter [4.5] : Coughlan, Cody [4]
3 McGorrian, Chris [4] : Cassidy, John [4]
4 Ulbrych, Stanislaw [4] : O’Brien, Kieran [4]
5 Meany, Stephen [3.5] : O’Donnell, Michael [4]
6 Marshall, Roy [3.5] : Casey, Gerry [3.5]
7 Daros, Lukasz [3.5] : Casey, Georgie [3.5]
8 Holland, Tadhg [3] : Stack, George [3.5]
9 O’Sullivan, James [3] : Timlin, Phil [3]
10 Coughlan, James [2.5] : Mbube, Vladimir [3]
11 Collier, Patrick [2] : Jackson, Oisin [2.5]
12 Coll, Aidan [2] : Fedurek, Jacek [2]
13 McAuliffe, Jack [2] : Nolan, Brian [2]
14 Dyksy, Krzysztof [1.5] : Breslin, Ultan [1.5]
15 Noonan, Caspar [.5] : McCarthy, Conall [1.5]

Ennis League – 4th round results

1. Daros, Lukasz [3] 0-1 Quinn, Rory [3]
2. Cassidy, John [2.5] 0-1 Coughlan, Cody [2.5]
3. O’Brien, Kieran [2.5] 0.5-0.5 Koeller, Peter [2.5]
4. Holland, Tadhg [2] 0-1 Danaher, James [2]*
5. Casey, Gerry [2] 1-0 Meaney, Stephen [2]
6. Casey, Georgie [2] 1-0 Collier, Patrick [2]
7. Stack, George [2] 0.5-0.5 McGorrian, Chris [2]
8. O’Donnell, Michael [1.5] 1-0 Coll, Aidan [1.5]
9. O’Sullivan, James [1.5] 0-1 Marshall, Roy [1.5]
10. Timlin, Phil [1] 1-0 McAuliffe, Jack [1]
11. Mbube, Vladimir [1] 1-0 Breslin, Ultan [1]
12. McCarthy, Conall [1] 0-1 Coughlan, James [1]
13. Fedorek, Jacek [1] 0-1 Nolan, Brian [1]*
14. Noonan, Caspar [0] 0-1 Ulbrych, Stanislaw [1]
15. Dyksy, Krzysztof [0] 0-1 Jackson, Oisin [0]

*provisional result

Friendly match results

Last weekend an Ennis selection played an away match against a Westport/Castlebar selection. The final result was a win for Ennis.

Westport/Castlebar 0.5 – 5.5 Ennis

1. D Baird 0-1 R Quinn
2. J McDonnell 0.5-0.5 B Neaga
3. M O’Connell 0-1 J Cassidy
4. J Hensey 0-1 J O’Sullivan
5. H Hughes 0-1 S Meaney
6. M Senzel 0-1 R Marshall

Club League – Round 4 Draw

1.Daros,Lukasz(3): Quinn,Rory(3)
2 Cassidy,John(2.5): Coughlan,Cody (2.5)
3 O’Brien,Kieran(2.5) : Koeller, Peter(2.5)
4 Holland,Tadhg(2): Danaher,James (2)
5 Casey, Gerry [2] : Meany, Stephen [2]
6 Casey, Georgie [2] : Collier, Patrick [2]
7 Stack, George [2] : McGorrian, Chris [2]
8 O’Donnell, Michael [1.5] : Coll, Aidan [1.5]
9 O’Sullivan, James [1.5] : Marshall, Roy [1.5]
10 Timlin, Phil [1] : McAuliffe, Jack [1]
11 Mbube, Vladimir [1] : Breslin, Ultan [1]
12 McCarthy, Conall [1] : Coughlan, James [1]
13 Fedurek, Jacek [1] : Nolan, Brian [1]
14 Noonan, Caspar [0] : Ulbrych, Stanislaw [1]
15 Dyksy, Krzysztof [0] : Jackson, Oisin [0]

Ennis Congress 2022

The Ennis Congress this weekend has around 140 participants, all eager to get back to otb chess in what promises to be an exciting tournament.

IM Sam Collins, winner of the strong Bunratty online rapid tournament last weekend, will be hoping to make this weekend another winning one. GM Keith Arkell also takes part (he is doing a simul this evening in the West County – contact John Cassidy for details). Others no doubt hoping to be in the final shakeup are FM Colm Daly and Blair Connell who won the recent Ennis tournament with a score of 5 out of 5.

Some of the games will be broadcast live so keep an eye on the Irish Chess Union and Limerick chess club website for links to standings and games if you’re not playing and want to follow the action.

Round 3 Draw – Club Championship

1 Quinn, Rory [2] : Casey, Gerry [2]
2 Danaher, James [2] : Daros, Lukasz [2]
3 Coughlan, Cody [2] : O’Brien, Kieran [2]
4 Koeller, Peter [2] : Cassidy, John [1.5]
5 Coll, Aidan [1.5] : O’Sullivan, James [1]
6 Nolan, Brian [1] : Casey, Georgie [1]
7 McGorrian, Chris [1] : Fedurek, Jacek [1]
8 Coughlan, James [1] : Holland, Tadhg [1]
9 Orzechowski, Wiktor [1] : Meany, Stephen [1]
10 Ulbrych, Stanislaw [1] : Stack, George [1]
11 Collier, Patrick [1] : McCarthy, Conall [1]
12 Timlin, Phil [.5] : Mbube, Vladimir [.5]
13 Marshall, Roy [.5] : Dyksy, Krzysztof [0]
14 Breslin, Ultan [0] : Noonan, Caspar [0]
15 McAuliffe, Jack [0] : Jackson, Oisin [0]

Club Championship Round 2 results

1 James O’Sullivan[1]       0:1     Rory Quinn[1]
 2 John Cassidy[1]          1/2:1/2 Aidan Coll[1] (provisional result)
 3 Georgie Casey[1]           0:1     James Danaher[1]
 4 Kieran O’Brien[1]           1:0      Chris McGorrian[1] (provisional result)
 5 Tadhg Holland[1]           0:1      Cody Coughlan[1]
 6 Gerry Casey[1]               1:0      Patrick Collier[1]
 7 Jacek Fedurek[1]           0:1      Peter Koeller[1] (provisional result)
 8 Lukasz Daros[1]             1:0      Wiktor Orzechowski[1]
 9 Stephen Meany[0]        1:0      Phil Timlin[0.5]
10 Vladimir Mbube[0]  1/2:1/2  Roy Marshall[0]
11 George Stack[0]            1:0      Jack McAuliffe[0]
12 Conall McCarthy[0]      1:0      Ultan Breslin[0]
13 Caspar Noonan [0]       0:1      James Coughlan[0]
14 Krzysztof Dyksy[0]        0:1      Brian Nolan[0]
15 Oisin Jackson[0]           0:1      Stanislaw Ulbrych[0]

Results Club League Round 1

1 Rory Quinn – Stephen Meany 1:0
2 James Danaher – George Stack 1:0
3 Ultan Breslin – Kieran O’Brien 0:1
4 Cody Coughlan – Krzysztof Dyksy 1:0
5 James Coughlan – Georgie Casey 0:1
6 Peter Koeller – Vladimir Mbube 1:0
7 Jack McAuliffe – Lukasz Daros 0:1 (provisional)
8 Aidan Coll – Conor McCarthy 1:0
9 Brian Nolan – James O’Sullivan 0:1
10 Chris McGorrian – Caspar Noonan 1:0
11 Roy Marshall – Tadhg Holland 0:1
12 Ricardo Belo – Gerry Casey 0:1
13 Stanislaw Ulbrych – Jacek Fedurek 0:1
14 Wiktor Orzechowski – Oisín Jackson 1:0
15 John Cassidy 1:0 (w.o.)
16 Patrick Collier 1:0 Bye

Updated Round 1 draw Club League

I received the updated draw for Round 1 of the club league today. There have been some new entrants so the draw has been redone.

Edit – 2/2/2022 There’s been another change to the draw. I received an updated version today.

1 Rory Quinn – Stephen Meaney
2 Phil Timlin – John Cassidy
3  James Danaher – George Stack
4 Ultan Breslin – Kieran O’Brien
5 Cody Coughlan – Krzysztof Dyksy
6 James Coughlan – Georgie Casey
7 Peter Koeller – Vladimir Mbube
8 Jack McAuliffe – Lukasz Daros
9 Aidan Coll – Conor McCarthy
10 Brian Nolan – James O’Sullivan
11 Chris McGorrian – Caspar Noonan
12 Adam Rochford – Tadhg Holland
13 Ricardo Belo – Gerry Casey
14 Stanislaw Ulbrych – Jacek Fedurek
15 James Rochford – Patrick Collier