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© Dr Tim Harding
Last modified:
9 May 2012
This page was only maintained because it is the address given for Ireland
in the book "ICCF Gold" and the new "ICCF Diamond" website that is now being constructed.
See below for a recent win by an Irish player in a current tournament!
The old ICCA website, which was hosted and designed elsewhere for some years, has not been updated since 2007 so we are taking it back and will revive it in 2012. There is no entry fee to join the ICCA but you must either be an Irish citizen or resident of Ireland (North or South).
At present we are not arranging any tournaments but we run Irish national teams in ICCF events and facilitate entries for Irish players. Normally you should enter tournaments direct on the ICCF webserver and ICCA receives a small credit for each entry which covers our expenses. Please only enter tournaments for which the server allows you to pay your entry fee directly to ICCF.
Congratulations to John M. T. Ryan. John was awarded the title of International Master of Correspondence Chess at the 2011 I.C.C.F. Congress. He is now playing board 1 in the current European team Championship, hope to achieve the further SIM norm he needs to complete his qualification for Senior International Master. This was a long haul for John who achieved the first two norms in postal tournaments, the first beginning in 1995.
AND to Ciaran O'Hare! Ciaran was awarded the CC-IM title at the 2009 ICCF Congress and has now earned the upgrade of his title to Senior International Master, which he shopuld be awarded in 2012. Irish OTB players of the mid-1970s may remember Ciaran, who is now a surgeon in Oklahoma. He is acting as captain for our olympiad team.
There follows a good win by a relatively inexperienced Irish player against an IM.
Steve Dunne (Ireland, 2090) – Albert Fekete (Hunary 2315)
9th European CC Team Championship semifinal, board 4, 2011-12.
Notes by Tim Harding.
1 e4 c5 2 d3 Nc6 3 Nf3 g6 4 g3 Bg7 5 Bg2 e6 6 0–0 Nge7 7 Nbd2 0–0 8 Re1 d6 9 c3 b5 10 e5!?
This aggressive option is consistent, opening lines for the KB and KR. Black is forced into a tactical battle because if he plays ...d6-d5 then he accepts long-term weaknesses at d6 and f6.
10 ..dxe5 11 Ne4 c4 12 dxc4 bxc4 13 Qa4 f5 14 Rd1
Possibly a novelty. 14 Nc5 e4 15 Ng5 Qd6 16 Be3 Ne5 17 Rad1 Ne5 sees Black's knights becoming very active.
14 ..Qa5?!
14...Qc7 15 Nc5 looks critical. The queen exchange does not diminish White's initiative.
15 Qxa5 Nxa5 16 Nc5 Nec6 17 Ng5 Re8 18 Rd6 e4 19 Ngxe4 Rb8 20 Ng5 Rd8 21 Rxd8+ Nxd8 22 Nf3 Bf8 23 b4 cxb3 24 Nxb3 Nxb3 25 Rb1 Bg7 26 axb3 Bxc3
Black appears to underestimate the danger; 26...e5 or 26...Nc6 might hold the balance.
27 Bf4 Rb4 28 Rc1 Rxb3 29 Bg5 a5 30 Nd4 Bxd4 31 Rxc8 Rb1+ 32 Bf1 Bb6 33 Bxd8 Bxd8 34 Rxd8+ Kg7 35 Rd7+ Kg8 36 Kg2 e5 37 Ra7 Ra1 38 Bc4+ Kh8 39 Be6 Ra4 40 h4 f4 41 g4 e4 42 h5 gxh5 43 g5 1–0.
Download game in PGN.
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President: David Salter
Secretary/Treasurer: Jack Killane
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