Elm Mount Chess Club

Yearbook 1999-2003

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Prepared for the

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Annual General Meeting

8^th September 2003

by

Eugene Donohue, editor part 1,

Fran Doherty, editor part 2,

and in order of appearance:

Gerard MacElligott,

Pat Fitzsimons,

Eugene McMorrow,

Kevin Murray,

Peter Scott,

Ciarán Quinn,

John Loughran, editor for the website.

Contents (of web version of yearbook)
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Elm Mount Chess Club Committee 1999-2003			3
Secretary’s Report			4
Notes of Meeting 16 June 2003			5
Membership List (See printed yearbook for details)			7
Team Captain’s Reports			8
	Armstrong Cup		8
	Heidenfeld Trophy		9
	B.A. Cup		14
	Ennis Shield		18
	O'Hanlon Cup (See separate doc linked here)
Treasurer's Report			19
Club Championship Reports			20
	2000 Sections A-D		20
	2001 Sections A and D		21
	2002 Sections A-E		22
	2003 Sections A-F		24
Rules for Club Championships 2003			26
Ladder Report			28
Coaching Proposals			29
Website Report			30

Elm Mount Chess Club

A.G.M. 8^th September 2003

Elm Mount Chess Club Committee

1999/2000/2001/2002/2003

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President: Victor Murray

Secretary: Eugene Donohoe

Treasurer: Francis Doherty (Alan MacDonagh up to 2000/01)

Tournament

Directors: Ciarán Quinn, John Loughran

Club Captain: Gerry MacElligott

Webmasters: John Loughran, Ciarán Quinn, Peter Scott

Div 1 Captain: Gerry MacElligott

Div 2 Captain: Pat Fitzsimons

Div 3 Captain: Eugene McMorrow

Div 4 Captain: Francis Doherty

Div 5 Captain: Kevin Murray

Secretary’s Report

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It has been a few years now since we have had an A.G.M., perhaps we should re-name it as a tri-annual event as, at least try, we do.

When I started writing this report I was addressing myself to the sad and untimely death of Pat Byrne R.I.P. I was also upset to hear the very sad news of the death of Aiden Tyrell (R.I.P.), Alec’s son. On behalf of the Club and all the membership, I want to extend the deepest of sympathies to Alec and his family. May he rest in peace.

Pat Byrne was a very skilled and experienced player with a rating in excess of 1600. He was a gentleman in every regard, and a most courteous and reliable team member. He is missed considerably by all of us who knew him. This year the club membership discussed a suggestion that we establish a tournament in his honour – The Pat Byrne Memorial Tournament – and I wholeheartedly agree with this suggestion. May he rest in peace.

We continue to be based in Ierne Sport and Leisure Club and overall I think this arrangement is working well. Recently I received a letter from the management of the centre reminding us that children are not allowed in the bar. While this is an issue that is primarily the responsibility of the parents, we all have an obligation to ensure that the terms of our tenure here are adhered to properly. Club members are directed to the notes included in this report re our meeting of 16^th June 2003. Over the past number of years we have had quite a lot of new members, particularly children and young people, all of whom we most warmly welcome.

Some Club members have had a number of notable successes. Karl Vernor became the Junior Irish Champion in 2002. Gerry MacElligott won the major section in Kilkenny 2001 and likewise, Ciaran Quinn won the same title in 2000. Bernard Boyle had a few notable wins: outright winner of the Malahide Intermediate Section 2003; outright winner second section Drogheda 2000; joint winner second section Drogheda 2001 and 2003; John Loughran increased his rating to the point where he became eligible to play in the Senior Section of the Irish Championships, posting a respectable score of 3 out of 9 and this was also a great achievement. John also achieved joint first place with Bernard in Drogheda 2001. Eamonn Pitts continues his good work as chairperson of the Irish Chess Union and for this we are grateful to him for his hard work and helpful contributions to Irish Chess. While these are tremendous achievements for the individuals themselves, they are also good for the Club in that they increase the profile and standing of the Club and for this we are proud to be associated with them. In a more modest way, a number of other players have increased their rating and playing strength, which has also been good for the club.

Congratulations should also be extended to the various teams and the reports, all of which I received from team captains, can be read in the following pages. However, some of their achievements should be noted here. Kevin Murray led his team to victory and promotion in the B.A. Cup in 2003 – an excellent result. Victor Murray and Martin Burke handsomely won board prizes in the Ennis Shield 2002/2003 as did Larry Daly in the B.A. Cup in the 1999/2000 season.

Congratulations must also go to Peter Scott for his continued work on developing his Chess Leagues Results Page on the web. This is an excellent resource for the club and Irish chess players in general. Likewise to John and Ciaran for their work on the Elm Mount Web site.

My apologies in advance if I have omitted any other outstanding achievements by club members in my report due to over sight.

I include the notes from the meeting of 16 June 2003 below in preparation for the A.G.M.

Eugene Donohoe.

ELM MOUNT CHESS CLUB

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NOTES RE MEETING OF 16 JUNE 2003

This meeting was called with a view to planning for an A.G.M. and also dealt with a number of other items as set out below.

PRESENT:

John Loughran, Ciarain Quinn, Alec Tyrrell, Bernard Boyle, Hugo Oliveira, Peter Mc Grath, Eugene Mc Morrow, Hugh Forkin, Victor Murray, Oliver Dunne, Liam Daly, Sean Davoren, Pat Fitzsimons, Justin Mulrooney, Gerry MacElligott, Francis Doherty, Karl Vernor, Eugene Donohoe (notes), Kevin Murray, Gerry Barry.

If I have left anyone out, apologies, and please let me know. Also if there are any glaring inaccuracies, please let me know and I will amend before putting the printed version on the noticeboard.

AGENDA:

1. AGM. Will be held on 8^th Sept. Reports should be submitted in word documents to the secretary before 28^th July at the absolute latest. I would appreciate getting them sooner if possible, as I will be away on holiday for most of August. This is to cover the last three seasons of the leagues, highest scoring players and special achievements. Reports are due from Gerry MacElligott, Pat Fitzsimons, Eugene McMorrow, Peter Scott, Kevin Murray and Francis Doherty. Gerry Mac has offered to do the photocopying. John Loughran has offered to run a fun/handicapped blitz on the night. The trophies will be organized by Gerry Mac and Fred.

2. CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS. Will be organized by John Loughran. Documentation to follow outlining organization, rules etc., which were outlined at the meeting and which will be strictly adhered to.

3. LEAGUES. We potentially have three teams in the Heidenfeld next season, which could be problematic. For discussion at the AGM.

4. LCU AGM. The treasurer is resolving the matter over fees. The club will be represented by at least Pat Fitzsimons.

5. NOISE AND MOBILE PHONE USAGE. Members are requested to observe dignified respect for the chess playing room. Mobile phones should be switched off. Silence should be observed. Casual games, conversation and post-game analysis should happen in the bar.

6. ADDITIONAL ROOM? The possibility of acquiring an additional room was explored. This could be used for coaching. Gerry Barry agreed to check this out.

7. COACHING. John Loughran and Gerry Mac agreed to organise some coaching.

8. FEES AND EQUIPMENT. The possibility of a fee increase was discussed especially in the light of deteriorating equipment. The treasurer will assess our current financial situation and make recommendations. Gerry Barry will do a stock take and check out all equipment, especially the clocks. We also need new score sheets.

9. SETTING UP AND TIDYING UP. All members are requested to take their share of setting up boards and especially putting boards, pieces and clocks away when finished and at the end of the night. It is selfish and unreasonable to expect others to do this for one.

Eugene Donohoe.

Elm Mount Chess Club Membership List, July 2003
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Compiled by Eugene Donohoe
1	Fred Armstrong.	25	Alan MacDonagh.
2	Gerry Barry.	26	Gerry MacElligott.
3	Gerry Behan.	27	Pat McCarthy.
4	Bernard Boyle.	28	Kevin McGrane.
5	Martin Burke.	29	Peter McGrath
6	Mick Cox.	30	Eugene McMorrow.
7	Greg Coyle.	31	Fergus Mulhearn
8	Larry Daly.	32	Justin Mulrooney
9	Liam Daly.	33	Kevin Murray.
10	Sean Davoren	34	Victor Murray.
11	Timothy Dempsey	35	John O’Driscoll
12	Francis Doherty.	36	Hugo Oliveira
13	Eugene Donohoe.	37	Ray O’Rourke.
14	Oliver Dunne.	38	Andrew Peters.
15	Denis Donachie.	39	Eamonn Pitts.
16	Eamon Fitzgerald.	40	John Quigley
17	David Fitzsimons.	41	Ciaran Quinn.
18	Pat Fitzsimons	42	Robert Richardson.
19	Patrick Flynn.	43	Peter Scott.
20	Hugh Forkin.	44	Alec Tyrell.
21	Donal Harrington	45	Karl Vernor.
22	Fergus Hogan.	46	Tim Walsh.
23	Sean Loftus.	47	Kevin Summons-Walsh
24	John Loughran.

Elm Mount Chess Club

Captain’s Reports

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Armstrong Cup 2002/3 season

The usual plan for the year was to avoid relegation to division 2. This did not seem an especially onerous task as we had been able to do so for years. However, on this occasion things went wrong and we finished half a point behind Phibsboro “B” and we got relegated.

Why did we fail on this occasion? I think there were a number of reasons. First none of us was playing consistently well and secondly (due to illness and work commitments) only three of the team managed to play all eleven games. In fact ten games were played by substitutes. Although the substitutes did very well (scoring five from ten) these results were, naturally, on the lower where we would hope to clean up.

The team seemed to be scoring just about enough to stay in division 1 until we suffered a severe body blow in round 10. In round 10, for the first time in over 25 years, the first team lost every game in a match: Rathmines/Crumlin 8 – 0 Elm Mount.

Alan MacDonagh (after a non descript start: 5 draws) managed 4/5 in his last 5 games to finish on 4.5/10, loosing only one game all year. This made him the most prolific scorer on the team.

The other scores for the team were:

John Loughran 5.5/11, Gerard MacElligott 4.5/11, Oliver Dunne 4.5/9, Ray O’Rourke 3/9, Bernard Boyle 3/11, Ciaran Quinn 2.5/10, Fred Armstrong 1.5/7, Gerry Barry 1.5/2, Sean loftus 0.5/2, Ander Gamez 1/1, Alek Tyrrell 1/1, Hugo Olivera 0.5/2, Gerry Behan 0.5/1, Eugene Donohoe 0/1.

Team Captain Gerard MacElligott

Heidenfeld Trophy - Team Report 1999/2000 Season

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The team for the season was as follows :-

Name Grading

Sean Loftus 1670

Bernard Boyle 1639

Pat Byrne 1606

Donal O’ Danachair 1587

Ray Hearty 1544

Pat Fitzsimons 1551

Alec Tyrrell 1574

Greg Coyle 1481

We were also assisted by the following players during the season, John Loughran, Karl Vernor, Gerry Behan, Victor Murray, Eugene McMorrow, Stephen O’ Sullivan, Kevin McGrane, Tom O’ Flynn and Peter Scott.

As there were only eleven teams in the league for that season, we had ten rounds of matches to play and our overall record was a disappointing played 10, won 2, drew 2 and lost 6, with a points total of 31.5, leaving us just above the relegation zone. As will be seen from the above, we needed a total of 17 players to fulfill our 80 games owing to the unavailability of regular team members on a number of occasions. Indeed only three of our team played in every round, Sean Loftus, Bernard Boyle and Pat Byrne.

We started the season well with two draws against St. Benildus and Lucan and a 4.5 – 3.5 win over Portmarnock before being defeated by all of our remaining opponents, except for Rathmines whom we defeated 5-3.

Best individual performances were from Bernard Boyle on Board 2 with a creditable score of 5 out of 10 with 4 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses while I achieved a score of 5 out of 8 on board seven with 3 wins, 4 draws and one loss.

Overall, while we did not have a particularly successful season, it is worth noting that the six teams who beat us, Malahide, Tallaght, Drogheda, Phibsborough, Bray/Greystones and Celbridge had higher ratings than us with the ratings gap being most significant on the higher boards.

Heidenfeld Trophy - Team Report 2000/2001 Season

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The team for the season was as follows :-

Name Grading

Sean Loftus 1681

Pat Fitzsimons 1641

Bernard Boyle 1637

Stephen O’ Sullivan 1640

Kevin McGrane 1598

Pat Byrne 1555

Donal O’ Danachair 1595

Alec Tyrrell 1598

The above were the Elm Mount A Team. Ray Hearty had dropped out to pursue a course of study in DCU while Greg Coyle had joined the Elm Mount B team in the Heidenfeld captained by Peter Scott. Stephen O’ Sullivan and Kevin McGrane replaced them.

We were also assisted by the following players during the season, Sean Davoren, Kevin Summons Walsh, John O’ Driscoll and Hugh Forkin.

As there were only ten teams in the league for that season, we had nine rounds of matches to play.

We started the season well with a “local derby” win by 5-3 against Peter Scott’s Team. We also managed wins against Lucan, Rathmines, and Drogheda with draws against Tallaght/Rathfarnham and Bray/Greystones. Our defeats were at the hands of Celbridge, Kilkenny and UCD. As a result, our overall record was a much improved, won 4 drew 2 and lost 3 with a points total of 36, 4.5 points more than the previous season when we played a round more.

Best individual performances were from Stephen O’ Sullivan who scored a creditable 6 out of 9 on board 4 and from Pat Byrne who scored 5.5 out of 8 on board 6. Sadly Pat passed away later in the year following a serious illness and has been missed by his friends and colleagues in the Club ever since.

Heidenfeld Trophy - Team Report 2001/2002 Season

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The team for the season was as follows :-

Name Grading

Anton Taloschi

Gerry Barry 1686

Sean Loftus 1681

Kevin McGrane 1655

Pat Fitzsimons 1626

Alec Tyrrell 1615

Eugene Donogue 1518

Greg Coyle 1492

The above were the Elm Mount A Team for the 2001/02 season. It was significantly changed from the previous seasons line-up. Donal O’ Danachair had decided to take a break from chess, while Stephen O’ Sullivan could not guarantee his availability owing to work commitments. Bernard Boyle moved up to play in the Armstrong Cup. Eugene Donogue and Greg Coyle joined the team having played for the Elm Mount B Heidenfeld team the previous season, while Gerry Barry had been playing in the Armstrong Cup. Anton Taloschi was a new club Member.

We were also assisted by the following players during the season, Sean Davoren, Kevin Summons Walsh, John O’ Driscoll, Hugh Forkin, Fred Armstrong and Stephen O’ Sullivan.

We had eleven rounds of matches to play and just like the previous season we started with a “local derby” win of 5-3 against Peter Scott’s Team. We followed up this result with draws against Finglas and Rathmines and a win against Phibsborough. Unfortunately our results nose-dived after that with successive defeats to Dunlaoghaire, Malahide and Bray. Our form then recovered somewhat with two narrow (4.5 – 3.5) wins against Kilkenny and Fawkes . Our final two games, against UCD and Drogheda, resulted in two further defeats by 1.5 – 6.5 and by 2.5 – 5.5 respectively. As a result, our overall record was 4 wins, 2 draws and five losses giving us a points total of 37 after a deduction of one one point for a default in the final round.

Best individual performances were from myself with 7 points out of a possible eleven, involving 4 wins, 6 draws and one loss on board 5. Sean Loftus on board 3 got a score of 5 out of 11, Alec Tyrrell scored 5 out of 9 and Eugene Donogue also scored five points from 10 matches on boards 6 and 7 respectively.

Heidenfeld Trophy - Team Report 2002/2003 Season

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The team for the season was as follows :-

Name Grading

Hugo Oliviera UG

Gerry Barry 1666

Sean Loftus 1633

Kevin McGrane 1597

Pat Fitzsimons 1614

Alec Tyrrell 1619

Eugene Donogue 1560

Gerry Behan 1512

The above were the only Elm Mount Team in division 2 for the 2002/03 season. It was changed somewhat from the previous season’s line-up with Gerry Behan moving up from the Elm Mount B team recently relegated from the Heidenfeld and Hugo Oliviera joining the team from January 2003 onwards.

We were also assisted by the following players during the season, David Fitzsimons, Martin Burke, Kevin Summons Walsh, Victor Murray, Peter Scott, Mark Rynne, Greg Coyle and Eugene McMorrow.

We had eleven rounds of matches to play and began badly with a 2.5 – 5.5 reverse at home to Lucan and a 6 –2 defeat away to Drogheda. We followed up these poor results, however, with a 5.5 – 2.5 defeat of Kilkenny at home and a 4.5 – 3.5 win away to Faugh’s to get us back on track. A narrow 5 – 3 defeat away to Celbridge who out-pointed us on most boards left us with a total of 17.5 points out of forty after five rounds. After Christmas our improved form continued with a 5.5 – 2.5 home win over Bray followed a narrow loss by 3.5 – 4.5 away to Malahide. We then trounced both Phibsborough and Finglas by the score of 6 - 2 with a creditable draw against eventual league winners Wicklow in between. In the final round we defeated the other promoted side Rathmines by a score of 4.5 – 3.5. As a result, a season which started with two heavy defeats was turned around to give us our best performance since 1994/95 when we came within a half point of promotion to Division One. Our overall record was 6 wins, 1 draw and four losses giving us a points total of 47. Clearly if the team can maintain the same level of progress in the forthcoming season, we may be in a position to challenge for promotion again.

Best individual performances were from Gerry Behan (7/11), myself with 6.5/11, Sean Loftus with 6/10 on board 2 and Hugo Oliviera with 4 points out of a possible 6 on board 1.

Pat Fitzsimons, July 2003

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Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Totals
Hugo Oliviera	-	-	-	-	-	1	0	0	1	1	1	4/6
Sean Loftus	-	0	1	1	0.5	1	0.5	0	1	0.5	0.5	6/10
Gerry Barry	-	0.5	0.5	-	-	1	0.5	0	-	-	-	2.5/5
Kevin McGrane	0.5	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	0.5	1	0	0.5	5/11
Alec Tyrrell	0	0	0.5	1	0.5	0	0	1	1	1	0	5/11
Pat Fitzsimons	0	0.5	1	0.5	0.5	0.5	1	1	0.5	0.5	0.5	6.5/11
Eugene Donohoe	0	0.5	0.5	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	4/11
Gerry Behan	0.5	0.5	0	1	0	1	1	0.5	0.5	1	1	7/11
Greg Coyle	0.5			0								0.5
Eugene McMorrow	0			1							1	2
Victor Murray	1	0										1
Peter Scott			1									1
Kevin Summons-Walsh					0.5							0.5
Martin Burke					1							1
Mark Rynne									0			0
David Fitzsimons										1		1
Points Elm Mount	2.5	2	5.5	4.5	3	5.5	3.5	4	6	6	4.5	47/88

Opponents

Round 1 Lucan

Round 2 Drogheda

Round 3 Kilkenny

Round 4 Faughs

Round 5 Celbridge

Round 6 Bray

Round 7 Malahide

Round 8 Wicklow

Round 9 Phibsborough

Round 10 Finglas

Round 11 Rathmines

B. A. CUP 1999/2000 REPORT

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The B. A. CUP (North Section) team for this season was: -

1. VICTOR MURRAY 985 1400

2. EUGENE MC MORROW 1151 1389

3. LARRY DALY 2542 1386

4. EUGENE DONOHOE 4190 1340

5. KARL VERNOR 4839 1324

6. EAMONN FITZGERALD 2105 1395

7. MICK COX 1170

We were also ably assisted with two substitutes during the season:

9. SEÁN DAVOREN 307 1191

10. JOHN O'DRISCOLL 2928 1340

Of the above team only SEÁN was a real substitute. This is explained in the fact that the team for our first match was players numbered 2 - 6. VICTOR was to play for the Ennis team. With the influx of some extra players just as or after the first rounds were starting the Ennis team had to drop VICTOR to our team. This meant I had to drop a player this was KARL whom I thought could play for our Bodley team and get stronger opposition as their board 1 player than he could get as board 5 on our team. In the event study pressures led to him only substituting during this season.

VICTOR only played three matches for us before being co-opted up to the Ennis team. We co-opted MICK COX onto the team for our fifth round match against DROGHEDA and he remained with us until the end of the season. There was only one time during the season when we looked for substitutes. This was our round 7 match against CARLINGFORD and a substitute was lined up but confirmation would only come after 12 noon on the day of the match (a Saturday). We were lucky because before I could ring anyone the opposition rang to say they were withdrawing from the league.

One thing struck me about the situation I found myself in. If this happened during the playoffs (as I was fairly sure we would get there) the only people I could call on would be anyone who had substituted for us during the season or someone from the Bodley team. It was on this point that I decided to deliberately substitute someone before the end of the league proper in order to ensure we would have someone in place in the case we needed a sub during the playoffs. In the last round I was again lucky because we really did need a sub and SEÁN agreed to play. As I have said before team stability is a great asset but it can come unstuck if there is no one else available should any team member be unable to attend one of the matches especially in a playoff situation.

This season was particularly turbulent for the lower divisions in the leagues. In our case we had nine rounds only two were played away from home due to some of our opponents experiencing difficulties. Two teams eventually pulled out of our division.

We finished second in our section and went to the playoffs. Here we finished last.

A special note of congratulations must go to LARRY DALY who was the only player to gain a L. C. U. board prize this season with 7¹/₂ out of 9 rounds (8 matches).

EUGENE MC MORROW

B. A. CUP 2000/2001 REPORT

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The B. A. CUP team for this season was: -

8. EUGENE MC MORROW 1151 1398

9. JOHN O'DRISCOLL 2928 1291

10. EAMONN PITTS 5221 1172

11. EAMONN FITZGERALD 435 1304

12. TOMMY DARCY ----- ^U/_G

We were also ably assisted with three substitutes during the season:

6. FERGUS MULHERN 3589 ^U/_G

7. FRANCIS DOHERTY ----- 1231

8. HUGH FORKIN ----- 935

The turbulence of losing teams from last season continued into this season. With only 10 teams in the whole of the league it was now just one section with the top two automatically getting promoted. As with previous teams stability was an important factor in our season's progress. We used only three substitutions and each of them only once. In the event we played only six rounds in total. BRAY were the first team to pull out just before the season started. Next came U.C.D. who got a bye in the first round but were not heard from again. Finally PHOENIX, a new team, played a couple of matches and then went back to ashes. Apart from our first two matches the rest of our games were spaced a month apart. Our team was reasonably good for this league, a top four placing would be expected. We lost only one match to the eventual winners STRAFFEN. The rest of the season was average apart from our one whitewash of MALAHIDE where we beat them 5-0. I must extend my appreciation to the three subs we used during the season especially to FERGUS MULHERN who, was more shanghaied than asked to play at the last minute (and did very well).

At the end of the season we finished in second place, which we fully deserved after at least two eventful seasons.

EUGENE MC MORROW

B. A. CUP 2001/2002 REPORT

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The B. A. CUP team for this season was: -

13. SEAN DAVORAN 307 1158

14. KEVIN MURRAY 981 988

15. LIAM DALY 2007 880

16. TOMMY DARCY 5809 ^U/_G

17. HUGH FORKIN 2837 877

We were also ably assisted with three substitutes during the season:

6. ANDREW PETERS ----- 1062

7. JANE GILVARRY ----- ^U/_G

8. FIONN DALY ----- ^U/_G

The turbulence of losing teams from previous seasons continued into this season. This resulted in DIV. 6 league being eliminated form this season's tournament. Elm Mount's growing numbers meant that we could afford to have two teams in this the bottom league. Having experienced shortages of players in previous seasons at first sight this did not seem like a wise move. The burden of Captaincy was shared between myself and SÉAN DAVORAN. This allowed for more chess and less worry as to where we would have to get substitutes from in the event we needed any. It turned out this season was more stable than previous seasons due mostly to the fact that our team stayed together and no-one was co-opted onto a higher team. With big wins at the start and end of the season (5-0 and 4-0) being cancelled out by equally big losses in the middle of the season (0-5 and 1-4) with the rest of our matches being roughly balanced coming exactly mid table was very satisfying. We only needed to substitute seven times during the season, which combined with a full team turnout for every match made this season less stressful than previous seasons.

KEVIN MURRAY

B. A. CUP 2002/2003 REPORT

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The B. A. CUP team for this season was: -

18. JUSTIN MULROONEY 4597 1023

19. KEVIN MURRAY 981 988

20. LIAM DALY 2007 901

21. DONAL HARRINGTON 5285 857

22. HUGH FORKIN 2837 877

23. DAVID FITZSIMONS ^U/_G

We were also had one substitute during the season:

7. MARK RYNNE ^U/_G

Our run through the season was as follows:-

Round 1 STRAFFEN 2¹/₂ - ELM MOUNT 2¹/₂

Round 2 ELM MOUNT 4 - PORTMARNOCK 1

Round 3 MALAHIDE 2 - ELM MOUNT 3

Round 4 ELM MOUNT 3 - PHIBSBORO 2

Round 5 KILKENNY 2¹/₂ - ELM MOUNT 2¹/₂

Round 6 ELM MOUNT 3 - St. BENILDUS "B" 2

A great team effort which got us into the play-off's. The results were as follows:-

Round 1 BRAY 3¹/₂ - ELM MOUNT 1¹/₂

Round 2 St. BENILDUS "A" 2 - ELM MOUNT 3

Round 3 DUN LAOIRE 1 - ELM MOUNT 4

The last round was cancelled because at this stage the first and second places were already decided, which meant we won the B.A. Cup in a very tense finish.

I would like to thank Pat Fitzsimons for all his help during the season.

KEVIN MURRAY

ENNIS SHIELD 2002/2003 REPORT

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The ENNIS SHIELD team for this season was: -

24. EUGENE MC MORROW 1151 1437

25. PAT MC CARTHY 1029 1429

26. VICTOR MURRAY 985 1394

27. TIM WALSH 2202 1508

28. MARTIN BURKE 4856 1404

29. PETER MC GRATH 1105 1349

Later on in the season we gained another almost permanent team member:

7. GREG COYLE 261 1414

We were also ably assisted with five substitutes during the season:

8. ANDREW PETERS 4522 1054

9. JUSTIN MULROONEY 4597 1023

10. LIAM DALY 2007 944

11. HUGH FORKIN 2537 934

12. SEAN DAVOURNE 307 1186

This was the remains of the Heidenfeld Team which had got demoted last season with some B.A. players being promoted to this team. The season threatened to start off badly with no less than four substitutes being required for our first match. We were evenly matched on all but two of the boards. Of those two, Andrew played exceedingly well to defeat his opponent (rated 1477) and Justin went wrong at the end of a match which was a definite draw against an opponent rated 1312. Victor and Liam both won leaving us with a 3-3 drawn match. Our pre Christmas season continued very evenly after that, 3-3 v Rathmines, 3.5-2.5 defeat against St. Benildus, 3.5-2.5 win against Aer Lingus where we used our fifth substitute SEAN. Athlone pulled out during this period which suited us as we were due to play them away. After the Christmas break our season picked up after a slow start 4-2 win against Dublin, 3.5-2.5 win against Dun Laoire, 4-2 defeat against Faughs. Now we made our big moves 5-1 win against Malahide and a 6-0 win against Celbridge. This left us in second place in the league on 31.5 points. Our opponents in the final round were TCD who were in third place but 3.5 points behind us. We could not catch the first placed team St. Benildus but there was an outside chance that Dublin could catch us. In the event we defeated TCD 4.5-1.5. Our second place finish also had the added bonus of two of our players getting board prizes. Victor Murray and Martin Burke. Once again the fact that the team was most stable throughout the season with substitutes only being needed for two of our matches was a great help. We are all looking ahead to some interesting times next season.

EUGENE MC MORROW

ELM MOUNT CHESS CLUB

TREASURER’S REPORT 2001-2003

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Opening Balance 15 October 2001		£603.87 = €766.76
Income for 2001/2002 Season
Club fees	€1,541.74
Expenditure for 2001/2002 Season
Wreath for Pat Byrne R.I.P.	€31.74
LCU + ICU Fees	€739.62
Plastic boxes	€44.44
Bank Charges	€23.91
Total Expenditure 2001/2002	€839.71
Balance at 1 September 2002		€1,468.79
Income for 2002/2003 Season
Club fees	€2,560.00
Expenditure for 2002/2003 Season
Ierne Rent	€770.00
LCU + ICU Fees	€1,296.62
Branagan Cup Fees	€25.00
Chess Clocks (analogue)	€200.00
Chess Clocks (digital)	€315.00
Plastic Boxes	€20.00
Bank Charges	17.90
Total Expenditure 2002/2003	€2,644.52
Balance at 2 September 2003		€1,384.27

Elm Mount Chess Club Championships 2000 Results
	Controller: Ciarán Quinn. Prepared by Peter Scott and John Loughran - Up to Contents
	Section A	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pts	Place
1	Fred Armstrong	x	½	1	0	0	1	2½	=3-4
2	Gerry Barry	½	x	1	1	0	0	2½	=3-4
3	Sean Loftus	0	0	x	0	1	0	1	6th
4	Alan McDonagh	1	0	1	x	0	0	2	5th
5	Gerry McElligott	1	1	0	1	x	1	4	1st
6	Ciaran Quinn	0	1	1	1	0	x	3	2nd
	Section B	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pts	Place
1	Gerry Behan	x	0	0	0	0	0	0	6th
2	Bernard Boyle	1	x	1	1	0	0	3	=3-4
3	Pat Byrne	1	0	x	0	0	0	1	5th
4	John Loughran	1	0	1	x	½	1	3½	2nd
5	Donal O'Danachair	1	1	1	½	x	1	4½	1st
6	Alec Tyrell	1	1	1	0	0	x	3	=3-4
	Section C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pts	Place
1	Larry Daly	x	1	0	0	½	.	.	1½	6th
2	Eugene Donohoe	0	x	0	0	0	1	0	1	7th
3	Pat Fitzsimons	1	1	x	½	½	1	1	5	=1-2
4	Kevin McGrane	1	1	½	x	1	1	½	5	=1-2
5	Eugene McMorrow	½	1	½	0	x	0	½	2½	3rd
6	Victor Murray	.	0	0	0	1	x	1	2	=4-5
7	Peter Scott	.	1	0	½	½	0	x	2	=4-5
	Section D	1	2	3	4	5	Pts	Place
1	Liam Daly	x	½	1	½	0	2	3rd
2	Sean Davoren	½	x	1	1	1	3½	1st
3	Hugh Forkin	0	0	x	0	0	0	5th
4	Kevin Murray	½	0	1	x	0	1½	4th
5	Eamonn Pitts	1	0	1	1	x	3	2nd

Elm Mount Club Championship Results 2001
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Controller: Ciaran Quinn
 

Section A, 2001

Place Name Score Berger 

1-3 Boyle, Bernard 5 13.5 19.5 20.5

Mc Elligott, Gerry 5 13.5 19.5 18.0

Quinn, Ciaran 5 13.5 19.5 15.5

4-5 Fitzsimons, Pat 2 16.5 22.5 10.0

McDonagh, Alan 2 13.0 19.0 10.0

6-7 Loftus, Seán 1 17.5 23.5 4.0

Loughran, John 1 17.5 23.5 4.0

 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

1. Quinn, Ciaran * D D W W W W

2. Mc Elligott, Gerry D * D W W W W

3. Boyle, Bernard D D * W W W W

4. McDonagh, Alan L L L * D W D

5. Fitzsimons, Pat L L L D * D W

6. Loftus, Seán L L L L D * D

7. Loughran, John L L L D L D *

Section D, 2001

Place Name Score Berger

1 Pitts, Eamonn 5.5 12.50

2 Davoren, Sean 4 11.00

3 Doherty, Francis 3 6.50

4-5 Murray, Kevin 2.5 5.00

Daly, Liam 2.5 3.75

6 Forkin, Hugh 1.5 2.25

7 D'Arcy, Tommy 1 4.00

 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

1. Daly, Liam * 1 0 0 = 1 0

2. Forkin, Hugh 0 * 0 0 = 1 0

3. Davoren, Sean 1 1 * = = 0 1

4. Pitts, Eamonn 1 1 = * 1 1 1

5. Murray, Kevin = = = 0 * 1 0

6. D'Arcy, Tommy 0 0 1 0 0 * -

7. Doherty, Francis 1 1 0 0 1 - *

Elm Mount Club Championship Results 2002

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Controller: Ciaran Quinn
 
Section A, 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . Score Berger Wins
 1 McElligott, Gerry 5.5 17.00 5
 2-3 Barry, Gerry 4.5 14.00  4
 Boyle, Bernard 4.5 13.75 4
 4 Loughran, John 4 11.00 4
 5 Quinn, Ciaran 3 10.75 2
 6 McGrane, Kevin 2.5 6.75 1
 7-8 McDonagh, Alan  2 7.50 0
 Dunne, Oliver 2 5.25 1
 
Section A, 2002 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1. McDonagh, Alan * D D L L L D D
2. Quinn, Ciaran D * L L W D W L
3. McElligott, Gerry D W * L W W W W
4. Boyle, Bernard W W W * L D L W
5. Loughran, John W L L W * W L W
6. McGrane, Kevin W D L D L * L D
7. Barry, Gerry D L L W W W * W
8. Dunne, Oliver D W L L L D L *
 
 
Section B, 2002 . . . . . . . . . . Score Berger Wins
 1 Fitzsimons, Pat 4 7.00 2
 2-3 Behan, Gerry 3.5 10.50 3
 Tyrell, Alec 3.5 5.50 3
 4-5 McMorrow, Eugene 2.5  5.50 2
 Donohue, Eugene 2.5 3.00 2
 6 Scott, Peter 1 0.00 1
 7 Daly, Larry 0 0.00 0
 
Section B, 2002 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1. Scott, Peter * L L W L
2. Donohue, Eugene W * L L W D
3. Behan, Gerry W * W W D
4. Tyrell, Alec W W L * L W D
5. McMorrow, Eugene L W * W D
6. Daly, Larry L L L L * L
7. Fitzsimons, Pat  W D D D D W *
 
 
Section C, 2002 . . . . . . . . . . Score Berger Wins
 1 McGrath, Peter 3 5.00 3
 2-3 Vernor, Karl 2.5 6.50 2
 Davoren, Sean 2.5 5.00 2
 4-5 Pitts, Eamonn  2 4.75 1
 O Driscoll, John 2 3.25 1
 6 Murray, Victor 1 2.00 1
 
Section C, 2002 1 2 3 4 5 6
1. McGrath, Peter * W W W L L
2. Murray, Victor L * W L L 
3. Pitts, Eamonn L L * D D W
4. O Driscoll, John L W D * D
5. Davoren, Sean W W D * L
6. Vernor, Karl W L D W *

Section D, 2002 . . . . . . . . . Score Berger Wins
 1 Quigley, Ben  3 2.50 2
 2-3 Peters, Andrew 2.5 4.25 2
 Murray, Kevin 2.5 1.25 1
 4 Daly, Liam 2 2.50 2
 5 Forkin, Hugh 0 0.00 0
 
Section D, 2002  1 2 3 4 5
1 Quigley, Ben * L W + W
2 Peters, Andrew W * D L W
3 Murray, Kevin L D * + W
4 Daly, Liam - W - * W
5 Forkin, Hugh L L L L *
 
 
 
Section E, 2002 . . . . . . . . . . .Score Berger Wins
 1-2 Dempsey, Irene 5.5 15.75 5
 Dempsey, Timothy 5.5 15.75 5
 3 Fitzsimons, David 5 12.00 5
 4 Quigley, Shane 4 12.50  4
 5 Dempsey, Aoife 3.5 8.25 3
 6 Dempsey, Lorraine 3 5.50 3
 7 Donachie, Denis 1 0.50 1
 8 Quigley, Margaret 0.5 1.75 0
 
Section E, 2002 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1. Donachie, Denis * L L L L W L L
2. Fitzsimons, David W * W L W W W L
3. Quigley, Shane W L * W L W L W
4. Dempsey, Irene W W L * W W W D
5. Dempsey, Lorraine W L W L * W L L
6. Quigley, Margaret L L L L L * D L
7. Dempsey, Aoife W L W L W D * L
8. Dempsey, Timothy W W L D W W W *

Elm Mount Chess Club Championships 2003

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Report by tournament controller John Loughran, 2^nd Sept. 2003.

The 2003 club championships were held in the Ierne SSC club room from 23^rd June to 1^st September 2003, over a period of 11 weeks. The rules and conditions were as laid out below. Deadlines were strictly enforced despite requests from many players to delay their games. As a result all sections were completed and sent in for rating by 1^st September. Next year this must be done strictly before the 1^st September. This also enabled the prizegiving to take place at the AGM on the 8^th September as well as allowing players a fresh start to the new season.

Despite the short timeframe only 5 games went unplayed from all sections. In addition 6 players withdrew, one from section B and 5 from section F, which created difficulties. In line with the rules published before the tournament started, these players and another who defaulted twice will not be allowed to enter next year’s club championships. Players who did complete their games used various rooms to play games and adjournments on other nights without problems. Sections A,C and E voted for league time controls, B,D and F for allegro.

Thanks are due to the controllers of each section as follows: A: Eugene Donohue; B: Ciarán Quinn; C: Francis Doherty; D: Bernard Boyle; E: Gerry Barry and F: Pat Fitzsimons. These people and many volunteers ensured a smooth start to each round by setting up boards etc. in good time for the round, an example to us all for the approaching league matches. Silence was observed during matches, people leaving the room to talk and analysing elsewhere. Overall playing conditions were markedly improved thanks to the efforts of many club members. We hope that members will continue to ensure good playing conditions exist for the coming league season.

Final Results of All Sections of Elm Mount Chess Club Championships 2003
Section A Final Standings												Section A Crosstable
	Plc	Name	Pts	Pld	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rat
	1st	Fred Armstrong	4	5		0	1	1	1	1	1790
	=2-3	Gerard MacElligott	3.5	5	1		0	0.5	1	1	1967
	=2-3	Ciaran Quinn	3.5	5	0	1		1	0.5	1	1972
		Alan MacDonagh	2	5	0	0.5	0		0.5	1	1772
		Oliver Dunne	1.5	5	0	0	0.5	0.5		0.5	1881
		John Loughran	0.5	5	0	0	0	0	0.5		1830
Section B Final Standings
	Plc	Name	Pts	Pld	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rat	Details
	1st	Bernard Boyle	4	5		0	1	1	1	1w	1764	1 walkover
	=2-3	Alec Tyrrell	3.5	5	1		0	0.5	1	1w	1619	1 walkover, 1 bye
	=2-3	Hugo Oliveira	3.5	5	0	1		1	0.5	1w	1650	1 walkover
		Pat Fitzsimons	2.5	5	0	0.5	0		1	1	1614	1 bye
		Eugene Donohoe	1.5	5	0	0	0.5	0		1	1633
		Gerry K. Barry	0	2	0d	0d	0d	0	0		1666	Withdrew

Section C Final Standings
	Plc	Name	Pts	Pld	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rat	Details
	1st	Eugene McMorrow	4	5		0	1	1	1	1	1414
	2nd	Karl Vernor	3.5	5	1		1	1	0.5