Elm Mount Chess Club
Yearbook 1999-2003
Annual General Meeting
8th September
2003
by
Eugene Donohue, editor part
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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.
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Elm Mount Chess
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Team Captain’s Reports |
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Armstrong Cup |
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2000 Sections A-D |
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2001 Sections A and D |
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2002 Sections A-E |
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2003 Sections A-F |
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Rules
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Ladder
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Coaching Proposals |
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Website Report |
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A.G.M. 8th
September 2003
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
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 16th 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
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:
Eugene
Donohoe.
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Fred Armstrong. |
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Alan MacDonagh. |
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Gerry Barry. |
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Gerry MacElligott. |
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Gerry Behan. |
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Pat McCarthy. |
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Bernard Boyle. |
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Kevin McGrane. |
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Martin Burke. |
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Peter McGrath |
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Mick Cox. |
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Eugene McMorrow. |
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Greg Coyle. |
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Fergus Mulhearn |
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Larry Daly. |
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Justin Mulrooney |
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Liam Daly. |
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Kevin Murray. |
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Sean Davoren |
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Victor Murray. |
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Timothy Dempsey |
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John O’Driscoll |
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Francis Doherty. |
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Hugo Oliveira |
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Eugene Donohoe. |
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Ray O’Rourke. |
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Oliver Dunne. |
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Andrew Peters. |
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Denis Donachie. |
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Eamonn Pitts. |
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Eamon Fitzgerald. |
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John Quigley |
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David Fitzsimons. |
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Ciaran Quinn. |
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Pat Fitzsimons |
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Robert Richardson. |
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Patrick Flynn. |
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Peter Scott. |
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Hugh Forkin. |
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Donal Harrington |
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Fergus Hogan. |
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Tim Walsh. |
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Sean Loftus. |
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Elm Mount Chess Club
Captain’s Reports
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
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.
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.
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.
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
2002/03
Season – Heidenfeld Trophy – Results of Elm Mount Team - Up
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