The following report is in response to a begging email I received earlier in the week. It relates to the recent E2E4 tournament in Dublin.
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THE "JOYCE"OF SPRING
At Easter in Dublin, Martin Kelly(Belfast South) followed up his 4/6 in the Gonzaga Under-1800s with 5/6 in the e2e4 Under-1750 Major.
He was unbeaten in the 9 round event.After a first round travelling bye, Kelly was full of the "joyce"of spring after a difficult draw with
Stephen Joyce.After a win and draw in the next two rounds,he was able to "waltz"past Cathal Walsh in Round Five in the game below:
In Round Six on Board Two,joint leader Ronan Murphy was "groanin' " after losing to Kelly in a swashbuckling,sacrificial game, not for the fainthearted.
The final round saw Kelly on Board One face last year's winner,Bulgarian Atanis Kouthev, nicknamed "Attack"or "Attila the Hun",who was a half point clear and needed only a draw to win.
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THE "JOYCE"OF SPRING
At Easter in Dublin, Martin Kelly(Belfast South) followed up his 4/6 in the Gonzaga Under-1800s with 5/6 in the e2e4 Under-1750 Major.
He was unbeaten in the 9 round event.After a first round travelling bye, Kelly was full of the "joyce"of spring after a difficult draw with
Stephen Joyce.After a win and draw in the next two rounds,he was able to "waltz"past Cathal Walsh in Round Five in the game below:
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In Round Six on Board Two,joint leader Ronan Murphy was "groanin' " after losing to Kelly in a swashbuckling,sacrificial game, not for the fainthearted.
The final round saw Kelly on Board One face last year's winner,Bulgarian Atanis Kouthev, nicknamed "Attack"or "Attila the Hun",who was a half point clear and needed only a draw to win.
Kelly remembered losing on Board Two in the last round at Gonzaga but knew a win this time would get him a first prize of 400 Euros. Instead,he chickened out with a Grandmaster draw to finish second.
What would you have done in the position below?
What would you have done in the position below?
Answers on a postcard to……………………….ROOKIE.
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Ecclesiastes 12:12
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
Ecclesiastes 12:12
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
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