Yesterday, in the last remaining game of the Top 8 league, Noel Mitchell secured a win against Claas Roever to force a play-off for second and third place and, more importantly, the opportunity to challenge Roman Pszonka for the Championship. After a break for food, Noel and Claas moved straight into the play-off game. Noel [...]
The Top 8 Kick-Off tournament took place in the Burlington Hotel, Dublin 4. Defending Champion Roman Pszonka was the only player to emerge undefeated over the weekend, with a 4-0 record, and is well-positioned to gain a spot in the title match for the Championship. Claas Roever and Noel Mitchell finished with three wins, Claas [...]
Updated! The kick-off weekend for the Top 8 (Irish Championship League) will be starting on the 26th of January. The venue is once again the Burlington Hotel, Dublin. On the evening of the 26th the Extraordinary General Meeting of the IGA will take place nearby. To be precise, in the Leeson Lounge on Leeson Street, [...]
The Top 8 Kick-Off tournament will take place over the weekend of the 26th and 27th of January in Dublin, location to be confirmed. There will be an Extraordinary General Meeting of the IGA on the Saturday (26th) evening to ratify the business conducted at the inquorate AGM held in October and to further discuss [...]
This year’s Irish Championship League, affectionately known as the Top 8, came to an end tonight. Roman beat Noel by time, while Justyna achieved the same result against Tibi. This makes Roman the clear winner with 6/7. Tied for second are James and Ian, on 5/7, who must now play off to see who makes [...]
Another set of Top 8 games were played this weekend. A triangle tournament between the Belfast players was played, with all 3 games played in sequence on Saturday. Ian beating James and Tibi, and James beating Tibi. Then, the next night on KGS, Ian beat Justyna, although had she picked up on a serious middlegame [...]
Top 8 veterans Noel Mitchell and John Gibson were the first to resume play after the kick-off weekend. John took an early lead, but Noel pulled himself back in front to win by 12.5 points. On Saturday, Roman and Colin played their game, after a thrilling struggle to find a clock. Roman emerged victorious, with [...]
The Irish Championship League, affectionately known as the Top 8, kicked off in the plush surroundings of the Burlington Hotel in Dublin this weekend (thanks to Noel!). After a hard fought 4 rounds, the race for the top 2 places looks to be very much still open. In pole position on 3/4 are Roman, Colin [...]
With the new year, comes the new Irish championship. The Top 8 will be starting this month, along with the ladder. The kick off weekend will take place on the 14th and 15th of January at the Burlington Hotel. There should be some room for spectators.
There has been an Irish contingent at the Barcelona Open, another Pandanet Tour event. Wei Wang claimed 3rd place with 4/5 (one SOS off 2nd), while Colin MacSweeny finished with 2/5 further back. The Top 8 has almost finished, Colin and Noel have claimed 3rd and 4th place respectively, while Ian and James are tied [...]