9th Irish Open, 5 round McMahon, 21-22/03/98, 60 min plus 15/5. Bar 2 Dan

Posn	Player	Country	Rank	1	2	3	4	5	MM	Tot	SOS	SODOS
1	Matthew Macfadyen	GBR	6D	3+	4+	2+	5+	6+	5	5	14	14
2	Christoph Gerlach	DEU	5D	5+	6+	1-	4+	3+	4	4	15	10
3	Emil Nijhuis	NLD	5D	1-	7+	5+	8+	2-	3	3	13	4
4	Des Cann	GBR	4D	8+	1-	7+	2-	9+	3	3	12	3
5	Tony Atkins	GBR	2D	2-	8+	3-	1-	7+	2	2	14	2
6	Michael Marz	DEU	1D	10+	2-	11+	14+	1-	2	3	11	1
7	Stephen Flinter	IRE	1D	9+	3-	4-	10+	5-	1	2	10	2
8	Noel Mitchell	IRL	2D	4-	5-	9+	3-	10-	1	1	10	1
9	Colin Adams	GBR	1D	7-	12+	8-	11+	4-	1	2	7	2
10	David Keeble	GBR	1D	6-	11-	12+	7-	8+	1	2	6	2
11	Scott Hopkins	USA	1K	13+	10+	6-	9-	17+	1	3	3	0
12	Bernard Palmer	IRL	1K	16+	9-	10-	22+	13+	1	3	-14.5	-16.5
13	Mathias Kegelmann	DEU	1K	11-	14-	16+	15+	12-	0	2	1.5	-0.5
14	Chris Rafferty	IRL	1K	20-	13+	17+	6-	15-	0	2	-8	-1
15	Alan Held	CHE	2K	19+	17+	21+	13-	14+	0	4	-18	-18
16	John Gibson	IRE	2K	12-	18+	13-	=	21+	-0.5	2.5
17	Brian Gallagher	IRE	2K	18+	15-	14-	19+	11-	-1	2
18	Fred Holroyd	GBR	2K	17-	16-	19-	21-	22+	-3	1
19	Paul Brennan	IRL	6K	15-	22+	18+	17-	20-	-4	2
20	Pol O’Gradaigh	IRL	10K	14+	21-	22+	–	19-	-9	2
21	Fergus O’Connell	IRL	18K	22+	20+	15-	18+	16-	-12	3
22	Ernad Mulaomerovic	BIH	18K	21-	19-	20-	12-	18-	-15	0

Handicap games are written in bold type

Irish Rapidplay Championship

1	Christoph Gerlach	DEU	5D	4 (Won play-off game against Yuki)
2	Yuki Shigeno	JPN	2P	4
3	Mathias Kegelmann	DEU	1K	3 SOS 17
4	Tony Atkins	GBR	2D	3 SOS 15.5
5	Scott Hopkins	USA	1K	3 SOS 13
6	Des Cann	GBR	4D	3 SOS 11.5
7	Noel Mitchell	IRL	2D	3 SOS 11
8	Bernard Palmer	IRL	1K	2.5
9	Michael Marz	DEU	1D	2 SOS 15
10	Ernad Mulaomerovic	BIH	15K	2 SOS 12.5
11	Pol O’Gradaigh	IRL	10K	2 SOS 10
12	David Keeble	GBR	1D	2
13	Fergus O’Connell	IRL	15K	1.5
14	Fred Holroyd	GBR	2K	0

Side Events

Liar Dice: Tony Atkins

Mornington Crescent: Colin Adams

Bridge: Matthew Macfadyen & Colin Adams

Pits: Tony Atkins

Backgammon: Yuki Shigeno

6th Irish Handicap Championship
60 min plus 15/5, Handicap plus one stone

Posn	Player	Country	Rank	1	2	3	Tot	SOS
1	Scott Hopkins	USA	1D	6+	3+	2+	3	5
2	Des Cann	GBR	4D	5+	4+	1-	2	7
3	Colin Adams	GBR	1D	9+	1-	7+	2	5
4=	Michael Marz	DEU	1D	10+	2-	6+	2	3
4=	Mathias Kegelmann	DEU	1K	2-	10+	8+	2	3
6	Yuki Shigeno	JPN	2P	1-	7+	4-	1	6
7	Bernard Palmer	IRL	1K	8+	6-	3-	1	4
8	Tony Atkins	GBR	2D	7-	9+	5-	1	4
9	Pol O’Gradaigh	IRE	10K	3-	8-	10+	1	3
10	Ernad Mulaomerovic	BOS	15K	4-	5-	9-	0	5