James Hutchinson (white) beat defending champion Ian Davis today by 2.5 points. This means he takes his first national title.
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3 Dec – Irish Final continues
James Hutchinson fought his way back into the title match today, with a half point win. There will now be a deciding game!
Aug 20 – Championship Game finally played
The first game of the Irish Final took place today, illustrating the slow pace of life North of the border. Ian, lost nigiri, but recovered to win against James by 13.5 points and 37 minutes. As a reminder, if you want to play in the Irish Championship League, you need to qualify through the…
Nov 27 – Irish Final
The last game in the final of the Irish Championship took place in Belfast today. Ian, holding the white pieces, used his trademark Swan style to win by 7.5 points over James Hutchinson. Once again both players had chances to win the game, it will be interesting to see if James can improve on his…
Dec 2 – 2009 Irish Championship ends in time for Christmas
After a long year, the Irish Championship finally came to end in a tense game. As usual between these two it was a game that could have gone either way. After repeating the opening of the second game, Claas took an early lead by switching to a Gibson style strategy. However somewhere in the…