Matei Garcia took victory by the narrow margin of 1.5 points in the second game of the 2021 championship, securing his third consecutive championship, and winning his third consecutive match-up against James Hutchinson. Making good on his pre-game promise to play for moyo, Matei took central influence from the earliest moves, giving James solid territory…
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Ici, c’est Paris!
We had another of our epic Irish vs French Club battle last Sunday, this time against Paris-Aligre. 8 boards, 2 commentators, a lot of fun, some surprises and a final score of 5-3 for Paris-Aligre after a tense ending where all the eyes were on the decisive last game! All the ingredients were here for…
James & Ruari win the Rengo
2 additional tiebreak rounds were required to declare a winner. Final standings were as follows: Tie break round 2 James & Ruari bt Matei & Niall
Tie break round 1 Matei & Niall bt Graham & Clara James & Ruari bt Peter & Stephen
2 wins James & Ruari, Graham & Clara, Matei & Niall…
Irish Winter rengo/pair go entries now open
Entries are now open for the Irish Winter Rengo/Pair go championships
To enter, please email james8hut A@T hotmail D.O.T com stating rank, preferred partner, and whether you’re willing to play in December. If you don’t have a partner, I’ll find you one. If you think you’re not strong enough to enter, slap yourself in…
Ireland vs Grenoble – How it happened…
This Monday took place a fabulous event : the first of a set of Friendly Team Matches between Ireland and some famous French clubs! We had the extreme honour of having a live comment of the 11 games by GoPro Yeon Woo, Korean 2p from Korea who is both a fab player and a very…