The 2010 Top 8 kick off weekend ran very smoothly in the excellent surroundings of the Burlington Hotel, ably secured by a certain Mr N.Mitchell. Taking an early lead where the northerners James Hutchinson and Ian Davis, both finishing the weekend on 4/4. You can find all the results in the Top 8 scoretable.
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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…
Nov 28 – Irish Championship Finals
After two games this week, both played on KGS, Claas Roever and Ian Davis are all square at 1 win apiece. Ian won the first game playing Black, while Claas leveled with Black in the next game. The deciding game should take place next week.
17 Nov – Top 8 Playoffs
Claas and Noel played on KGS last night to see who joined Ian in the Irish Championship final. Noel, playing white, recovered well from something of a poor start. However, he was unable to catch up with Claas, who finished 4.5 points ahead after a rough game. This year’s Top 8 results can be…
First Qualifiers for 2010 Top 8 Decided
With Cao Tong-Yu and Claas Roever unable to take their seats at the opening weekend of the 2010 Top 8 tournament (to be held in Dublin over the weekend of 16-17th January), Colin MacSweeny and Michael Thai have joined Ian Davis and Noel Mitchell as the qualifiers from this year’s Top 8. The remaining four…