Matei Garcia started his title defense in fine style with a win by resignation over challenger James Hutchinson. Taking black, Matei built a territorial lead early on, and sealed the victory late in the game by killing a large group. The date of the second game in the series will be announced in the near…
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2020 Championship Begins
After a Covid-19–enforced postponement, the 2020 Irish Championship series will begin this Saturday, 25th April at 10.00am. In his first title defense, Matei Garcia will take on four-time previous winner James Hutchinson. The game will be played in the Ireland room on KGS.
Corona Cup
To help us while away the hours while we’re confined to barracks, Lukas Podpera is organising an online tournament, the Corona Cup. Five rounds of competitive games, one per week until the end of April, to be played on KGS, with prizes for anyone who manages 4 or 5 wins. Entry fee is a very…
Clubs Closed, Play Online
With the pubs closed due to the Covid-19 outbreak, there will be no club meetings for the foreseeable future. In the meantime, let’s meet online — there will be a session tonight, and subsequent Wednesday nights, in the Ireland room on KGS. If you prefer the more recondite pleasures of heckling and criticising players…
A Lot Done, More to Do
As you’ll have noticed, this website has had something of a facelift in the last few days. Massive thanks to Niall Tuohy for undertaking the task of writing a new WordPress theme for the IGA. The job does not end here — many of the pages on the site contain old and outdated information. Over…