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Simon Rogers
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John Gibson

Post by Simon Rogers » Thu May 19, 2022 3:50 pm

I am sorry to report that John Gibson died on 14th March 2022.
John won the Leinster School's Senior Championship in 1965.
He then tied with Michael Littleton and Ken O'Riordan for the Leinster Senior title in 1968 but lost out in the double round playoff which followed. He made amends 10 years later when he took the title on his own in 1978.
John played in the Armstrong Cup, the highest chess level for teams (in Ireland), for over 40 years. He played more consecutive Armstrong Cup games than anybody else in Irish Chess.
On the international front, he represented Ireland at all levels.
At schoolboy level, he played in the Glorney Cup in 1965 and defeated a strong English opponent in the 3-3 all draw in that match.
John played board 4 in the Irish team which included John Moles, the then Irish senior champion, and Paul Henry, a future champion.
In 1968, John was part of the Irish student's team which participated in the European Student's Championship in Sweden.
In later years, he was a member of the Irish Seniors teams which played in Greece in 2019 and in the World Senior Team Championship in Prague in 2020.
RIP

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