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The 1st e2e4 Dublin International will be held over the Easter weekend of 5th - 9th April 2012 at Brennan Green Isle Hotel, Naas Road, Newlands Cross, Dublin 22, Ireland.

There will be three sections - a 9 round FIDE rated open where GM and IM norms will be possible, together with two 7 round FIDE rated events for Under 2000 (1900 ICU) and Under 1750 (1600 ICU).

Full details and online entry can be found at http://www.e2e4.org.uk/dublin

A list of entrants can be found at http://e2e4.org.uk/entrants_dublin.htm

Will this be ECF graded as well as Elo rated?

Jonathan Bryant wrote:Will this be ECF graded as well as Elo rated?

The organiser has sent an e-mail to the Director of Home Chess and other ECF people involved in grading to ask the ECF to grade it in the same way as they do Gibraltar. An answer should be forthcoming once said people check their e-mails...

Sean has passed me this message from Adam:-

Dear Sean

The ECF would not grade this event/ We are also ending the service by
which members can get their games graded overseas if they register
their intention to play in advance with the IRO, but we would honour
this commitment one last time for Dublin, if requests were received.

best wishes

Adam

Jonathan Bryant wrote:Sean has past me this message from Adam:-

Dear Sean

The ECF would not grade this event/ We are also ending the service by
which members can get their games graded overseas if they register
their intention to play in advance with the IRO, but we would honour
this commitment one last time for Dublin, if requests were received.

best wishes

Adam

I'm going to start a separate thread about this, as I want to talk about this in relation to more than just this Dublin event.

New thread is here: http://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=3917

A reminder:

The 1st e2e4 Dublin International will be held over the Easter weekend of 5th - 9th April 2012 at Brennan Green Isle Hotel, Naas Road, Newlands Cross, Dublin 22, Ireland.

There will be three sections - a 9 round FIDE rated open where GM and IM norms will be possible, together with two 7 round FIDE rated events for Under 2000 (1900 ICU) and Under 1750 (1600 ICU).

Full details and online entry can be found at http://www.e2e4.org.uk/dublin

A list of entrants can be found at http://e2e4.org.uk/entrants_dublin.htm

The Masters is looking like an incredibly strong event. For an up to date list of entries

http://www.e2e4.org.uk/entrants_dublin.htm

The Irish players always enter events very late in the day so we can expect the Major and Challengers to fill up too.

It's not too late to enter what is sure to be an enjoyable and tough weekend of chess. Cheap flights are still available with both Ryanair and Aer Lingus so why not join in the fun. The hotel is fabulous and we have our usual cheap rates so why not come and enjoy the famous Irish hospitality?

English players DO NOT need to be members of the ECF to play.

sean hewitt wrote: English players DO NOT need to be members of the ECF to play.

I don't think entrants will get it ECF graded without being an individual Direct Member. But then the ECF are withdrawing that benefit anyway, notwithstanding it being part of existing membership benefits, like ChessMoves.

Draw for Round1 online at www.e2e4.org.uk/dublin/Apr2012/masters.htm

Live games available at www.e2e4.org.uk/live/

This lineup is fantastic - congratulations on a superb turnout, and good luck with the event!

Some truly strange opening play on the live feed. It comes to something when Danny Gormally is the champion of sanity

Paul Cooksey wrote:Some truly strange opening play on the live feed. It comes to something when Danny Gormally is the champion of sanity

Anything in particular Paul? I can check that I haven't got something back to front!

I've no reason to doubt the relay Sean

This one was funny:
[White "Romero Holmes"] [Black "Wall, Gavin"] 1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 Nf6 3. e5 Ne4 4. Nce2 d4 5. c3 dxc3 6. bxc3 Nc5 7. d4 Ne6 8. h4 b6 9. Nf3 Bb7 10. Ng5 Nxg5 11. hxg5 e6 12. g6(Funny, assuming you aren't Gavin Wall, obviously...)

Kvisvik-Collins featured a variant of the better than it looks line:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Na4(Funny, whoever you are are )

Ah yes. They both really happened! By the way, I think I've worked out the home made wiring on the Irish DGT boards so I'm hoping to have more boards available tomorrow.

I would say that it's the Bunratty effect (Guinness) except that the round was played on Easter Saturday. Around twenty years ago, I played in an Easter tournament in Dublin. A couple of things stick to mind, one was that an obscure Irish airline named after someone called Ryan didn't believe in legroom, the other was that every single pub in Dublin was closed because of Good Friday.