Shannon Masters 2013-14 Rd 1 - by Oct 23rd 2013

    Results

    BoardWhiteResultBlack
    1 Paul Walsh1 : 0Geoffrey Keating
    2 Norbert Hoffman0 : 1Phillip Foenander
    3 Frank Noonan0 : 1Dan Clancy
    4 Liam O'Brien0.5 : 0.5Nick Larter

Shannon Masters 2013-14 Rd 2 - by Nov 13th 2013

    Results

    BoardWhiteResultBlack
    1 Nick Larter1 : 0Martin O'Grady
    2 Dan Clancy0 : 1Liam O'Brien
    3 Phillip Foenander0.5 : 0.5Frank Noonan
    4 Geoffrey Keating0 : 1Norbert Hoffman
    5 Rory Quinn0 : 1Paul Walsh

Shannon Masters 2013-14 Rd 3 - by Dec 4th 2013

    Results

    BoardWhiteResultBlack
    1 Norbert Hoffman1 : 0Rory Quinn
    2 Frank Noonan1 : 0Geoffrey Keating
    3 Liam O'Brien1 : 0Phillip Foenander
    4 Martin O'Grady1 : 0Dan Clancy

Shannon Masters 2013-14 Rd 4 - by Jan 15th 2014

    Results

    BoardWhiteResultBlack
    1 Phillip Foenander0 : 1Martin O'Grady
    2 Geoffrey Keating0.5 : 0.5Liam O'Brien
    3 Rory Quinn1 : 0Frank Noonan
    4 Paul Walsh0.5 : 0.5Norbert Hoffman
Liam O'Brien v Geoff Keating Liam O'Brien v Geoff Keating(who won the 2014 Limerick club championship) playing in the Shannon Masters on 14th May 2014 which was drawn.

Shannon Masters 2013-14 Rd 5 - by Feb 5th 2014

    Results

    BoardWhiteResultBlack
    1 Frank Noonan0.5 : 0.5Paul Walsh
    2 Liam O'Brien0 : 1Rory Quinn
    3 Martin O'Grady0.5 : 0.5Geoffrey Keating
    4 Nick Larter0.5 : 0.5Dan Clancy

Shannon Masters 2013-14 Rd 6 - by Feb 26th 2014

    Results

    BoardWhiteResultBlack
    1 Phillip Foenander1 : 0Nick Larter
    2 Rory Quinn1 : 0Martin O'Grady
    3 Paul Walsh1 : 0Liam O'Brien
    4 Norbert Hoffman0.5 : 0.5Frank Noonan

Shannon Masters 2013-14 Rd 7 - by March 19th 2014

    Results

    BoardWhiteResultBlack
    1 Liam O'Brien0 : 1Norbert Hoffman
    2 Martin O'Grady0.5 : 0.5Paul Walsh
    3 Nick Larter0 : 1Geoffrey Keating
    4 Dan Clancy0 : 1Phillip Foenander
Liam O'Brien v Norbert Hoffmann Liam O'Brien(White) v Norbert Hoffmann Rd 7 game in the Shannon Masters on 4th Jun 2014 which ended in a win for Norbert after a long patient battle to queen the g pawn.

Shannon Masters 2013-14 Rd 8 - by April 9th 2014

    Results

    BoardWhiteResultBlack
    1 Geoffrey Keating0 : 1Dan Clancy
    2 Rory Quinn1 : 0Nick Larter
    3 Norbert Hoffman0.5 : 0.5Martin O'Grady
    4 Frank Noonan0 : 1Liam O'Brien

Shannon Masters 2013-14 Rd 9 - by April 30th 2014

    Results

    BoardWhiteResultBlack
    1 Martin O'Grady1 : 0Frank Noonan
    2 Nick Larter0 : 1Paul Walsh
    3 Dan Clancy0 : 1Rory Quinn
    4 Phillip Foenander0 : 1Geoffrey Keating

Shannon Masters 2013-14 Rd 10 - by May 14th 2014

    Results

    BoardWhiteResultBlack
    1 Rory Quinn1 : 0Phillip Foenander
    2 Paul Walsh1 : 0Dan Clancy
    3 Norbert Hoffman0 : 0Nick Larter
    4 Liam O'Brien0.5 : 0.5Martin O'Grady
Liam O'Brien v Martin O'Grady Liam O'Brien(White) v Martin O'Grady Rd 10 game in the Shannon Masters on 21st May 2014 which ended in a draw from a Queen's Pawn game. The players had to contend with strong sunlight in the room as can be seen on Martin's chair.

Shannon Masters 2013-14 Rd 11 - by May 28th 2014

    Results

    BoardWhiteResultBlack
    1 Nick Larter0.5 : 0.5Frank Noonan
    2 Dan Clancy0 : 1Norbert Hoffman
    3 Phillip Foenander0 : 1Paul Walsh
    4 Geoffrey Keating0 : 1Rory Quinn
Geoff Keating v Rory Quinn Geoff Keating(White) v Rory Quinn playing their Rd 11 game in the Shannon Masters on 21st May 2014 in which Black won with the Vienna gambit(1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5) Note the shadows cast by the White pieces from the sunshine. Dan Clancy v Norbert Hoffmann Dan Clancy(White) v Norbert Hoffmann playing their Rd 11 game in the Shannon Masters on 6th June 2014 Black won with the Scandinavian Defence Main line (3..Qa5) and some fine middlegame tactics but Dan put up a good fight!

    Cross Table

    No Name                Loc  Club  Total  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     

1  RORY QUINN         2078 ENNIS        7  2L 3L 4W 5W 6W 7W 9W 8W 10W
2  PAUL WALSH         2044 SARSFIELD  7.5  10W 1W 3D 4D 5W 6D 7W 8W 9W
3  NORBERT HOFFMAN    1935 SARSFIELD  5.5  9L 10W 1W 2D 4D 6D 5W 8W
4  FRANK NOONAN       1836 SARSFIELD    3  8L 9D 10W 1L 3D 2D 5L 6L 7D
5  LIAM O' BRIEN      1797 SARSFIELD  4.5  7D 8W 9W 1L 2L 4W 10D 6D 3L
6  MARTIN O'GRADY     1789 SARSFIELD    5  7L 8W 9W 10D 1L 2D 4W 3D 5D
7  NICK LARTER        1743 ENNIS      2.5  5D 6W 8D 9L 10L 1L 2L 4D
8  DAN CLANCY         1549 SARSFIELD  2.5  4W 5L 6L 7D 9L 10W 2L 1L 3L
9  PHILLIP FOENANDER  1487 LIMERICK   3.5  3W 4D 5L 6L 7W 8W 1L 2L 10L
10 GEOFFREY KEATING   1474 LIMERICK     3  2L 3L 4L 6D 7W 8L 5D 1L 9W
11 JONATHAN MELLING 1804 (WITHDRAWN- PLAYED 2 - 1L 2L)
12 JOHN ALFRED 1758 (WITHDRAWN - PLAYED 2 - 6W 7L)


    RESULTS: 1ST - PAUL WALSH (7.5 PTS)
    

    2ND - RORY QUINN (7 PTS)
    

    U-1800 RATING PRIZE - MARTIN O'GRADY (5 PTS)
    

    U-1600 RATING PRIZE - PHILLIP FOENANDER (3.5 PTS)
    
Shannon Masters prize winners
The prize winners in Shannon Masters 2013-14 
L-R Phillip Foenander(rating), Rory Quinn(second), Paul Walsh(winner) and Martin O'Grady(rating)

    NOTES: THE TOURNAMENT WILL BE FIDE RATED

    - GAMES MUST BE PLAYED IN THE CORRECT ROUND ORDER

    - POSTPONEMENT OF GAMES BEYONG THE ABOVE ORDER WILL ONLY BE ALLOWED IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES

    - BOTH PLAYERS ARE ASKED TO SEND THE RESULT OF THEIR GAME BY EMAIL TO mcuresults@gmail.com

    - IF YOU HAVE DIFFICULTY IN ARRANGING YOUR GAME PLEASE CONTACT FRANK NOONAN AT franknoonan64@gmail.com

    - TIME LIMIT IS 1 HOUR 30 MINS PLUS 30 SECOND INCREMENT PER PLAYER ALL MOVES

    ENTRY FEE: €50; UNDER-18 €30

    PRIZE FUND:

    1ST €200

    2ND €120

    GRADING 1600-1850 €80

    GRADING 1400-1600 €80