IRISH OPEN /QUALIFER 2010

[tommyc]

Hey Kimmy.............glad you made it at last and you r very welcome a sight for sore eyes as they say........ill c yall tomorrow morning im just packin me bags.Say hello to Jan ,Filip and all the rest for me till then........take care,and its great you made it.

[Woodypusher]

A Very Strong Field, Ron king being the favourite but he faces some stiff opposition, not least of all from Borghetti who if he plays and is in form would be my tip for a top 3 place.

[Alex_Moiseyev]

I will try to keep updates daily.

Don't worry about this, Kim. Just concentrate and play and forget about Internet. I personally can wait by the end of event when you tell me that you won it !

Alex

[Irma Sierra]

Good you made it kimmy!!! wish you good luck, give a hug to Jan from me and you all have lots of fun!!!!

[kim willis]

Hello everyone,
Today was first day of irish open. Almost 60 players attending. I played in the Senior Division. !st rd I played John Kelly from ireland, draw 1st game, 2nd game I won=3pts. 2nd rd Sean Davis, I drew both, and of course missed a win but still happy of how I am playing. 5 pts and happy

Still alot of games yet, will get list tomorrow and results to post here.

kim

[Miki_Borghetti]

Hello,

does anybody know where i can find
the list of the opening we will play?

Thank you !

Michele Borghetti

[Alex_Moiseyev]

Does anybody know where i can find
the list of the opening we will play?

http://www.checkerworld.com/bh3mv.htm

[Miki_Borghetti]

Thank you Alex;

will use also the Loss Opening? or only 156 opening?
Thank you in advance !

Michele Borghetti

[Alex_Moiseyev]

will use also the Loss Opening? or only 156 opening?

Hi, Michele !

Official WCDF and National Anglo-American Draughts Federations deck - all sounds 156 openings.

Good luck to you in Dublin, it will be fun !!!

[Miki_Borghetti]

Hi Alex!

Thanks for informations...

I am sure it will be fun and a nice experience for me.

Michele Borghetti

[Woodypusher]

Hello Miki
David Harwood here. Good luck in the tournament it is good to see you play. There are many fine players in this tournament and it should be a very exciting experience for the players and spectators.

[Hugh Devlin]

Hi, I’ve just got off the telephone to the Sean Phillips who tells me that the Irish Open is a very strong and exciting contest, because of both the strength of the field and the large number of different nationalities there. Four rounds have been played to date from this nine round event.

The event attracted 57 entries divided as Masters x 26, Senior x 23, Intermediate x 8. The IDA organisers have amalgamated the Senior and Intermediate divisions with separate prizes to the top rated players from each grading.

Overnight the table stands as 14pts Ron King (Barbados) 11pts T. Watson (Sct), 10pts, S. O’ Driscoll (Irl), J. Mc Elhone (NI), I. Martynov (Ger), M. Shabshai (Isr), 9pts, S. Mc Cosker, etc, etc. (These scores are from a possible 16pts). The excitement this morning was that John Mc Elhone missed a win against Ron King on an ending during their 3rd Round pairing.

Senior / Intermediate results: 13pts Joe Maguire (Irl), 12pts S. Mc Kenna (NI), J. Davis (Irl), 11pts J. Joliffe (Eng) and B. Coll (Sct). There will be three rounds played tomorrow. Hugh

[Irma Sierra]

Women not playing yet?

[Alex_Moiseyev]

The excitement this morning was that John Mc Elhone missed a win against Ron King on an ending

So ... the fact that Mr. Mc Elhone missed a win against Suki is excitement ?

[Hugh Devlin]

Just a correction here - Joe Swartz (USA) is also on 11 pts. The Irish Open does not have a seperate Women's division, therefore these divisions are mixed. The WCDF QT starts on Wednesday and will have a seperate event. Many players taking part in the WCDF QT have yet to arrive, including the Turkmenistan delegation who are still in transit in London.

Alex - Thats what I'm told. Hugh