2009 Kildare Open

[liam stephens]

Held in the Town House Hotel, Naas, Co Kildare - 21-22 February 2009, 5 rounds of play.

Results:

Masters
1. Shane McCosker 16 points
2. Myles Hannigan 14
3. Frank Moran 12
4. Francis McNally 11

Seniors
1. Sean McKenna 14 points
2. P. J. Furey 13
3. Charles McElroy 12
4. John Davis 12

Intermediates
1. Sean Davis 13 points
2. Denis Fitzgerald 13
3. Michael Igoe 13
4. Julian Mc Guinness 12

Shane Mc Cosker was in top form and had 2 wins against Myles Hannigan.

[Alex_Moiseyev]

Any good games or fragments of games to share ? Shane - how about yours, anything interesting ?

Regards,

Alex

[S_McCosker]

Hi Alex,

yes I had quite a few interesting games.


C.Young V S.McCosker R.D.2 Game 1
White to play & Win

19-15 10-19 22-17 13-22 26-3 19-26 31-22 16-19 3-7 12-16 7-11(a common winning theme) 8-15 21-17 WW


S.McCosker V T.Kee R.D.3 Game 2
White to move & Draw

26-23!(Tom missing this bueatiful draw played 24-19 eventualy leading to a RW) 9-14 24-20! 14-30 23-7 3-10 20-16! 11-20 31-26 30-23 27-4 Draw

I may post more positions if i get a chance

Regards

Shane

[Alex_Moiseyev]

S.McCosker V T.Kee R.D.3 Game 2
White to move & Draw

I like that one - something fresh and nice !

I may post more positions if i get a chance

Please, do !