Well the British championship concluded tonight and I must say that the Irish players did very well.
Firstly, in the under 13 championship, Ronan Magee took clear second with a score of 5.5/7 - and a performance rating of 175 BCF (2125).
Pete Morris had a great performance in the Senior championship and finished on 4.5/7. He final score does not reflect how close he was to winning. He was in with a shout till the very last round - he played on board two in this round. He had some good wins against J. Dodgson (2125) in round two and Jim Vickery (2135) in round six. (Many thanks to Pat Twomey for bringing this to my attention.)
In the championship proper Ryan R Griffiths was unlucky in the last round: in trying to avoid a draw by repetition he walked into a mating net. I think Ryan will be glad to see the back of this championship as he didn't appear to be firing on all cylinders. His performance at the last Hastings tournament shows he is capable of so much more than this. Definitely better things to come.
You can view their individual results at the following link. Well done to all those who took part - you did us proud!
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