Foreign Tournament Result

The 21st Irish Open was held as usual in the Teachers' Club in Dublin and again was part of the Pandanet Go European Cup.

The attendance was 41, the strongest two being the winner Ondrej Silt (6 dan Czechia) and second placed Wei Wang from UCC. Third and fourth were members of the large Dutch contingent Willem-Koen Pomstra and Willem Mallon. Players winning 4/5 were: Bernd Sambale (1 kyu Germany), Michal Lukasiewicz (2 kyu Netherlands), Edwin Brady (2 kyu St Andrews), Sue Paterson (3 kyu Brighton) and Sonja Zaroba (9 kyu Berlin).
The Irish Rapid handicap tournament on the Friday evening ended in a four-way tie. After braking it, the winner was Edwin Brady. Second was Justyna Klezcar, third was Willem-Koen Pomstra and fourth Bernd Sambale.

The bar was at 2d. Handicap and no-komi games are in red.

Swiss system. All games played on handicap of grade difference plus one (except level games).
Time limit of 20 minutes, shortening by 2 minutes per round.

Held in Dublin as part of the Pandanet Go European Cup.

The bar was at 3d. Handicap and no-komi games are in red.

The first of two UCC Tournaments in 2009.

The bar was at 1d. Handicap and no-komi games are in red.

The bar was at 1k. Handicap and no-komi games are in red.

Held in Dublin as part of the Pandanet Go European Cup.

The bar was at 1k. Handicap and no-komi games are in red.

Swiss system. All games played on handicap of grade difference plus one (except level games).
Time limit of 20 minutes, shortening by 2 minutes per round.

The bar was at 2k. Handicap and no-komi games are in red.

The bar was at 1k. Handicap and no-komi games are in red, based on grade-difference minus one.

POSN  NO                                            1    2    3    4    5     WIN   MMS  SOS
   1   1  Marco Firnhaber      5D   Germany         7+   5+   2+   4+   3+     5     5    14
   2   2  Vladimir Danek       6D   Czechia         6+   3+   1-   5+   7+     4     4    14
   3   3  Dan Gilder           3D   England         4+   2-   9+   6+   1-     3     3    15
   4   4  Chen Mingyou         3D   China           3-   8+   6+   1-   5+     3     3    14
   5   5  Tony Atkins          3D   England         9+   1-   8+   2-   4-     2     2    15
   6   6  Toby Manning         3D   England         2-   7+   4-   3-   9+     2     2    13
   7   7  Gerry Mills          1D   Wales           1-   6-  13+   9+   2-     2     2    12
   8   8  Paul Lecomte         1K   Netherlands    12+   4-   5-  13+  10+     3     2     7
   9   9  Noel Mitchell        2D   Ireland         5-  13+   3-   7-   6-     1     1     9
  10  10  Brian Gallagher      1K   Ireland        .