Summary
The Four Cups
- France win the Glorney, with Ireland 3rd and Ireland B 4th
- Ireland second by only .5 to France in the Gilbert
- Ireland comfortably retain the Robinson Cup with the B team 6th
- Ireland fourth in the Stokes behind the dominant England A, France and England B
Player per team prizes
- Glorney : Shane Melaugh 4.5/5
- Gilbert: Diana Mirza 4/5
- Robinson: James Naughton 4.5/5
- Stokes: Daniel Dwyer 4/5
- Glorney B: Conor Nolan 3/5
- Robinson B: Sean Hunter 2.5/5
Full results tables here
This year for the first time, during the rounds there was live commentary by Henry Li and others on Henry's twitch channel. You can listen back here
PGN files and game playback of the GLorney and Gibert cups are available on http://glorneycupchess.org There are no live boards for the Robinson and Stokes but we hope to see the pgns included in due course.
Scotland are confirmed as hosts for 2018, Ireland for 2019.
Sunday 23 July - Travel day
Planes, trains, boats, buses and automobiles deliver the largest known Irish delegation to the Glorney Gilbert International since its foundation in 1948 - 64 comprising 31 players and 33 supporters. We return to the Park Inn Cardiff North, scene of the dramatic last board Stokes cup win 4 years ago. Two of these players return this year one on each of the two Glorney teams.
9pm Sunday - after the Managers Meeting.....
The draw was made as follows (with the first team listed playing white on odd numbered boards):
Round 1 11.15am Mon 24 July
- "All B Teams" Vs Ireland
- Wales Vs Scotland
- England Vs France
Round 2 4.30pm
- Ireland Vs France
- Scotland Vs England
- "All B Teams" Vs Wales
Round 3 10.15am Tue 25 July
- Wales Vs Ireland
- England Vs "All B Teams"
- France Vs Scotland
Round 4 3.30pm
- Ireland Vs Scotland
- Wales Vs England
- "All B Teams" Vs France
Round 5 9.15am Wed 26 July
- England Vs Ireland
- France Vs Wales
- Scotland Vs "All B Teams"
The round times have been slipped to accommodate the many players severely delayed and diverted as far north as Manchester!
Day 1
Breakfast
Morning all. We're all here. Luke S arrived in of the last coach from Bristol at around 1am. The French team arrived with no baggage from both Birmingham and Manchester airports between 2am and 4am. Hence the delayed start of 11.15am.
Round 1
So, from an Irish perspective the morning goes to the Gilbert Team on a perfect 3/3 against Wales B, followed a close second by the Robinson A team who prevailed 5 - 1 against Ireland B. The Glorney B pushed the As all the way scoring a creditable 2 - 3 with a win on board 5 and 2 draws. The As will have some work to do against the French this afternoon. The Stokes found the going tough against England Bs going down 2.5 - 3.5. The English are looking strong in the Stokes this year, their As beating the French 5 - 1.
The overall Round 1 picture per Chess-results is France and Scotland make the running in the Glorney with 3.5/5, Ireland lead on 3/3 in the Gilbert with Scotland on 2.5. In the Robinson, Ireland A lead on 5 but the French are ones to watch on 4 having beaten the fancied English team 4 - 2. Things will be clearer after the Ireland V France match up this evening. In the Stokes, England turned the tables on France winning 5 -1 with Scotland second on 4.
The Live commentary was well received with between 30 and 40 viewers for most of the transmission and a regular stream of Scots coming in after their matches for a chat with Henry.
Round 2 - 4.30pm
So in we go to face the French and for the B teams, Wales. Danny D is an early winner on the Stokes Board 1, arriving into the team room after 90 minutes. The 5am arrival from Manchester is a real test for the French U12s.
A fresh team join Henry on the live commentary Martin Fitzgerald and Alex Lopez join Henry to for more deep analysis ably assisted from twitch followers Amadan and others.
Tuesday morning...
A few sore heads this morning. Reports of a party in one of the English players rooms during the night. Ireland was well represented.
The girls were sensible and finished at a respectable hour but the a few of lads looked worse for wear this morning. Lots of black coffee drank at breakfast. Bring on the Glorney...
Round 3 Tuesday
Ireland play Wales while the B teams play England with Scotland v France completing the draw Shane is out after 12 moves for an early win. Mate of the round goes to Utkarsh who sacks both a N and a R with his opponent holding #1 if he cannot force his own. He does!
The Stokes lose narrowly to Wales 2.5-3.5 leaving them joint 3rd with Eng B. With a 6-point lead over France, England A are dominant with two rounds to go, including Ireland tomorrow.
Ireland A are 4 points clear in the Robinson but, with 2nd placed Scotland this afternoon and 3rd placed England tomorrow, will this be enough to stop France from surfacing their submarine?
The Gilbert is too close to call with 4 teams, Ireland, England, France and Wales all within half a point of each other. France would look to have the easier run to the line and beat Ireland in the head to head.
The Glorney ...
Round 4
The English secure the Stokes with a round to spare and Ireland face them in the morning.
The Ireland A need 0.5 tomorrow to secure a Robinson hatrick.
Ireland need to beat England and Wales to hold France to a draw in the Gilbert.
Ireland still with a very outside chance to retain the Glorney but France are the more realistically positioned.
Final round Wed 25th
France win the Glorney, with Ireland 3rd and Ireland B 4th
Ireland second by only .5 to France in the Gilbert
Ireland retain the Robinson Cup with B team 6th
Ireland fourth in the Stokes behind the dominant England A, France and England B
Player per team prizes
- Glorney : Shane Melaugh 4.5/5
- Gilbert: Diana Mirza 4/5
- Robinson: James Naughton 4.5/5
- Stokes: Daniel Dwyer 4/5
- Glorney B: Conor Nolan 3/5
- Robinson B: Sean Hunter 2.5/5
Scotland are confirmed as hosts for 2018, Ireland for 2019.
This year for the first time, during the rounds there was live commentary by Henry Li and others on Henry's twitch channel. You can listen back here
PGN files and game playback of the GLorney and Gibert cups are available on http://glorneycupchess.org There are no live boards for the Robinson and Stokes but we hope to see the pgns included in due course.
