Armstrong: 6.5 - 0.5 v Celbridge

On a damp Tuesday evening 7 Elm Mount players made their way through the rush-hour traffic to the Ardclough GAA club where Celbridge play (the board 3 game was postponed). The match result was a triumph for Elm Mount. Michal drew with Joe Noone of Celbridge on board 1 and the rest of the team (David, Zygis, Ray, Ciaran, Oliver and Alan) all won. Our best win yet this season!

Armstrong: Back on the winning trail!

The Armstrong team got back on the winning trail against St. Benildus last night. The current score is St. Benildus 2.5, Elm Mount 4.5 with one game adjourned. David, Zygis and Gerry won their games, Michal, Ciaran and Alan drew while Ray lost his game. Oliver's game is adjourned. The match was played in St Benildus school in Stillorgan.

Elm Mount v Kilkenny

Elm Mount played Kilkenny in round 6 of the Armstrong Cup. Kilkenny had 3 titled players 1GM and 2IMs. The final score was Elm Mount 1 Kilkenny 7, Oliver and Alan drawing their games on boards 7 and 8. For the first time this season, the team has dropped below 50%.

Armstrong: Rathmines B v Elm Mount

The Armstrong team played Rathmines B on Tuesday 14th November. The match was played in Rathgar parish centre in Grosvenor road.

7 games were played on the night - the game Windebank v Quinn was postponed. The match score was Elm Mount 3.5 Rathmines B 1.5 with 2 adjourned (1 slightly better, 1 clearly worse).

Michal Zacharek was unable to break through a blocked position where each player had 2 knights and 2 rooks. Zygis had a relatively quick draw. David agreed a draw in an extremely complicated position where neither player could work out what to do. Ray had another quick win. Gerry is adjourned in an ending with the advantage of 2 bishops v bishop and knight plus a better pawn structure. Oliver won when his opponent blundered after 3.5 hours play. Alan is adjourned 2 pawns down with queens and a pair of rooks left on the board.

Update
The Windebank v Quinn game was drawn. Alan resigned his game.
Current score: Rathmines B 3 Elm Mount 4

Heidenfeld"B" update

Our round 1 "Derby" match ended 4-4. Our round 2 match has still one ongoing adjournment. Round 3 had us playing against Kilkenny. For this match we needed one substitution. With six games played on Saturday 22nd October, we shared the honours with the match standing at 3-3. Game 7 was played on Monday and resulted in an unfortunate loss for us. The match now stands at 4-3 for Kilkenny

Final standing from round 3
Our last game was played by the newest member to the team, Ray Hearty, who is back after spell away from the club. Playing on board 5 the game finished in a draw. This leaves the final score from round 3 - Elm Mount"B" 3½ Kilkenny 4½.

Round 2 final result
The last outstanding adjournment from round 2, Bray/Greystones v Elm Mount"B" ended in defeat for Greg. The game did not look promising from the resumption but play lasted 2½ hours anyway. This gives a a final result of Bray/Greystones 3½ Elm Mount"B" 4½.

Armstrong: Elm Mount v Gonzaga

The Armstrong team played Gonzaga on Monday 24th October. The result was a win for Gonzaga, who are currently 5-2 ahead.

Club champion Ray O Rourke returned for this match and was our only winner. Zygis Jakubauskas and Gerry MacElligott drew while Alan MacDonough is currently adjourned. Ciaran Quinn, David Fitzsimons, Oliver Dunne and John Loughran (sub) all lost.

Update
Unfortunately Alan lost so the final result was Elm Mount 2 Gonzaga 6.
After 4 matches we are on 17/32.

Armstrong: Phibsboro B v Elm Mount

On a wet and miserable Monday evening, 6 of the Armstrong team met at An Óige in Mountjoy Street to take on Phibsboro's B team. The only bright spot of the evening was Oliver's quick win. Only one other game finished on the night, Alan drawing and Michael, Zygis, Ciaran and Gerry adjourning. The remaining 2 games are to be played on Thursday.

Update
David and Tomas both won their games on Thursday and Zygis's adjourned game was drawn so the score is currently Elm Mount 4 Phibsboro B 1

Update - final score 6-2!
We won the match 6-2 in the end, thanks to a fortunate adjournment win in my game. Michal, Zygis and Gerry agreed draws. Such a good result seemed very unlikely at 11:00pm at the end of the first session.