Irish Chess Journal Diciembre 2010 | Page 2

IRISH CHESS JOURNAL Editor : Tony Foley Contributors: Robert Pye, FM John Delaney, Kevin O’Connell, Sean Coffey, Peter Cafolla, GM D. Rogozenco, Gerry Graham, Jonathan O’Connor, David McAlister, Sean Loftus, Philip Doyle and Brian Wall. . The Irish Chess Journal is the official newsletter of the Irish Chess Union. The opinions expressed herein are strictly those of the contributors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Irish Chess Union. Published quarterly and distributed (online) www.icu.ie to members of the Irish Chess Union. at The editor would like to express his gratitude to everyone who contributed to this issue, and apologise if I’ve forgotten anyone! CHRISTMAS GREETINGS The ICU wishes to take this opportunity to extend Seasons Greetings to all Chess Players and their families and wishes everyone a successful 2011. CONGRATULATIONS TO IM ALEX LOPEZ Current Irish Champion Alex Lopez has obtained his 3rd and final IM norm in the FIDE Open section of the London Chess Classic, thus becoming Ireland's 7th IM and Munster's first! http://www.londonchessclassic.com/ Chess Today is a daily newspaper delivered by email. A typical Chess Today email contains three attachments, these are a PDF newsletter containing games, a test-yourself yourself puzzle and the latest news from tournaments plus two other files that are a selection of games in CBV and PGN formats that can be read by your chess program m or text file. The Chess Today PDF file contains four pages, which over a month adds up to an awful lot of chess delivered to your inbox! You can view 15 free sample files of Chess Today by visiting http://www.chesstoday.net/sample_issues.html A subscription costs 3 months €15, 6 months €25, 12 months €45. 2|Page Are you a Problem Solver?                     #2 Joseph G. Campbell ‘Chess Players’ Chronicle’ 1861                     #2 A. Petroff 1864                     #3 W. Shinkman 1872 Solutions on last page. Irish Chess Journal