• 1998 City of Dublin Championships, Liberty Hall, 19-20 Sept:
  Open lst C.Daly 4.5/5, Jt 2nd J.Ryan, G.O'Connell, P.Cafolla, P.O'Reilly 3.5. Grading prize: R.O'Rourke.
  Intermediate lst R.McDermott 4.5/5, Jt 2nd C.Hussey, E.Bennett, C.Fitzpatrick 4. GPs: J.Burns, K.Rodgers, P.Taaffe.
  Junior lst A.Motsamai 5/5, 2nd C.Purcell 4.5, Jt 3rd P.Masokwane, C.Jackson, J.Hussey, P.O'Donovan, N.O'Higgins 4. GPs: M.O'Hora, G.Walsh, D.Murray, T.Naughton. Ladies prize: M.Cowley 3.5/5.

• National Club Championships, Limerick 5/6 Sept: lst Crumlin (M.O'Cinneide, D.McMahon, J.Hurley, B.Palmer, T.Rufli, D.Smith) 14, 2nd Limerick 10, 3rd Cork City 6.5 4th Nth Belfast 5.5. Decisive match in the last round, Limerick 0.5 Crumlin 5.5

• Dublin Classic, 29-30 Aug: lst S.Brady 4.5/5, Jt 2nd S.Morris, J.O'Connor, S.Collins 4, C.Daly ... 3.5.
  Grading prizes: B.Bruen, P.Malone. Lady's prize: G.Ui Leighlis.

• European Junior Championships, Mureck, Austria, July 1998: U-18s lst D.de Vreugt (Hol) 7.5/9, Jt 2nd IM Iljushin (Ukr), IM Gershon (Isr), Moiseenko (Rus), Dottling (Ger)...P.Dempsey (Irl) 4/9. U-16s: lst G.Sargissian (Arm) 7.5/9, 2nd J.Jirka (Cze) 7 ... G.Freeman (Irl) 3/9. Paul Dempsey, still only 16, took some high-rated scalps - A.Dyce (Wales, 2295), U.Kavcik (Slovenia, 2295) and fourth seed S.Azarov (Byelorussia, 2445). Meanwhile the Irish Glorney team belied their status as bottom seeds in Holland....

• Glorney and Faber Cup, Holland, July 1998: Glorney (Boys) lst Holland 24, 2nd Denmark 20.5, 3rd Ireland 17.5, Jt 4th Scotland, Belgium, England 16, Jt 6th France, Wales 15. Individual Irish scores: P.Dempsey 4.5/7, G.Freeman 2.5/7, S.Collins 3/7, A.Kelly 3/7, M.Dooley 4.5/7. The Irish girl's team (D.Collins, R.Mairs, J.Johnson) finished last of the eight teams in the Faber Cup with top board Danielle Collins scoring 3.5/7.
  

• Colm Daly is 1998 Irish Champion. 1998 Irish Senior Championships, Teachers Club, 11-19 July - lst C.Daly 8.5/9, Jt 2nd M.O'Cinneide, M.Heidenfeld 6, Jt 4th A.Fox, M.Quinn 5.5, 6th G.O'Connell 5. U-2100 prize, S.Scannell. 20 played. Games in zipped cbf format, NEW.. This is a corrected version of the original download w/ many more games from the Inter. and Junior sections. Courtesy John Loughran.
  Intermediate Chs - lst E.Bennett 5.5/6, 2nd B.Bruen 5, 3rd R.McDermott 4.5. Junior Chs - Jt lst A.Corcoran, D.Smith, T.Fitzpatrick, A.Rodger 5/6. Irish Open Weekender, July 18-19 - lst S.Sievers 5/5, Jt 2nd M.Schmidt, P.Kiely, J.Crowley, D.O'Boyle 4. Grading prizes: S.Turner, S.Scott, A.Corcoran.
  Download report by Tournament Controller John Loughran on the week / events of the Irish.