GM Baburin and GM Greenfeld Win 2008 Irish Championships

The 2008 Irish Chess Championships took place July 5-13, 2008 at the Academy Plaza Hotel in Dublin, Ireland. After 9 hard fought rounds GM Baburin and GM Greenfeld split first place with an impressive score of 8/9 which was 1.5 points out in front of third place!

Now let us take a look at some critical victories of the two players which led them to split a share of first place:

And here is the critical game from the 4th round when the two top contenders met each other:

Final standings:

1-2) GM Baburin, GM Greenfeld (8/9)

3) GM Hebden (6.5/9)

4) FM Jessel (6/9)