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Bernard Kernan
B Kernan 
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Number of games in database: 65
Years covered: 1969 to 1976
Last FIDE rating: 2380
Overall record: +22 -20 =23 (51.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (18) 
    B40 B50 B46 B56 B80
 King's Indian Attack (4) 
    A07
With the Black pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (7) 
    C62 C60 C78
 Old Benoni (4) 
    A44
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   P M Jamieson vs B Kernan, 1973 0-1
   B Kernan vs J Kennedy, 1974 1-0
   Miles vs B Kernan, 1976 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Castlebar (1969)
   Glorney Cup (1970)
   Haifa Olympiad (1976)

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BERNARD KERNAN
(born Jul-25-1955, 69 years old) Ireland

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He was Irish Champion in 1976.

Last updated: 2019-07-25 08:14:14

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 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 75  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. B Kernan vs M Moe  1-0411969CastlebarA07 King's Indian Attack
2. B Brinck-Claussen vs B Kernan  1-0381969CastlebarD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
3. B Kernan vs N Schnegelsberg 1-0281969CastlebarC57 Two Knights
4. D B Pritchard vs B Kernan  1-0411969CastlebarD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
5. B Kernan vs N J Patterson  ½-½381969CastlebarB56 Sicilian
6. O Burke vs B Kernan  0-1351969CastlebarC78 Ruy Lopez
7. B Kernan vs L Blackstock  ½-½241969CastlebarB32 Sicilian
8. R Bellin vs B Kernan  0-1221970Glorney CupC59 Two Knights
9. B Kernan vs G Haigh  0-1271970Glorney CupB33 Sicilian
10. A Haik vs B Kernan  0-1331970Glorney CupC50 Giuoco Piano
11. B Kernan vs J de Lange  1-0421970Glorney CupB04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
12. B Kernan vs R M McKay  0-1341970Glorney CupC15 French, Winawer
13. B Kernan vs J Goerens  1-0221971Schilde op U18 7thB46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
14. B Kernan vs Nunn 1-0271972Glorney CupB00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
15. B Kernan vs G Makropoulos  ½-½211972European Junior Championship PreliminaryB30 Sicilian
16. A Ipek vs B Kernan  0-1301972European Junior Championship PreliminaryC64 Ruy Lopez, Classical
17. B Kernan vs V Inkiov  1-0401972European Junior Championship PreliminaryB07 Pirc
18. P Spacek vs B Kernan  0-1851972European Junior Championship PreliminaryA44 Old Benoni Defense
19. B Kernan vs Romanishin  ½-½351972European Junior Championship PreliminaryC56 Two Knights
20. B Kernan vs A Urzica  ½-½121972European Junior Championship PreliminaryB32 Sicilian
21. Marjanovic vs B Kernan  ½-½181972European Junior Championship PreliminaryC64 Ruy Lopez, Classical
22. S Buchal vs B Kernan 1-0301972European Junior Championship 1972/73B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
23. B Kernan vs Miles  ½-½241972European Junior Championship 1972/73C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense
24. A Urzica vs B Kernan  1-0531972European Junior Championship 1972/73C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense
25. B Kernan vs Romanishin  0-1401972European Junior Championship 1972/73B32 Sicilian
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Kibitzer's Corner
Sep-13-09  IanDavis: Bernard Kernan is popularly described as the most talented Irish Chess player there ever was.
Sep-13-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Chessical: I would propose that James Mason has a greater claim, unless he is excluded by reason of his eventual emigration. He was 3rd at the great Vienna tournament of 1882 and an absolute flight player in the mid 1870s-1880s.

Also worthy of consideration are, Alexander McDonnell and William Henry Kraus Pollock

Sep-13-09  IanDavis: Certainly there are other more historical players, but Bernard Kernan is the choice of modern times. I believe he quit chess completely and turned to Bridge or some such.
Dec-28-12  wordfunph: on Bernard Kernan by GM John Nunn in the book Secrets of Grandmaster Chess..

<In August (1972), I played on top board for the English Glorney Cup team. Although England won the event, my personal score of 2.5/5 was not very good.

Some of the players, including myself and the entire Irish team, were staying in a large house a short distance away from the playing hall. The night before the England vs Ireland match, I got up at 3 a.m. to visit the bathroom. While I was inside, there was a furious hammering at the door. When I opened it, I was astonished to see the Irish board 1, Bernard Kernan, looking very much the worse for drink, being supported by two of his compatriots. They promptly dragged him inside, whereupon he vomited at great length. I was not at all surprised when, at the start of the game, Kernan still had not appeared and I already had the point firmly chalked up in my mind. After about 20 minutes, Kernan came in, looking as pale as a ghost. I was not unduly worried. Alas, I was crushed in 27 moves; I never again underestimated an Irish player, at least when it came to drinking.>

:-)

Dec-29-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: In the mid 1970's, the Irish "Independent" newspaper and Mensa published ten brain-teasers for what they called the Irish Super-Mind competition, and solvers qualified for the IQ test "play-off". Kernan won this competition.
May-17-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  Domdaniel: In the mid-70s I played on a university team with Kernan. At the time his Elo rating was over 2400, about 100 points ahead of the next Irish player. In those days, he was unbeatable in Ireland - even draws were rare.
Jul-25-19  oolalimk1: In 1977 Bernard Kernan gave a simul.in Galway. 19 wins, 5 draws, 1 loss. When he offered me a draw it made my day !.

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