The chess games of Alberic O'Kelly de Galway

Alberic O'Kelly de Galway
Number of games in database: 577
Years covered: 1934 to 1982
Overall record: +160 -130 =287 (52.6%)*
* Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS

With the White pieces:

King's Indian (44)
    E67 E83 E88 E62 E69
Sicilian (35)
    B51 B73 B36 B84 B81
Nimzo Indian (33)
    E20 E59 E21 E39 E33
Ruy Lopez (26)
    C83 C64 C99 C89 C84
English (17)
    A10 A15 A17 A16 A14
English, 1 c4 e5 (15)
    A25 A21 A29 A26 A24

With the Black pieces:

Sicilian (47)
    B97 B28 B93 B92 B80
Nimzo Indian (45)
    E54 E41 E59 E26 E32
Ruy Lopez (42)
    C94 C65 C64 C70 C89
Ruy Lopez, Closed (21)
    C94 C89 C95 C98 C91
Sicilian Najdorf (20)
    B97 B93 B92 B90 B96
Queen's Indian (18)
    E14 E15 E12 E17 E19

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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   O'Kelly vs J Penrose, 1962 1/2-1/2
   O'Kelly vs Denker, 1948 1-0
   C Poulsen vs O'Kelly, 1950 0-1
   O'Kelly vs Book, 1950 1-0

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Hastings 1953/54 by suenteus po 147

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ALBERIC O'KELLY DE GALWAY (born May-17-1911, died Oct-03-1980) Belgium	[what is this?]
Alberic O'Kelly de Galway was born on the 17th of May 1911 in Brussels, Belgium. Awarded the IM title in 1950, the GM title in 1956 and the GMC title in 1962 he won the 3rd World Correspondence Championship in 1962. He passed away in Brussels in 1980.

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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. Feuer vs O'Kelly	1-0	13	1934	Belgian Championship	C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense
2. Foltys vs O'Kelly	½-½	51	1937	7th olm final	D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation
3. O'Kelly vs Jacobo Bolbochan	0-1	24	1937	7th olm final	E17 Queen's Indian
4. O'Kelly vs P Devos	0-1	27	1937	Belgium	A15 English
5. Szabo vs O'Kelly	1-0	47	1937	Stockholm ol ;HCL 44	C12 French, McCutcheon
6. A Gulbrandsen vs O'Kelly	0-1	28	1937	7th olm final	D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation
7. O'Kelly vs J Montgomerie	1-0	32	1937	7th olm final	A12 English with b3
8. O'Kelly vs Prins	½-½	57	1937	Stockholm ol (Men)	A04 Reti Opening
9. C H Alexander vs O'Kelly	1-0	49	1937	7th olm final	C12 French, McCutcheon
10. O'Kelly vs Ahlbach	1-0	16	1938	Correspondence	B54 Sicilian
11. Bogoljubov vs O'Kelly	1-0	26	1939	Stuttgart	E14 Queen's Indian
12. O'Kelly vs Rubinstein	0-1	56	1945	Brussels, Belgium	C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical
13. O'Kelly vs Rubinstein	½-½	57	1945	Brussels, Belgium	C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical
14. O'Kelly vs Najdorf	½-½	19	1946	Groningen	D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
15. O'Kelly vs W Koomen	1-0	39	1946	Beverwijk NED	E20 Nimzo-Indian
16. Szabo vs O'Kelly	1-0	16	1946	Staunton, Groningen NED	D06 Queen's Gambit Declined
17. O'Kelly vs Yanofsky	0-1	27	1946	Barcelona	D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
18. A De Groot vs O'Kelly	1-0	30	1946	Beverwijk NED	C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
19. O'Kelly vs Wade	0-1	54	1946	Barcelona Tt	C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange
20. Guimard vs O'Kelly	½-½	40	1946	Ch Europe (juniors)	D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
21. O'Kelly vs O Bernstein	1-0	57	1946	Staunton, Groningen NED	C71 Ruy Lopez
22. O'Kelly vs Rubinstein	0-1	59	1946	Brussels, Belgium	C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical
23. Najdorf vs O'Kelly	½-½	60	1946	Barcelona	D19 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch
24. Stoltz vs O'Kelly	½-½	31	1946	Beverwijk NED	D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted
25. Botvinnik vs O'Kelly	1-0	36	1946	Groningen	E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2


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Apr-27-02		Sneaky: O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic (1911-1980) In 1962 he became the first grandmaster of over-the-board and correspondence chess. He won the third World Correspondence Championship (1959-62).

Mar-18-03		Bears092: O'Kelly? seems a day too late...

Mar-02-04		shr0pshire: A list of correspondence chess champions! XV 1996-02 Gert Timmerman Netherlands XIV 1994-99 Tonu Oim Estonia XIII 1989-98 Mikhail Umansky Russia XII 1984-90 Grigory Sanakoev USSR XI 1981-87 Fritz Baumbach East Germany X 1978-84 Victor Palciauskas USA IX 1977-83 Tonu Oim USSR (Estonia) VIII 1975-80 Jorn Sloth Denmark VII 1972-76 Jakov Estrin USSR VI 1968-71 Horst Rittner East Germany V 1965-68 Hans Berliner USA IV 1962-65 Vladimir Zagorovsky USSR III 1959-62 Alberic O'Kelly de Galway Belgium II 1956-59 Viacheslav Ragozin USSR I 1950-53 Cecil (C.J.S.) Purdy Australia

Jul-13-04		ruylopez900: Feuer vs O'Kelly, 1934, his first game in the database and one that, I'm sure, encouraged him never to take things for granted. He is wrecked by a beautiful move from Feuer.

Jul-25-04		jaime gallegos: Here is another game with Dubinin 1963-1966 ... King's Indian E88 O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic Dubinin, Piotr Vasilyevich Ragozin Memorial, corr 1963-66 1. d4 This game was annotated by O'Kelly in his book '30-mal Schach-Logik'. It is one of his most famous attacking games. 1... Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 The blockade principle; White lays the groundwork for a c4-c5 breakthrough and also closes the diagonal of the g7-bishop. 7... c6 8. Bd3 Nh5 9. Nge2 f5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Qd2 11. Qc2?! 11... cxd5 12. Nxd5 Be6 13. Ng3! Bxd5 13... Nf6?! 14. Bxf5 13... Nxg3 14. hxg3 Nc6 15. g4 e4 16. fxe4 fxg4 17. e5! Bf5 18. e6! 14. cxd5 e4 14... f4 15. Nxh5 fxe3 16. Qxe3 Qh4+ 17. Ng3 Nd7 18. Ke2 Bh6 19. Qe4 Bf4 20. Nf5 Qg5 21. g3 Nc5 22. gxf4 Qg2+ 23. Ke3 Kh8 24. Nh4 exf4+ 25. Qxf4 Rae8+ 26. Be4 Qg7 (26... Qxb2 27. Ng6+) 27. Ng6+ (27. Nf5? Qxb2) 27... hxg6 28. Qh4+ Kg8 29. Rhg1 Rf5 30. Rad1= 15. Nxh5 Qh4+ 16. Ng3 exd3 16... f4 17. Bxe4 fxe3 18. Qxe3 Bxb2 19. Rb1 Be5 20. Ke2! 17. f4 Nd7 18. O-O The pawn on d3 can wait. 18... b6 18... Nc5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Qxd3 Bxb2 21. Rab1 Bd4+ 22. Kh1! 19. Qxd3! At the right moment! 19. Rac1 Nc5 20. b4 Ne4 21. Qxd3 Nxg3 22. hxg3 Qxg3 23. Rf3= 19... Bxb2 19... Qg4 20. Rae1 20. Rab1 Qf6 20... Bh8 21. Rf3 Qg4 22. Ne2 Bg7 23. Rg3 Qh5 24. Nd4 Nc5 25. Qc3 21. Rxb2!! Now the black King position will become totally exposed. 21... Qxb2 22. Bd4! The threat of Nxf5 is already deadly. 22... Qb4 23. a3 Played to keep the black queen away from the attack and secure a free hand for the B to attack with Q and N. 23... Nc5 23... Qa4 24. Bb2! Nc5 (24... Nf6 25. Qxf5 (25. Nxf5!?) 25... Qd7 26. Qg5+ Qg7 27. Nf5! Qxg5 28. fxg5) (24... Rf6 25. Nxf5 Kf8 26. Qh3!) (24... Kf7 25. Qe2!) 25. Qc3! Kf7 26. Re1! Ne4 27. Nxe4 fxe4 28. Qf6+ Ke8 29. Qe6+ Kd8 30. Qxd6+ Ke8 31. Qe6+ Kd8 32. d6! 24. Nxf5! threatens 25 Nh6 mate. There only remains for Black the choicie between resignation and the following queen sacrifice. 24... Qxd4+ 24... Rxf5 25. Qg3+ 25. Qxd4 Rxf5 26. Rf3! Kf7 27. g4 Rg8 28. Rg3 Rf6 29. g5 Rf5 29... Rfg6 30. h4 30. Rh3 Rg7 31. Rh6 1-0 [O'Kelly] see http://www.chessmail.com/players/ok...

Nov-15-04		fgh: Does somebody here have his books "How to improve quickly at chess" and "Towards the mastery in chess"?

Nov-16-04		OJC: I have "Assess Your Chess Fast". It has lots of interesting problems in it but the title is a bit misleading.

Dec-19-04		Benzol: Alberic O'Kelly de Galway Born 17th May 1911 in Brussels Died 3rd October 1980 also in Brussels IM in 1950 and a GM in 1956, he became a CGM in 1962 after winning the 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship.

Dec-19-04		Sneaky: I am interested in the Sicilian variation that bears his name. 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6! and here most patzers play 3.d4 because they are hoping to transpose into the lines they are familiar with, but in fact this is probably not good, because ...cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5! leads to a kind of Pelikan/Scheveshnikov position except that the white knight can't go to b5 like it's supposed to.

Dec-19-04		Lawrence: <Sneaky>, Opening Explorer certainly supports what you are saying. 3.c3 is called for.

Dec-19-04		Sneaky: Anybody who has played sicilians with an early ...e5, e.g. 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 sooner or later needs to learn the "offbeat" lines, 5.Nf3, 5.Nb3, and worst of all 5.Nf5 (met with ...d5!). These lines are not scary for Black at all; Black always gets to play a timely ...d5 without much fuss, and some of the lines actually give Black some devious counterplay. Most people do not try to refute weird move orders; instead they try to steer openings they are unfamiliar with into familiar territory. Not a good idea!! Suddenly the game transposes into MY familiar territory, and a variation that's supposed to be inferior for white, no less! This has all the makings of a first class opening trap that I would suppose would trick more than 50% of the people under 2200.

Dec-26-04		MidnightDuffer: O'Kelly vs Petrosian, 1952 Additionally, O'Kelly de Galway wrote an extensive book analysing Petrosian's career ( http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t... )

Mar-07-05		iron maiden: He was also one of FIDE's most prominent referees in the sixties and seventies, particularly in the Olympiads.

Mar-07-05		offramp: Despite his name, he has no direct connection to Ireland, and he never won the Irish Championship, unlike Wolfgang Heidenfeld who won it 6 times and lived between almost the same years as O'Kelly.

Mar-07-05		nikolaas: He did howeever win the belgian championship at least 5 times.

Mar-07-05		WTHarvey: Chessmetrics.com puts O'Kelly de Galway at #30 in the world in 1956 at the age of 45. Here are some critical positions from Alberic's games including a couple not given here: http://www.wtharvey.com/okel.html

Mar-07-05		Benzol: Are <WTHarvey> and <Lawrence> related? :)

Mar-08-05		Lawrence: I think we must be identical twins who were farmed out to different families.

Mar-08-05		TheAlchemist: <Sneaky> You should see this one with Nf5. Karstens vs Friesicke, 1937

Jul-08-05		BaranDuin: His family emigrated to Belgium In the 18th century.

Sep-26-05		nikolaas: Dear mister Keene. I know you played O'Kelly a few times. Do you still recall him? Have you ever spoken to him? I want to write a book about him, but I don't know if he was a nice guy :-(

May-17-06		BIDMONFA: Alberic O'Kelly de Galway O'KELLY, Alberic http://www.bidmonfa.com/o_kelly_de_... _

Apr-11-07		Stonewaller2: Sounds like here's another member of the Wild Geese of Chess, along with Paul Morphy whose uncle, born a Murphy, emigrated to Spain around the same time as O'Kelly's family moved to Belgium.

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