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Brian Patrick Reilly
B P Reilly 
 

Number of games in database: 169
Years covered: 1923 to 1968
Overall record: +38 -89 =41 (34.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 1 exhibition game, blitz/rapid, odds game, etc. is excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Queen's Pawn Game (22) 
    A46 D04 D05 A40 D02
 King's Indian (17) 
    E62 E67 E65 E64 E95
 Dutch Defense (8) 
    A97 A89 A99 A81
 Semi-Slav (5) 
    D46 D47 D44
With the Black pieces:
 Caro-Kann (36) 
    B18 B10 B14 B13 B12
 Orthodox Defense (13) 
    D62 D50 D63 D64 D65
 Semi-Slav (7) 
    D46 D45 D47
 Queen's Pawn Game (6) 
    D04 A45 D00 D05 A46
 Queen's Gambit Declined (6) 
    D37 D30
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   B P Reilly vs Fine, 1935 1-0
   B P Reilly vs G Thomas, 1936 1-0
   G Thomas vs B P Reilly, 1930 1/2-1/2
   B P Reilly vs W Fairhurst, 1935 1-0
   B P Reilly vs Colle, 1930 1-0
   B P Reilly vs A J Maas, 1930 1-0
   J O'Hanlon vs B P Reilly, 1930 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Nice (1931)
   Nice (1938)
   Margate (1935)
   Ostend (1936)
   Nice (1930)
   Lugano Olympiad qual-4 (1968)
   Moscow Olympiad Final-C (1956)
   Warsaw Olympiad (1935)
   Munich Olympiad Final-C (1958)
   Varna Olympiad Final-C (1962)


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BRIAN PATRICK REILLY
(born Dec-12-1901, died Dec-29-1991, 90 years old) France (federation/nationality Ireland)

[what is this?]
Brian Patrick Reilly was born in Menton, France. He was Irish Champion in 1959 and 1960. He represented Ireland in nine Olympic chess team tournaments between 1935 and 1968. He was General Editor of "British Chess Magazine" from 1949 to 1981.

Wikipedia article: Brian Reilly


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 page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 169  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Alekhine vs B P Reilly 1-0231923Blindfold simul, 12bD63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
2. B P Reilly vs Maroczy  ½-½351930NiceD46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
3. Znosko-Borovsky vs B P Reilly  1-0271930NiceB18 Caro-Kann, Classical
4. B P Reilly vs J A Seitz  0-1411930NiceD52 Queen's Gambit Declined
5. Kostic vs B P Reilly  1-0291930NiceD64 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack
6. B P Reilly vs A J Maas 1-0131930NiceB06 Robatsch
7. Duchamp vs B P Reilly 1-0311930NiceD50 Queen's Gambit Declined
8. B P Reilly vs Tartakower  ½-½411930NiceD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
9. J O'Hanlon vs B P Reilly  ½-½701930NiceB13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
10. B P Reilly vs J Araiza Munoz  0-1311930NiceE15 Queen's Indian
11. B P Reilly vs Colle 1-0311930NiceE34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation
12. G Thomas vs B P Reilly  ½-½561930NiceB13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
13. Lilienthal vs B P Reilly  1-0211931Lilienthal-ReillyD62 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack
14. S Rosselli del Turco vs B P Reilly  ½-½301931NiceD51 Queen's Gambit Declined
15. J Mieses vs B P Reilly  ½-½351931NiceB18 Caro-Kann, Classical
16. B P Reilly vs A Vajda  1-0761931NiceA46 Queen's Pawn Game
17. Znosko-Borovsky vs B P Reilly  ½-½401931NiceB18 Caro-Kann, Classical
18. B P Reilly vs J A Seitz  1-0491931NiceA32 English, Symmetrical Variation
19. A Baratz vs B P Reilly  0-1561931NiceD00 Queen's Pawn Game
20. B P Reilly vs G Thomas  0-1211931NiceA48 King's Indian
21. Duchamp vs B P Reilly  0-1261931NiceD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
22. B P Reilly vs Noteboom  ½-½461931NiceD44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
23. B P Reilly vs Flohr  0-1371935RosasA97 Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky
24. G Thomas vs B P Reilly  ½-½501935MargateB18 Caro-Kann, Classical
25. B P Reilly vs E G Sergeant  ½-½301935MargateD04 Queen's Pawn Game
 page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 169  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jun-20-06  WMD: He lived near Clapham Common.
Jun-20-06  WMD: He also won the 1931 Nice International tournament.
Jan-04-08  Karpova: He and his son Alfred Maurice (Freddy) Reilly (1930 to 1980) were the editors/producers of the BCM from 1971 to 1980. Alfred's most notable chess writing was <Our First Hundred Years 1881-1980> published, posthumously, in 1980.

http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... (C.N. 5371)

Dec-12-08  brankat: More than an active chess player, although a good one, Mr.Brian P.Reilly distinguished himself as the General Editor of BCM. Thirty-two years! 1949-1981.

R.I.P. Mr.Reilly.

Dec-12-08  newzild: This guy was national champ aged 57 and 58? That has to be some kind of record.
Dec-12-11  Caissanist: Probably the oldest national champion was Korchnoi, who won the Swiss championship in 2009 at age 78.
Dec-12-11
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  Penguincw: Happy 110th birthday!
Dec-12-11  brankat: R.I.P. Mr. Reilly.
Mar-17-12
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  Penguincw: His birthday isn't exactly today, but his name relates to today (St. Patrick's Day).
Aug-25-12
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  Dionysius1: Oi, <Bisho> Speaking as an Irishman, I take mild offence.
Dec-12-13  BIDMONFA: Brian Patrick Reilly

REILLY, Brian P.
http://www.bidmonfa.com/reilly_bria...
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Dec-12-13  chesssalamander: Some pretty impressive opponents! Alekhine, Capablanca, Keres, Gruenfeld, Robatsch.
Dec-12-13
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  HeMateMe: This sounds like an Irish name.
Dec-12-13  Petrosianic: O'Really?
Dec-12-13
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  Domdaniel: I never met Brian Reilly, but (as <newzild> said) the fact that he won the Irish championship twice in his late fifties is impressive. There's hope for us all.
Dec-12-13
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  perfidious: Reilly was lucky he never had to play someone called McCarthy, that I know.
Dec-12-13
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  Domdaniel: <perf> Heh, thanks. But you never know, maybe he had to play some distant cousin...
Dec-12-13
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  Penguincw: R.I.P. <POTD>, Brian Patrick Reilly.
Dec-29-15  TheFocus: Rest in peace, Brian Reilly.
Jun-14-18  diagonal: Reilly claimed arguably his biggest triumph, <winning outright an international invitation tournamant in Nice in 1931>, including pretty prominent players such as Mieses, Vajda, Thomas, Noteboom (who died the following year of pneumonia, 21 years young), Rosselli del Turco, or Znosko-Borovsky. Famous painter, sculptor and writer, Marcel Duchamp finished sole last (ten players):

http://heritageechecsfra.free.fr/19... (with picture and games)

Dec-12-22  Nosnibor: <WMD> He won the Nice 1938 Tournament not the one in 1931.
Dec-12-22  soldal:

It definitely looks like he won Nice 1931:
http://heritageechecsfra.free.fr/19...

Btw, <WMD> goes under the name of <MissScarlett> these days.

Mar-09-24  Mfrankpsyd: At least in this photo, Reilly bears a resemblance to Abraham Lincoln, who had a striking and unusual face. I don’t know if Lincoln played chess, but as commander in chief he conducted a courageous and steadfast endgame.

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