Gerard Kerlin Explained

Gerard Joseph Kerlin (29 October 1910 – 12 June 1946) was an Irish chess player and two-times Leinster Chess Championship winner (1940, 1941).

Biography

In the end of 1930s to the mid-1940s Gerard Kerlin was one of the strongest Irish chess players. He three times participated in Irish Chess Championships (1937, 1939, 1940).^[1] His best result in this tournament was shared 2nd - 3rd place in 1939. Gerard Kerlin two times in row won Leinster Chess Championships: 1940, and 1941. Also, he won Dunsany Premier in 1941.^[2]

Gerard Kerlin played for Ireland in the Chess Olympiad:^[3]

• In 1939, at third board in the 8th Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires (+2, =7, -6).

External links

• • Gerard Kerlin chess games at 365chess.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Irish championship players (by number of championships) | IRLchess.
2. Web site: Players | IRLchess.
3. Web site: OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Gerard Kerlin. www.olimpbase.org.