The Irish Chess Championships will take place from the 6th to the 14th of July. Events include The Irish Championship, The Irish Women’s Championship, Open, Intermediate and Juniors Championship, ICU Instructor and FIDE Trainer Courses. This competition will take...
Irish Chess Union to investigate cheating allegation
Luke Byrne and Barry Duggan – 25 April 2013 THE Irish Chess Union (ICU) has established a disciplinary committee to investigate an incident where a chess player hauled a schoolboy opponent from a toilet cubicle. Gardai were called to...
Bunratty Chess 2013
Young players enjoy the company of Grandmasters at Bunratty Bunratty Chess Festival is going to celebrate 20 years of chess. This year’s tournament will be held February 27th – March 3rd in Ireland. The tournament is divided into four...
20th Bunratty International Chess Festival
Castling in Bunratty as chess grandmasters arrive for tournament Monday 11 February 2013 By Mike Dwane Published on Monday 11 February 2013 06:30 LOCAL enthusiasts get the chance to rub shoulders with the kings of the chess world as elite players...
Kilkenny Congress Success
Success all round at chess congress Published on Saturday 5 January 2013 11:30 The annual Kilkenny Congress got underway in November in the Club House Hotel and Butler House in Kilkenny City Centre. Although the numbers in the masters...
2012 Galway Chess Congress
Making all the right moves as chess players come to town October 12, 2012 – 7:00am Talking Sport with Stephen Glennon Up to 200 chess players from all over the world will converge on the Salthill Hotel this...
Bojkov wins Cork Congress,
Final top 5 standings Rk Name Score M/F Rating TPR W-We 1 Bojkov, Dejan 5.0 M 2511 2554 +0.39 2 Lopez, Alex 4.5 M 2400 2420 +0.35 3 GM Baburin, Alexander 4.5 M 2482 2447 -0.06 4 FM Short,...
Bunratty 2012
Bunratty 2012by Gerry Graham (Febuary 2012) The 19th Bunratty Chess Festival took place in the Bunratty Castle Hotel from February 17th to 19th and it was, without doubt, the strongest weekender ever held in Ireland and one of the...
Game finally over after 50 years
Game finally over after 50 years for silver chess trophyJOANNE HUNTThe Irish Times – Monday, January 16, 2012 IN THE polishing room at the top of the house of Weirs on Grafton Street, a spring clean uncovered a conundrum....
Chess champ Diana asks for support
Chess champion Diana asks for support in world title bid By Eugene Phelan Published on Saturday 15 October 2011 02:00 AN 11-year-old Limerick child prodigy chess player, who is Ireland’s number one, can’t get sponsorship to help her represent...