Christmas and New Year arrangements
Congratulations to all in the Club for a great chess year! The committee wishes everyone a restful and happy time as Christmas arrives! The club […]
Coaching
League Captains
The club has two Teams in the Leinster Senior leagues. We need adult volunteers to manage these teams and help organise a small team squad […]
Irish Championships – about to start, why not play?
Dear Members, Nothing improves your chess more than playing long time control tournament events. The Irish championships are being held in Dublin next weekend. There […]
Prizes for Playing Slowly in O’Sullivan Cup
Hi, As promised a few weeks ago when we were playing the O’Sullivan Cup games and training there will be prizes of books for the […]
Instructive team correspondence game from the club on Saturday
This game was played between 2 teams with 3-4 players each (Team White got an extra player during the game) 1.e4 e5 Very good both […]
Useful Website for Children to Learn Chess
Hi here are some useful free websites for playing and learning: Lichess is great for playing and learning you just need to ensure that you […]
Parent Volunteers – chess referee training offered
We would like to invite any interested parents (or interested older teenagers) to follow a short chess referee training course. See Training course for details. The Chess […]
Update on Junior Coaching times – sessions 20 January (postponed)
Dear All Please note that the Junior coaching scheduled for January 20th is postponed. This is to allow a new Grand Prix tournament series to […]
Club Calendar (early notice of future events)
Club calendar Please see below a list of events expected to be held in the club, or involving club players, for the remainder of the […]
Irish language – chess coaching for those wanting to speak Irish!!
Our senior coach, John Delaney, will offer coach ‘as gaeilge’ to those interested at 5pm during Club on Saturday November 18th. Coaching will be […]