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Last night, our hard-pressed team & Captain faced local rivals Ruy Lopez in a league game. The Dinosaur was mercifully absent, as he went into […]

No chess this Saturday due to the inclement weather….stay inside, stay warm and keep safe.    

When the country is bracing itself for an all out severe snow alert, one of the Invisible Order of First teamers sent me a request […]

Hail ……………to our near or far away conquering heroes. The Magical Bunratty tournament ended yesterday and is notable for some good performances from our members………..one […]

Some people just can’t get enough of the spotlight……………..the quiet unassuming young man who takes his mother to games, sitting quietly in the background is […]

Round 2 certainly had its share of upsets. Anthony Bourached decided that beating an FM was not enough, then accounted for an IM and another […]

Matthew Tiernan is also competing at Bunratty and also won, so the minor entrants have started really well. If you are so super-duper optimistic like […]

From the morose to happy time again………………….reporting & not playing….Yippee!!….but other members are…..enjoy!! A few shocks in the Masters already. Killian Delaney should have put […]

This vital relegation battle went as nearly all of our games have……………..the way of our opponents. Started badly……..as usual, …….and did not get any better […]

Paul Simon sang those words and we can relate to them very well regarding the O’Hanlon division of the Leinster league. Why? ….we now occupy […]