Note from Irish Chess Union on Irish events
Information from Irish Chess Union Greetings, The ICU has a number of big events coming up which offer something for everyone. The first of these […]
Coming events and tournament and league news
This is a busy and exciting time for the Chess world! Candidates tournament: Aronian to win?? We will all be able to watch on internet […]
No Chess this Saturday. 3rd March.
No chess this Saturday due to the inclement weather….stay inside, stay warm and keep safe.
Blanchardstown 6.5 – Bray/Greystones 1.5 Heidenfeld Round 9
Here is the Board 1 game (with a surprise 27th move by Black) from our recent Heidenfeld Match against Bray/Greystones.
Snow Alert……..for us……….Communication Alert.
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 […]
Training tournament – April – entries invited
The Chess Club is planning to run an open training tournament (most likely) on a Saturday in April in a local Dublin 15 hotel. (We […]
Bunratty Final.
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 […]
Bunratty Saturday.
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 […]
Bunratty latest.
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 […]
Apologies Matthew.
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 […]