Category Archives: Tournaments

DCU Open 2024

Posted on March 14, 2024 by Sean Coffey

The DCU Congress attracted 180 players across three sections at the weekend, and the newly introduced Blitz attracted 59. A full report on the Open has been added to the Tournament pages here. 20 games are available via live boards, … Continue reading →

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Ennis Congress 2024

Posted on February 28, 2024 by Sean Coffey

The Ennis Congress was held over the weekend, and attracted 111 players over three sections. Generally, very few games have been available from this event, and so there is only one full report from a previous edition in the tournament … Continue reading →

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Irish 65+ Championship 2024

Posted on February 22, 2024 by Sean Coffey

As mentioned in the last post, Gerard O’Connell won this year’s Irish 65+ Championship, with 5½/7, half a point ahead of Pat Hogan, Gerard MacElligott, and David Salter. Hogan won their individual game in round 6, after an oversight by … Continue reading →

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Irish 50+ Championship 2024

Posted on February 4, 2024 by Sean Coffey

The “Irish International Festival 2024”, held at the Talbot Hotel Stillorgan from January 4-7, featured an open tournament and the Irish 50+ and 65+ championships, and the Leinster Junior Championships, as well as a blitz. Congratulations to Jonathan O’Connor, who … Continue reading →

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UCD Congress 2023

Posted on November 21, 2023 by Sean Coffey

The inaugural UCD Congress ran the weekend before last, attracting 148 players over three sections, and thus sharply reversing a recent trend of sparse turnouts for Dublin tournaments. Congratulations to the organisers! A full report for the Masters section has … Continue reading →

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Irish championship players

Posted on November 7, 2023 by Sean Coffey

The lists of Irish championship players have been updated to reflect the 2023 championship, and to correct some errors and add details. Four players made their débuts in 2023, taking the total to 580 players in all, including 566 men … Continue reading →

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Irish Women’s Championship 2023

Posted on September 27, 2023 by Sean Coffey

The Irish Women’s Championship was held in Dublin last month, and a full report has now been uploaded here. The field of 13 spanned huge rating gaps, but as has happened in previous instances of this event, lower-rated players rose … Continue reading →

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Fox – D. Nolan, Irish Championship 2023

Posted on August 24, 2023 by Sean Coffey

Among the many interesting moments in the recently concluded Irish Championship was the following from the encounter between Anthony Fox and Dermot Nolan in round 6. Fox – D. Nolan, Irish Championship 202353. ? I was following the game live, … Continue reading →

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Irish Championship 2023

Posted on August 9, 2023 by Sean Coffey

The Irish Championship 2023 is reaching its halfway stage, with (as I write this) ronnd 4 completed. A partial report, [update, August 13: now final] reflecting progress so far, has been uploaded to the tournament pages here, and will be … Continue reading →

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Irish players at the 1948-49 Hastings Congress

Posted on July 23, 2023 by David McAlister

The 24th annual international Xmas congress of the Hastings Chess Club was officially opened at 3.45 p.m. on Thursday December 30th, 1948 by Neil Cooper-Key Esq., M.P. for Hastings, supported by the Mayor and other important members of the municipality. … Continue reading →

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