The Bunratty 2017 event was the 24th in the series, and was a great success with over 330 players participating in the 4 tournaments. The top seed in the Masters was the returning champion, Nigel Short but there were quite a few strong players p...
The National Club Championship 2017 sponsored by AwardsAndGifts had more of a festival feeling with no less than 7 other events piggy-backing on the main event including 3 chess events, 2 Go events and 2 Chinese Chess events. The weekend was to k...
This article is part of a series - Main | Section A | Section B | Section C | Section D | Chess-Results. Preview The Tralee Classic got underway on Thursday, April 13th with no less than 7 Irish players competing in the top 2 10-player all...
Following her groundbreaking success in winning the FIDE World Schools U17 Girls Championships, Diana Mirza has returned to Ireland to much deserved praise and interest. President Michael D. Higgins, the ICU's Patron, tweeted "My heartfelt congra...
Diana Mirza represented Ireland in the u17 World Schools Chess Championships held in Iasi Romania from April 21st to May 1st and she had a spectacular tournament. She started as 3rd seed of 26 but with a strong field game points would be at a prem...
The 17th Malahide Millennium Tournament (incorporating the Leinster Championships) took place at the weekend (29th April - 1st May) in the ALSAA Sports Complex, Dublin Airport Junior: 1st Sean Murphy 5½/6; 2nd-5th Sam Murray, Edgars Kirulis, Hugh...
Thanks to our Disney friends, we'll be giving away Queen of Katwe: Official Press Screening Tickets to 2016-17 members throughout the week. Register here. The ICU are delighted to offer sets of free tickets to the Queen of Katwe official press...
The Irish Women's Championship 2016 will be held in Buswells Hotel, Dublin 2 from 15-16 October. You can enter online here. Already entered we have the 2015 Champion, Monika Gedvilaite, 2014 Champion, Gearoidin Ui Laighleis as well as four upcomin...
Tonight is the early entry deadline for The Irish Rapid and Blitz Championships 2016 which will be held from 24-25 September. The ICU AGM 2015-16 will follow the Blitz. Below are the reports from the last Blitz and Rapid: EasyStream Iri...
The Leinster Chess Union is pleased to announce the City of Dublin Chess Championships for 2016. Time and Venue 9th, 10th and 11th September 2016. (Friday to Sunday) in the O’Connell Suite, Gresham Hotel, O’Connell Street, Dublin 1. Prize...
The Ulster Championships 2016 run from 27-29 August in the Europa Hotel, Belfast & will be ICU rated. More details here.
The 6th annual Dun Laoghaire Rapidplay takes place on the 28th of August in the Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire.
Glorney Gilbert International 2016 - Tournament Report Desmond Beatty 5 Quick Summary Glorney: Ireland WIN Gilbert: Ireland SECOND (won by England) Robinson: Ireland WIN Stokes: Ireland THIRD (won by France) Best overall squad in the tournament...
Upcoming events and other news John McMorrow 1 As the sun sets on the 2015-16 season (with the exception of several important foreign events such as the ECU and Jugendschach EU Youth Championships 2016, Turda Saltmine Cup - International Chess ...
Irish Chess Championships 2016 Irish Championship 9 Round FIDE rated Closed Swiss Event Saturday July 2nd to Sunday July 10th 2016 For Irish players rated over 1900 on the June 2016 ICU published rating list or over 1900 on the June 2...
Gonzaga - Average rating: 2277 1 Sabestian Maze 2577 2 Sam Collins 2439 3 Conor O'Donnell 2306 4 Killian Delaney 2108 5 Gordon Freeman 2109 6 David Murray 2124 7 Carl Jackson 2073 8 Henry Li 2051 Trinity - Average rating: 2053 1 Tim Harding 1907...
The 2016 Irish Intervarsities took place in University College Cork and had a good mix of players from different Universities with a wide array of playing strength, ranging from unrated to strong club players. A good tournament seemed to be had by...
Bray/Greystones Chess Club recently hosted a 18 Board Simultaneous Chess Display by David Fitzsimons FM in the home of their club, the Esplanade Hotel on Bray's Sea Front. In the past, notable players from the local area such as Johnny Joyce and ...
The The Espion Irish Junior Championships 2016 will be held from the 1-3 April and we will be offering any student who is entering their first Irish Chess Union event a free chess set and board to give to their school. The event will be held i...
Two promising Irish juniors were involved in the 2016 Reykjavik Open which took place from the 8-16 March. Tom and Alice O'Gorman performed tremendously, scoring 6 and 4 points out of 10 respectively in an extremely challenging field. Alice added...
The EasyStream Irish Rapidplay Championship was held on Saturday, March 5th in the home of Bray CC – the Esplanade Hotel. The event saw 41 entrants compete for the first time for the JJ Walsh Cup as well as a host of other prizes including a p...
The following is a full list of the ICU's current partners and sponsors for 2016. The full terms are confidential as per their wishes and will be made known in the Annual Treasurer's Report later this year. New Ireland Assurance: Over the past c...
