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The Irish Chess Championship is the national Championship of Ireland, currently run by the Irish Chess Union , the FIDE-recognised governing body for the game. [1] Below is the list of champions. The first champion was J.A. Porterfield Rynd , who won the Dublin Chess Congress 1865 No. 3 Tournament, reserved for "amateurs, bona fide resident in ...
Colm Daly is an Irish chess player and FIDE Master (FM). He became Irish national champion six times, sometimes in a tie with another player, in 1998, 1999, 2005 (scoring 8/9), 2009, 2012 and 2013. [1] In September 2015, he won the City of Dublin tournament with 4 points in 5 rounds. [2]
His participation in the Irish Olympiad team has generated some controversy, being non-native Irish. Baburin is known for giving talks about chess at many venues throughout Ireland. Baburin is currently Ireland's only chess grandmaster, a title he earned in 1996. [2] Baburin is on the Irish chess team, the highest-ranked member. [3]
John O'Hanlon (23 April 1876 – 20 February 1960) was an Irish chess player. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He won the Irish Chess Championship nine times, the first title in 1913 and the last in 1940. [ 2 ] He competed in the Chess Olympiad three times, Paris in 1924, Warsaw in 1935 and Buenos Aires in 1939.
Philip Michael Short (15 May 1960 – 31 August 2018) was an Irish competitive chess player, FIDE Master and five times Irish chess champion.. He won the Irish Chess Championship in 1981, 1986, 1988, 2015 and 2017 [1] as well as the Provincial Championship of Munster in 1989, 1991 and 1993 [2] and the Provincial Championship of Connacht in 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017. [3]
He played for Ireland in the 1988 Chess Olympiad with a score of +5=1-4 on board 3. [2]He has won the Ulster Chess Championship in 1978, 1979, 1980, 1986, and 1989. [3]In April 2024, he won the Manx Chess Championship. [4]
His peak FIDE rating of 2495 is the highest achieved by an Irish-born player. Collins has won the Irish Chess Championship twice, in 2002 and in 2014, and the Japanese Chess Championship once in 2009. Among his best one off results are his draw with Alexander Grischuk in the 2010 Olympiad [7] and his defeat of Viktor Korchnoi in 2011. [8]
The Leinster Leagues are amateur chess team competitions run by the Leinster Chess Union (LCU) in the province of Leinster in Ireland. [1] [2] [3] The competitions include the Armstrong Cup, which is reputed to be the oldest Irish team league competition. Played every year since 1888, the Armstrong Cup is one of the longest running chess ...