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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 ...
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Also affiliated to the Irish Chess Union is the Irish Correspondence Chess Association (ICCA) which is the 32-county governing body organising correspondence chess activities for Irish players living at home or abroad. A non-profit organisation, they run the national championship, Irish teams and other activities.
From the begin of 1960s to the mid-1970s, Michael Flannan Littleton was one of Ireland's leading chess players. He twice won the Irish Chess Championship: 1962 (shared) and 1965. In 1966 in The Hague Michael Flannan Littleton participated in FIDE World Chess Championship European Zonal tournament and ranked in 17th place. [1]
Irish Chess Championship; Irish Chess Union; U. Ulster Chess Championship This page was last edited on 26 July 2020, at 20:26 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
In 1960, at fourth board in the 14th Chess Olympiad in Leipzig (+2, =2, -7). Also Warwick Nash participated in correspondence chess tournament. In 1936, 1940, 1964, he won Irish Correspondence Chess Championship. [4] Warwick was also the brother of the noted Irish doctor John Nash.
[1] [2] In the same year, Kennedy also took part in the Irish Chess Championship, and won 7 games out of 7, becoming the Irish chess Champion, he has been the only Irish Chess champion to win in such a way. [3] After this, Kennedy was described as having a falling off in the quality of his play, and lost his title at the 1950 Championship. [3]
O'Hanlon won the Irish chess championship nine times, first title in 1913 at the age of 37 and the last in 1940 at the age of 64. [2] He competed in chess all around the world, but mainly in Europe. He also played in British championships ; among others, he tied for 8th-9th places at Oxford in 1910 and 7th–9th at Stratford-upon-Avon in 1925 ...