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Before the establishment of the ICU in 1912, chess competitions in Ireland were run under organisations named the Irish Chess Association (formed in 1885), the Hibernia Chess Association, or various chess clubs. Thomas Long, [7] who organised the 1865 Dublin Masters, was the first president/chairman of the Irish Chess Association. He also ...
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 ...
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]
In 1954, at third board in the 11th Chess Olympiad in Amsterdam (+4, =1, -11). In 1956, at first board in the 12th Chess Olympiad in Moscow (+1, =3, -10). From 1956 Vincent Maher worked in British Army Medical Corps as medical officer. After returning from army he worked in Manchester. In 1961, Vincent Maher won the Manchester Chess ...
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]
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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]