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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 ...
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.
The Irish Chess Union (ICU; Irish: Aontas Fichille na hÉireann) [1] [2] is the governing body for chess in Ireland (the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland) since its formation in 1912. ICU is a member of FIDE since 1933 [ 3 ] and the European Chess Union .
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]
This meant that Hogarty had the 4th best tournament results of the year in his section. In 2007, in an achievement which was set to propel him to the upper echelons of Irish Chess, Philip was selected to play for Rathmines’ strongest team in Ireland's premier event the Armstrong Cup for the 2007/2008 season.
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]
He won the Leinster Chess Championship in 1965, 1969 (shared), and 1972. [2] He was in the Olympiad team in 1966, 1968, 1970 and 1974; and in the European Championships team in 1967. His son Mark Heidenfeld is an International Master, has also played chess for Ireland, and won the Irish Chess Championship in 2000 and 2021.
Irish chess players (2 C, 44 P) T. Team chess competitions in Ireland (1 P) Pages in category "Chess in Ireland" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 ...