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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 ...
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.
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.
From the begin 1920s to the end of 1930s Thomas George Cranston was one of the strongest Irish chess players. He sixth times participated in Irish Chess Championships (1922, 1924, 1925, 1931, 1932, 1938) and two times won this tournament (1922, 1931). [1] Thomas George Cranston played for Ireland in the Chess Olympiad: [2]
[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]
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. [3] [4]
This tournament, run alongside an international chess tournament in Dublin, was reserved for residents of Ireland and is widely considered to be the first Irish Chess Championship. [ 2 ] Porterfield Rynd's birth date is often listed incorrectly as 1855 this has led some books to cast doubt on his claim to the Irish championship in 1865, such as ...
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]