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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 ...
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]
Originally from Hyderabad, Kanyamarala took up chess in 2014. [1] She represented India until 2017 before switching to Ireland. [2]She is an Irish citizen and has received letter of appreciation from the President of Ireland for her achievement of becoming Ireland's first Woman International Master.
Stephen Brady (born 12 March 1969) is an Irish chess player and FIDE Master. He became a nine time Irish national champion, in some cases together with another player, in the years 1991, 1992, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2011, [1] 2012 and 2015. Brady also won the Leinster Chess Championship in 1990, 1997 and 2003.
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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 ...