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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 ...
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 ...
Chess Today; Clonard chess piece; I. ... Irish Chess Union; U. Ulster Chess Championship This page was last edited on 26 July 2020, at 20:26 (UTC). ...
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 ...
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 ...
He is the author of 28 books on chess, hundreds of magazine articles and a couple of thousand newspaper columns, [1] mostly on chess but also on computing and sports psychology. Although he did head the Irish players on the rating list at the beginning of 1993, played in one Olympiad (1998) and won a few minor tournaments (e.g. Dublin 1993), he ...
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Chess players will frequently run engines while watching these games, allowing them to quickly identify mistakes by the players and spot tactical opportunities. While in the past the moves have been relayed live, today chess organizers will often impose a half-hour delay as an anti-cheating measure.