Gubanov wins Ennis Congress Well done to IM Oleh Gubanov who put in an excellent performance in a strong field to win the Ennis Congress ...

The Irish Championship 1947 was held in Cork, for the first time ever, at the C.C.Y.M.S. Hall in Castle Street. The event was structured as a ...

Many congratulations to Dublin Chess Club, who won this season’s Armstrong Cup decisively (final table). This broke a run of seven consecutive wins ...

The Malahide Millennium Tournament, incorporating the Leinster Championships, took place at Dublin Airport over the weekend. The top section ...

John Loughran has written to update the page on the British European Airways Cup here, which had not been updated since 2016. In ...

The National Club Championship took place at the Talbot Hotel Stillorgan over the weekend, ending today. Congratulations to Elm Mount, who won for (I ...

It’s a valid question that crops up more and more lately. The latest impetus for asking it was Carlsen’s statement from his recent interview ...

In the past few months I was going over Nigel Short’s games from his book “Winning.” I always liked Nigel and rooted for him in the 80s and 90s ...

I grew up watching the Karpov-Kasparov matches in the 1980s. As a kid, I was rooting for Kasparov and I remember the joy I felt when I heard ...

Some time ago, I remember a young and promising GM crying on social media, in all seriousness, how the public cannot possibly understand the ...

The World Cup in Baku is well under way and I have already shared my preview and analysis on my Youtube channel, which you can check here. There are many ...

The Ennis Congress was held over the weekend, and attracted 111 players over three sections. Generally, very few games have been ...