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Mulcahy Cup Change of Venue

The Mulcahy Cup which starts on the 27th, is now being played in Cork Chess Club see map. Entry fee €25 can be paid on the day. You need to register by 7.30 and the round times will be Friday 8pm, Sat 9.30, 2.00pm and 6.30pm and Sunday 9.30 and 2.00.

Coaching on the 10th of Feb

There will be a coaching session in the club on the 10th of Feb from 9pm to 10pm more info here.

Club Closed on Friday the 20th

The club will be closed next Friday, so we will be extending the date for the 4th round of the club championship games to the 3rd of February.

Cork Chess to host elite GM in February

As part of the build up to the 20th Cork congress, Elite GM Mickey Adams (2724) will be conducting a simul 16th February. Details to follow !!

Fourth round draw is up

The draw for the fourth round is now available here these games are to be played on or before the 27th of Jan (p.s. this date could change depending on the Mulcahy dates), you know the drill at this stage contact your opponent!

Christmas Blitz

Tom Healy won the blitz tourney again, Stephen Short came second and Henk de Jonge was third! The camera man was a bit under the weather (bad cold compounded by hot whiskeys), so no pics I'm afraid

New Irish Ratings list is here.. http://icu.ie/ratings/list.php?&list=201109

Club AGM Friday 16th September 7.30pm

New club champ and some pics from end of season blitz

Congratulations to Henk De Jonge who is our club champion !! Here are some pics from the end of season blitz and include the club championship prize giving, you will need broadband to view the auto scroll.  Henk has annotated one of his games which can be seen here. Included is some text to give a flavour of the last round tension! Final Standings and Crosstable...

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Season finale blitz Friday 27th May - We raised €400 for "Giving For Living" - 96FM's cancer services fund raiser

Tom Healy is this season's blitz champion..huge thanks to all members on the night for their generosity....!

The full report on the Cork Congress

A full report from the congress can be read here. Pictures to follow.

Simon Williams report

Simon has a report on the Congress on his web site the gingergm, worth a read!

Alex Lopez and Simon Williams come joint first

But Simon beat Alex in a blitz decider for the title, Liam Murphy won the major and Craig Gill the minors with full results here

Alex Lopez wins the Mulcahy

Joint Second - Kieran Moynihan, Tom Healy, Orison Carlisle & Henk De Jonge Grading prizes - Dave Smith, Niki Mullins & John Connolly David V Goliath - Peter Doyle

Congratulations to Alex Lopez Corks first International Master

Alex Lopez gained his final International Master Norm at the London Classic Open scoring 6.5 out of 9 in a very strong field.  This is a fantastic feat for the youngster, who can only go from strength to strength now.

Club Championship

Some pics from the blitz and club championship can be seen here.

Joint winners for this years club championship 2010

Congratulations to Steve Short & Paul Walsh who finished joint first on 6/7 in this years club championship. John Donoghue was third. Prize giving will be after end of season blitz Friday 28th May. Other winners were: Tom Hickey (David v Goliath), Grading prizes to David O Kelly, Anne Coughlan, Keegan O Mahony and Angus Gill.

Cork Congress 2010

Dejan Bojkov won a blitz playoff against Bogdan Lalic to win the cork congress some of the games can be see here and downloaded in pgn format. A full report is now available on the reports page. http://www.dejanbojkov.blogspot.com/ for Dejan Bojkov GM blog on the tourmament..

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