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New Irish Champion - ALEX LOPEZ FM !!

Well he produced what we always knew what was coming. An exceptional performance by the clubs top player brings home what will surely will be the first of many. Link to ICU coverage http://www.icu.ie/articles/display.php?id=262 and to his game in round 9 that produced a wonderful combination to win in 19 moves http://www.icu.ie/games/display.php?id=29599&align=left . So congratulations Alex !!

Club Championship

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

Cork Chess club donates €300 to 96FM's Cork 4 Kids Radiothon !

Joint winners for this years club championship

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..

Cork Congress 2010 - Simul Sensation !!

At city hall last night, young Kieran O Riordain beat the 2 guest GM's in a novel alternating move format..!! Game to follow.. .Record on the night was played 18, Won 15, Drew 2 and lost 1 !! Pic shows Dejan Bojkov trying to find a way out against Kieran

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Mulcahy Cup 2010 -Results summary

Joint first - Stephen Short & Eamon Keogh - Stephen awarded title on tie break
Joint Third -  Kieran O Riordan, Paul Walsh, Paul Kiely, Hugh Doyle
David v Goliath - Keegan O Mahoney win over David O Kelly R1
Rating performance - Tony Dalton
Grading prizes : John Connolly, Connor O Donnell, Wim Van Hoogstad, Pat Twomey

see hereMulcahy Cup for more

Cork Success at Kilkenny Congress 2009

Well done to Keegan O'Mahoney who won the challengers section with Peter Doyle 3rd. Congrats to the clubs blitz kingpin Len Hackett  who placed 3rd in the James Mason with Michael Bradley getting a grading prize. Kieran O'Riordan, Pat Twomey and Hugh Doyle all held their own in the loftier heights of Majors and Masters respectively. Tournament write up by Gerry Graham with tables here http://www.icu.ie/articles/display.php?id=241

Cork FM Radio

A new radio show will be commencing this weekend on 87.7FM. Cork chess will be providing updates and information for the public  on chess in Cork. Get your updates  to the chairman this week so we can get them to Steve Broekhuizen -Cork chess would like to wish Cork FM the very best of luck !!

Club info in Polish

We are getting a lot of interest from our Polish community and with this in mind, basic club info will be translated and added to the main page. Should be available during November.

New Season Coaching

Will are looking at the possibility of continuing coaching with Tibor Karolyi IM in the new season. Keep an eye on this space.