Irish Chess Championship

Irish Chess Championship

The Irish Chess Championship is the national Championship of Ireland as run by the Irish Chess Union (ICU), the governing body for the sport and a member of FIDE [ [http://www.fide.com/component/fidedirectory/?task=country&fid=68 FIDE Directory, Member Associations ] ] since 1933. Below are the list of winners for the Men's and Women's titles. Note that women are currently admitted to the Men's tournament. The first Irish Championship competition won by J.A. Porterfield Rynd in 1865 was run under the auspices of the "Hibernia Chess Association" a forerunner of the ICU.

"The Irish Chess Association" was founded 1885 and held a Masters tournament to decide who was Irish Champion (this was a handicapped tournament and while William Pollock won on points, Porterfield Rynd won on the handicap rules). [ [http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/pollock William Pollock Biography chess.com] ] Since its foundation in 1912 the Irish Chess Union has organised the Irish Chess Championships.

The Irish Chess Championship has run in a number of various formats from an all play all competition for those who qualified, to a Swiss system competition, to an Open competition with other nationalities playing, and the highest scoring Irish player being awarded the title of "Irish Champion", the 2007 [ [http://www.icu.ie/tournaments/display.php?id=468 2007 Irish Chess Championship] ] and 2008 [ [http://www.icu.ie/tournaments/display.php?id=511 2008 Irish Chess Championship] ] championships were a open 9 round swiss competition. [http://www.irishchesschampionships.com/ 2008 Irish Chess Championship website] ]

Men's winners

*2008 Alexander Baburin [http://www.irishchesschampionships.com/ 2008 Irish Chess Championship website] ]
*2007 Brian Kelly / Stephen Brady
*2006 Stephen Brady
*2005 Colm Daly
*2004 Joseph Diarmuid Ryan
*2003 Stephen Brady
*2002 Sam Collins
*2001 Stephen Brady
*2000 Mark Heidenfeld
*1999 Colm Daly
*1998 Colm Daly
*1997 Joseph Diarmuid Ryan
*1996 Richard O'Donovan
*1995 Brian Kelly
*1994 Mark John Legard Orr
*1993 Niall Carton
*1992 Stephen Brady
*1991 Stephen Brady
*1990 John Delaney
*1989 Niall Carton
*1988 Philip Short
*1987 John Delaney
*1986 John Delaney / Philip Short
*1985 Eugene Curtin / Mark John Legard Orr
*1984 Eugene Curtin
*1983 David Dunne
*1982 John Delaney
*1981 David Dunne / Philip Short
*1980 Paul Delaney
*1979 David Dunne / Eamon Keogh
*1978 Alan Templeton Ludgate
*1977 Ray Devenney / Alan Templeton Ludgate
*1976 Bernard Kernan
*1975 Eamon Keogh / Alan Templeton Ludgate
*1974 Anthony Doyle
*1973 Hugh MacGrillen
*1972 Wolfgang Heidenfeld
*1971 John L. Moles
*1970 Paul Henry
*1969 Nicholas James Patterson
*1968 Wolfgang Heidenfeld
*1967 Wolfgang Heidenfeld
*1966 John L. Moles
*1965 Michael F. Littleton
*1964 Wolfgang Heidenfeld
*1963 Wolfgang Heidenfeld
*1962 John Reid / Michael F. Littleton
*1961 John Reid
*1960 Brian Reilly
*1959 Brian Reilly
*1958 Wolfgang Heidenfeld
*1957 Donal J. O'Sullivan
*1956 Donal J. O'Sullivan
*1955 T. Vincent Maher
*1954 Terry Kelly
*1953 Edmund Noel Mulcahy
*1952 Michael Joseph Schuster
*1951 Patrick Martin Austin Bourke
*1950 T. Vincent Maher
*1949 Patrick Brendan Kennedy
*1948 Donal J. O'Sullivan
*1947 Patrick A. Duignan
*1946 Bartholomew O'Sullivan
*1940 John O'Hanlon
*1939 Bartholomew O'Sullivan
*1938 Thomas Cox
*1937 Thomas Cox
*1936 John O'Hanlon
*1935 John O'Hanlon
*1934 James C. Creevey
*1933 James C. Creevey
*1932 John O'Hanlon
*1931 T.G.Cranston
*1930 John O'Hanlon
*1929 Philip Baker
*1928 Philip Baker
*1927 Philip Baker
*1926 John O'Hanlon
*1925 John O'Hanlon
*1924 Philip Baker
*1922 T.G.Cranston
*1915 John O'Hanlon
*1913 John O'Hanlon
*1892 James Alexander Porterfield Rynd
*1889 G.D.Soffe
*1886 R.W.Barnett
*1885 William Pollock
*1865 James Alexander Porterfield Rynd

Women's winners

*1982 E.Quinn
*1980 Suzanne Connolly / Ann Teresa Delaney
*1977 Ann Teresa Delaney
*1974 D.O'Siochru
*1973 D.O'Siochru
*1972 D.O'Siochru
*1971 C.Noonan / C.Meulien
*1970 B.O'Shaughnessy
*1969 C.Byrne
*1968 D.O'Siochru
*1956 E.M.Cassidy
*1955 H.F.Chater / K.Doolan
*1954 H.F.Chater
*1953 H.F.Chater
*1952 H.F.Chater
*1951 H.F.Chater

External links

* [http://www.icu.ie/tournaments/champs_list.php Irish Championships at the website of the ICU] :includes history, scores, crosstables, bios, and interviews
* [http://www.irishchesschampionships.com/ Irish Chess Championship website]

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