icu.ie/events - For tournaments in Ireland and abroad see the ICU Calendar.
Free entry to club events for members until the Tuesday a week before each event.
After that a late entry fee of €10 applies.
Tue 07 Nov 2023 - Tue 19 Dec 2023 , 6 rounds (provisionally)
75 mins + 30 sec/move , or as agreed, to allow juniors to leave earlier.
Availability - enter or change your availability.
Players - their availability.
Fixtures - Pairings, results, standings. Choose round number.
Open to all members.
€25, €15, €10 for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Grading Prizes for U1130 of €15, €10 and €10.
Tue 07 Nov 2023 - Tue 12 Dec 2023 , 6 rounds (provisionally)
25 mins + 10 sec/move , or as agreed, to allow younger players to leave early
Availability - enter or change your availability.
Players - their availability.
Fixtures - Pairings, results, standings. Choose round number.
Entry Fee €30, free for members. Open to members and non members under 16 on the 31st July next year, with an address in the Skerries area. For the competition duration players will become members of Skerries Chess Club. They must Login and Apply on the website. The tournament will be used to select players to represent Skerries on the U16, U13 and U11 teams in the Community Games Dublin Finals next spring. See Team > Junior for last year's Dublin finals. Non-Skerries residents who are members already may enter but not represent Skerries later, except as playing subs.
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th CG medals in U16, U13, U11 age groups, with SCC medals for non-residents of Skerries.
Tue 12 Sep 2023 - Tue 24 Oct 2023 , 6 rounds (provisionally)
60 mins + 30 sec/move , or as agreed, to allow juniors or parents to leave early
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Players - their availability.
Fixtures - Pairings, results, standings. Choose round number.
Only members are paired (see Join).
Tue 12 Sep 2023 - Tue 24 Oct 2023 , 6 rounds (provisionally)
25 mins + 10 sec/move , or as agreed, to allow juniors or parents to leave early
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Players - their availability.
Fixtures - Pairings, results, standings. Choose round number.
For juniors and adults under 1000 rating.
Tue 13 Jun 2023 - Tue 13 Jun 2023 , 1 rounds (provisionally)
25 mins + 10 sec/move or as agreed.
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Swop chess is played in teams of two, where players can drop pieces captured by their team mate almost anywhere on the board instead of a move. Also called Bughouse.
No prizes, just for fun.
Tue 23 May 2023 - Tue 27 Jun 2023 , 5 rounds (provisionally)
15 mins + 0 sec/move divided between players based on their ratings. 7.05-7.20 each night. Members can also enter Classic where games start at 7:25.
Availability - enter or change your availability.
Players - their availability.
Fixtures - Pairings, results, standings. Choose round number.
Unrated swiss tournament. Members can enter the Classic and/or the Handicap.
Tue 23 May 2023 - Tue 27 Jun 2023 , 5 rounds (provisionally)
60 mins + 30 sec/move for top section with different time controls for other sections. Starts at 7:25 after handicap games.
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Fixtures - Pairings, results, standings. Choose round number.
Rated swiss tournament. Members can enter the Classic and/or the Handicap.
Tue 09 May 2023 - Tue 09 May 2023 , 6 rounds (provisionally)
3 mins + 2 sec/move
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Players - their availability.
Fixtures - Pairings, results, standings. Choose round number.
U700 SCC ratings. Swiss tournament finishing around 8:30 pm. Not rated.
Tue 09 May 2023 - Tue 09 May 2023 , 6 rounds (provisionally)
3 mins + 2 sec/move
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Players - their availability.
Fixtures - Pairings, results, standings. Choose round number.
U1000 SCC ratings. Swiss tournament finishing around 8:30 pm. Not rated.
Tue 09 May 2023 - Tue 09 May 2023 , 6 rounds (provisionally)
3 mins + 2 sec/move
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Open to all members. Swiss tournament finishing late. Not rated.
Tue 07 Feb 2023 - Tue 02 May 2023 , 5 rounds (provisionally)
15 mins + 10 sec/move
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Players - their availability.
Fixtures - Pairings, results, standings. Choose round number.
Open to all members in one big section. Swiss tournament with accelerated pairings to ease in lower rated players. Those doing well face top half players after round 3.
Tue 10 Jan 2023 - Tue 28 Mar 2023 , 5 rounds (provisionally)
10 mins + 120 sec/move (Sec A), 10 + 90 Sec B, 5 + 60 Sec C and D, or as agreed, to allow juniors to leave earlier.
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Players - their availability.
Fixtures - Pairings, results, standings. Choose round number.
Open to all members. Tournament divided into sections of 6 by SCC ratings. All-play-all with adjournments. Other events between rounds for those with no adjournments or matches.
Club Champion: John Loughran
Junior Boys Champion: Lorcán McDonnell Ryan
Junior Girls Champion: Mary Loughran
Tue 15 Nov 2022 - Tue 13 Dec 2022 , 5 rounds (provisionally)
75 mins + 30 sec/move , or as agreed, to allow juniors to leave earlier.
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Players - their availability.
Fixtures - Pairings, results, standings. Choose round number.
Open to all members.
Tue 08 Nov 2022 - Tue 13 Dec 2022 , 6 rounds (provisionally)
25 mins + 10 sec/move , or as agreed, to allow younger players to leave early
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Players - their availability.
Fixtures - Pairings, results, standings. Choose round number.
Entry Fee €2 (free for members), to cover the cost of Community Games Medals for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th place in each of the Under-16, U-13 and U-11 age groups. Open to members and non members under 16 on the 31st July next year, with an address in the Skerries area. For the competition players will become free members of the Skerries Chess Club. They must Login and Join on the website. One parent of each player must be Garda vetted and should bring Photo ID and Proof of Address with them on the first night or contact our Vetting Officer in advance. They need not pay membership fees or join the supervision rota. The tournament will be used to select players to represent Skerries on the U16, U13 and U11 teams in the Community Games Dublin Finals next spring. See Team > Junior for last year's Dublin finals.
Tue 13 Sep 2022 - Tue 25 Oct 2022 , 6 rounds (provisionally)
60 mins + 30 sec/move , or as agreed, to allow juniors or parents to leave early
Availability - enter or change your availability.
Players - their availability.
Fixtures - Pairings, results, standings. Choose round number.
Only members are paired (see Join).
Tue 13 Sep 2022 - Tue 25 Oct 2022 , 6 rounds (provisionally)
25 mins + 10 sec/move , or as agreed, to allow juniors or parents to leave early
Availability - enter or change your availability.
Players - their availability.
Fixtures - Pairings, results, standings. Choose round number.
For juniors and adults under 1000 rating.
More information on past tournaments on the old Tournaments page.