Tournaments

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.

Turkey Open

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.

Prizes

€25, €15, €10 for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Grading Prizes for U1130 of €15, €10 and €10.

Community Games Skerries Finals U16, U13, U11

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.

Prizes

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th CG medals in U16, U13, U11 age groups, with SCC medals for non-residents of Skerries.

Autumn Open

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

Availability - enter or change your availability.

Players - their availability.

Fixtures - Pairings, results, standings. Choose round number.

Only members are paired (see Join).

Prizes
Overall: 1st John Loughran (5½/6)
Overall: 2nd Mark Allidine (4½/6)
Overall: 3rd Lorcán McDonnell Ryan (4/6)
Under 1200: 1st Keith O'Brien (3/6)
Under 1200: 2nd Krishiv Thoppe (2½/6)
Under 1100: 1st Shane Adams (3/6)
Under 1100: 2nd Rory Clarke (3/6)
Under 1100: 3rd Tom Jackson (2/6)

Autumn Seagulls

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

Availability - enter or change your availability.

Players - their availability.

Fixtures - Pairings, results, standings. Choose round number.

For juniors and adults under 1000 rating.

Prizes
Overall: 1st Neel Raparthi (5½/6)
Overall: 2nd Jack O’Brien (5/6)
Overall: 3rd Eibhlín Sullivan (4½/6)
Under 750: 1st Aarathya Muthu Thirupathi (3½/6)
Under 750: 2nd Charlie Leonard (3½/6)
Under 750: 3rd Adhisya Muthu Thirupathi (3/6)

Novelty Events, Swap Chess etc.

Tue 13 Jun 2023 - Tue 13 Jun 2023 , 1 rounds (provisionally)

25 mins + 10 sec/move or as agreed.

Availability - enter or change your availability.

Players - their availability.

Fixtures - Pairings, results, standings. Choose round number.

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.

Prizes

No prizes, just for fun.

Summer Time Handicap

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.

Prizes
Overall: =1st Finn Harding (4/5)
Overall: =1st James Seaver (4/5)
Overall: =3rd Nikolai Dimitrov (3½/5)
Overall: =3rd Szymon Pożarowski (3½/5)

Summer Classic

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.

Availability - enter or change your availability.

Players - their availability.

Fixtures - Pairings, results, standings. Choose round number.

Rated swiss tournament. Members can enter the Classic and/or the Handicap.

Prizes
Overall: 1st Owen Johnston (4½/5)
Overall: =2nd Cian Griffin (3½/5)
Overall: =2nd Nikolai Dimitrov (3½/5)
Under 900: 1st Chadwick Samuel (4/5)
Under 900: 2nd Jack Kiernan (3½/5)
Under 900: 3rd Neel Raparthi (3/5)

Blitz Club Championships Minor, Under 700

Tue 09 May 2023 - Tue 09 May 2023 , 6 rounds (provisionally)

3 mins + 2 sec/move

Availability - enter or change your availability.

Players - their availability.

Fixtures - Pairings, results, standings. Choose round number.

U700 SCC ratings. Swiss tournament finishing around 8:30 pm. Not rated.

Prizes
Under 700: 1st Kaiden McNamara (4½/6)
Under 700: 2nd Tom Tyndall (3½/6)
Under 700: 3rd Charlie Leonard (3/6)

Blitz Club Championships Major, Under 1000

Tue 09 May 2023 - Tue 09 May 2023 , 6 rounds (provisionally)

3 mins + 2 sec/move

Availability - enter or change your availability.

Players - their availability.

Fixtures - Pairings, results, standings. Choose round number.

U1000 SCC ratings. Swiss tournament finishing around 8:30 pm. Not rated.

Prizes
Under 1000: 1st Shane Adams (4½/6)
Under 1000: 2nd Adam Scanlon (4/6)
Under 1000: 3rd Tom Jackson (3½/6)

Blitz Club Championships Open

Tue 09 May 2023 - Tue 09 May 2023 , 6 rounds (provisionally)

3 mins + 2 sec/move

Availability - enter or change your availability.

Players - their availability.

Fixtures - Pairings, results, standings. Choose round number.

Open to all members. Swiss tournament finishing late. Not rated.

Prizes
Overall: 1st Grzegorz Pawlowski (5½/6)
Overall: 2nd Cian Griffin (4½/6)
Overall: 3rd John Loughran (4/6)

Rapid Club Championships Open

Tue 07 Feb 2023 - Tue 02 May 2023 , 5 rounds (provisionally)

15 mins + 10 sec/move

Availability - enter or change your availability.

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.

Prizes
Overall: 1st John Loughran (4½/5) SCC Gold medal
Overall: =2nd Lorcán McDonnell Ryan (4/5) SCC Silver medal
Overall: =2nd Krishiv Thoppe (4/5) SCC Silver medal
Under 1000: 1st Tom Jackson (3/5) SCC Gold medal
Under 1000: =2nd Neel Raparthi (2/5) SCC Silver medal
Under 1000: =2nd Scott Staunton (2/5) SCC Silver medal
Under 700: 1st Mary Loughran (2½/5) SCC Gold medal
Under 700: =2nd Jack O’Brien (2/5) SCC Silver medal
Under 700: =2nd Willow Monaghan (2/5) SCC Silver medal
Under 550: =1st Charlie Leonard (2½/5) SCC Gold medal
Under 550: =1st Tom Tyndall (2½/5) SCC Gold medal
Under 550: 3rd Áine Loughran (1½/5) SCC Bronze medal

Club Championships Sections A - D

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.

Availability - enter or change your availability.

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

Prizes
Overall: 1st John Loughran (3½/5)
Overall: 2nd Paschal O’Shea (1½/5)
Overall: 3rd Paul Ryan (1½/5)
Under 1120: 1st Lorcán McDonnell Ryan (4/5)
Under 1120: 2nd Krishiv Thoppe (3/5)
Under 1120: 3rd John Roche (2/5)
Under 1000: 1st Tom Jackson (4/5)
Under 1000: 2nd Dermot Murphy (3½/5)
Under 1000: 3rd Eibhlín Sullivan (2½/5)
Under 800: 1st James Seaver (4/5)
Under 800: 2nd Mary Loughran (3½/5)
Under 800: 3rd Scott Staunton (3/5)
Under 675: 1st Charlie Leonard (2½/5)
Under 675: 2nd Jack O’Brien (2/5)
Under 675: 3rd Áine Loughran (2/5)

Turkey Open

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.

Availability - enter or change your availability.

Players - their availability.

Fixtures - Pairings, results, standings. Choose round number.

Open to all members.

Prizes
Overall: 1st Joseph Dunne (4/5) €25
Overall: 2nd Paul Ryan (3½/5) €15
Overall: 3rd John Loughran (3/5) €10
Under 1200: 1st Nikolai Dimitrov (2½/5) €15
Under 1200: 2nd Paschal O’Shea (2½/5) €10
Under 1100: 1st Lorcán McDonnell Ryan (3/5) €10
Under 1100: 2nd Enda Joyce (2½/5) €10
Under 1100: 3rd Fikre Leguesse (2½/5) €10

Community Games Skerries Finals U16, U13, U11

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

Availability - enter or change your availability.

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.

Prizes
Overall: 1st Jacob Fynes (5½/6) SCC Gold medal
Under 16: 1st Scott Staunton (3½/6) C.G. Gold medal
Under 16: 2nd Jordan McMahon (2½/6) SCC Silver medal
Under 13: 1st Eibhlín Sullivan (4½/6) C.G. Gold medal
Under 13: 2nd Tom Jackson (4½/6) C.G. Silver medal
Under 13: 3rd Stanislaw Repeka (4/6) C.G. Bronze medal
Under 13: 4th Tom Denny (4/6) C.G. 4th place medal
Under 11: 1st Áine Loughran (3/6) C.G. Gold medal
Under 11: 2nd Charlie Leonard (3/6) C.G. Silver medal
Under 11: 3rd Tom Tyndall (2/6) C.G. Bronze medal
Under 11: 4th Dara McGinty (2/6) C.G. 4th place medal

Autumn Open

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).

Prizes
Overall: 1st John Loughran (5½/6)
Overall: 2nd Joseph Dunne (5/6)
Overall: 3rd Krishiv Thoppe (3/6)
Under 1200: =1st Andrew Conneely (3/6)
Under 1200: =1st Paschal O’Shea (3/6)
Under 1200: 3rd Owen Johnston (2½/6)
Under 1100: 1st Enda Joyce (2/6)
Under 1100: 2nd Shane Adams (2/6)

Autumn Seagulls

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.

Prizes
Under 1000: 1st Tom Jackson (5½/6)
Under 1000: 2nd Eibhlín Sullivan (4/6)
Under 1000: 3rd Tom Denny (3½/6)
Under 750: 1st Mary Loughran (2½/6)
Under 750: 2nd Jordan McMahon (2/6)
Under 750: 3rd Charlie Leonard (1½/6)

Past Tournaments

More information on past tournaments on the old Tournaments page.