Tournaments

Games from live boards in tournaments >> or leagues

icu.ie/events - For tournaments in Ireland and abroad see the ICU Calendar.
Free entry to club events for members until the club night before each event. After that a late entry fee of €10 applies.
Players who do not show up for a game without warning are excluded and must pay a €10 no show fee before they can play again in that or subsequent events.

Fingal Open Ch. incl. SCC Championships, Sections A - H

Tue 06 Jan 2026 - Tue 10 Mar 2026 , 5 rounds (provisionally)

90 mins + 30 sec/move (Sec A), Lower sections: 75 + 30, 60 + 30, 45 + 30 depending on ratings. Different time controls if both players agree to adjourn.

Availability - enter or change your availability.

Players - their availability.

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

Details of 5 round FIDE, ICU and SCC rated all-play-all tournament in 9 sections, with Coaching sessions between rounds, to be arranged. Open to all ICU and SCC members.

Live games

Prizes

1st, 2nd, 3rd place engraved medals or plaques in each section. Fingal Open Perpetual Cup for Sec A winner. Cups for Skerries Club Champion and Skerries U18 Girls and Boys Champions.

Community Games Skerries Finals U16, U13, U11 Tue 04 Nov 2025 - Tue 09 Dec 2025

Turkey Open Tue 04 Nov 2025 - Tue 16 Dec 2025

Autumn Open, Cormorants & Seagulls Tue 09 Sep 2025 - Tue 21 Oct 2025

Simultaneous Exhibition by David Fitzsimons IM Tue 03 Jun 2025 - Tue 03 Jun 2025

Blitz Club Championships in Sections Tue 27 May 2025 - Tue 27 May 2025

Rapid Club Championships Open and Rating limited sections

Tue 29 Apr 2025 - Tue 06 May 2025 , 6 rounds (provisionally)

25 mins + 10 sec/move or as agreed, shorter times for juniors e.g. 10 + 5.

Availability - enter or change your availability.

Players - their availability.

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

4 - 6 rounds over 2 weeks. Swiss tournament in two or three sections. Open to full members. Players may get up to three byes as long as they are requested before pairings done, by entering availability.

Prizes

Medals engraved.

Prize winners

1st Miguel Silveiro 5½
=2nd Owen Johnston 4
=2nd Mark Allidine 4
U1500 1st Ethan Gicale 3½
U1500 2nd Adam Gicale 2½
U1500 3rd Rajiv Gicale 2
U1400 =1st Kornel Pongracz 3½
U1400 =1st James Sweetman 3½
U1400 3rd Lorenzo Petrone 3
U1300 1st Alan Florczak 2
U1300 =2nd Matthew Houlihan 1½
U1300 =2nd Jake Lamont 1½