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.

Summer Classic Open and Sections divided by Rating

Tue 26 May 2026 - Tue 30 Jun 2026 , 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 section and round number.

Swiss events open to all club members, with 1 round each night. Enter free now or after 19 May for a late fee of €10.

Prizes

Small prizes.

Blitz Club Championships Open

Tue 12 May 2026 - Tue 12 May 2026 , 7 rounds (provisionally)

3 mins + 2 sec/move from move 1.

Availability - enter or change your availability.

Players - their availability.

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

7 rounds on one club night. One large Swiss Open event so you get to play people you do not usually play. For fun, not rated. Medals for best in each rating band.

Prizes

Medals engraved. Prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and provisionally for top scorer rated U1500, U1300, U1200, U1100, U1000, depending on entries.

Prize winners

1st Grzegorz Pawlowski 5½
2nd Mark Allidine 5
3rd Owen Johnston 4
U1600 1st Adam Scanlon 4
U1500 1st Kieran Howley 4
U1400 1st Hariharan Praveen 4
U1200 1st Joshua Monaghan 2½
U1000 1st Alan Florczak 3

Rapid Club Championships Open and Rating limited sections

Tue 21 Apr 2026 - Tue 05 May 2026 , 6 rounds (provisionally)

15 mins + 10 sec/move or as agreed, longer times for seniors e.g. 25 + 10.

Availability - enter or change your availability.

Players - their availability.

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

6 rounds over 3 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

Prizes within each rating band for 1st, 2nd and 3rd.

Prize winners

1st John Loughran 6
2nd Adam Scanlon 4
3rd Paul Ryan 2½
U1550 1st Kieran Howley 1½
U1400 1st Peadar Sherlock 5
U1400 2nd Finn Delaney 4½
U1400 3rd Hariharan Praveen 4
U1200 1st Paddy Urbanski 3
U1200 2nd Willow Monaghan 2

Fingal Open Ch. incl. SCC Championships, Sections A - H Tue 06 Jan 2026 - Tue 10 Mar 2026

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 , 5 rounds (provisionally)

3 mins + 2 sec/move from move 1.

Availability - enter or change your availability.

Players - their availability.

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

5 rounds on one club night. Round robin (all-play-all) event in sections divided by rating. Sections of 6 for juniors and sections of 6 - 8 for adults.

Prizes

Medals engraved.

Prize winners

1st John Loughran 6½
2nd Owen Johnston 6
3rd Mark Allidine 5½
U1480 1st Tom Jackson 5
U1480 2nd Adam Gicale 4
U1480 3rd Adam Florczak 3
U1420 1st James Sweetman 4½
U1420 2nd Kyle Aoki 3½
U1420 3rd Shamsa Shahid 3
U1150 =1st Alan Florczak 4
U1150 =1st Matthew Houlihan 4
U1150 3rd Jack Guildea 3