The Munster Junior Chess Championships are being held on the weekend of the 17-18th of September in the West County Hotel, Ennis. Titles can only be won by Munster residents, but all other players are welcome to enter.
U8 and U10 sections are run over one day only whilst U12, U14, U16 and U18 sections are run on both days. We already have one player from Ulster registered to play and it would be great to see more local players travel down in what promises to be a great competition! Further details can be found on either the Irish Chess Union website or the Munster Chess Union website.
It was great to see some of our local junior talent competing in the Ulster Chess Championships this weekend and three of them even managed to come away with prizes!
16 year old Jonathon Peoples won the Intermediate Section with Dayna Ferguson picking up the grading prize.
Here is an excellent game from Dayna played in round 2 of the tournament.
The Junior section included the ever present members of the Todd family - Andrew, Samuel and Peter. Also competing in this section for the first time was Aisling Ni Laighleis. Year 9 student Peter came incredibly close to winning the Junior Section, only missing out when he drew his final game. Samuel had his best tournament to date scoring 3 points and winning a grading prize.
The 2016 / 2017 timetable for the Ulster Chess Union Children's Chess Events has now been released and details can be found in our tournaments section.
Last year proved to be hugely competitive in all sections, with large numbers attending the Saturday events. All junior players are welcome to these events regardless of their experience or playing strength.
