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North Kildare Chess is Cancelled this evening – Friday 3rd October – due to Weather and Electricity concerns

October 3, 2025

We are returning to Chess Meetups Friday 12th September 2025

September 10, 2025

Returning to Weekly Junior Chess meetups Friday 20th September

September 17, 2024

We are returning to our Junior Chess meetups this coming Friday, 20th September 2024. 7:00pm-8:30pm St Mary’s National School Maynooth (Moyglare Road W23Y598). All junior players and beginners are welcome to come along and see what the North Kildare Chess Club has to offer.

North Kildare Chess returns this Friday, 15th September

September 14, 2023

North Kildare Chess Friday Meetups Return in September 2023

August 21, 2023

Junior Chess Meetup term beginning Friday 21st April

April 19, 2023

Where is it going to be? St. Mary’s BNS (boys national school) — Moyglare Road, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, W23Y598. https://goo.gl/maps/u9ThEEh5LP5y5RvJ8 In which part of the School? Room 24, 2nd floor. Go up the stairs to the 2nd floor, enter the corridor, turn left and Room 24 is the nearest class on the right hand side … More Junior Chess Meetup term beginning Friday 21st April

We will Return to St. Mary’s NS – Friday – April 21st

April 12, 2023

We will return to face to face Over-the-Board Chess on Friday, 21st April in St Mary’s NS, Maynooth from 7pm to 8.30pm. We look forward to seeing both old and new faces as we return after a very long break away from weekly in-person meetups. For more information, email northkildarechess@gmail.com

Chess Re-Starts (online) this evening

September 3, 2021

Friday 3rd September 2021 Zoom Meetup: 7:00pm – 7:30pm Fun Friday Arena Tournament 7:30pm – 8:30pm How do join in or find out more? Email: northkildarechess@gmail.com Take a look at our guide to getting ready to play Online Chess with us: https://nkchess.com/online-chess/

Easter 2021 Draughts Course for North Kildare Chess Club

March 24, 2021

We will be running a short Draughts course during the Easter 2021 break. We will be covering English Draughts (Checkers) and Russian Draughts. The details are here: https://nkchess.com/draughts/ I have also created some Draughts Pre Course videos on youtube to give the participants a foundation in Draughts/Checkers before the classes begin.

Fun-damentals Blitz Arena March 2021

March 1, 2021

Monday – March 1st 2021 — the Monday Fundamentals class will have a fun Blitz Arena tournament on lichess.org. https://lichess.org/tournament/o6AbZMFI (usual password) (time control: 5 minutes + 5 seconds increment) Also invited are members of the Catch-up Class from Tuesdays and Thursdays and anyone other club members playing at around 1100 or less (lichess.org rating). … More Fun-damentals Blitz Arena March 2021