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.
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 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
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/
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.
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
There was a great turnout of 36 players for our first ever Kids vs Grownups Team Battle on lichess.org. The Grownups team (consisting of parents of club members) had 15 players against 21 Juniors. The competition was fierce with the lead changing hands several times throughout the 70 minute Team Battle. The final Result was: … More The North Kildare Chess Club Grownups vs.Kids 2020 Team Battle Result ….
The Junior members of the North Kildare Chess Club will Battle it out with the Trainer, Parents / Grownups / Organisers associated with the club in a lichess.org Team Battle on the Club Meetup evening of Friday the 18th December. There will be a short meetup on Zoom at 7:00pm to make sure everyone is … More Kids vs Grownups Team Battle 2020 – Friday 18th December 7:00pm
North Kildare Junior Chess Club 