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North Kildare Chess Fundamentals (Winter 2020 Group) Practice Tournament – Monday 30th November

November 29, 2020

The current Chess Fundamentals group will have their first practice tournament on Monday 30th November at 7:00pm. There will be a short Orientation call on Zoom (invite via the Fundamentals Whatsapp group) at 7:00pm. The Arena tournament will then begin at 7:10pm on lichess.org: https://lichess.org/tournament/wsokp2zvThe usual PasswordTime Control will be 5 Minutes + 5 Seconds … More North Kildare Chess Fundamentals (Winter 2020 Group) Practice Tournament – Monday 30th November

North Kildare Chess Club Members Online Swiss Tournament 6th November 2020

November 4, 2020

https://lichess.org/team/north-kildare-chess-club https://lichess.org/swiss/Do0qrJEg Hi Chess Parents/Guardians …. this Friday Evening, 6th November 2020, we’ll try a different tournament type: A Swiss system Tournament. This is by far the most common type of real-world Chess tournament and will give the players a feel for a typical Rapid tournament. Swiss tournaments differ from our usual Arena by having: … More North Kildare Chess Club Members Online Swiss Tournament 6th November 2020

AGM 12th September

September 9, 2019

Welcome back after the Summer. We are holding our AGM this Thursday 12th September in the Community Library in Main Street Maynooth. Meet 18:45 with a sharp start at 19:00. The library closes at 20:00 so we have to be finished then. Agenda: 1) review of last year 2) election of Committee Officers – Chair, … More AGM 12th September

Club closed for Easter Break

April 10, 2019

The club will not meet again until May 3rd due to our school venue being closed for the Easter break. See you all again on Friday May 3rd. Some upcoming events so you don’t suffer from chess withdrawal: IRish junior Chess Championship April 12th to 14th Rising stars (beginner team tournament) May 11th

LCU Junior Grand Prix Tournament Series 2019

January 13, 2019

North Kildare Chess Club  will host the first Leinster Chess Union Grand Prix tournament of the season, on Sunday, 3rd February 2019, in the Glenroyal Hotel, Maynooth, W23 C2V1, Co. Kildare. The Leinster Junior Chess Grand Prix is a series of monthly chess tournaments which offers children the opportunity to play chess in a competitive and relaxed atmosphere. … More LCU Junior Grand Prix Tournament Series 2019

We’re Moving!

January 9, 2019

Friday 11th we’ll be moving to a new venue for our junior meet and play sessions. The new venue is: St.Marys Boys National School , Maynooth . 7-8:30 on Fridays (Look for us in the prefab classroom behind bicycle stand)