The O’Connell Cup and the Philip Hogarty Rising Stars tournaments take place in ALSAA on May 28th. This is a team event fro teams of 4 junior club players. We will be assembling teams of interested players in the coming weeks. Please email us if your interested in taking part. O’Connell Cup is for players … More Philip Hogarty Rising Stars Team Tournament

The 3rd and final Leinster Chess Union  Grand Prix tournament is on this Sunday ( April 23rd), you can enter using  this link on the Blanchardstown Chess Club website. The venue is the: Carlton Dublin Airport Hotel, Old Airport Road, Cloghran, K67P5C7, Dublin (MAP) Online entries are will close at midnight Saturday 22nd April. Entries on the day … More LCU Grand Prix 3 April 23rd

The Leinster Chess Union selected our very own Darius Rezania and  Darragh Comey to play on the North Dublin Team in a tournament against a junior chess  team from Germany (Berlin) this  week. The LCU  selected 3 representative teams, of 17 players each, being  North Dublin, South Dublin and Leinster, to play  a group of German junior players from various Berlin junior clubs. Darragh … More Leinster Vs. Berlin

Just a reminder we’re not meeting tonight or next week due to Easter holidays. Next meeting will be 26th of April .

An excellent performance and great learning experience for all our members who competed in the Irish Junior championships in Sligo this weekend.   The final round in the competition saw our two most experienced players, Darrius and Darragh, go head to head in a 77 move epic battle. Darius came out on top and performed … More Irish Junior Chess Championship Update

This weekend 4 of our members are heading to the Irish Junior Championship in Sligo. You can follow Darragh, Darrius, Cillian and Niamh’s Progress here: Irish Junior Chess Championship 2017 U10 Irish Junior Chess Championship 2017 U12 Irish Junior Chess Championship 2017 U8 Best of luck to everybody taking part!!! If anybody else in the club is … More Irish Junior Championship 2017

Last Wednesday’s club tournament was a good practice run for this weekend’s Leinster Chess Union Grand Prix tournament. Darius Rezania was the overall winner on a perfect 5/5,  Cillian Comey was the runner up on 4/5, his only loss against the winner in round two. Hartik Tadisetti took 3rd place (by computer tie-break) on equal points with Eoin Spence and David … More Club Tournament Results

Check out this week’s Liffey Champion to see an Article about our new club. Some nice pictures from the tournament are included.

Following on from a hugely successful first Leinster Chess Union  grand prix tournament  last week, entries are now open for tournament 2, in ALSSA using this link.. Tournament 2:  March  26th  – Alssa, Old Airport Road, Toberbunny, Dublin Airport, Co. Dublin. Tournament 3: April 23rd – Carlton Dublin Airport Hotel; Old Airport Road, Cloghran, K67P5C7, … More LCU Grand Prix 2- Entries now open

Congratulations to our very own Darius Rezania, who came joint first in the under 12 section of the Leinster Grand Prix tournament on 5/6.  Overall it was an impressive performance from our new club, which was the first competition for many members. Darragh Comey came 5th on 4/6 and Vishal Tutte scored 1.5/6 also in Under … More Darius Wins Under 12 at LCU grand prix 1