Limerick teen is Ireland’s first ever world chess champ Updated / Wednesday, 3 May 2017 18:49 Limerick teenager Diana Mirza has become Ireland’s first ever chess world champion. The 16-year-old emerged victorious in the World Schools Under-17 Chess Championship...
Tournaments in Ireland
The Limerick Open takes place from the 29-31 October, 2016 in the luxurious Savoy Hotel, Limerick, Ireland. Past winners include GM Nick Pert, GM Petr Neumann, GM Alex Baburin, and GM Gergely Szabo. In its 11th year, the Limerick...
Chess School Polimac Kilkenny celebrates 10 years
By FT Darko Polimac The Chess School Polimac started its work in 2006 with 4 students in Club House Hotel Kilkenny as a part of Kilkenny Chess Club. The FIDE Trainer Darko Polimac originally from Croatia was very keen...
Scholastic Chess Boom in Ireland
Scholastic chess is booming in Ireland 08/11/2015 | 02:300 Scholastic chess is booming in Ireland – and therefore it’s not surprising that no less than 18 Irish players took part in the recent World Junior Chess Championship in Greece....
Bunratty Chess Festival 2015
The Bunratty Chess Festival 2015 is scheduled to take place from 18th to 22nd February, 2015, at the luxurious Bunratty Castle Hotel & Spa, Ireland. The highlight of the event, Bunratty Weekender 2015, includes the following players with more to...
14th Malahide Millenium Tournament
The 14th edition of Malahide Millenium Tournament is taking place from 3rd to 5th May, 2014, at Hilton Dublin Airport Hotel, in Malahide, a coastal suburban town near the Irish capital Dublin. The tournament will be a 6 round...
GM Gawain Jones Wins Bunratty Masters
The Bunratty Weekender was held over on 7-9th February at the Bunratty Castle Hotel in Ireland. The tournament was held over six rounds of Swiss system and in four sections: Masters, Challengers, Major and Minor. English Grandmaster Gawain Jones...
Limerick chess prodigy wins gold
Limerick chess prodigy wins European goldLynda Foley | August 8, 2013A RAHEEN teenager is the new champion of European chess. Diana Mirza (13) won gold at the European Union Youth Chess Championships in Austria yesterday. She is a member...
Meet the teenage Irish Chess Queen
Check mates: Meet the teenage chess queen Diana Mirza’s dad has nurtured her talent but many of our gifted children need more support Chrissie Russell – 22 July 2013 Like many 13-year-olds Diana Mirza is a big Rihanna fan....