Irish Chess Championship

The Irish Chess Championship is the national Championship of Ireland, currently run by the Irish Chess Union (ICU), the FIDE-recognised governing body for the game.FIDE Directory, Member Associations Below is the list of champions. The first champion was J.A. Porterfield Rynd, who won the Dublin Chess Congress 1865 No. 3 Tournament, reserved for "amateurs, bona fide resident in Ireland for the 12 months prior to 1st September 1865"."Irish Championship 1865", ICU web site

The Irish Chess Association was founded in 1885. Its congresses of 1886 and 1889 included provision for determining the Irish Championship, and the winners were Richard Whieldon Barnett (later Sir Richard Barnett) and George D. Soffe, respectively.

The Hibernian Chess Association was established during the 1891–92 season, and held one Irish championship, in 1892, which was won by J.A. Porterfield Rynd.

Since its foundation in 1912 the Irish Chess Union has organised the Irish Chess Championships. The events ran sporadically at first, but have been held annually since 1924, except for suspension during 1941–45.

The Irish Chess Championship has run in various formats including a round robin competition, a match system, and a Swiss system competition. Since 2013, the championship has been organised as a 9-round Swiss event, open to players registered as IRL with FIDE, who meet a rating requirement.

Winners Men's champions

Year Winner Notes 1865 James Alexander Porterfield Rynd First winner 1886 Richard Whieldon Barnett 1889 George D. Soffe 1892 James Alexander Porterfield Rynd First person to win two championships 1913 John O'Hanlon First person to win two consecutive championships 1915 1922 T.G. (Thomas George) Cranston 1924 Philip Baker 1925 John O'Hanlon First person to win three championships 1926 First person to win four championships 1927Philip BakerFirst, and so far only, person to win three consecutive championships 1928 1929 1930 John O'Hanlon First person to win five championships 1931 T.G. (Thomas George) Cranston 1932 John O'Hanlon First person to win six championships 1933 James C. Creevey 1934 1935 John O'Hanlon First person to win seven championships 1936 First person to win eight championships 1937 Thomas Cox 1938 1939Bartholomew O'Sullivan 1940 John O'Hanlon First person to win nine championships 1946Bartholomew O'Sullivan 1947 Patrick A. Duignan 1948 Dónal J. O'Sullivan 1949 Patrick Brendan Kennedy 1950 T. Vincent Maher 1951 P. M. Austin Bourke 1952 Michael Joseph Schuster 1953 Edmund Noel Mulcahy 1954 Terry Kelly 1955 T. Vincent Maher 1956 Dónal J. O'Sullivan 1957 1958 Wolfgang Heidenfeld 1959 Brian Reilly 1960 1961 John Reid 1962 John Reid / Michael F. Littleton Shared title First shared title 1963 Wolfgang Heidenfeld1964 1965 Michael F. Littleton 1966 John L. Moles 1967 Wolfgang Heidenfeld 1968 1969 Nicholas James Patterson 1970 Paul Henry 1971 John L. Moles 1972 Wolfgang Heidenfeld 1973 Hugh MacGrillen 1974 Anthony Doyle 1975 Eamon Keogh / Alan Templeton Ludgate Shared title 1976 Bernard Kernan 1977 Ray Devenney / Alan Templeton Ludgate Shared title 1978 Alan Templeton Ludgate 1979 David Dunne / Eamon Keogh Shared title 1980 Paul Delaney 1981 David Dunne / Philip Short Shared title 1982 John Delaney 1983 David Dunne 1984Eugene Curtin 1985 Eugene Curtin / Mark Orr Shared title 1986 John Delaney / Philip Short Shared title 1987 John Delaney 1988 Philip Short 1989 Niall Carton 1990 John Delaney 1991 Stephen Brady 1992 1993Niall Carton 1994 Mark Orr 1995 Brian Kelly 1996 Richard O'Donovan 1997Joseph Diarmuid Ryan 1998 Colm Daly 1999 2000 Mark Heidenfeld 2001 Stephen Brady 2002 Sam Collins 2003 Stephen Brady 2004 Joseph Diarmuid Ryan 2005 Colm Daly 2006 Stephen Brady 2007 Brian Kelly / Stephen Brady Shared title 2008 Alexander Baburin 2009 Colm Daly 2010 Alex Lopez 2011 Stephen Brady 2012Stephen Brady / Colm Daly 2013Colm Daly 2014Sam Collins 2015Stephen Brady / Philip Short Shared title 2016 Stephen Jessel 2017 Philip Short / Alex Lopez Shared title 2018 Alex Lopez 2019 Conor Murphy 2020 Tom O'Gorman 2021 Mark Heidenfeld 2022 Tarun Kanyamarala 2023Alexander Baburin 2024David Fitzsimons2025Kavin Venkatesan

Women's champions

Source:"Irish Women's Championship", Irish Chess History web site (David McAlister, ed.).

1953 Hilda F. Chater 1954 Hilda F. Chater 1955 Hilda F. Chater / Kay Doolan 1957 Hilda F. Chater 1968 Dorren O'Siochrú 1969 Catherine Byrne 1970 Elizabeth O'Shaughnessy 1971 Aileen Noonan / Cecile Meulien 1972 Dorren O'Siochrú 1973 Dorren O'Siochrú 1976 Dorren O'Siochrú 1977 Ann Teresa Delaney 1980 Suzanne Connolly / Ann Teresa Delaney 1982 Edel Quinn 2010 April Cronin 2012 Karina Kruk 2013 Diana Mirza 2014 Gearoidín Uí Laighleis 2015 Monika Gedvilaite 2016 Monika Gedvilaite 2017 Ioana Miller 2018 Ioana Miller 2019 Ioana Miller 2021 Alice O'Gorman 2022 Trisha Kanyamarala 2023 Antonina Gora 2024 Diana Mats

Senior / Veteran winners 1999 Andrew Thomson 2000 Jack Parker 2001 Andrew Thomson, Maurice Coveney 2002 Pat Loughrey, Maurice Coveney 2003 Maurice Coveney 2004 No information found 2005 Pat Loughrey 2006 Paul Cassidy, Colm Egan 2007 Paul Cassidy, Jack Killane 2008 Jack Killane, Paul Cassidy 2009 Paul Cassidy 2010 Colm Egan, Art Coldrick, Melvyn King 2011 Jack Killane 2012 Paul Cassidy 2013 Eamon Keogh / Jack Killane 2014 Pat Twomey / John Nicholson 2015 Tim Harding 2016 Eamon Keogh

Notes

External links Irish Championships at the website of the Irish Chess Union (archived 2014)