The Irish Chess Union

Any ICU member interested in serving on a FIDE or ECU commission should write to [email protected] by 25 Sep

Details here.

The 46th Chess Olympiad opens today in Samarkand.

The ICU wishes the two Irish teams every success!

The Éanna Classic 2026

A National Arbiters course to train NAs will run in Coláiste Éanna, Dublin on Sat 14 - Sun 15 Nov. See event page for details or to enter. Training in running Live Boards is included or available separately.

Cork Open and Cork Junior Championships - 12th and 13th of September

Irish Rapid and Blitz Championships 2026 will take place on Sunday, 11 October in the Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan.

Early bird entry until 4th October. Enter here.

Further to the Notice of ICU AGM 2026 previously given, three motions have been added. See updated meeting notice here.

Finally, those of you who write articles for the website can pretend you are using MS Word instead of some obscure programmer formatting language like HTML or Markdown. It also makes it easier to upload photos and use them in the articles. I hope this simpler way of editing articles will encourage more event organisers to write reports about their own events.