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Welcome to Chess
1-10
10-01-2000
Once you know the moves
1-8
08-01-2000
Articles on how to Join the Irish Chess Union (ICU), Join a Chess Club, Preparing and playing in your first classic tournament and all about ICU Ratings
All about Junior Chess
1-6
06-01-2000
A series of articles on Junior Chess
FIDE Arbiter course - spaces still available
12-2
02-12-2022
A small of spots are still available for this course starting next week - please email [email protected] for more details.
Irish Junior Championships 2026
12-12
12-12-2025
2026 Irish Junior Championsips will be held in Ballicollig, Cork from the 10th to the 12th of April 2026.
Clubs for Juniors or with Junior Sections
- Armenian Chess Club
- Ballinasloe Juniors
- Ballynafeigh Chess Club
- Bangor
- Blanchardstown
- Blessington Chess Academy
- Bray-Greystones
- Castle Knights Chess Club
- Chess Kings
- Clonakilty Chess Club
- Cork Chess Club
- Curragh
- Danecastle N.S.
- Drogheda
- Drumlish
- Dunshaughlin Junior Chess Club
- Elm Mount
- Ennis
- Enniscorthy
- Galway Juniors
- Gonzaga
- Grandmaster School of Chess Club
- Kilfinane Junior Chess Club
- Kinsale Chess Mates
- Knights of Éanna
- Letterkenny Chess Club
- Malahide
- Manorhamilton Juniors
- Master Chess Club
- Moate Juniors Chess Club
- Naomh Barrog
- Naomh Barrog Juniors
- North Clare Chess Club
- North Kildare Chess Club
- Rathmines Juniors
- Shannon
- Skerries
- Sligo Juniors
- St. Benildus
- St. Kieran's College Chess Club
- St. Michaels
- Strand Chess Club
- UCC Staff Chess Club
- Washingbay Chess Club
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Clubs
- Aer Lingus
- Ardee Chess Club
- Armenian Chess Club
- ATU Sligo Chess Club
- Balbriggan
- Ballinasloe
- Ballinasloe Juniors
- Ballynafeigh Chess Club
- Bandon Chess Club
- Bangor
- Bantry Chess Club
- Belfast South Chess Club
- Blanchardstown
- Blessington Chess Academy
- Bray-Greystones
- Carlow
- Castle Knights Chess Club
- Castlebar
- CBI Chess Club
- CCYMS
- Celbridge CC
- Charleville
- Chess Kings
- Churchtown CC
- Citi Knights
- Clonakilty Chess Club
- Cork Chess Club
- Curragh
- Danecastle N.S.
- DCU
- Downpatrick Chess Club
- Drogheda
- Drumlish
- Dublin
- Dun Laoghaire
- Duncannon
- Dundalk
- Dungarvan
- Dunshaughlin Junior Chess Club
- Elm Mount
- Ennis
- Enniscorthy
- Finglas
- Fruithill Chess Club
- Galway
- Galway Juniors
- Gonzaga
- Gorey
- Grandmaster School of Chess Club
- Inchicore
- Kilfinane Junior Chess Club
- Kilkenny
- Kinsale Chess Mates
- Knights of Éanna
- Letterkenny Chess Club
- Limerick
- Lisburn Chess Club
- Lismore Chess Club
- Lucan
- Malahide
- Manorhamilton Juniors
- Master Chess Club
- Moate Juniors Chess Club
- MTU Cork Chess Society
- Naomh Barrog
- Naomh Barrog Juniors
- Navan
- North Clare Chess Club
- North Kildare Chess Club
- Northern Ireland Civil Service Chess Club (NICS)
- Omagh Chess Club
- Phibsboro
- Portmarnock
- Queen's University Belfast
- Raharney
- Rathmines Juniors
- Rodeo Chess Club Kells
- Sarsfield
- Shannon
- Skerries
- Sligo Adults
- Sligo Juniors
- St. Benildus
- St. Kieran's College Chess Club
- St. Michaels
- Strand Chess Club
- The Big Mah's Chess Club
- Tralee
- Trinity College Dublin
- TU Dublin Chess Society
- Tullamore Chess Club
- TUS Chess Club (Athlone)
- UCC Staff Chess Club
- University College Cork
- University College Dublin
- University of Limerick
- Washingbay Chess Club
- Waterford
- Wicklow
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