Five Elm Mount players took part in the Dún Laoghaire Rapid on Sunday, 18th August.
Ciaran Quinn came second with 5/6.
William Ffrench won the U-1500 grading prize with 4/6.
There were 40 entries in the tournament which was won by Juri Firstov.
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Chess Pieces
Two new “Chess Pieces” have been added:
Both submitted by Oliver Dunne.
Irish Championships
Three Elm Mount players played in the Irish Championships in Limerick between 6th and 14th July. David Fitzsimons scored 5.5/9 and Ciaran Quinn and Gerard MacElligott both scored 3/9.
Pat Fitzsimons came second in the Irish Championship Weekend Intermediate tournament with an unbeaten 3.5/5.
Elm Mount win Branagan Cup for 3rd time in a row!
Elm Mount won the Branagan Cup final against Bray/Greystones on Wednesday 3rd July to retain the Branagan Cup for the 3rd year in a row. The match was played in Bray with both teams closely matched on rating but the final score was Bray 1.5 Elm Mount 4.5. The result card is below. A number of other club members also played in previous rounds. Pat Fitzsimons was team captain.
| Bray / Greystones |
Result |
Elm Mount |
| Colm Daly |
0-1 |
David Fitzsiimons |
| John Joyce |
0-1 |
Zygis Jakubauskas |
| Séamus Duffy |
= |
Ciaran Quinn |
| Eric Bennett |
0-1 |
Gerard MacElligott |
| Pat Reynolds |
0-1 |
Liam Porter |
| Ray O Rourke |
1-0 |
Oliver Dunne |
Club Championships 2013
The 2013 Club Championships have begun. Crosstables have been added here - last updated 22/9/13
AGM
The AGM took place on the 13th May with a good attendance.
Food was supplied afterwards and Club championship and Team Board prizes were awarded. Some pictures below – more to follow …
O’Connell Cup
Three Elm Mount teams, the Elm Mount Kings, Elm Mount Knights and Elm Mount Rooks took part in the O’Connell Cup which finished on the 26th May.
Some pictures below – more to follow!
Board Prize Winners
Congratulations to John Loughran and Greg Coyle who won board prizes for the 2012/13 season. 
John Loughran (left) scored 9/11 for the Heidenfeld team. Greg Coyle scored 8½/11 in the O’Hanlon Cup team.
Last round of the Leagues (div 1 to 5)
The last round of the Leinster League divisions 1 to 5 took place on Sunday, 24th March.
No Elm Mount teams were either promoted or relegated. The closest was the O’Hanlon team which missed out on promotion by half a point. PIctured is team captain Victor Murray playing.
The Armstrong team finished in 3rd place. The Heidenfeld team and the Ennis team both finished in 6th place. More pictures below:-
Junior Prizewinner
Alex Goss
Pictured above is one of the club’s younger members Alex Goss who recently competed for his school team in a tournament run by GM Alexander Baburin. Alex’s team finished as runners up and Alex was the highest scoring player in the event