A new section has been added to show interesting games by club members. Click on the Games tab at the top of the page to play through the games.
The first game submitted is the game Andy Peters v Eugene Donohue from the club championships which featured a 2-piece sacrifice.
If you have played an interesting game, send it in!
Elm Mount finished runners-up in the William Brennan Cup, losing 2.5 to 3.5 to Drogheda in the final.
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.
Two new “Chess Pieces” have been added:
Both submitted by Oliver Dunne.
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 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 |
The 2013 Club Championships have begun. Crosstables have been added here - last updated 22/9/13
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 …
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!
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.