Elm Mount have moved to the Artane Beaumont Family Recreation Centre in Artane/Beaumont starting from Monday 6th March.

The new venue is very close to the Artaine Castle shopping centre.

The Leinster Chess Union blitz took place in the Ierne Club in Drumcondra on Wednesday 21st December. There were well over 50 participants and the event was organized as a number of all-play-all tournaments of up to 10 participants. Three Elm Mount players, Nicu Boldijar, Harry Braine and Thomas Syms won their sections and Gavin Melaugh took 3rd place in the top section. Below are photos of the Elm Mount prize winners:-

The Elm Mount Christmas Blitz was held on Monday 19th December. 21 players took part in 3 all-play-all sections of 7. The traditional time handicap system was used based on the rating difference between the players.

Elm Mount Christmas Blitz 2022 in progress

There were 3 clear first place finishers. Zygis Jakubauskas won Section A with 6/6, Nicu Boldijar won Section B with 5.5/6 and Thomas Syms won Section C with 6/6, giving them first pick of the prizes on offer. They are see below receiving their prizes:-

Zygis Jakubauskas 1st Section A

Nicu Boldijar, 1st Section B

Thomas Syms, 1st Section C

Paul O’Neill finished second in Section A , Jack Herring finished 2nd in Section B  and Philip Fitzsimmons finished 2nd in Section C.

Donal O Danachair finished 3rd in Section A, Wayne Crowley finished 3rd in Section B and Rory Power-Breen finished 3rd in Section C. Jeroen O’Flaherty finished joint 3rd in Section B but took 4th place on tie-break.

They are pictured below receiving their prizes:- 

Happy Christmas to all!

The Club Championships are in full swing with a good proportion of games completed in each of the 3 sections. The cross-tables have been updated – let me know if there are any results missing, or update the cross-table in the club.

Update 27 September:-

Shane Melaugh is the winner of Section A with a 100% score.

Kevin Summons-Walsh is the winner of Section B with 5½/7 just half a point ahead of Donal Ó Danachair.

There is a 4-way tie in Section C between Wayne Crawley, Jack Herring, Harry Braine and Dylan Jordan, all with 4½ points.

Congratulations to Harry Braine pictured below (right) receiving his trophy from David Fitzsimons IM for winning the Glasnevin Educate Together National School Chess Championship 2022

Congratulations to Yash Singh who has recently won the Chess Player of the Year award in his school, Swords Community College.

Yash Singh, Chess Player of the Year, Swords Community College

The Elm Mount club championships have returned in 2022 after a 2-year gap.

There are 3 all-play-all sections in the 2022 championships with 26 participants in total.

The cross-tables are here and will be updated regularly as games are played over the summer.

Congratulations to Gerard MacElligott who won the Irish 65+ Championship with a score of 5/7. The tournament was held in the Talbot Hotel in Stillorgan over 5 days from the 14th to the 18th April. The full cross-table can be seen on the chess results site here.

Cup Competitions
The Leinster Chess Cup competitions have started. Elm Mount have a team in each of the 3 competitions – the Branagan Cup, the Killane Shield and the William Brennan Trophy. All 3 cups are run in a “champions league” format, with teams group sections followed by a knock-out stage.

The Elm Mount team standings in the groups can be followed in the links below – all 3 teams have played their first match.

• Branagan Cup (group C)
• Killane Shield (group B)
• William Brennnan Trophy (group B)

Blitz report
Elm Mount held a blitz on Monday 4th April. There were 2 all-play-all sections, split by rating. The winner of the first section was David Fitzsimons and Donal O Danachair won the second section. Below are photographs of the winners, and the other prie-winners, Ciaran Quinn, Nicu Boldijar and Bren Ó Moráin being presented with their prizes by club secretary,  Pat Fitzsimons.

Elm Mount Chess Club has resumed normal club activities following the lifting of Covid 19 restrictions.

The club is open on monday nights and will be entering teams in the LCU Cup competitions which should be starting in a few weeks and which will see over-the-board matches against other clubs taking place again after a long gap.

On Monday, 14th March, Elm Mount held a blitz competition. There were 2 all-play-all sections and prizes were awarded to 1st, 2nd and 3rd in each section. The winners were presented with their prizes by club secretary, Pat Fitzsimons, who also came 2nd in his section.

The prizewinners David Fitzsimons, Nicu Boldjar, Pat Fitzsimons, Aodhaghan O Deasmhúnaigh, Ciaran Quinn and Donal Ó Danachair are pictured below receiving their prizes.