The Elm Mount Christmas Blitz was held on Monday 16th December in the Ierne Club. There were 28 participants in 4 7-player all-play-all sections. The traditional time-handicap system was used. Below are photos of the competition:-

Food was supplied after the games, and then the prizes were presented by club secretary, Pat Fitzsimons, who also had to present a prize to himself. The winners of the 4 sections were Paul O’Neill, Adam Murphy, Luke Keenan and Nicu Boldijar.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all!

The Leinster Christmas Blitz was held in the Ierne Club on Wednesday 11th December with Pat Fitzsimons being the controller. Over 40 players took part in a number of all-play-all sections. 

There were 11 players in the top section which was won by David Fitzsimons, who becomes the Leinster Blitz Chanpion for 2019.

Below are photos of the prizwinners being presented with their prizes by Pat Fitzsimons, including a number of Elm Mount players :-

The 2019 Club Championship has started. There are 4 sections with 38 participants, including some players from other local clubs.

The cross-tables have been added to the site here and will be updated regularly.

The Leinster Chess League finished on Sunday May 19th. There were mixed fortunes for Elm Mount’s six teams.

The best performing team was the BEA Cup A team who finished third in the North section with a score of 28½ / 50. The Bodley Cup team also finished in the top half of their division, scoring 27½ / 50 in the North section to finish in 5th place. The BEA Cup B team finished comfortably in the middle of the North section, finishing in 6th place with a score of 24/50. The Armstrong and Heidenfeld teams were both in relegation trouble going into the final day but good wins for both teams ensured they kept their places in their respective divisions. The Armstrong team finished in 9th place with a score of 40/88 while the Heidenfeld team finished in 10th place with a score of 39/88. The Ennis Shield team had a tough season and was relegated, finishing in 12th place with a score of 19½ / 66.

The top scorers on each team were:-
Armstrong Cup team: Zygis Jakubauskas 7/11
Heidenfeld Trophy team: Alan McDonagh 6½/11
Ennis Shield team: Donal Ó Danachair 5/11
BEA Cup A team: Seán O Neill 6½/10
BEA Cup B team: Seán Davoren 6/10
Bodley Cup team: Philip Ó Greachain 6/10

All the league results are at leinsterchess.com.

Elm Mount finished third in the National Club Championships held in Gonzaga over the weekend of 5th-7th April. Tahe team beat St. Benildus, UCD and Ballinasloe and lost to Gonzaga and Trinity who finished first and second respectively.

The Elm Mount panel consisted of David Fitzsimons IM, Shane Melaugh, Zygis Jakubauskas, Ciaran Quinn, Seán Murphy, Alex Goss, Bernard Boyle, Fred Armstrong and Pat Fitzsimons (Captain).

The top 3 teams in the event qualify to play in the European Club Championships in Montenegro later this year.

The tournament results can be seen here at Chess-Results.com and games can be seen at chess24

Congratulations to Gerry MacElligott who finished joint 1st in the 2019 Irish Over 50 Championship which was held in the Talbot Hotel in Stillorgan from the 2nd to the 6th of January. Gerry finished joint 1st with Paul Wallace, both scoring 5.5 / 7. There is a full cross-table available here

Gerry is pictured below being awarded his prize:-

The Leinster Chess Union Blitz took place in the Ierne Club on Wednesday 19th December organized by club secretary Pat Fitzsimons and with a good contingent of Elm Mount players participating.

Elm Mount prize winners on the night were David Fitzsimons, Alex Goss, Athurva Rajeshkumar and Philip Ó Greachain. They are pictured below receiving their prizes with the chairman of the ICU, John McMorrow:-

The 2018 Elm Mount Christmas Blitz took place on Monday 17th December. There were 30 participants in 3 all-play-all groups of 11, 9 and 10 players. Games were played using the usual time-handicap system with game times varying from 5 minutes each to 2 minutes against 8 minutes depending on the rating difference between the players.

Food was provided before the final couple of rounds. After all the games were ompleted, the prizes were presented by the club secretary, Pat FItzsimons. The top 3 in each section received prizes. The cross-tables from the 3 sections can be seen at the bottom of this page. The winners of the 3 sections are shown receiving their prizes below. Gavin Melaugh won section A, Eugene McMorrow won section B and Bren Ó Móráin won section C.

The runners up in the 3 sections were Shane Melaugh in section A, John Dooley in section B and Nicu Boldjar in section C.

Zygis Jakubauskas took 3rd place in section A, Luke Keenan  was 3rd in section B and Atharva Rajeshkumar took 3rd place in section C.

The cross-tables are of the 3 sections are pictured below.

Final Ranking Crosstable Section A

Final Ranking Crosstable Section B

Final Ranking Crosstable Section C

Happy Christmas to all!