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.