Cork Chess Club

Growing chess club based in Cork city. Annual international tournament every March !!

[Ficheall.ie @Ficheall_ie]

No enough time for a full game of chess in school? Play 5X5 chess variation instead! Great for rainy day break times and early finishers in maths. @MFL_Ireland @INTOnews @cork_cesc @KECtweet @ClareEdCentre @Corkchess @CoolAppsforSch1 @IrishTeachers https://t.co/MRTyU7LAG3

[Cork Chess Club @Corkchess]

... but the prize went to Sean Murphy for a win over John Healy in Rd 3 where he converted a good advantage into a crushing win with a lovely rook sacrifice and the most brilliant moment of the weekend ​https://t.co/BRPDTmbFeK

[Cork Chess Club @Corkchess]

A great weekend for the Cork Congress has just concluded. We had to move online this year due to Covid but thanks to hard work by @Gubbins we were able to put on a show!

[Cork Chess Club @Corkchess]

The brilliancy prize in the Masters was closely contested between two games. Special Mention​ to Tim Harding’s win over Jason Liu in Rd 2, a good instructive game with high accuracy and a very efficient finish. ​https://t.co/fOzGSeeYEi ...

[Cork Chess Club @Corkchess]

Online entry still available for our Online Cork Congress which starts this evening https://t.co/JTze7I5kkK

[Cork Chess Club @Corkchess]

HI @Ficheall_ie. We'll be hosting the Cork Chess Congress online this year due to Covid-19. Entry is just 5 euro and would be great experience for some of your students. https://t.co/1sag08vaeF

[Cork Chess Club @Corkchess]

Just over a week to go to the Online Cork Chess Congress! Enter on the ICU website here https://t.co/1sag08vaeF

[Cork Chess Club @Corkchess]

Due to Covid-19 the Cork Chess Congress will be moving to an online event this year from the 2nd October to the 4th October. Games are 45mins + 30 second increment. Entry is just 5 euro and you can enter online here https://t.co/JTze7I5kkK

[Cork Chess Club @Corkchess]

The big elephant in the room is the level of online cheating. 6 of the top 10 had their accounts closed for fair play violations. https://t.co/WV21xGAt9n. Great that @chesscom is catching them but a pity that it happens at all. Would love to know how many were banned in total.

[Cork Chess Club @Corkchess]

Bit of a mixed bag for our participants in the European Online Chess Championship section A. Some great experience for our juniors - unfortunately one of them was hit with a @chesscom server issue and was turfed out after R4 - a common enough issue judging from the online chat.

[Cork Chess Club @Corkchess]

Was interesting to analyse this tournament to see the prospects for online chess. Ratings bands seem hard to enforce - this was based on FIDE ratings but the majority of the leaderboard have https://t.co/FIPrfy4ru6 ratings far in excess of 1400.

[Cork Chess Club @Corkchess]

Best of luck to everyone from Cork Chess Club taking part in the European Online Rapid Championship today https://t.co/fEHofy61jt. This is section A so some of of juniors are taking part. Hopefully you will get some competitive games and some good results!

[Cork Chess Club @Corkchess]

Game, set and match to Cork Chess in our @4NCL game against Wimbledon B last week https://t.co/PfxEfYTDGy. A great 3-1 victory with some cracking games. (Out of respect we won't mention the player who spoiled the clean sweep - your secret's safe with us Michael Bradley!)

[Cork Chess Club @Corkchess]

Our junior chess club will be having another tournament tomorrow. Join up here https://t.co/Gvltd84xUI

[Cork Chess Club @Corkchess]

Another reminder of our online Cork chess club at lichess. If you are in the Cork area and wish to join, you can do so here https://t.co/RXPk4sEfMk and add a message saying who you are.

[Cork Chess Club @Corkchess]

Some upsets by rating in our All Play All competition. Sean in front but very competitive behind. The fourth round to be played tomorrow.

[Cork Chess Club @Corkchess]

Another bad outing at the @4NCL for us getting whitewashed by The Full Ponty. Hopefully we can pick up some Game Points next week!