The last ICU interclub team blitz is on tomorrow on lichess from 7pm – link is here.
A 1-2 in the ICU interclub blitz, thirds all round (almost) in the Glorney, and derbies galore as over-the-board chess makes a welcome return.
A reminder there is no online blitz this evening as we have a number of players involved in the Glorney (Kavin, Lara, Diana, Ben, Yubo, Thomas, Fearghal, Karel and Danny I think), which you can watch live on lichess from 6:30 each evening this week, with details on the tournament site. Ben is one of a number of players doing updates for the ICU sites.
Online chess resumes on Friday with the interclub team blitz here. And we’re still taking entries for the new 4NCL online season, which starts next month – details here.
Plus there’s also some real chess on! The Irish Championships starts at the weekend, with Stephen, Gerry, Kevin, Kavin, Brendan, Leon and Lara all involved; the first round draw sees a club derby as Gerry plays Lara, while Kavin will be looking to repeat his draw against Colm Daly from Gonzaga in January, while Kevin is up on board 2 against Tarun. Full round 1 draw here.
The ICU Major event – for 1300-1900-rated players – is open for entry later in August; details here.
Our Wednesday evening lockdown blitz will be going into lockdown for the next couple of weeks due to the clash with the Glorney (next week) and the Irish (the following week). We’ll be back on 12th August. In the meantime, there’s the ICU interclub blitz tonight (you can enter here), and we’re taking entries for our 4NCL Online teams, which starts up next month.
Wednesday – club 5+3 blitz here at 8pm; usual password.
Friday – ICU inter-club blitz Div 1 at 7pm – link here. You have to be a member of the team first; join here.
And all week, the correspondence club championships continue on gameknot, with Brendan almost having sealed the title on 14/14, ahead of Ciarán on 8½/11 and William – the only player who can catch Brendan – in third on 8/10.
For the moment – especially with the nice summer weather! – we’ll hold off on starting any new tournaments until we see how the return to over-the-board action (which starts next Saturday in Coláiste Éanna with some trial games) goes.
The 4NCL and Junior 4NCL tournaments will resume again in late August; anyone interested in playing should let me know.
As the HOCL ends, so an actual weekender starts up!
There’s a total of 10 Benildus players selected across the various 2020 Glorney Cup panels, with the competition itself taking place online at the end of the month.
Wednesday – club 5+3 blitz here at 8pm; usual password.
Friday – ICU inter-club blitz Div 1 at 7pm – link here. You have to be a member of the team first; join here.
And all week, the correspondence club championships continue on gameknot, with Brendan almost having sealed the title on 14/14, ahead of Ciarán on 8½/11 and Dave on 7½/14. William on 7/9 is the only other player who can catch Brendan.
For the moment – especially with the nice summer weather! – we’ll hold off on starting any new tournaments until we see how the return to over-the-board action (which starts next Saturday in Coláiste Éanna with some trial games) goes.
The summer is starting to quieten down as the HOCL season effectively came to an end.
