An Cumann Ficheall Laigheann

The Leinster Chess Union is the body responsible for promoting and organising chess in the Province of Leinster, Ireland.

LCU goes blogging bonkers

Your humble webmaster has set up a blog: leinsterchess.com/blog. Click there for more details.

Daily Puzzles

We are delighted to announce that J.J. Walsh, Irish Times chess correspondent, has agreed to provide us with puzzles from his Irish Times columns. He will be dipping into his puzzle archives stretching back 30 years. These will be put up here for our entertainment and edification!

Future Website Plans

We have plans to expand the use of this website so that it incorporates more than just fixtures and results.

Our plans are to include news stories, annotated games, player profiles club profiles etc... on to the website to encourage use and give some wider exposure to chess activity.

To make this a success an a website we all share in and benefit from we are asking for input from clubs/players.

The long term aim is that each club would have an individual login through which they can submit content without needing action from the webmasters. While this is under construction we would like people to submit news stories and annotated games (in pgn format) reuslts with a short report of matches etc... which we will manually place on the website.

At present on the website we have information regarding each club here. Can you all please review the section relating to your own club and ensure the details are accurate and sufficient? This information can be a valuable resource to people looking for chess clubs and attracting new players. It is important that it contains contact details and accurate up to date information.

If there is anything you want updated or added or have any comments please email the secretary, Bryan Tobin.

Fixtures News

Fixtures for the 2009 - 2010 season are now available for Divisions 1 to 6. Follow the links on the left to view or DOWNLOAD them here.

Fixtures for the Bodley Cup (Division 6) have been updated.

There are 27 clubs affiliated to the Leinster Chess Union. Here you will find addresses, meeting times etc. and a Google map showing each club's location.
Results of each player who has played in the leagues since 2003. ICU rated players have a chart of their rating since 2000.
Rules for players and teams participating in the LCU Leagues