Monthly Archives: September 2011

We are delighted to announce that FIDE Master, former four-time Irish Champion and Rathmines club member John Delaney will give a chess talk in the club on Thursday, 13th October, 2011, at 8pm. The topic will be “Beating the 1.e4 … Continue reading →

There will be a meeting for all captains of teams on Monday 26th of September at 8.00pm. This is to choose teams for the up-coming league season, which kicks off soon.

Andrew McGrath Secretary Rathmines Chess Club Please note that Darren McCabe is giving a chess lecture this Thursday on Rooks in the opening and middle game. This lecture follows on from Darren’s successful lecture on bishops and knights in the … Continue reading →

Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr. 1 Rogier, Jan BEL 2107 2168 7.5 31.0 38.5 38.0 2 Janssens, Carlo BEL 2106 2005 7 31.5 39.5 32.5 3-5 Meskens, Stefan BEL 1848 1857 5.5 37.0 48.5 28.5 Killane, … Continue reading →

A special blitz event is being held in the club on Monday 5th September, 8pm. We’ll have the four strong Belgian players (see below) so it’ll be well worth coming along.

Rathmines held their season opening event on Saturday. We decided to both open the season and take the opportunity to welcome our guests from Belgium – Stephan, Jan, Kris, and Carlo. Stephan, of course, is an ex-member of Rathmines and … Continue reading →

Don’t forget, 2pm Saturday, team tournament!! Read all details here. And we’ve booked Monsoon Indian restaurant for early evening, so please do join us there if you can, afterwards.