The Leinster Chess Championship is an annual chess competition in Ireland, which was first played in 1912. It is run by the Leinster Chess Union and the winner is declared Leinster Champion. In recent years the competition has been in conjunction with another tournament, the City of Dublin (1999), the Irish Open (2001, 2003) and since 2012 as part of the Malahide Millennium Chess tournament.Malahide Millenium Tournament Malahide Chess Club Website
Winners 1912 – Charles J. Barry (Sackville) Roll of Honour - Leinster Championships www.irlchess.com 1913 – Charles J. Barry (Sackville) 1914 – Charles J. Barry (Sackville) 1915-1919 No championship during First World War 1920 – Norman H. Wallace (Dublin) 'A History of Dublin Chess Club' by Dr. A. A. Luce, 1967. 1921 – Thomas George (T.G.) Cranston (Dublin) 1922 – Philip Baker (Sackville) 1924 – J.T. Gerrard 1925 – J. J. Doyle 1926 – Philip Baker 1928 – Ralph Theodore (R.T.) Varian 1929 – Patrick J. Laracy 1930 – J.T. Gerrard (U.C.D.) 1931 – Patrick J. Laracy (Dublin) 1933 – C. J. Barry (Sackville) 1934 – C. J. Barry (Sackville) 1935 – John (J.J.) O'Hanlon (Blackrock) 1936 – Thomas Cox (Blackrock) 1937 – Thomas Cox (Blackrock) 1938 – Thomas Cox (Dublin) 1940 – Gerard Kerlin (Sackville) 1941 – Gerard Kerlin (Sackville) 1946 – Paddy A. Duignan 1950 – Paddy A. Duignan (Sackville) 1951 – P. M. Austin Bourke (Colmcille) 1952 – Michael Schuster (Dublin) 1953 – Oscar Aiden Quigley (Dublin) 1954 – J.J. Walsh (Clontarf) 1955 – William Stanton (Eoghan Ruadh) 1956 – William Stanton (Eoghan Ruadh) 1957 – William Stanton (Eoghan Ruadh) 1958 – Matt Ryan (Sackville) 1959 – Michael Littleton (U.C.D.) 1960 – Dónal Déiseach (Sackville) 1961 – J.J. Walsh (Dublin) 1962 - P. J. Murphy (Eoghan Ruadh) 1963 – Michael Littleton 1964 – Tony Dennehy (Dublin) 1965 – Wolfgang Heidenfeld (Dublin) 1966 – Paul Cassidy (Kevin Barry) and Ray Cassidy (Eoghan Ruadh) 1967 – Eamon Keogh (Eoghan Ruadh) 1968 – Michael Littleton (Collegians) and Ken O’Riordan (Collegians) 1969 – Eamon Keogh (Eoghan Ruadh) and Wolfgang Heidenfeld (Dublin) 1970 – Eamon Keogh 1971 – Eamon Keogh (Ierne) 1972 – Wolfgang Heidenfeld 1973 – Ray Cassidy and Bernard Kernan 1974 – Ray Cassidy and Anthony (Tony) Doyle 1975 – David Dunne 1976 – Denis Healy 1977 – David Dunne 1978 – John Gibson 1979 – Tony Doyle 1980 – Paul Delaney (Rahney) 1981 – Tony Doyle (Rathfarnham) 1982 – Tony Doyle 1983 – Colm Barry, Kevin McHugh, Padraig O Tuathill 1984 – Pat Carton (Rahney), Joe Noone (Sandymount) 1985 – Eugene Curtin (Dundrum) 1986 – John Delaney (Sandymount) 1987 – Joe Ryan (Dún Laoghaire) 1989 – Jim McCarthy 1990 – Stephen Brady (Phibsboro) 1991 – Colm Daly 1992 – Gerry O'Connell (St. Benildus)Roll of Honour St. Benildus Chess Club 1993 – Colm Barry and Gerard MacElligott (Elm Mount) 1994 – Gerard MacElligott (Elm Mount) 1995 – Carlos Battaglini 1997 – Stephen Brady (Phibsboro) and Colm Daly 1999 – Mark Quinn – Run as part of City of Dublin 2001 – Daire McMahon (Crumlin) and Colm Daly – Run as part of Irish Open 2002 - Joe Ryan (Phibsboro) 2003 - Stephen Brady (Phibsboro) – Run as part of Irish Open 2004 - Jörg Weidemann FM 2005 – Alexander Baburin GM (Kilkenny) 2006 – Karl McPhillips (Dublin University) 2007 – Gavin Wall IM 2008 – David Fitzsimons (Elm Mount) 2009 – Not held 2010 – David Fitzsimons (Elm Mount) 2011 – John Joyce (Bray/Greystones) Joyce crowned Leinster Chess Champion Bray People, 15 June 2011 Run as part of the Malahide Millennium: 2012 – Colm Daly (Bray/Greystones) 2013 – Juri Firstov (Phibsboro) 2014 – John Delaney (Blanchardstown Juniors) 2015 – Colm Daly FM (Bray/Greystones) 2016 – Colm Daly FM (Bray/Greystones) 2017 – Mel O'Cinneide (St. Benildus)Malahide Millennium Tournament 2017 results Leinster Chess Union Website, May 5th, 2017. 2018 – Colm Daly FM (Bray/Greystones) 2019 – Gavin Melaugh (Dublin University)
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