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Armstrong Cup
The Armstrong Cup is the oldest Irish team league competition and has been played every year since 1888, perhaps giving it a claim on the longest running chess competition in the world. The Club is named after William Armstrong BL (1849-1899) who presented the cup in its first season It is organised by the ''Leinster Chess Union'' and is division one of the Leinster leagues. Each team comprises 8 players, and the league comprises 12 teams. Each year the bottom two clubs are relegated, and the top two clubs from the second division ''Heidenfeld Trophy'' are promoted. As well as being graded by the ICU, games in the Armstrong Cup are submitted for rating by the International Chess Federation FIDE. In 1971 the League was divided into top 6 teams who played each other home and away, the remaining teams formed the new division two named the Heidenfeld Trophy with the older Ennis Shield The Ennis Shield is the third division of the Leinster Chess Leagues run by the Leinster Chess Union. Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIDE
The International Chess Federation or World Chess Federation, commonly referred to by its French acronym FIDE ( Fédération Internationale des Échecs), is an international organization based in Switzerland that connects the various national chess federations and acts as the governing body of international chess competition. FIDE was founded in Paris, France, on July 20, 1924.World Chess Federation FIDE (April 8, 2009). Retrieved on 2013-07-28. Its motto is ''Gens una sumus'', Latin for "We are one Family". In 1999, FIDE was recognized by the (IOC). As of May 2022, there are 200 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heidenfeld Trophy
The Heidenfeld Trophy is chess league competition in Leinster, Ireland, it is the second division of the Leinster Chess Union. Founded in 1971 with the restructuring of the division one Armstrong Cup it was named after the famous German born chess player and former Irish Champion Wolfgang Heidenfeld. The league comprises twelve teams, of eight players on each team, with the top two teams each season are promoted to the Armstrong Cup, with the bottom two teams relegated to the third division Ennis Shield. Players have to be registered with the Irish Chess Union, all matches are rated by the ICU, and in 2010 for the first time matches were graded by FIDE The International Chess Federation or World Chess Federation, commonly referred to by its French acronym FIDE ( Fédération Internationale des Échecs), is an international organization based in Switzerland that connects the various national c .... Winners * 1971 - St. Columbas * 1972 - Dublin * 1974 - Kevin Barry * 1975 - Portma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ennis Shield
The Ennis Shield is the third division of the Leinster Chess Leagues run by the Leinster Chess Union. Founded in 1926, it was originally the second division of the Leinster leagues with its top teams promoted to the Armstrong Cup, in 1971 another league the Heidenfeld Trophy was formed as the 2nd tier of Leinster Chess. The League and trophy are named after Maj. Ennis who presented the trophy to the League. Teams in the League consist of six players, and there are twelve teams in the league. The winning two teams get promoted to the Heidenfeld Trophy and the bottom two teams get relegated to the ''O'Hanlon Cup {{Short description, Chess league in Ireland O'Hanlon Cup is a chess league in Ireland, it is the fourth division of the Leinster Leagues, run by the ''Leinster Chess Union''. Originally it was the third division, but since the establishment in 1970 ...''. The first Ennis Shield 1926–1927 season, was competed for by UCD and Irish Army GHQ (McKee Barracks) the lowest two teams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gonzaga College
Gonzaga College SJ is a voluntary Catholic boys' secondary school in Ranelagh, Dublin, Ireland. Founded in 1950, Gonzaga College is under the trusteeship of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuit Order), one of five Jesuit secondary schools in Ireland. The curriculum is traditional, with a broad general programme of subjects including Latin and Greek at junior cycle and the opportunity in senior cycle to study eight subjects for the Leaving Certificate. The school is named after the early Jesuit Saint Aloysius Gonzaga and takes its emblem from the coat of arms of the Gonzaga family. The school has a liberal, intellectual, and Jesuit ethos. The annual fee for the 2019–2020 academic year is €6,605. Campus The school is located from Dublin city centre on a large area of land including a front lawn with cricket crease, rugby pitches and tennis courts. The school buildings include a library, chapel, clock tower, theatre, priests' residence, science block, and 84 individual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chess In Ireland
Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to distinguish it from related games, such as xiangqi (Chinese chess) and shogi (Japanese chess). The recorded history of chess goes back at least to the emergence of a similar game, chaturanga, in seventh-century India. The rules of chess as we know them today emerged in Europe at the end of the 15th century, with standardization and universal acceptance by the end of the 19th century. Today, chess is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide. Chess is an abstract strategy game that involves no hidden information and no use of dice or cards. It is played on a chessboard with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. At the start, each player controls sixteen pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, two bis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
