Gerard Joseph Kerlin (29 October 1910 – 12 June 1946) was an
Irish chess player and two-times
Leinster Chess Championship winner (1940, 1941).
Biography
In the end of 1930s to the mid-1940s Gerard Kerlin was one of the strongest Irish chess players. He three times participated in
Irish Chess Championship
The Irish Chess Championship is the national Championship of Ireland, currently run by the Irish Chess Union ( ICU), the FIDE-recognised governing body for the game. Below is the list of champions. The first champion was J.A. Porterfield Rynd, wh ...
s (1937, 1939, 1940). His best result in this tournament was shared 2nd - 3rd place in 1939. Gerard Kerlin two times in row won
Leinster Chess Championships: 1940, and 1941. Also, he won Dunsany Premier in 1941.
Gerard Kerlin played for Ireland in the
Chess Olympiad:
* In 1939, at third board in the
8th Chess Olympiad in
Buenos Aires (+2, =7, -6).
References
External links
*
Gerard Kerlinchess games at 365chess.com
1910 births
1946 deaths
Sportspeople from Dublin (city)
Irish chess players
Chess Olympiad competitors
20th-century chess players
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