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 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 pr ...

it was named after the famous German born chess player and former Irish Champion

Wolfgang Heidenfeld Wolfgang Heidenfeld (; 29 May 1911 – 3 August 1981) was a German chess player and chess composer. Heidenfeld was born in Berlin. He was forced to move from Germany to South Africa in the 1930s because he was a Jew. There, he won the South Afr ...

. 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 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 le ...

. Players have to be registered with the

Irish Chess Union The Irish Chess Union (ICU; ), is the governing body for chess in Ireland since its formation in 1912. ICU is a member of FIDE since 1933 and the European Chess Union. The ICU promotes chess in Ireland and maintains the chess rating for player ...

, 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 - Portmarnock * 1976 - Printers * 1977 - Collegians * 1978 - Yellow House, Rathfarnham * 1979 - Sandymount * 1980 - Dublin University * 1981 - Carlow * 1982 - Kevin Barry * 1983 - Malahide * 1984 - Elm Mount * 1985 - Dalkey Grange * 1986 - Rathmines * 1987 - Skerries * 1988 - Ballyfermot * 1989 - Skerries * 1990 - Gonzaga * 1991 - Elm Mount * 1992 - Phibsboro * 1993 - Rathfarnham * 1994 - Gonzaga * 1995 - St. Benlidus * 1996 - Bray/Greystones * 1997 - Kilkenny * 1998 - Rathmines A * 1999 - Dublin * 2000 - Rathfarnham/Tallaght * 2002 - Dun Laoghaire * 2003 - Rathmines * 2004 - Elm Mount A * 2005 - Rathmines * 2006 - Dublin University * 2007 - Rathmines * 2008 - Bray/Greystones A * 2009 - Celbridge * 2010 - Malahide * 2011 - Elm Mount * 2012 - Dun Laoghaire * 2013 - Celbridge * 2014 - Elm Mount * 2015 - Curragh Leinster Leagues
LCU Website * 2016 - Rathmines B * 2017 - St. Benildus * 2018 - Gonzaga * 2019 - Ballinasloe

References

Chess in Ireland 1971 in chess Recurring sporting events established in 1971 1971 establishments in Ireland