The winners of the 2025 Club Summer Tournament, organised by Darren McLean, received their prizes at the Members' Social Night held in the club on May 13, 2026. The first photo shows Cyro Pamplona, winner of the Senior event and new Club Champion holding his trophy after receiving from Darren. In the second photo, Ken Killian, winner of the Intermediate event is about to receive his trophy. The third photo shows Darren congratulating Sean Quinn who won the Junior event.

Our Bodley team, captained by Sean Quinn, achieved a remarkable run in their section by winning all of their matches and qualifying for the run offs where they finished runners-up. The first photo below shows team member Alex Laney on the left receiving the team prize from Kevin Burke (LCU President).
The second photo shows (from L to R) shows Karl McDonald, Sean Quinn, Ross O'Mullane and Malachy Hevehan with the plaques the won.
Other team members not included in the photos were Eamonn Cummins, John Lucas, Rena Maguire, Patrick Morley and Keith Noctor.

The Queen Maeve Cup tournament, a team event and open to clubs from all of Ireland, was held in parallel with the NCC (National Club Championship) over the weekend. DCC's team, captained by Mantas Zilevicius secured a very creditable second place. Four of the team members are shown below after receiving their plaques. The fifth member, Tom Lavelle, was unavailable for the photo.
From left to right in the photo:
​Josip Krsticevic, Mantas Zilevicius, Alejandro Sanchez Sanz, Mohammad Mahub Parouare and prize presenter Desmond Beatty (ICU President).

Congratulations to Trisha who has become Ireland's first WGM - a huge personal achievement. Trisha, a former Irish Champion, joined Dublin Chess Club in 2023 and played for our Armstrong team, helping them to win that division in 2023-24. She also played for that team in 2024-25 but has been too busy with her studies to play league this season.
​Well done Trisha - you have made chess history.

The 2025 Annual General Meeting was held on Nov. 26 in the club room. The main business at the meeting was the election of the committee for 2025-26. All of the existing committee indicated a willingness to continue with the exception of Martin Schmidt who said he would step down if a replacement was available as he was busy with his role on the UAC committee. Mantas Zilevicius said he was willing to go forward as a replacement. 
The new committee was elected as follows:
President; Rory Broderick, Hon. Secretary; Malachy Hevehan, Hon. Treasurer; Ronan Nolan.
Members; Davide Cesaro, Darren McLean, Joe Durkan and Mantas Zilevicius. 
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​The meeting concluded with drinks in the bar for those attending followed by a blitz event.

These competitions, which are confined to members, are run in three graded divisions The Senior Summer Tournament was won by Cyro Pamplona who thus gained the title of Club Champion. Ken Killian prevailed again in the Intermediate division which he had won in 2024  and Sean Quinn won the Junior division. Congratulations to all.

A "chess simul with clocks" is a challenging form of simultaneous exhibition where the chess clock is used for every game, meaning the exhibitor must play all their games in a set time frame, just like a normal tournament game. In contrast to a traditional simul where players wait for the exhibitor, a clock simul allows opponents to make their moves and hit the clock at their own pace, making the exhibitor's time management even more critical.
Jonathan O'Connor introduced the club to this type of chess by giving such a simul on Oct. 7 with all clocks set to 60 mins.. He played against eight opponents and won all of his games - quite an achievement.

Chess lessons are offered for those interested in improving at this game. The course will be run by club member Daniel Martinez Otero who is a highly rated player and experienced chess instructor. These lessons are for players of 18 years or older who know the basic rules of chess. It is recommended for unrated players and those with a rating below 1500.
Venue: The venue is Dublin Chess Club (United Arts Club at 3, Upper Fitzwilliam St., Dublin 2). Our room (Room No. 9) is located on the top floor of the building.
Structure: 13 lessons of 2 hours each on the following dates: