From left to right; Front row. Karl McDonald, captain Sean Quinn, Jose Luis Lo Huang, Darren McLean, Captain Mantas Zilevicius, Back row. Alexander Laney, Alejandro Sanchez Sanz, Tom Lavelle Jasmina Gajcin, Nootesh Kuppam, Oscar Maharg Bravo, and Matthew Brophy.

The club held a blitz event on July 21 for members which was organised by Mantas Zilevicius and Malachy Hevehan. Clock time controls were sharp with three mins. set and an increment of two secs. per move. The prize winners are pictured below.

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.