Munster Chess Union
Coming up to the halfway point in Division 1 Cork A and Ennis are both on 5 points from six matches played. The two leaders will meet in Round 7 which will surely be a critical match. Meanwhile Adare are a point behind and meet Sarsfield in Round 7. Full match results and the leaderboard for Division 1 are here. Detailed game by game results are found here.
The full Division 1 schedule is available here.The story behind the rescheduling of the early rounds of the league is explained here.
One double round (home and away) match between Charleville and Dungarvan has taken place so far. Due to the impact of Ennis B withdrawing from Division 1 and then the withdrawal of St. Michaels the remaining matches will be rescheduled after Christmas.
It is hoped that it will be possible to have another team to balance the numbers after Christmas.
The match results and leaderboard are avalable here. The game details are here.
Due to the last minute move of Limerick B to Division 1 a number of matches could not be completed in Rounds 1 and 2. The schedule has now been reorganised to account for this and the new schedule can be found here.
The teams in Division 2 this year will be Tralee, Charleville, Dungarvan and St. Michaels.
The first two rounds of Division 2 will be played next Sunday 23rd October starting at 12:00 noon in the Charleville Park Hotel along with the Division 1 matches.
As agreed by the AGM the rate of play in Division 2 will be 75 mins per player with a 15 second increment per move. Once a player's time drops below 5 minutes they are no longer required to record their moves.
As announced there was a brief EGM held before the first round of Division 1. The EGM adopted the motion that Division 1 matches could be played on either Saturday or Sunday thus amending the motion agreed at the AGM. Full minutes of the meeting are available here.
Our Chairman, Alan Salsac will be moving to Spain for work reasons and intends to retire from the Chairmanship as a result. We would like to thank Alan for the contribution he has made as Chairman over the last few years and wish him the best with his new career. The committee will be coopting a new Chairman under article 3.6 of the Constitution.
Members are invited to contact any of the committee with suggestions of suitable candidates.