Munster Chess Union
This years Division 1 has Ennis A, Limerick A, CCYMS, Charleville, Tralee A, Cork A, Sarsfield and Galway competing for the title and also to avoid relegation. Ennis A won last year's Division 1 and Cork A won Division 2 with promotion to Division 1. This year the number of teams in Division 1 has been increased to 8.
The initial dates for the Munster League 2025/2026 are given here. All matches are scheduled to be played in theFirgrove Hotel, Mitchelstown. The first round each day starts at 11am with the second round starting at 4pm. The Division 1 time control is 1 hour and 30 minutes each with 30 seconds increment from move 1.
This year the league format has changed from a double round all play all to a single round all play all. This means that there will 7 rounds in Division 1.Please note that the away team has White on boards 1, 3 and 5.
This year team captains / reporters will again report results directly on this website using web forms. To meet FIDE requirements there will be a strictly enforced deadline of 48 hours for submitting results to meet FIDE deadlines. Team captains may nominate a reporter who can also submit the results for their team.
Please submit the email address and phone number of any new team captains as soon as possible so that the email lists and reporting accounts are set up.
Also make sure you have any players you intend to include in your team added to your panel on the website before the match (or by midnight on the night of the match at latest). This is necessary to enable team captains enter their results on time.