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The Irish Chess Union will be running our annual New Year Festival from 2-6 January in the Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan, Dublin.

The Festival includes:
Three norm events (one GM Norm and two IM Norm) - https://www.icu.ie/events/1275
A 50+/65+ event (open to any nationality) - https://www.icu.ie/events/1292
Three 10-player all-play-alls for players rated over 1650, from 1200-1700, and under 1250. https://www.icu.ie/events/1193
A junior championships (January 1-4) (u19, u16, u14, u12, u10, u8) - https://www.icu.ie/events/1285
And a Blitz - https://www.icu.ie/events/1192

For any further details contact [email protected].

An update on these events:

There are a couple of spaces left in the norm events for players rated 2250+ in the GM and IM norm events.

The 50+/65+ event looks very competitive with 40 entries already and the 10 player all-play-alls have a handful of places left in each section.

There are also over 100 entries for the Junior event which runs from 1-4 January.

Online entry is available for each at the below locations (note the new email for queries as I've final escaped the "chair")

The Festival includes:
Three norm events (one GM Norm and two IM Norm) - https://www.icu.ie/events/1275
A 50+/65+ event (open to any nationality) - https://www.icu.ie/events/1292
Three 10-player all-play-alls for players rated over 1650, from 1200-1700, and under 1250. https://www.icu.ie/events/1193
A junior championships (January 1-4) (u19, u16, u14, u12, u10, u8) - https://www.icu.ie/events/1285
And a Blitz - https://www.icu.ie/events/1192

For any further details contact [email protected].

I apologise for this extremely late invite but I’ve been put in very tricky position. Unfortunately an IM has pulled out of my IM norm event which starts tomorrow. Essentially all Irish IMs are already involved or unavailable. The event runs from the 2-6 January with details here: https://www.icu.ie/events/1275

The terms I generally offer are 250 euro for IMs but given the circumstances, I’m happy to supplement that myself if needed as a lot of players would be rightfully upset if we’d to cancel at this stage.

Kind regards,
John McMorrow