2010 Irish Chess Championships

There will possibly be some/limited coverage of this year's event by the defending Champion and number three seed, Colm Daly but it is uncertain how extensive this will be. In previous year's Colm Daly had approached the ICU through the tournament director of the 2007 Championships with an Open Ended Offer through an email sent at the time, which is self explanatory. This is available in the original form of an Open Letter.

In case there is anyone else interested in making use of this offer, a user name and password for any budding editor who would like to report on the event [The tournament director having full and final editorial say on what is published] can be made available.

Some of the games played so far are now available [to view online and download] mainly from the official ICU/Mark Orr website. I too will be happy to publish these games if people send them to me in PGN format. I will be putting up my own games with some notes as and when I have the chance/time. Now available are my games against Orr and Lopez.

Of course it is understandable that people playing in the event have far more things to be doing other than sending in their games when there really should be someone doing this for every round as a matter of standard practice, so it would be understandable if people want to wait till after the tournament to send in their games.

Alex Lopez Wins 2010 Irish Championships With A Round To Spare