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The '''Irish Chess Championship''' is the national Championship of [[Ireland]], currently run by the [[Irish Chess Union]] ([[Irish Chess Union|ICU]]), the [[FIDE]]-recognised governing body for the game.<ref>[http://www.fide.com/component/fidedirectory/?task=country&fid=68 FIDE Directory, Member Associations]</ref> Below is the list of champions. The first champion was J.A. [[Porterfield Rynd]], who won the Dublin Chess Congress 1865 No. 3 Tournament, reserved for "amateurs, bona fide resident in Ireland for the 12 months prior to 1st September 1865".<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160915082151/https://www.icu.ie/tournaments/136 "Irish Championship 1865", ICU web site]</ref>

The ''Irish Chess Association'' was founded in 1885. Its congresses of 1886 and 1889 included provision for determining the Irish Championship, and the winners were [[Richard Barnett (politician)|Richard Whieldon Barnett]] (later Sir Richard Barnett) and George D. Soffe, respectively.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cns.ed.ac.uk/tica/champs/history.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990302030232/http://www.cns.ed.ac.uk/tica/champs/history.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=1999-03-02 | first=David | last=McAlister | title=History of the Early Championships | publisher=The Irish Chess Archive | year=1999 | via=the Wayback Machine)}}</ref>

The ''Hibernian Chess Association'' was established during the 1891–92 season, and held one Irish championship, in 1892, which was won by J.A. Porterfield Rynd.

Since its foundation in 1912 the Irish Chess Union has organised the Irish Chess Championships. The events ran sporadically at first, but have been held annually since 1924, except for suspension during 1941–45.

The Irish Chess Championship has run in various formats including a [[round robin tournament|round robin]] competition, a match system, and a [[Swiss-system tournament|Swiss system]] competition. Since 2013, the championship has been organised as a 9-round Swiss event, open to players registered as IRL with FIDE, who meet a rating requirement.

==Winners==
===Men's champions===
[[File:John O'Hanlon.jpg|thumb|upright|right|[[John O'Hanlon (chess player)|John O'Hanlon]] (1876–1960) won the championship nine times between 1913 and 1940.]]
[[File:Wolfgang Heidenfeld 1960 Hessen ArM.jpg|thumb|upright|right|Six-time winner, [[Wolfgang Heidenfeld]] (1911–1981)]]
{| class="wikitable"
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! scope="col" style="width: 85px;" | Year
! scope="col" style="width: 170px;" | Winner
! scope="col" style="width: 120px;" | Notes 
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| 1865 	
| [[James Alexander Porterfield Rynd]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Login|url=https://www.icu.ie/sign_in|access-date=2021-08-12|website=www.icu.ie}}</ref>
| First winner
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| 1886 	
| [[Richard Barnett (politician)|Richard Whieldon Barnett]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Login|url=https://www.icu.ie/sign_in|access-date=2021-08-12|website=www.icu.ie}}</ref>
| 
|-
| 1889 	
|[[George D. Soffe]]
| 
|-
| 1892 	
|[[James Alexander Porterfield Rynd]]
| First person to win two championships
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| 1913 
|rowspan=2 |[[John O'Hanlon (chess player)|John O'Hanlon]]
|rowspan=2 | First person to win two consecutive championships
|-
| 1915 
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| 1922 
| [[Thomas George Cranston|T.G. (Thomas George) Cranston]]
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| 1924 	
| [[Philip Baker (chess player)|Philip Baker]]
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| 1925 
|rowspan=2 |[[John O'Hanlon (chess player)|John O'Hanlon]]
| First person to win three championships
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| 1926 	
| First person to win four championships
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| 1927
|rowspan=3 |[[Philip Baker (chess player)|Philip Baker]]
|rowspan=3 |First, and so far only, person to win three consecutive championships
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| 1928 	
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| 1929 
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| 1930 	
|[[John O'Hanlon (chess player)|John O'Hanlon]]
| First person to win five championships
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| 1931 
| [[Thomas George Cranston|T.G. (Thomas George) Cranston]]
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|-
| 1932 
|[[John O'Hanlon (chess player)|John O'Hanlon]]
| First person to win six championships
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| 1933 
|rowspan=2 | [[James Creevey (chess player)|James C. Creevey]]
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| 1934 	
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| 1935 	
|rowspan=2 |[[John O'Hanlon (chess player)|John O'Hanlon]]
| First person to win seven championships
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| 1936 
| First person to win eight championships
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| 1937 
|rowspan=2 | Thomas Cox
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|-
| 1938 	
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| 1939
|[[Bartholomew O'Sullivan]]
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| 1940 	
|[[John O'Hanlon (chess player)|John O'Hanlon]]
| First person to win nine championships
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| 1946
|[[Bartholomew O'Sullivan]]
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| 1947 
|[[Patrick A. Duignan]]
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| 1948 	
|[[Dnal J. O'Sullivan|Dónal J. O'Sullivan]]
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| 1949 
|[[Patrick Brendan Kennedy]]
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| 1950 
|[[T. Vincent Maher]]
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| 1951 
|[[Patrick Martin Austin Bourke]]
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| 1952 	
|[[Michael Joseph Schuster]]
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| 1953 	
|[[Edmund Noel Mulcahy]]
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| 1954 
| [[Terry Kelly (chess player)|Terry Kelly]]
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| 1955 
|[[T. Vincent Maher]]
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| 1956 	
|rowspan=2 |[[Dnal J. O'Sullivan|Dónal J. O'Sullivan]]
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| 1957 
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| 1958 
| [[Wolfgang Heidenfeld]]
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| 1959 	
|rowspan=2 | [[Brian Reilly]]
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| 1960 	
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| 1961 	
| John Reid
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| 1962 	
| John Reid / [[Michael Flannan Littleton|Michael F. Littleton]]
| Shared title <br /> First shared title
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| 1963 
|rowspan=2 |[[Wolfgang Heidenfeld]]
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|1964 	
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| 1965 	
|[[Michael Flannan Littleton|Michael F. Littleton]]
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| 1966 
| [[John Moles|John L. Moles]]
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| 1967 	
|rowspan=2 |[[Wolfgang Heidenfeld]]
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| 1968 	
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| 1969 
| [[Nick Patterson (scientist)|Nicholas James Patterson]]
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| 1970 	
| Paul Henry
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| 1971 	
|[[John Moles|John L. Moles]]
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| 1972 	
|[[Wolfgang Heidenfeld]]
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| 1973 	
|[[Hugh MacGrillen]]
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| 1974 	
| Anthony Doyle
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| 1975 	
| Eamon Keogh / Alan Templeton Ludgate
| Shared title<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.icu.ie/tournaments/67|title = Login}}</ref>
|-
| 1976 	
|[[Bernard Kernan]]
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| 1977 	
| Ray Devenney / Alan Templeton Ludgate
| Shared title
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| 1978 	
|[[Alan Templeton Ludgate]]
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| 1979 	
| David Dunne / Eamon Keogh
| Shared title<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.icu.ie/tournaments/63|title = Login}}</ref>
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| 1980 	
| Paul Delaney 
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| 1981 	
| David Dunne / [[Philip Short (chess player)|Philip Short]]
| Shared title
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| 1982 	
| John Delaney
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| 1983 	
| David Dunne 
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| 1984
|[[Eugene Curtin]]
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| 1985
| Eugene Curtin / Mark Orr
| Shared title
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| 1986 	
| John Delaney / Philip Short
| Shared title
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| 1987
| John Delaney
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| 1988 	
|[[Philip Short (chess player)|Philip Short]]
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|-
| 1989 
|[[Niall Carton]]
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| 1990
| John Delaney
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| 1991 	
|rowspan=2 | [[Stephen Brady (chess player)|Stephen Brady]]
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| 1992 	
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| 1993
|[[Niall Carton]]
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| 1994 	
|[[Mark Orr]]
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| 1995 	
| [[Brian Kelly (chess player)|Brian Kelly]]
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| 1996 
|[[Richard O'Donovan]]
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| 1997
|[[Joseph Diarmuid Ryan]]
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| 1998
|rowspan=2 | [[Colm Daly]]
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| 1999 
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| 2000 
| Mark Heidenfeld
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| 2001 
| Stephen Brady
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| 2002 	
| [[Sam Collins (chess player)|Sam Collins]]
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| 2003 	
|[[Stephen Brady (chess player)|Stephen Brady]]
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| 2004 
|[[Joseph Diarmuid Ryan]]
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| 2005 
|[[Colm Daly]]
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| 2006 
|[[Stephen Brady (chess player)|Stephen Brady]]
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| 2007 	
|[[Brian Kelly (chess player)|Brian Kelly]] / [[Stephen Brady (chess player)|Stephen Brady]]
| Shared title
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| 2008
| [[Alexander Baburin]]
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| 2009 
|[[Colm Daly]]
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| 2010 
| Alex Lopez
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| 2011 
|[[Stephen Brady (chess player)|Stephen Brady]]
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| 2012
|[[Stephen Brady (chess player)|Stephen Brady]] / [[Colm Daly]]
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| 2013
|[[Colm Daly]]
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| 2014
|[[Sam Collins (chess player)|Sam Collins]]
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| 2015
|[[Stephen Brady (chess player)|Stephen Brady]] / [[Philip Short (chess player)|Philip Short]]
| Shared title
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| 2016
| Stephen Jessel
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|-
| 2017 
|[[Philip Short (chess player)|Philip Short]] / Alex Lopez
| Shared title
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| 2018 
| Alex Lopez
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| 2019 
|Conor E. Murphy
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| 2020 
|Tom O'Gorman
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| 2021 
|Mark Heidenfeld
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| 2022 
|Tarun Kanyamarala
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| 2023
|[[Alexander Baburin]]
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|-
| 2024
|David Fitzsimons
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|-
|}

===Women's champions===
[[File:Finale wereldschaaktournooi voor dames landenteams-517813.ogv|thumb|thumbtime=0:41|Hilda Chater <br />(1st Women's Olympiad, Emmen 1957)]]

Source:<ref>[https://irishchesshistory.wordpress.com/restricted/irish-womens-championship/, "Irish Women's Championship", Irish Chess History web site (David McAlister, ed.).]</ref>

*1953 	[[Hilda Chater|Hilda F. Chater]]
*1954 	Hilda F. Chater
*1955 	Hilda F. Chater / [[Kay Doolan]]
*1957 	Hilda F. Chater
*1968 	[[Dorren O'Siochrú]]
*1969 	Catherine Byrne
*1970 	[[Elizabeth Shaughnessy|Elizabeth O'Shaughnessy]]
*1971 	[[Aileen Noonan]] / Cecile Meulien
*1972 	Dorren O'Siochrú
*1973 	Dorren O'Siochrú
*1976 	Dorren O'Siochrú
*1977 	Ann Teresa Delaney
*1980 	Suzanne Connolly / Ann Teresa Delaney
*1982 	Edel Quinn
*2010   April Cronin
*2012 	Karina Kruk
*2013 	[[Diana Mirza]]
*2014   Gearoidín Uí Laighleis
*2015   Monika Gedvilaite
*2016   [[Monika Gedvilaite]]
*2017   Ioana Miller
*2018   Ioana Miller
*2019   [[Ioana Miller]]
*2021   Alice O'Gorman
*2022   [[Trisha Kanyamarala]]

===Senior / Veteran winners===
*1999  	Andrew Thomson<ref>{{Cite web|title=Irish Veterans Championship|url=https://www.icu.ie/articles/383|access-date=2021-08-12|website=www.icu.ie}}</ref>
*2000  	Jack Parker
*2001  	Andrew Thomson, Maurice Coveney
*2002 	Pat Loughrey, Maurice Coveney
*2003 	Maurice Coveney
*2004 	No information found
*2005  	Pat Loughrey
*2006 	Paul Cassidy, Colm Egan
*2007 	Paul Cassidy, Jack Killane
*2008 	Jack Killane, Paul Cassidy
*2009 	[[Paul Cassidy (chess player)|Paul Cassidy]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Irish Veterans 2012|url=https://ratings.icu.ie/tournaments/204|access-date=2021-08-12|website=ratings.icu.ie}}</ref>
*2010 	[[Colm Egan]], [[Art Coldrick]], Melvyn King
*2011 	[[Jack Killane]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Irish Veterans 2011|url=https://ratings.icu.ie/tournaments/76|access-date=2021-08-12|website=ratings.icu.ie}}</ref>
*2012 	[[Paul Cassidy (chess player)|Paul Cassidy]]
*2013 	[[Eamon Keogh]] / [[Jack Killane]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Irish Veterans 2013|url=https://ratings.icu.ie/tournaments/361|access-date=2021-08-12|website=ratings.icu.ie}}</ref>
*2014 	Pat Twomey / John Nicholson
*2015 	[[Tim Harding (chess player)|Tim Harding]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Irish Veterans Championships 2015|url=https://ratings.icu.ie/tournaments/709|access-date=2021-08-12|website=ratings.icu.ie}}</ref>
*2016 	[[Eamon Keogh]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Irish Veterans Championships 2016|url=https://www.icu.ie/articles/628|access-date=2021-08-12|website=www.icu.ie}}</ref>

== Notes ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140614225253/http://www.icu.ie/tournaments/champs_list.php Irish Championships at the website of the Irish Chess Union] (archived 2014)

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