622 students played in this years online school chess finals. And below is a list of the winners (prizes will be posted to their schools). We will email winners to confirm their school postal address & their choice of chess equipment.

• National Schools – Advanced players Section. In 1st place .. JasonLiu02 , 2nd Mountbellew , 3rd aiChess2011.

• National Schools – Intermediate players Section. In 1st place .. JojoCrispyBacon , 2nd MaxMurphy , 3rd PawnMasterChess.

• National Schools – Novice players Section. In 1st place .. Luke1305 , 2nd vivaanverlekar , 3rd KD2021sixthclass.

• Secondary Schools – Advanced players Section. In 1st place .. Adamc2005 , 2nd Oisinc , 3rd Grandmasterjunior.

• Secondary Schools – Intermediate players Section. In 1st place .. evoman , 2nd Ernest326 , 3rd maxis29.

• National Schools – lichess rating under 700 = Diyarajeev2021.
• National Schools – lichess rating under 800 = sivani09.
• National Schools – lichess rating under 900 = TadhgR.
• National Schools – lichess rating under 1000 = LukeGKNS.
• National Schools – lichess rating under 1100 = RoryHeffernan.
• National Schools – lichess rating under 1200 = Thomas_Lowry.
• National Schools – lichess rating under 1300 = Buyantur1.
• National Schools – lichess rating under 1400 = Eoin_Schmidt.
• National Schools – lichess rating under 1600 = Elias_Faustino.
• National Schools – lichess rating under 1700 = MilnerMane.
• National Schools – lichess rating under 1800 = PikaMcC.
• National Schools – lichess rating under 1900 = Ninja5000.
• National Schools – lichess rating under 2000 = JediKnight8.

• Secondary School: lichess rating under 700 = masterunitato.
• Secondary School: lichess rating under 800 = EmmaNevin.
• Secondary School: lichess rating under 900 = Geniusshy.
• Secondary School: lichess rating under 1000 = murtaza007.
• Secondary School: lichess rating under 1100 = Eoin_Kelly.
• Secondary School: lichess rating under 1200 = GinnMcPartlin.
• Secondary School: lichess rating under 1400 = GlenMoore0.
• Secondary School: lichess rating under 1500 = SeanB45.
• Secondary School: lichess rating under 1600 = clynch4.
• Secondary School: lichess rating under 1700 = cathal05.
• Secondary School: lichess rating under 1800 = the_blu_knight.
• Secondary School: lichess rating under 1900 = p2munster.

We will update this post later with players names and their school .. for now all we have are the lichess usernames !

Thanks to everyone who make this happen and to the players .. we hope you enjoyed the chess games.

Dear Teachers, Parents & Players,

We will hold a zoom call starting at 6.15pm.  Join us at 6.15pm if you need any help joining the right event.

Join Zoom Meeting here & use passcode: 502689

Then, after the games (around 8.15pm) have finished we’ll announce the winners of each section and the grading prizes.

Best of luck !

The webinar is on at 8.00 pm, Monday the 19th of April, 2021. For anyone who can’t attend here is a video link with all the key info. below:

The “how to” Video for parents, teachers and students interested in playing in this years Online school chess championships !

Students, Parents, Teachers .. registration is now open for this years schools events. Click on the link ..

REGISTER HERE

P.S. please register your students with lichess.org before joining these online schools events!

 This video explains how to get started ..   Parents go to www.lichess.org  and Register your child. 

Then you can join our team : https://lichess.org/team/irish-school-kids-chess-club use the password : ComharLinn

The First practice event is on at 6.30pm , Thursday 22nd of April. With the grand final on the 13th of May 2021.