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Chess 4 fun:

Make & do project .. Isabella’s oragami chess set, featuring her Dragonfly Rooks and ladybird pawns!

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Using chess to educate Irish school children by  supporting teachers and schools.  Moves For Life encourages everyone to play and have fun, and enables teachers to use chess to teach further thinking and social skills. 

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Desmond Beatty, April Cronin, Colm OhAonghusa, John Conlon & Brendan Buckley.

 

Ficheall le Una

Free download (chess rules) in Irish ..  leabhair-ficheall . And for more ‘As Gealige’ click link ficheall-website

Results of the schools chess championships 2021:

May 13, 2021 / Brendan / Uncategorized

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.

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Play for Ukraine:

A positive way for Irish kids to help Ukrainian refugees who are arriving in Ireland.

Our chosen charity  is the Assoc. of Ukrainians in Ireland (click here for more info AURI).

Please contact a school or club in your community and ask them to host an event where kids can mix and play sports / games.

To donate go to our GoFundMe page.

 

Thanks for your support!

 

 

 

Chess 4 Fun, Teacher evening course:

From October 2021 to March 2022.  They are free evening CPD courses.

These training evenings are given in partnership with the Education Centre network.

 

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