2010-2011
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In 2011, Desmond College had a Chess Team made up of 18 students from 1st year to 6th year.
Training sessions are often informal affairs with students challenging other students to games and even playing teachers the odd match. Occasionally we take it seriously, practicing strategies like “Scholars Mate” and “the weak F7 pawn” or openings like Roy Lopez in preparation for tournament games.
Speaking of which, we entered two teams into the County Chess tournament. Team A was captained by Kieran Hartnett and Team B by Robert Toomey.
We beat schools like Gealcholaiste Luimnigh and drew with Villers. Also as part of a JCSP activity we ran a chess initiative with Rang Bríd. The goal was to teach all of the class chess. Michael Bolger got very involved and resulted in representing the school on a county level. Due to this initiative we were able to renew our equipment and buy chess gadgets for our school.
If you are an aspiring chess grandmaster or you just would like to learn the rules please make contact with our resident coach Mr. Keith O’Rahilly.