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• ChessX (https://chessx.sourceforge.io/) – Free Chess Database (PC, Mac & Linux)
• ChessPad (http://www.wmlsoftware.com/download.html) – Free Chess(PGN) viewer (for Windows)  – it premium version PosPad requires a payment.
• Arena Chess (http://www.playwitharena.de/ ) –  A free Graphical User Interface (GUI) for chess (Windows and Linux)
• SCID (http://scid.sourceforge.net/ ) – free chess analysis software (For windows)
• Jose (https://sourceforge.net/projects/jose-chess/) – free chess analysis DB (Windows and Mac)
• Lucas Chess (https://lucas-chess.software.informer.com/ ) – free app to practice and learn chess (for Windows

The LCU is seeking thoughts from clubs, teams, and players about the leagues resuming, either finishing the 2019-2020 season and starting the new 2021 seasons, and the various living with covid challenges. Contact the secretary Brendan or a committee member to share your thought so the club can issue a response.

So it is little over one year on from the first lockdown and the COVID restrictions and the suspension of our club nights in Clareville community centre on a Monday. Thankfully we have been able to continue in some capacity online with our Chess.com arena games on a Monday night from 7:30-9:30 pm.

Anyone interested in playing should contact Brendan Clare or Tony Mooney.

We shall continue this, we hope when the situation changes to reopen in the autumn.

Stay safe!

Hello Everybody.

This is a reminder that the link to tonight’s games on Monday the 8th of March is: https://www.chess.com/live#r=983967

Games are getting tougher. Everybody seems to be playing better as the weeks go by

Regards

Brendan & Tony

The link to tonight’s games is: https://www.chess.com/live#r=956687

Good luck with your games.

This is a reminder that t the link to games on Monday the 15th of February is: https://www.chess.com/live#r=943010

Hello Everyone,

We will have our usual monday club night on the clubs page chess.com the link is https://www.chess.com/live#r=273475 for the 20th of july 2020.

Due to the coronavirus, we have set up a club page on chess.com for anyone who wants to play a club mate online https://www.chess.com/club/phibsboro-chess-club if you have any issues joining it contact us here or a committee member.

Watch this space or your email for our Monday night swiss or arena competitions.
Thanks to Tony Mooney and Brendan Clare for organizing this.

Michael Delaney passed away on Bank Holiday Monday. Michael was a very active member of our club, playing matches in Armstrong, Heidenfeld and Ennis Shield over many many years. He previously played Chess in Sutton, Portmarnock and Kevin Barry. In March, despite his illness, he played a home game just before the suspension of all chess leagues. Michael was Irish Braille Chess Champion on a number of occasions and represented Ireland internationally, not only in Chess but at the para-Olympics, on three occasions, in Atlanta ’96, Sydney 2000 and Beijing 2008,  in Cycling, Athletics, Long and High Jump. He will be missed by all of us in Phibsboro Chess Club. We extend our deepest sympathy to Michael’s, family and friends.

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