Leinster Chess Championship
The Leinster Chess Championship is an annual chess competition in Ireland, which was first played in 1912. It is run by the Leinster Chess Union and the winner is declared Leinster Champion. In recent years the competition has been in conjunction with another tournament, the City of Dublin, the Irish Open and since 2012 as part of the Malahide Millennium Chess tournament.
Winners
- 1912 – Charles J. Barry
- 1913 – Charles J. Barry
- 1914 – Charles J. Barry
- 1915-1919 No championship during First World War
- 1920 – Norman H. Wallace
- 1921 – Thomas George Cranston
- 1922 – Philip Baker
- 1924 – J.T. Gerrard
- 1925 – J. J. Doyle
- 1926 – Philip Baker
- 1928 – Ralph Theodore Varian
- 1929 – Patrick J. Laracy
- 1930 – J.T. Gerrard
- 1931 – Patrick J. Laracy
- 1933 – C. J. Barry
- 1934 – C. J. Barry
- 1935 – John (J.J.) O'Hanlon
- 1936 – Thomas Cox
- 1937 – Thomas Cox
- 1938 – Thomas Cox
- 1940 – Gerard Kerlin
- 1941 – Gerard Kerlin
- 1946 – Paddy A. Duignan
- 1950 – Paddy A. Duignan
- 1951 – Austin Bourke
- 1952 – Michael Schuster
- 1953 – Oscar Aiden Quigley
- 1954 – J.J. Walsh
- 1955 – William Stanton
- 1956 – William Stanton
- 1957 – William Stanton
- 1958 – Matt Ryan
- 1959 – Michael Littleton
- 1960 – Dónal Déiseach
- 1961 – J.J. Walsh
- 1962 - P. J. Murphy
- 1963 – Michael Littleton
- 1964 – Tony Dennehy
- 1965 – Wolfgang Heidenfeld
- 1966 – Paul Cassidy and Ray Cassidy
- 1967 – Eamon Keogh
- 1968 – Michael Littleton and Ken O’Riordan
- 1969 – Eamon Keogh and Wolfgang Heidenfeld
- 1970 – Eamon Keogh
- 1971 – Eamon Keogh
- 1972 – Wolfgang Heidenfeld
- 1973 – Ray Cassidy and Bernard Kernan
- 1974 – Ray Cassidy and Anthony Doyle
- 1975 – David Dunne
- 1976 – Denis Healy
- 1977 – David Dunne
- 1978 – John Gibson
- 1979 – Tony Doyle
- 1980 – Paul Delaney
- 1981 – Tony Doyle
- 1982 – Tony Doyle
- 1983 – Colm Barry, Kevin McHugh, Padraig O Tuathill
- 1984 – Pat Carton, Joe Noone
- 1985 – Eugene Curtin
- 1986 – John Delaney
- 1987 – Joe Ryan
- 1989 – Jim McCarthy
- 1990 – Stephen Brady
- 1991 – Colm Daly
- 1992 – Gerry O'Connell
- 1993 – Colm Barry and Gerard MacElligott
- 1994 – Gerard MacElligott
- 1995 – Carlos Battaglini
- 1997 – Stephen Brady and Colm Daly
- 1999 – Mark Quinn – Run as part of City of Dublin
- 2001 – Daire McMahon and Colm Daly – Run as part of Irish Open
- 2002 - Joe Ryan
- 2003 - Stephen Brady – Run as part of Irish Open
- 2004 - Jörg Weidemann FM
- 2005 – Alexander Baburin GM
- 2006 – Karl McPhillips
- 2007 – Gavin Wall IM
- 2008 – David Fitzsimons
- 2009 – Not held
- 2010 – David Fitzsimons
- 2011 – John Joyce
- 2012 – Colm Daly
- 2013 – Juri Firstov
- 2014 – John Delaney
- 2015 – Colm Daly FM
- 2016 – Colm Daly FM
- 2017 – Mel O'Cinneide
- 2018 – Colm Daly FM
- 2019 – Gavin Melaugh