J.J. Walsh (Chess)

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Jim "J.J." Walsh is an Irish Chess player, chess correspondent and the compiler of the daily chess puzzle in the Irish Times. Walsh started contributing a weekly chess column and puzzle in the Irish Times in April 1955, and since September 1972 the daily chess puzzle, making his puzzle one of the longest running chess articles in the world. [1] [2]

He played chess in the Leinster leagues for Clontarf, Eoghan Ruadh and Dublin Chess Club, winning the Armstrong Cup on a number of occasions as well as the Irish National Club Championships. [3] Jim represented Ireland in three Olympliads, Amsterdam 1954, Moscow 1956 (playing on board 1) and Munich 1958. [4] Walsh won the Leinster Schools chess competition in 1949, and won the Leinster Chess Championship in 1954 and 1961.

The Armstrong Cup is the oldest Irish team league competition and has been played every year since 1888, perhaps giving it a claim on the longest running chess competition in the world. The Club is named after William Armstrong BL (1849-1899) who presented the cup in its first season It is organised by the Leinster Chess Union and is division one of the Leinster leagues. Each team comprises 8 players, and the league comprises 12 teams. Each year the bottom two clubs are relegated, and the top two clubs from the second division Heidenfeld Trophy are promoted. The winners of the Armstrong Cup go forward to participate in the National Club Championships run by the Irish Chess Union. As well as being graded by the ICU, games in the Armstrong Cup are submitted for rating by the International Chess Federation FIDE.

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 (1999), the Irish Open and since 2012 as part of the Malahide Millenium Chess tournament.

As well as for the Irish Times, Jim also wrote contributed articles to other papers such as The People and The Sunday People . He edited the Irish Chess Journal on occasions, and has contributed articles and chess book reviews to a number of publications.

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In recognition of his contribution to Irish Chess, in 2014, Jim was made a life member of the Irish Chess Union, and also name trophy in his honour.

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References

  1. ↑ Barden on the Longest running chess column Leonard Barden, Chessbase.
  2. ↑ Chairman of the Board the world’s longest-running chess correspondent by Frank McNally, An Irishmans Diary, The Irish Times, Friday 2nd December, 2016.
  3. ↑ National Club Championships www.irlchess.com
  4. ↑ Jim Walsh Biography, Irish Chess Union website
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