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ENNIS CHESS CLUB travel to Italy on September 16 to take on Europe’s finest in the European Team Championships.
They become the first team from Munster to take part in the prestigious tournament.
Ennis and Phibbsboro will rep- resent Ireland at the event which takes place St. Vincent.
Ennis qualified after they fin- ished second to Phibbsboro in the final round of the All-Ireland championships.
It has been a successful year all round for the club. They beat close rivals Limerick in May, to capture the Munster Championships for the second year in the row. Europe will represent a sterner test for the team. Several of the worlds top players will compete at St Vincent
including current world champion Vladimir Kramnik.
“It’s going to be tough. If we can win a few games we’ll be delight- ed” said John Cassidy, captain of Ennis Chess Club, this week.
The team will be without the services of the talented Gawain Jones, who will be competing at the ul8 European Championships in Bosnia. The Ennis chess club meets every Tuesday in Brandons
Bar. John hopes that their partici- pation the tournament will help to raise the profile of the sport around Clare.
“Hopefully by competing in Italy we will be able to attract a few new members and put Ennis on the map.”
As part of their efforts to raise funds for the trip, Ennis chess club will host a table quiz in Brandons Bar on Wednesday night.