The AGM of the Munster Chess Union will take place on September 15th at 8pm in the Charleville Park Hotel (thats actually my birthday so I might have to give this one a miss 
hopefully some of the other Ennis lads are going)
Well done to Irish champion Alex Lopez who after a slow start made an IM norm in the closed GM tournament in Dun Laoghaire with a score of 5 from 9. Alex beat the German GM Bischoff in the last round. This is his second IM norm. Englands Mark Hebden won the GM tournament with 6 from 9 just half a point ahead of Mark Quinn who had a good tourney. Simon Ansell was a convincing winner of IM tournament with 7 from 9. There are round by round reports and games at the ICU site
