Classic chess refers to games where players have 60mins or more playing time on each of their clocks. This means one game can last well over 2 hours.

Finding a tournament

There are many tournaments throughout the year in Ireland see Calendar.

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Preparing for your first tournament

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Some of the things you should do before you consider playing in your first classic chess tournament

• Practice - especially tactics
• Play 15 min games - ideally in rapid tournaments
• Learn your main opening for White and two for black (against 1.e4 and 1.d4)
• Learn the key endgames
• Learn to use a chess clock

Playing in your first tournament

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