Unfortunately the irishchessunion.net has been subject to a hacking attempt, and in the interests of safety and best practice, an automated system having identified a malware, risk temporarily shut down the website and hosting server. This is most unfortunate as there is no possible positive purpose served by such an attempt to spitefully disrupt the resource available to the ICU and it's members during what should be a celebration of our national championships.
People can draw their own conclusions from the timing and nature of this attack on the website. But thankfully because the ICU now have two websites located on two different servers and have put in place measures and means to secure the data of our members, zero information, not already in the public domain, was either obtained or distributed.
The irishchessunion.net is the main homepage and front face for news items and other novel features, while the icu.ie resource is the back end data driven website. Because of the timing of this incident it is not certain that the irishchessunion.net homepage will be back before the end of the Irish championships. Apologies for that but there will be a report on the Irish ch within days of the tournament ending.
In the meantime, for those with a genuine interest in chess matters, why not drop in to the Academy Plaza Hotel (Just off O Connell street and around the corner from the Gresham Hotel) in person and see all the action close up and for real as a battle of generations goes back and forth and tension builds.
The more junior players have already given a good account of themselves and will no doubt cause some more upsets before the end of the tournament.
Created 2015-07-07 ◦ Last updated 2015-07-07 ◦ Editor CD