Chess Club 2024/2025

Since we now have pupils that can play chess and pupils that want to learn chess, Mrs Duffy has set up a chess club after school on Wednesdays for beginners and a lunch time chess league for girls that can play chess.

How to set up an online account:

We will be doing some online tournaments and will use the lichess.org platform.

Step 1: To set up an account, click on the following link: https://lichess.org/signup and complete the steps. You need a Username, Password and Email address. Once your account has been set up, click on your Username on the top right hand corner of your screen and click on Preferences. Then on the left hand side of your screen you will see KID MODE. Click on this, enter your Password again and enable KID MODE. In KID MODE, the lichess logo gets a :) icon, so you know your kids are safe.

Step 2: Join the St. Malachy’s GNS online Chess Club (link) and click JOIN TEAM:

https://lichess.org/team/st-malachys-gns-green-knights (for 5th and 6th class pupils)

https://lichess.org/team/st-malachys-gns-wonder-rooks (for 3rd and 4th class pupils)

Step 3: Join the Halloween tournament by clicking on the following link: https://lichess.org/tournament/gyRZWXBs