{"id":174,"date":"2022-12-20T22:54:40","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T22:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cavanchesscongress.com\/?page_id=174"},"modified":"2023-01-07T00:42:19","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T00:42:19","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cavanchesscongress.com\/index.php\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"174\" class=\"elementor elementor-174\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c3ffeaf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c3ffeaf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bf8a908\" data-id=\"bf8a908\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2d18a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c2d18a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Cavan Crystal Chess Tournament 1974 - 1980<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be766a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"be766a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Cavan Chess Tournament began in December 1972 soon after the formation of Cavan Chess Club and the organisers, Paud O\u2019Reilly and Rick Lewis were active club members who were anxious to bring chess to Cavan as opposed to continually travelling to other venues to play any kind of competitive games.<\/p><p>The first tournament was held in St. Felim\u2019s N.S. in Cavan town in December 1972 and had a small local entry of 30 players. The highest rated player was Se\u00e1n Galligan(1956) and the tournament winner was Paud O\u2019Reilly.<\/p><p>Following this the organisers decided to see how they might expand the tournament and attract players from other clubs. The 2nd tournament was organised in December 1973 and attracted about 50 players to\u00a0 a tournament controlled by Tom O\u2019Sullivan and held in the Imperial Hotel Cavan. The tournament was won by Sai Prakash.<\/p><p>We continued to develop and secured sponsorship from Cavan Crystal for the subsequent tournaments from 1974-1980. As the tournament grew we needed a bigger venue and we moved to the new Vocational school in Cavan as the entry numbers grew to 200 or so players from all parts of the country. J.J. Walsh attended, played and gave reports in the Irish Times.<\/p><p>A great number of the country\u2019s best players played in the tournament: Bernard Kernan, Michael Littleton, Eamon Keogh, Alan Ludgate to name but a few.\u00a0<span style=\"color: var(--sydney-text-color);\">The final tournament took place in 1980.<\/span><\/p><p><br \/><i>Thanks to Paud O&#8217;Reilly for providing us with this history.<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c986af2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c986af2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Historical Links<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a4a552 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4a4a552\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/irishchesshistory.wordpress.com\/discontinued\/cavan\/\">Cavan Crystal Chess Congresses (1974 &#8211; 1980) &#8211; Role of Honour<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icu.ie\/articles\/420#:~:text=Cavan%20Chess%20Club%20has%20had%20a%20long%20but,not%20much%20is%20known%20about%20its%20performances%20then\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">History of Cavan Chess Club Article<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-227a3c7 animated-slow elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"227a3c7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap 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