Leinster Leagues: September Results

The 2026–27 Leinster league season started on 18 September, and all four of our teams have now played their first match. One win and three defeats is not the start we wanted, but the win came from the Heidenfeld team, who were relegated from Division 1 last season.

Division	Match	Result
Div 2 Heidenfeld	UCD v Dún Laoghaire	Won 5–3
Div 3 Ennis	Dún Laoghaire v Lucan	Lost 2–5
Div 4 O’Hanlon South	Dún Laoghaire v Knights of Éanna	Lost 2–4
Div 5 BEA South	Dún Laoghaire v Chess Kings	Lost 2–3

Heidenfeld: UCD 3–5 Dún Laoghaire

Back in Division 2, the Heidenfeld team began with an away win at UCD. Suleiman Almousa, Sergey Beryozkin and Liam O’Daly won their games. Kirill Kholyavko, Anthony Fox, Lorenzo Bianchi and David MacIver all drew. We lost only one game in the match.

Ennis: Dún Laoghaire 2–5 Lucan

Lucan brought a strong side, with Muhtarim-Ul and Mustakim-Ul Haque, both rated over 2000, on the top two boards. Peter Jackson beat Paul Duff, who is rated almost 90 points above him, and Martin Lohan won on board 6.

O’Hanlon: Dún Laoghaire 2–4 Knights of Éanna

Brian O’Gorman and Liam Farrell won on boards 3 and 4. The other four games went to Knights of Éanna.

BEA: Dún Laoghaire 2–3 Chess Kings

This one was close. Chess Kings had Dariy Kelbas, rated 2049, on top board, and we lost the top three games. Yash Burman and Richard Daly won on boards 4 and 5, which left us one game short.

Next up

• BEA: away to Knights of Éanna, Friday 9 October
• Ennis: away to Drumlish, Saturday 10 October
• Heidenfeld: home to Bray/Greystones, Wednesday 14 October
• O’Hanlon: away to UCD, Saturday 17 October

Full fixtures, results and tables are on the Leinster Chess Union league site.