Jim Hussey, born in Kilfinane, Co. Limerick, and a long-time member of the Ennis Chess Club, who played a big role in training many of the top Ennis players when they were starting out, such as John Cassidy and Rory Quinn, died in Ennis in May 2007.
He coached a team (Kieran O’Brien, John Cassidy, Ciaran Hussey, Terry McVeigh, Paul McVeigh, Barry O’Keefe, Jimmy Frawley, Declan Fitzpatrick, Aidan Coll and Adrian Fennell) which was the only Irish team to win the British Schools Chess Championship, in 1987. The Ennis team also won gold medals five years in a row at Mosney in the Under-16 All-Ireland Chess Championship under Jim’s coaching.
Source: Limerick Chess Club archive.