Current news in Ulster Chess
The Year of Schools Tournaments kicked off with the LJCC Belfast Qualifier 2023
Pupils gathered at Methodist College on the morning of 7th Oct to play in the Belfast Qualifier for the LJCC 2023 tournament. Our first monthly tournament was about to begin.
Nov 2023 FIDE Rating Report
1st November 2023 By FIDE National Arbiter Brendan Jamison Congratulations to the 20 players who made a FIDE rating debut in today’s list
130 players so far in the FIDE-rated NI Rapid Grand Prix…
On Oct 14th 2023 (at 2 Royal Ave Cultural Centre) was event 4 of 10 in the series, with big thanks to Paul O’Connor for organising the wonderful venue. 50 players attended today’s tournament, 7 rounds of 20+0.
Belfast Qualifier for the UK Blitz Championships 2023 took place on Sept 30th 2023
Players gathered at the brilliant venue of the Civil Service Pavilion, Belfast to play in one of the 8 qualifying tournaments across the UK. One of our most prestigous tournaments to be played in Ulster.
GM Simul Tickets 2024
So far, 16 tickets have been won for the February 2024 GM Simul, distributed as prizes at the Ulster Rapidplay (April 2023), Henderson Cup (May 2023) Ulster Championships (Aug 2023) and Summer Tournament (Sept 2023).
