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British Championships (again)

Grandmaster Jonathan Mestel became British Chess Champion at Southport recently.

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New Season

Autumn is here, so both club and school chess-players will be soon be starting a new season.

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City of Dublin Congress Results

It was remiss of me to have left out of last week's report of the City of Dublin Congress the actual winners of the four tournaments.

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City of Dublin Congress

Last weekend 234 players,took part in one of the biggest ever chess congresses in Ireland

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Bangor Chess Congress

No stone was left unturned by way of reduced fees and schoolboys prizes in attracting young players to the Bangor Chess Congress at the Winston Hotel.

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New Chess Season

The new chess season is now under way, heralded by the first three rounds of the Williamson Shield last weekend at Queen's University Students Union.

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Williamson Shield

The Williamson Shield ended last weekend and a full report will feature in next week's column.

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Williamson Shield Results

As promised, the names of the top scorers in the recent Williamson Shield

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New Clubs

Chess is going from strength to strength, as proved by the formation of new clubs this year.

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Half-term Holiday

Half-term holiday has been all too brief for our school children but Hallowe'en did not mean a break from chess.

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Keeping up-to-date

Are you keen on keeping to to date on the latest chess news and games?

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No easy wins

There are no easy wins in the local chess leagues plus forthcoming tournaments and the weekly game.

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Co. Down Schools' Championship

Results from the Schools Championship and Gary Montgomery gives a helping hand to Karpov for his World Championship attempt

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Dr. George calls 'em out

Crisis in the chess community; has the Rookie gone to roost?

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Fisherwick Club Championship

Fisherwick young players on top plus results from the Ulster Intermediate and Junior competitions

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Ulster Intermediate & Junior Results

Fisherwick young players on top plus results from the Ulster Intermediate and Junior competitions

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Rookie on a Wednesday

Letter from Dr. Ross Savage published in the Irish News

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World and Ulster Schools Championship

Reports from the World Chess Championship semi-final and upcoming Ulster Schools Championship

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Double blow for Hungarian Chess

Hungarian chess suffered a double blow with the tragic death of grandmaster Janos Felsch in a car crash in Kent, and with the defeat of Zoltan Ribli by Vassily Smyslov

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World Chess Championship

Kasparov and Smyslov both win through to the World Chess Championship final play-off.

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Looking back to 1983

We are now in George Orwell's 1984 and I would like to cast a "big brotherly" look back to 1983 in the chess world

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"Munster" payout

The New year was heralded in bt two chess tournaments at opposite ends of Ireland: the Ulster Senior Championship in Belfast and the 16th Mulcahy Memorial in Cork

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News
Exciting changes to the Sligo event in 2026. Now a multi-tournament chess festival. Save the dates in your calender Jan 30th to Feb 8th. The Sligo event is undergoing a major transformation in 2026 from a weekender to a multi-tournament festival. The Sligo ... Oct 16, 2025
The Monthly Childrens Chess Kicks off Oct 25th at Methodist College ** New date ** The LJCC Belfast Qualifier a one day 6 round tournament starts our annual series of monthly tournaments a... Oct 09, 2025
The 2025 Summer tournament ends with a fun tournament and award ceremony Weds 24th September 2025 saw 24 players gather to celebrate the end of the UCU Summer Tournament. Who won? we have the f... Sep 27, 2025
Belfast Qualifier for the British Open Blitz 2025/26 Belfast runs one of 16 tournaments that allow players to qualify for the British Open Blitz tournament. The top player a... Sep 27, 2025
The Annual UCU Summer School at Ormeau Park We had 18 young chess players for 3 days of brilliant chess activities over Weds/Thurs/Fri 6th, 7th, 8th August 2025. At... Sep 14, 2025
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LJCC - Belfast Qualifier 2025: 25th October - re-organised An opportunity for Primary Students to Qualify for the London Junior Chess Championships and for Secondary pupils to enj... Oct 25, 2025 09:30 AM - 05:00 PM — Methodist College,1 Malone Rd, Belfast BT9 6BY
FIDE RATED City of Bangor 10 Round Halloween Blitz at 3+2 Celebrate Halloween with 10 rounds of Chess Blitz at City of Bangor Chess Club. Thursday 30th October. Oct 30, 2025 07:15 PM - 10:00 PM — City of Bangor Chess Club, Church of Ireland Parish Hall, 30 Main Street Groomsport
November 1st Childrens Chess 12:30 – 5:00 The monthly schools chess tournaments continues at Methodist College. Nov 01, 2025 12:30 PM - 05:00 PM — Methodist College,1 Malone Rd, Belfast BT9 6BY
FIDE RATED Bangor Club Masters Rapid 2025 [10 rounds of 25+0 over two days] Open to all players. One open section with Intermediate and Junior trophies awarded for highest placed finish by players... Nov 06, 2025 07:30 PM - 10:45 PM — City of Bangor International Chess Club, Church of Ireland Parish Hall, 30 Main Street, Groomsport, County Down, Northern Ireland, BT19 6JR
FIDE RATED Bangor Club Masters Rapid 2025 [10 rounds of 25+0 over two days] Open to all players. One open section with Intermediate and Junior trophies awarded for highest placed finish by players... Nov 08, 2025 10:15 AM - 04:30 PM — City of Bangor International Chess Club, Church of Ireland Parish Hall, 30 Main Street, Groomsport, County Down, Northern Ireland, BT19 6JR
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