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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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City of Belfast Winners Well done to Steve Scannell our champion, and David Jeffers on winning the Intermediate trophy! May 26, 2025
The Belfast Megafinals took place at Methodist College on Sat May 10th 2025 The last of this years monthly tournaments at Methodist College. Ended with the Delancey Chess Challenge Belfast Megafin... May 25, 2025
GM Alex Baburin plays 24 games in Ulster Simultaneous 23rd May 2025 An evening of fantastic chess was enjoyed when 24 Ulster Chess players played Irelands GM Alex Baburin. Organised by Kar... May 24, 2025
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