Rookie's reports
British Championships (again)
Grandmaster Jonathan Mestel became British Chess Champion at Southport recently.
New Season
Autumn is here, so both club and school chess-players will be soon be starting a new season.
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.
City of Dublin Congress
Last weekend 234 players,took part in one of the biggest ever chess congresses in Ireland
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.
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.
Williamson Shield
The Williamson Shield ended last weekend and a full report will feature in next week's column.
Williamson Shield Results
As promised, the names of the top scorers in the recent Williamson Shield
New Clubs
Chess is going from strength to strength, as proved by the formation of new clubs this year.
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.
Keeping up-to-date
Are you keen on keeping to to date on the latest chess news and games?
No easy wins
There are no easy wins in the local chess leagues plus forthcoming tournaments and the weekly game.
Co. Down Schools' Championship
Results from the Schools Championship and Gary Montgomery gives a helping hand to Karpov for his World Championship attempt
Dr. George calls 'em out
Crisis in the chess community; has the Rookie gone to roost?
Fisherwick Club Championship
Fisherwick young players on top plus results from the Ulster Intermediate and Junior competitions
Ulster Intermediate & Junior Results
Fisherwick young players on top plus results from the Ulster Intermediate and Junior competitions
Rookie on a Wednesday
Letter from Dr. Ross Savage published in the Irish News
World and Ulster Schools Championship
Reports from the World Chess Championship semi-final and upcoming Ulster Schools Championship
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
World Chess Championship
Kasparov and Smyslov both win through to the World Chess Championship final play-off.
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
"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
