https://www.ulsterchess.org From the get go, Rookie always include a game at the end of his column, more often than not a match between local players. Browse this unique snapshot of local chess reportage daily 1 2014-09-02T23:19:46Z https://www.ulsterchess.org/archives/chronicles/1989-1990-season/rookie/ussr-ahead/darby-vs-kelly Ballyfermot Open, Dublin Nov 1989 Drew Ferguson 2014-10-20T16:39:25Z PGN Viewer https://www.ulsterchess.org/archives/chronicles/1989-1990-season/rookie/glorney-cup-fund-tournament/addidle-vs-heape King’s Gambit: Prestel tournament, 28/8/89 Drew Ferguson 2014-10-22T16:55:07Z PGN Viewer https://www.ulsterchess.org/archives/chronicles/1989-1990-season/rookie/two-k-s/hunt-vs-gillen British under-12, Plymouth 11th August 1989 Drew Ferguson 2014-10-25T12:31:05Z PGN Viewer https://www.ulsterchess.org/archives/chronicles/1982-1983-season/1982-83-rookie-reports/north-s-players-win-chess-honours/j-mclean-vs-m-kelly Junior Tournament, St. Patrick's Chess Festival, Castlebar, March 1983 Shows how dangerous a gambit can be Drew Ferguson 2015-06-23T21:08:26Z PGN Viewer https://www.ulsterchess.org/archives/chronicles/1982-1983-season/1982-83-rookie-reports/lambe-gets-the-chop/p-lambe-vs-h-beckett Team Olympiad, 1983 Drew Ferguson 2015-06-23T23:01:29Z PGN Viewer https://www.ulsterchess.org/archives/chronicles/1982-1983-season/1982-83-rookie-reports/roger-dodges-defeat/k-greer-vs-a-skelton-1 Team Olympiad, 1983 Drew Ferguson 2015-06-23T23:45:40Z PGN Viewer https://www.ulsterchess.org/archives/chronicles/1982-1983-season/1982-83-rookie-reports/carton-boxed-in-kelly/004-830523 Meanwhile, study this complicated game involving Northerners in Dundalk, in which Patrick Carton (Newcastle) boxed-in Martin Kelly (Fisherwick). Drew Ferguson 2021-10-01T17:24:38Z PGN Viewer https://www.ulsterchess.org/archives/chronicles/1982-1983-season/1982-83-rookie-reports/american-express/005-830525 Belfast Festival Tournament, May 1983 Drew Ferguson 2021-10-01T17:24:38Z PGN Viewer https://www.ulsterchess.org/archives/chronicles/1982-1983-season/1982-83-rookie-reports/one-day-chess/006-830604 In this recent game from the Dundalk Open, the joint winners of the Newtownards Senior shows how attacking on both flanks pays dividends: Drew Ferguson 2021-10-01T17:24:38Z PGN Viewer https://www.ulsterchess.org/archives/chronicles/1982-1983-season/1982-83-rookie-reports/newcastle-chess-congress/010-830706 Newcastle Chess Congress Drew Ferguson 2021-10-05T14:32:42Z PGN Viewer https://www.ulsterchess.org/archives/chronicles/1982-1983-season/1982-83-rookie-reports/013-830723/013-830723 Newcastle Chess Congress Drew Ferguson 2021-10-05T14:32:42Z PGN Viewer https://www.ulsterchess.org/archives/chronicles/1982-1983-season/1982-83-rookie-reports/015-830810/015-830810 Drew Ferguson 2021-10-05T14:32:42Z PGN Viewer https://www.ulsterchess.org/archives/chronicles/1982-1983-season/1982-83-rookie-reports/014-830803/014-830803 Palma de Majorca Drew Ferguson 2021-10-05T14:32:42Z PGN Viewer https://www.ulsterchess.org/archives/chronicles/1982-1983-season/1982-83-rookie-reports/012-830721/012-830721 Drew Ferguson 2021-10-05T14:33:38Z PGN Viewer https://www.ulsterchess.org/archives/chronicles/1982-1983-season/1982-83-rookie-reports/schools-out/009-830630 Kevin McCann's win over William Ginn and a tonic it proved as he was third in the Ulster Senior Schoolboys Drew Ferguson 2021-10-05T14:33:38Z PGN Viewer