UCN-2000-1

RECENT TOURNAMENT RESULTS

ULSTER SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP

27-30 DECEMBER 1999
FORTWILLIAM GOLF CLUB, BELFAST

1-3. S.SCANNELL (WON ON TIEBREAK) T.DOUGLAS M.HOLMES 5.0
4-5. J.MCDONNELL S.MOORE 4.5
6-8. G.ANNESLEY D.MURTAGH J.NICHOLSON 4.0
9-10. R.MCMASTER A.SKELTON 3.5
11. R.BIANCHIN 3.0
12-13. A.DOUGLAS B.O’NEILL 2.5
14-15. D.MORELAND P.MCLOUGHLIN 2.0
16-17. D.COLLINS T.PARKER 1.5

ULSTER OPEN

5-6 FEBRUARY 2000
QUB STAFF COMMON ROOM, BELFAST

1-4. J.CAIRNS R.MCMASTER S.SCANNELL A.SKELTON 5.0
5. G.ANNESLEY 4.5
6-11. D.MORELAND F.MARLOWE D.MURRAY M.NEWMAN J.ORCHIN N.PILKIEWICZ 4.0
12-16. J.CANNING P.McLOUGHLIN S.MOORE D.TRUESDALE M.WADDELL 3.5
17-22. A.BURNS A.COOTES C.DUNLEAVY T.PARKER W.STOREY J.STRAWBRIDGE 3.0
23-25. D.CUNNINGHAM S.McCANN J.McLEAN 2.5
26-30. A.BECKETT J.CAHOON J.CLIFFORD D.O’DONNELL J.WADDELL 2.0
31. K.FOX 1.5
32-34. M.KANE E.NESBITT J.WOODFIELD 1.0

GRADING PRIZES

UNDER 1800 1^ST G.ANNESLEY 2^ND M.NEWMAN
UNDER 1450 1^ST J.ORCHIN 2^ND F.MARLOWE

BUNRATTY MASTERS 11-13 FEBRUARY 2000

1-2. GM M.HEBDEN (WON TROPHY ON TIE-BREAK) GM J.NUNN 5.0
3-4. GM A.MILES IM M.TURNER 4.5
5-7. C.DALY (BEST IRISH PRIZE) GM J.LEVITT IM L.MCSHANE 4.0
8-13. S.COLLINS (GRADING PRIZE) P.DELANEY D.HOWELL IM M.ORR U.ROCHEV J.RYAN 3.5
14-21. S.BRADY J.HURLEY J.MCCARTHY D.MCMAHON G.O'CONNELL P.SHORT S.SCANNELL J.STOKLASA 3.0
22-23. M.O'CINNEIDE R.O'DONOVAN 2.5
24-28. H.BARBER M.CASTRICUM J.KENNEDY E.KEOGH J.MCDONNELL 2.0
29-32. P.CAFOLLA C.EGAN A.FOX R.O'BRIEN 1.5

NEW TOURNAMENT

ON SATURDAY 8^TH APRIL 2000 QUB OPEN - SIX ROUND RAPIDPLAY
10.00AM – 7.00PM QUB STAFF COMMON ROOM ENTRY FEE £4 PRIZES £50, £30, £20
PRIZES MAY BE INCREASED DEPENDING ON ENTRY

1999-2000 UCU LEAGUE TABLES

Division 1

Division 2/3

GLORNEY AND FABER CUPS 2000

These prestigious international junior competitions are being held in Dublin this summer and Alex Beckett has been seeking donations on behalf of the Ulster Chess Union to go towards the costs of holding these competitions, which the Irish Chess Union hosts every eight years. He is hoping to raise a grand total of £500. Below are the amounts already donated.

Donations from Chess Clubs

CIYMS £25 Shorts £25 North Belfast £25 Fisherwick £37

Derry £10 Civil Service £25 Bangor £50 Newtownards £25

Individual donations

Michael Holmes £10 Ron Henderson £15 Arthur Cootes £10

David Houston £25

Civil Service Chess Tournament 1999

£2 added to each entry fee making a total of £100

Total collected to date £382

These figures do not include any donations made directly to the Irish Chess Union.

UCU KNOCK-OUT CUP

FIRST ROUND

SUNDAY 20th FEBRUARY 2000

The four teams winning their matches went into the semi-finals of the Knock-out Cup, with the six teams failing to win their matches going into the Plate competition.

SEMI-FINALS

North Belfast A and Fisherwick A will now play a double-round final to determine this year’s winners of the Knock-out Cup.

UCU PLATE COMPETITION

PRELIMINARY ROUND

Fisherwick C, QUB and RVH C, the three lowest rated teams, went directly into the Plate competition, where they played a Rapidplay tournament to decide which two teams would progress to the quarter-finals of the Plate. RVH C was the team to be eliminated.

QUARTER-FINALS

Civil Service, Shorts, QUB and Randalstown go through to the semi-finals of the Plate.

The final rounds of the Knock-out Cup and the Plate will be played on Sunday 7^th May 2000. There will be an individual rapidplay tournament played alongside, open to all.

FIFTY YEARS AGO: THE IRISH CHAMPIONSHIP BELFAST

JULY 1950

No annotated games available this issue (don’t be shy, everyone) so I decided to delve back into history. The games and annotations are taken from the Belfast News-Letter.

The winner of the championship was Vincent Maher with a score of 7½ out of 8.

22 competed.

Irish Championship Belfast, July 1950

Bewley,T.H. - Nash,W. [D85]	Maher,V - Jackson,D.G. [B03]	Heaney,R.A. - Tormey,T.T. [B92]

STILL TO COME THIS SEASON

ALL EVENTS AT QUB STAFF COMMON ROOM

Ulster Chess News 2000 Number 1 as a PDF