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May 2023 FIDE Rating List

May 2023 FIDE Rating List

Report by Brendan Jamison, FIDE National Arbiter

May 2023 FIDE Rating List - Read More…

Lisburn win Ulster Team Rapidplay Championship

Lisburn win Ulster Team Rapidplay Championship

Not content with winning the Belfast and District League, the Longstone Street outfit claim rapidplay honours in Derry

Lisburn win Ulster Team Rapidplay Championship - Read More…

Tahmankar wins Ulster Rapidplay Championship

Tahmankar wins Ulster Rapidplay Championship

Civil Service player wins by half a point from IM Orr

Tahmankar wins Ulster Rapidplay Championship - Read More…

N.I. FIDE Arbiter Team established to run the 2023/2024 tournament calendar

A new FIDE National Arbiter team has been established by Brendan Jamison with a mission to run all the local tournaments during the 2023/2024 season. All five members of the team hold a FIDE license.

N.I. FIDE Arbiter Team established to run the 2023/2024 tournament calendar - Read More…

GM Ben Finegold plays 20 Ulster Chess players and wins all the games

GM Ben Finegold plays 20 Ulster Chess players and wins all the games

Our annual Ulster Chess Union Simultaneous Event was back in 2023 with a difference. We played top US player GM Ben Finegold online with a video link to the US. The event took place at the Civil Service Social Club on our regular annual date of Thursday 16th February.

GM Ben Finegold plays 20 Ulster Chess players and wins all the games - Read More…

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