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Top young players meet at Methodist College for Northern Ireland Mega-finals
The Delancey UK Chess Challenge is the largest Schools Chess tournament in the UK with some 74,000 children competing. There are four stages - the first is ...
4th Belfast South Open Chess Tournament 2015-16
This year's tournament which has now finished attracted a total of 28 entries from a number of Clubs and was played over 20 weeks from November to April. It ...
Lisburn Spring/Summer League is here!
Lisburn Chess Club is thrilled to be able to hold another League tournament at the club
5 NI players scoop awards at Bunratty
A report from our chess reporter - Brendan Jamison. Northern Ireland players do well at Bunratty.
September 2023 FIDE rating report
The Summer tournament starts back at the Civil Service Pavillion - May 2nd
Start the summer by playing at the Summer tournament - a flexible tournament over 20 weeks. Back at its original venue with excellent parking and surroundings.
The organiser's tale
Originally published in the Time Traveller for December 2000
Image Beckett-v-Henderson
On the right is Ron Henderson, former President of the Ulster Chess Union, competing in the competition named after him, the Henderson Cup - which, ...
The first Ulster Championship, Belfast 1892
In September 1892 the chess-players of Belfast and Holywood hosted the North of Ireland Chess Congress. The principal attraction was a Masters tournament in ...
Makeshift QUB Move Closer to Title
Last week’s superb 4-1 spanking of Fisherwick undeniably made reigning champions Queen’s clear favourites to lift the Silver King in 2009. However, there were ...
Winners of the Ulster Championship 1933-1959
At a meeting on the 1st February 1932 the representatives of the various Belfast clubs decided to put the organisation of Ulster chess on a formal footing and ...
Winners of the Ulster Championship 1933-1959
At a meeting on the 1st February 1932 the representatives of the various Belfast clubs decided to put the organisation of Ulster chess on a formal footing and ...
History of the Hammel Cup
The Hammel Cup, or to give its full title "The Joseph Hammel Memorial Cup", was originally presented to the Belfast Chess Club in 1949 and was awarded to the ...
The Time Traveller
The original series of articles by the Time Traveller appeared in David McAlister's web magazine "Ulster Chess History." They were the fruit of his researches ...
Champions Clifton Claim League Opener
The Belfast & District League sprang back into life this week for the much-anticipated 2007/08 season, with the fixture list drawing together Division 1 ...
Ladies Day
The first in the 2022/2023 season Ladies Day event will be held by Queen's Chess Club.
Schools Ulster Championships 2012
The most presitigous event on the schools Chess Calender was held at Methodist College. Some 31 students battled to become the Ulster Champion. The youngest ...
The first Ulster Cyber Blitz tournament will be held on Monday 28th December, starting at 11am.
With over the board chess suspended, the traditional December Ulster Blitz tournament 2020 is moving online!
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Hammel Cup
Awarded to the winner of the UCU Summer Tournament. Played through the summer months at the rate of one game per week, players play as often (or as little) as ...
Bangor Runs another Brilliant Blitz
Bangor chess club completed its Blitz Tournaments with a well attended FIDE rated event on March 5th 2020.
Checkmate with honours
Last Thursday (4 April) Bangor Chess Club hosted a special simul match with 15 players taking on Division 1 player Brendan Jamison. However, the usual format ...
The Summer Tournament Weds 18th September at Civil Service Pavilion
We are into the last weeks of the Summer Tournament. This is the last evening of slow play chess - followed on the last Wednesday 25th Sept with a fun ...
Bangor Chess Congress
#22 "Rookie": Irish News 28th September 1983
Primary Schools' Team Event 1 June 2001
24 teams from 6 primary schools from as far apart as Portstewart and Killinchy competed in this event. The winners were "The Noble Knights" from Inchmarlo ...
The league is coming to a finish. The Summer Tournament will begin in May.
Easter is here and the chess continues. With FIDE rated tournaments organised by Brendan Jamison. The League is coming to an end. Soon we will have our annual ...
The Bangor Classic Continues.....
With the Bangor Chess Club premises unavailable for use during September and October, the Bangor Classic will continue for 4 more weeks outdoors at the picnic ...
Michael Waters wins the Ulster Open Bullet Championship 2020
The Ulster Open Bullet Championship was run online on Friday 3 April on LiChess.
FIDE RATED City of Bangor Sam Lynn Memorial Classic: Round 1
FIDE RATED City of Bangor Winter Classic 2024 Rounds 1 & 2