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Gabor Horvath wins the Williamson Shield 2019
The weekend of January 19-20th 2019 was no regular weekend at the Stormont Pavilion in Belfast, as one of the most major chess events took place to kick off ...
Top youngsters play in Northern Ireland Mega-final
Saturday 17th May saw some 29 children play excellent chess at the UK Chess Challenge Northern Ireland Mega finals and enjoy some coaching from top Ulster ...
A brilliant culture night with Chess at the Caffe Nero
A cup of delicious coffee, a vibrant atmosphere, a lovely venue at the Caffe Nero, new aquiantances and the game of chess - what more could you ask for!
Stormont 2015
Top Ulster Children receive awards at Stormont on June 5th at the invitation of Kieran McCarthy MLA. The youngsters enjoyed a tour of Stormont and an ...
The Arthur Pinkerton Story
An autobiographical sketch
UK Chess Challenge Northern Ireland Megafinals
On Saturday May 16th Young chess players gathered for the Northern Irelands Mega-finals. Who would qualify for the next stage of these prestigious ...
Baracudas Open Season
"Chess Notes" from County Down Spectator, 8 Nov 2004
Reminder - UCU Board meeting 19th Sept 6:30pm on Zoom.
Reminder - UCU Board meeting 19th Sept 6:30pm we are holding a virtual meeting due to the Covid Virus. See details for the agenda.
Celebration of Ulster Players playing outside of Ulster autumn 2022
Two players represented Ulster in the British Blitz Championships. Ethan Cole played in the International Youth ChessMates Tournament in Magdeburg, Germany. ...
1950 Report
Covering the 1949-1950 season
The UCU 2021-22 leagues begin in October
The timetable for this years Ulster Chess Union Leagues.
Odds Tournament
Played at the Belfast Boat Club on Sunday 25th May 2008
Ulster Masters 2017
A thrilling weekend of chess saw three closely fought sections, with 10 players scooping prizes on the Sunday evening.
League Rules
Belfast & District League Rules: also known as UCU Standing Order 6
Plenty of Chess at the 2016 Summer School
The Ulster Chess Union runs it annual Summer School. The location, the beautiful setting of Ormeau Bowling Pavilion - brilliantly organised by Damien ...
File League Rules
PDF of the rules for the Belfast and District League
Belfast and District League Rules 2014 - 2015
Rules for the Belfast and District League 2014 - 2015 season
August 2024 FIDE NI rating report
By Brendan Jamison. The 1st August FIDE rating list covers 5 Northern Ireland tournaments that were held over the past 5 weeks and were rated on 31st July 2024.
Bangor's Ulster Champion
"Chess Notes" from County Down Spectator, 15 Jan 2004
Chris Lyttle MLA invites top youngsters to Stormont Chess Award Ceremony
On friday 8th June 2018 Chris Lyttle MLA invited top young chess players to Stormont to receive awards for chess and to play in the Belfast Elite Competition.
File Standing Order 06
Belfast & District League Rules
Childrens Chess kicked off in November - a warm-up for the Ulster Championships.
The first Childrens chess of the year was held at Methodist College on November 2nd. This starts the group of tournaments that leads to the top players being ...
Top Young Chess players compete at Stormont
On June 10th Chris Lyttle MLA invited the top chess talent to Stormont for an Elite tournament. The end of the chess year marks the awards for the Grandprix ...
May 2023 FIDE Rating List
Report by Brendan Jamison, FIDE National Arbiter
QUB March On After Humbling Hillsborough
Back in November, a mere four weeks into the chess season, QUB suffered dropped bonus points for the second week in succession, drawing against Portadown in ...
Lockdown Summer Tournament: weeks 10 - 11
Another two weeks and some 10 games. We are almost half way through the tournament. Players are still welcome even if they wish just to play a couple of games ...
Hillsborough vs QUB
After a generally impressive start by QUB in their opening fixture, their next encounter saw them face one of Division 2’s most solid performers – ...
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 ...
Over the Board
"Chess Notes" from County Down Spectator, 20 Nov 2003
The Belfast Scholastic Grandprix 2025 standings with one last tournament to go.
The Ulster Chess Union runs monthly tournaments open to all pupils. At the end of the series we have a special Awards Ceremony usually held in the beautiful ...