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Fisherwick players dominate Williamson Shield
The 2010 edition of the Williamson Shield was held over the last weekend in January.
Fisherwick Tournament
The Fisherwick Chess Club holds its second tournament of the 2009-2010 season.
Ulster Rapidplay Championship 2009
For the fifth successive year the UCU's Championship Rapidplay was held over the Christmas holiday period at Belfast Boat Club.
2010 ratings list published
The latest versions of the Union's two rating lists have been published.
QUB Rapid 2010, £1,000 prize fund, 20/03/10
The QUB Rapid returns to Belfast for 2010 with a massive £1,000 prize fund! Northern Ireland's richest ever one day chess event is set to reach new heights in its fifth year and provide an unmissable highlight in the Belfast chess calendar. So get involved!
Ulster Schools' Individuals Tournament 2009
The Ulster Schools Chess Council organised its 2009 Individual Championships at Methodist College, Belfast on Saturday 5th December.
Museum Rapidplay 2009 report
On the 22nd November 2009 the UCU organised a Rapidplay tournament in the Belfast Room of the Ulster Museum. This was exactly one month after the Museum had re-opened following a three year closure and £17.2m refurbishment.
League Chess Match Reports
Match reports on 2008 and 2009 Silver King winners QUB will again be available this season from here: http://chess.club.qub.ac.uk/qubb.htm
UCU Belfast & District Leagues 2009-2010
The 2009-10 B&D League season starts in the first week of November.
QUB Blitz 29/10/09 - £200 prize fund
The next QUB Blitz is on Thursday October 29th in Cafe Krem from 8pm!
North Belfast Handicap Rapidplay 2009
After the UCU Summer Tournament ends each year, it is customary to hold the prizegiving the following week alongside a rapidplay handicap tournament.
Novel feature for upcoming Fisherwick Tournament
Fisherwick Chess Club is organising a tournament running from 19 October to 23 November 2009 and which is open to non-members.
Ulster Championship 2005
In the annual battle for the title of Ulster Champion, Tom Clarke emerged victorious.
Scannell, Newman and Murphy: 2009 champions
The Ulster Championships were held over the August Bank Holiday weekend at the Europa Hotel, Belfast.
Coffeehouse Chess is back in Belfast
Coffeehouse chess is back in Belfast with the QUB August Blitz in Cafe Krem!
QUB June Blitz Report
5 rounds, 30 players, 7 newbies, a multinational cast of Poles, English, Irish, Americans and Aussies - all set under Bar Sub's atmospheric lighting and with a steady supply of alcohol. This bar blitz cocktail made the latest instalment in the series sweeping the SU one of the best to date.
QUB June Blitz 08/06/09
Blitz is back in the Students Union on Monday June 8th! QUB Chess is taking over Bar Sub from 7.15pm for 5 rounds of good old fashioned, straight shootout style blitz. There's no other chess event quite like it...
