Chess Links

Most recent update 5th June 2008

Ulster Chess Union	The official Ulster Chess Union web-site.
Bangor Chess Club	Information on the Groomsport-based club, though no updates since September 2005.
Derriaghy Chess Club	Club news and League results plus annotated games. NEW URL.
Portadown Chess Club	Player profiles, League results and games.
QUB Chess Club	Photographs, games, results and profiles of QUB players. Also instructional advice for beginners.
Randalstown Chess Club	Good coverage of the club's League campaign.
Chess Ulster	Bernard McCaughey's homepage features photographs of Ulster chess players and events from 2001 to 2003.
Irish Chess Union	The official Irish Chess Union web-site.
Leinster Chess Union	The official Leinster Chess Union web-site.
Chess Ireland	Information on Irish chess and links to many other Irish chess sites. This was the best Irish chess website, but unfortunately not updated since May 2003.
Grandmaster Square	Homepage of the Ireland's resident Grandmaster, Alexander Baburin.
English Chess	The official site of the English (formerly British) Chess Federation.
Chess Scotland	The official site for Scottish chess.
Welsh Chess Union	The official site for Welsh chess.
FIDE	The official site of the World Chess Federation.
European Chess Union	The official site for European chess Federations.
The Week in Chess	Mark Crowther covers the world chess scene in depth.
The British Chess Magazine	British chess events and the home of the game archive Britbase.
Chess Ninja	Mig Greengard's site features the Daily Dirt, which has all the hot gossip on what's happening in world chess. Also message boards and instruction.
The Chess Cafe	A selection of interesting articles including book reviews, opening analysis, endgame studies, chess history and the contemporary scene.
Chess Curiosities	Chess records, brilliant moves, articles and a regularly updated "Open Chess Diary" all feature in Tim Krabbé's site.
Chess Archaeology	Articles on chess history.
Chess History Center	Featuring Edward Winter's regularly updated "Chess Notes."
ChessBase	Homepage of probably the most popular database system for chessplayers. Free download of ChessBase Light available. Frequent articles on what's going on in the chess world.
Rebel	Homepage of Schröder BV chess software, including the playing engine Rebel. Some free utilities available, one of which EPD2diag generates the diagrams used by the Ulster Chess Chronicle.
En Passant	Information on various utilities for chess publishing and home-site of Palview, the javascript viewer used by the Ulster Chess Chronicle.