Chess Links

Most recent update 28th December 2006


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.

Hillsborough 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.

The Irish Chess Archive

Irish IM Mark Orr is the web-master of this site that gives information on Irish players, championships and performances in international team events.

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.