The Time Traveller Archive


The 19th Century

Belfast Chess Club in the 1886-1887 Season
An Irish Chess Champion in Liverpool, 1887
Belfast Chess Club -v- Dublin Chess Club 1887
Anyone for tennis?
Belfast Chess Club -v- Dublin Chess Club 1895-1896

Ulster Championship

The first Ulster Championship, Belfast 1892
The 1893 Ulster Championship
The Ulster Championships of 1895, 1897 and 1899
John O'Hanlon: On the way to the Ulster Championship
Ulster Championship 1952 - A Welshman wins
The Championship that never was

Williamson Shield

In search of the donor of the Williamson Shield
Williamson Shield 1923: A hesitant revival
Williamson Shield 1924: Allen wins again
Williamson Shield 1925: A hat trick of victories
Williamson Shield 1926: A new champion
Williamson Shield 1927: McMahon retains Championship
Williamson Shield 1928
Williamson Shield 1929: The second series ends
The Williamson Shield 1950
Williamson Shield 1952: A close contest won by an old-timer

Team events

The first inter-city match, Belfast -v- Dublin, February 1926
Dublin -v- Belfast 1927
Belfast -v- Dublin 1928
Dublin -v- Belfast 1929
Belfast -v- Dublin 1931
Dublin -v- Belfast 1932
The first Irish Club Championship: An Ulster perspective
The Maghera Matches

Exhibition play

Blackburne Blindfold Display, Belfast 1886
Capablanca in Belfast
Alexander Alekhine: A World Champion in Belfast
Gerald Abrahams and the blindfold display

Personalities

Harold Godfrey Cole: The man from the Revenue
The Return of Alf Roper: Championship of Cork 1919
J.J. O'Hanlon: Never trust a kibitzer, even when he's a master
J. Barnett Steen: Memories of Ulster Chess
Albert Long: The organiser's tale