Ulster Chess Championship: Europa Hotel, Belfast, 21-23 August 2015

Yreval

The 2015 Ulster Chess Championships: Europa Hotel. 21st - 23rd August

The Ulster Chess Championships is a 3 day event taking place at the Europa Hotel from Friday 21st - Sunday 23rd August 2015.

Sponsored by: Europa Hotel

Venue: Europa Hotel, Belfast

Format: 6 round swiss

Entry Fee: £20 (£15 if made prior to Monday 17th August)

Registration: ALL ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BY 1.00 p.m. ON FRIDAY 21ST AUGUST. NO ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED ON THE NIGHT OF THE FIRST ROUND. Players must be registered with the UCU for the year 2015 / 2016.

Time Control: 1 hour 30 minutes + 15 sec increment per move. Players will be defaulted if they arrive more than 30 minutes after the start of the round.

In the event of players finishing on equal points a tie-breaking system will be applied for titles and money prizes. (First tie-break will be Median Buchholz followed, if necessary, by Buchholz, then most wins and then progressive scores.)

Timetable:

Round 1 - Fri 21st August 7.00pm

Round 2 - Sat 22nd August 9.30am

Round 3 - Sat 22nd August 2.00pm

Round 4 - Sat 22nd August 6.30pm

Round 5 - Sun 23rd August 10.00am

Round 6 - Sun 23rd August 2.30pm

Sections:

Senior over 1700

Intermediate 1400 - 1700

Junior under 1400

Prizes: The prize fund will be formulated and published on the first day of the tournament

http://www.ulsterchess.org/Members/ucu02548/ulster-chess-championships-2015/view

Yreval

Update: the UCU has recently purchased six DGT boards and will be using them to transmit the top games from each section live over the internet at http://ulsterchess.net/.

Danville

May players registered with ICU compete?

pawntof4

Danville wrote: »

May players registered with ICU compete?

That was the first question that popped in to my head when I saw the tournament advertisement. How much does it cost to register with the UCU?

Tychoo

I hear "Player A" is coming up for it

Yreval

pawntof4 wrote: »

That was the first question that popped in to my head when I saw the tournament advertisement. How much does it cost to register with the UCU?

It's £15.

Past_Pawn_99

Who do we send the entry fee to? Is there a way to enter online?

sinbad68

Past_Pawn_99 wrote: »

Who do we send the entry fee to? Is there a way to enter online?

Last year I wanted to enter this tournament and emailed my intention to the organiser over there, a guy called Ross Harris e-mailed me back , stating, you need to be born in northern ireland or be living there for the past 12 months before you could enter. So first, check with organiser to see if you qualify to enter & how to enter, If Not qualified, then Yreval advertising it here an telling icu members to pay £ 15 and join UCC , would make it a simple case of, The left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing.

Yreval

Winners:
Senior: Rory Quinn (although Gabor Horvath retains the trophy as Quinn is ineligible)
Intermediate: Thomas Donaldson
Junior: David Barr

A good write-up is available here.