Ulster Championship 2015

[ Information | Pairings & results | Crosstable | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | Openings ]

Sources and notes

Sources
UCU web sites
ICU ratings web site Results of Luke Scott
Sundry web commentary


Notes
Key In "Pairings & results", "x-ch" denotes players who were previous Ulster champions
Ratings
  • FIDE ratings are from the August 2015 list
  • UCU ratings are from the April 2015 list
  • ICU ratings (listed for Rory Quinn and Luke Scott in playable games) are from the May 2015 list
Organisers and arbiters The organiser and arbiter roles were shared between several people.
  • Arbiters:
  • Friday evening:
  • Chief Arbiter: David Houston
  • Assistant Arbiters: Ross Harris, Brendan Jamison
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  • Saturday morning & afternoon:
  • Chief Arbiter: Damien Cunningham
  • Assistant Arbiter: Ross Harris, Brendan Jamison
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  • Saturday evening:
  • Chief Arbiter: Ross Harris
  • Assistant Arbiter: Brendan Jamison
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  • Sunday morning & afternoon:
  • Chief Arbiter: Damien Cunningham
  • Assistant Arbiters: Ross Harris, Brendan Jamison.
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  • Adrian Dornford-Smith was responsible for live boards, live webcam, and the website.
Discrepancies Horváth - Annesley, round 5, was given by the live boards as a draw, but in the results as 1-0. The reports imply that 1-0 is correct.
Versions
  • v1.0 (30 Aug 2015): first posted version
  • v1.1 (14 Sep 2015): added reference to UCU tournament report; added reference to ICU ratings web site; extensive changes to formatting
  • v1.2 (16 Sep 2015): modified HTML to pass validator checks
  • v1.3 (11 Dec 2016): corrected typo in Organisers items on Information page; modified format
  • v1.4 (9 May 2017): deleted dead link to ulsterchess.net from playable games
  • v1.5 (20 May 2017): removed spurious ECO codes from 8 blank games
  • v1.6 (1 Jun 2017): added missing FIDE IDs to pgn embedded in playable games
  • v1.7 (22 Aug 2020): corrected and updated links to Concurrent events in Information → Basic data; changed dead links to NI Chess Blogspot to new address at Ulster Chess Chronicle in each playable game, in Information → Tournament review, and in Sources → Sundry web commentary; added Gábor Horváth's full name throughout; updated various links; changed http addresses to https; modified format
Contributors David McAlister, Seán Coffey