| Notes |
| Key |
In "Pairings & results", "x-ch" denotes former Ulster champions |
| Ratings |
- FIDE ratings are from the October 2002 list
- ICU ratings are from the September 2002 list
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| Players |
Norman McFarland stepped in as a filler for James McDonnell, who took ill on the eve of the tournament, taking a half-point bye. McDonnell had to withdraw without playing a game. |
| Discrepancies |
- In the game MacDonald-Holmes (round 7), Holmes' scoresheet ends after 19. ... Kxf8, while MacDonald's adds 20. Na3. It is not clear which is correct (20. Na3, permitting 20. ... Bxd4, seems odd, but it's easier to see a played move being unrecorded than the converse).
- The club affiliations given in the report and in the ICU September 2002 rating list differ for many players. The ICU lists four players as belonging to Clifton House C.C., but that club was not founded until late 2003. The clubs listed on the Pairings & results page follow the tournament report. In addition to the four players listed by the ICU as Clifton House (Tom Clarke, Danny Mallaghan, Desmond Moreland, Damien Cunningham), the other discrepancies were Fred MacDonald (North Belfast per ICU; QUB per Ulster Chess News and here), Stephen Scannell (Bangor / North Belfast), Damien Lavery (Bangor / R.V.H.), and Mohamed Saad (unaffiliated / Q.U.B.).
- Stephen Scannell is given as "Steven Scannell" in the FIDE 2002 lists.
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| Incomplete games |
Douglas-Holmes is given in other sources to 32. ... e5. The extra moves here are from one of the scoresheets. |
| Versions |
- v1.0 (30 Jul 2011): first posted version
- v1.1 (31 May 2012): added index line to all .htm files
- v1.2 (26 Nov 2013): updated link to Fortwilliam Golf Club; removed popup games; added pgn to .htm files; modified format
- v1.3 (31 Jan 2014): removed popup games from "Interesting games" section; added pgn to .htm files (which was supposed to have happened in v1.2, but didn't); added ratings and link back to tournament report to .htm files
- v1.4 (21 Apr 2016): changed title of event to "Ulster Championship 2003" for consistency with full list of championships; modified format
- v1.5 (5 Apr 2017): updated photos page; replaced dead link to Ulster Chess News 2003 Number 1 with version from the wayback Machine throughout; updated link to ICU games database; changed link to venue to bypass advertisement; modified format
- v1.6 (31 May 2017): added FIDE IDs, where available, to pgn embedded in playable games
- v1.7 (15 Feb 2019): changed dead link in Information → Dates to version from the Wayback machine; deleted PlyCount "0" from null games in pgn; added extra indexing information in playable game files
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| Contributors |
David McAlister. Special thanks to Damien Lavery for photos, including many previously unpublished. |
