GreenIsland Back to School Blitz 2021

Greenisland FC Chess Club put on a Back to School Blitz Competition on Thursday 9th September. Players from GFC Chess Club. Strand Chess Club and Lisburn Chess Club played 6 rounds of competitive blitz chess.

Third place Ethan Cole (Strand) had an outstanding tournament with 4.5 points. Des Moreland (Strand) came in second with 5 points and Michael Sheerin (Lisburn) came first with 5 points.

New comers Andrew Campbell (GFC) and Peter Murphy (GFC) had excellent nights with 3 points in a very competitive field.

It was an excellent night of chess and GFC Chess Club looks forward to hosting other clubs for similar events in the future.

Thank you to the UCU and Adrian Dornford-Smith for arbitrating the event.

Report by Chris Dorrian.