Childrens Chess Grandprix Standings after January 2023

With 2 of the 5 childrens chess tournaments completed we have the standings so far in the Grandprix. There are 3 more tournaments to go so plenty of opportunity to play and win points. Or to solve puzzles and also gain points. The season ends with an Award Ceremony usually held at Stormont.

The standings after 2 tournaments for The Belfast Scholastic Shields. These are given based on results from the series of 5 Childrens Chess tournaments played on Saturday Afternoons at Methodist College. The points are awarded depending on a players position for that month in their section: Primary / Lower Secondary and Upper Secondary (Form 4 and above) and for puzzle solving Primary and Secondary. The top 4 of each section are invited to an award ceremony and Elite tournament in June usually held at Stormont. An article on a previous award ceremony: https://www.ulsterchess.org/Members/ucu00450/2021-2022/childrens-chess-2021-22/stormont-awards-2022/naomi-long-mla-invites-top-young-chess-players-to-stormont-for-awards-and-competition

The scores for the tournaments are calculated on the position of the player in their section.

Position	Points
1	10
2	8
3	6
4	5
5	4
6	3
7	2
8	1

The top 3 scores over the series of the 5 tournaments are added together to calculate players scores. If players share points they share the prize.

So how do players stand....

The Belfast Scholastic Edward Whiteside Shield.

Primary Puzzle Solving Chess Champion

Place	Name	Year	Nov	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	Total	Best 3
1st	Lorcan Rippon	P6	8	10				18	18
2nd	Ethan Cole	P5	10	5				15	15
3rd	Matthew Loughrey	P4	5	6				11	11
4th	Jackson Coakley	P5		8				8	8
	Advait Tahmankar	P5	6					6	6
	Saoirse Barnes	P6	4					4	4
	Shlok Thoke	P6		4				4	4
	Cillian O’Hara	P6		3				3	3
	Peter Riddell	P6		2				2	2

The Belfast Scholastic Fergus O’Neill Shield.

Secondary Puzzle Solving Chess Champion

Place	Name	Year	Nov	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	Total	Best 3
1st	James Huang	F4	9	10				19	19
2nd	Saoirse Rippon	F2	5	4.5				9.5	9.5
3rd	Alexander Buchanan	U6	9					9	9
4th	Anjali Singh	F4		8				8	8
	Dylan Porter	F3	6					6	6
	Aaditya Singh	F2		6				6	6
	Daniel Hill	U6		4.5				4.5	4.5
	Peter Murphy	F2	3.5					3.5	3.5
	Ashwanth Subramanian	U6	3.5					3.5	3.5
	Skyla Finnegan	F1		3				3	3
	Adam Finnegan	F1	2					2	2
	Mohammed Farhan Rakeeb	L6		2				2	2
	Daniel Allen	F1	1					1	1
	Peter Gamble	F5		1				1	1

The Belfast Scholastic James Fairley Shield.

Primary Chess Champion

Place	Name	Year	Nov	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	total	Best 3.
1st	Ethan Cole	P6	10	10				20	20
2nd	Lorcan Rippon	P6	8	7				15	15
3rd	Matthew Loughrey	P4	3.5	3.5				7	7
3rd	Jackson Coakley	P5		7				7	7
	Advait Tahmankar	P5	5.5					5.5	5.5
	Casper Fuchs	P7	5.5					5.5	5.5
	Shlok Thoke	P6		5				5	5
	Saoirse Barnes	P6	3.5	1				4.5	4.5
	Noah Fitzpatrick	P6		3.5				3.5	3.5
	Josh Jones	P5	2					2	2
	Cillian O’Hara	P6		1				1	1
	Peter Riddell	P6		1				1	1

The Belfast Scholastic Shield.

Lower Secondary Chess Champion

Place__	Name____________	Year	Nov	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	Total	Best 3
1st	Saoirse Rippon	F2	7.25	10				17.25	17.25
2nd	Skyla Finnegan	F1	7.25	5.75				13	13
3rd	Louison Fuchs	F2	7.25					7.25	7.25
3rd	Dylan Porter	F3	7.25					7.25	7.25
	Thomas Loughrey	F2	1	5.75				6.75	6.75
	Aaditya Singh	F2		5.75				5.75	5.75
	Harrison Brown	F1		5.75				5.75	5.75
	Daniel Allen	F1	3.5					3.5	3.5
	Sohil Sai Bande	F1	3.5					3.5	3.5
	Harry Clarke	F2		3				3	3
	Adam Finnegan	F1	1					1	1
	Peter Murphy	F2	1					1	1

The Belfast Scholastic Shield.

Senior Secondary Chess Champion

Place	Name	Year	Nov	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	Total	Best 3
1st	James Huang	F4	8	9				17	17
2nd	Caleb McClean	F4	6	9				15	15
3rd	Ashwanth Subramanian	U6	10					10	10
4th	Alexander Buchanan	U6	5					5	5
	Ryan Anderson	F5		4				4	4
	Peter Gamble	F5		4				4	4
	Anjali Singh	F4		4				4	4
	Daniel Hill	U6		4				4	4
	Mohammed Farhan Rakeeb	L6		4				4	4
	Kevin MaGill	F5		1				1	1