Childrens Chess 5th November 2022 at Methodist College
Many thanks to volunteers Andrew Todd, Geoff Hindly and Karina Campbell. We setup the boards in the two playing rooms and arrows to the rooms and registration of players started. All players who had previously registered attended which makes the organisation alot smoother. We had 21 players of all ages in one section. As usual we had a puzzle solving competition. Two sheets one for Primary students and one for Secondary. 22 puzzles on each sheet with space for the pupil to set a puzzle. This provides an opportunity for youngsters to discuss chess and we will give pointers/hints to the harder puzzles. Below are some of the puzzles with solutions at the end of the page. All players get their sheets marked and returned with a certificate.
Primary Puzzle Solving
Champion: Ethan Cole
| Name | Yr | Points | Cert |
| Ethan Cole | P6 | 20.5 | Gold |
| Lorcan Rippon | P6 | 19 | Gold |
| Advait Tahmankar | P5 | 16 | Silver |
| Matthew Loughrey | P4 | 8 | Bronze |
| Saoirse Barnes | P6 | 4 | Bronze |
Secondary Puzzle Solving
Champions: James Huang, Alexander Buchanan.
| Name | Yr | Points | Cert |
| James Huang | F4 | 14 | Gold |
| Alexander Buchanan | U6 | 14 | Gold |
| Dylan Porter | F3 | 12 | Silver |
| Saoirse Rippon | F2 | 11 | Silver |
| Peter Murphy | F2 | 9 | Silver |
| Ashwanth Subramanian | U6 | 9 | Silver |
| Adam Finnegan | F1 | 8 | Silver |
| Daniel Allen | F1 | 7 | Silver |
| Caleb McClean | F4 | 3 | Bronze |
| Sohil Sai Bande | F1 | 2 | Bronze |
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The first round starts and theroom buzzes with concentration.
Round 1
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Ethan Cole P6 [0] 1:0 Daniel Allen F1 [0] 2 Sohil Sai Bande F1 [0] 0:1 James Huang F4 [0] 3 Louison Fuchs F2 [0] 1:0 Thomas Loughrey F2 [0] 4 Skyla McConkey F1 [0] 0:1 Caleb McClean F4 [0] 5 Lorcan Rippon P6 [0] 1:0 Peter Murphy F2 [0] 6 Saoirse Rippon F2 [0] 0:1 Ashwanth Subramanian U6 [0] 7 Alexander Buchanan U6 [0] 1:0 Saoirse Barnes P6 [0] 8 Matthew Loughrey P4 [0] 0:1 Adam Finnegan F1 [0] 9 Kevin Cao F1 [0] 0:1 Casper Fuchs P7 [0] 10 Josh Jones P5 [0] 0:1 Dylan Porter F3 [0] 11 Advait Tahmankar P5 [0] 1:0 BYE
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The players are given an approx rating. The first round went to rating. With the exception of Casper winning against Kevin.
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Round 2
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Ashwanth Subramanian U6 [1] 1:0 Ethan Cole P6 [1] 2 James Huang F4 [1] 1:0 Alexander Buchanan U6 [1] 3 Adam Finnegan F1 [1] 0:1 Louison Fuchs F2 [1] 4 Caleb McClean F4 [1] 1:0 Advait Tahmankar P5 [1] 5 Dylan Porter F3 [1] 1:0 Lorcan Rippon P6 [1] 6 Casper Fuchs P7 [1] 0:1 Sohil Sai Bande F1 [0] 7 Peter Murphy F2 [0] 1:0 Kevin Cao F1 [0] 8 Daniel Allen F1 [0] 0:1 Saoirse Rippon F2 [0] 9 Thomas Loughrey F2 [0] 1:0 Josh Jones P5 [0] 10 Saoirse Barnes P6 [0] 0:1 Skyla McConkey F1 [0] 11 Matthew Loughrey P4 [0] 1:0 BYE
Round 2 and too of the top players meet. Ashwanth beats Ethan. Whilst James Huang wins against Alexander Buchanan. Geoff Hindley plays the player with the bye so all players get a good game.
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Round 3
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Caleb McClean F4 [2] 0:1 James Huang F4 [2] 2 Louison Fuchs F2 [2] 0:1 Ashwanth Subramanian U6 [2] 3 Ethan Cole P6 [1] 1:0 Dylan Porter F3 [2] 4 Lorcan Rippon P6 [1] 1:0 Casper Fuchs P7 [1] 5 Alexander Buchanan U6 [1] 1:0 Peter Murphy F2 [1] 6 Skyla McConkey F1 [1] .5:.5 Adam Finnegan F1 [1] 7 Sohil Sai Bande F1 [1] 1:0 Matthew Loughrey P4 [1] 8 Advait Tahmankar P5 [1] 1:0 Thomas Loughrey F2 [1] 9 Saoirse Rippon F2 [1] 1:0 Saoirse Barnes P6 [0] 10 Kevin Cao F1 [0] 0:1 Daniel Allen F1 [0] 11 Josh Jones P5 [0] 1:0 BYE
Once one round is over we start the next one and try to squeeze as many rounds into the afternoon as we can. The puzzles provide an activity to be done between rounds. James Huang wins against Caleb McClean and takes the lead with Ashwanth Subramanian who wins against Louison Fuchs. We are fortunate to have such a quality group of players.
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Round 4
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 James Huang F4 [3] 0:1 Ashwanth Subramanian U6 [3] 2 Alexander Buchanan U6 [2] 0:1 Ethan Cole P6 [2] 3 Dylan Porter F3 [2] 0:1 Louison Fuchs F2 [2] 4 Sohil Sai Bande F1 [2] 0:1 Caleb McClean F4 [2] 5 Saoirse Rippon F2 [2] 0:1 Lorcan Rippon P6 [2] 6 Adam Finnegan F1 [1.5] 0:1 Advait Tahmankar P5 [2] 7 Casper Fuchs P7 [1] .5:.5 Skyla McConkey F1 [1.5] 8 Daniel Allen F1 [1] 1:0 Josh Jones P5 [1] 9 Peter Murphy F2 [1] 1:0 Matthew Loughrey P4 [1] 10 Thomas Loughrey F2 [1] 1:0 Kevin Cao F1 [0] 11 Saoirse Barnes P6 [0] 1:0 BYE
The two leading players battle. Ashwanth wins and takes the lead going into round 5 on full points. Lorcan plays his sister Saoirse and wins - it always good to see families playing.
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Round 5
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Ashwanth Subramanian U6 [4] 1:0 Caleb McClean F4 [3] 2 Ethan Cole P6 [3] 1:0 Louison Fuchs F2 [3] 3 Advait Tahmankar P5 [3] 0:1 James Huang F4 [3] 4 Lorcan Rippon P6 [3] .5:.5 Alexander Buchanan U6 [2] 5 Dylan Porter F3 [2] 0:1 Saoirse Rippon F2 [2] 6 Thomas Loughrey F2 [2] 0:1 Daniel Allen F1 [2] 7 Skyla McConkey F1 [2] 1:0 Sohil Sai Bande F1 [2] 8 Adam Finnegan F1 [1.5] 1:0 Peter Murphy F2 [2] 9 Josh Jones P5 [1] 0:1 Casper Fuchs P7 [1.5] 10 Matthew Loughrey P4 [1] 0:1 Saoirse Barnes P6 [1] 11 Kevin Cao F1 [0] 1:0 BYE
Ashwanth continues to win chased by Ethan and James. Lorcan gets a good draw against Alexander.
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Round 6
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Ashwanth Subramanian U6 [5] 1:0 Lorcan Rippon P6 [3.5] 2 James Huang F4 [4] 0:1 Ethan Cole P6 [4] 3 Louison Fuchs F2 [3] 1:0 Skyla McConkey F1 [3] 4 Caleb McClean F4 [3] 1:0 Saoirse Rippon F2 [3] 5 Daniel Allen F1 [3] .5:.5 Advait Tahmankar P5 [3] 6 Casper Fuchs P7 [2.5] 0:1 Alexander Buchanan U6 [2.5] 7 Sohil Sai Bande F1 [2] .5:.5 Adam Finnegan F1 [2.5] 8 Peter Murphy F2 [2] 0:1 Dylan Porter F3 [2] 9 Saoirse Barnes P6 [2] 0:1 Thomas Loughrey F2 [2] 10 Matthew Loughrey P4 [1] 1:0 Josh Jones P5 [1]
The two youngest players Matthew and Josh play each other. Part of chess is to be able to enjoy playing against stronger players and probably loosing and learning. This process will improve a players chess. Its brilliant to see such young players focusing on the game and enjoying it.
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Round 7
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Alexander Buchanan U6 [3.5] 0:1 Ashwanth Subramanian U6 [6] 2 Ethan Cole P6 [5] 1:0 Caleb McClean F4 [4] 3 Louison Fuchs F2 [4] 0:1 James Huang F4 [4] 4 Lorcan Rippon P6 [3.5] 1:0 Daniel Allen F1 [3.5] 5 Advait Tahmankar P5 [3.5] 0:1 Dylan Porter F3 [3] 6 Saoirse Rippon F2 [3] 1:0 Adam Finnegan F1 [3] 7 Skyla McConkey F1 [3] 1:0 Thomas Loughrey F2 [3] 8 Saoirse Barnes P6 [2] 0:1 Sohil Sai Bande F1 [2.5] 9 Casper Fuchs P7 [2.5] 1:0 Matthew Loughrey P4 [2] 10 Josh Jones P5 [1] 0:1 Peter Murphy F2 [2]
We fit in a round 7. The last game being played is on the top board and close game and Ashwanth wins against Alexander. Winning the tournament on full points.
Standings
Place Name Feder Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 Ashwanth Subramanian U6 7 21.5 31.0 28.0
2 Ethan Cole P6 6 20.5 31.0 22.0
3 James Huang F4 5 21.0 31.0 22.0
4 Lorcan Rippon P6 4.5 18.5 28.5 18.5
5-9 Caleb McClean F4 4 22.5 32.5 19.0
Louison Fuchs F2 4 22.0 32.0 19.0
Saoirse Rippon F2 4 19.0 27.5 15.0
Dylan Porter F3 4 18.5 25.0 16.0
Skyla McConkey F1 4 17.0 22.5 14.5
10-14 Alexander Buchanan U6 3.5 22.0 30.5 15.5
Advait Tahmankar P5 3.5 18.0 26.0 17.0
Daniel Allen F1 3.5 16.0 22.5 13.0
Sohil Sai Bande F1 3.5 16.0 22.5 13.0
Casper Fuchs P7 3.5 14.0 19.0 13.0
15-17 Adam Finnegan F1 3 17.5 23.0 13.5
Peter Murphy F2 3 13.5 18.5 11.0
Thomas Loughrey F2 3 13.5 18.0 12.0
18-19 Saoirse Barnes P6 2 17.5 23.0 7.0
Matthew Loughrey P4 2 14.5 18.5 8.0
20-21 Josh Jones P5 1 16.5 22.0 5.0
Kevin Cao F1 1 9.5 15.5 1.0
With the games over we work out the certificate winners. Splitting the tournament by year each person on the same points and year receiving the same cert.
Form 4 and above
Champion: Ashwanth Subramanian
Second: James Huang
Third: Caleb McClean
Form 3
Champion: Dylan Porter
Form 2
Champion: Louison Fuchs, Saoirse Rippon
Second: Peter Murphy, Thomas Loughrey
Form 1
Champion: Skyla McConkey
Second: Daniel Allen, Sohil Sai Bande
Third: Adam Finnegan
P7
Champion: Casper Fuchs
P6
Champion: Ethan Cole
Second: Lorcan Rippon
Third: Saoirse Barnes
P5
Champion: Advait Tahmankar
Second: Josh Jones
P4 and below
Champion: Matthew Loughey
The solutions to the problems
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13. White to move (1001W-721) 1. Qxg6 hxg6 2. Rf3 …. 3. Rh3# |
14. White move. (1001W-722) 1. Bg7+ Kf7 2. Qe6+ Nxe6 3. dxe6# |
15. White to move (1001W-723) 1. Qb6+ cxb6 2. Bb4# or 2. … Ke7 3. d6+ Kf8 4. dxc7 winning |
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16. White to move (1001W-724) 1. f5+ exf4 2. Qxh5+ Kxh5 3. Nf4# or 2. … Kxf5 3. Qf3+ Kg6 4. Qxh5+ etc. |
17. White to move (1001W-725) 1. Qxf8+ Qxf8 2. Rxh7# |
18. White to move (1001W-726) 1. Qxh6+ gxh6 2. Bf6# |
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19. Black to move (1000CC-260) 1. … Nxd1 2. bxa5 Nc3 3. Rb2 Rf1+ 4. Rb1 Rxb1# |
21. White to move (1000CC-262) 1. e8(N)+ Rxe8 2. Rd7# 1. …. Kd5 2. Rd7+ Ke4 3. Nd6+ winning the Rook |
22 White to move (1000CC-263) 1. Re8 Qc7 2. Qxg5+ fxg5 3. Nh5# |
