Dates for this years series of Scholastic Chess at Methodist College
The dates for the tournaments are given below. Further details for each tournament will be given on this website in the events section.
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October 1st London Junior Chess Championships Qualifier 9:30 – 5:00pm |
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November 5th Childrens Chess 12:30 – 5:00 |
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December 10th Ulster Schools Championship 10:00 –5:00 |
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January 14th Childrens Chess 12:30 – 5:00 |
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February 11th Childrens Chess 12:30 – 5:00 |
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March 11th Childrens Chess 12:30 – 5:00 |
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April 1st Childrens Chess 12:30 – 5:00 |
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May 13th UK Chess Challenge 9:45 – 5:00 |
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June GrandPrix prize giving |
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August Chess Summer School |
For the first tournament see :
London Junior Chess Championships Belfast Qualifier
October 1st
Methodist College, Belfast
9:30am – 4:30pm
Packed Lunch Recommended
U8, U10, U12, U14, U19
Entry £5.00
Please register in advance by emailing mark.chris.newman@googlemail.com with Name, date of birth, School and parents contact no.(entry fee paid on day)
An opportunity to win a place at the prestigious LJCC in London
(The ages are as at midnight 31st August 2021,
groups U14, U19 can enter LJCC without qualifying)
6 Round Chess Competition
Problem Solving Competition
Email: mark.chris.newman@googlemail,com
Ulster Chess Union
The Childrens Chess afternoons are run as a group with a Grandprix system working.with the top four in each section - Primary, Lower Secondary and Upper Secondary being invited to Stormont for an award ceremony and Elite tournament. The top four for Puzzle solving in Secondary and Primary also are invited.
The scores for the tournaments are calculated on the position of the player in their section.
| Position | Points |
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| 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.
Report on previous Stormont 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
