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We had one of our largest Childrens Chess tournaments in March 2023

With some 45 youngsters we had a fantastic afternoon of chess at Methodist College on Saturday 11th March. With 6 rounds of chess and 22 challenging puzzles to solve.

New faces and a range of chess players. Each with their own unique style. Youngsters registered and took a problem sheet and either started solving problems or playing friendlies against other players - I was encouraging the playing of friendlies and meeting of new friends as it was more social and you could solve the puzzles latter.

With everyone registered we had a total of 45 players - brilliant. We play over two class rooms, we placed the boards to allow players movement and comfortable seating. Parents had their own room if they wished to stay.

The classrooms now have large digital screens and we used this to display the round pairings so allow the pupils to work out which of the two rooms they would be playing in - also the tables were numbered. I had brilliant help from Geoff Hindley and Karina Campbell our regular volunteers. The players were seated and the first round begun. With a hush of focused concentration in the two rooms.

Below are listed the full results with photos from the rounds. The final positions/standings are given at the end of the article.

Some briliant chess was played during the day and the atmosphere was one of friendly players enjoying an afternoon of chess.

Throughout the afternoon the youngsters are encouraged to solve puzzles. There are some 22 puzzles on the puzzle sheet. These are usually collected after wound 4. to allow us time to mark them.

The Secondary Puzzle Solving Champion : Karthikeya Karpagavinayagam.

Name Year score Cert
Karpagavinayagam, Karthikeya F2 12 Gold
Douglas, Justin F3 10 Silver
Murphy, Peter F2 9 Silver
Davison, Eli F3 9 Silver
Kirkland, Isaac F3 9 Siver
Singh, Anjali F4 9 Silver
Subramanian, Ashwanth U6 8 Silver
Hill, Daniel U6 6 Bronze
Rippon, Saoirse F2 2 Bronze
Campbell, Andrew F5 2 Bronze
Prentice, Jackson F1 0 Bronze
O'Neill, Daniell F2 0 Bronze

The Primary puzzles are very similar to the Secondary schools - except they have a row of mate in 1's when the Secondary have a row of mate in 3's. So the scores for the primary pupils shows an excellent skill at puzzle solving.

The Primary Champion : Lorcan Rippon with 20 out of 22 - brilliant.

Name Year score Cert
Rippon, Lorcan P6 20 Gold
Cole, Ethan P6 18 Gold
Matthew Loughrey P4 10 Silver
McKeown, Alex P3 7 Silver
Peramangalath Felix, Diego Zaniel P7 6 Silver
Selkh-Burgess, Zachary P7 5 Silver
Guerrero, Ben P7 5 Silver
O'Hara, Cillian P6 4 Bronze
Coakley, Jackson P5 4 Bronze
Carrington, Reuben P7 1 Bronze
Carrington, Felix P3 0 Bronze

To give you a feel for the puzzle solving - and to show how challenging these can be I include some examples below for you to try and solve. The solutions are at the bottom of the page.

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p16 p17 p18
p19 p20 p21

 

Round 1

Results

No Name                    Feder Total  Result   Name                             Feder Total

 1 Ethan Cole              P6    [0]      1:0    Isaac Kirkland                   F3    [0]  
 2 Mark Kyselov            F3    [0]      0:1    Ashwanth Subramanian             U6    [0]  
 3 Andrew Campbell         F5    [0]      1:0    Alex McKeown                     P3    [0]  
 4 Peter Murphy            F2    [0]      0:1    James Huang                      F4    [0]  
 5 Anjali Singh            F4    [0]      1:0    Daniell O'Neill                  F2    [0]  
 6 Henry Riddell           F3    [0]      0:1    Lorcan Rippon                    P6    [0]  
 7 Louison Fuchs           F2    [0]      1:0    Matthew Loughrey                 P4    [0]  
 8 Skyla Finnegan          F1    [0]      0:1    Daniel Hill                      U6    [0]  
 9 Caleb McClean           F4    [0]      1:0    Davyd Lazarenko                  F2    [0]  
10 Jackson Prentice        F1    [0]      0:1    Ben Guerrero                     P7    [0]  
11 Saoirse Rippon          F2    [0]      1:0    Crystal Shek                     P7    [0]  
12 Cristiano Shek          F2    [0]      0:1    Karthikeya Karpagavinayagam      F2    [0]  
13 Thomas Loughrey         F2    [0]      1:0    Jacob Doherty                    P7    [0]  
14 Matthew Mulhern         P7    [0]      0:1    Aidan Spence                     P7    [0]  
15 Peter Gamble            F5    [0]      1:0    Diego Zaniel Peramangalath Felix P7    [0]  
16 Peter Riddell           P6    [0]      0:1    Benjamin Lazarenko               L6    [0]  
17 Illya Prokopenko        L6    [0]      1:0    Felix Carrington                 P3    [0]  
18 Reuben Carrington       P7    [0]      1:0    Zachary Selkh-Burgess            P7    [0]  
19 Ryan Anderson           F5    [0]      1:0    Jackson Coakley                  P5    [0]  
20 Christina Joan de Klerk P6    [0]      0:1    Eli Davison                      F3    [0]  
21 Justin Douglas          F3    [0]      1:0    Cillian O'Hara                   P6    [0]  
22 Peter Wong              P6    [0]      1:0    BYE                                         
by Swiss Perfect (TM)  www.swissperfect.com

 

I do give players approx ratings and or ratings calc to date. This allows the top players to only meet in the latter rounds. The first round goes mainly to rating.

 

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March Childrens Chess - Round 2

Results

No Name                             Feder Total  Result   Name                    Feder Total

 1 Karthikeya Karpagavinayagam      F2    [1]      0:1    Ethan Cole              P6    [1]  
 2 Ashwanth Subramanian             U6    [1]      1:0    Thomas Loughrey         F2    [1]  
 3 Aidan Spence                     P7    [1]      0:1    Andrew Campbell         F5    [1]  
 4 James Huang                      F4    [1]      1:0    Peter Gamble            F5    [1]  
 5 Benjamin Lazarenko               L6    [1]      0:1    Anjali Singh            F4    [1]  
 6 Lorcan Rippon                    P6    [1]      1:0    Illya Prokopenko        L6    [1]  
 7 Ryan Anderson                    F5    [1]     .5:.5   Louison Fuchs           F2    [1]  
 8 Daniel Hill                      U6    [1]      1:0    Justin Douglas          F3    [1]  
 9 Eli Davison                      F3    [1]      0:1    Caleb McClean           F4    [1]  
10 Ben Guerrero                     P7    [1]      1:0    Reuben Carrington       P7    [1]  
11 Peter Wong                       P6    [1]      0:1    Saoirse Rippon          F2    [1]  
12 Zachary Selkh-Burgess            P7    [0]      1:0    Jackson Prentice        F1    [0]  
13 Isaac Kirkland                   F3    [0]      1:0    Crystal Shek            P7    [0]  
14 Jacob Doherty                    P7    [0]      0:1    Mark Kyselov            F3    [0]  
15 Alex McKeown                     P3    [0]      0:1    Cristiano Shek          F2    [0]  
16 Diego Zaniel Peramangalath Felix P7    [0]      0:1    Peter Murphy            F2    [0]  
17 Daniell O'Neill                  F2    [0]      0:1    Matthew Mulhern         P7    [0]  
18 Felix Carrington                 P3    [0]      0:1    Henry Riddell           F3    [0]  
19 Matthew Loughrey                 P4    [0]      1:0    Peter Riddell           P6    [0]  
20 Jackson Coakley                  P5    [0]      0:1    Skyla Finnegan          F1    [0]  
21 Davyd Lazarenko                  F2    [0]      0:1    Christina Joan de Klerk P6    [0]  
22 Cillian O'Hara                   P6    [0]      1:0    BYE                                

Ryan Anderson draws against Louison Fuchs.

 

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Round 3

Results

No Name                    Feder Total  Result   Name                             Feder Total

 1 Ethan Cole              P6    [2]      1:0    Lorcan Rippon                    P6    [2]  
 2 Caleb McClean           F4    [2]      1:0    Ashwanth Subramanian             U6    [2]  
 3 Andrew Campbell         F5    [2]      1:0    Daniel Hill                      U6    [2]  
 4 Saoirse Rippon          F2    [2]      0:1    James Huang                      F4    [2]  
 5 Anjali Singh            F4    [2]      1:0    Ben Guerrero                     P7    [2]  
 6 Louison Fuchs           F2    [1.5]    1:0    Karthikeya Karpagavinayagam      F2    [1]  
 7 Thomas Loughrey         F2    [1]      0:1    Ryan Anderson                    F5    [1.5]
 8 Peter Murphy            F2    [1]     .5:.5   Aidan Spence                     P7    [1]  
 9 Peter Gamble            F5    [1]      1:0    Henry Riddell                    F3    [1]  
10 Skyla Finnegan          F1    [1]      0:1    Benjamin Lazarenko               L6    [1]  
11 Illya Prokopenko        L6    [1]      1:0    Matthew Loughrey                 P4    [1]  
12 Cristiano Shek          F2    [1]      1:0    Zachary Selkh-Burgess            P7    [1]  
13 Matthew Mulhern         P7    [1]      0:1    Eli Davison                      F3    [1]  
14 Justin Douglas          F3    [1]      1:0    Reuben Carrington                P7    [1]  
15 Cillian O'Hara          P6    [1]      0:1    Isaac Kirkland                   F3    [1]  
16 Mark Kyselov            F3    [1]      1:0    Peter Wong                       P6    [1]  
17 Christina Joan de Klerk P6    [1]      0:1    Alex McKeown                     P3    [0]  
18 Peter Riddell           P6    [0]      0:1    Daniell O'Neill                  F2    [0]  
19 Tom Woolsey-Jensen      F3    [0]      0:1    Davyd Lazarenko                  F2    [0]  
20 Jackson Prentice        F1    [0]      1:0    Diego Zaniel Peramangalath Felix P7    [0]  
21 Crystal Shek            P7    [0]      1:0    Felix Carrington                 P3    [0]  
22 Flynn Woolsey-Jensen    P7    [0]     .5:.5   Jacob Doherty                    P7    [0]  
23 Jackson Coakley         P5    [0]      1:0    BYE                                         

With the addition of a couple of more players the tables went up to 23 - with Geoff Hindley and Katrina Campbell playing friendlys against the players with the bye.

 

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Round 4

Results

No Name                             Feder Total  Result   Name                    Feder Total

 1 James Huang                      F4    [3]      0:1    Ethan Cole              P6    [3]  
 2 Anjali Singh                     F4    [3]      0:1    Andrew Campbell         F5    [3]  
 3 Louison Fuchs                    F2    [2.5]    0:1    Caleb McClean           F4    [3]  
 4 Ashwanth Subramanian             U6    [2]      1:0    Ryan Anderson           F5    [2.5]
 5 Lorcan Rippon                    P6    [2]      1:0    Justin Douglas          F3    [2]  
 6 Daniel Hill                      U6    [2]      1:0    Illya Prokopenko        L6    [2]  
 7 Ben Guerrero                     P7    [2]     .5:.5   Mark Kyselov            F3    [2]  
 8 Eli Davison                      F3    [2]      0:1    Saoirse Rippon          F2    [2]  
 9 Isaac Kirkland                   F3    [2]      1:0    Peter Gamble            F5    [2]  
10 Benjamin Lazarenko               L6    [2]      1:0    Cristiano Shek          F2    [2]  
11 Aidan Spence                     P7    [1.5]    0:1    Zachary Selkh-Burgess   P7    [1]  
12 Daniell O'Neill                  F2    [1]      0:1    Peter Murphy            F2    [1.5]
13 Karthikeya Karpagavinayagam      F2    [1]      1:0    Jackson Prentice        F1    [1]  
14 Crystal Shek                     P7    [1]      0:1    Thomas Loughrey         F2    [1]  
15 Alex McKeown                     P3    [1]      1:0    Matthew Mulhern         P7    [1]  
16 Henry Riddell                    F3    [1]      1:0    Jackson Coakley         P5    [1]  
17 Matthew Loughrey                 P4    [1]      0:1    Christina Joan de Klerk P6    [1]  
18 Reuben Carrington                P7    [1]      0:1    Skyla Finnegan          F1    [1]  
19 Davyd Lazarenko                  F2    [1]      1:0    Cillian O'Hara          P6    [1]  
20 Peter Wong                       P6    [1]      1:0    Flynn Woolsey-Jensen    P7    [.5] 
21 Jacob Doherty                    P7    [.5]    .5:.5   Peter Riddell           P6    [0]  
22 Diego Zaniel Peramangalath Felix P7    [0]      0:1    Tom Woolsey-Jensen      F3    [0]  
23 Felix Carrington                 P3    [0]      1:0    BYE                                

Ethan continues to win - playing tought opponents. Alex McKeown one of our youngest players gets his second point winning against Matthew Mulhern.

 

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Round 5

Results

No Name                             Feder Total  Result   Name                        Feder Total

 1 Ethan Cole                       P6    [4]      1:0    Caleb McClean               F4    [4]  
 2 Andrew Campbell                  F5    [4]     .5:.5   James Huang                 F4    [3]  
 3 Daniel Hill                      U6    [3]      0:1    Ashwanth Subramanian        U6    [3]  
 4 Saoirse Rippon                   F2    [3]      0:1    Anjali Singh                F4    [3]  
 5 Benjamin Lazarenko               L6    [3]      1:0    Lorcan Rippon               P6    [3]  
 6 Ryan Anderson                    F5    [2.5]    1:0    Isaac Kirkland              F3    [3]  
 7 Mark Kyselov                     F3    [2.5]    0:1    Louison Fuchs               F2    [2.5]
 8 Peter Murphy                     F2    [2.5]    1:0    Ben Guerrero                P7    [2.5]
 9 Skyla Finnegan                   F1    [2]      1:0    Karthikeya Karpagavinayagam F2    [2]  
10 Thomas Loughrey                  F2    [2]      1:0    Alex McKeown                P3    [2]  
11 Peter Gamble                     F5    [2]      1:0    Davyd Lazarenko             F2    [2]  
12 Illya Prokopenko                 L6    [2]      1:0    Henry Riddell               F3    [2]  
13 Zachary Selkh-Burgess            P7    [2]      1:0    Christina Joan de Klerk     P6    [2]  
14 Cristiano Shek                   F2    [2]      0:1    Eli Davison                 F3    [2]  
15 Justin Douglas                   F3    [2]      0:1    Peter Wong                  P6    [2]  
16 Jackson Prentice                 F1    [1]      0:1    Aidan Spence                P7    [1.5]
17 Felix Carrington                 P3    [1]      0:1    Daniell O'Neill             F2    [1]  
18 Jackson Coakley                  P5    [1]      0:1    Matthew Loughrey            P4    [1]  
19 Cillian O'Hara                   P6    [1]      1:0    Crystal Shek                P7    [1]  
20 Tom Woolsey-Jensen               F3    [1]      0:1    Jacob Doherty               P7    [1]  
21 Matthew Mulhern                  P7    [1]      1:0    Reuben Carrington           P7    [1]  
22 Peter Riddell                    P6    [.5]     1:0    Flynn Woolsey-Jensen        P7    [.5] 
23 Diego Zaniel Peramangalath Felix P7    [0]      1:0    BYE                                    

A very exciting and tight game on board 2 between Andew and James ended with a draw. Leaving Ethan Cole leading after winning against the tough player Caleb McLean.

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Round 6

Results

No Name                        Feder Total  Result   Name                             Feder Total

 1 Andrew Campbell             F5    [4.5]    0:1    Ethan Cole                       P6    [5]  
 2 Ashwanth Subramanian        U6    [4]      1:0    Benjamin Lazarenko               L6    [4]  
 3 Caleb McClean               F4    [4]      1:0    Anjali Singh                     F4    [4]  
 4 James Huang                 F4    [3.5]    1:0    Ryan Anderson                    F5    [3.5]
 5 Louison Fuchs               F2    [3.5]    0:1    Peter Murphy                     F2    [3.5]
 6 Lorcan Rippon               P6    [3]      1:0    Skyla Finnegan                   F1    [3]  
 7 Zachary Selkh-Burgess       P7    [3]      0:1    Daniel Hill                      U6    [3]  
 8 Isaac Kirkland              F3    [3]      0:1    Saoirse Rippon                   F2    [3]  
 9 Eli Davison                 F3    [3]      0:1    Thomas Loughrey                  F2    [3]  
10 Peter Wong                  P6    [3]      1:0    Peter Gamble                     F5    [3]  
11 Ben Guerrero                P7    [2.5]   .5:.5   Illya Prokopenko                 L6    [3]  
12 Aidan Spence                P7    [2.5]    1:0    Mark Kyselov                     F3    [2.5]
13 Karthikeya Karpagavinayagam F2    [2]      1:0    Davyd Lazarenko                  F2    [2]  
14 Jacob Doherty               P7    [2]      1:0    Justin Douglas                   F3    [2]  
15 Alex McKeown                P3    [2]      1:0    Cillian O'Hara                   P6    [2]  
16 Daniell O'Neill             F2    [2]      0:1    Cristiano Shek                   F2    [2]  
17 Christina Joan de Klerk     P6    [2]      1:0    Henry Riddell                    F3    [2]  
18 Matthew Loughrey            P4    [2]      0:1    Matthew Mulhern                  P7    [2]  
19 Crystal Shek                P7    [1]      0:1    Peter Riddell                    P6    [1.5]
20 Felix Carrington            P3    [1]      0:1    Jackson Prentice                 F1    [1]  
21 Jackson Coakley             P5    [1]      1:0    Diego Zaniel Peramangalath Felix P7    [1]  
22 Flynn Woolsey-Jensen        P7    [.5]     0:1    Tom Woolsey-Jensen               F3    [1]  
23 Reuben Carrington           P7    [1]      1:0    BYE                                         

The two top players battle it out on board 1. Ethan wins the game and the tournament unbeaten with 6 out of 6.

Standings

Place Name                             Feder Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.

  1   Ethan Cole                       P6    6        16.0  24.0   21.0
 2-3  Caleb McClean                    F4    5        15.5  23.5   19.0
      Ashwanth Subramanian             U6    5        15.5  23.0   17.0
 4-6  James Huang                      F4    4.5      16.5  25.5   17.0
      Andrew Campbell                  F5    4.5      16.0  25.0   19.0
      Peter Murphy                     F2    4.5      12.0  17.0   13.0
7-13  Anjali Singh                     F4    4        15.5  22.5   17.0
      Benjamin Lazarenko               L6    4        14.0  21.5   15.0
      Daniel Hill                      U6    4        14.0  21.0   15.0
      Saoirse Rippon                   F2    4        13.5  19.0   15.0
      Lorcan Rippon                    P6    4        12.5  20.5   15.0
      Thomas Loughrey                  F2    4        12.5  18.5   12.0
      Peter Wong                       P6    4        10.5  15.0   12.0
14-17 Ryan Anderson                    F5    3.5      15.0  21.5   14.5
      Louison Fuchs                    F2    3.5      13.5  20.5   14.5
      Aidan Spence                     P7    3.5      13.0  19.5   11.0
      Illya Prokopenko                 L6    3.5      11.0  15.5   12.5
18-29 Eli Davison                      F3    3        14.0  22.0   12.0
      Alex McKeown                     P3    3        13.0  19.0    8.0
      Skyla Finnegan                   F1    3        12.5  18.0   10.0
      Isaac Kirkland                   F3    3        12.0  19.0   12.0
      Ben Guerrero                     P7    3        12.0  18.0   13.0
      Cristiano Shek                   F2    3        12.0  18.0   10.0
      Karthikeya Karpagavinayagam      F2    3        11.5  19.5   10.0
      Zachary Selkh-Burgess            P7    3        11.5  17.0   10.0
      Peter Gamble                     F5    3        10.5  15.5   12.0
      Christina Joan de Klerk          P6    3        10.0  15.0    9.0
      Matthew Mulhern                  P7    3        10.0  15.0    8.0
      Jacob Doherty                    P7    3         9.0  13.5    6.5
30-31 Mark Kyselov                     F3    2.5      13.5  21.5   10.5
      Peter Riddell                    P6    2.5       8.0  12.5    4.5
32-41 Daniell O'Neill                  F2    2        12.5  17.5    6.0
      Justin Douglas                   F3    2        12.0  17.5   10.0
      Matthew Loughrey                 P4    2        12.0  17.0    7.0
      Reuben Carrington                P7    2        12.0  17.0    7.0
      Davyd Lazarenko                  F2    2        11.0  17.5    7.0
      Henry Riddell                    F3    2        11.0  15.5    8.0
      Cillian O'Hara                   P6    2        10.0  14.0    7.0
      Jackson Coakley                  P5    2        10.0  14.0    5.0
      Jackson Prentice                 F1    2         9.5  13.5    5.0
      Tom Woolsey-Jensen               F3    2         8.5  12.0    4.0
42-44 Crystal Shek                     P7    1        11.0  15.5    4.0
      Diego Zaniel Peramangalath Felix P7    1        10.0  16.0    2.0
      Felix Carrington                 P3    1         9.0  13.5    3.0
 45   Flynn Woolsey-Jensen             P7    0.5      11.5  17.0    2.0

P5 and below Champion : Alex McKeowan

P5 and below 2nd: Matthew Loughrey

P5 and below 3rd: Felix Carrington

P6 Champion : Ethan Cole (and tournament Champion)

P6 2nd: Peter Wong

P6 3rd: Christina Joan de Klerk

P7 Champion: Aidan Spence

P7 2nd: Ben Guerrero, Zachary Selkh-Burgess, Matthew Mulhem, Jacob Doherty

P7 3rd: Reuben Carrington

F1 Champion: Skyla Finnegan

F2 2nd: Jackson Prentice

F3 Champion: Eli Davison, Isaac Kirkland

F3 2nd: Mark Kyselov

F3 3rd: Justin Douglas, Henry Riddell, Tom Woosley-Jensen

F4 and above Champion: Caleb McLean, Ashwanth Subramanian

F4 and above 2nd: James Huang, Andrew Campbell

F4 and above 3rd: Anjali Singh, Benjamin Larazenko, Daniel Hill

 

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The puzzle solutions:

13. White to move (1001W-739)

1. Qxg7+ Nxg7

2. Rxg7+ Kh8

3. Rg8+ Kxg8

4. Rg1+ Qg5

5. Rxg5#

14. White move. (1001W-740)

1. Qg6 fxg6

2. Nxg6+ hxg6

3. Rh3#

15. White to move (1001W-741)

1. Qxd7+ Kxd7

2. Rd1+ Kc8

3. Rf8+ Qe8

4. Rxe8+ Bd8

5. Rxd8#

16.  White to move (1001W-742)

1. Qg6+Bxg6

2. Ng5+ hxg5

3. hxg6#

17. White to move (1000CC-286)

1. Rf8+ Bxf8

2. d6+ Black resigned

18. Black to move (1000CC-287)

1. … Bxf2+

2. Kh1 Rxd1+

3. Qxd1 Rc1!

4. Qxc1 Bd5+

5. Nf3 Bxf3#

19. Black to move (1000CC-288)

1. …Nf3+

2. Nxf3 e2+

3. Nd4 exd1(Q)+

4. Qxd1 Re1+

resigns

20. White to move  (1000CC-289)

1. Bh7 resigns as threat of Bxh6#

21. White to move (1000CC-290)

1. Bxg6! as

1. … fxg6

2. Qxe6# or

1. … hxg6

2. Qh8