Childrens Chess Grandprix Standings after February 2024 Tournament.

We celebrate young chess talent at the end of year Award Ceremony and Elite Chess tournament. Usually held at Stormont in June. The top 4 pupils of each section are invited. We have a grandprix system to allocate points per tournament. Find the current standings below.

The Belfast Scholastic Shield

This consists of the following Shields/Championships

James Fairley Shield: Primary School Championship

Lower Secondary School Championship

Upper Secondary School Championship

Edward Whiteside Shield: Primary Puzzle Solving Chess Champion

Fergus O’Neill Shield: Secondary Puzzle Solving Chess Champion

The Belfast Scholastic Henderson and Dawson Shield.Exceptional Young Chess Player

The top 4 players for Primary, Lower Secondary, Upper Secondary and Puzzle solving will be invited to Stormont for an Award Ceremony in June. Where there will be held an Elite tournament for the Primary, Lower and Upper Secondary sections.

See an article on last years event : https://www.ulsterchess.org/Members/ucu00450/2022-2023/childrens-chess-2023/stormont-award-ceremony-2023/the-annual-belfast-scholastic-awards-and-elite-tournament-took-place-at-stormont-on-9th-june-2023

Grandprix: points – Players positions in their section are taken. Their best 3 grand-prix scores over the 5 tournaments are added together.

Grand Prix Style Tournament

place gets 10 points
place gets 8 points
place gets 6 points
place gets 5 points
place gets 4 points
place gets 3 points
place gets 2 points
place gets 1 points

The standings up to and including February. We have 2 tournaments left included in this series. March and April.

Belfast Scholastic Shield 2024

The Belfast Scholastic Edward Whiteside Shield:

Primary Puzzle Solving Chess Champion

	Pos	Year	Nov	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	Total	Best 3
Rippon, Lorcan	1^st	P7	10	8	10			28	28
McKeown, Alex	2^nd	P4	8	10	6			24	24
Loughrey, Matthew	3^rd	P5	6	6	5			17	17
Tahmankar, Advait	4^th	P6			8			8	8
Grande, Matteo		P5	5		2			7	7
Coakley, Jackson		P6		3	4			7	7
Rippon, Torin		P3		5				5	5
Spence, Luke		P3	4					4	4
Davis, Alexander		P3		4				4	4
Gardner, Joseph		P4	3					3	3
Thornber, Mia		P6			3			3	3
Tiffney, Noah		P4	2					2	2
Chittemsetty, Mounika		P5			1			1	1

Belfast Scholastic Shield 2024

The Belfast Scholastic Fergus O’Neill Shield:

Secondary Puzzle Solving Chess Champion

	Pos	Year	Nov	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	Total	Best 3
Muradali, Kyan	1^st	F1		10	8			18	18
Murphy, Peter	2^nd	F3	5.5	7	4.5			17	17
Karpagavinayagam, Karthikeya	3^rd	F3	8	4	1.5			13.5	13.5
Crothers, Toby	4^th	F4		5	6			11	11
Deekonda, Rithvik		F2	10					10	10
McClean, Caleb		F5			10			10	10
G. Bendo, Jyuan Miguel		L6	2	7				9	9
Campbell, Andrew		L6		2	4.5			6.5	6.5
Banerjee, Aharshi		F2	3	3				6	6
Serafino Grande, Alessandro		F2	5.5					5.5	5.5
Rippon, Saoirse		F3	4					4	4
Corr, Freddie		F1			3			3	3
Pettigrew, Ryan		F3			1.5			1.5	1.5
Corr, Jonah		F4	1					1	1
Hulpea, Alex		F2		0.25				0.25	0.25
Rainey, Benjamin		F2		0.25				0.25	0.25
Kirkland , Isaac		F4		0.25				0.25	0.25
Hunt, Alexander		F1		0.25				0.25	0.25

Belfast Scholastic Shield 2024 James Fairley Shield.

Primary School Championship

	Pos	Year	Nov	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	Total	Best 3
Alex McKeown	1st	P4	10	6.33	10			26.33	26.33
Lorcan Rippon	2nd	P7	8	10	7			25	25
Matthew Loughrey	3rd	P5	5	6.33	0.25			11.58	11.58
Jackson Coakley	4th	P6		3.5	7			10.5	10.5
Isaac Ryan		P5		6.33				6.33	6.33
Matteo Grande		P5	5		0.25			5.25	5.25
Alex Gardner		P6	5					5	5
Advait Tahmankar		P6			5			5	5
Malachy Yao Duffin		P7	3		0.25			3.25	3.25
Mia Thornber		P6			3			3	3
Conor Marsh		P7			3			3	3
Mounika Chittemsetty		P5			3			3	3
Luke Spence		P3	2					2	2
Sebastian Parsons		P7		2				2	2
Joseph Gardner		P4	1					1	1
Alexander Davis		P3		0.5	0.25			0.75	0.75
Maxim Likhodievskiy		P6		0.5				0.5	0.5

Belfast Scholastic Shield 2024

Lower Secondary School Championship

	Pos	Year	Nov	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	Total	Best 3
Peter Murphy	1st	F3	10	8	5.75			23.75	23.75
Kyan Muradali	2nd	F1		8	10			18	18
Thomas Loughrey	3rd	F3	3	4	5.75			12.75	12.75
Rithvik Deekonda	4th	F2	8					8	8
Jake Gourley	4th	F2		8				8	8
Karthikeya Karpagavinayagam		F3	5	0.33	2.5			7.83	7.83
Marcus Keenan		F3			5.75			5.75	5.75
Peter McNab		F3			5.75			5.75	5.75
Saoirse Rippon		F3	5					5	5
Tom Busby		F2	5					5	5
Aharshi Banerjee		F2	1	4				5	5
Ryan Pettigrew		F2		2	2.5			4.5	4.5
Freddie Corr		F1		4				4	4
Alessandro Serafino Grande		F2	1		0.33			1.33	1.33
Aidan Spence		F1	1					1	1
Benjamin Rainey		F2		0.33				0.33	0.33
Alex Hulpea		F2		0.33				0.33	0.33
Leopold, Conor		F3			0.33			0.33	0.33
Odhran Marsh		F2			0.33			0.33	0.33

Belfast Scholastic Shield 2024

Upper Secondary School Championship

	Pos	Year	Nov	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	Total	Best 3
Caleb McClean	1^st	F5		9	10			19	19
Andrew Campbell	2^nd	L6		9	7			16	16
Jonah Corr	3^rd	F4	5.5	4	5			14.5	14.5
Jyuan Miguel G. Bendo	4^th	L6	9	4				13	13
Toby Crothers	4^th	F4		6	7			13	13
Ryan Anderson		L6	9					9	9
Isaac Kirkland		F4		4	2			6	6
Peter Gamble		L6	5.5					5.5	5.5
Eli Davison		F4		2	3			5	5
Rhys Allsop		L6			4			4	4