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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

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

1st

P7

10

8

10

 

 

28

28

McKeown, Alex

2nd

P4

8

10

6

 

 

24

24

Loughrey, Matthew

3rd

P5

6

6

5

 

 

17

17

Tahmankar, Advait

4th

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

1st

F1

 

10

8

 

 

18

18

Murphy, Peter

2nd

F3

5.5

7

4.5

 

 

17

17

Karpagavinayagam, Karthikeya

3rd

F3

8

4

1.5

 

 

13.5

13.5

Crothers, Toby

4th

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

1st

F5

 

9

10

 

 

19

19

Andrew Campbell

2nd

L6

 

9

7

 

 

16

16

Jonah Corr

3rd

F4

5.5

4

5

 

 

14.5

14.5

Jyuan Miguel G. Bendo

4th

L6

9

4

 

 

 

13

13

Toby Crothers

4th

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