Childrens Chess Grandprix Standings after February 2024 Tournament.
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 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 |
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 |