The Ulster Blitz Champions are crowned for 2024/25 at Bangor City Chess Club.
To celebrate a fantastic year of Chess and so many brilliant events. Bangor City Chess Club hosted and ran the Ulster Blitz Championships. Photos and list of the Champions. Many thanks to Edward Khanzharov, Brendan Jamison and Caleb McLean.
Thanks to the brilliant club of Bangor City Chess Club and FIDE controllers Edward Khanzharov and Brendan Jamison and organiser Caleb McLean. We had one of the largest Blitz Ulster Championships for some years. The venue at Church of Ireland Parish Hall, Groomsport was buzzing with atmosphere as one of Ulsters Top Championships was played.
For more info on this fantastic Club - one of the oldest and largest in Ulster:
Webpage: https://bangorchess.com/
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Congratulations to the 12 prize-winners at this year’s Ulster Blitz Championship on Saturday 28 December at Bangor Chess Club.
Champion: Mandar Tahmankar 15/182nd Place: Steve Scannell 14.5/18
Intermediate Champion: Jyuan Miguel Bendo 11/18Junior Champion: Junel Venus 10.5/18U18 Champion: Ben McIlroy 10.5/18U17 Champion: Caleb McClean 11/18U16 Champion: Anayraj Tripathi 10.5/18U15 Champion: John Neill Rodriguez 9/18U14 Champion: Aharshi Banerjee 9/18U13 Champion: Ethan Cole 12.5/18U12 Champion: Danyil Siruk 9.5/18Full results are available to view on the FIDE site here:
The final points.
| Name | Rating | Score |
| Tahmankar, Mandar | 1992 | 15 |
| Scannell, Stephen P | 2116 | 13.5 |
| Sheerin, Michael | 1828 | 12.5 |
| Cole, Ethan | 1880 | 12.5 |
| McClean, Caleb | 2015 | 11 |
| Roberts, Danny | 1959 | 11 |
| Razbadauskas, Modestas | 1845 | 11 |
| Bendo, Jyuan Miguel | 0 | 11 |
| McIlroy, Ben | 1936 | 10.5 |
| Du Berry, Ross | 1783 | 10.5 |
| Venus, Junel | 0 | 10.5 |
| Barbals, Gatis | 1755 | 10.5 |
| Tripathi, Anayraj | 1700 | 10.5 |
| King, Alexander | 1756 | 10 |
| Spackman, Conor | 1749 | 10 |
| Sandrey, Jade | 1668 | 10 |
| Moreland, Desmond | 1743 | 9.5 |
| Wong, James | 1716 | 9.5 |
| Murphy, Peter | 1550 | 9.5 |
| Boyd, Jonathan | 1767 | 9.5 |
| Siruk, Danyil | 1507 | 9.5 |
| Rushe, Adam | 1894 | 8 |
| Kher, Aashay R | 1837 | 8 |
| McIlroy, Gerard | 1828 | 8 |
| Wesolowski, Andrzej | 1667 | 9 |
| Neill Rodriguez, John | 1579 | 9 |
| Allsop, Rhys | 1727 | 9 |
| Proctor, Richard | 1667 | 9 |
| Banerjee, Aharshi | 1720 | 9 |
| Foster, Ben | 1578 | 9 |
| Mead, Oliver | 1841 | 8.5 |
| McCroskery, Max | 1717 | 8.5 |
| Neill, Christopher John | 1627 | 7.5 |
| McWhinney, Ashley | 0 | 8 |
| Madane, Ketan | 0 | 8 |
| Tahmankar, Advait | 1514 | 7.5 |
| Bendo, Janna Mikaela | 0 | 7.5 |
| Boyd, Joshua | 1549 | 7 |
| Boyd, Jacob | 1533 | 6.5 |
| Riley, Elliot | 1600 | 5 |
| Rutherdale, Jim | 1611 | 4 |
| Khanzharov, Edward | 1707 | 4 |
| Wilson, Jamie | 0 | 3.5 |
| Miller, Rory | 1531 | 3 |
| Jamison, Brendan | 1924 | 3 |
| McClean, Reuben | 1601 | 1 |
| Todd, Andrew | 1721 | 2 |
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