The Childrens Chess April Tournament took place on Sat 11th April hosted at Methodist College.
The month of April and we have only two monthly competitions remaining. Todays Childrens Chess with an opportunity to win a place at the Stormont Elite Award ceremony followed by the Belfast Mega-finals on May 9th.
Pupils gathered at Methodist Collge. Collecting puzzle sheets to compelete between rounds. - interestingly there were a couple of mate in 2's that were very challenging - see these below.
Geoff Hindley our brilliant volunteer put arrows out directing players to the chess rooms and we setup the two chess playing rooms. With a 3rd room where parents could stay.
With everyone registered. The pairings were made, displayed on the screen and players found their tables and shook hands and the first round began.
Just prior to round 5 the puzzle sheets are collected and with the help of our other brilliant volunteer Amol Thoke they are marked and ordered. Each player recieving a certficiate.
Primary Puzzle Solving Champion: Aarin Michael
| Name | Year | Points | Cert |
| Micheal, Aarin | P4 | 10 | Gold |
| Jahandizi, Kia | P7 | 9 | Gold |
| Jakati, Jatin | P6 | 7 | Silver |
| Ganja, Abhiram | P6 | 6.5 | Silver |
| Sharma, Rishi | P6 | 6 | Silver |
| Castillo, Corey | P4 | 6 | Silver |
| Janjua, Abdullah | P5 | 5 | Silver |
| Johnston, Nathan | P7 | 4 | Bronze |
| Premkumar, Soundharya | P6 | 4 | Bronze |
| Davis, Alexander | P5 | 4 | Bronze |
Secondary Puzzle Solving Champion: Alwin Michael
| Name | Year | Points | Cert |
| Micheal, Alwin | F2 | 15 | Gold |
| Murphy, Peter | F5 | 7 | Silver |
| McClenahan, Timothy | U6 | 6.5 | Silver |
| Slebioda, Szymon | F3 | 6 | Silver |
| Saha, Shubham | F2 | 6 | Silver |
| Tahmankar, Advait | F1 | 6 | Silver |
| Murray, Nathan | F4 | 5 | Bronze |
| Thoke, Shlok | F2 | 3 | Bronze |
Some of the challenging mates in 2 - I think possibly because the first move isnt check. Solutions at the end of the page.
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Round 1
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Alwin Micheal F2 [0] 1:0 Szymon Slebioda F3 [0] 2 Aarin Micheal P4 [0] 0:1 Peter Murphy F5 [0] 3 Nathan Murray F4 [0] 1:0 Ryan Hall F1 [0] 4 Nathan Johnston P7 [0] 0:1 Alex McKeown P6 [0] 5 Darragh Marsh P7 [0] 1:0 Parker Robinson F2 [0] 6 Alexander Davis P5 [0] .5:.5 Shlok Thoke F2 [0] 7 Jatin Jakati P6 [0] 1:0 Tanish Thoke P5 [0] 8 Abhiram Ganja P6 [0] 0:1 Shubham Saha F2 [0] 9 Timothy McClenahan U6 [0] 1:0 Isaac Ryan P7 [0] 10 Soundharya Premkumar P6 [0] .5:.5 Kia Jahandizi P7 [0] 11 Karthikeya Karpagavinayagam F5 [0] 1:0 Rishi Sharma P6 [0] 12 Thomas Walker P6 [0] 0:1 Advait Tahmankar F1 [0] 13 Seth McClenahan F3 [0] 1:0 Abdullah Janjua P5 [0] 14 Corey Castillo P4 [0] 1:0 BYE 15 Calum Daly P6 [0] 0:1 Killian McKeown P2 [0]
by Swiss Perfect (TM) www.swissperfect.com
Round one and we look for the usual 1 - 0 - 1 - 0 .... pattern. So following this Alexander Davis with a draw against Shlok Thoke does very well. As goes Soundharya Premkumar with a draw against Kia Jahandizi.
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Round 2
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Shubham Saha F2 [1] 0:1 Alwin Micheal F2 [1] 2 Peter Murphy F5 [1] 0:1 Timothy McClenahan U6 [1] 3 Advait Tahmankar F1 [1] 0:1 Nathan Murray F4 [1] 4 Alex McKeown P6 [1] .5:.5 Karthikeya Karpagavinayagam F5 [1] 5 Corey Castillo P4 [1] 0:1 Darragh Marsh P7 [1] 6 Killian McKeown P2 [1] 0:1 Jatin Jakati P6 [1] 7 Shlok Thoke F2 [.5] .5:.5 Seth McClenahan F3 [1] 8 Kia Jahandizi P7 [.5] 1:0 Alexander Davis P5 [.5] 9 Szymon Slebioda F3 [0] 0:1 Soundharya Premkumar P6 [.5] 10 Isaac Ryan P7 [0] 0:1 Aarin Micheal P4 [0] 11 Ryan Hall F1 [0] 0:1 Abhiram Ganja P6 [0] 12 Rishi Sharma P6 [0] 1:0 Nathan Johnston P7 [0] 13 Parker Robinson F2 [0] 1:0 Thomas Walker P6 [0] 14 Tanish Thoke P5 [0] 1:0 Abdullah Janjua P5 [0] 15 Calum Daly P6 [0] 1:0 BYE
Alex McKeown gets a very good draw against Karthikeya Karpagavinayagam. Its brilliant to see so many young primary players. P2 and P4 and P5.
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Round 3
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Alwin Micheal F2 [2] 1:0 Darragh Marsh P7 [2] 2 Nathan Murray F4 [2] 1:0 Jatin Jakati P6 [2] 3 Timothy McClenahan U6 [2] 1:0 Alex McKeown P6 [1.5] 4 Seth McClenahan F3 [1.5] 0:1 Kia Jahandizi P7 [1.5] 5 Karthikeya Karpagavinayagam F5 [1.5] 1:0 Soundharya Premkumar P6 [1.5] 6 Parker Robinson F2 [1] 0:1 Peter Murphy F5 [1] 7 Tanish Thoke P5 [1] 0:1 Shlok Thoke F2 [1] 8 Rishi Sharma P6 [1] 0:1 Shubham Saha F2 [1] 9 Abhiram Ganja P6 [1] 0:1 Advait Tahmankar F1 [1] 10 Aarin Micheal P4 [1] 1:0 Corey Castillo P4 [1] 11 Alexander Davis P5 [.5] 1:0 Killian McKeown P2 [1] 12 Isaac Ryan P7 [0] 0:1 Szymon Slebioda F3 [0] 13 Abdullah Janjua P5 [0] 0:1 Ryan Hall F1 [0] 14 Nathan Johnston P7 [0] 1:0 Calum Daly P6 [1]
After this round we have only 3 players on full points. Alwin Michael, Nathan Murray and Timothy McClenahan.
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Round 4
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Timothy McClenahan U6 [3] 0:1 Alwin Micheal F2 [3] 2 Kia Jahandizi P7 [2.5] .5:.5 Nathan Murray F4 [3] 3 Peter Murphy F5 [2] 1:0 Karthikeya Karpagavinayagam F5 [2.5] 4 Darragh Marsh P7 [2] 1:0 Shubham Saha F2 [2] 5 Shlok Thoke F2 [2] 0:1 Advait Tahmankar F1 [2] 6 Jatin Jakati P6 [2] 1:0 Aarin Micheal P4 [2] 7 Alex McKeown P6 [1.5] 1:0 Alexander Davis P5 [1.5] 8 Soundharya Premkumar P6 [1.5] 1:0 Seth McClenahan F3 [1.5] 9 Szymon Slebioda F3 [1] 0:1 Abhiram Ganja P6 [1] 10 Ryan Hall F1 [1] 0:1 Rishi Sharma P6 [1] 11 Corey Castillo P4 [1] 0:1 Nathan Johnston P7 [1] 12 Calum Daly P6 [1] 0:1 Parker Robinson F2 [1] 13 Killian McKeown P2 [1] 0:1 Tanish Thoke P5 [1] 14 Abdullah Janjua P5 [0] 0:1 Isaac Ryan P7 [0]
Kia Jahandizi gets a good draw against Nathan Murray. Soundharya Premkumar wins against Seth McClenahan. Rishi Sharma wins against Ryan Hall.
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Round 5
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Alwin Micheal F2 [4] .5:.5 Nathan Murray F4 [3.5] 2 Kia Jahandizi P7 [3] 0:1 Peter Murphy F5 [3] 3 Darragh Marsh P7 [3] 1:0 Timothy McClenahan U6 [3] 4 Advait Tahmankar F1 [3] 1:0 Jatin Jakati P6 [3] 5 Soundharya Premkumar P6 [2.5] 1:0 Alex McKeown P6 [2.5] 6 Karthikeya Karpagavinayagam F5 [2.5] 1:0 Shlok Thoke F2 [2] 7 Shubham Saha F2 [2] 1:0 Parker Robinson F2 [2] 8 Aarin Micheal P4 [2] 1:0 Tanish Thoke P5 [2] 9 Nathan Johnston P7 [2] 1:0 Abhiram Ganja P6 [2] 10 Seth McClenahan F3 [1.5] 1:0 Rishi Sharma P6 [2] 11 Alexander Davis P5 [1.5] 0:1 Szymon Slebioda F3 [1] 12 Ryan Hall F1 [1] 1:0 Calum Daly P6 [1] 13 Isaac Ryan P7 [1] 1:0 Killian McKeown P2 [1] 14 Corey Castillo P4 [1] 1:0 Abdullah Janjua P5 [0]
No photos for the last 2 rounds as we are marking the puzzle sheets. Which are collected at the beginning of round 5. Volunteer Amol Thoke gives much valued help with the marking.
Alwin is leading the competition on full marks. Nathan Murray challenges him and gets a draw. Making the competition a little more open. Peter Murphy, P7 Darragh Marsh and Advait Tahmankar are chasing with 4 out of 5.
Round 6
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Peter Murphy F5 [4] 0:1 Alwin Micheal F2 [4.5] 2 Nathan Murray F4 [4] .5:.5 Darragh Marsh P7 [4] 3 Advait Tahmankar F1 [4] 0:1 Karthikeya Karpagavinayagam F5 [3.5] 4 Jatin Jakati P6 [3] 1:0 Soundharya Premkumar P6 [3.5] 5 Shubham Saha F2 [3] 1:0 Kia Jahandizi P7 [3] 6 Timothy McClenahan U6 [3] 1:0 Aarin Micheal P4 [3] 7 Seth McClenahan F3 [2.5] 0:1 Nathan Johnston P7 [3] 8 Alex McKeown P6 [2.5] 1:0 Ryan Hall F1 [2] 9 Abhiram Ganja P6 [2] 0:1 Shlok Thoke F2 [2] 10 Rishi Sharma P6 [2] 1:0 Szymon Slebioda F3 [2] 11 Parker Robinson F2 [2] 0:1 Isaac Ryan P7 [2] 12 Tanish Thoke P5 [2] 0:1 Corey Castillo P4 [2] 13 Calum Daly P6 [1] 0:1 Alexander Davis P5 [1.5] 14 Killian McKeown P2 [1] .5:.5 Abdullah Janjua P5 [0]
The final round. Michael Alwin wins and is overall leader of the competition. Darragh Marsh continues todo well and draws against Nathan Murray. Its excellent to see a P7 in the top tables and comming joint second. Also doing well in P6 Jatin Jakati who on board 4 wins against another excellent young player Soundharya Premkumar. The youngest player Killian McKeown finishes on a respectable 1.5 points.
Standings
Place Name Year Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 Alwin Micheal F2 5.5 16.5 23.0 20.0
2-4 Nathan Murray F4 4.5 15.5 23.0 18.0
Darragh Marsh P7 4.5 15.0 22.5 16.5
Karthikeya Karpagavinayagam F5 4.5 14.0 21.0 15.5
5-10 Timothy McClenahan U6 4 15.0 23.5 16.0
Peter Murphy F5 4 14.5 22.0 15.0
Advait Tahmankar F1 4 13.5 20.0 15.0
Shubham Saha F2 4 12.5 20.0 13.0
Jatin Jakati P6 4 12.5 18.5 15.0
Nathan Johnston P7 4 10.0 14.0 10.0
11-12 Alex McKeown P6 3.5 14.0 20.5 12.5
Soundharya Premkumar P6 3.5 13.0 19.5 13.0
13-18 Kia Jahandizi P7 3 14.0 21.0 13.5
Aarin Micheal P4 3 13.5 19.5 11.0
Rishi Sharma P6 3 12.5 19.0 9.0
Corey Castillo P4 3 12.0 17.0 9.0
Shlok Thoke F2 3 11.0 17.5 10.5
Isaac Ryan P7 3 8.5 13.0 6.0
19-20 Seth McClenahan F3 2.5 12.5 17.0 10.5
Alexander Davis P5 2.5 9.5 13.5 8.0
21-25 Abhiram Ganja P6 2 13.0 19.0 8.0
Parker Robinson F2 2 13.0 18.0 8.0
Szymon Slebioda F3 2 12.0 19.5 6.0
Tanish Thoke P5 2 10.0 14.5 8.0
Ryan Hall F1 2 9.0 14.0 6.0
26 Killian McKeown P2 1.5 8.0 12.5 6.5
27 Calum Daly P6 1 9.5 15.0 5.0
28 Abdullah Janjua P5 0.5 9.0 13.5 0.5
29-30 Thomas Walker P6 0 6.0 6.0 0.0
Oliver McConkey P7 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
The end of another brilliant afternoon of chess. Many thanks to the Ulster Chess Union, to the Volunteers Amol Thoke and Geoff Hindley, to Methodist College, all the parents supporting their young chess players and most important to all the chess players who create this brilliant event. Wishing you all the best in all your future games - enjoy.
Primary 5 and Under.
Champion : Aarin Micheal
2nd : Corey Castillo
| Name | Year | Score | |
| Micheal, Aarin | P4 | 1st P5< | 3 |
| Castillo, Corey | P4 | 1st P5< | 3 |
| Davis, Alexander | P5 | 2nd P5< | 2.5 |
| Thoke, Tanish | P5 | 3rd P5< | 2 |
Primary 6
Champion : Jatin Jakati
| Name | Year | Score | |
| Jakati, Jatin | P6 | P6 1st | 4 |
| McKeown, Alex | P6 | P6 2nd | 3.5 |
| Premkumar, Soundharya | P6 | P6 2nd | 3.5 |
| Sharma, Rishi | P6 | P6 3rd | 3 |
Primary 7
Champion : Darragh Marsh
2nd : Nathan Johnston
| Name | Year | Score | |
| Marsh, Darragh | P7 | P7 1st | 4.5 |
| Johnston, Nathan | P7 | P7 2nd | 4 |
| Jahandizi, Kia | P7 | P7 3rd | 3 |
| Ryan, Isaac | P7 | P7 3rd | 3 |
Form 1
Champion : Advait Tahmankar
2nd : Ryan Hall
| Name | Year | Score | |
| Tahmankar, Advait | F1 | F1 1st | 4 |
| Hall, Ryan | F1 | F1 2nd | 2 |
Form 2
Champion : Alwin Micheal
2nd : Shubham Saha
| Name | Year | Score | |
| Micheal, Alwin | F2 | F2 1st | 5.5 |
| Saha, Shubham | F2 | F2 2nd | 4 |
| Thoke, Shlok | F2 | F2 3rd | 3 |
Form 3
Champion : Seth McClenahan
2nd : Szymon Slebioda
| Name | Year | Score | |
| McClenahan, Seth | F3 | F3 1st | 2.5 |
| Slebioda, Szymon | F3 | F3 2nd | 2 |
Form 4 and above
Champion : Nathan Murray
2nd : Kathikeya Karpagavinayagam
| Name | Year | Score | |
| Murray, Nathan | F4 | F4 < 1st | 4.5 |
| Karpagavinayagam, Karthikeya | F5 | F4 < 1st | 4.5 |
| McClenahan, Timothy | U6 | F4< 2nd | 4 |
| Murphy, Peter | F5 | F4< 2nd | 4 |
Solution to the problems.
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3. White to mate in two 1. Qh8 Kf4 2. Qd4# 1. … Kh? 2. Bf5# |
4. White to mate in two 1. Ne4 Kxe4 2. Qg3# |
6. White to mate in two 1. Rg7 Bd6 2. Nxd6# |
7. White to mate in two 1. Rd3 e1Q 2. Rf3# |
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13. White to move (1001W-887) 1. Bg6+ Kf8 2. Qxe6 hxg6 3. hxg6 cant stop mate 1. … hxg6 2. hxg6+ Kxg6 3. Qxe6+ Bf6 4. Rg3+ Kh7 5. Rxd5 and wins |
14. White to move. (1001W-888) 1. Bxf7+ Kxf7 2. Ng5+ Ke8 3. Qe6 Mate is forced 2. … Kf6 3. Qe6# |
15. White to move (1001W-889) 1. Nf7 Kxf7 2. Rf1+ Ke8 3. Rxf8+ mate is forced |
16. White to move (1001W-890) 1. Qh6+ Nxh6 2. Bxh6# Or 1. Bh6+ …. |
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17. White to move (1001W-891) 1. aRd1! Bxg4 2. Rd3#
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18. White to move (1001W-892) 1. Ng5! Na5 2. Qh5 g6 3. Nf6+ Nxf6 4. Bxf7+ Ke7 5. Bc5+ resigns. |
19. White to move (1000CC-389) 1. Rxf6! Kxf6 2. Re6+ Kg7 3. Rxg6+! fxg6 4. Qxg6+ Kf8 5. Qh6+ Kf7 6. Bg6+ Kf6 7. Bh7+ Ke5 8. Qg7+ Kf4 9. Qg3# |
20. White to move (1000CC-390) 1. Nxc5 Bxc5 2. Rxc5! dxc5 3. Qg3+ Kh8 4. Qc7 Black resigned |
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21. White to move (1000CC-391) By creating mating threats – White traps the Queen. 1. Qa1+ Kh7 2. Qb1+ Kh8 3. Qb2+ Kh7 4. Qc2+ Kh8 5. Qc3+ Kh7 6. Qd3+ Kh8 7. Qh3+ Bh7 8. Qc3+ Kg8 9. Qc8! Kf7 10. Bc5! The Black Queen is trapped |
22. White to move (REH-70) 1. Kc2 Ka1 2. Nc1 a2 3. Nb3# |
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