Youngsters gather at Methodist College to play the 1st Monthly Chess Tournament - The Belfast LJCC Qualifier.
Another school year and the beginning of October sees the beginning of our monthly chess tournaments. The Belfast LJCC Qualifier. The LJCC is one of the most presitgious tournments in the UK, more details website : https://ljcc.co.uk/
The dates for our events - click on links for more details: ( to register for any of these email mark.chris.newman@googlemail.com )
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May 8th UK Chess Challenge 9:45 – 5:00 |
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June GrandPrix prize giving |
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August Chess Summer School |
Geoff Hindley and Amol Thoke were my helpers for the day - many thanks to both, as without their help these events wouldnt be possibe. Geoff put the arrows in the car park to point to the Chess Rooms. The sets were setup in 2 class rooms. One of the younger players and one for the older. As for the qualifier we split the ages that need to qualify - as qualification is on the points you score and its fairest if you are only playing those competing for the same qualification age groups.
We had 5 under 10 plays and 7 under 12 players. So the Under10s played a 5 round all-play-all, followed by a manual draw for round 6 ( where players played a player that had already played). The Under 12 was played as a 6 round swiss. The clocks were set to 25mins each. But we informed parents that we would run each round once the previous round had finished.
As usual we gave out puzzle sheets to give a fun activity for players between rounds and to discuss chess, with certificates and trophies for the best solutions. We collect sheets at the start of round 5, mark them and allocate certificates and return them in the prize giving. I think the puzzles are one of the highlights of the day.
The Under 12 puzzle results.
Under 12. Puzzle Champion : Kia Jahandiz
| No | Name | Score | Cert. |
| 1 | Kia Jahandiz | 16 | Gold |
| 2 | Jatin Jakati | 13.5 | Silver |
| 3 | Corey Castillo | 13 | Silver |
| 4 | Abhiram Ganja | 15 | Silver |
| 5 | Nathan Johnston | 12 | Silver |
| 6 | Rizwan Arshed | 10.5 | Silver |
| 7 | Rishi Sharma | 10 | Silver |
| 8 | Alexander Davis | 9 | Silver |
| 9 | Pranav Pandey | 8 | Bronze |
| 10 | Sanvi Ashish Shambharkar | 6 | Bronze |
| 11 | Kriyansh Shukla | 5 | Bronze |
The Under 18 Puzzle results
Under 18 Puzzle Champion : Aharshi Banerjee
| No | Name | Score | Cert |
| 1 | Banerjee, Aharshi | 12.5 | Gold |
| 2 | Saha, Shubham | 12 | Gold |
| 3 | Thoke, Shlok | 10 | Silver |
| 4 | Anant , Rian | 9 | Silver |
| 5 | Slebioda, Szymon | 4 | Bronze |
| 6 | Power, Charlie | 1 | Bronze |
To share the beauty of the puzzles here is one side of the puzzle sheets. Have a go trying to solve them - the answers are at the bottom of this page.
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I looked after the Under12 and Under10 sections. The Under18 were in another room under the watchful eyes of Geoff and Amol.
With the starting of the next round shortly after the end of the last one - as we didnt wish to keep the younger players hanging around between rounds until 5:00pm, we shortened their chess day, with the agreement of the parents. The U10 and U12's finished early at about 1:20pm. Having said that we did stress at each round the need to play slowly....
With everyone arrived we did the draws and play started. A hush focused silence fell upon the chess rooms. The sound of thinking!
Belfast LJCC Qualifier U10 - Round 1
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Sanvi Ashish Shambharkar U10 [0] 1:0 Kriyansh Shukla U10 [0] 2 Corey Castillo U10 [0] 0:1 Rizwan Arshed U10 [0] 3 Bye U10 [0] 0:1 Alexander Davis U10 [0]
by Swiss Perfect (TM) www.swissperfect.com
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Belfast LJCC Qualifier U10 - Round 2
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Kriyansh Shukla U10 [0] 0:1 Alexander Davis U10 [1] 2 Rizwan Arshed U10 [1] 1:0 Bye U10 [0] 3 Sanvi Ashish Shambharkar U10 [1] 0:1 Corey Castillo U10 [0]
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Belfast LJCC Qualifier U10 - Round 3
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Corey Castillo U10 [1] 1:0 Kriyansh Shukla U10 [0] 2 Bye U10 [0] 0:1 Sanvi Ashish Shambharkar U10 [1] 3 Alexander Davis U10 [2] 0:1 Rizwan Arshed U10 [2]
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Belfast LJCC Qualifier U10 - Round 4
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Kriyansh Shukla U10 [0] 0:1 Rizwan Arshed U10 [3] 2 Sanvi Ashish Shambharkar U10 [2] 0:1 Alexander Davis U10 [2] 3 Corey Castillo U10 [2] 1:0 Bye U10 [0]
At the start of round 5 we collect in the puzzle sheets for marking so I am afraid no photos after here.
Belfast LJCC Qualifier U10 - Round 5
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Bye U10 [0] 0:1 Kriyansh Shukla U10 [0] 2 Alexander Davis U10 [3] 0:1 Corey Castillo U10 [3] 3 Rizwan Arshed U10 [4] 1:0 Sanvi Ashish Shambharkar U10 [2]
Belfast LJCC Qualifier U10 - Round 6
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Bye U10 [0] 0:1 Kriyansh Shukla U10 [1] 2 Alexander Davis U10 [3] .5:.5 Sanvi Ashish Shambharkar U10 [2] 3 Rizwan Arshed U10 [5] 1:0 Corey Castillo U10 [4]
Belfast LJCC Qualifier U10
Standings
Place Name 1 Rizwan Arshed U10 6 2 Corey Castillo U10 4 3 Alexander Davis U10 3.5 4 Sanvi Ashish Shambharkar U10 2.5 5 Kriyansh Shukla U10 2
Belfast LJCC Qualifier U12 - Round 1
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 5 Kia Jahandiz U12 [0] 1:0 Nathan Johnston U12 [0] 6 Abhiram Ganja U12 [0] .5:.5 Tanish Thoke U12 [0] 7 Jatin Jakati U12 [0] 1:0 Rishi Sharma U12 [0] 8 Pranav Pandey U12 [0] 1:0 BYE
by Swiss Perfect (TM) www.swissperfect.com
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Belfast LJCC Qualifier U12 - Round 2
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 5 Pranav Pandey U12 [1] 0:1 Kia Jahandiz U12 [1] 6 Tanish Thoke U12 [.5] 0:1 Jatin Jakati U12 [1] 7 Nathan Johnston U12 [0] 0:1 Abhiram Ganja U12 [.5] 8 Rishi Sharma U12 [0] 1:0 BYE
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Belfast LJCC Qualifier U12 - Round 3
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 5 Kia Jahandiz U12 [2] 1:0 Jatin Jakati U12 [2] 6 Abhiram Ganja U12 [1.5] 1:0 Pranav Pandey U12 [1] 7 Rishi Sharma U12 [1] 1:0 Tanish Thoke U12 [.5] 8 Nathan Johnston U12 [0] 1:0 BYE
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Belfast LJCC Qualifier U12 - Round 4
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 5 Abhiram Ganja U12 [2.5] 0:1 Kia Jahandiz U12 [3] 6 Jatin Jakati U12 [2] 1:0 Nathan Johnston U12 [1] 7 Pranav Pandey U12 [1] 0:1 Rishi Sharma U12 [2] 8 Tanish Thoke U12 [.5] 1:0 BYE
Belfast LJCC Qualifier U12 - Round 5
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 5 Rishi Sharma U12 [3] .5:.5 Kia Jahandiz U12 [4] 6 Jatin Jakati U12 [3] 1:0 Pranav Pandey U12 [1] 7 Tanish Thoke U12 [1.5] 0:1 Nathan Johnston U12 [1] 8 Abhiram Ganja U12 [2.5] 1:0 BYE
Belfast LJCC Qualifier U12 - Round 6
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 5 Kia Jahandiz U12 [4.5] 1:0 Tanish Thoke U12 [1.5] 6 Rishi Sharma U12 [3.5] 0:1 Abhiram Ganja U12 [3.5] 7 Nathan Johnston U12 [2] 1:0 Pranav Pandey U12 [1] 8 Jatin Jakati U12 [4] 1:0 BYE
Belfast LJCC Qualifier U12
Standings
Place Name Feder Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr. 1 Kia Jahandiz U12 5.5 10.5 15.5 20.0 2 Jatin Jakati U12 5 9.5 15.5 17.0 3 Abhiram Ganja U12 4.5 9.5 15.5 15.0 4 Rishi Sharma U12 3.5 12.5 18.5 13.0 5 Nathan Johnston U12 3 12.5 18.5 7.0 6 Tanish Thoke U12 1.5 14.5 22.5 6.0 7 Pranav Pandey U12 1 14.5 22.5 6.0
Under 10 Winners and Qualifiers.
| Name | total | Qualifier | Position | |
| 1 | Arshed, Rizwan | 6 | Major Qual | 1st |
| 2 | Castillo, Corey | 4 | Minor Qual | 2nd |
| 3 | Davis, Alexander | 3.5 | Minor Qual | 3rd |
Under 12 Winners and Qualifiers
| Name | Score | Qualifier | Position | |
| 1 | Jahandiz, Kia | 5.5 | Major Qual | 1st |
| 2 | Jakati, Jatin | 5 | Major Qual | 2nd |
| 3 | Ganja, Abhiram | 4.5 | Major Qual | 3rd |
| 4 | Sharma, Rishi | 3.5 | Minor Qualifer |
We look forward to seeing how the qualifiers do then they get to the LJCC finals and we wish them luck. Hopefully we will publish an article about their participation. Watch this space.
The U18's take more time over their games and we had thought that they would be sticking closely to the timetable. But they did end some rounds early and we did squeeze up the timetable. Completing the tournament at about 2:30pm a very early time. I have put photos and the results below.
Belfast LJCC Qualifier U18 - Round 1
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 10 Charlie Power U16 [0] 0:1 Szymon Slebioda U16 [0] 11 Parker Robinson U14 [0] 0:1 Aharshi Banerjee U16 [0] 12 Darragh Marsh. U14 [0] 1:0 Ayush Ashish Shambharkar U14 [0] 13 Dean AlMasri U16 [0] 0:1 Shlok Thoke U16 [0] 14 Shubham Saha U14 [0] 1:0 Rian Anant U14 [0] 15 Poorva Maske U14 [0] 0:1 Simon Murphy U16 [0] 16 Conal Caughey U14 [0] 1:0 Suchita Pandey U14 [0]
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Belfast LJCC Qualifier U18 - Round 2
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 10 Aharshi Banerjee U16 [1] .5:.5 Shubham Saha U14 [1] 11 Simon Murphy U16 [1] 0:1 Darragh Marsh. U14 [1] 12 Shlok Thoke U16 [1] 1:0 Conal Caughey U14 [1] 13 Szymon Slebioda U16 [1] .5:.5 Parker Robinson U14 [0] 14 Ayush Ashish Shambharkar U14 [0] 0:1 Poorva Maske U14 [0] 15 Suchita Pandey U14 [0] 0:1 Dean AlMasri U16 [0] 16 Rian Anant U14 [0] 0:1 Charlie Power U16 [0]
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Belfast LJCC Qualifier U18 - Round 3
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 10 Darragh Marsh. U14 [2] 0:1 Shlok Thoke U16 [2] 11 Shubham Saha U14 [1.5] 1:0 Szymon Slebioda U16 [1.5] 12 Conal Caughey U14 [1] .5:.5 Aharshi Banerjee U16 [1.5] 13 Charlie Power U16 [1] 0:1 Simon Murphy U16 [1] 14 Dean AlMasri U16 [1] 1:0 Poorva Maske U14 [1] 15 Parker Robinson U14 [.5] 0:1 Ayush Ashish Shambharkar U14 [0] 16 Suchita Pandey U14 [0] 0:1 Rian Anant U14 [0]
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Belfast LJCC Qualifier U18 - Round 4
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 10 Shlok Thoke U16 [3] .5:.5 Shubham Saha U14 [2.5] 11 Aharshi Banerjee U16 [2] 1:0 Darragh Marsh. U14 [2] 12 Simon Murphy U16 [2] 1:0 Dean AlMasri U16 [2] 13 Szymon Slebioda U16 [1.5] 1:0 Conal Caughey U14 [1.5] 14 Ayush Ashish Shambharkar U14 [1] 1:0 Charlie Power U16 [1] 15 Poorva Maske U14 [1] 1:0 Rian Anant U14 [1] 16 Parker Robinson U14 [.5] 1:0 Suchita Pandey U14 [0]
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Belfast LJCC Qualifier U18 - Round 5
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 10 Aharshi Banerjee U16 [3] 0:1 Shlok Thoke U16 [3.5] 11 Shubham Saha U14 [3] .5:.5 Simon Murphy U16 [3] 12 Darragh Marsh. U14 [2] 1:0 Szymon Slebioda U16 [2.5] 13 Dean AlMasri U16 [2] 0:1 Ayush Ashish Shambharkar U14 [2] 14 Conal Caughey U14 [1.5] 0:1 Poorva Maske U14 [2] 15 Rian Anant U14 [1] 0:1 Parker Robinson U14 [1.5] 16 Charlie Power U16 [1] 1:0 Suchita Pandey U14 [0]
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Belfast LJCC Qualifier U18 - Round 6
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 10 Shlok Thoke U16 [4.5] 0:1 Simon Murphy U16 [3.5] 11 Ayush Ashish Shambharkar U14 [3] 0:1 Shubham Saha U14 [3.5] 12 Poorva Maske U14 [3] 0:1 Aharshi Banerjee U16 [3] 13 Parker Robinson U14 [2.5] 0:1 Darragh Marsh. U14 [3] 14 Suchita Pandey U14 [0] 0:1 Szymon Slebioda U16 [2.5] 15 Conal Caughey U14 [1.5] 0:1 Charlie Power U16 [2] 16 Rian Anant U14 [1] .5:.5 Dean AlMasri U16 [2]
Belfast LJCC Qualifier U18 - Round 6
Standings
Place Name Feder Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1-3 Shlok Thoke U16 4.5 15.0 21.0 18.5
Shubham Saha U14 4.5 15.0 21.0 16.0
Simon Murphy U16 4.5 14.5 21.5 15.0
4-5 Darragh Marsh. U14 4 15.0 22.0 14.0
Aharshi Banerjee U16 4 14.0 20.0 14.5
6 Szymon Slebioda U16 3.5 11.0 15.5 12.5
7-9 Ayush Ashish Shambharkar U14 3 12.5 19.5 9.0
Poorva Maske U14 3 11.0 17.0 10.0
Charlie Power U16 3 9.5 14.0 8.0
10-11 Dean AlMasri U16 2.5 12.0 16.5 9.5
Parker Robinson U14 2.5 12.0 16.0 7.5
12-13 Conal Caughey U14 1.5 13.5 18.0 8.0
Rian Anant U14 1.5 11.0 15.5 4.5
14-15 Suchita Pandey U14 0 9.5 14.5 0.0
Under14 Champion: Shubham Saha
Under14 2nd: Darragh Marsh
Under14 3rd: Ayush Ashish Shambharkar
Under16 Champion:Shlok Thoke
Under16 2nd: Simon Murphy
Under16 3rd: Aharshi Banerjee
A big thanks to all the players, to their parents, to our volunteers Geoff and Amol and to Methodist School. Many thanks. See you at our next tournament.
The solutions to the puzzles.
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13. White to move (1001W-727) 1. Qxh7+ Kxh7 2. Rh3+ Kg8 3. Rh8# |
14. White move. (1001W-728) 1. Qxa6 Nxa6 2. Rxc8+ Kg7 3. Ng4 Qxa3 4. Bc3+ f6 5 Bxf6+ Kf7 6. Rh8 Qb4 7. Rxh7+ Kg8 8. Rd8+ Kxh7 9. Rh8# |
15. White to move (1001W-729) 1. Qd5 e6 2, Qxe6 fxe6 3, Bxe6+ Qf7 4. Rxf6 |
16. White to move (1001W-730) 1. Qxf3 Qxf3 2. Nd7+ Ka8 3. Nc6+ Na6 4. Nb6# |
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17. White to move (1000CC-264) 1. Rg5 Qxh4 2, Rg4 resigns |
18. White to move (1000CC-265) 1. Rh8+ Kf7 2. Be8!+ Nxe8 3. Kg5 resigns |
19. White to move (1000CC-266) 1. Qh7+ Kxh7 2. Nf6+ Kh8 3. Bxg7+ Kxg7 4. Rg3+ Black resigns |
20. White to move (1000CC-268) 1. Rd7 Rb1 2. Nxf7 Bxd7 3. Nd8+ resigns |
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21. White to move (BUYC-BB-20-4) 1. Kh3! avoiding g3 ( 1. Kg3? Ke3 2 h6 f4+ 3. Kg2 Ke2 4. h7 f3+ draw) 1. … f4 2. h6 f3 3. h7 f2 4. Kg2wining |
22 White to move (BUYC-BB-20-8) 1. Kc4! (or Kd4!) 1. … Kb8 2. Kd4! Kc8 3. Kd5! Kc7 4. Kc5! Kc8 5. Kb6 |
