Fisherwick Club Championship
Fisherwick Club Championship, which ended last week, showed that the club has some strong young players. Joint champions are Roger Beckett and Kieran Greer on 6 points, with Diarmuid Simpson third on 5 points, while grading prize went to John McKenna and David Coulter, both on 4 points. However, Roger was jolly unlucky to end a 13-game run without defeat by losing to Martin Kelly in a rare smothered mate, following a Rook and Queen sacrifice, at Queen's University last weekend during the Ulster Intermediate.
Tom Brown's schooldays will certainly be happier after winning the Intermediate title as expected, as will bottom seed Fred MacDonald's, after finishing joint second. Samuel Campbell's 'superior' play won him the Junior title despite having no official ranking.
Competition Results
Ulster Intermediate: Albert Long Cup
- T. Brown 5 pts
- F. MacDonald, A. Cootes, H. Beckett 4 pts
- E. McMullan 3½ pts
grading prize: M. Kelly 3½ pts
Ulster Junior: Arthur Pinkerton Cup
- S. Campbell 5½ pts
- N. Tweedie, J. Harvey, A. Beckett 4½ pts
- P. Lambe, D. Robb 4 pts
Grading prizes: B. Thompson 4 pts, G. Tiernan 3 pts
Media
This week's game illustrates a rare smothered mate with a Rook and Queen sacrifice from this position!
