Stewart McConaghy (right) receiving the Hammel Cup
from UCU President David McAlister
Back row (L-R): Martin Rogers, Mike McKim, Gary Johnson, Albert McCarter, Philip Todd
Seated (L-R): Ron Henderson, Richard Proctor (captain), Craig Kelly
]]>In the third in the series Fisherwick player John Cairns was making his first appearance in one of these events and he ended up the only unbeaten player. He tied on 5 points with Michael Holmes, who was awarded first place on tie-break.
Prizewinners
First Michael Holmes
Second John Cairns
Third Stephen Scannell
Fourth Damien Cunningham
Grading Prizes:
Band A Chris Black
Band B Calum Leitch
No Name Rtg Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 HOLMES, MICHAEL 2117 5 21:W 7:W 5:W 9:W 2:L 6:W 2 CAIRNS, JOHN 1961 5 16:W 10:W 3:D 19:W 1:W 4:D 3 SCANNELL, STEPHEN P. 2158 4.5 11:W 13:W 2:D 5:L 18:W 9:W 4 CUNNINGHAM, DAMIEN 1460 4.5 5:L 15:W 22:W 18:W 9:W 2:D 5 CLARKE, TOM 2132 4 4:W 18:W 1:L 3:W 6:L 13:W 6 LEITCH, CALUM 1086 4 20:W 9:L 10:W 11:W 5:W 1:L 7 BLACK, CHRIS 1527 4 23:W 1:L 16:D 12:D 11:W 20:W 8 CURRELL, FRED 1000 4 10:L 16:L 24:W 17:W 19:W 12:W 9 BRADLEY, JOHN K. 1866 3 14:W 6:W 12:W 1:L 4:L 3:L 10 MARRON, CIARAN 1514 3 8:W 2:L 6:L 14:L 22:W 16:W 11 COOPER, NEIL 1503 3 3:L 24:W 13:W 6:L 7:L 18:W 12 PARKER, TONY 1774 3 0:D 17:W 9:L 7:D 21:W 8:L 13 MORELAND, DESMOND 1757 3 24:W 3:L 11:L 16:W 15:W 5:L 14 KANE, MICHAEL 1332 3 9:L 20:W 18:L 10:W 16:L 19:W 15 ROOPE, TIM 1216 3 18:L 4:L 23:W 22:W 13:L 21:W 16 COOPER, SCOTT 1362 2.5 2:L 8:W 7:D 13:L 14:W 10:L 17 CAHOON, JOHN 1233 2.5 19:D 12:L 20:L 8:L 24:W 23:W 18 BECKETT, TONY 1620 2 15:W 5:L 14:W 4:L 3:L 11:L 19 Mc ALISTER, DAVID 1685 2 17:D 22:D 21:W 2:L 8:L 14:L 20 Mc CANN, STEPHEN 1619 2 6:L 14:L 17:W 21:L 23:W 7:L 21 STOREY, WILLIAM 1442 2 1:L 23:W 19:L 20:W 12:L 15:L 22 Mc KENNA, JOHN 1681 1.5 0: 19:D 4:L 15:L 10:L 24:D 23 CAHOON JNR, JOHN 1000 1 7:L 21:L 15:L 24:W 20:L 17:L 24 HOLMES, LOUIS 1329 .5 13:L 11:L 8:L 23:L 17:L 22:D
Michael Holmes also won the fourth in the series.
No Name Rtg Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 HOLMES, MICHAEL 2117 5.5 6:W 10:D 11:W 16:W 7:W 3:W 2 CLARKE, TOM 2132 5 22:W 17:W 5:W 7:L 4:W 14:W 3 BLACK, CHRIS 1527 4 4:L 8:W 19:W 10:W 6:W 1:L 4 CURRELL, FRED 1000 4 3:W 9:L 17:W 5:W 2:L 13:W 5 WALLS, EAMONN 1000 4 14:W 13:W 2:L 4:L 10:W 9:W 6 CUNNINGHAM, DAMIEN 1460 4 1:L 20:W 21:W 9:W 3:L 7:W 7 SCANNELL, STEPHEN P. 2158 3.5 18:W 11:D 12:W 2:W 1:L 6:L 8 HOLMES, LOUIS 1329 3.5 9:D 3:L 15:W 11:L 19:W 18:W 9 BRADLEY, JOHN K. 1866 3 8:D 4:W 10:D 6:L 11:W 5:L 10 Mc CANN, STEPHEN 1619 3 20:W 1:D 9:D 3:L 5:L 16:W 11 PILKIEWICZ, NICHOLAS 1842 3 16:W 7:D 1:L 8:W 9:L 12:D 12 PARKER, TONY 1774 3 0: 15:W 7:L 13:L 17:W 11:D 13 CAIRNS, JOHN 1961 3 21:W 5:L 16:L 12:W 18:W 4:L 14 MARRON, CIARAN 1514 3 5:L 21:L 22:W 17:W 16:W 2:L 15 SMYTH, DANIEL 1000 2.5 0: 12:L 8:L 19:W 20:L 22:W 16 ROOPE, TIM 1216 2 11:L 18:W 13:W 1:L 14:L 10:L 17 BECKETT, TONY 1620 2 19:W 2:L 4:L 14:L 12:L 20:W 18 COOPER, NEIL 1503 2 7:L 16:L 20:W 21:W 13:L 8:L 19 HINDLEY, GEOFF 1132 2 17:L 22:W 3:L 15:L 8:L 21:W 20 LOGAN, PAUL 1115 2 10:L 6:L 18:L 22:W 15:W 17:L 21 KANE, MICHAEL 1332 1.5 13:L 14:W 6:L 18:L 22:D 19:L 22 ORCHIN, JOHN C. 1471 .5 2:L 19:L 14:L 20:L 21:D 15:L
The penultimate event in the series was won by Steve Scannell, who will be joining the host club next season. The winner of three of the previous four tournaments, Michael Holmes, lost in the first round to Richard Proctor and then to Scannell in Round 5.
No Name Rtg Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 SCANNELL, STEPHEN P. 2158 5 4:W 10:W 13:W 2:D 5:W 3:D 2 PARKER, TONY 1774 4.5 9:W 11:W 8:W 1:D 3:L 6:W 3 MORELAND, DESMOND 1757 4.5 16:W 8:L 7:W 13:W 2:W 1:D 4 CUNNINGHAM, DAMIEN 1460 4 1:L 16:W 5:L 11:W 8:W 9:W 5 HOLMES, MICHAEL 2117 4 13:L 14:W 4:W 15:W 1:L 10:W 6 BLACK, CHRIS 1527 3.5 8:L 7:D 11:W 14:W 12:W 2:L 7 LEITCH, CALUM 1086 3.5 12:W 6:D 3:L 9:L 18:W 8:W 8 PEILE, ASHLEY 1185 3 6:W 3:W 2:L 10:W 4:L 7:L 9 HOLMES, LOUIS 1329 3 2:L 12:W 10:L 7:W 15:W 4:L 10 Mc CANN, STEPHEN 1619 3 15:W 1:L 9:W 8:L 13:W 5:L 11 WALLS, EAMONN 1000 3 17:W 2:L 6:L 4:L 16:W 18:W 12 LAVERY, DAMIEN 1495 3 7:L 9:L 16:W 17:W 6:L 15:W 13 PROCTOR, RICHARD 1442 2.5 5:W 18:W 1:L 3:L 10:L 14:D 14 MARRON, CIARAN 1514 2.5 18:W 5:L 15:L 6:L 17:W 13:D 15 MORGAN, ED 1193 2 10:L 17:W 14:W 5:L 9:L 12:L 16 CAHOON, JOHN 1233 2 3:L 4:L 12:L 18:W 11:L 17:W 17 THOMPSON, ANTHONY 1475 1 11:L 15:L 18:W 12:L 14:L 16:L 18 HINDLEY, GEOFF 1132 0 14:L 13:L 17:L 16:L 7:L 11:L
The final event in the series used the new Rating List and, despite having gained about 150 points from the previous list, 13 year old Calum Leitch was the winner on tie-break from Tim Roope, who had beaten Calum in their individual game.
Prizewinners
First Calum Leitch
Second Tim Roope
Third John Bradley
Fourth David McAlister
Grading Prizes Paul McLoughlin Chris Black and Shane Keers
No Name Rtg Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 LEITCH, CALUM 1234 5 6:W 3:W 10:W 2:L 8:W 4:W 2 ROOPE, TIMOTHY 1253 5 11:W 4:W 8:W 1:W 10:W 3:L 3 BRADLEY, JOHN K. 1903 4 9:W 1:L 7:W 4:L 13:W 2:W 4 Mc ALISTER, DAVID 1685 4 15:W 2:L 13:W 3:W 11:W 1:L 5 BLACK, CHRIS 1462 3.5 0: 7:D 14:W 8:L 6:D 11:W 6 Mc LOUGHLIN, PAUL 1690 3.5 1:L 10:L 16:W 9:W 5:D 8:W 7 KEERS, SHANE 1000 3.5 14:W 5:D 3:L 11:L 12:W 10:W 8 HOLMES, MICHAEL 2112 3 13:W 12:W 2:L 5:W 1:L 6:L 9 FENTON, COLIN 1443 3 3:L 14:L 15:W 6:L 16:W 13:W 10 FISHER, NEIL 1736 2.5 0: 6:W 1:L 12:W 2:L 7:L 11 Mc KENNA, JOHN 1694 2.5 2:L 15:W 12:D 7:W 4:L 5:L 12 MARRON, CIARAN 1563 2.5 16:W 8:L 11:D 10:L 7:L 14:W 13 PROCTOR, RICHARD 1519 2 8:L 16:W 4:L 14:W 3:L 9:L 14 WOODFIELD, IAN 1579 2 7:L 9:W 5:L 13:L 15:W 12:L 15 HINDLEY, GEOFF 1124 2 4:L 11:L 9:L 16:W 14:L 0:W 16 SMYTH, DAN 1000 0 12:L 13:L 6:L 15:L 9:L 0:]]>
Stewart McConaghy (right) receiving the Hammel Cup
from UCU President David McAlister
Phibsboro, the highest rated team, were run-away winners and qualified to take part in the 2003 European Club Championships. By finishing second, RVH also qualified for European action.
From left to right, RVH players Tom Clarke, John Masterson, Tony Parker, Neil Fisher,Stephen McCann and Michael Holmes with their certificates for finishing in second place
Round 1:
RVH Fisherwick Phibsboro Bray
T Clarke 1/2 K. Greer S. Brady 1:0 B. Beckett
M. Holmes 1/2 R. Devenney B. Fitzpatrick 0:1 E. Bennett
D. Mallaghan 1:0 J. Cairns K. Butler 1/2 P. Reynolds
T. Parker 1/2 G. McCormick H. Hofstra 1:0 A. Ekanayaka
S. McCann 0:1 T. Alcorn D. Salter 1:0 C. Byford
L. Holmes 1:0 N. McFarland T. Mooney 1:0 T. Conlon
3.5:2.5 4.5:1.5
Round 2:
RVH Phibsboro Fisherwick Bray
T Clarke 0:1 S. Brady K. Greer 0:1 B. Beckett
M Holmes 1/2 I. Llorens R. Devenney 1:0 E. Bennett
D. Mallaghan 0:1 B. Fitzpatrick J. Cairns 0:1 P. Reynolds
T. Parker 0:1 K. Butler T. Alcorn 0:1 A. Ekanayaka
N. Fisher 0:1 H. Hofstra N. McFarland 1/2 C. Byford
L. Holmes 0:1 D. Salter A. Beckett 1:0 T. Conlon
0.5:5.5 2.5:3.5
Round 3:
Bray RVH Phibsboro Fisherwick
B. Beckett 0:1 T Clarke S. Brady 1:0 K. Greer
E. Bennett 0:1 M Holmes I. Llorens 1:0 J. Cairns
P.Reynolds 1:0 J. Masterson B. Fitzpatrick 1/2 G. McCormick
A. Ekanayaka 0:1 D. Mallaghan H. Hofstra 1:0 T. Alcorn
C. Byford 1/2 N. Fisher D. Salter 1:0 N. McFarland
T. Conlon 0:1 T. Parker T. Mooney 1:0 B. Thompson
1.5:4.5 5.5:0.5
Final Table
1. Phibsboro 15.5
2. RVH 8.5
3. Bray 6.5
4. Fisherwick 5.5]]>No Name Rtg Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 SCANNELL, STEPHEN P. 2128 5.5 10:W 7:W 13:W 3:D 2:W 4:W 2 DAVIS, IAN 1798 4 9:W 4:W 3:D 7:W 1:L 5:D 3 WHITE, ARLO 1838 4 12:W 8:W 2:D 1:D 4:L 7:W 4 HOLMES, MICHAEL 2112 4 14:W 2:L 5:W 8:W 3:W 1:L 5 MORELAND, DESMOND 1743 3.5 8:L 6:W 4:L 12:W 11:W 2:D 6 MKRTCHYN, SEMYON 1861 3.5 13:D 5:L 8:L 9:W 12:W 10:W 7 PARKER, TONY 1825 3 11:W 1:L 9:W 2:L 8:W 3:L 8 Mc CANN, STEPHEN 1604 3 5:W 3:L 6:W 4:L 7:L 11:W 9 CUNNINGHAM, DAMIEN 1612 3 2:L 11:W 7:L 6:L 0:W 13:W 10 FISHER, NEIL 1736 2.5 1:L 14:D 12:L 0:W 13:W 6:L 11 HENDERSON, RON 1594 2 7:L 9:L 0:W 13:W 5:L 8:L 12 Mc LOUGHLIN, PAUL 1690 2 3:L 13:L 10:W 5:L 6:L 0:W 13 MALLAGHAN, DANNY 1710 1.5 6:D 12:W 1:L 11:L 10:L 9:L 14 TRIGGS, ROBIN 1694 .5 4:L 10:D 0: 0: 0: 0:
No Name Rtg Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 CLARKE, JOE 1597 5.5 6:W 7:W 2:D 4:W 11:W 5:W 2 BLACK, CHRIS 1462 5.5 28:W 11:W 1:D 18:W 9:W 6:W 3 LAVERY, DAMIEN 1525 4.5 27:W 18:D 14:W 9:L 22:W 12:W 4 LEITCH, CALUM 1234 4.5 17:W 14:D 13:W 1:L 18:W 9:W 5 SAAD, MOHAMED 4 8:W 19:L 15:W 12:W 7:W 1:L 6 PEILE, ASHLEY 1350 4 1:L 24:W 17:W 23:W 13:W 2:L 7 ROOPE, TIMOTHY 1253 4 22:W 1:L 16:W 14:W 5:L 15:W 8 HOLMES, LOUIS 1410 4 5:L 27:W 22:L 17:W 25:W 11:W 9 MILLAR, CHRIS 3.5 10:W 15:W 12:D 3:W 2:L 4:L 10 TRUESDALE, DEREK 1450 3.5 9:L 23:L 24:W 25:D 21:W 18:W 11 MORROW, RICHARD 3 16:W 2:L 21:W 22:W 1:L 8:L 12 MARRON, CIARAN 1563 3 23:W 13:D 9:D 5:L 16:W 3:L 13 CANNING, JOHN 1400 3 25:W 12:D 4:L 19:W 6:L 14:D 14 HARKNESS, MICHAEL J. 1466 3 26:+ 4:D 3:L 7:L 19:W 13:D 15 STOREY, WILLIAM 1463 3 24:W 9:L 5:L 27:W 23:W 7:L 16 LINTON, SEAN 1422 3 11:L 25:W 7:L 20:W 12:L 22:W 17 COLLINS, DAVID 1493 3 4:L 28:W 6:L 8:L 27:W 23:W 18 WALLS, EAMONN 1209 2.5 20:W 3:D 19:W 2:L 4:L 10:L 19 KANE, MICHAEL 1358 2.5 21:D 5:W 18:L 13:L 14:L 25:W 20 BECKETT, ALEXANDER 1469 2.5 18:L 21:W 23:L 16:L 24:D 28:W 21 ZULKIFLI, ZULHASRIZAL 2.5 19:D 20:L 11:L 26:W 10:L 27:W 22 BURNS, ALAN 1544 2 7:L 26:W 8:W 11:L 3:L 16:L 23 MORGAN, ED 1318 2 12:L 10:W 20:W 6:L 15:L 17:L 24 KEERS, SHANE 2 15:L 6:L 10:L 28:W 20:D 26:D 25 TODD, PHILLIP 1.5 13:L 16:L 26:W 10:D 8:L 19:L 26 HINDLEY, GEOFF 1124 1.5 14:- 22:L 25:L 21:L 28:W 24:D 27 CAHOON, JOHN 1234 1 3:L 8:L 28:W 15:L 17:L 21:L 28 Mc QUILLAN, WILLIAM 0 2:L 17:L 27:L 24:L 26:L 20:L]]>
Alex Beckett of Fisherwick Chess Club receiving the Ulster Team Championship Trophy
from UCU President David McAlister. As you can see the KO Cup is a shield!
Sam Moore and Gerald Harvey of the Civil Service Chess Club receiving the UCU Plate,
the tournament for first round losers in the KO Cup
Tom Clarke, Board 1 for the RVH team that won Division 1
of the Belfast & District Leagues receiving the "Silver King"
The playing room
Intermediate winner Jonathan Brown (White) blundered a piece against John McKenna in their Round 4 game. However, he had some compensation for it and when John failed to find the correct plan, Jonathan eventually forced a win with his queenside pawns.
No Name Rtg Total 1 2 3 4 5 1 BROWN, JONATHAN 1825 4.5 9:W 3:W 7:W 4:W 2:D 2 MORELAND, DESMOND 1743 4 14:W 16:W 6:D 7:W 1:D 3 Mc LOUGHLIN, PAUL 1690 4 19:W 1:L 10:W 12:W 6:W 4 Mc KENNA, JOHN 1694 3.5 13:W 12:W 0:D 1:L 9:W 5 MALLAGHAN, DANNY 1710 3.5 6:L 17:W 16:W 9:D 10:W 6 LAVERY, DAMIEN 1525 3 5:W 8:D 2:D 11:W 3:L 7 Mac DONALD, FRED 1806 3 17:W 10:W 1:L 2:L 14:W 8 MOORE, SAMUEL 1782 3 10:L 6:D 17:D 16:W 11:W 9 CUNNINGHAM, DAMIEN 1612 2.5 1:L 19:W 12:W 5:D 4:L 10 MARRON, CIARAN 1563 2 8:W 7:L 3:L 13:W 5:L 11 ALCORN, TOM 1786 2 16:L 14:W 13:W 6:L 8:L 12 O' FEE, JAMES 1895 2 15:W 4:L 9:L 3:L 16:W 13 Mc CONAGHY, STEWART 1507 2 4:L 15:W 11:L 10:L 17:W 14 BURNS, ALAN 1544 1.5 2:L 11:L 0:D 15:W 7:L 15 STRAWBRIDGE, JOHN J. 1635 1.5 12:L 13:L 0:D 14:L 19:W 16 CLARKE, JOE 1597 1 11:W 2:L 5:L 8:L 12:L 17 Mc CANN, STEPHEN 1604 1 7:L 5:L 8:D 19:D 13:L 18 Mc FARLAND, NORMAN 1614 1 0: 0: 19:W 0: 0: 19 BECKETT, ALEXANDER 1469 .5 3:L 9:L 18:L 17:D 15:L Note: Norman McFarland played as a "filler" in Round 3 to prevent a bye
Ciaran Marron making a move in his Round 4 game against Stewart McConaghy
Deep in thought - Damien Cunningham
No Name Rtg Total 1 2 3 4 5 1 Mc GRATH, BRENDAN 4 14:W 9:W 6:W 2:W 4:L 2 TRUESDALE, DEREK 1450 4 19:W 13:W 12:W 1:L 7:W 3 LEITCH, CALUM 1234 4 16:W 6:L 14:W 5:W 10:W 4 COLLINS, DAVID 1493 4 5:L 19:W 13:W 12:W 1:W 5 WALLS, EAMONN 1209 3 4:W 8:W 7:L 3:L 13:W 6 ORCHIN, JOHN C. 1484 3 17:W 3:W 1:L 7:L 15:W 7 STOREY, WILLIAM 1463 3 12:L 20:W 5:W 6:W 2:L 8 COLLINS, GEOFFREY 1291 3 20:W 5:L 9:L 18:W 12:W 9 BLACK, CHRIS 1462 3 18:W 1:L 8:W 11:W 0: 10 CAHOON, JOHN 1234 2.5 0:D 12:L 17:W 14:W 3:L 11 LINTON, SEAN 1422 2.5 21:L 18:W 0:D 9:L 17:W 12 GRZYMEK, DAVID 2 7:W 10:W 2:L 4:L 8:L 13 CAMPBELL, IAN 1244 2 15:W 2:L 4:L 16:W 5:L 14 MORGAN, ED 1318 2 1:L 15:W 3:L 10:L 18:W 15 MORROW, RICHARD 2 13:L 14:L 19:W 17:W 6:L 16 QUIGLEY, DANIEL 2 3:L 17:L 0:W 13:L 19:W 17 DOHERTY, CIARAN 1 6:L 16:W 10:L 15:L 11:L 18 KERR, EIMEAR 1 9:L 11:L 20:W 8:L 14:L 19 KERR, CONCHOBHAR 1 2:L 4:L 15:L 20:W 16:L 20 Mc DERMOTT, RACHEL 1 8:L 7:L 18:L 19:L 0:W 21 TURNBULL, ALLAN 1207 1 11:W 0: 0: 0: 0: Allan Turnbull played as a "filler" in Round 1 to prevent a bye
Chris Black (nearer the camera) and Sean Linton playing in Round 4
The four joint champions in the Junior: (from left to right) Derek Truesdale, Calum Leitch, David Collins and Brendan McGrath
Alongside the two Championship events Stephen Scannell beat Michael Holmes by 2.5 points to 1.5 in a four-game match for the Alex Beckett Trophy.
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Black has been defending a difficult Rook and pawn ending very well for about 15 moves, when he makes the fatal mistake of exchanging Rooks. 43...Rg5 44.Rxg5 Kxg5 45.b4 After 45.b4 axb4+ 46.Kxb4 White's a-pawn cannot be prevented from queening. 1-0
18.e6 fxe6 19.Nd4 Scannell was more concerned about 19.Ne5 Qe8 (19...Qa4 20.Nxg6) 20.Ng4 Bg7 21.Rxe6 when White regains his pawn with a better game. 19...Ng7 20.Re2 Rf8 21.Rae1 Rf7 22.g4 Rcf8 23.Nxe6 Nxe6 24.Rxe6 Rf3 25.Qd4 Bg7 26.Qc5 Rxh3 27.Qxe7 Qa4! 28.Qxb7 In time trouble White goes astray. He had to play 28.Qg5 though after 28...Rhf3 Black has the better chances. 28...Qxg4+ 29.Bg3 Qf3 Checkmate cannot be prevented. 0-1
16.Nxd5! exd5 17.Bxd5 Bxf4 18.Qxf4 0-0 19.Bxa8 Clarke had foreseen the sacrifice on d5 and thought his counterplay more than sufficient. However here White missed the intermediate move 19.Qa4 when after 19...Bxd3 20.Bxa8 Bxc2 21.Qxc2 Qxa8 he is winning. 19...Qxa8 and Clarke won after 52 moves.
White has a clear advantage and now finishes off in style. 25.Rxd5! exd5 26.Nxd5 Qd8 26...Qf7 (or g7) 27.Nf6+ Kd8 28.Rd2+ Bd6 (28...Ke7 29.Qd7#) 29.Nxg8 Qxg8 30.exd6 27.Qe6+ Checkmate cannot be avoided. 27...Be7 28.Nf6+ Kf8 29.Qxg8# or 27...Qe7 28.Nf6+ Kd8 29.Rd2+ Qd6 30.Qe8# 1-0
30.Qe3 here would be the conservative way to play the position, but Nixon treats the onlookers to an unusual but very effective finish. 30.Rbb7 Qg1+ 31.Kg3 Qf2+ 32.Kg4 h5+ 33.Kg5 Rc5+ 34.Kh6 Qf6 35.Rg7+ 1-0
1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 c5 3.d5 Qb6 4.Qc1 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.f3 0-0 8.e3 e6 9.Bd3 Na6 10.a3 Nc7 11.e4 fxe4 12.fxe4 exd5 13.exd5
13...Nfxd5 An enterprising sacrifice typical of Clarke's play throughout the Championship. 14.cxd5 c4 15.Be4 Qf2+ 16.Kd1 d6 17.Nge2 Bg4 18.h3? A mistake, but Black was probably winning against any defence. 18...Qd4+ 19.Ke1 Bxe2 20.Be3 Qe5 21.Kxe2 Nb5 22.Qc2 Nxc3+ 23.bxc3 Rae8 24.Bxa7 Qxd5 25.Qd2 Rxe4+ 26.Kd1 Qh5+ 27.g4 
27...Rxg4 28.Kc2 Qf5+ 29.Kc1 Rg3 30.Bd4 Rd3 31.Qc2 Bh6+ 32.Kb1 Qb5+ 33.Qb2 Qf5 34.Qc2 Qd5 35.Rd1 Rff3 36.Ka2 Rg3 37.Rg1 Rxg1 0-1
Nixon continues in close pursuit of Clarke, while this loss effectively ended Scannell's chances of winning the Championship for a fourth time in five years.
22.e5 Nxf4 23.Rxf4 dxe5 24.Nf5 exf4 25.Nxe7+ Kf8 26.Nxc8 Rxe2 27.Nxb6 axb6 28.d6 Ke8 29.b4 Nd7 30.Rc1 Ne5?? 31.Rc7 Rd2 32.d7+ If Rxd7 33.Rc8+ and mate next move.1-0
The biggest shock of the tournament. Not just for the result, but the manner of it. 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.dxe6 Bxe6 5.d4 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 0-0 7.Nf3 Re8 8.Be3 Ne4 9.Qc2 Bg4 10.Ne5 Bh5?! Inviting complications. An interesting alternative was 10...Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bf5 12.Qxf5 Bxc3+ 13.Ke2 Bxa1 14.Qxf7+ 11.Qxe4 f6 12.Qxb7 Better was 12.Qh4 fxe5 13.Qxh5 exd4 14.Rd1! (or 14.0-0-0! ) 12...fxe5 13.Qxa8 exd4
14.Qd5+?? White had to play 14.c5 dxe3 15.Bc4+ Kh8 16.0-0 exf2+ 17.Rxf2 (probably better than 17.Kh1 Bxc5) 17...Bxc5 18.Raf1 Bxf2+ 19.Rxf2 with some advantage. 14...Qxd5 15.cxd5 dxc3 16.a3 cxb2+ 17.axb4 bxa1Q+ 18.Kd2 Qb2+ 19.Kd3 Bg6+ 20.Kc4 Re4+ 0-1
19.Bxf6 Qxf6 20.Nxe6 Qxe6 21.Bxf7+ Rxf7 22.Qxf7+ Qxf7 23.Rxf7 Kxf7 24.Rxd7+ Kf6 25.Rxb7 Rd8 26.Rc7 Rd6 27.Kf2 g5 28.a4 h5 29.a5 a6 30.c4 Ke5 31.Ke3 Re6 32.Kd3 Kd6 33.Ra7 Kc5 34.Rxa6 Re1 35.Ra8 Rg1 36.g3 Rd1+ 37.Kc3 Rd4 38.Rb8 h4 39.Rg8 Rxc4+ 40.Kb3 Rb4+ 41.Ka3 Rg4 42.gxh4 Rxh4 43.Rxg5+ Kd6 44.Rg2 Kc5 45.Rg5+ Kd6 46.a6 Rxh2 47.a7 Rh8 48.Rg4 Ra8 49.Rg7 Rh8 50.Rb7 Ra8 51.Ka4 1-0
After Clarke had drawn with Holmes in Round 6, this loss for Nixon virtually guaranteed Clarke first place. Clarke had White against Paul McLoughlin in Round 7 and after a handful of moves a draw was agreed to secure Clarke the Championship for the second time.
No Name Rtg Club Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 TOM CLARKE 2139 R.V.H. 6 3:W 8:W 2:W 7:W 13:W 4:D 5:D 2 ROD NIXON 2004 DUBLIN 5 12:W 16:W 1:L 4:W 7:W 3:L 8:W 3 FRED Mac DONALD 1806 Q.U.B. 5 1:L 20:W 16:W 19:W 14:D 2:W 4:D 4 MICHAEL HOLMES 2112 R.V.H. 4.5 13:D 17:W 8:W 2:L 6:W 1:D 3:D 5 PAUL Mc LOUGHLIN 1690 R.V.H. 4.5 8:L 0:W 9:L 17:W 20:W 7:W 1:D 6 DANNY MALLAGHAN 1710 R.V.H. 4.5 14:L 18:D 21:W 10:W 4:L 15:W 9:W 7 STEPHEN P. SCANNELL 2128 NORTH BELFAST 4 15:W 9:W 19:W 1:L 2:L 5:L 14:W 8 ARLO WHITE 1838 BANGOR 4 5:W 1:L 4:L 12:W 19:W 14:W 2:L 9 DESMOND MORELAND 1743 R.V.H. 3.5 21:W 7:L 5:W 14:L 15:D 13:W 6:L 10 SAMUEL MOORE 1782 CIVIL SERVICE 3.5 17:D 13:L 11:W 6:L 16:D 20:D 19:W 11 TONY PARKER 1825 R.V.H. 3.5 16:L 12:D 10:L 18:D 17:W 19:D 20:W 12 CECIL SLOAN 1729 UNATTACHED 3.5 2:L 11:D 17:L 8:L 0:W 21:+ 13:W 13 TOM ALCORN 1786 FISHERWICK 3 4:D 10:W 14:D 15:W 1:L 9:L 12:L 14 GARETH ANNESLEY 1878 R.V.H. 3 6:W 19:L 13:D 9:W 3:D 8:L 7:L 15 DERMOT MURTAGH 1795 UNATTACHED 3 7:L 21:W 18:W 13:L 9:D 6:L 16:D 16 DAMIEN LAVERY 1525 R.V.H. 3 11:W 2:L 3:L 20:L 10:D 0:W 15:D 17 TIMOTHY DOUGLAS 2035 UNATTACHED 3 10:D 4:L 12:W 5:L 11:L 18:D 21:W 18 JONATHAN BROWN 1825 CIVIL SERVICE 3 19:L 6:D 15:L 11:D 21:D 17:D 22:W 19 DAMIEN CUNNINGHAM 1612 R.V.H. 2.5 18:W 14:W 7:L 3:L 8:L 11:D 10:L 20 MOHAMED SAAD Q.U.B. 2.5 22:L 3:L 0:W 16:W 5:L 10:D 11:L 21 ADRIAN SKELTON 2032 NORTH BELFAST 1.5 9:L 15:L 6:L 0:W 18:D 12:- 17:L 22 NORMAN Mc FARLAND 1614 FISHERWICK 1 20:W 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 18:L Norman McFarland played as a filler to prevent a bye in Rounds 1 and 7]]>
In this event players were time handicapped according to their relative strength. Players within 200 rating points of each other both had 15 minutes for their game. If the difference was between 201 and 400 points the higher rated player had 10 minutes against 20 for his opponent. If the difference was more than 400 rating points the stronger player had 5 minutes against 25.
Novices: 1st equal Jonathan Woodfield, Ed Morgan and Jonathan Clifford 6.5/8
There was a large contingent of junior players from the North-West playing in the Novices. They had their own prize-list and the Trophy for best performance went to 8-year-old Conchobhar Kerr. The silver medal went to Rachel McDermott and the Bronze medal to Liam Kelly. There was no handicapping in this section. Both players had 15 minutes for the game.
No Name Rtg Club Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 CLARKE, TOM 2139 R.V.H. 6 9:W 19:W 5:W 6:W 2:D 3:D 4:L 8:W 2 SCANNELL, STEPHEN P. 2128 R.V.H. 6 12:W 21:W 4:W 8:W 1:D 6:D 3:L 5:W 3 LAVERY, DAMIEN 1525 R.V.H. 6 5:L 10:W 11:W 15:W 8:W 1:D 2:W 4:D 4 BLACK, CHRIS 1462 R.V.H. 5.5 15:W 7:W 2:L 5:W 9:L 11:W 1:W 3:D 5 MKRTCHYN, SEMYON 1861 UNATTACHED 5 3:W 13:W 1:L 4:L 14:W 12:W 6:W 2:L 6 HOLMES, MICHAEL 2112 R.V.H. 5 17:W 14:D 19:W 1:L 21:W 2:D 5:L 11:W 7 GONZALES DIAZ, JAVIER 1871 CITY OF DERRY 5 0:D 4:L 22:W 14:L 15:W 17:W 8:D 9:W 8 ROBB, DAVID 1832 HILLSBOROUGH 4.5 16:W 11:W 14:W 2:L 3:L 9:W 7:D 1:L 9 CUNNINGHAM, DAMIEN 1612 R.V.H. 4.5 1:L 20:W 13:W 21:D 4:W 8:L 14:W 7:L 10 ALCORN, TOM 1786 FISHERWICK 4.5 13:L 3:L 16:W 12:D 17:L 20:W 15:W 14:W 11 Mc LOUGHLIN, PAUL 1690 R.V.H. 4 22:W 8:L 3:L 18:W 13:W 4:L 12:W 6:L 12 WOODFIELD, IAN 1579 FISHERWICK 4 2:L 18:W 15:D 10:D 19:W 5:L 11:L 22:W 13 ORCHIN, JOHN C. 1484 HILLSBOROUGH 4 10:W 5:L 9:L 23:W 11:L 16:L 22:W 21:W 14 TRIGGS, ROBIN 1694 Q.U.B. 3.5 18:W 6:D 8:L 7:W 5:L 21:W 9:L 10:L 15 Mc KENNA, JOHN 1694 R.V.H. 3.5 4:L 16:W 12:D 3:L 7:L 19:W 10:L 17:W 16 PROCTOR, RICHARD 1519 BANGOR 3.5 8:L 15:L 10:L 17:D 0:W 13:W 21:W 20:L 17 BURNS, ALAN 1544 C.I.Y.M.S. 3.5 6:L 22:L 20:W 16:D 10:W 7:L 18:W 15:L 18 TRUESDALE, DEREK 1450 SHORTS 3.5 14:L 12:L 0:W 11:L 23:W 22:W 17:L 19:D 19 PARKER, TONY 1825 R.V.H. 3.5 23: 1:L 6:L 22:W 12:L 15:L 20:W 18:D 20 BECKETT, ALEXANDER 1469 FISHERWICK 3 21:L 9:L 17:L 0:W 22:W 10:L 19:L 16:W 21 MOORE, SAMUEL 1782 CIVIL SERVICE 2.5 20:W 2:L 23:W 9:D 6:L 14:L 16:L 13:L 22 HOLMES, LOUIS 1410 R.V.H. 1 11:L 17:W 7:L 19:L 20:L 18:L 13:L 12:L 23 Mc GRATH, BRENDAN 1400 Q.U.B. 1 19:L 0:W 21:L 13:L 18:L 0: 0: 0:
Steve Scannell, Tom Clarke and Damien Lavery, the three happy joint-winners of the Handicap
Tom Clarke (left) playing Semyon Mkrtchyn in Round 3 of the Handicap
No Name Rtg Club Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 WOODFIELD, JONATHAN 1347 FISHERWICK 6.5 6:W 9:W 4:W 2:W 5:W 3:L 13:W 7:D 2 MORGAN, ED 1318 NORTH BELFAST 6.5 14:W 15:W 20:W 1:L 12:W 5:W 4:W 3:D 3 CLIFFORD, JONATHAN 1280 NORTH BELFAST 6.5 4:L 24:W 27:W 20:W 19:W 1:W 6:W 2:D 4 COLLINS, GEOFFREY 1291 HILLSBOROUGH 6 3:W 13:W 1:L 15:W 8:W 7:W 2:L 5:W 5 MORRISON, PHILLIP 1296 R.V.H. 5 7:W 12:W 8:W 18:W 1:L 2:L 10:W 4:L 6 CAHOON, JOHN 1234 NORTH BELFAST 5 1:L 10:W 9:W 12:L 20:W 8:W 3:L 13:W 7 MORROW, RICHARD BANGOR 5 5:L 14:W 19:D 21:W 18:W 4:L 11:W 1:D 8 Mc DERMOTT, RACHEL DERRY JUNIORS 5 21:W 19:W 5:L 11:W 4:L 6:L 16:W 18:W 9 KELLY, LIAM DERRY JUNIORS 5 10:W 1:L 6:L 14:L 28:W 15:W 20:W 12:W 10 KERR, CONCHOBHAR DERRY JUNIORS 5 9:L 6:L 23:W 16:W 14:W 26:W 5:L 15:W 11 IRVINE, SEAN DERRY JUNIORS 4.5 24:D 18:L 28:W 8:L 21:W 19:W 7:L 20:W 12 KERR, EIMEAR DERRY JUNIORS 4 28:W 5:L 16:W 6:W 2:L 13:L 14:W 9:L 13 QUIGLEY, DANIEL DERRY JUNIORS 4 22:W 4:L 15:L 25:W 17:W 12:W 1:L 6:L 14 HINDLEY, GEOFF 1124 CIVIL SERVICE 4 2:L 7:L 22:W 9:W 10:L 18:W 12:L 24:W 15 DOHERTY, RORY DERRY JUNIORS 4 27:W 2:L 13:W 4:L 26:W 9:L 21:W 10:L 16 CHARLESWORTH, STEPHEN DERRY JUNIORS 4 29:W 20:L 12:L 10:L 22:W 24:W 8:L 19:W 17 KIRBY, DAVID DERRY JUNIORS 4 0:D 25:W 18:L 19:L 13:L 21:D 24:W 22:W 18 SNODDY, DEVIN DERRY JUNIORS 3.5 0:D 11:W 17:W 5:L 7:L 14:L 26:W 8:L 19 CLARKE, MICHAEL DERRY JUNIORS 3.5 23:W 8:L 7:D 17:W 3:L 11:L 25:W 16:L 20 DOHERTY, CIARAN DERRY JUNIORS 3 26:W 16:W 2:L 3:L 6:L 23:W 9:L 11:L 21 DUFFY, NIAMH DERRY JUNIORS 3 8:L 22:D 24:W 7:L 11:L 17:D 15:L 27:W 22 LOGUE, MEGAN DERRY JUNIORS 3 13:L 21:D 14:L 24:D 16:L 28:W 23:W 17:L 23 PORTER, BEN DERRY JUNIORS 3 19:L 27:L 10:L 28:W 25:W 20:L 22:L 26:W 24 Mc LAUGHLIN, DAMIEN DERRY JUNIORS 2 11:D 3:L 21:L 22:D 27:W 16:L 17:L 14:L 25 BRADLEY, AOIBHEANN DERRY JUNIORS 2 0:D 17:L 26:D 13:L 23:L 27:W 19:L 28:L 26 ORR, REBECCA DERRY JUNIORS 2 20:L 28:D 25:D 27:W 15:L 10:L 18:L 23:L 27 FRIEL, MEGAN DERRY JUNIORS 2 15:L 23:W 3:L 26:L 24:L 25:L 28:W 21:L 28 BEATTIE, NICOLE DERRY JUNIORS 1.5 12:L 26:D 11:L 23:L 9:L 22:L 27:L 25:W 29 RYAN, SEAN DERRY JUNIORS 1 16:L 0:W 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 0:
From left to right Ed Morgan, Jonathan Woodfield, Jonathan Clifford - joint winners of the Novices - with Tournament Controller David McAlister
Geoffrey Collins (left) playing Jonathan Woodfield in Round 3 of the Novices.
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THE LEARNING CURVE
1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Bg5 A favourite with Hannah from the Trompowsky stable - she repeated this opening in later rounds. 3...h6 4.Bh4 c5 5.e3 Qa5+?! 6.Qd2 Qxd2+ With the Queens off, at least Black's coming Kingside pawn weaknesses will be more difficult to exploit. 7.Nxd2 g5 8.Bg3 cxd4 9.exd4 Nc6 10.Ngf3 d5 11.c5!? Hannah makes a bold choice. 11...Bg7 12.Nb3 Ne4 13.Be5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bd7 15.f3 Nf6 16.Rc1 Rc8 17.Bd3 Bc6
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Hannah has the better of the opening and Black is struggling for equality. 18.h4 Nd7 19.Nxc6 Rxc6 20.Ke2 e5! The thematic break. 21.dxe5 Bxe5 22.Rc2 Re6 23.Kf1 Ke7 24.Kf2 Kf6 25.g3 Kg7 26.hxg5 hxg5 27.Rxh8 Kxh8 White has the better pawn structure, better King position, and a possible outside passed pawn - but she should not overlook the potential of Black's isolated central pawn. 28.Re2 Rh6 29.Kg2 Bf6 30.Re8+ Kg7 31.Ra8 Bxb2 32.Rxa7 Ne5 33.Bb5 Rf6 34.Rxb7 d4 35.Na5 White's pieces are now clustered on the Queenside to force c6, while Black's gather in the centre. 35.Nd2 was probably better. 35...Rxf3 36.c6 Rc3 37.c7 Rc2+ 38.Kf1 d3 39.Ba4 Rc1+ 40.Kg2 Bd4 Black's pieces have now assumed threatening central or attacking posts. White may already be lost, despite the pawn on the 7th rank. 41.g4 d2
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42.Rb4 Rg1+ 43.Kh2 If White had played 43.Kh3 she would have managed to queen her pawn, but mate would still have followed through 43...Bf2 44.c8Q Rg3+ 45.Kh2 Nf3+ 46.Kh1 Rg1# 43...Nf3+ 44.Kh3 Bf2 Mate comes through 46. any Rg3. 0-1
A HEFFALUMP STUMBLES
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5 5.e3 e6 6.Bxc4 a6 7.a4 cxd4 8.exd4 Be7 9.0-0 0-0 10.d5 If I had been playing a different opponent, I'd have kept this card up my sleeve for a while and played a strengthening move. As played, the move has the merit of opening the diagonal a2-g8 for my Bishop. Times 0.13 - 0.12 (Time control Game/90) 10...exd5 11.Nxd5 Nxd5 12.Bxd5 Nc6 13.h3 A move Kasparov likes in similar positions, although it loses time. 13...Bf6 14.Bb3 Qc7 Times 0.26 - 0.25. 15.Qc2 With an awkward pin on the knight. 15...g6 Defends against 16.Ng5, and with the threat of 16...Bf5, but I get my retaliation in first. 16.Bh6 Bf5 Times 0.28 - 0.28. 17.Qc5
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The Knight pin is still there. Any move by the threatened Black Rook, say to c8 and Black's weakness on f7 begins to throb. 17...Bxb2 A pawn disappears in the cause of attack. Naturally White will sacrifice a Rook for the black-squared Bishop, in order to deliver mate, e.g. 17...Rfc8 18.Rac1 Bxb2 19.Rc3 Bxc3 20.Qxc3 and mate on g7 will follow. Michael thinks for 12 minutes before taking the proferred pawn. Times 0.36 - 0.40. 18.Rac1 Bg7 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Ng5? Folly! 20.Qc3+ Kg8 21.Qf6 Rad8 22.Qb2 and White has a clear advantage. 20...h6 21.Qc3+ Qe5 22.Nf3 Qxc3 23.Rxc3 Times 0.45 - 0.53 23...Rad8 24.Re1 Rfe8 25.Rce3 Rxe3 26.Rxe3 Kf6 27.g4 Times 0.52 - 0.57. 27...Be6 28.Bc2 Nd4 29.Be4 b6 30.Bd3 a5 White has succeeded in his plan of immobilising the Black Queenside majority. 31.Kg2 Nxf3 32.Kxf3 Rd4 33.Bb5 Ke7 34.Rc3 Bd5+ 35.Kg3 Rb4 Threatening 36...Bb3 winning the a4-pawn. 36.h4 Rb3 Black hastens to exchange Rooks. White has threats on the kingside, and 36...Bb3 is met by 37.Rc7+ 37.Rxb3 Bxb3 38.g5 hxg5 39.hxg5 Kd6 40.Kf4 Bd5 41.Be8 Times 0.70 - 0.82. 41...Bc4 42.Ke4 Ke6 43.f4 Bd5+ 44.Kd4 Bg2 45.Bb5 f6 46.gxf6 Kxf6 47.Be8 Bf3 48.Bd7 Bd1 49.Kd5 Ke7 50.Bb5 Bc2 51.Kc6 Kf6 52.Kxb6 Kf5 53.Kxa5 Kxf4 Holmes was down to 3 minutes on his clock, while I had much more. I offered a draw at this point, which Michael accepted. White is no worse and the game is a dead draw. Either player can sacrifice his Bishop for the other's passed pawn. If Bishops are exchanged, the pawns queen after each other. The three players in a class above all other competitors were Tom Clarke, Stephen Scannell and Michael Holmes. This was the only game where any of the "Big Three" dropped a point, or half-point, to the lower-rated players. 1/2-1/2
CUT AND THRUST
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.a4 Qa5+ 5.Bd2 b4 6.g3 d6 7.Bg2 g6 8.e4 Nbd7 9.Qc2 Bg7 10.h3 Rb8 11.f4 0-0 12.Ne2 Qd8 13.0-0 Ba6 14.a5 Ne8 15.Be3 b3! Times 0.21 - 0.43
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16.Qc1 f5 17.Nd2 fxe4 18.Nxe4 Ndf6 19.Ng5 Nc7 20.f5 Rb4 21.fxg6 h6 22.Nf7 Qe8 Times 0.33 - 0.58
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23.Bxh6 Rxc4 24.Nc3 Rxf7 25.gxf7+ Qxf7 26.Bxg7 Qxg7 27.Qe3 Rxc3 28.Qxc3 Bxf1 29.Rxf1 Nfxd5 30.Qxb3 Qd4+ 31.Kh2 Kg7 32.Rd1 1-0
A LOST BRILLIANCY
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ndf3 cxd4?! An early mistake, making White's task a little easier. White can rarely capture on c5 profitably, so it is better for Black to maintain the tension as long as possible. And he is denying himself the opportunity of the advance c4, which would have been good in this variation! 8.cxd4 Qb6 9.a3!? A surprise. I wasn't familiar with this move, expecting the normal 9 g3. Now 9...c4 would be a good reply - there is an analogous position in the Advance Variation - but this possibility is no longer available. The right reply is 9...a5!, preventing White's 10th and claiming space on the queenside. 9...Be7? 10.b4! a6 11.Be3 f6 12.Bf2 0-0 13.Bd3 fxe5 14.fxe5
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White enjoys a huge space advantage. Black's pieces are in a tangle and the nature of the centre reduces his mobility and ability to switch forces from one wing to the other. If Black continues routinely, he will be strangled and probably succumb to a K-side attack. I was looking for another way, a sacrificial way. White's King is in the centre, he needs a couple of moves to castle, while a Black Rook already controls the f-file. 14...Nxb4 15.axb4 Bxb4+?! Unfortunately the centre pawns are invulnerable, so it has to be the wing pawns. A piece for the a & b pawns plus preventing White from castling. The Black passed connected a- & b-pawns will be useful in the endgame, if there is an endgame. But before the endgame, God has placed the middlegame. Probably Black doesn't have enough compensation, but he has chances. And White started to use up a lot of time on the clock trying to find the best way. (Times 0.20 - 0.20) 16.Kf1 Nb8 Unfortunately, Black needs to untangle his pieces. It takes several moves before he is fully developed. Meanwhile White's kingside threats begin. 17.g3 Nc6 18.Kg2 White's King has walked to safety. 18...h6 19.Bc2 Ne7 Times 0.44 - 0.32. 20.h4 36 minutes left. 20...Bd7 21.g4 Rac8 At last Black has got his pieces out, and his Rooks control the two open files, giving him some counterplay against White's raging kingside attack. 22.Ne2 Be8 23.h5 Bb5 24.Bd3 Nc6 45 minutes left. 25.g5
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The time has come. Black must do something, otherwise he succumbs to the White kingside attack. But notice how exposed the White King has become, with his pawn cover thrown recklessly forward, and notice that the Black pieces all occupy good positions. So, despite the material deficit of a piece already - 25...Rxf3 26.Kxf3 Black is now a whole Rook down, giving up the exchange for half of White's formidable pawn centre. As Fred remarked afterwards, 'You're trying to frighten me.' (White has now 10 minutes left). 26...Rf8+ David McAlister observes that the alternative 26...Nxe5+! wins brilliantly viz. 27.dxe5 (27.Kg2 Nxd3) 27...Rf8+ 28.Nf4 (28.Kg4 Qxf2 with all sorts of threats) 28...Rxf4+ 29.Kxf4 Qxf2+ 30.Qf3 hxg5+ 31.Kg4 Qd4+ 32.Kg3 Bxd3 "and White will never survive" (analysis by David McAlister); I would add to this analysis after 26...Nxe5+ 27.dxe5 (if 27.Kg2 Nxd3 Black is up in material with a continuing attack. White's Queen & 2 Rooks still remain on their home squares.) 27...Rf8+ 28.Nf4 Rxf4+ 29.Kxf4 Qxf2+ 30.Qf3 (if 30.Kg4 Qg2+ 31.Kf4 (31.Kh4 hxg5#) 31...hxg5+ 32.Ke3 Bc5#) 30...hxg5+ 31.Kg4 Qd4+ 32.Kg3 Bxd3 and in this position there is the threat of 33...Be4 winning the Queen or mating. White must move one of his rooks to e1 to cover. In either case, Black can follow up with 33.Rhe1 (or 35.Rae1) 33...Bxe1+ 34.Rxe1 Qh4+ 35.Kg2 Be4 36.Rxe4 Qxe4 37.Qxe4 dxe4 where Black is 4 pawns (!) to the good in the ending and wins easily. In fact, I considered longingly the follow-up 26...Nxe5+! but didn't see the spectacular second exchange sacrifice which wins. A lost brilliancy! 27.Kg2 Nxe5 28.Bxb5 Ng4 29.Bg1 Qxb5 The disadvantage of this capture is that it places the Black Queen on a White square, which the White Queen defends. Fred suggested 29...axb5 but that mobilises the dormant White Rook a1, giving that piece an open file. (Time remaining 0.05 - 0.34). 30.Ng3 Bd6 31.Rh4 Fred is now in blitz mode, while I have plenty of time. 31...Bxg3 32.Kxg3 e5 33.Rxg4 e4 34.Rf4 Rc8 35.gxh6 The alternative 35.Rc1 looks good. 35...Rc3+ 36.Kh4 Qd7 37.Qg4?? 37.Rg4 is winning. The move played should lose. White now had 2 minutes left. 37...Qe7+ 38.Qg5 Rh3+ 39.Kg4 Rg3+ 40.Kxg3 Having avoided taking the rook on the 39th move, I thought Fred would take the draw by repetition. 40...Qxg5+
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Material is now fairly even, black has many pawns, thje white King is exposed, and Fred is very short of time. I should win. 41.Rg4 Qxh5?? A dreadful blunder, without any time pressure. 41...Qxh6 wins! 42.hxg7 Qh1 43.Rf1 1-0
NIMZOWITSCH WOULD HAVE LIKED THIS BLOCKADE
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.cxd5 exd5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bf4 Bf5 6.Qb3?! Probably better is 6.e3 Qb6 7.Qc1 (or 7.Qb3) but I didn't want to play this rather unnatural move. 6...Qb6 7.Qxb6 axb6 8.e3 Nf6 9.Nf3 Bb4 10.Nd2 0-0 11.a3 Be7 12.Be2 Nbd7 13.h3 Rfe8 14.0-0 Bf8 15.Rfc1 h6 16.b4?! b5 17.Nb3 Times 0.25 - 0.18. 17...Bh7 18.Ra2 Ra7 19.Rca1 Rea8 20.f3 Nb6 21.Nc5 Bxc5 22.dxc5 Nc4 23.Bxc4 dxc4
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White has been outplayed in the opening, and Black has a strong protected passed pawn! "A passed pawn is a criminal that must be kept under lock and key" [Nimzowitsch]. 24.Be5 Nd7 25.Bd4 Bd3 Before 26.e4 removes the possibility! 26.Kf2 Nf8 27.e4 Ne6 28.Be5 f6 29.Bd6 Nd4 30.h4 Nc2 Attacking the a3 pawn three times, while it is defended only twice, but White - although walking a tightrope - has prepared a counter. 31.Rc1! Nd4 Now if 31...Nxa3 32.Rca1 pinning the Knight - 32...Nc2 33.Rxa7 Nxa1 34.Rxa8+ wins for White; if 31...Rxa3 32.Rcxc2 Bxc2 33.Rxc2 Rb3 34.e5 Raa3 35.Ne4 fxe5 (or 35...Rxb4 36.e6) 36.Bxe5 is unclear. Black didn't like this, clearly, but nonetheless he should have gone in for these uncertainties. Now he drifts into a passive position 32.a4!
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The right time. The threat is 33.a5, so Black must take on a4. He cannot apparently retake with a Rook, because of the Nc3. So b5xa4 is forced, winning a pawn. The two passed pawns a4 and c4, although they look fearsome, in reality are weak and need constant protection.
32...bxa4 33.f4! White seeks counterplay in the centre by threatening to create his own passed pawn. The immobile b7-pawn now becomes a major factor. It hinders Black communication by the Black rooks on the 7th rank, while the White Rooks can move freely along the 1st and 2nd ranks. (31 minutes left.) 33...Nb3 The Black Knight heads for an impressive-looking outpost, but only forces the White c1-Rook to a better square. 34.Re1 a3 The sixth rank! But the White Knight and Rooks are able to maintain the blockade. 35.e5 fxe5 36.fxe5 The white passed pawn emerges from the chrysalis. Black must now divert forces from the queenside to deal with the threat. 36...Re8 37.Ke3 The b3-Knight is now trapped and has no moves. The noble outpost has turned into a prison. Meanwhile Black's other pieces, the two Rooks and the Bishop, are tied to defensive duties. 37...Re6 38.Ne4 Ra8 39.g4 Kf7 40.Rf2+ Kg8 If 40...Ke8 41.Rf8+ Kd7 42.Rxa8 wins 41.Nc3 The Changing of the Guard. 41...Kh7 Black has despaired of the win and offers a draw at this point. White smiles. 42.Ra2 Kh8 43.h5 Kh7 Black is now so tied-up that he can only mark time. This part of the game reminds me of Schlechter-Janowski, Paris 1900, the first master game that my father ever showed me. (Black has 36 minutes left) 44.Ne4 Kh8 45.Rg1 White has 19 minutes left. 45...Kh7 46.Nf2 This is White's first winning try. The h5-pawn and the black King on h7 cut off retreat squares for the bishop. The idea is to exchange the White Knight for the Black Bishop and the c4-pawn. The Black Knight, deprived of the pawn that gives him support, would then fall for nothing. 46...Bc2! Black finds a counter. 47.Ne4 If 47.Rxc2 a2 and White must give up a Rook for the a-pawn. 47...Bd3 48.g5
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Plan B. The g-pawn advances and tears away the pawn-screen protecting the Black King. (Time remaining 0.15 - 0.30). 48...Kh8 49.gxh6 gxh6 50.Nf6 Bf5 51.Rxa3 Rae8 The a8-Rook is overloaded. If 51...Rxa3 then 52.Rg8# 52.Nxe8 Rxe8 A positional advantage is converted into a material advantage. White is an exchange to the good, besides the attack. 53.Rf1 Be6 54.Ra7 c3 Desperation. The threat is easily dealt with. 55.Kd3 White has 8 minutes left. 55...Rg8 Threat Rg3+ with counterplay. 56.Rf8 "Suppress counterplay!" 56...c2 57.Kxc2 Nd4+ At last the Knight has escaped from his jailers, at the cost of the second passed pawn. (Black has 12 minutes left). 58.Kd3 Nb5 59.Rxb7 Rxf8 60.Bxf8 Bf5+ 61.Ke3 Nc3 62.Kf4 Bh7 63.Bxh6 Ne2+ [David McAlister's solution to the end of the game, to whom thanks.] 64.Kg4 Avoid forks! 64...Nc3 65.Bg5 Nd5 66.Bf6+ Kg8 67.Kg5 Ne3 68.Rg7+ Kh8 Or 68...Kf8 69.Rxh7 69.Rg6# 1-0 Towards the end, I had less than 5 minutes and was not recording moves fully. I hope, however, that the reconstruction is a reasonable representation of play. Earlier I was under positional pressure, fell behind on the clock, and was under some time pressure as well, so that my recording of moves was rather sloppy.
Photograph of the O'Fee - Lynch game by Damien Lavery
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1.d4 Here I thought for ten minutes trying to ascertain whether I should go into a Tromp with Nf6, an opening I hate and whose adherent is the current Ulster Champion or try e6 hoping for a French. The only drawback being that if Tom plays c4 I am out of book and in trouble. 1...e6 At least it is better than h6 which was tried by D. Cunningham 2.c4 c5 3.d5 Nf6 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Nbd7 6.dxe6 fxe6 7.f4 b5? 8.cxb5 Bb7 9.Bd3 Be7 10.Nf3 0-0?? Black is losing already!! 11.Ng5! The obvious move 11...Re8 12.Nxe6 Qc8 13.Qb3!? In the post mortem Tom wasn't as keen on this move but it looks fine to me 13...Kh8 14.0-0?! Here both players are agreed that this was not the best choice, better was Ng5! 14...Nb6 15.Bc4 Nxc4?! Nxc4 is dubious, black gets distracted in the belief that he will win a piece. As we shall see this is not the case. Better was to take the pawn 15...Nxe4 16.Nxe4 Bxe4 17.f5 Nxc4 18.Qxc4 d5 16.Qxc4 d5 17.exd5 Bxd5 18.Nxd5 Qxe6 Only now does black realise that the white knight is not really pinned and can retreat to e3 19.Ne3! Qb6 20.Nf5 Bf8! This exchange cannot be tolerated as then the c5 and g7 pawns get very weak 21.Bd2 Re4 22.Qf7? This looks threatening but turns out to be a blunder 22...c4+ 23.Kh1 Qxb5!
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Now white realises that he cannot play Bc3 as his knight is en prise and that black threatens to trap the queen with Rd7 24.Ne3 Again with the Ne3! [24.Nh6?? Re7 25.Bc3 Rxf7 26.Nxf7+ Kg8 27.Nh6+ gxh6 28.Bxf6-+] 24...Rd8? Black misses his chance. 24...Rc8 25.Qxa7 Bc5! Black had rejected Rc8 because the a-pawn was hanging but it is poisoned 25.Bc3! White has no obligation to protect the knight 25...Be7 25...Rxe3? 26.Bxf6 gxf6 27.Qxf6++- 26.Be5! White is back on top 26...Rxe3 27.Qxe7 Re8 28.Qxa7 Nd7 and black resigns as the rook is hanging! 1-0
1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Nge2!? A deviation from an earlier game played between the same players. White thinks, for various reasons, that the knight will be more useful on e2. Our last encounter at the Williamson Shield 2003 continued ... 5.Nf3 Bb4 6.Qe2 c5 7.Bd2 0-0 8.e5 Ne8 9.Bxh7+ Kh8? (black should accept the gift) 10.Ng5 g6 11.Qg4!! Kg7? 12.h4? (white should play immediately 12.Nxf7!!+- ) 12...Rh8? (necessary was f5, now white gets another chance) 13.Nxf7! resigns 5...c5 6.Bf4 d6 7.Bb5+ 7.Bxd6?? with the idea of a subsequent pawn fork fails after 7...Bxd6 8.e5 cxd4! 7...Nbd7 8.dxc5 Cal thought I would permit cxd4 with a move such as 8.0-0 cxd4 when the knight cannot recapture due to a pawn fork ... bless! 8...dxc5 9.Bd6?! Be7 9...Nxe4 10.Nxe4 Bxe4 11.Nc3 Bxg2 12.Rg1 Bb7 13.Bxf8 Rxf8 14.Rxg7 was the type of murky water white was intending after the acceptance of the pawn sac 10.e5 Nd5 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.Nf4 d4 13.e6?! I expected here Bxd6 13...0-0!!
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A move Cal played immediately even though he had not looked at e6. It is Cal's intuitive understanding of the game that marks him out as a strong junior, who will undoubtedly become a strong player in the next few years. 13...Bxd6 14.exd7+ Kf8 15.0-0!! Bxf4 16.Re1 when black will probably have to return material to avoid the threats. 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Bxd7 fxe6 16.Bxe6+ Kh8 17.Qg4 Qf6! Another strong move Cal is not content with playing Rxf4 18.Nh5?? An awful move. White must return material 18...Qxf2+ 19.Kd1 g6 20.Qg3 gxh5 21.Qe5+ Qf6 22.Qxf6+ Rxf6 23.Bh3 Raf8 24.Re1 Rf2 25.Re2 Rf1+ 26.Re1 R8f2 27.Rc1 Bxg2 28.Bd7?? Ooops but white is gone anyway! 28...Bf3# 0-1 A good tourney for Cal as he ended up on 4/6, very impressive!!
1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Be7 5.d4 Nd7 6.Bd3 Ngf6 7.Qe2 Nxe4 8.Bxe4 Nf6 9.Bd3 c5 10.Be3 cxd4 11.Bxd4 0-0 12.0-0-0 Black's timid opening play has allowed white to develop faster which now reveals itself in a concrete threat Bxf6 followed by Bxh7+ so ... 12...Qc7 13.Be5 Qa5 14.Kb1 Rd8! Precise play. Black wants to play Bd7 but realises that 14...Bd7 15.Bxh7+ Kxh7 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Rxd7 loses a pawn 15.Ng5 h6 16.h4!?
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A standard attacking idea 16...Bd7 16...hxg5 17.hxg5 Ng4 18.Bh7+ Kf8 19.Rxd8+ Bxd8 20.Bd6+ allows white to regain the piece with the advantage 17.f4? Bc6 18.Rde1? Sidetracked by a sac on f7 18...Bd5 19.c4? The white king gets draftier! 19...Bc6 20.Bg6?? White is obviously extracting the michael, this is an attack my own granny wouldn't believe!! 20...Rd2 20...fxg6 is possible, the sac is pure pipe dream after 21.Bxf6 Bxf6 22.Qxe6+ Kh8 23.Nf7+ Kh7 24.Nxd8 Rxd8 25.h5 Qf5 21.Bxf7+ Kh8 21...Kf8 looks stronger 22.Qe3 Ng4? 23.Bc3?? 23.Qc3! Qxc3 24.Bxc3 Rxg2 25.Nxe6 Bf6 26.Bxf6 Nxf6 27.Rhg1+/= 23...Qf5+! As I was about to resign I saw that there was a smothered mate on so ... 24.Ka1 Nxe3 25.Bxe6 Nc2+ 26.Kb1 Na3+ 27.Ka1 Qb1+ 28.Rxb1 Nc2# John gets a smothered mate and I get 0/3! 0-1
My only win came against John Cairns, who had missed his bus and therefore came 35 minutes late; who was having an awful tournament as well; who outplayed me and fell victim to an absolute swindle while in time trouble. 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 D'oh! 2...Ne4 3.h4!? Raptor Variation as favoured by Hodgson 3...c5 4.d5 Qb6 5.Nd2 Nf6? For some reason I didn't fancy either Nxg5 or Nxd2 followed by lifting the pawn, but then why play Qb6 if not to take the pawn? 6.e4 e6 7.c4 7.Nc4 probably better, certainly more irritating! 7...Be7? 8.Rh3?! 8.e5 Nxd5!? (8...Ng8 9.Qb3 Bxg5 10.hxg5 exd5 11.cxd5 Qxb3 12.Nxb3 Ne7 better for white) 9.cxd5 Bxg5 10.hxg5 Qxb2 11.f4 exd5 12.Qb1 works out better for white 8...e5! Stopping e5 but blocking the position so that white's rook move will now look clumsy 9.Rb3 Qd8 10.g4 d6 11.Bxf6 gxf6 I didn't like recapturing with the Bishop 11...Bxf6 12.g5 Be7 but it is probably just the same 12.h5 Because of f5? 12...Rg8 13.Rg3 Nd7 Deploying the knight to the g5 square 14.Be2 Nf8 15.Nf1 h6 16.Qd2 f5! 17.exf5 Obviously 17.Qxh6 Bg5 is to be avoided but; 17.gxf5! Bg5 18.Ne3 is probably best 17...Bg5?! Black should have stuck with his original plan of 17...Bh4 18.Rg2 Bxf5=/+ 18.Ne3! Walking into a pin but protecting the f5 square now black's combo is off 18...f6 19.Nh3 Nh7 20.0-0-0 Bd7 21.Nxg5 Nxg5 22.Rgg1 Nh3 23.Rg2 Nf4 Aiming for repetition 24.Rh2 Declined 24...Rb8 25.Bd3! White wants to play 25.Ng2? to shift the strong knight but realises that 25...Nxg2 26.Rxg2 allows the old tactic 26...Bxf5! 25...b5 Black tries to obtain counterplay for the pawn 26.f3! 26.Ng2? still cannot be played 26...Nxd3+! 27.Qxd3 Rxg4 26...Qb6 27.Ng2 Nxd3+ 28.Qxd3 bxc4 Black takes advantage of the awkward placement of the knight on g2 blocking the rook's defence of b2 29.Qc3 Ba4? A run of decent moves by black is marred by this careless move 29...Qb4! leads to an even position 30.Re1 A better square for the rook, which shows how poor Ba4 was! 30...Qb7? Another nothing move! 31.Ne3! Again a better square for the horse, showing how poor Qb7 was! 31...Bb5! Black does not mind this exchange since white has the stonger minor piece, even if he emerges a pawn down 32.Nxc4? The wrong decision, white should not give up his powerful knight, better was 32.f4 32...Bxc4 33.Qxc4 Kf7 34.Rd2 Qb4?! Black thinks that after the queen exchange he can build sufficient pressure on f3 to secure a draw; or that if white goes after the pawn he can build up some counterplay on the white king. 35.Qa6 Rb6 36.Qxa7+ Rb7 37.Qa6 Rb6 38.Qd3 Rgb8 39.Re4 Qa5 40.b3 Qa3+?! White was hoping for this move as after the king moves the queen must run too as she will be trapped, or Ra8 must be played. After white is in complete control, however, black had a dodgy sac up his sleeve! 41.Kd1
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41...Rxb3? Again an attack only my Granny (and a John Cairns in time trouble) would believe! 42.axb3 Rxb3 43.Qc2 Rxf3 44.Re1 Probably not good but white is still winning. 44.Qb2 is more difficult for black to meet 44...Rc3 45.Qb2 [Not the worst but 45.Qe4 Qb3+ 46.Ke2 Rc4 47.Qd3 Qa4 48.Rb1 ends all the counterplay 48...Re4+ 49.Kf1 Rf4+ 50.Rf2+/- 45...Qa4+ 46.Ke2? Black has at least perpetual now! 46...Qe4+ 47.Kf1?? 47.Kd1 with a drawn game is the best for white now. 47...Qxg4+ 48.Ree2 Qg1+ 49.Re1 Qg4+ etc; 47.Kf2?? Rf3+ 48.Kg2 Qxg4+ 49.Kh1 Qh4+ 50.Rh2 Qxe1+ 51.Kg2 Rg3# 47...Qh1+ 48.Ke2?? A blunder but after 48.Kf2 Qh2+ 49.Kf1 Rf3+ 50.Rf2 Qh1+ 51.Ke2 Rxf2+ 52.Kxf2 Qh2+ black is winning 48...Qf3# A complete swindle!! 0-1
]]>In 2000 and 2001 the Henderson Cup had been the supporting event to the Williamson Shield but with the revival of the City of Belfast it returned to its original home. Top seed Chris Kelly beat former Ulster Junior champion Michael Kane in Round 1. Kelly then won his next three games to establish a one-point lead, but draws in the last two rounds allowed Kane to catch him up after five straight wins. Eamonn Walls finished in third place on 4.5 points and took the Grading Prize.
Place Name Rtg Club Score
1 TOM CLARKE 2157 R.V.H. 5.5
2-4 DESMOND MORELAND 1815 R.V.H. 4
JOHN MASTERSON 1814 R.V.H. 4
CALUM LEITCH 1561 Q.U.B. 4
5-6 DANNY MALLAGHAN 1769 R.V.H. 3.5
DAMIEN LAVERY 1601 R.V.H. 3.5
7-11 IAN WOODFIELD 1690 FISHERWICK 3
NORMAN Mc FARLAND 1607 FISHERWICK 3
PAUL Mc LOUGHLIN 1755 R.V.H. 3
ROBIN TRIGGS 1590 Q.U.B. 3
JAMES O' FEE 1756 BANGOR 3
12-14 SAMUEL MOORE 1746 CIVIL SERVICE 2.5
JOHN LYNCH 1539 CITY OF DERRY 2.5
HANNAH LOWRY-O'REILLY 1401 RATHMINES 2.5
15 JOHN CAIRNS 1926 FISHERWICK 2
16-17 BRENDAN Mc GRATH 1448 Q.U.B. 1
DAVID O' DONNELL 1696 Q.U.B. 1
18 DAMIEN CUNNINGHAM 1601 R.V.H. 0
Place Name Rtg Club Score
1-2 CHRISTOPHER KELLY 1588 CIVIL SERVICE 5
MICHAEL KANE 1358 R.V.H. 5
3 EAMONN WALLS 1343 NORTH BELFAST 4.5
4-6 JOHN C. ORCHIN 1454 HILLSBOROUGH 3.5
NICK LARTER 1491 LIMERICK 3.5
RICHARD MORROW BANGOR 3.5
7-10 ALEXANDER BECKETT 1456 FISHERWICK 3
SARTHAK SENGUPTA UNATTACHED 3
RICHARD PROCTOR 1513 BANGOR 3
JONATHAN WOODFIELD 1356 FISHERWICK 3
11-12 DEREK TRUESDALE 1468 SHORTS 2.5
PHILLIP TODD 1055 BANGOR 2.5
13-14 SEAN LINTON 1446 R.V.H. 2
JOHANNA LOWRY-O'REILLY 610 UNATTACHED 2
15-16 PAUL Mc PARLAND 1
MOHAMED SAAD Q.U.B. 1
]]>Bangor Chess Club entertained STEPHEN SCANNELL, three-times Ulster Chess Champion, on Thursday 27 February. The American-born Champion gave a simultaneous display on 18 boards, beginning at 8 p.m. and ending at 11.15 p.m.
In the earlier part of the evening, Mr Scannell faced tough opposition on many boards; but in the later stages his superior skill won through in several endgames. The American’s final tally was; won 9, lost 4, drawn 5.
Those who won their games against Mr Scannell were James O’Fee (Bangor), David McAlister (Hillsborough), Damien Lavery (Royal Victoria Hospital) and the promising schoolboy David Grzymek (Sullivan Upper).
Those who drew their games were Alan McConnell, Kenny Browne, Philip Todd and Richard Proctor (all Bangor), and Paul McLoughlin (Royal Victoria Hospital). Others taking part were Mark Seidman, Ron Henderson, Owen Wilson, Richard Morrow, Gary Johnston, Chris Kelly, and Kenneth Nicholl (all Bangor); and the Symington brothers, David and Stephen, (RBAI).
]]>Winner Tom Alcorn 11.0/14 (78.6%)]]>
Runner-up Danny Mallaghan 11.0/15 (73.3%)
Grading Prize (Band A) Ian Woodfield 14.5/21 (69.0%)
Grading Prize (Band B) Ashley Peile 8.0/12 (66.6%)
With one round to go, the four top teams in the standings were Fisherwick 17.0, QUB A and RVH both 16.5 and Civil Service 14.5. The final round draw had these four paired together and Fisherwick beat Civil Service 3.5 - 1.5 while RVH A beat QUB 4.5 - 1.5.
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Round 1 |
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Fisherwick B |
2.0-3.0 |
QUB A |
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Neil Green |
0.5/0.5 |
David Houston |
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2. |
Ian Woodfield |
0.5/0.5 |
Stephen Wood |
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3. |
Gerry Pollock |
0-1 |
Stephen Morgan |
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4. |
Fred Marlow |
0-1 |
Fred MacDonald |
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5. |
Alex Beckett |
1-0 |
Bernard McCaughey |
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Bangor |
4.0-1.0 |
QUB B |
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1. |
Arlo White |
0.5/0.5 |
Robin Triggs |
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2. |
James O'Fee |
1-0 |
Calum Leitch |
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3. |
Mark Newman |
1-0 |
Brendan McGrath |
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4. |
Ron Henderson |
0.5/0.5 |
Ashley Peile |
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5. |
RichardProctor |
1-0 |
forfeit |
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Civil Service |
1.5-3.5 |
RVH |
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1. |
Tom Esmonde |
0.5/0.5 |
Danny Mallaghan |
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2. |
Peter May |
0-1 |
John McKenna |
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3. |
Sam Moore |
1-0 |
Damien Cunningham |
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4. |
Gerald Harvey |
0-1 |
Damien Lavery |
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5. |
Chris Kelly |
0-1 |
Chris Black |
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Round 2 |
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QUB A |
4.5-0.5 |
QUB B |
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David Houston |
1-0 |
David O'Donnell |
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2. |
Stephen Wood |
0.5/0.5 |
Robin Triggs |
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3. |
Stephen Morgan |
1-0 |
Calum Leitch |
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4. |
Fred MacDonald |
1-0 |
Brendan McGrath |
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5. |
Bernard McCaughey |
1-0 |
Ashley Peile |
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Fisherwick A |
4.0-1.0 |
RVH |
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1. |
John Cairns |
1-0 |
Danny Mallaghan |
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2. |
Tom Alcorn |
1-0 |
John McKenna |
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3. |
Graeme McCormick |
1-0 |
Damien Cunningham |
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4. |
Norman McFarland |
1-0 |
Damien Lavery |
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5. |
Bobby Thompson |
0-1 |
Chris Black |
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Fisherwick B |
1.5-3.5 |
Bangor |
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1. |
Neil Green |
0-1 |
Arlo White |
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2. |
Ian Woodfield |
1-0 |
James O'Fee |
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3. |
Gerry Pollock |
0-1 |
Mark Newman |
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4. |
Fred Marlow |
0-1 |
Ron Henderson |
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5. |
Alex Beckett |
0.5/0.5 |
Richard Proctor |
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Round 3 |
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Civil Service |
4.0-1.0 |
Fisherwick B |
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1. |
Tom Esmonde |
1-0 |
Neil Green |
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2. |
Peter May |
0-1 |
Ian Woodfield |
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3. |
Sam Moore |
1-0 |
Gerry Pollock |
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4. |
Gerald Harvey |
1-0 |
Fred Marlow |
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5. |
Chris Kelly |
1-0 |
Alex Beckett |
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Bangor |
2.0-3.0 |
QUB A |
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1. |
Arlo White |
1-0 |
David Houston |
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2. |
James O'Fee |
0-1 |
Stephen Wood |
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3. |
Mark Newman |
0-1 |
Stephen Morgan |
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4. |
Ron Henderson |
0-1 |
Fred MacDonald |
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5. |
Richard Proctor |
1-0 |
Bernard McCaughey |
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Fisherwick A |
4.0-1.0 |
QUB B |
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1. |
John Cairns |
0.5/0.5 |
David O'Donnell |
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2. |
Tom Alcorn |
0.5/0.5 |
Robin Triggs |
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3. |
Graeme McCormick |
1-0 |
Calum Leitch |
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4. |
Norman McFarland |
1-0 |
Brendan McGrath |
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5. |
Bobby Thompson |
1-0 |
Ashley Peile |
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Round 4 |
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QUB B |
1.0-4.0 |
Civil Service |
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David O'Donnell |
0-1 |
Jonathon Brown |
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2. |
Robin Triggs |
0.5/0.5 |
Sam Moore |
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3. |
Calum Leitch |
0.5/0.5 |
Gerald Harvey |
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4. |
Brendan McGrath |
0-1 |
David Jackson |
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5. |
forfeit |
0-1 |
Chris Kelly |
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Bangor |
0.5-4.5 |
RVH |
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1. |
Arlo White |
0-1 |
Tom Clarke |
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2. |
James O'Fee |
0-1 |
Michael Holmes |
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3. |
Mark Newman |
0-1 |
Paul McLoughlin |
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4. |
Ron Henderson |
0.5/0.5 |
Danny Mallaghan |
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5. |
Richard Proctor |
0-1 |
Damien Cunningham |
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Fisherwick A |
4.0-1.0 |
Fisherwick B |
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1. |
John Cairns |
1-0 |
Neil Green |
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2. |
Tom Alcorn |
1-0 |
Ian Woodfield |
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3. |
David Ruben |
1-0 |
Gerry Pollock |
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4. |
Norman McFarland |
1-0 |
Fred Marlow |
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5. |
Bobby Thompson |
0-1 |
Alex Beckett |
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Round 5 |
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QUB B |
3.0-2.0 |
RVH |
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Robin Triggs |
0-1 |
Tom Clarke |
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2. |
David O'Donnell |
1-0 |
Paul McLoughlin |
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3. |
Calum Leitch |
1-0 |
John McKenna |
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4. |
Brendan McGrath |
1-0 |
Damien Lavery |
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5. |
forfeit |
0-1 |
Damien Cunningham |
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QUB A |
3.0-2.0 |
Fisherwick A |
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David Houston |
1-0 |
John Cairns |
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2. |
Stephen Wood |
0.5/0.5 |
Tom Alcorn |
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3. |
Stephen Morgan |
0-1 |
David Ruben |
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4. |
Fred MacDonald |
1-0 |
Norman McFarland |
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5. |
Bernard McCaughey |
0.5/0.5 |
Bobby Thompson |
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Bangor |
2.0-3.0 |
Civil Service |
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1. |
Arlo White |
1-0 |
Jonathon Brown |
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2. |
James O'Fee |
0-1 |
Sam Moore |
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3. |
Mark Newman |
0-1 |
Gerald Harvey |
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4. |
Ron Henderson |
0-1 |
David Jackson |
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5. |
Richard Proctor |
1-0 |
Chris Kelly |
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Round 6 |
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RVH |
5.0-0.0 |
Fisherwick B |
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Tom Clarke |
1-0 |
Neil Green |
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2. |
Michael Holmes |
1-0 |
Ian Woodfield |
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3. |
John McKenna |
1-0 |
Gerry Pollock |
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4. |
Damien Cunningham |
1-0 |
Fred Marlow |
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5. |
Damien Lavery |
1-0 |
Alex Beckett |
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QUB A |
3.0-2.0 |
Civil Service |
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David Houston |
0-1 |
Jonathon Brown |
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2. |
Stephen Wood |
1-0 |
Sam Moore |
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3. |
Stephen Morgan |
1-0 |
Gerald Harvey |
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4. |
John Wood |
1-0 |
David Jackson |
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5. |
Bernard McCaughey |
1-0 |
Chris Kelly |
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Fisherwick A |
3.5-1.5 |
Bangor |
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1. |
John Cairns |
1-0 |
Arlo White |
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2. |
Tom Alcorn |
1-0 |
James O'Fee |
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3. |
David Ruben |
0.5/0.5 |
Mark Newman |
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4. |
Norman McFarland |
1-0 |
Ron Henderson |
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5. |
Bobby Thompson |
0-1 |
Richard Proctor |
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Round 7 |
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RVH |
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QUB A |
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1. |
Tom Clarke |
0.5/0.5 |
David Houston |
|
2. |
Stephen Scannell |
1-0 |
Stephen Morgan |
|
3. |
Michael Holmes |
1-0 |
Stephen Wood |
|
4. |
Paul McLoughlin |
1-0 |
John Wood |
|
5. |
Danny Mallaghan |
1-0 |
Bernard McCaughey |
|
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|
QUB B |
2.0-3.0 |
Fisherwick B |
|
1. |
David O'Donnell |
1-0 |
Neil, Green |
|
2. |
Robin Triggs |
0-1 |
Ian Woodfield |
|
3. |
Calum Leitch |
1-0 |
Gerry Pollock |
|
4. |
Brendan McGrath |
0-1 |
Alex Beckett |
|
5. |
forfeit |
0-1 |
Fred Marlow |
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Civil Service |
1.5-3.5 |
Fisherwick A |
|
1. |
Jonathon Brown |
0.5/0.5 |
John Cairns |
|
2. |
Sam Moore |
0-1 |
Tom Alcorn |
|
3. |
Gerald Harvey |
0-1 |
David Ruben |
|
4. |
David Jackson |
0-1 |
Norman McFarland |
|
5. |
Chris Kelly |
1-0 |
Bobby Thompson |
So Fisherwick A and RVH qualified for the Final of the 2003 Ulster Team Championship while Civil Service and QUB A go through to the Plate Final. Both Finals will be double-round affairs and will be played on 18 May 2003 at Queen's University.
|
Team |
Fish |
RVH |
QUB |
CivS |
Bang |
Fish |
QUB |
Total |
|
Fisherwick A |
X |
4.0 |
2.0 |
3.5 |
3.5 |
3.5 |
4.0 |
20.5 |
|
RVH |
1.0 |
X |
4.5 |
3.5 |
4.5 |
5.0 |
2.0 |
20.5 |
|
QUB A |
3.0 |
0.5 |
X |
3.0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
4.5 |
17.0 |
|
Civil Service |
1.5 |
1.5 |
2.0 |
X |
3.0 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
16.0 |
|
Bangor |
1.5 |
0.5 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
X |
3.5 |
4.0 |
13.5 |
|
Fisherwick B |
1.5 |
0.0 |
2.0 |
1.0 |
1.5 |
X |
3.0 |
9.0 |
|
QUB B |
1.0 |
3.0 |
0.5 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
2.0 |
X |
8.5 |