Season Reports https://www.ulsterchess.org Articles and Reports for the season daily 1 2014-09-02T23:19:46Z New format for 2010 Ulster Championships https://www.ulsterchess.org/archives/chronicles/2010-2011-season/ucu-web/new-format-for-2010-ulster-championships The Ulster Championships are once again being held in the Europa Hotel, Belfast but with a new format. The increase in numbers since the event moved to the Europa Hotel in 2007 means that it is now possible to hold the three Championships - Senior, Intermediate and Junior - as separate events at the same time over the August Bank Holiday Weekend. Last year 38 competed and the Ulster Chess Union is hoping that at least that many enter again this year.

Organisers expect that each section will have approximately 12 to 16 players competing over 6 rounds. The advantage is that players will now only compete against players of their own standard and make for a fairer test.

The Championships are open to players born or resident in Northern Ireland.

For full details go to http://www.ulsterchess.org/2010-ulster-championships

 

 

]]> No publisher David McAlister 2010-08-02T15:58:45Z News Item Ulster Championship preview https://www.ulsterchess.org/archives/chronicles/2010-2011-season/ucu-web/ulster-championship-preview Lists of who has entered and a reminder of some of the more important rules. This year the Championship is being run in three sections rather than a single tournament. 40 players have already entered, with a few more expected to enter on the day.

Senior entries

1.  Scannell, Stephen    2074
2.  Waters, Michael      2050
3.  Cairns, John         2030
4.  McDonnell, James     1964
5.  Annesley, Gareth     1958
6.  Pilkiewicz, Nicholas 1915
7.  Walls, Eamonn        1891
8.  Newman, Mark         1801
9.  Mallaghan, Danny     1800
10. Whiteside, Edward    1787

Intermediate entries

1.  Woodfield, Ian     1673
2.  Sloan, Cecil       1645
3.  Robbin, Kevin      1628
4.  Baras, David       1616
5.  McComb, Brian      1584
6.  McFarland, Norman  1532
7.  McConaghy, Stewart 1521
8.  Phillips, John     1492
9.  Kruk, Karina       1480
10. Robbin, Kiran      1455
11. Troughton, Niall   1447
12. Harris, Ross       1438
13. Kelly, Martin      1426
14. Truesdale, Derek   1380
15. Storey, William    1372

Junior entries

1.  Linton, Sean       1341
2.  Beckett, Alex      1311
3.  Allen, Mark        1263
4.  Smith, Raymond     1252
5.  Stafford, Roy      1240
6.  Murphy, Cathal     1129
7.  Belshaw, Brian     1120
8.  Monaghan, John     1109
9.  Johnston, Gary     1100
10. Morrison, Phillip  1070
11. Hindley, Geoff     991 
12. Wilson, Paul       857 
13. Storey, Peter      742 
14. Diamond, Michael       
15. Harris, Graeme

Rules reminder

1. Default time: In Rounds 2-6 players arriving 30 minutes after the actual start of the round will lose the game by time default. In Round 1 players are requested to appear before the start of play. There is no default time in Round 1 but players will be repaired if their opponents have not arrived by 10.30 am.

2. Mobile phones: Players are reminded that they must keep their mobile phones switched off. If a player's phone makes a noise during play, he will automatically lose the game.

3. Tie-break rules: In the event of players finishing on the same score, a tie-break will be applied for titles and prizes. Order of tie-break is Median Buchholz, Buchholz, Most wins and progressive score.

]]> No publisher David McAlister 2010-08-27T07:55:40Z News Item 2010 Ulster Championship Day 1 https://www.ulsterchess.org/archives/chronicles/2010-2011-season/ucu-web/2010-ulster-championship-day-1 55 players have entered for this year's Championships, the biggest number in an Ulster Chess Union event since the 2001 Target Recruitment International Open. After two rounds here are the leading standings in the three Championship events:

Senior

1. Michael Holmes 2.0
2=5. John Cairns, James McDonnell, Stephen Scannell, Michael Waters 1.5

Intermediate

1=3. David Baras, Ryszard Kacorowski, Niall Troughton 2.0
4=7. Alan Burns, Damien Lavery, Cecil Sloan, Derek Truesdale 1.5

Junior

1=4. Mark Allen, Cathal Murphy, Raymond Smith, Chris Turnbull 2.0
5=8. Brian Belshaw, Sean Linton, Pearse O'Brien, Roy Stafford 1.5

 

]]> No publisher David McAlister 2010-08-29T09:34:18Z News Item 2010 Ulster Championship Day 2 https://www.ulsterchess.org/archives/chronicles/2010-2011-season/ucu-web/2010-ulster-championship-day-2 Rounds 3 and 4 at the Belfast Europa Hotel. Leading scores in the three Championship sections at the end of Day 2:

Senior

1. Michael Waters 3.5
2. James McDonnell 3.0
3=5. John Cairns, Michael Holmes, Mark Newman 2.5

Intermediate

1=2. David Baras, Cecil Sloan 3.5
3=5. Ryszard Kacorowski, Norman McFarland, Niall Troughton 3.0

Junior

1. Mark Allen 3.5
2=6. Brian Belshaw, Cathal Murphy, Fergus O'Neill,, Raymond Smith, Roy Stafford 3.0

]]> No publisher David McAlister 2010-08-29T20:28:54Z News Item 2010 Ulster Championship Day 3 https://www.ulsterchess.org/archives/chronicles/2010-2011-season/ucu-web/2010-ulster-championship-day-3 Final day's play in the three Championship sections. Prizewinners

Senior
 
1. Michael Waters 5.5
2. John Cairns 4.0
3. Eamonn Walls 4.0
 
Intermediate
 
1. David Baras 5.0
2. Ryzsard Kacorowski 4.5
3. Norman McFarland 4.5
 
Junior
 
1. Mark Allen 5.5
2. Bryan Belshaw 5.0
3. Sean Linton 4.5
 
Grading Prizes
 
Intermediate under 1500 - Chris Armstrong
Junior under 1100 - Fergus O'Neill
]]> No publisher David McAlister 2010-08-30T22:08:14Z News Item Ulster Rapidplay Championship prizewinners https://www.ulsterchess.org/archives/chronicles/2010-2011-season/ucu-web/ulster-rapidplay-championship-prizewinners Since the move of the Ulster Championship proper to a warmer time of year in 2005, the rapidplay version has been habitually held over the holiday season. This season the event was held on the 2nd January 2011 at its usual venue, the Belfast Boat Club. There were six rounds, with players having 30 minutes each per game.

John Cairns had finished tied first on three occasions previously in this event, but this time he was the undisputed winner.

Prizewinners
1st J. Cairns 5.5/6
2nd J. Masterson 5/6
3rd R. Kacorowski 4.5/6

Grading Prizes
U-1700 M. Newman 4/6
U-1500 K. Kruk 3.5/6
U-1300 M. Chapman 4/6

]]> No publisher David McAlister 2011-01-06T17:14:48Z News Item Williamson Shield 2011 Result https://www.ulsterchess.org/archives/chronicles/2010-2011-season/ucu-web/williamson-shield-2011-result Six-round Swiss played 29-30 January at the Maynard Sinclair Pavilion Final crosstable 
No    Name                 Rtg     Total     1       2       3       4       5       6    Prize

1     Stephen Scannell     2080    5        14:W     8:W     4:D     7:W     5:W     3:D  First

2     John Cairns          2025    4.5      17:W     7:W     3:D     4:W     8:D     5:D  Second
3     Michael Waters       2075    4.5      16:W     9:W     2:D     5:D     6:W     1:D  Second
4     Gareth Annesley      1974    4.5      18:W    15:W     1:D     2:L    14:W     8:W  Second

5     John Masterson       1896    4        22:W     6:W    12:W     3:D     1:L     2:D
6     Karina Kruk          1458    4        13:W     5:L    19:W    18:W     3:L     9:W  Grading
7     John Phillips        1521    4        24:W     2:L    16:W     1:L    12:W    13:W  Grading

8     Mark Newman          1812    3.5      19:W     1:L    11:W    14:W     2:D     4:L
9     Danny Mallaghan      1772    3.5      23:W     3:L    10:W     0:D    11:W     6:L
10    William Storey       1331    3.5       0:D    11:D     9:L    19:D    24:W    18:W

11    Martin Kelly         1398    3        26:W    10:D     8:L    24:W     9:L    15:D
12    Matthew Chapman      1139    3         0:D    20:W     5:L    17:D     7:L    25:W  Grading
13    Peter Storey         769     3         6:L    22:W    14:L     0:W    16:W     7:L  Grading
14    Alan Burns           1366    3         1:L    25:W    13:W     8:L     4:L    22:W
15    Stewart McConaghy    1485    3        21:W     4:L    18:L     0:D    17:W    11:D
16    Alexander Beckett    1308    3         3:L    23:W     7:L    21:W    13:L    19:W
17    Raymond Smith        1262    3         2:L    24:D    25:W    12:D    15:L    21:W  Grading

18    Roy Stafford         1240    2.5       4:L    21:W    15:W     6:L     0:D    10:L
19    Gary Johnston        1117    2.5       8:L    26:W     6:L    10:D    25:W    16:L
20    Cathal Murphy        1216    2.5       0:D    12:L    24:L    25:L    23:W    26:W

21    Phillip Morrison     1061    2        15:L    18:L    26:W    16:L     0:W    17:L
22    George Jackson       1225    2         5:L    13:L     0:D    23:D    26:W    14:L
23    John Monaghan        1110    2         9:L    16:L     0:D    22:D    20:L    24:W

24    David Seaby          1088    1.5       7:L    17:D    20:W    11:L    10:L    23:L
25    Geoff Hindley        967     1.5       0:D    14:L    17:L    20:W    19:L    12:L

26    Paul Wilson          768     .5       11:L    19:L    21:L     0:D    22:L    20:L

 

]]> No publisher David McAlister 2011-01-31T10:42:47Z News Item Chess At Stormont 2011 https://www.ulsterchess.org/archives/chronicles/2010-2011-season/ucu-web/pictures-from-stormont-2011/chess-at-stormont-2011 14 Top young Ulster chess players had their talent celebrated at the 4th Belfast Scholastic Award Ceremony. Hosted by Kieran McCarthy MLA at Stormont, June 10th 2011. The top young chess players and their Principals were invite by MLA Kieran McCarthy to receive trophies for their play during the year and to play in the 'Stormont Elite Championship'.

During the year the Ulster Schools Chess Council and the Ulster Chess Union jointly run a series of monthly chess tournaments.  A grand-prix point system is accumulated from these and the 4 best placed chess players from the sections - Primary School, Years 8-10, Years 11-14 are invited to Stormont.

The best up and coming younger player(s) receive the award of 'Exceptional Young Player 2011'.

This years winners were :

The Belfast Scholastic Shield. Exceptional Young Player

 

Name

Year

School

Honor Parissis

P4

Fullerton House

Tarun Rajan

P3

Inchmarlo

The Belfast Scholastic Shield. Primary Chess Champion

Name

Year

School

Score

1st

Raghav Gupta

P6

Dromore PS

30

2nd

Jack Buchanan-Rolleston

P7

Greenisland PS

22.33

3rd

Joel Dawson

P7

Maralin Village PS

20.33

4th

Ben Buchanan-Rolleston

P5

Greenisland PS

15.75

The Belfast Scholastic Shield. Lower School Chess Champion

 

Name

Year

School

Score

1st

Kiran Robbin

F3

RBAI

29

1st

Kevin Robbin

F2

RBAI

29

3rd

Radhika Gupta

F2

Banbridge Academy

16.5

4th

John Dawson

F2

Friends

15

The Belfast Scholastic Shield. Senior Secondary Chess Champion

 

Name

Year

School

Score

1st

Karina Kruk

F5

Ulidia Integrated College

30

2nd

Matthew Chapman

F4

Grosvenor

28

3rd

Christopher Roe

F4

BRA

18.33

4th

Bebito Jacob

F4

St Mary’s Christian Brothers

17.33

5th

Adam Henning

F4

Methody

9

 

Stephen Gilliland

F4

Grosvenor

 

Special thanks to Kieran McCarthy for hosting the event. Also to the team of volunteers who make the series of chess events possible.

Details of next years dates will be available on this site.
]]> No publisher Mark Newman 2011-06-19T14:35:00Z News Item 2010 Summer Tournament https://www.ulsterchess.org/archives/chronicles/2010-2011-season/ulster-chess-news/2010-summer-tournament This was played at the Civil Service Maynard Sinclair Pavilion on Wednesday evenings from May to September. Winner: Stephen Scannell
Second: Brian Belshaw
Section 1 Winner: Gareth Annesley
Section 2 Winner: John Bryars
Section 3 Winner: Cathal Murphy]]> No publisher David McAlister 2019-06-05T20:00:39Z Page UCU Spring Rapidplay https://www.ulsterchess.org/archives/chronicles/2010-2011-season/ulster-chess-news/ucu-spring-rapidplay Belfast Boat Club, 13 March 2011 An interesting entrant in this event was the 2177-rated English player Jonathan Arnott, temporarily resident in Northern Ireland. He tied for first alongside Michael Waters and Damien Lavery.

No Name            Rtg  Club         Total  1    2    3    4    5    6  

1  Michael Waters  2052 Fisherwick   5     10:W  5:W  3:W  4:W  2:L  6:W
2  Jonathon Arnott 2177 Bangor       5      8:W  7:W  4:L  5:W  1:W 10:W
3  Damien Lavery   1653 Ballynafeigh 5      6:W 18:W  1:L  9:W 13:W  4:W
4  Jonathan Brown  1913 Lagan        4     15:W  9:W  2:W  1:L  7:W  3:L
5  Ian Woodfield   1599 Fisherwick   4     17:W  1:L 14:W  2:L 16:W 11:W
6  Matthew Chapman 1145 Ballynafeigh 3.5    3:L  8:D 10:W 15:W  9:W  1:L
7  Mark Newman     1632 Bombardier   3.5   16:W  2:L 13:W 11:W  4:L  8:D
8  Martin Kelly    1497 Fisherwick   3.5    2:L  6:D 12:W 13:W 15:D  7:D
9  Karina Kruk     1438 Ballynafeigh 3     14:W  4:L 18:W  3:L  6:L 16:W
10 Alan Burns      1380 Bangor       2.5    1:L 16:W  6:L 14:W 11:D  2:L
11 Lathish Nair                      2.5    0:  19:D 15:W  7:L 10:D  5:L
12 David Seaby     1243 Fisherwick   2.5    0:D 13:L  8:L 17:L 18:W 14:W
13 Sajesh Nair                       2      0:  12:W  7:L  8:L  3:L 15:D
14 Chris Roe                         2      9:L  0:W  5:L 10:L 17:W 12:L
15 Chris Armstrong 1303 Lagan        2      4:L 17:W 11:L  6:L  8:D 13:D
16 James Fairley   1118 RVH          2      7:L 10:L 17:W 18:W  5:L  9:L
17 Peter Storey    891  _unassigned_ 2      5:L 15:L 16:L 12:W 14:L 18:W
18 Jason Roe                         1      0:W  3:L  9:L 16:L 12:L 17:L
19 Geoff Hindley   994  Lagan        1      0:D 11:D  0:   0:   0:   0:
]]> No publisher David McAlister 2019-06-05T20:00:39Z Page UCU Summer Rapidplay https://www.ulsterchess.org/archives/chronicles/2010-2011-season/ulster-chess-news/ucu-summer-rapidplay This six-round Swiss tournament was played at the Belfast Boat Club on 26 June 2011 Each player has 25 minutes for all moves in each game.

Final Crosstable

No Name             Rtg  Club         Total  1    2    3    4    5    6  

1  Gareth Annesley  1878 RVH          5.5   15:W  9:W  2:W  4:W  8:W  3:D
2  Mark Newman      1632 Bombardier   5     18:W 11:W  1:L  5:W  7:W  9:W
3  Paul McLoughlin  1623 Bangor       4.5   19:W  6:D 12:W  7:D  4:W  1:D
4  Karina Kruk      1438 Ballynafeigh 4     13:W 10:W  6:W  1:L  3:L  8:W
5  Damien Lavery    1653 Ballynafeigh 4      0:D  8:D  9:W  2:L 16:W 10:W
6  Ian Woodfield    1599 Fisherwick   3.5    7:W  3:D  4:L 12:W  9:L 14:W
7  Raymond Smith    1262 RVH          3.5    6:L 15:W 10:W  3:D  2:L 16:W
8  Martin Kelly     1497 Fisherwick   3     12:D  5:D 19:W 14:W  1:L  4:L
9  Niall Troughton  1561 Bangor       3     17:W  1:L  5:L 13:W  6:W  2:L
10 Callum Ormerod   1700              3     14:W  4:L  7:L 11:W 15:W  5:L
11 Kevin O'Neill    907  Fisherwick   3     16:W  2:L 14:D 10:L 12:D  0:W
12 Cathal Murphy    1238 RVH          3      8:D 16:W  3:L  6:L 11:D 15:W
13 Mathew Chapman   1145 Ballynafeigh 3      4:L 18:W 15:L  9:L  0:W 17:W
14 Phillip Morrison 1328 RVH          2.5   10:L 17:W 11:D  8:L 18:W  6:L
15 John Monaghan    1339 RVH          2      1:L  7:L 13:W 19:W 10:L 12:L
16 Alan Burns       1380 Bangor       2     11:L 12:L 18:W 17:W  5:L  7:L
17 David Seaby      1243 Fisherwick   2      9:L 14:L  0:W 16:L 19:W 13:L
18 Patrik Oresky    1268              2      2:L 13:L 16:L  0:W 14:L 19:W
19 Peter Storey     891  _unassigned_ 1      3:L  0:W  8:L 15:L 17:L 18:L
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