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P3 player wins March's Childrens Chess

A young P3 player Dayna Ferguson wins the Primary Section unbeaten with 6 points. Kevin Robbin wins the Secondary Section with 5.5 points. Eibhia Ni Mhureagain wins the Lower Secondary Section.

 

While it snowed outside 24 young players battled over the chessboard.

The primary section had some upset with the top players Lucia Corrigan and Honor Parissis being beaten by the younger Dayna Ferguson who beat everyone she played and came top of the primary competition with 6 full points. At round 3 we had brother v sister Dayna v Daniel Ferguson (P2). Dayna winning,

Top board- Brother v Sister

P5 Winner Dayna Ferguson, 2nd Admira Kecskameti, 3rd Daniel Ferguson, Sam Dawson

P6 Winner Honor Parissis, 2nd Elise Dawson, 3rd Lucia Corrigan, Ben Wilson

Primary Section Standings

Place Name              Feder Score

  1   Dayna Ferguson    P3    6    
  2   Honor Parissis    P6    5    
  3   Elise Dawson      P6    4    
  4   Admira Kecskameti P2    3.5  
 5-8  Daniel Ferguson   P2    3    
      Lucia Corrigan    P6    3    
      Sam Dawson        P4    3    
      Ben Wilson        P6    3    
  9   Calvin Patterson  P1    2.5  
 10   Phoebe Patteson   P3    1.5  
 11   Jarlath Donnelly  P4    1    
 12   Matthew McCann    P5    0.5 

by Swiss Perfect (TM)  www.swissperfect.com

The secondary section is very tough. We have in this section some top players who play in the Ulster Chess League.

Form1 Winner Eibhia Ni Mhuireagain, 2nd Zoe Marno, Eoghan Turkington, 3rd Chloe Millar

Form2 Winner Joel Dawson

Form3 Winner Jake Patterson

Form4 and above Winner Kevin Robbin, 2nd Thomas Donaldson, Matthew Chapman, Kiran Robbin, Adam Henning, 3 Karina Kruk.

Secondary Section - 2

Place Name                  Feder Score

  1   Kevin Robbin          F4    5.5  
 2-5  Thomas Donaldson      F5    4    
      Matthew Chapman       L6    4    
      Kiran Robbin          F5    4    
      Adam Henning          L6    4    
  6   Karina Kruk           U6    3.5  
 7-9  Eibhia Ni Mhuireagain F1    3    
      Jake Patterson        F3    3    
      Joel Dawson           F2    3    
10-11 Zoe Marno             F1    1    
      Eoghan Turkington     F1    1    
 12   Chloe Millar          F1    0 

Primary Puzzle Winners- Top 3

Gold Certificate:

Kecskameti, Admira

Silver Certificate:

Corrigan, Lucia
Parissis, Honor

Secondary Puzzle Winners - Top 3

Gold Certificate:

Kevin Robbin

Silver Certificate:

Eibha Ni Mhuireagian

Bronze Certificate:

Joel Dawson

Thanks to all the volunteers and to Methodist College for the venue.

Next events on calender :

Chess for All - Tournament of Champions : 23rd March -Event fully booked.

Irish Junior Chess Championships: 5th-7th April  http://www.icu.ie/events/forms/499.pdf

Next Childrens Chess: Saturday 13th April.

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Primary Section - 3

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Primary Section - 5

The Room

Secondary Section - 1

Secondary Section - 3


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