Childrens Chess kicked off in November - a warm-up for the Ulster Championships.
In attendance we had 6 Primary pupils and 8 Secondary students. Plenty of chess was played and puzzles solved. The Primary section played an all play all round Robin with a break with a short competition of Battle-Chess - The players have a King and 4 pawns each and have to place these on their own side of the board. A board hides their opponents side of the board from view whilst this is happening. Then once the separator is removed the game commences as an end-game with the winner being the first to Queen a pawn safetly. A brilliant way of practicing your end-game. The skill is both in the play and how you initially place your pieces.
The tournament provided excellent practice for Decembers Ulster Schools Championships. Looks like in the Primary section we have a couple of contendors Avery Fiachra, Calvin Patterson and Pheobe Patterson.
The Secondary students played a 7 round swiss. The skill level is high and there will be an excellent calibre of Championships this year.
Primary - Round 1
Results
No Name Year Result Name Year 1 Fiachra Avery P5 2.0:0.0 Caolan Lawrenson P7 2 Calvin Patterson P2 1.5:.5 Phoebe Patterson P5 3 Seamus Douglas P4 1.5:.5 Mani Douglas P5
Primary - Round 2
Results
No Name Year Result Name Year 1 Seamus Douglas P4 0.0:2.0 Caolan Lawrenson P7 2 Mani Douglas P5 .5:1.5 Phoebe Patterson P5 3 Fiachra Avery P5 2.0:0.0 Calvin Patterson P2
Primary - Round 3
Results
No Name Year Result Name Year 1 Calvin Patterson P2 2.0:0.0 Seamus Douglas P4 2 Phoebe Patterson P5 0.0:2.0 Fiachra Avery P5 3 Caolan Lawrenson P7 2.0:0.0 Mani Douglas P5
Primary - Round 4
Results
No Name Year Result Name Year 1 Calvin Patterson P2 2.0:0.0 Mani Douglas P5 2 Fiachra Avery P5 2.0:0.0 Seamus Douglas P4 3 Caolan Lawrenson P7 0.0:2.0 Phoebe Patterson P5
Primary - Round 5
Results
No Name Feder Result Name Feder 1 Phoebe Patterson P5 2.0:0.0 Seamus Douglas P4 2 Caolan Lawrenson P7 .5:1.5 Calvin Patterson P2 3 Mani Douglas P5 0.0:2.0 Fiachra Avery P5
The final round saw new-comer Fiachra Avery win the tournament with an unbeaten score of 10 out of 10.
Calvin Patterson P2 followed close behind with 7 out of 10 an excellent score for one so young.
All players won Medals for their positions within their years.
The Puzzles were collected at the end of the day and marked after the tournament:
Silver Certs
Calvin Patteson 8
Fiachra Avery 8
Phoebe Patterson 8
Bronze Certs
Seamus Douglas 5
Caolan Lawrenson 3
Standings
Place Name Feder Score 1 Avery, Fiachra P5 10 2 Patterson, Calvin P2 7 3 Patterson, Phoebe P5 6 4 Lawrenson, Caolan P7 4.5 5 Douglas, Seamus P4 1.5 6 Douglas, Mani P5 1
The secondary schools competion included some excellent players both Thomas Donaldson and Matthew Chapman play in the Ulster Chess Union League, Kevin Robbin won the Grand-Prix 2014. This was a very tough section.
Thomas Donaldson won the seven round swiss with all wins.
Cross Table
No Name Feder Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 Thomas Donaldson L6 7 4:W 2:W 3:W 5:W 8:W 7:W 6:W 2 Matthew Chapman U6 5 7:W 1:L 5:W 6:W 3:W 8:W 4:L 3 Kevin Robbin F5 5 5:W 6:W 1:L 7:W 2:L 4:W 8:W 4 Jake Patterson F4 4 1:L 7:W 6:W 8:L 5:W 3:L 2:W 5 Adam Henning U6 3 3:L 8:W 2:L 1:L 4:L 6:W 7:W 6 Joel Dawson F3 2 8:W 3:L 4:L 2:L 7:W 5:L 1:L 7 Patrick McGurnaghan F3 1 2:L 4:L 8:W 3:L 6:L 1:L 5:L 8 Hannah Patterson F2 1 6:L 5:L 7:L 4:W 1:L 2:L 3:Lby Swiss Perfect (TM) www.swissperfect.com
Again the puzzle sheets were handed in at the end of the day and marked latter:
Gold Certs
Kevin Robbin 18
Bronze Certs
Joel Dawson 6
Patrick McGurnaghan 5
Hannah Patterson 3
Thanks to Methodist College for hosting this event and to Geoff Hindley for assisting in its organisation.
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