Plenty of quality Schools Chess at Methodist College
On January 11th the Childrens Chess competitions continued. Out of the top players who will win a place at the Stormont Elite event at the end of the School year?
Enjoying the game
Plenty of chess the secondary schools had 14 good players all looking to beat the previous champion Kevin Robbin. Playing a 7 round swiss.
With 8 players in the Primary section we played a 6 round swiss and a fun Battle Chess tournament again of 6 rounds. With a chess Puzzle competition running at the same time. A good afternoon of chess and hard thinking....
Secondary January2014 - Round 1
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Cameron Brown F1 [0] 1:0 Marcus McEneaney F3 [0] 2 Christopher O'Hagen F4 [0] 0:1 Joel Dawson F3 [0] 3 Matt Duffy F1 [0] 0:1 Hannah Patterson F2 [0] 4 Jake Patterson F4 [0] 0:1 Owen Edwards F2 [0] 5 Matthew Gray F4 [0] 0:1 Kevin Robbin F5 [0] 6 Andrew Todd F5 [0] 1:0 Kieran Martin F1 [0] 7 Ethan Martin F1 [0] 0:1 Samuel Todd F2 [0]
Secondary January2014 - Round 2
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Hannah Patterson F2 [1] 0:1 Cameron Brown F1 [1] 2 Joel Dawson F3 [1] 0:1 Kevin Robbin F5 [1] 3 Owen Edwards F2 [1] 0:1 Andrew Todd F5 [1] 4 Samuel Todd F2 [1] 1:0 Matt Duffy F1 [0] 5 Marcus McEneaney F3 [0] 0:1 Matthew Gray F4 [0] 6 Kieran Martin F1 [0] 1:0 Christopher O'Hagen F4 [0] 7 Jake Patterson F4 [0] 1:0 Ethan Martin F1 [0]
Secondary January2014 - Round 3
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Cameron Brown F1 [2] 0:1 Andrew Todd F5 [2] 2 Kevin Robbin F5 [2] 1:0 Samuel Todd F2 [2] 3 Kieran Martin F1 [1] 0:1 Joel Dawson F3 [1] 4 Hannah Patterson F2 [1] 1:0 Owen Edwards F2 [1] 5 Matthew Gray F4 [1] 0:1 Jake Patterson F4 [1] 6 Matt Duffy F1 [0] 1:0 Marcus McEneaney F3 [0] 7 Ethan Martin F1 [0] 1:0 Christopher O'Hagen F4 [0]
Secondary January2014 - Round 4
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Andrew Todd F5 [3] 0:1 Kevin Robbin F5 [3] 2 Samuel Todd F2 [2] .5:.5 Cameron Brown F1 [2] 3 Joel Dawson F3 [2] 1:0 Hannah Patterson F2 [2] 4 Jake Patterson F4 [2] 1:0 Kieran Martin F1 [1] 5 Matthew Gray F4 [1] 1:0 Matt Duffy F1 [1] 6 Owen Edwards F2 [1] 1:0 Ethan Martin F1 [1] 7 Christopher O'Hagen F4 [0] 0:1 Marcus McEneaney F3 [0]
Secondary January2014 - Round 5
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Kevin Robbin F5 [4] 1:0 Jake Patterson F4 [3] 2 Andrew Todd F5 [3] 1:0 Joel Dawson F3 [3] 3 Cameron Brown F1 [2.5] 1:0 Owen Edwards F2 [2] 4 Hannah Patterson F2 [2] .5:.5 Samuel Todd F2 [2.5] 5 Ethan Martin F1 [1] 0:1 Matthew Gray F4 [2] 6 Marcus McEneaney F3 [1] 1:0 Kieran Martin F1 [1] 7 Matt Duffy F1 [1] 1:0 Christopher O'Hagen F4 [0]
Secondary January2014 - Round 6
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Kevin Robbin F5 [5] 1:0 Cameron Brown F1 [3.5] 2 Samuel Todd F2 [3] 0:1 Andrew Todd F5 [4] 3 Joel Dawson F3 [3] 0:1 Matthew Gray F4 [3] 4 Jake Patterson F4 [3] 1:0 Hannah Patterson F2 [2.5] 5 Kieran Martin F1 [1] 0:1 Matt Duffy F1 [2] 6 Marcus McEneaney F3 [2] .5:.5 Ethan Martin F1 [1] 7 Christopher O'Hagen F4 [0] 0:1 Owen Edwards F2 [2]
Secondary January2014 - Round 7
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Matt Duffy F1 [3] 0:1 Kevin Robbin F5 [6] 2 Andrew Todd F5 [5] .5:.5 Jake Patterson F4 [4] 3 Matthew Gray F4 [4] 1:0 Cameron Brown F1 [3.5] 4 Owen Edwards F2 [3] 0:1 Samuel Todd F2 [3] 5 Joel Dawson F3 [3] 1:0 Marcus McEneaney F3 [2.5] 6 Hannah Patterson F2 [2.5] 1:0 Christopher O'Hagen F4 [0] 7 Ethan Martin F1 [1.5] 0:1 Kieran Martin F1 [1]
Kevin Robbin won the tournament with a full score of 7 points still the player to beat! Andrew Todd coming second on 5.5 points.
Secondary January2014 - Round 7
Standings
Place Name Feder Score
1 Kevin Robbin F5 7
2 Andrew Todd F5 5.5
3 Matthew Gray F4 5
4 Jake Patterson F4 4.5
5-6 Samuel Todd F2 4
Joel Dawson F3 4
7-8 Cameron Brown F1 3.5
Hannah Patterson F2 3.5
9-10 Matt Duffy F1 3
Owen Edwards F2 3
11 Marcus McEneaney F3 2.5
12 Kieran Martin F1 2
13 Ethan Martin F1 1.5
14 Christopher O'Hagen F4 0
WIth new faces in the Primary Section would there be an upset?
Primary January - Round 1
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Lorcan Amir P4 [0] 1:0 Katrina O'Hagan P7 [0] 2 Phoebe Patterson P4 [0] 1:0 Ronan Amir P6 [0] 3 Darragh Ferguson P7 [0] 1:0 Calvin Patterson P2 [0] 4 Pete Todd P7 [0] 1:0 Fiachra Avery P5 [0]
Primary January - Round 2
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Phoebe Patterson P4 [1] 1:0 Lorcan Amir P4 [1] 2 Pete Todd P7 [1] 1:0 Darragh Ferguson P7 [1] 3 Ronan Amir P6 [0] 0:1 Calvin Patterson P2 [0]
Primary January - Round 3
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Darragh Ferguson P7 [1] 1:0 Phoebe Patterson P4 [2] 2 Calvin Patterson P2 [1] 0:1 Pete Todd P7 [2] 3 Fiachra Avery P5 [1] 1:0 Lorcan Amir P4 [1] 4 Katrina O'Hagan P7 [0] 0:1 Ronan Amir P6 [0]
Primary January - Round 4
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Phoebe Patterson P4 [2] 0:1 Pete Todd P7 [3] 2 Fiachra Avery P5 [2] 0:1 Darragh Ferguson P7 [2] 3 Lorcan Amir P4 [1] 0:1 Ronan Amir P6 [1] 4 Calvin Patterson P2 [1] 1:0 Katrina O'Hagan P7 [0]
Primary January - Round 5
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Pete Todd P7 [4] 1:0 Lorcan Amir P4 [1] 2 Darragh Ferguson P7 [3] 1:0 Katrina O'Hagan P7 [0] 3 Ronan Amir P6 [2] .5:.5 Fiachra Avery P5 [2] 4 Phoebe Patterson P4 [2] 1:0 Calvin Patterson P2 [2]
Primary January - Round 6
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Katrina O'Hagan P7 [0] 0:1 Pete Todd P7 [5] 2 Fiachra Avery P5 [2.5] 0:1 Phoebe Patterson P4 [3] 3 Calvin Patterson P2 [2] 0:1 Darragh Ferguson P7 [4]
Primary January - Round 6
Standings
Place Name Feder Score
1 Pete Todd P7 6
2 Darragh Ferguson P7 5
3 Phoebe Patterson P4 4
4-5 Fiachra Avery P5 2.5
Ronan Amir P6 2.5
6 Calvin Patterson P2 2
7 Lorcan Amir P4 1
8 Katrina O'Hagan P7 0
An excellent result from Pete Todd winning all games without a defeat. Only P4 Phoebe Patterson gained 3rd place with an excellent score of 4 points.
We run a Grand-Prix across the Childrens Chess Tournaments - the top children of each tournament have their top 3 scores across the 5 tournaments over the year accumulated and the top 4 upper school, 4 lower school, 4 primary school and top 4 problem solvers get invited to the end of year award Ceremony and Elite Stormont tournament. The Parents and the Principals/teachers of the schools are invited to this prestigious chess event.
The scores to date:
Senior School: F4- U6
| ______Nov | ______Jan | ______Feb | ______Mar | ______Apr |
_____Total | ____Best 3 | ||
| Kevin Robbin | F5 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 17 | |||
| Thomas Donaldson | L6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | ||||
| Jake Patterson | F4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | |||
| Andrew Todd | F5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Matthew Chapman | U6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | ||||
| Matthew Gray | F4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||
| Christopher O'Hagen | F4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||
| Adam Henning | U6 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Lower School: F1-F3
| ______Nov |
______Jan | ______Feb | ______Mar | ______Apr | _____Total | ____Best 3 | ||
| Joel Dawson | F3 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 18 | |||
| Hannah Patterson | F2 | 7 | 5.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | |||
| Samuel Todd | F2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | ||||
| Patrick McGurnaghan | F3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | ||||
| Cameron Brown | F1 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | ||||
| Matt Duffy | F1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Owen Edwards | F2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Marcus McEneaney | F3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Kieran Martin | F1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Primary School
| ______Nov | ______Jan | ______Feb | ______Mar | ______Apr | _____total | ___Best 3. | ||
| Fiachra Avery | P5 | 10 | 4.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | |||
| Phoebe Patterson | P5 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 12 | |||
| Calvin Patterson | P2 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 11 | |||
| Pete Todd | P7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | ||||
| Darragh Ferguson | P7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Caolan Lawrenson | P7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||
| Ronan Amir | P6 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | ||||
| Seamus Douglas | P4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Mani Douglas | P5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Lorcan Amir | P4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Katrina O'Hagan | P7 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
