Ulster Schools Individual Champions crowned on 7th December.
The Schools Individual Ulster Championships took place at Methodist College on 7th December. Four tournaments decided the Champions for Under 12, Under 14, Under 16, Under 19. The Under 19 determining the Schools Ulster Champion: Thomas Donaldson.
A total of 34 students gathered in the picturesque setting of Methodist College,Belfast to do battle to determine the best in Ulster.
With 6 students each in the under 19 and Under 16 we decided to run these as all-play alls. The Under 16s played at such a rapid pace we managed to get 2 games per opponent one as Black and one as White. Top players were present with Matthew Chapman Ulster Junior Champion 2012, Kevin Robbin last year Sharing first place in the Under16s Ulsters, Thomas Donaldson Winner of the 2012 Ulster Masters Intermediate section.
We ran two swiss tournaments for the U12's (8 rounds) and the U14's (9 rounds). So lots of chess together with a tough puzzle competition.
Thomas Donaldson: Under 19 Ulster Champion
Kevin Robbin: Under 16 Ulster Champion
Joel Dawson: Under 14 Ulster Champion
Matt Duffy: Under 12 Ulster Champion
Arnold Kecskemeti: Under 7 Ulster Champion
Admira Kecskemeti recieved the Girls Silver Shield for Best placed Girl coming 2nd in the Under12s.
Thanks go to Gerry Tate (President Ulster Schools Chess Council) and Geoff Hindley (Ulster Chess Union President) for Organising and assisting at the competition and to Methodist College for the excellent venue.
Puzzle Solving
Primary Section
Points Award Name
11 Gold Admira Kecskemeti
10 Gold Phoebe Patterson
8 Silver Fiachra Avery
8 Silver Arnold Kecskemeti
8 Silver Peter Todd
7 Silver Cheyang Li
1 Bronze David Mckee
Secondary Section
12 Gold Kevin Robbin
Under 19 Standings
Place Name Year Score Berg. Wins 1 Donaldson, Thomas 1996 4.5 9.75 4 2 Chapman, Matthew 1996 4 6.50 4 3 Todd, Andrew 1997 3 3.50 3 4 Greary, Joshua 1997 2 1.50 2 5 Henning, Adam 1995 1.5 2.25 1 6 Frazer, Mark 1997 0 0.00 0by Swiss Perfect (TM) www.swissperfect.com
Under 16 Standings
Place Name Year Score Berg. Wins
1 Robbin, Kevin 1998 9 35.50 4
2 Patterson, Jake 1998 6.5 26.25 2
3 Christie, Ryan 1999 5 16.50 1
4-5 Clarke, Booby 1998 4.5 16.75 1
Houston, Callum 1999 4.5 13.75 1
6 Gray, Matthew 1999 0.5 2.25 0
At half-way Jake and Kevin were jointly leading the field. The replays saw some upsets.
Under 14 Standings
Place Name Year Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 Dawson, Joel 2000 9 29.5 38.0 45.0
2 McElroy, Eoghan 2001 6 27.5 37.5 29.0
3 Todd, Samuel 2000 5.5 30.0 41.5 32.0
4-5 McGurnanghan, Patrick 2000 5 33.0 43.0 23.0
Murphy, Lewis 2001 5 28.5 38.5 23.0
6-7 Jervis, Conor 2000 4.5 31.5 41.5 20.5
Patterson, Hannah 2001 4.5 28.5 38.5 17.0
8 Edwards, Owen 2000 4 32.0 42.0 19.0
9-10 Kashyap, Aditya 2000 3 32.0 42.0 16.5
Horner, Jude 2001 3 31.5 41.5 12.0
11 O'Donoghue, Daire 2001 1.5 28.5 37.0 9.0
Joel won without a defeat an excellent result.
Under 12 Standings
Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 Duffy, Matt 2002 8 23.5 31.0 36.0
2-3 Kecskemeti, Admira 2006 6 23.5 33.0 26.0
Todd, Peter 2002 6 23.0 32.5 23.0
4 Avery, Fiachra 2005 5.5 24.0 33.5 23.5
5 Li, Cheyang 2003 4 27.0 36.5 17.0
6-7 Patterson, Phoebe 2005 3.5 25.0 34.5 14.5
Colligan, Sean 2002 3.5 24.5 34.0 16.5
8 Kecskemeti, Arnold 2008 2.5 20.0 29.5 12.0
9-11 Smyth, Evan 2004 2 24.5 34.5 10.5
Mckee, David 2004 2 21.5 29.5 7.5
Patterson, Calvin 2007 2 19.0 26.0 8.5
Matt Duffy won without a loss a brilliant result. Admira Kecskemeti came a good second and only 7 years old and won the prestigous Silver Plate for Best Girl.
Arnold Kecsemeti won the Under7s at the age of 5 with Calvin Patterson Second in the same section at the age of 6.
Under 19 - Results
Round1
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Andrew Todd [0] 1:0 Mark Frazer [0] 2 Joshua Greary [0] 1:0 Adam Henning [0] 3 Thomas Donaldson [0] 1:0 Matthew Chapman [0]
Round2
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Mark Frazer [0] 0:1 Matthew Chapman [0] 2 Adam Henning [0] .5:.5 Thomas Donaldson [1] 3 Andrew Todd [1] 1:0 Joshua Greary [1]
Round3
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Joshua Greary [1] 1:0 Mark Frazer [0] 2 Thomas Donaldson [1.5] 1:0 Andrew Todd [2] 3 Matthew Chapman [1] 1:0 Adam Henning [.5]
Round4
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Mark Frazer [0] 0:1 Adam Henning [.5] 2 Andrew Todd [2] 0:1 Matthew Chapman [2] 3 Joshua Greary [2] 0:1 Thomas Donaldson [2.5]
Round5
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Thomas Donaldson [3.5] 1:0 Mark Frazer [0] 2 Matthew Chapman [3] 1:0 Joshua Greary [2] 3 Adam Henning [1.5] 0:1 Andrew Todd [2]
U16 - Results
Rounds 1 and 6
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Kevin Robbin [0.0] 2.0:0.0 Callum Houston [0.0] 2 Booby Clarke [0.0] 1.5:.5 Matthew Gray [0.0] 3 Jake Patterson [0.0] 1.0:1.0 Ryan Christie [0.0]
Rounds 2 and 7
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Callum Houston [0.0] 1.0:1.0 Ryan Christie [1.0] 2 Matthew Gray [.5] 0.0:2.0 Jake Patterson [1.0] 3 Kevin Robbin [2.0] 2.0:0.0 Booby Clarke [1.5]
Rounds 3 and 8
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Booby Clarke [1.5] 1.0:1.0 Callum Houston [1.0] 2 Jake Patterson [3.0] 1.0:1.0 Kevin Robbin [4.0] 3 Ryan Christie [2.0] 2.0:0.0 Matthew Gray [.5]
Rounds 4 and 9
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Callum Houston [2.0] 2.0:0.0 Matthew Gray [.5] 2 Kevin Robbin [5.0] 2.0:0.0 Ryan Christie [4.0] 3 Booby Clarke [2.5] 1.0:1.0 Jake Patterson [4.0]
Rounds 5 and 10
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Jake Patterson [5.0] 1.5:.5 Callum Houston [4.0] 2 Ryan Christie [4.0] 1.0:1.0 Booby Clarke [3.5] 3 Matthew Gray [.5] 0.0:2.0 Kevin Robbin [7.0]
Under 14 - Results
Round 1
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Joel Dawson [0] 1:0 Eoghan McElroy [0] 2 Patrick McGurnanghan [0] 1:0 Owen Edwards [0] 3 Jude Horner [0] 0:1 Lewis Murphy [0] 4 Daire O'Donoghue [0] 0:1 Conor Jervis [0] 5 Samuel Todd [0] 1:0 Aditya Kashyap [0]
Round 2
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Lewis Murphy [1] 0:1 Joel Dawson [1] 2 Conor Jervis [1] 0:1 Patrick McGurnanghan [1] 3 Owen Edwards [0] 0:1 Samuel Todd [1] 4 Eoghan McElroy [0] 1:0 Jude Horner [0] 5 Aditya Kashyap [0] .5:.5 Daire O'Donoghue [0]
Round 3
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Joel Dawson [2] 1:0 Samuel Todd [2] 2 Patrick McGurnanghan [2] 0:1 Eoghan McElroy [1] 3 Lewis Murphy [1] 0:1 Conor Jervis [1] 4 Daire O'Donoghue [.5] 0:1 Owen Edwards [0] 5 Jude Horner [0] 0:1 Aditya Kashyap [.5]
Round 4
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Conor Jervis [2] 0:1 Joel Dawson [3] 2 Samuel Todd [2] 1:0 Patrick McGurnanghan [2] 3 Eoghan McElroy [2] 1:0 Aditya Kashyap [1.5] 4 Owen Edwards [1] 1:0 Lewis Murphy [1] 5 Hannah Patterson [0] 1:0 Daire O'Donoghue [.5] 6 Jude Horner [0] 1:0 BYE
Round 5
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Joel Dawson [4] 1:0 Patrick McGurnanghan [2] 2 Samuel Todd [3] 1:0 Eoghan McElroy [3] 3 Conor Jervis [2] 0:1 Owen Edwards [2] 4 Aditya Kashyap [1.5] 0:1 Lewis Murphy [1] 5 Jude Horner [1] 0:1 Hannah Patterson [1] 6 Daire O'Donoghue [.5] 1:0 BYE
Round 6
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Owen Edwards [3] 0:1 Joel Dawson [5] 2 Lewis Murphy [2] 1:0 Samuel Todd [4] 3 Eoghan McElroy [3] 1:0 Conor Jervis [2] 4 Patrick McGurnanghan [2] 0:1 Hannah Patterson [2] 5 Daire O'Donoghue [1.5] 0:1 Jude Horner [1] 6 Aditya Kashyap [1.5] 1:0 BYE
Round 7
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Hannah Patterson [3] 0:1 Joel Dawson [6] 2 Owen Edwards [3] 0:1 Eoghan McElroy [4] 3 Samuel Todd [4] 1:0 Jude Horner [2] 4 Lewis Murphy [3] 1:0 Daire O'Donoghue [1.5] 5 Aditya Kashyap [2.5] .5:.5 Conor Jervis [2] 6 Patrick McGurnanghan [2] 1:0 BYE
Round 8
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Joel Dawson [7] 1:0 Aditya Kashyap [3] 2 Eoghan McElroy [5] 0:1 Lewis Murphy [4] 3 Hannah Patterson [3] .5:.5 Samuel Todd [5] 4 Jude Horner [2] 1:0 Owen Edwards [3] 5 Daire O'Donoghue [1.5] 0:1 Patrick McGurnanghan [3] 6 Conor Jervis [2.5] 1:0 BYE
Round 9
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Joel Dawson [8] 1:0 Jude Horner [3] 2 Conor Jervis [3.5] 1:0 Samuel Todd [5.5] 3 Patrick McGurnanghan [4] 1:0 Lewis Murphy [5] 4 Eoghan McElroy [5] 1:0 Daire O'Donoghue [1.5] 5 Aditya Kashyap [3] 0:1 Hannah Patterson [3.5] 6 Owen Edwards [3] 1:0 BYE
Under 12 - Results
Round 1
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Fiachra Avery [0] 1:0 Cheyang Li [0] 2 David Mckee [0] 0:1 Sean Colligan [0] 3 Matt Duffy [0] 1:0 Phoebe Patterson [0] 4 Evan Smyth [0] .5:.5 Arnold Kecskemeti [0] 5 Admira Kecskemeti[0] 1:0 Peter Todd [0]
Round 2
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Matt Duffy [1] 1:0 Fiachra Avery [1] 2 Sean Colligan [1] 0:1 Admira Kecskemeti[1] 3 Arnold Kecskemeti [.5] 0:1 Cheyang Li [0] 4 Phoebe Patterson [0] 1:0 Evan Smyth [.5] 5 Peter Todd [0] 1:0 David Mckee [0]
Round 3
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Admira Kecskemeti[2] 0:1 Matt Duffy [2] 2 Fiachra Avery [1] 1:0 Phoebe Patterson [1] 3 Cheyang Li [1] 1:0 Sean Colligan [1] 4 Evan Smyth [.5] 0:1 Peter Todd [1] 5 David Mckee [0] .5:.5 Arnold Kecskemeti [.5]
Round 4
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Peter Todd [2] 0:1 Matt Duffy [3] 2 Cheyang Li [2] 0:1 Admira Kecskemeti[2] 3 Sean Colligan [1] .5:.5 Fiachra Avery [2] 4 Arnold Kecskemeti [1] 0:1 Phoebe Patterson [1] 5 Calvin Patterson [0] 1:0 David Mckee [.5] 6 Evan Smyth [.5] 1:0 BYE
Round 5
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Matt Duffy [4] 1:0 Cheyang Li [2] 2 Admira Kecskemeti [3] 0:1 Fiachra Avery [2.5] 3 Phoebe Patterson [2] 0:1 Peter Todd [2] 4 Sean Colligan [1.5] 1:0 Evan Smyth [1.5] 5 Arnold Kecskemeti [1] .5:.5 Calvin Patterson [1] 6 David Mckee [.5] 1:0 BYE
Round 6
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Matt Duffy [5] 1:0 Sean Colligan [2.5] 2 Fiachra Avery [3.5] 0:1 Peter Todd [3] 3 Phoebe Patterson [2] 0:1 Admira Kecskemeti[3] 4 Cheyang Li [2] 1:0 David Mckee [1.5] 5 Evan Smyth [1.5] .5:.5 Calvin Patterson [1.5] 6 Arnold Kecskemeti [1.5] 1:0 BYE
Round 7
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Evan Smyth [2] 0:1 Matt Duffy [6] 2 Peter Todd [4] 1:0 Cheyang Li [3] 3 Admira Kecskemeti[4] 1:0 Arnold Kecskemeti [2.5] 4 David Mckee [1.5] 0:1 Fiachra Avery [3.5] 5 Calvin Patterson [2] 0:1 Sean Colligan [2.5] 6 Phoebe Patterson [2] 1:0 BYE
Round 8
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Arnold Kecskemeti [2.5] 0:1 Matt Duffy [7] 2 Sean Colligan [3.5] 0:1 Peter Todd [5] 3 Admira Kecskemeti [5] 1:0 Evan Smyth [2] 4 Fiachra Avery [4.5] 1:0 Calvin Patterson [2] 5 David Mckee [1.5] .5:.5 Phoebe Patterson [3] 6 Cheyang Li [3] 1:0 BYE
