2014-2015 season

The Belfast City has been moved from 24/25 May to June 7/8

Mark Newman — 2014-05-21T07:49:05Z

The last weekender before the Ulster Champs has had to be move from weekend 24/25th May to June 7/8th. The venue remains the same.

Apologies to all.

Thanks
Mark Newman

Only 7 weeks left

Mark Newman — 2014-08-01T00:05:00Z

The Summer tournament hasn't missed a week since it started in 21st May. Players meet at 7:30pm and a draw is made, matching if possible strengths and sharing colours. The controller always ensures there's an odd no. This year the bands are above 1500, above 1200. We have some 36 players having played 116 games.

Special thanks to Neil Green for controlling the tournament last week when I was on holidays. This year we aim to have an uninterrupted 18 weeks of chess. With the 19th week being a quick play tournament and prize giving - the last weds in September. We have 7 weeks left for players to get there 10 games to qualify for a position in the tournament.

With plenty of brilliant chess and some upsets. Chris Armstrong with a strong 55% has played up a few games and done well, beating and drawing with David Ruben. The intermediate section is too close to call with Neil Green being chased by Pat McKillen and a bevy of challengers not to mention Mathew Chapman who, if he can reach the minimum game count, could just sneak in and claim the section.

In all sections we have players competing excellently. The lower section looks like a fight between David Seaby who is leading the section and Adrian Dornford-Smith. But there are a few challengers not far behind; plenty of room for the lead to change.

Overall Gareth Annesley looks on track to win (if he completes the necessary 10 games) with an unbeaten record only dropping .5 to John Masterson. John is using the tournament to get practice for the Ulster Seniors this month and also hasn't lost a game but did provide a surprise draw against Ian Woodfield. Ian is in that difficult position where he gets paired with the top players and no easy matches; despite this Ian has scored a very respectable 50%. John Bryars started with some brilliant results soundly beating Mark Newman and winning against Ian Woodfield but has since fallen back with three loses in a row - however, the results don't always reflect the games which can be very close.

Mark Newman suprised everyone in week 11 by beating Nicholas Pilkiewicz playing the two knights as black, breaking through the centre and weakening Whites King. Putting it through Fritz shows some of what Mark thought were good moves as dubious! perhaps dubious but fun....play the game

The players to watch are Gareth Annesley, Matthew Chapman, Neil Green, Patrick McKillen, David Seaby and Adrain Dornford-Smith.

Follow the Current Standings: at the end of week 11, sections line up like this:

name	Rating	Played	Points	%

Karina Kruk	1542	1	1	100.00
Gareth Annesley	1954	6	5.5	91.67
John Masterson	1881	3	2	66.67
Ray Devenney	1838	1	0.5	50.00
Coleman, Pat	1669	1	0.5	50.00
Ian Woodfield	1645	7	3.5	50.00
David Ruben	1512	10	4.5	45.00
Mark Newman	1784	5	2	40.00
John Bryars	1567	8	3	37.50
Nicholas Pilkiewicz	1871	5	1.5	30.00
John McKenna	1508	2	0.5	25.00
Stephen Scannell	2005	1	0	0.00

Eoin McCorkindale	1250	1	1	100.00
Mathew Chapman	1393	4	3	75.00
Neil Green	1413	7	5	71.43
McKillen, Patrick	1234	10	6.5	65.00
Martin Kelly	1295	4	2.5	62.50
William Storey	1289	8	5	62.50
Robert Lavery	1479	11	6.5	59.09
CJ Murphy	1311	8	4.5	56.25
Chris Armstrong	1431	11	6	54.55
George Jackson	1259	7	3.5	50.00
Roy Stafford	1210	11	4.5	40.91
Bernard Jaffa	1434	4	1.5	37.50
Burns, Alan	1303	3	1	33.33
Stewart McConaghy	1420	10	3	30.00

David Seaby	1119	11	7.5	68.18
Adrian Dornford-Smith	1001	10	6	60.00
Phillip Morrison	1122	9	5	55.56
Robert McDonald	1200	9	4.5	50.00
Patrick Magee	1097	5	2.5	50.00
Craig Kelly	885	7	3	42.86
Geoff Hindley	1047	9	3.5	38.89
Truesdale, Derek	1154	10	3.5	35.00
Kevin O'Neill	924	6	1.5	25.00
James Fairley	879	7	1	14.29

Hope you are all enjoying a good summer. Enjoy your chess.....

Summer School 2014. A new venue and lots of fun.

Mark Newman — 2014-08-10T22:53:57Z

The focus of this years school was endgames. From opposition to minor pieces to Queen against a pawn.

The activities for the three days of concentrated chess fun included. Solving problems in teams. Playing an individual tournament. Scoring and analysing a chess game played with a partner (we paired more experienced players with beginners to faciliate coaching between students). Gareth Annesley setup problems and coached their solutions. We played through a brilliant Capablanca Ending. A complete game showing the development of a middle game plan. Battle-Chess with Kings and 4 Pawns, excellent practice for endgame play. Battleships with a chess board, which lets the player learn/visualize the board.

One of the team games: Pheobe and Michael v Eoin and Calvin

The students ended the three days with medals for the competition and folders containing chess problems, endgames, an example analysed game and certificates recording their attendance at the event.

At lunch times players could play new games they might not have played before - Manacala, Game of Urh, Othello, Mastermind......

Thanks to the Bowling Club and the local council for allowing us to use such an excellent venue.

Thanks to Geoff Hindley, Gareth Annesley and Matthew Chapman for coaching

Thanks to the students for being such enthusiastic chess players.

Tournament result:

Standings

Place Name                Feder Score

  1   Jake Patterson            5.5  
  2   Eoin O'Neill              5    
 3-4  Jonathan McKay            4    
      Hannah Patterson          4    
 5-6  Phoebe Patterson          3.5  
      Niall O'Neill             3.5  
 7-8  Calvin Patterson          3    
      Patrick McGurnaghan       3    
  9   Conal O'Neill             2    
 10   Michael Reid              1.5  
11-12 Adam McMillian            1    
      Seamus Douglas            1    
13-14 Ronan Amir                0    
      Lorcan Amir               0

by Swiss Perfect (TM) www.swissperfect.com

Photos from the event:

Caro Kann - Panov attack

Neil Green — 2014-08-21T20:55:00Z

At Mark Newman's suggestion I am sending the following game for publication as we consider it both interesting and entertaining. I have attached my notes and hope Chris Armstrong will add his comments on the game.

Play the Game

Although the game was agreed drawn for several reasons - not least because of its complexity and time pressure - we think it is a double-edged position.

Hope you enjoy!

Neil

Ulster Championships 2014 - report after day 2

David McAlister — 2014-08-24T20:25:00Z

The Senior, Intermediate and Junior titles are at stake and there has been a record entry for the Congress in its current format. In each event, one player remains with a 100% score - Gabor Horvath in the Senior, Niall Troughton in the Intermediate and Eoin Carey in the Junior.

Crosstables after 4 Rounds

Senior Championship

No Name                Rtg  Total  1    2    3    4

1  Gabor Horvath       2095 4     11:W  2:W  6:W  3:W
2  Nicholas Pilkiewicz 1845 3      7:W  1:L 10:W  4:W
3  Steve Scannell      1996 2.5    0:D  5:W  7:W  1:L
4  Brendan Jamison     1704 2.5    5:D  9:W  8:W  2:L
5  Calum Leitch        1878 2.5    4:D  3:L 12:W  8:W
6  James McDonnell     1915 2.5   10:W  8:D  1:L  9:W
7  Ross Harris         1702 2      2:L 11:W  3:L 12:W
8  Ray Devenney        1818 1.5   12:W  6:D  4:L  5:L
9  Des Moreland        1758 1.5    0:D  4:L 11:W  6:L
10 Mark Newman         1756 1      6:L 12:D  2:L 11:D
11 Arnold Lutton       1796 .5     1:L  7:L  9:L 10:D
12 Robert Lavery       1484 .5     8:L 10:D  5:L  7:L

Intermediate Championship

No Name                  Rtg  Total  1    2    3    4

1  Niall Troughton       1574 4     12:W  7:W  3:W  6:W
2  Norman McFarland      1516 3     14:W  0:D  4:D  8:W
3  Ian Woodfield         1632 2.5    8:W  6:W  1:L  5:D
4  Alfie Onslow          1603 2.5    5:D 10:D  2:D 11:W
5  Martin Sloan          1450 2.5    4:D 13:W  0:D  3:D
6  Karina Kruk           1559 2     11:W  3:L  7:W  1:L
7  John Phillips         1500 2      9:W  1:L  6:L 13:W
8  Bernard Jaffa         1452 2      3:L 14:W 12:W  2:L
9  Stephen Rush          1662 2      7:L 12:D 14:W 10:D
10 Brian McComb          1528 2     13:D  4:D 11:D  9:D
11 Matthew Chapman       1403 1.5    6:L  0:W 10:D  4:L
12 Mohamed Saad          1409 1.5    1:L  9:D  8:L 14:W
13 Stewart McConaghy     1394 1     10:D  5:L  0:D  7:L
14 Diego Grande Palacios 1662 0      2:L  8:L  9:L 12:L

Junior Championship

No Name                  Rtg  Total  1    2    3    4

1  Eoin Carey            1327 4     30:W  9:W  8:W  4:W
2  Teddy Onslow               3.5   16:W 13:W  7:D  3:W
3  Patrick Magee         1101 3     28:W 10:W  5:W  2:L
4  John Monaghan         1107 3     15:W 12:W  6:W  1:L
5  Stephen Scarborough   1236 3     14:W 24:W  3:L 11:W
6  Adrian Dornford-Smith 1023 3     26:W 17:W  4:L 15:W
7  William Storey        1315 3      0:D 25:W  2:D 20:W
8  Stephen Cullen             3     23:W 27:W  1:L 13:W
9  Phillip Morrison      1067 3     32:W  1:L 26:W 14:W
10 Andrew Todd                3     29:W  3:L 24:W 21:W
11 John McGann           821  2.5    0:D 32:W 21:W  5:L
12 Chris Turnbull             2.5   25:W  4:L  0:D 22:W
13 Roy Stafford          1210 2     19:W  2:L 18:W  8:L
14 Andy Hughes                2      5:L 22:W 17:W  9:L
15 Robert McDonald            2      4:L 29:W 16:W  6:L
16 Geoff Hindley         1038 2      2:L 19:W 15:L 28:W
17 Martin Kelly          1298 2     20:W  6:L 14:L 24:W
18 Adam Henning               2      0:D 23:D 13:L 27:W
19 Owen McAvoy                2     13:L 16:L 30:W 29:W
20 David Barr                 2     17:L 28:W 27:W  7:L
21 Cathal Murphy         1283 1.5   31:W  0:D 11:L 10:L
22 David Seaby           1130 1.5    0:D 14:L 23:W 12:L
23 Chris Roe             1250 1.5    8:L 18:D 22:L 26:W
24 Norman Rainey         777  1      0:W  5:L 10:L 17:L
25 Paul Charles               1     12:L  7:L 29:L  0:W
26 James Shaw                 1      6:L 30:W  9:L 23:L
27 Pat McKillen          1280 1      0:W  8:L 20:L 18:L
28 Maria Millar               1      3:L 20:L  0:W 16:L
29 Ashley McWhinney      989  1     10:L 15:L 25:W 19:L
30 Paul Anderson         708  .5     1:L 26:L 19:L  0:D
31 Bobby Campbell             .5    21:L  0:D  0:   0: 
32 Jordan Mitchell            0      9:L 11:L  0:   0:

Pairings for Round 5

Senior Championship

No Name           Total           Name                Total

1 Brendan Jamison [2.5]     :     Gabor Horvath       [4]
2 Steve Scannell  [2.5]     :     Nicholas Pilkiewicz [3]
3 James McDonnell [2.5]     :     Calum Leitch        [2.5]
4 Ray Devenney    [1.5]     :     Ross Harris         [2]
5 Mark Newman     [1]       :     Des Moreland        [1.5]
6 Arnold Lutton   [.5]      :     Robert Lavery       [.5]

Intermediate Championship

No Name             Total           Name                  Total

1 Niall Troughton   [4]       :     Norman McFarland      [3]
2 Alfie Onslow      [2.5]     :     Ian Woodfield         [2.5]
3 Martin Sloan      [2.5]     :     Brian McComb          [2]
4 Stephen Rush      [2]       :     Karina Kruk           [2]
5 Bernard Jaffa     [2]       :     John Phillips         [2]
6 Mohamed Saad      [1.5]     :     Matthew Chapman       [1.5]
7 Stewart McConaghy [1]       :     Diego Grande Palacios [0]

Junior Championship

No Name                  Total           Name                Total

8 Teddy Onslow           [3.5]     :     Eoin Carey          [4]
9 Phillip Morrison       [3]       :     William Storey      [3]
10 Adrian Dornford-Smith [3]       :     Stephen Scarborough [3]
11 John Monaghan         [3]       :     Andrew Todd         [3]
12 Stephen Cullen        [3]       :     Patrick Magee       [3]
13 John McGann           [2.5]     :     Chris Turnbull      [2.5]
14 Martin Kelly          [2]       :     Owen McAvoy         [2]
15 Andy Hughes           [2]       :     Roy Stafford        [2]
16 Adam Henning          [2]       :     Geoff Hindley       [2]
17 David Barr            [2]       :     Robert McDonald     [2]
18 Chris Roe             [1.5]     :     Cathal Murphy       [1.5]
19 David Seaby           [1.5]     :     Pat McKillen        [1]
20 Ashley McWhinney      [1]       :     James Shaw          [1]
21 Maria Millar          [1]       :     Paul Charles        [1]
22 Paul Anderson         [.5]      :     Norman Rainey       [1]

Ulster Championships Round Up

ucu02548 — 2014-08-27T03:35:00Z

The Europa Hotel was once again the scene of a fantastic Ulster Championships over the August bank holiday weekend. With 58 players all chomping at the bit and a total prize fund of £1000 at stake, the atmosphere in the playing hall was electric. There was a great mixture of players present from total beginners to the top seed in the senior section with a FIDE rating of 2268. Thanks to the efforts of Mark Newman, working tirelessly with children's chess, and Damien Cunningham, who seems to produce an endless supply of new players from Ballynafeigh, the junior section was bulging at the seams with a massive 32 participants. The large number of entrants made for an exciting weekend of chess with many of the prizes going right down to the wire on the final day.

JUNIOR SECTION

The Junior competition proved to be the most closely contested section with 6 players in with a chance of the title going into the final round. Top seed Eoin Carey had a half point advantage over the rest of the field but was pitted against UCU Treasurer Adrian Dornford-Smith, who was positioned 2nd at the time.

Carey, who had proved himself a very tough competitor last year in the league, prevailed in the game and won the junior section with a score of 5.5 / 6. Two players to look out for in the future are 9 year old Teddy Onslow who finished 2nd and Bangor schoolboy Andrew Todd who finished 3rd. Teddy was the only player to take any points of winner Carey and Andrew had notable wins over seasoned players Cathal Murphy and John Monaghan. Other notable performances came from Stephen Cullen and David Barr who both scored 4 / 6 in their first competition.

1st Place Eoin Carey

2nd Place Teddy Onslow

3rd Place Andrew Todd

Grading Stephen Cullen

INTERMEDIATE SECTION

As always the intermediate section was a closely fought battle and this year the main protagonists were Niall Troughton and Norman McFarland. Troughton set the early pace winning his first 4 games while McFarland dropped points with a travelling bye and a draw against 11 year old Alfie Onslow, who scored an excellent 3 / 6 in his first Ulster Championships. McFarland beat Troughton in round 5 to draw level on points and setting up a tense finale. Both players won their final games and McFarland took the title on tie-break.

1st Place Norman McFarland

2nd Place Niall Troughton

3rd Place Ian Woodfield

Grading Bernard Jaffa

SENIOR SECTION

Gabor Horvath lived up to his pre-tournament status as favorite by winning the Ulster Seniors with an impressive score of 5.5 / 6. His only half point dropped came in the final round when he ran into some home preparation against Lindore's team mate Ross Harris. Horvath went for an early kingside attack in a lesser known variation of the Caro-Kann, however he left his king in the centre and Harris was able to create a dangerous attack by sacrificing the exchange. Horvath forced an early draw in a very complicated and double-edged position.

Going into the final round the fight for 2nd and 3rd place was really heating up with Stephen Scannell, James McDonnell and Nicholas Pilkiewicz battling it out for the two positions. Calum Leitch beat Pilkiewicz in a London System knocking him out of contention. That left Scannell and McDonnell to fight it out for the final two places and the match went right down to the wire. With both players short on time, in a complicated rook and pawn ending, the pressure was almost unbearable. A crowd of around 25 people watched on with bated breath and a draw was finally agreed which clinched Scannell 2nd place.

There were very commendable performances from Brendan Jamison who won the grading prize with 3.5 / 6 and Robert Lavery who scored 2 / 6 in his first Senior Championships when he was heavily out-rated by all his opponents.

1st Place Gabor Horvath

2nd Place Stephen Scannell

3rd Place James McDonnell

Grading Brendan Jamison

Summer Tournament enters final 3 weeks

Mark Newman — 2014-08-30T23:55:00Z

We are now entering the final stages of the Summer tournament. The rule of playing 2 out of the 3 weeks kicks in - this ensures players hoping to win can't stay away and hold on to a winning percentage.

One thing this year I have noticed is that we have had some excellent/challenging endgame positions. There was the game published earlier between Chris Armstrong and Neil Green. Then an exciting Bishop v Knight finish of Matthew Chapman v Cathal Murphy where Matthew was forced to stop Cathal's pawn with his bishop but had hoped to force a win against the Knight with a forward pawn. The end result a draw (game on the left below). Then there was Ian Woodfield against Peter McGuckin where Ian looked like he could attack Peters King but Peter found a beautiful square for his Queen threatening an unstoppable mate on the move and thereby forcing Ian to give constant check - a draw was agreed. I am going to study my endgames!

The senior section. Here Gareth Annesley is leading the tournament with Ian Woodfield leading the remaining players.

(Click here for full tournament results)

name	Rating	Played	Points	%

Karina Kruk	1542	1	1	100.00
Gareth Annesley	1954	8	7	87.50
John Masterson	1881	3	2	66.67
Ian Woodfield	1645	11	7	63.64
Ray Devenney	1838	1	0.5	50.00
Mark Newman	1784	6	3	50.00
Coleman, Pat	1669	1	0.5	50.00
Peter McGuckin	1536	1	0.5	50.00
David Ruben	1512	14	6.5	46.43
Nicholas Pilkiewicz	1871	8	3.5	43.75
John Bryars	1567	11	4	36.36
John McKenna	1508	2	0.5	25.00
Stephen Scannell	2005	1	0	0.00

The middle section sees William Storey competing against Matthew Chapman with Neil Green and Robert Lavery chasing. An exciting battle.

Eoin McCorkindale	1250	1	1	100.00
William Storey	1289	11	7.5	68.18
Mathew Chapman	1393	8	5	62.50
Robert Lavery	1479	15	9	60.00
Neil Green	1413	10	6	60.00
CJ Murphy	1311	12	7	58.33
Chris Armstrong	1431	15	7.5	50.00
Martin Kelly	1295	7	3.5	50.00
George Jackson	1259	7	3.5	50.00
McKillen, Patrick	1234	14	7	50.00
Roy Stafford	1210	15	6	40.00
Stewart McConaghy	1420	13	5	38.46
Burns, Alan	1303	3	1	33.33
Bernard Jaffa	1434	6	1.5	25.00
Jonathan Woodfield	1494	1	0	0.00

The lower section has a leader who is difficult to catch - David Seaby who has played 14 of the 15 weeks so far and only lost 3.5 points.

It must be said that Robert McDonald who is new to Ulster chess and has played a fair number of games, some against the middle section, is doing very well.

David Seaby	1119	14	10.5	75.00
Robert McDonald	1200	13	8	61.54
Adrian Dornford-Smith	1001	14	8.5	60.71
Phillip Morrison	1122	13	6.5	50.00
Geoff Hindley	1047	12	5.5	45.83
Patrick Magee	1097	9	3.5	38.89
Truesdale, Derek	1154	13	5	38.46
Craig Kelly	885	8	3	37.50
Kevin O'Neill	924	9	2	22.22
James Fairley	879	11	2	18.18

Kruk returns from Tromso with WFM title

Robert Lavery — 2014-08-31T20:57:48Z

Ballynafeigh player Karina Kruk secured the Woman FIDE Master (WFM) title with a 6.5/9 score for the Irish women's team at the 41st Chess Olympiad in Tromso. After a first-round loss to Azeri WIM Ibrahimova she went undefeated for the rest of the tournament, taking the scalp of 2132-rated Aja Topic of Bosnia-Hercegovina along the way. This was despite a disappointing overall performance from the team, who finished six places below their initial seeding of 89 - indeed, Kruk was the only team member to gain rating points.

A full breakdown of the team's results can be seen here, and Kruk's games can be seen here.

Upcoming UCU Competitions

ucu02548 — 2014-09-13T20:35:00Z

THE ULSTER MASTERS

The Ulster Masters is now in its fourth year and once again is set for a change of venue returning to its original home in the Belfast Boat Club on 18th and 19th October 2014. The time control is 70 mins per player plus a 30 sec increment. In previous years the Masters has produced some excellent chess and high drama with last year being no exception. Gabor Horvath and Martin Kelly eventually running out winners in the Masters and Challengers respectively.

OMAGH RAPIDPLAY

The inaugural Omagh Rapidplay is taking place in Christian Brothers Grammar School on 22nd November 2014. The time control is 25 minutes per player for all moves so we should see some exciting chess! The tournament is open to players of all abilities and should be a fun day for all involved. It would be great to see players from all over Ulster attending this new event.

ULSTER BLITZ CHAMPIONSHIPS

The 4th Ulster Blitz Championships will be held this year at the Belfast Boat Club on 28th December 2014. The time control is 3 mins per player plus a 2 sec increment so we should see some great chess played at a frantic pace. A fantastic day out over the Christmas period!

If you are interested in entering any (or all!) of these tournaments please contact Ross Harris at td@ulsterchess.org or telephone 07796172227.

Belfast Culture Night. Cafe Chess Playing at Caffe Nero, 19 Lombard St. 19th September 4:00pm til late

Mark Newman — 2014-09-18T21:32:50Z

On September 19th evening Belfast is holding its annual Culture Night (http://culturenightbelfast.com). With lots of exciting public events celebrating culture.

As part of this wonderful event (http://www.culturenightbelfast.com/e.php?e=1203). Ulster Chess is assisting in running a Cafe Chess event at Caffe Nero, 19 Lombard St.

We will have people playing chess. Some brilliant chess puzzles to solve. The aim is to encourage passers-by to experience the fun of chess and hopefully have a quick game.

To coincide with the Culture Evening Cathal Murphy has placed an excellent article on chess on the Culture Northern Ireland website: http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article/6667/check-mate

A Caffe Nero table is waiting for a Chess game.....waiting for you!

Chess fun and enthusiasm at Belfast Culture Night

Mark Newman — 2014-09-21T21:50:00Z

The atmosphere of Belfast Culture Night buzzs with friendly faces and smiles. Balloons, painted faces, music of all types fills the air. We were lucky to be part of this wonderful event. Outside Caffe Nero 6 tables were arranged with chess sets for that best of games a social outside cafe game of chess. Chess players came and played. People walking by were heard to be discussing when they used to play chess. Play started at 4:00pm and went until it was dark and the cafe was closing and still people were playing. Youngsters dragged their parents over to play. Once the larger set was put on the ground spectators watched and the buzz of analysis of the position was almost auditable - "dont do that!", "I saw that"..... Karina Kruk played several interesting games on this set. Brendon Jamieson gave a lesson to some youngsters on how to play the game. Stephen McCann almost won some games! It turns out that there are quite a few good players out there. Pamphlets with 5 beautiful chess puzzles were handed-.out that included details of our website, and for those interested in competitive play a pamphlet with the dates of UCU competitions, Adult and Children. It was good to see faces from last years event and hopefully people will renew there interest in the game and lookup a local chess club.

Many thanks to all involved - in an event that makes you realise how brilliant people are....

Thanks to the Belfast Culture Night organisers.

Thanks to the Chess players who came to play.

Thanks to Culture Night visitors for joining us and playing.

Thanks to Caffe Nero for hosting us in such an excellent location.

I include a montage of photos - they capture a little of the atmosphere of the event, to capture it all you will have to attend next year!

Problem Left: Answer- (2) 1. Rd8+ QxR 2. QxB+ Kf8 3. Bh6+ Ke8 4. Bh5#

Right: Answer- (1) 1.... Rc1+ 2. RxR RxR+ 3. KxR bxa2 and white cant stop black from Queening the pawn.

Left: (1) 1. Rb3 e1(Q) 2. Ra3+ Bxa3 3. b3#

Centre: (2) 1. Qxe6+ Kxe6 2. Re1+ Kd7 3. Bf5#

Right: (3) 1. Qe7 whatever happens White wins.

Summer tournament Awards

Mark Newman — 2014-09-30T23:55:00Z

The evening started with the placing on the wall of round 1 pairings and a list of rating differences and a split time of 20mins between the two players ie rating difference 261-390 giving a time difference of 15mins to 5 mins. The following 6 rounds produced some upsets showing time can be an equaliser.

Round 1 saw Pat McKillen beating Gareth Annesley, David Seaby winning against Mark Newman, William Storey beating Stephen McCann, Roy Stafford beating David Ruben, Robert McDonald beating Robert Lavery. The giants of the tournament lay slain with one victor standing Nicholas Pilkiewicz.

Round 1

Results

No Name                 Rtg  Total  Result   Name             Rtg  Total

 1 Pilkiewicz, Nicholas 1862 [0]      1:0    Armstrong, Chris 1353 [0]  
 2 McKillen, Patrick    1302 [0]      1:0    Annesley, Gareth 1859 [0]  
 3 McCann, Stephen      1698 [0]      0:1    Storey, William  1279 [0]  
 4 Murphy, CJ           1267 [0]     .5:.5   Woodfield, Ian   1648 [0]  
 5 Newman, Mark         1627 [0]      0:1    Seaby, David     1239 [0]  
 6 Stafford, Roy        1210 [0]      1:0    Ruben, David     1627 [0]  
 7 Lavery, Robert       1481 [0]      0:1    McDonald, Robert 1200 [0]  
 8 Hindley, Geoff       1010 [0]      1:0    Truesdale, Derek 1200 [0]

Round 2 saw Nicholas on form leading with full points shared with Pat McKillen and. Roy Stafford who defeated Mark Newman.

The timings were definitely leveling the field. Who would win? and could Nicholas maintain his form?

Round 2

Results

No Name             Rtg  Total  Result   Name                 Rtg  Total

 1 Storey, William  1279 [1]      0:1    Pilkiewicz, Nicholas 1862 [1]  
 2 Stafford, Roy    1210 [1]      1:0    Newman, Mark         1627 [0]  
 3 McDonald, Robert 1200 [1]      0:1    McKillen, Patrick    1302 [1]  
 4 Woodfield, Ian   1648 [.5]     1:0    Hindley, Geoff       1010 [1]  
 5 Annesley, Gareth 1859 [0]      1:0    Murphy, CJ           1267 [.5] 
 6 Truesdale, Derek 1200 [0]      0:1    McCann, Stephen      1698 [0]  
 7 Ruben, David     1627 [0]      0:1    Armstrong, Chris     1353 [0]  
 8 Seaby, David     1239 [1]      0:1    Lavery, Robert       1481 [0]

Round 3

Results

No Name                 Rtg  Total  Result   Name             Rtg  Total

 1 Pilkiewicz, Nicholas 1862 [2]     .5:.5   Stafford, Roy    1210 [2]  
 2 McKillen, Patrick    1302 [2]      0:1    Woodfield, Ian   1648 [1.5]
 3 Hindley, Geoff       1010 [1]      0:1    Annesley, Gareth 1859 [1]  
 4 McCann, Stephen      1698 [1]      1:0    Seaby, David     1239 [1]  
 5 Lavery, Robert       1481 [1]      0:1    Storey, William  1279 [1]  
 6 Armstrong, Chris     1353 [1]      0:1    McDonald, Robert 1200 [1]  
 7 Murphy, CJ           1267 [.5]     0:1    Ruben, David     1627 [0]  
 8 Newman, Mark         1627 [0]      1:0    Truesdale, Derek 1200 [0]

Round 4

Results

No Name             Rtg  Total  Result   Name                 Rtg  Total

 1 Woodfield, Ian   1648 [2.5]    1:0    Stafford, Roy        1210 [2.5]
 2 McDonald, Robert 1200 [2]      0:1    Pilkiewicz, Nicholas 1862 [2.5]
 3 Annesley, Gareth 1859 [2]      1:0    McCann, Stephen      1698 [2]  
 4 Storey, William  1279 [2]      0:1    McKillen, Patrick    1302 [2]  
 5 Armstrong, Chris 1353 [1]      0:1    Newman, Mark         1627 [1]  
 6 Ruben, David     1627 [1]      0:1    Lavery, Robert       1481 [1]  
 7 Seaby, David     1239 [1]      1:0    Hindley, Geoff       1010 [1]  
 8 Truesdale, Derek 1200 [0]      0:1    Murphy, CJ           1267 [.5]

Round 5

Results

No Name                 Rtg  Total  Result   Name             Rtg  Total

 1 Pilkiewicz, Nicholas 1862 [3.5]    0:1    Woodfield, Ian   1648 [3.5]
 2 Stafford, Roy        1210 [2.5]    0:1    Annesley, Gareth 1859 [3]  
 3 McKillen, Patrick    1302 [3]      1:0    Seaby, David     1239 [2]  
 4 McCann, Stephen      1698 [2]      1:0    McDonald, Robert 1200 [2]  
 5 Newman, Mark         1627 [2]      0:1    Storey, William  1279 [2]  
 6 Lavery, Robert       1481 [2]      1:0    Murphy, CJ       1267 [1.5]
 7 Hindley, Geoff       1010 [1]      0:1    Ruben, David     1627 [1]  
 8 Truesdale, Derek     1200 [0]      1:0    Armstrong, Chris 1353 [1]

Round 6

Results

No Name                 Rtg  Total  Result   Name              Rtg  Total

 1 Woodfield, Ian       1648 [4.5]    0:1    Annesley, Gareth  1859 [4]  
 2 Pilkiewicz, Nicholas 1862 [3.5]    1:0    McKillen, Patrick 1302 [4]  
 3 Lavery, Robert       1481 [3]      1:0    McCann, Stephen   1698 [3]  
 4 Storey, William      1279 [3]      1:0    Stafford, Roy     1210 [2.5]
 5 Murphy, CJ           1267 [1.5]    0:1    Newman, Mark      1627 [2]  
 6 Ruben, David         1627 [2]      1:0    Truesdale, Derek  1200 [1]  
 7 Seaby, David         1239 [2]      0:1    Armstrong, Chris  1353 [1]  
 8 McDonald, Robert     1200 [2]      1:0    Hindley, Geoff    1010 [1]

UCU President awards 1st Prize to Gareth Annesley and 2nd Prize to Nicholas Pilkiewicz.

Summer Handicap 2014 - Round 6

Standings

Place Name                Rtg  Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.

  1   Gareth Annesley     1859 5        11.0  16.5   15.0
 2-3  Nicholas Pilkiewicz 1862 4.5      13.5  20.0   17.0
      Ian Woodfield       1648 4.5      12.5  18.5   17.0
 4-6  Patrick McKillen    1302 4        16.0  23.0   16.0
      William Storey      1279 4        14.0  21.0   13.0
      Robert Lavery       1481 4        11.0  16.5   11.0
7-10  Stephen McCann      1698 3        13.0  19.0   11.0
      Robert McDonald     1200 3        13.0  18.5   11.0
      Mark Newman         1627 3         8.0  13.0    8.0
      David Ruben         1627 3         7.0  12.0    7.0
 11   Roy Stafford        1210 2.5      16.0  24.0   13.0
12-13 David Seaby         1239 2        12.0  17.0    9.0
      Chris Armstrong     1353 2        11.0  16.5    6.0
 14   CJ Murphy           1267 1.5      14.5  20.5    6.0
15-16 Geoff Hindley       1010 1        12.5  18.5    6.0
      Derek Truesdale     1200 1         9.5  13.5    2.0

by Swiss Perfect (TM) www.swissperfect.com

After the quick play fun. Geoff Hindley UCU President handed-out the Certificates and prizes (including tickets to next years Simultaneous). The Summer tournament had been another success with plenty of chess, sacrifices, brilliant end-games and magnifient blunders and one or two slow draws. A fantastic way to spend a summer.....

Final Positions at the end of the 18 weeks of chess.

name	Rating	Played	Points	% with Penalty	Winners

Karina Kruk	1542	1	1	100.00
Gareth Annesley	1954	10	9	90.00	Overall 1st
John Masterson	1881	3	2	66.67
Ian Woodfield	1645	14	8.5	60.71	1st
Ray Devenney	1838	1	0.5	50.00
Mark Newman	1784	8	4	50.00
Coleman, Pat	1669	1	0.5	50.00
David Ruben	1512	17	8.5	50.00
John Bryars	1567	13	6	46.15
Nicholas Pilkiewicz	1871	11	5	45.45
Peter McGuckin	1536	2	0.5	25.00
John McKenna	1508	2	0.5	25.00
Stephen Scannell	2005	1	0	0.00

Eoin McCorkindale	1250	1	1	100.00
Robert Lavery	1479	18	11.5	63.89	1st
Mathew Chapman	1393	11	6.5	59.09
Neil Green	1413	11	6	45.45
William Storey	1289	14	7.5	53.57
Chris Armstrong	1431	18	9.5	52.78
CJ Murphy	1311	14	7	50.00
Martin Kelly	1295	9	4.5	50.00
George Jackson	1259	7	3.5	50.00
McKillen, Patrick	1234	14	7	35.71
Stewart McConaghy	1420	15	7	46.67
Roy Stafford	1210	18	8	44.44
Burns, Alan	1303	3	1	33.33
Bernard Jaffa	1434	8	1.5	18.75
Jonathan Woodfield	1494	1	0	0.00

David Seaby	1119	17	13.5	79.41	Overall 2nd
Adrian Dornford-Smith	1001	16	9.5	59.38	1st
Robert McDonald	1200	16	9	56.25
Phillip Morrison	1122	14	6.5	39.29
Patrick Magee	1097	10	4.5	45.00
Truesdale, Derek	1154	15	6	40.00
Geoff Hindley	1047	14	5.5	39.29
Craig Kelly	885	8	3	37.50
Kevin O'Neill	924	10	2	10.00
James Fairley	879	13	2	15.38

Overall Winner Gareth Annesley receiving the Hammel Cup. Unbeaten. and David Seaby receiving the 2nd Overall prize with the excellent score of 79% out of 17 games.

Ian Woodfield winning the Upper Section and Robert Lavery winner of the Middle Section. Unfortunately the Winner of the Lower Section Adrian Dornford-Smith was unable to attend. Below a lineup of the evenings winners.

A big thank you to Geoff Hindley for organising the venue. To the venue and staff - for an excellent place and service. To the players for playing with dedication, focus, determination and fun.....see you next year.

The Belfast and District Leagues re-organised

Mark Newman — 2014-10-03T18:35:00Z

The fees for individuals for UCU membership are £10 and £5 concessionary as last year.

Team lists will be published shortly.

Full results will be maintained and viewable at : Division1, Division 2 to maintain this please be prompt reporting your results.

Please email or create news articles on this site reporting your matches. A good way of doing this is to take some photos and getting each player to write 3-4 lines of comment on their games.

Good luck and have fun.

Changes to the previous fixture list:

PLEASE NOTE:

In the first week:

Muldoons will now go to Belfast South first

Bangor will now host Lindores

Fruithill who are now in the first division, will have a free week next week

Civil Service will now play QUB at home instead.

Division 2 is now an all play all x3.

The A Team is obviously Belfast South

Questions to league controller Calum Leitch.

Division 1 : The Silver King	Division 2 : John Strawbridge Cup
Muldoons Mon 8.00 pm Corporation Square Fruithill Mon 7.45 pm Bowling club Ballynafeigh 1, 2 Tues 7:30 pm BCDA The A Team Wed 7.30 pm Bankers club Lindores 1 Thurs 7.30pm Newtownards road Bangor Thurs. 7.45 pm Groomsport Hall	Muldoons 2 Mon 8.00 pm Corporation Square Ballynafeigh 3, 4, 5 Tue 7.45 pm BCDA Lindores 2 Wed 7.30 pm Newtownards road Belfast South 2 Wed 7.30 pm Bankers club Civil Service Thurs. 7.45 pm Pavilion QUB TBC
Week 1 Week Beginning 6^th October
Ballynafeigh 2 vs Ballynafeigh 1 The A Team vs Muldoons Bangor vs Lindores Fruithill – free week	Muldoons 2 vs Lindores 2 Ballynafeigh 4 vs Ballynafeigh 3 Ballynafeigh 5 vs Belfast South 2 Civil Service vs QUB
Week 2 Week Beginning – 13^th October
Muldoons vs Bangor Fruithill vs Ballynafeigh 2 Lindores vs The A Team Ballynafeigh 1 – free week	Ballynafeigh 3 vs Ballynafeigh 5 Ballynafeigh 4 vs Muldoons 2 Belfast South 2 vs Civil Service Lindores 2 vs QUB
Week 3 Week Beginning 20^th October
Ballynafeigh 1 vs Muldoons Ballynafeigh 2 vs Lindores Bangor vs Fruithill The A Team – free week	Muldoons 2 vs Belfast South 2 Ballynafeigh 5 vs Ballynafeigh 4 Civil Service vs Lindores 2 QUB vs Ballynafeigh 3
Week 4 Week Beginning 27^th Oct
Muldoons vs Ballynafeigh 2 Fruithill vs The A Team Bangor vs Ballynafeigh 1 Lindores – free week	Ballynafeigh 3 vs Muldoons 2 Ballynafeigh 4 vs Civil Service Ballynafeigh 5 vs QUB Belfast South 2 vs Lindores 2
Week 5 Week Beginning 3^rd November
Fruithill vs Muldoons The A Team vs Bangor Lindores vs Ballynafeigh 1 Ballynafeigh 2 – free week	Muldoons 2 vs Ballynafeigh 5 Ballynafeigh 3 vs Civil Service Lindores 2 Ballynafeigh 4 QUB vs Belfast South 2
Free week – Week Beginning 10^th November
Week 6 Week Beginning – 17^th November
Ballynafeigh 1 vs The A Team Ballynafeigh 2 vs Bangor Lindores vs Fruithill Muldoons – free week	Belfast South 2 vs Ballynafeigh 3 Lindores 2 vs Ballynafeigh 5 Civil Service vs Muldoons 2 QUB vs Ballynafeigh 4
Week 7 Week Beginning -24^th November
Muldoons vs Lindores Ballynafeigh 1 vs Fruithill The A Team vs Ballynafeigh 2 Bangor – free week	Ballynafeigh 3 vs Lindores 2 Ballynafeigh 4 vs Belfast South 2 Civil Service vs Ballynafeigh 5 QUB vs Muldoons 2
Week 8 Week Beginning 1^st December
Muldoons vs The A Team Ballynafeigh 1 vs Ballynafeigh 2 Lindores vs Bangor Fruithill – free week	Ballynafeigh 3 vs Ballynafeigh 4 Belfast South 2 vs Ballynafeigh 5 Lindores 2 vs Muldoons 2 QUB vs Civil Service
Week 9 Week Beginning 8^th December
Ballynafeigh 2 vs Fruithill The A Team vs Lindores Bangor vs Muldoons Ballynafeigh 1 – free week	Muldoons 2 vs Ballynafeigh 4 Ballynafeigh 5 vs Ballynafeigh 3 Civil Service vs Belfast South 2 QUB vs Lindores 2
Week 10 Week Beginning 15^th December
Muldoons vs Ballynafeigh 1 Fruithill vs Bangor Lindores vs Ballynafeigh 2 The A Team – free week	Ballynafeigh 3 vs QUB Ballynafeigh 4 vs Ballynafeigh 5 Belfast South 2 vs Muldoons 2 Lindores 2 vs Civil Service
CHRISTMAS BREAK
Week 11 Week Beginning 6^th January
Ballynafeigh 1 vs Bangor Ballynafeigh 2 vs Muldoons The A Team vs Fruithill Lindores – free week	Muldoons 2 vs Ballynafeigh 3 Lindores 2 vs Belfast South 2 Civil Service vs Ballynafeigh 4 QUB vs Ballynafeigh 5
Week 12 Week Beginning 13^th January
Muldoons vs Fruithill Ballynafeigh 1 vs Lindores Bangor vs The A Team Ballynafeigh 2 – free week	Ballynafeigh 4 vs Lindores 2 Ballynafeigh 5 vs Muldoons 2 Belfast South 2 vs QUB Civil Service vs Ballynafeigh 3
Week 13 Week Beginning – 20^th January
Fruithill vs Lindores The A Team vs Ballynafeigh 1 Bangor vs Ballynafeigh 2 Muldoons – free week	Muldoons 2 vs Civil Service Ballynafeigh 3 vs Belfast South 2 Ballynafeigh 4 vs QUB Ballynafeigh 5 vs Lindores 2
Week 14 Week Beginning- 27^th January
Fruithill vs Ballynafeigh 1 Ballynafeigh 2 vs The A Team Lindores vs Muldoons Bangor – free week	Muldoons 2 vs QUB Ballynafeigh 5 vs Civil Service Belfast South 2 vs Ballynafeigh 4 Lindores 2 vs Ballynafeigh 3
Free week – Week Beginning 3^rd Feb
Week 15 Week Beginning – 10^th Feb
Ballynafeigh 2 vs Ballynafeigh 1 The A Team vs Muldoons Bangor vs Lindores Fruithill – free week	Muldoons 2 vs Lindores 2 Ballynafeigh 4 vs Ballynafeigh 3 Ballynafeigh 5 vs Belfast South 2 Civil Service vs QUB
Week 16 Week Beginning – 17^th Feb
Muldoons vs Bangor Fruithill vs Ballynafeigh 2 Lindores vs The A Team Ballynafeigh 1 – free week	Ballynafeigh 3 vs Ballynafeigh 5 Ballynafeigh 4 vs Muldoons 2 Belfast South 2 vs Civil Service Lindores 2 vs QUB
Week 17 Week Beginning – 24^th Feb
Ballynafeigh 1 vs Muldoons Ballynafeigh 2 vs Lindores Bangor vs Fruithill The A Team– free week	Muldoons 2 vs Belfast South 2 Ballynafeigh 5 vs Ballynafeigh 4 Civil Service vs Lindores 2 QUB vs Ballynafeigh 3
Week 18 Week Beginning – 3^rd March
Muldoons vs Ballynafeigh 2 Fruithill vs The A Team Bangor vs Ballynafeigh 1 Lindores – free week	Ballynafeigh 3 vs Muldoons 2 Ballynafeigh 4 vs Civil Service Ballynafeigh 5 vs QUB Belfast South 2 vs Lindores 2
Week 19 Week Beginning – 10^th March
Fruithill vs Muldoons The A Team vs Bangor Lindores vs Ballynafeigh 1 Ballynafeigh 2 – free week	Muldoons 2 vs Ballynafeigh 5 Ballynafeigh 3 vs Civil Service Lindores 2 Ballynafeigh 4 QUB vs Belfast South 2
Free week – Week Beginning 17^th March
Week 20 Week Beginning 24^TH March
Ballynafeigh 1 vs The A Team Ballynafeigh 2 vs Bangor Lindores vs Fruithill Muldoons – free week	Belfast South 2 vs Ballynafeigh 3 Lindores 2 vs Ballynafeigh 5 Civil Service vs Muldoons 2 QUB vs Ballynafeigh 4
Week 21 Week Beginning 31^st March
Muldoons vs Lindores Ballynafeigh 1 vs Fruithill The A Team vs Ballynafeigh 2 Bangor – free week	Ballynafeigh 3 vs Lindores 2 Ballynafeigh 4 vs Belfast South 2 Civil Service vs Ballynafeigh 5 QUB vs Muldoons 2

Childrens Chess Champion Crowned

Mark Newman — 2014-10-03T22:40:00Z

Its always nervous as an organiser starting off the season. You never know how many players will turnup. This year we had the help of teacher and chess enthusiast Gerry Tate from St Patricks Grammar School, Downpatrick who brought a mini bus with 9 chess players. We had a total of 19 players in the secondary school section and 6 in the Primary section rising to 9 with some late arrivals.

An afternoon of chess playing and problem solving. The primary section played an all play all of 5 rounds with 6 players. Play was at such a pace even with encouragement to slow down that the tournament completed within 2 hours. So we set a second challenge with 3 more players we setup an all-play-all 9 round competition of Battlechess. This game involves each player having 4 Pawns and a King. The players hide their half of the board from their opponent with a sheet of A3 and place their Pawns on any squares in rows 2 to 4 and the King on any square row 1 to 3 (if on 4 he might be in check and an illegal position may be created). Once both players acknowledge that their position is set the separator is removed and the full board displayed. Play then continues with normal rules, white moving first. The winner is the first to get a Pawn to Queen safely. A brilliant game that is fast but challenging giving players the opportunity to study endgame play showing their skills with the Kings. Skills are in positioning the pieces and then playing the endgame. When you start playing endgames can be quite rare.

The Secondary section was looked after by Gerry Tate and was run as a Swiss 7 round tournament. The result of this was exciting as you will see below in the results.

One thing that chess is, is a family game and families were brilliantly represented. We have the Pattersons providing 4 brilliant players including the 2 young players Phoebe and Calvin who are the two to beat in the Primary section. The Dawson brothers, John an excellent puzzle solver and Joel who won last years lower school Scholastic Shield. The 3 Todd brothers Peter, Samuel, Andrew all now playing in the secondary section, last year the youngest, Peter was in the primary section where he won every tournament he attended, winning the Primary School Scholastic Shield. How would he fair in the tough secondary section. Andrew recently played in the adult tournament The Ulster Championships where he won 3rd place is his section with 5 out of 6 points.

Now down to the competition results:

The Puzzle solving sheets are always full of challenging and beautiful problems to solve.

puzzles	Score	Place
Secondary School
John Dawson	14	1
Owen Edwards	4	2
Joel Dawson	3	3

Primary School
Isaac McIlwrath	10	1
Pheobe Patterson	10	1
Calvin Patterson	7	2

Secondary - Round 1

Results

No Name                Feder Total  Result   Name           Feder Total

 1 Nathan Bryne        F1    [0]      0:1    Eoghan McElroy F3    [0]  
 2 Patrick Mcgurnaghan F4    [0]      0:1    Joel Dawson    F4    [0]  
 3 John Dawson         L6    [0]      1:0    Adam McMillan  F3    [0]  
 4 Daire O'Donaghue    F3    [0]      0:1    Owen Edwards   F3    [0]  
 5 Kelly Finlay        F5    [0]      0:1    Jake Patterson F5    [0]  
 6 Hannah Patterson    F3    [0]      0:1    Raghav Gupta   F3    [0]  
 7 Conor Jervis        F3    [0]      1:0    Ciaran Rowan   F2    [0]  
 8 Andrew Todd         L6    [0]      1:0    James Kane     F1    [0]  
 9 Fearghus Kennedy    F1    [0]      0:1    Samuel Todd    F3    [0]  
10 Peter Todd          F1    [0]      1:0    BYE

Secondary - Round 2

Results

No Name                Feder Total  Result   Name             Feder Total

 1 Joel Dawson         F4    [1]      1:0    Eoghan McElroy   F3    [1]  
 2 Jake Patterson      F5    [1]      0:1    John Dawson      L6    [1]  
 3 Owen Edwards        F3    [1]      0:1    Andrew Todd      L6    [1]  
 4 Raghav Gupta        F3    [1]      0:1    Peter Todd       F1    [1]  
 5 Samuel Todd         F3    [1]      1:0    Conor Jervis     F3    [1]  
 6 Patrick Mcgurnaghan F4    [0]      1:0    Nathan Bryne     F1    [0]  
 7 Adam McMillan       F3    [0]      0:1    Kelly Finlay     F5    [0]  
 8 James Kane          F1    [0]      1:0    Daire O'Donaghue F3    [0]  
 9 Hannah Patterson    F3    [0]      1:0    Fearghus Kennedy F1    [0]  
10 Ciaran Rowan        F2    [0]      1:0    BYE

Secondary - Round 3

Results

No Name             Feder Total  Result   Name                Feder Total

 1 Peter Todd       F1    [2]      1:0    Joel Dawson         F4    [2]  
 2 John Dawson      L6    [2]      1:0    Samuel Todd         F3    [2]  
 3 Andrew Todd      L6    [2]      1:0    Raghav Gupta        F3    [1]  
 4 Eoghan McElroy   F3    [1]      1:0    Owen Edwards        F3    [1]  
 5 Kelly Finlay     F5    [1]     .5:.5   Patrick Mcgurnaghan F4    [1]  
 6 Conor Jervis     F3    [1]      0:1    Jake Patterson      F5    [1]  
 7 Ciaran Rowan     F2    [1]      1:0    James Kane          F1    [1]  
 8 Nathan Bryne     F1    [0]      0:1    Hannah Patterson    F3    [1]  
 9 Fearghus Kennedy F1    [0]     .5:.5   Adam McMillan       F3    [0]  
10 Daire O'Donaghue F3    [0]      1:0    BYE

Secondary - Round 4

Results

No Name           Feder Total  Result   Name                Feder Total

 1 Andrew Todd    L6    [3]      0:1    John Dawson         L6    [3]  
 2 Eoghan McElroy F3    [2]      0:1    Peter Todd          F1    [3]  
 3 Joel Dawson    F4    [2]      0:1    Hannah Patterson    F3    [2]  
 4 Jake Patterson F5    [2]      1:0    Ciaran Rowan        F2    [2]  
 5 Samuel Todd    F3    [2]     .5:.5   Kelly Finlay        F5    [1.5]
 6 James Kane     F1    [1]      1:0    Patrick Mcgurnaghan F4    [1.5]
 7 Raghav Gupta   F3    [1]      1:0    Daire O'Donaghue    F3    [1]  
 8 Owen Edwards   F3    [1]      1:0    Fearghus Kennedy    F1    [.5] 
 9 Adam McMillan  F3    [.5]     0:1    Conor Jervis        F3    [1]  
10 Nathan Bryne   F1    [0]      1:0    BYE

Secondary - Round 5

Results

No Name                Feder Total  Result   Name             Feder Total

 1 Peter Todd          F1    [4]      1:0    John Dawson      L6    [4]  
 2 Hannah Patterson    F3    [3]      0:1    Andrew Todd      L6    [3]  
 3 Samuel Todd         F3    [2.5]    0:1    Jake Patterson   F5    [3]  
 4 Conor Jervis        F3    [2]      0:1    Joel Dawson      F4    [2]  
 5 James Kane          F1    [2]      0:1    Owen Edwards     F3    [2]  
 6 Kelly Finlay        F5    [2]      0:1    Eoghan McElroy   F3    [2]  
 7 Ciaran Rowan        F2    [2]      0:1    Raghav Gupta     F3    [2]  
 8 Patrick Mcgurnaghan F4    [1.5]    1:0    Fearghus Kennedy F1    [.5] 
 9 Daire O'Donaghue    F3    [1]      1:0    Nathan Bryne     F1    [1]  
10 Adam McMillan       F3    [.5]     1:0    BYE

Secondary - Round 6

Results

No Name             Feder Total  Result   Name                Feder Total

 1 Jake Patterson   F5    [4]      0:1    Peter Todd          F1    [5]  
 2 Joel Dawson      F4    [3]      0:1    Andrew Todd         L6    [4]  
 3 John Dawson      L6    [4]      1:0    Owen Edwards        F3    [3]  
 4 Eoghan McElroy   F3    [3]      0:1    Hannah Patterson    F3    [3]  
 5 Raghav Gupta     F3    [3]      1:0    Patrick Mcgurnaghan F4    [2.5]
 6 Daire O'Donaghue F3    [2]      0:1    Samuel Todd         F3    [2.5]
 7 Ciaran Rowan     F2    [2]      0:1    Kelly Finlay        F5    [2]  
 8 Conor Jervis     F3    [2]      1:0    James Kane          F1    [2]  
 9 Nathan Bryne     F1    [1]      1:0    Adam McMillan       F3    [1.5]
10 Fearghus Kennedy F1    [.5]     1:0    BYE

Secondary - Round 7

Results

No Name                Feder Total  Result   Name             Feder Total

 1 Andrew Todd         L6    [5]      0:1    Peter Todd       F1    [6]  
 2 John Dawson         L6    [5]      1:0    Raghav Gupta     F3    [4]  
 3 Hannah Patterson    F3    [4]      1:0    Jake Patterson   F5    [4]  
 4 Samuel Todd         F3    [3.5]    1:0    Eoghan McElroy   F3    [3]  
 5 Kelly Finlay        F5    [3]      0:1    Joel Dawson      F4    [3]  
 6 Owen Edwards        F3    [3]      1:0    Conor Jervis     F3    [3]  
 7 Patrick Mcgurnaghan F4    [2.5]    1:0    Ciaran Rowan     F2    [2]  
 8 Fearghus Kennedy    F1    [1.5]   .5:.5   Nathan Bryne     F1    [2]  
 9 Adam McMillan       F3    [1.5]    0:1    Daire O'Donaghue F3    [2]  
10 James Kane          F1    [2]      1:0    BYE

After the final round we have Peter Todd form1 undefeated in a tough section. What a brilliant result.

Secondary - Round 7

Standings

Place Name                 Feder Rtg Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.

  1   Todd, Peter          F1            7        20.5  29.5   28.0
  2   Dawson, John         L6            6        21.5  29.0   25.0
 3-4  Todd, Andrew         L6            5        23.0  32.0   23.0
      Patterson, Hannah    F3            5        17.0  23.5   18.0
  5   Todd, Samuel         F3            4.5      15.5  23.0   18.0
 6-9  Gupta, Raghav        F3            4        22.0  30.0   16.0
      Patterson, Jake      F5            4        21.5  29.5   19.0
      Dawson, Joel         F4            4        19.5  29.0   17.0
      Edwards, Owen        F3            4        16.0  23.5   15.0
 10   Mcgurnaghan, Patrick F4            3.5      13.0  18.5   12.5
11-15 McElroy, Eoghan      F3            3        20.5  29.0   15.0
      Kane, James          F1            3        16.5  23.0   11.0
      Jervis, Conor        F3            3        16.0  21.5   13.0
      Finlay, Kelly        F5            3        16.0  21.5   12.5
      O'Donaghue, Daire    F3            3        16.0  21.5    9.0
 16   Bryne, Nathan        F1            2.5      14.0  20.0    6.5
17-18 Kennedy, Fearghus    F1            2        17.5  23.5    5.0
      Rowan, Ciaran        F2            2        17.0  23.5   11.0
 19   McMillan, Adam       F3            1.5      14.0  21.5    5.5

The Primary Section results:

Primary - Round 1

Results

No Name             Feder Total  Result   Name               Feder Total

 1 Calvin Patterson P3    [0]      1:0    Isaac McIlwrath    P6    [0]  
 2 Pheobe Patterson P5    [0]      1:0    Matthew McWilliams P7    [0]  
 3  Muthisan        P7    [0]      1:0    Jack McWilliams    P7    [0]

Primary - Round 2

Results

No Name               Feder Total  Result   Name             Feder Total

 1 Isaac McIlwrath    P6    [0]      1:0    Jack McWilliams  P7    [0]  
 2 Matthew McWilliams P7    [0]      0:1     Muthisan        P7    [1]  
 3 Calvin Patterson   P3    [1]      0:1    Pheobe Patterson P5    [1]

Primary - Round 3

Results

No Name             Feder Total  Result   Name               Feder Total

 1 Pheobe Patterson P5    [2]      1:0    Isaac McIlwrath    P6    [1]  
 2  Muthisan        P7    [2]      1:0    Calvin Patterson   P3    [1]  
 3 Jack McWilliams  P7    [0]      1:0    Matthew McWilliams P7    [0]

Primary - Round 4

Results

No Name             Feder Total  Result   Name               Feder Total

 1 Isaac McIlwrath  P6    [1]      1:0    Matthew McWilliams P7    [0]  
 2 Calvin Patterson P3    [1]      1:0    Jack McWilliams    P7    [1]  
 3 Pheobe Patterson P5    [3]      1:0     Muthisan          P7    [3]

Primary - Round 5

Results

No Name               Feder Total  Result   Name             Feder Total

 1  Muthisan          P7    [3]      0:1    Isaac McIlwrath  P6    [2]  
 2 Jack McWilliams    P7    [1]      0:1    Pheobe Patterson P5    [4]  
 3 Matthew McWilliams P7    [0]      0:1    Calvin Patterson P3    [2]

Pheobe Patterson wins having beaten everyone and not dropped a point a brilliant result.

Primary - Round 5

Standings

Place Name               Feder Rtg Loc Score Berg. Wins

  1   Pheobe Patterson   P5            5     10.00    5
 2-4  Calvin Patterson   P3            3      4.00    3
       Muthisan          P7            3      4.00    3
      Isaac McIlwrath    P6            3      4.00    3
  5   Jack McWilliams    P7            1      0.00    1
  6   Matthew McWilliams P7            0      0.00    0

For the Battle chess we had 9 round all-play-all the games are a lot quicker than a full game. This time Calvin Patterson won only dropping one point to Muthisan. Pheobe Patterson coming a close second. The final standings were:

Battle Chess

Standings

Place Name                Feder Rtg Loc Score Berg. Wins

  1   Patterson, Calvin   P3            8     30.00    7
  2   Patterson, Pheobe   P5            7     24.00    6
  3   Muthisan,           P7            6     22.50    5
 4-5  McIlwrath, Isaac    P6            5     18.50    4
      Douglas, Seamus     P5            5     14.00    4
 6-7  McWilliams, Matthew P7            4     11.50    3
      Brennan, Finn       P6            4      9.00    3
  8   McWilliams, Jack    P7            3.5   15.75    3
  9   Carroll, Seamus     P6            1.5    1.75    0

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Board prize clarification

ucu00314 — 2014-10-05T15:40:18Z

Board prizes will be presented to the players with the highest scored on each board: for each division at the AGM. To qualify for a board prize, a player must have played at least 50% of games possible on that board (9 in Division 1 and 11 in Division 2)

Additionally, games played on a higher board will be counted towards a player's overall result and those games played on a lower board ignored.

Criteria will be lowered to 33% if a particular board has no qualifying candidates.