Childrens Chess Champion Crowned
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
Our next competition is on Saturday November 1st - click here for more details
