Top young chess players enjoy afternoon of chess
Numbers were slightly down so we put the Primary students into the Secondary section. This gave them an opportunity to test their skills against some very tough opponents. 7 rounds were played with each player having 15mins. Between rounds the players solved chess problems, had a short session on the technique of reloading. Which follows a simple 1-2-3 process:
One you place a piece where it can be taken
Two your opponent takes it
Three you advantageously re-take with another piece
See if you can see how reloading wins the two positions shown below: answers at the bottom of this page.
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1. White to move |
2. White to move |
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In the puzzle solving Andrew Todd came first with a score of 15 followed closely by his brother Samuel with 13. The primary puzzle solving was won by Pheobe Patterson.
Round 1
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Dylan Breen F1 [0] 0:1 Hannah Patterson F3 [0] 2 Jake Patterson F5 [0] 0:1 John Dawson F6 [0] 3 Josh Geary F7 [0] 1:0 Calvin Patterson p3 [0] 4 Peter Todd F1 [0] 1:0 James Kane F1 [0] 5 Eoin McCorkindale F5 [0] 1:0 Andrew Todd F6 [0] 6 Samuel Todd F3 [0] .5:.5 Phoebe Patterson p6 [0]
The first round showed that Phoebe Patterson was going to be a force to be reckoned with. Taking 1/2 point off Samuel Todd.
Round 2
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 John Dawson F6 [1] .5:.5 Eoin McCorkindale F5 [1] 2 Hannah Patterson F3 [1] 1:0 Josh Geary F7 [1] 3 Phoebe Patterson p6 [.5] 0:1 Peter Todd F1 [1] 4 James Kane F1 [0] 0:1 Samuel Todd F3 [.5] 5 Calvin Patterson p3 [0] 1:0 Dylan Breen F1 [0] 6 Andrew Todd F6 [0] 1:0 Jake Patterson F5 [0]
This time Calvin showed that he could make a stand against the Secondary School section.
Round 3
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Peter Todd F1 [2] 1:0 Hannah Patterson F3 [2] 2 Samuel Todd F3 [1.5] 0:1 John Dawson F6 [1.5] 3 Eoin McCorkindale F5 [1.5] 1:0 Calvin Patterson p3 [1] 4 Josh Geary F7 [1] 0:1 Andrew Todd F6 [1] 5 Dylan Breen F1 [0] 0:1 Phoebe Patterson p6 [.5] 6 Jake Patterson F5 [0] 1:0 James Kane F1 [0]
Round 4
Results
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 John Dawson F6 [2.5] 1:0 Peter Todd F1 [3] 2 Hannah Patterson F3 [2] 0:1 Eoin McCorkindale F5 [2.5] 3 Andrew Todd F6 [2] 1:0 Samuel Todd F3 [1.5] 4 Phoebe Patterson p6 [1.5] 0:1 Josh Geary F7 [1] 5 Calvin Patterson p3 [1] 0:1 Jake Patterson F5 [1] 6 Caleb Quigley F2 [0] 0:1 Dylan Breen F1 [0] 7 James Kane F1 [0] 1:0 BYE
Round 5
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Andrew Todd F6 [3] 0:1 John Dawson F6 [3.5] 2 Eoin McCorkindale F5 [3.5] 1:0 Peter Todd F1 [3] 3 Jake Patterson F5 [2] 0:1 Hannah Patterson F3 [2] 4 Josh Geary F7 [2] 1:0 Dylan Breen F1 [1] 5 James Kane F1 [1] 0:1 Phoebe Patterson p6 [1.5] 6 Samuel Todd F3 [1.5] 1:0 Caleb Quigley F2 [0] 7 Calvin Patterson p3 [1] 1:0 BYE
Round 6
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 John Dawson F6 [4.5] 1:0 Hannah Patterson F3 [3] 2 Josh Geary F7 [3] 0:1 Eoin McCorkindale F5 [4.5] 3 Peter Todd F1 [3] 0:1 Andrew Todd F6 [3] 4 Phoebe Patterson p6 [2.5] 0:1 Jake Patterson F5 [2] 5 Calvin Patterson p3 [2] 1:0 Samuel Todd F3 [2.5] 6 Caleb Quigley F2 [0] 0:1 James Kane F1 [1] 7 Dylan Breen F1 [1] 1:0 BYE
Round 7
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 John Dawson F6 [5.5] 1:0 Josh Geary F7 [3] 2 Eoin McCorkindale F5 [5.5] 1:0 Jake Patterson F5 [3] 3 Hannah Patterson F3 [3] 0:1 Andrew Todd F6 [4] 4 Peter Todd F1 [3] 1:0 Calvin Patterson p3 [3] 5 Phoebe Patterson p6 [2.5] 1:0 Caleb Quigley F2 [0] 6 Dylan Breen F1 [2] 0:1 James Kane F1 [2] 7 Samuel Todd F3 [2.5] 1:0 BYE
Standings
Place Name Feder Score
1-2 John Dawson F6 6.5
Eoin McCorkindale F5 6.5
3 Andrew Todd F6 5
4 Peter Todd F1 4
5-6 Samuel Todd F3 3.5
Phoebe Patterson p6 3.5
7-11 Hannah Patterson F3 3
Jake Patterson F5 3
Josh Geary F7 3
Calvin Patterson p3 3
James Kane F1 3
12 Dylan Breen F1 2
13 Caleb Quigley F2 0
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John Dawson and Eoin McCorkindale shared first place. Both undefeated their only non-win being the drawn game when they played each other.
Both Pheobe Patterson with 3.5 and Calvin Patterson with 3 gave a good reckoning of themselves against tough opposition.
Solutionsto the two problems above:
Position1: 1. Nd5! Qd6 2. Nxf6+! Qxf6 3. Bxg5 The Knight on d5 is safe because if taken the Queen reloads on d5 with a double attack.
Position2: 1. Re5! if taken the pawn reloads and wins material.
