Schools Individual Ulster Champion crowned
The most prestigious title in Ulster Schools Chess - the Ulster Champion. The players were divided into the age groups Under12, Under14, Under16 and Under19. Each category would produce an age group champion. With the under 19 winner being crowned Schools Ulster Chess Champion.
Each category had numbers that allowed us to play all-play-all tournaments. The top players fighting for the main title were John Dawson (Friends), Eoin McCorkindale (Ballymena Academy),Thomas Donaldson (RBAI), Andrew Todd (Bangor Grammar), Joshua Geary (Bangor Grammar),Jake Patterson (Home Educated).
Plenty of exciting chess with players having 30mins each on the clock. Brilliant Chess problems and a puzzle competition.
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Under 19 players
No Name School
1. John Dawson Friends |
Under 16 players
No Name School
1. Raghav Gupta Banbridge Academy 2. Matthew Gray Bangor Grammar 3. John McKane Ballymena Academy 4. Samuel Todd Bangor Grammar 5. Owen Edwards St Patricks 6. Edward Hanzharov Belfast High |
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Under 14 players
No Name School 1. Peter Todd Bangor Grammar 2. Matt Duffy Rathmore Grammar 3. Hannah Patterson Home Educated |
Under 12 players
No Name School 1. Murthisan Pirathesan Cairnshill PS |
During the day chess problems were discussed and solved. One of the top Ulster Players Gareth Annesley gave some coaching covering the topic of discovered attacks with some brilliant chess positions.
After some brilliant games the Ulster Champion was Thomas Donaldson unbeaten with 5 out of 5.
For the younger age groups:
Under 16 Ulster Champion: Raghav Gupta
Under 14 Ulster Champion: Peter Todd and Hannah Patterson
Under 12 Ulster Champion: Calvin Patterson
View the picture gallery; full results below.
White to move and win
White to move and win
Solutions at end of this page
Chess Problem Results: out of 22 puzzles with some very difficult ones.
| secondary | Matt Duffy | 17 | Gold |
| Samuel Todd | 16 | Gold | |
| Matthew Gray | 14 | ||
| Peter Todd | 13 | ||
| Eoin McCorkindale | 12 | ||
| Owen Edwards | 12 | ||
| John Dawson | 11 | ||
| Edward Hanzharov | 9 | ||
| Primary | Phoebe | 19 | Gold |
| Fiachra | 14 | ||
| Muthisan | 13 | ||
| Calvin Patterson | 10 |
Under 19 - Round 1
Results
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 John Dawson [0] 1:0 Jake Patterson [0] 2 Eoin McCorkindale [0] 1:0 Joshua Geary [0] 3 Thomas Donaldson [0] 1:0 Andrew Todd [0]
Under 19 - Round 2
Results
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Jake Patterson [0] 0:1 Andrew Todd [0] 2 Joshua Geary [0] 0:1 Thomas Donaldson [1] 3 John Dawson [1] .5:.5 Eoin McCorkindale [1]
Under 19 - Round 3
Results
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Eoin McCorkindale [1.5] 0:1 Jake Patterson [0] 2 Thomas Donaldson [2] 1:0 John Dawson [1.5] 3 Andrew Todd [1] 1:0 Joshua Geary [0]
Under 19 - Round 4
Results
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Jake Patterson [1] 0:1 Joshua Geary [0] 2 John Dawson [1.5] .5:.5 Andrew Todd [2] 3 Eoin McCorkindale [1.5] 0:1 Thomas Donaldson [3]
Under 19 - Round 5
Results
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Thomas Donaldson [4] 1:0 Jake Patterson [1] 2 Andrew Todd [2.5] 1:0 Eoin McCorkindale [1.5] 3 Joshua Geary [1] 0:1 John Dawson [2]
Under 19
Standings
Place Name Club Score
1 Thomas Donaldson RBAI 5
2 Andrew Todd Bangor Grammar 3.5
3 John Dawson Friends 3
4 Eoin McCorkindale Ballymena Academy 1.5
5-6 Jake Patterson Home Educated 1
Joshua Geary Bangor Grammar 1
Under 16 - Round 1
Results
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Matthew Gray [0] 0:1 Owen Edwards [0] 2 John McKane [0] 0:1 Samuel Todd [0] 3 Raghav Gupta [0] .5:.5 Edward Hanzharov [0]
Under 16 - Round 2
Results
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Owen Edwards [1] 1:0 John McKane [0] 2 Raghav Gupta [.5] 1:0 Matthew Gray [0] 3 Edward Hanzharov [.5] 0:1 Samuel Todd [1]
Under 16 - Round 3
Results
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 John McKane [0] 0:1 Raghav Gupta [1.5] 2 Samuel Todd [2] 1:0 Owen Edwards [2] 3 Matthew Gray [0] 1:0 Edward Hanzharov [.5]
Under 16 - Round 4
Results
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Raghav Gupta [2.5] 1:0 Samuel Todd [3] 2 Matthew Gray [1] 1:0 John McKane [0] 3 Edward Hanzharov [.5] 1:0 Owen Edwards [2]
Under 16 - Round 5
Results
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Samuel Todd [3] .5:.5 Matthew Gray [2] 2 Owen Edwards [2] 0:1 Raghav Gupta [3.5] 3 John McKane [0] 0:1 Edward Hanzharov [1.5]
Under 16
Standings
Place Name Club Score
1 Gupta, Raghav Banbridge Academy 4.5
2 Todd, Samuel Bangor Grammar 3.5
3-4 Gray, Matthew Bangor Grammar 2.5
Hanzharov, Edward Belfast High 2.5
5 Edwards, Owen St Patricks 2
6 McKane, John Ballymena Academy 0
Under 14 - Round 1/ Round 4 (Opposite Colours)
Results
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 BYE : Hannah Patterson [0.0] 2 Peter Todd [0.0] 2.0:0.0 Matt Duffy [0.0]
Under 14 - Round 2/ Round 5 (Opposite Colours)
Results
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Hannah Patterson [0.0] 2.0:0.0 Matt Duffy [0.0] 2 BYE : Peter Todd [2.0]
Under 14 - Round 3/ Round 6 (Opposite Colours)
Results
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Peter Todd [2.0] 1.0:1.0 Hannah Patterson [2.0] 2 Matt Duffy [0.0] : BYE
Under 14
Standings
Place Name Club Score
1-2 Peter Todd Bangor Grammar 3
Hannah Patterson Home Educated 3
3 Matt Duffy Rathmore Grammar 0
Under 12 - Round 1/ Round 6 (opposite Colours)
Results
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Eoghan Duffy [0.0] 0.0:2.0 Fiachra Avery [0.0] 2 Phoebe Patterson [0.0] 1.0:1.0 Calvin Patterson [0.0] 3 Murthisan Pirathesan [0.0] : BYE
Under 12 - Round 2/ Round 7 (opposite Colours)
Results
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Fiachra Avery [2.0] 1.0:1.0 Phoebe Patterson [1.0] 2 Murthisan Pirathesan [0.0] 2.0:0.0 Eoghan Duffy [0.0] 3 Calvin Patterson [1.0] : BYE
Under 12 - Round 3/ Round 8 (Opposite Colours)
Results
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Phoebe Patterson [2.0] 1.0:1.0 Murthisan Pirathesan [2.0] 2 Calvin Patterson [1.0] 2.0:0.0 Fiachra Avery [3.0] 3 Eoghan Duffy [0.0] : BYE
Under 12 - Round 4/ Round 9 (Opposite Colours)
Results
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Murthisan Pirathesan [3.0] 0.0:2.0 Calvin Patterson [3.0] 2 Eoghan Duffy [0.0] 1.0:1.0 Phoebe Patterson [3.0] 3 Fiachra Avery [3.0] : BYE
Under 12 - Round 5
Results
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Calvin Patterson [5.0] 1.0:0.0 Eoghan Duffy [1.0] 2 Fiachra Avery [3.0] 1.0:0.0 Murthisan Pirathesan [3.0] 3 Phoebe Patterson [4.0] : BYE
Under 12
Standings
Place Name Club Score
1 Calvin Patterson Home Educated 6
2-3 Phoebe Patterson Home Educated 4
Fiachra Avery Home Educated 4
4 Murthisan Pirathesan Cairnshill PS 3
5 Eoghan Duffy St Columbs PS 1
Problem Solutions
White to play:
Rc3...Rc2...Qc1 theres time with the pin to load the pieces against the Knight
White to play:
Rb3!
