February 2016 Childrens Chess
Again we had a brilliant field of enthusiastic chess players. The Grand-prix fight is heating up who will be the top 12 competitors to get invited to the Stormont Elite tournament. The standings will be published shortly.
During the day players solved challenging chess puzzles. This is a good way of improving your game. Patterns of attack tend to repeat and seeing it in a problem allows you to spot it in a game.
Some examples of the chess puzzles: Solutions at the end of this page.
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Both sections were challenged to complete the sheets as the competition had everyone focused. It was still good to get so many solutions returned for marking.
The places for the problem solving competition
Primary School
| Year | Points | |
| P7 | Fiachra Avery, | 11 |
| P4 | Calvin Patterson, | 10 |
| P7 | Pheobe Patterson, | 9 |
| P3 | Dexter Harrris, | 8 |
| P6 | Katy Thorton, | 8 |
| P3 | Avrora Zelenchuk, | 8 |
| P3 | Adam Fitzsimons, | 7 |
| P5 | Jasper Grady, | 7 |
Secondary School
| Year | Points | |
| F4 | Samuel Todd, | 12 |
| L6 | Eoin McCorkindale, | 10 |
| U6 | Andrew Todd, | 8 |
| U6 | John Dawson, | 6.5 |
| F4 | Hannah Patterson, | 5 |
| L6 | Jake Patterson, | 4 |
| U6 | Samuel Trimble, | 4 |
The primary section of the tournament was run as an all play all 7 rounds. The Secondary was played as a Swiss, managing to fit in 6 rounds, each player with 15mins on the clock.
Primary
Round 1
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Pheobe Patterson P7 [0] 1:0 Fiachra Avery P7 [0] 2 Dexter Harrris P3 [0] 1:0 Jasper Grady P5 [0] 3 Adam Fitzsimons P3 [0] .5:.5 Katy Thorton P6 [0] 4 Calvin Patterson P4 [0] 1:0 Avrora Zelenchuk P3 [0]
by Swiss Perfect (TM) www.swissperfect.com
Round 2
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Jasper Grady P5 [0] .5:.5 Adam Fitzsimons P3 [.5] 2 Fiachra Avery P7 [0] 0:1 Dexter Harrris P3 [1] 3 Calvin Patterson P4 [1] 1:0 Pheobe Patterson P7 [1] 4 Avrora Zelenchuk P3 [0] 1:0 Katy Thorton P6 [.5]
Calvin and Dexter take a lead with 2 full points out of 2.
Round 3
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Dexter Harrris P3 [2] .5:.5 Calvin Patterson P4 [2] 2 Adam Fitzsimons P3 [1] .5:.5 Fiachra Avery P7 [0] 3 Katy Thorton P6 [.5] .5:.5 Jasper Grady P5 [.5] 4 Pheobe Patterson P7 [1] 1:0 Avrora Zelenchuk P3 [1]
The two leaders meet with a drawn result. One thing we noticed was that the games were lasting longer than normal
Round 4
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Fiachra Avery P7 [.5] 1:0 Katy Thorton P6 [1] 2 Calvin Patterson P4 [2.5] 1:0 Adam Fitzsimons P3 [1.5] 3 Phoebe Patterson P7 [2] .5:.5 Dexter Harrris P3 [2.5] 4 Avrora Zelenchuk P3 [1] 0:1 Jasper Grady P5 [1]
Calvin takes the lead. There were several excellent end games during the tournament, which is good to see in such young players.
Round 5
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Adam Fitzsimons P3 [1.5] 0:1 Phoebe Patterson P7 [2.5] 2 Katy Thorton P6 [1] 0:1 Calvin Patterson P4 [3.5] 3 Jasper Grady P5 [2] 0:1 Fiachra Avery P7 [1.5] 4 Dexter Harrris P3 [3] 1:0 Avrora Zelenchuk P3 [1]
Calvin continues leading with 4.5 closely followed by Dexter on 4 points and Phoebe on 3.5.
Round 6
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Calvin Patterson P4 [4.5] 1:0 Jasper Grady P5 [2] 2 Pheobe Patterson P7 [3.5] 1:0 Katy Thorton P6 [1] 3 Dexter Harrris P3 [4] 1:0 Adam Fitzsimons P3 [1.5] 4 Avrora Zelenchuk P3 [1] 0:1 Fiachra Avery P7 [2.5]
Round 7
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Katy Thorton P6 [1] 0:1 Dexter Harrris P3 [5] 2 Jasper Grady P5 [2] 0:1 Pheobe Patterson P7 [4.5] 3 Fiachra Avery P7 [3.5] 0:1 Calvin Patterson P4 [5.5] 4 Adam Fitzsimons P3 [1.5] 0:1 Avrora Zelenchuk P3 [1]
Primary - Standings
Place Name Feder Score Berg. Wins
1 Calvin Patterson P4 6.5 18.50 6
2 Dexter Harrris P3 6 16.00 5
3 Pheobe Patterson P7 5.5 13.00 5
4 Fiachra Avery P7 3.5 5.75 3
5-6 Jasper Grady P5 2 3.25 1
Avrora Zelenchuk P3 2 2.50 2
7 Adam Fitzsimons P3 1.5 3.25 0
8 Katy Thorton P6 1 1.75 0
Brilliant to see players enjoying the game and focusing on chess and chatting in a briliant atmosphere.
The secondary school tournament ran has a group of tough players. With players playing in the Ulster Chess League and participating and doing well in the Ulster Chess weekend tournaments. Andrew Todd organises two league teams at Bangor Chess Club. Daniil Zelenchuk playing for Ballynafiegh 3rd team.
Secondary - Round 1
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Heidi Dawson F1 [0] 0:1 Ciaran Rowan F3 [0] 2 Adam Rushe F3 [0] 0:1 John Dawson U6 [0] 3 Adi Kashyep F4 [0] 0:1 Samuel Todd F4 [0] 4 Peter Todd F2 [0] 1:0 Eoin McCorkindale L6 [0] 5 Jake Patterson L6 [0] 1:0 Andrew Todd U6 [0] 6 Samuel Trimble U6 [0] .5:.5 Hannah Patterson F4 [0] 7 Daniil Zelenchuk F1 [0] 1:0 BYE
The first upset - Jake Patterson wins against Andrew Todd - whos leading the overall Grandprix. Another good win is Peter Todd winning against Eoin McCorkindale.
Round 2
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 John Dawson U6 [1] .5:.5 Peter Todd F2 [1] 2 Samuel Todd F4 [1] 0:1 Jake Patterson L6 [1] 3 Ciaran Rowan F3 [1] 0:1 Daniil Zelenchuk F1 [1] 4 Hannah Patterson F4 [.5] 1:0 Heidi Dawson F1 [0] 5 Adi Kashyep F4 [0] 0:1 Samuel Trimble U6 [.5] 6 Eoin McCorkindale L6 [0] 1:0 Adam Rushe F3 [0] 7 Andrew Todd U6 [0] 1:0 BYE
Round 3
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Daniil Zelenchuk F1 [2] 0:1 Jake Patterson L6 [2] 2 Samuel Trimble U6 [1.5] 1:0 John Dawson U6 [1.5] 3 Peter Todd F2 [1.5] 1:0 Hannah Patterson F4 [1.5] 4 Samuel Todd F4 [1] 0:1 Eoin McCorkindale L6 [1] 5 Andrew Todd U6 [1] 1:0 Ciaran Rowan F3 [1] 6 Heidi Dawson F1 [0] 0:1 Adi Kashyep F4 [0] 7 Adam Rushe F3 [0] 1:0 BYE
Jake Patterson wins again and takes the overall lead. Closely followed by Peter Todd and Samuel Trimble on 2.5
Round 4
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Jake Patterson L6 [3] 1:0 Samuel Trimble U6 [2.5] 2 Andrew Todd U6 [2] 1:0 Peter Todd F2 [2.5] 3 Eoin McCorkindale L6 [2] 1:0 Daniil Zelenchuk F1 [2] 4 John Dawson U6 [1.5] 1:0 Hannah Patterson F4 [1.5] 5 Adam Rushe F3 [1] 1:0 Adi Kashyep F4 [1] 6 Ciaran Rowan F3 [1] 1:0 Samuel Todd F4 [1] 7 Heidi Dawson F1 [0] 1:0 BYE
Round 5
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Jake Patterson L6 [4] 1:0 Eoin McCorkindale L6 [3] 2 John Dawson U6 [2.5] 1:0 Andrew Todd U6 [3] 3 Peter Todd F2 [2.5] 1:0 Samuel Trimble U6 [2.5] 4 Hannah Patterson F4 [1.5] 1:0 Adam Rushe F3 [2] 5 Daniil Zelenchuk F1 [2] 1:0 Heidi Dawson F1 [1] 6 Adi Kashyep F4 [1] 0:1 Ciaran Rowan F3 [2] 7 Samuel Todd F4 [1] 1:0 BYE
Jake Patterson continues his wins with a complete 5 out of 5. John Dawson has a good win against Andrew Todd.
Round 6
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Peter Todd F2 [3.5] 1:0 Jake Patterson L6 [5] 2 Ciaran Rowan F3 [3] 0:1 John Dawson U6 [3.5] 3 Andrew Todd U6 [3] 1:0 Daniil Zelenchuk F1 [3] 4 Samuel Trimble U6 [2.5] 0:1 Eoin McCorkindale L6 [3] 5 Hannah Patterson F4 [2.5] 1:0 Samuel Todd F4 [2] 6 Adam Rushe F3 [2] 1:0 Heidi Dawson F1 [1] 7 Adi Kashyep F4 [1] 1:0 BYE
Peter Todd does his best to knock Jake off the lead but its too late. Jake wins a tough section with an excellent 5 out of 6.
Peter Todd and John Dawson follow closely only 1/2 a point behind on 4.5. A very tough section.
Secondary - Standings
Place Name Feder Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 Jake Patterson L6 5 12.5 18.5 20.0
2-3 Peter Todd F2 4.5 15.5 23.0 15.5
John Dawson U6 4.5 12.5 19.5 14.5
4-5 Andrew Todd U6 4 15.0 22.5 13.0
Eoin McCorkindale L6 4 12.0 18.5 13.0
6 Hannah Patterson F4 3.5 11.0 16.0 11.0
7-9 Daniil Zelenchuk F1 3 13.5 19.0 13.0
Adam Rushe F3 3 12.0 17.0 8.0
Ciaran Rowan F3 3 9.0 14.0 11.0
10 Samuel Trimble U6 2.5 16.5 23.0 12.0
11-12 Samuel Todd F4 2 13.5 20.0 8.0
Adi Kashyep F4 2 9.5 13.0 5.0
13 Heidi Dawson F1 1 11.0 16.0 3.0
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10. (456) White to play 1. Be6 Rxe6 2. Rb6 Rxb6 3. e8 (Q)+ |
11. (457) White to play 1. Kb2 Bxb7 2. axb7 if .. Rd8 3. Rc8 or .. Rb6 3. Rc6+ |
6. White to mate in 3 1. Bc6 Qc8 2. Qxa7+ Kxa7 3. Ra1# or 1 ... bxc6 2. Qxc6 Rb7 3. Qxb7# |
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12. (466) White to play 1. Rxg8+ Kxg8 2. Bc4 winning back the Rook |
21. (452) White to play 1. Rxa4 Kxa4 2. Bg6 threatening to play Be8 winning back the rook |
22. (453) Black to play 1. ... e2 2. Bxf2 Be3 White cant stop the pawns |
