Top twins back from the London Junior Chess Championships
The twins David and Pablo Gonzalez arrived having played in the prestigious tournament - The London Junior Chess Championships. Both played in the Under 10s section and David played brilliantly to obtain 6 out of 7 points and gained 3rd place out of 100 top players in the UK. Pablo came a good 33rd with 4 points. Congratulations to them both. Full details : http://www.ljcc.co.uk/results.htm#Champions
The afternoon of chess included the usual chess problems to solve and discuss and to marvel at their elegence. This month there were some truely difficult positions - here are six to give you a flavour - answers at the bottom of the article.
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Prob13 Black to move |
Prob14 Black to move |
Prob21 White to move |
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Prob15 Black to move |
Prob16 White to move |
Prob22 White to move |
Winners of the Primary Section: David and Pablo solved some of the very difficult problems.
| Points | Name | Form | |
| 18 | Gonzalez, Pablo | P6 | |
| 16 | Gonzalez, David | P6 | |
| 13 | Patterson, Pheobe | P7 | |
| 12 | Patterson, Calvin | P4 | |
| 10 | Glendinning, Calum | P7 | |
| 9 | Singh, Anajli | P4 | |
| 7 | Harris, Dexter | P3 | |
| 7 | Qui, Yun Tian | P7 | |
| 7 | Singh, Aaditya | P2 |
Winners of the Secondary Section
| Points | Name | Form | |
| 13.5 | Todd, Samuel | F4 | |
| 13 | Gray, Matthew | L6 | |
| 12 | Todd, Peter | F2 | |
| 10 | Murray, Scott | L6 | |
| 9 | Dawson, John | U6 | |
| 6 | Rowan, Ciran | F3 |
Some informal coaching from Ross Harris.
The full results and some photos. Of an afternoon of chess and chat.
Thanks to the volunteers for making these tournaments possible and Methodist College for providing the excellent room. And many thanks to a local Benefactor for providing the trophies.
Primary
Round1
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Calum Glendinning P7 [0] 0:1 Calvin Patterson P4 [0] 2 Pheobe Patterson P7 [0] 0:1 Pablo Gonzalez P6 [0] 3 David Gonzalez P6 [0] 1:0 Yun Tian Qui P7 [0] 4 Aaditya Singh P2 [.5] 0:1 Dexter Harris P3 [0] 5 Daithi Packham P7 [0] 1:0 Ewan Williams P7 [0]
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The primary schools section has a tough section. This was emphasized today with some of the games lasting longer than usual meaning that we could only get in 5 rounds - less than the Secondary schools. Its good to see slower chess, players usually play to fast and make mistakes. With the mix of the excellent regular players of Calvin and Pheobe Patterson and Calum Glendinning and Daithi Packham, the recent young Dexter Harris some exciting chess was expected we werent disappointed.
Round2
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Pablo Gonzalez P6 [1] 1:0 Daithi Packham P7 [1] 2 Dexter Harris P3 [1] 0:1 David Gonzalez P6 [1] 3 Calvin Patterson P4 [1] 1:0 Aaditya Singh P2 [.5] 4 Kor Hania P4 [.5] 0:1 Calum Glendinning P7 [0] 5 Yun Tian Qui P7 [0] 0:1 Pheobe Patterson P7 [0] 6 Ewan Williams P7 [0] .5:.5 Anajli Singh P4 [0]
Round3
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 David Gonzalez P6 [2] 1:0 Calvin Patterson P4 [2] 2 Dexter Harris P3 [1] 0:1 Pablo Gonzalez P6 [2] 3 Daithi Packham P7 [1] 0:1 Pheobe Patterson P7 [1] 4 Aaditya Singh P2 [.5] 1:0 Ewan Williams P7 [.5] 5 Anajli Singh P4 [.5] 0:1 Yun Tian Qui P7 [0]
Round4
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Pablo Gonzalez P6 [3] 1:0 David Gonzalez P6 [3] 2 Pheobe Patterson P7 [2] 0:1 Calvin Patterson P4 [2] 3 Yun Tian Qui P7 [1] 1:0 Aaditya Singh P2 [1.5] 4 Ewan Williams P7 [.5] 0:1 Dexter Harris P3 [1] 5 Anajli Singh P4 [.5] 0:1 Daithi Packham P7 [1]
Pablo and David on full points battle it out. Pablo winning. Another family battle Pheobe plays Calvin and Calvin wins.
Round5
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Calvin Patterson P4 [3] 0:1 Pablo Gonzalez P6 [4] 2 David Gonzalez P6 [3] 1:0 Ewan Williams P7 [.5] 3 Daithi Packham P7 [2] 0:1 Yun Tian Qui P7 [2] 4 Aaditya Singh P2 [1.5] 0:1 Pheobe Patterson P7 [2] 5 Dexter Harris P3 [2] 1:0 Anajli Singh P4 [.5]
Standings
Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 Pablo Gonzalez P6 5 9.0 15.0 15.0
2 David Gonzalez P6 4 9.0 14.5 13.0
3-6 Calvin Patterson P4 3 9.5 15.5 11.0
Pheobe Patterson P7 3 8.0 14.0 8.0
Yun Tian Qui P7 3 6.0 10.5 6.0
Dexter Harris P3 3 5.5 11.0 8.0
7 Daithi Packham P7 2 6.5 12.0 7.0
8 Aaditya Singh P2 1.5 9.0 12.5 5.5
9 Calum Glendinning P7 1 4.5 4.5 1.0
10-12 Anajli Singh P4 0.5 7.5 11.0 2.0
Ewan Williams P7 0.5 6.0 10.5 2.0
Kor Hania P4 0.5 3.5 3.5 0.5
By playing better players you improve. We are lucky to have such a fantastic mix of quality players.
Secondary
Round1
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Nathan Byrne F2 [0] 0:1 Hannah Patterson F4 [0] 2 Jake Patterson L6 [0] 1:0 John Dawson U6 [0] 3 Matthew Gray L6 [0] 0:1 Ciran Rowan F3 [0] 4 Andrew Todd U6 [0] 1:0 Jacob Jamieson F1 [0] 5 James Kane F2 [0] .5:.5 Peter Todd F2 [0] 6 Daniil Zelenchuk F1 [0] 1:0 Scott Murray L6 [0] 7 Samuel Todd F4 [0] 1:0 BYE
Round2
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Hannah Patterson F4 [1] 0:1 Andrew Todd U6 [1] 2 Samuel Todd F4 [1] 1:0 Jake Patterson L6 [1] 3 Ciran Rowan F3 [1] .5:.5 Daniil Zelenchuk F1 [1] 4 Peter Todd F2 [.5] 1:0 Nathan Byrne F2 [0] 5 John Dawson U6 [0] 1:0 James Kane F2 [.5] 6 Jacob Jamieson F1 [0] 0:1 Matthew Gray L6 [0] 7 Scott Murray L6 [0] 1:0 BYE
Round3
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Andrew Todd U6 [2] 1:0 Samuel Todd F4 [2] 2 Daniil Zelenchuk F1 [1.5] 0:1 Peter Todd F2 [1.5] 3 Scott Murray L6 [1] 1:0 Ciran Rowan F3 [1.5] 4 Matthew Gray L6 [1] 1:0 John Dawson U6 [1] 5 Jake Patterson L6 [1] 1:0 Hannah Patterson F4 [1] 6 James Kane F2 [.5] 1:0 Nathan Byrne F2 [0] 7 Jacob Jamieson F1 [0] 1:0 BYE
Round4
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Peter Todd F2 [2.5] .5:.5 Andrew Todd U6 [3] 2 Jake Patterson L6 [2] 1:0 Matthew Gray L6 [2] 3 Samuel Todd F4 [2] 0:1 Scott Murray L6 [2] 4 Ciran Rowan F3 [1.5] 1:0 James Kane F2 [1.5] 5 Hannah Patterson F4 [1] 1:0 Daniil Zelenchuk F1 [1.5] 6 John Dawson U6 [1] 1:0 Jacob Jamieson F1 [1] 7 Nathan Byrne F2 [0] 1:0 BYE
Round5
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Andrew Todd U6 [3.5] 1:0 Jake Patterson L6 [3] 2 Scott Murray L6 [3] .5:.5 Peter Todd F2 [3] 3 John Dawson U6 [2] 1:0 Ciran Rowan F3 [2.5] 4 Matthew Gray L6 [2] 0:1 Hannah Patterson F4 [2] 5 James Kane F2 [1.5] 0:1 Samuel Todd F4 [2] 6 Nathan Byrne F2 [1] 1:0 Jacob Jamieson F1 [1] 7 Daniil Zelenchuk F1 [1.5] 1:0 BYE
Going into this round still a fight at the top with Andrew Todd in the lead by 1/2 point. Could he be challenged? With the challengers Scott Murray and Peter Todd drawing and Andrew winning, he goes into the next round with a clear 1 point lead.
Round6
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Scott Murray L6 [3.5] 0:1 Andrew Todd U6 [4.5] 2 Peter Todd F2 [3.5] 0:1 Jake Patterson L6 [3] 3 Samuel Todd F4 [3] 1:0 John Dawson U6 [3] 4 Jacob Jamieson F1 [1] 0:1 Hannah Patterson F4 [3] 5 Ciran Rowan F3 [2.5] 1:0 Nathan Byrne F2 [2] 6 Daniil Zelenchuk F1 [2.5] 1:0 Matthew Gray L6 [2] 7 James Kane F2 [1.5] 1:0 BYE
Round7
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Andrew Todd U6 [5.5] 1:0 Daniil Zelenchuk F1 [3.5] 2 Hannah Patterson F4 [4] 1:0 Samuel Todd F4 [4] 3 Jake Patterson L6 [4] 1:0 Scott Murray L6 [3.5] 4 Peter Todd F2 [3.5] 1:0 Ciran Rowan F3 [3.5] 5 Nathan Byrne F2 [2] 0:1 John Dawson U6 [3] 6 Jacob Jamieson F1 [1] 1:0 James Kane F2 [2.5] 7 Matthew Gray L6 [2] 1:0 BYE
Standings
Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 Andrew Todd U6 6.5 19.0 25.5 26.0
2-3 Jake Patterson L6 5 20.0 29.0 19.0
Hannah Patterson F4 5 15.5 23.5 17.0
4 Peter Todd F2 4.5 16.5 24.5 19.0
5-6 Samuel Todd F4 4 20.5 29.0 18.0
John Dawson U6 4 13.0 19.5 14.0
7-9 Scott Murray L6 3.5 20.0 29.5 16.5
Daniil Zelenchuk F1 3.5 19.5 28.5 15.0
Ciran Rowan F3 3.5 14.5 20.5 16.0
10 Matthew Gray L6 3 19.0 25.5 12.0
11 James Kane F2 2.5 16.0 22.0 10.5
12-13 Nathan Byrne F2 2 17.5 24.0 7.0
Jacob Jamieson F1 2 17.0 25.0 6.0
Outright winner Andrew Todd also does a brilliant job of organising a young team in the Ulster Chess League and inter schools chess tournaments.
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Prob13 Black to move 1.....Qc1+ 2. QxQ Stalemate |
Prob14 Black to move 1.....Rb8 2. RxR Stalemate |
Prob21 White to move 1. Qh2 anymove 2. e8(Q) winning |
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Prob15 Black to move 1.....Rxa7 2. Rh7+ Kf6 3. Rxa7 Stalemate |
Prob16 White to move 1. Rg6+ Kxg6 Stalemate |
Prob22 White to move 1. Re4 threatening 2. Rxe8# and 2. Qxg5+ |
