Top young players meet at Methodist College for Northern Ireland Mega-finals
Schools/organisations represented included:
Childrens Chess, Good Shepherd PS, Enniskillen Royal Grammar, HollyBush Primary School, Markethill Primary School, All Saints Chess Club...
A total of 29 children gathered to compete and enjoy chess. It's always a challenge to split the youngsters into the best age groups. If you mix them, which you sometimes have to do, the qualifying points can be impacted. So I aim to keep younger players playing the younger players. So this year we had 4 sections. The Under 10's, the Under 11's, the Under 16's and the Under 19's.
The format takes most of the day and approx 1 hour per round. Which is quite exhausting for the younger players.But everyone was focused and enjoyed the day. Solving problems for a competition between rounds, as well as playing friendlies and chatting. The atmosphere was excellent.
The Under 10's included the twin brothers Pablo and David Gonzalez top players from Spain, currently at Newcastle Primary School.
The rules for qualification are to score 4 or more out of the 6 games or to win your age group. Top Boy and Top Girl qualify.
We wish all the qualifiers luck in the forth-coming Giga-finals in Manchester.
Results and photos:
Under10 - Round 1
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Sinead Coulter U8 [0] 0:1 Caoimhin Hogan U9 [0] 2 Cormac O'Donnell U10 [0] 0:1 Maxim Dobrynin U10 [0] 3 Sophie Duffy U8 [0] 0:1 Sam Paton U8 [0] 4 Damian Romanowski U10 [0] 1:0 Pablo Gonzalez U10 [0] 5 David Gonzalez U10 [0] 1:0 Rahul Shah U9 [0] 6 Mark Wallace U9 [0] 0:1 Dexter Harris U8 [0] 7 Avrora Zelenchuk U7 [0] 1:0 BYE
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Round 2
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Maxim Dobrynin U10 [1] 1:0 Damian Romanowski U10 [1] 2 Caoimhin Hogan U9 [1] 0:1 David Gonzalez U10 [1] 3 Dexter Harris U8 [1] .5:.5 Avrora Zelenchuk U7 [1] 4 Sam Paton U8 [1] 1:0 Sinead Coulter U8 [0] 5 Rahul Shah U9 [0] 1:0 Sophie Duffy U8 [0] 6 Pablo Gonzalez U10 [0] 1:0 Cormac O'Donnell U10 [0] 7 Mark Wallace U9 [0] 1:0 BYE
Round 3
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 David Gonzalez U10 [2] 1:0 Sam Paton U8 [2] 2 Avrora Zelenchuk U7 [1.5] 0:1 Maxim Dobrynin U10 [2] 3 Pablo Gonzalez U10 [1] 1:0 Dexter Harris U8 [1.5] 4 Rahul Shah U9 [1] 1:0 Caoimhin Hogan U9 [1] 5 Damian Romanowski U10 [1] 1:0 Mark Wallace U9 [1] 6 Sinead Coulter U8 [0] 1:0 Sophie Duffy U8 [0] 7 Cormac O'Donnell U10 [0] 1:0 BYE
Round 4
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Maxim Dobrynin U10 [3] 0:1 David Gonzalez U10 [3] 2 Sam Paton U8 [2] 0:1 Pablo Gonzalez U10 [2] 3 Damian Romanowski U10 [2] 1:0 Rahul Shah U9 [2] 4 Dexter Harris U8 [1.5] 1:0 Caoimhin Hogan U9 [1] 5 Cormac O'Donnell U10 [1] 1:0 Avrora Zelenchuk U7 [1.5] 6 Mark Wallace U9 [1] 1:0 Sinead Coulter U8 [1] 7 Sophie Duffy U8 [0] 1:0 BYE
at this stage with 4 points David Gonzalez has already qualified.
Round 5
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 David Gonzalez U10 [4] 1:0 Damian Romanowski U10 [3] 2 Pablo Gonzalez U10 [3] 1:0 Maxim Dobrynin U10 [3] 3 Sam Paton U8 [2] 0:1 Dexter Harris U8 [2.5] 4 Rahul Shah U9 [2] 1:0 Cormac O'Donnell U10 [2] 5 Sophie Duffy U8 [1] 0:1 Mark Wallace U9 [2] 6 Avrora Zelenchuk U7 [1.5] 1:0 Sinead Coulter U8 [1] 7 Caoimhin Hogan U9 [1] 1:0 BYE
Round 6
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 David Gonzalez U10 [5] .5:.5 Pablo Gonzalez U10 [4] 2 Dexter Harris U8 [3.5] .5:.5 Damian Romanowski U10 [3] 3 Maxim Dobrynin U10 [3] 1:0 Rahul Shah U9 [3] 4 Mark Wallace U9 [3] 1:0 Avrora Zelenchuk U7 [2.5] 5 Caoimhin Hogan U9 [2] 1:0 Sam Paton U8 [2] 6 Cormac O'Donnell U10 [2] 1:0 Sophie Duffy U8 [1] 7 Sinead Coulter U8 [1] 1:0 BYE
The final results with qualifiers and winners:
| Merged section of U10 and below | |||||||
| No | First Name | Last Name | Age | Qualifying Compet | School | Score | Title |
| 1 | David | Gonzalez | U10 | Childrens Chess | Newcastle Primary School | 5.5 | Supremo |
| 2 | Pablo | Gonzalez | U10 | Childrens Chess | Newcastle Primary School | 4.5 | Qualifier |
| 3 | Maxim | Dobrynin | U10 | HollyBush PS | HollyBush PS | 4 | Qualifier |
| 4 | Dexter | Harris | U8 | Childrens Chess | Greenwood PS | 4 | Supremo |
| 5 | Mark | Wallace | U9 | All Saints Chess Club, Ennishkillen | St Patricks PS, Mullinskea | 4 | Supremo |
| 6 | Damian | Romanowski | U10 | Good Shepherd PS | Good Shepherd PS | 3.5 | |
| 7 | Rahul | Shah | U9 | Good Shepherd PS | Good Shepherd PS | 3 | |
| 8 | Caoimhin | Hogan | U9 | Oakgrove Integrated PS | Oakgrove Integrated PS | 3 | |
| 9 | Cormac | O'Donnell | U10 | HollyBush PS | HollyBush PS | 3 | |
| 10 | Avrora | Zelenchuk | U7 | Childrens Chess | St Brides PS | 2.5 | Suprema |
| 11 | Sam | Paton | U8 | Enniskillen Royal Grammar School | Portora Royal Grammar School | 2 | |
| 12 | Sinead | Coulter | U8 | Good Shepherd PS | Good Shepherd PS | 2 | Suprema |
| 13 | Sophie | Duffy | U8 | Good Shepherd PS | Good Shepherd PS | 1 | |
The under11s formed a group of their own.
Under11 - Round 1
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Fiachra Avery U11 [0] 0:1 Calum Glendinning U11 [0] 2 Jasper Grady U11 [0] 0:1 F J Bayliss U11 [0] 3 Michael Callaghan U11 [0] 0:1 Yuntian Qiu U11 [0] 4 Katy Thornton U11 [0] 1:0 Gary Freeburn U11 [0] 5 Kieran Kelpie U11 [0] 1:0 BYE
Round 2
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 F J Bayliss U11 [1] 1:0 Calum Glendinning U11 [1] 2 Gary Freeburn U11 [0] 0:1 Kieran Kelpie U11 [1] 3 Yuntian Qiu U11 [1] 1:0 Fiachra Avery U11 [0] 4 Jasper Grady U11 [0] 0:1 Michael Callaghan U11 [0] 5 Katy Thornton U11 [1] 1:0 BYE
Round 3
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Kieran Kelpie U11 [2] 0:1 Yuntian Qiu U11 [2] 2 Michael Callaghan U11 [1] 1:0 F J Bayliss U11 [2] 3 Calum Glendinning U11 [1] 1:0 Katy Thornton U11 [2] 4 Fiachra Avery U11 [0] 1:0 Gary Freeburn U11 [0] 5 Jasper Grady U11 [0] 1:0 BYE
Round 4
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Yuntian Qiu U11 [3] 1:0 F J Bayliss U11 [2] 2 Calum Glendinning U11 [2] 0:1 Michael Callaghan U11 [2] 3 Kieran Kelpie U11 [2] 1:0 Jasper Grady U11 [1] 4 Katy Thornton U11 [2] 0:1 Fiachra Avery U11 [1] 5 Gary Freeburn U11 [0] 1:0 BYE
Yuntian Qiu qualifies with 4 out of 4 points.
Round 5
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Yuntian Qiu U11 [4] 1:0 Calum Glendinning U11 [2] 2 Michael Callaghan U11 [3] 1:0 Kieran Kelpie U11 [3] 3 F J Bayliss U11 [2] 1:0 Katy Thornton U11 [2] 4 Fiachra Avery U11 [2] 1:0 Jasper Grady U11 [1]
Round 6
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Katy Thornton U11 [2] 0:1 Yuntian Qiu U11 [5] 2 Fiachra Avery U11 [3] 0:1 Michael Callaghan U11 [4] 3 F J Bayliss U11 [3] 1:0 Kieran Kelpie U11 [3] 4 Jasper Grady U11 [1] 0:1 Calum Glendinning U11 [2]
Final standings with winners and qualifiers:
| Section of U11 and below | |||||||
| No | First Name | Last Name | Age | Qualifying Compet | School | Score | Title |
| 1 | Yuntian | Qiu | U11 | Childrens Chess | St Malachys PS | 6 | Supremo |
| 2 | Michael | Callaghan | U11 | Childrens Chess | Tattygar PS, Lisbellaw, Co Fermanagh | 5 | Qualifier |
| 3 | F J | Bayliss | U11 | Good Shepherd PS | Good Shepherd PS | 4 | Qualifier |
| 4 | Kieran | Kelpie | U11 | HollyBush PS | HollyBush PS | 3 | |
| 5 | Calum | Glendinning | U11 | Childrens Chess | Rudolph Steiner, Holywood | 3 | |
| 6 | Fiachra | Avery | U11 | Childrens Chess | Home Educated | 3 | |
| 7 | Katy | Thornton | U11 | Childrens Chess | Hart Memorial PS | 2 | Suprema |
| 8 | Jasper | Grady | U11 | Childrens Chess | 1 | ||
| 9 | Gary | Freeburn | U11 | Markethill PS | Markethill PS | 1 | |
We had 6 in the Under 12s 13s 15s - difficult to run a swiss and an all-play-all would be 5 rounds. So we played an all-play-all with an added round when the players were paired according to age, there being 2 x U15, 2 x U13 and 2 x U12.
Under 15 the extra round
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Ciran Rowan U15 [0] 1:0 Adam Rushe U15 [0] 2 Aditya Shah U13 [0] 0:1 Daniil Zenechuk U13 [0] 3 Luke Paton U12 [0] 0:1 Patrick Dunne U12 [0]
Round 2
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Ciran Rowan U15 [1] 1:0 Patrick Dunne U12 [1] 2 Adam Rushe U15 [0] 1:0 Luke Paton U12 [0] 3 Aditya Shah U13 [0] 0:1 Daniil Zelenchuk U13 [1]
Round 3
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Patrick Dunne U12 [1] 0:1 Daniil Zelenchuk U13 [2] 2 Luke Paton U12 [0] 0:1 Aditya Shah U13 [0] 3 Ciran Rowan U15 [2] 0:1 Adam Rushe U15 [1]
Round 4
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Adam Rushe U15 [2] .5:.5 Patrick Dunne U12 [1] 2 Aditya Shah U13 [1] 0:1 Ciran Rowan U15 [2] 3 Daniil Zelenchuk U13 [3] 1:0 Luke Paton U12 [0]
Round 5
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Patrick Dunne U12 [1.5] 1:0 Luke Paton U12 [0] 2 Ciran Rowan U15 [3] 0:1 Daniil Zelenchuk U13 [4] 3 Adam Rushe U15 [2.5] 0:1 Aditya Shah U13 [1]
Round 6
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Aditya Shah U13 [2] 0:1 Patrick Dunne U12 [2.5] 2 Daniil Zelenchuk U13 [5] 1:0 Adam Rushe U15 [2.5] 3 Luke Paton U12 [0] 0:1 Ciran Rowan U15 [3]
Final standings for Under 15 tournament:
| Section of Under15 | ||||||
| First Name | Last Name | Age | Qualifying Compet | School | Score | Title |
| Daniil | Zelenchuk | U13 | Childrens Chess | Rathmore Grammar | 6 | Supremo |
| Ciaran | Rowan | U15 | Childrens Chess | St Patricks Grammar School | 4 | Suprema |
| Patrick | Dunne | U12 | Good Shepherd PS | Good Shepherd PS | 3.5 | Supremo |
| Adam | Rushe | U15 | Childrens Chess | 2.5 | ||
| Aditya | Shah | U13 | Childrens Chess | Lumen Christi college, Londonderry | 2 | |
| Luke | Paton | U12 | Enniskillen Royal Grammar School | Portora Royal Grammar School | 0 | |
As there was only one person Under19 a strong player - Eoin McCorkindale we had a small tournament of club players including Ross Harris and Mark Newman. Eoin played very well and beat Mark and was awarded the Under19 Supremo title.
The next stage of the competition is the Northern Giga-Finals in July - details : http://www.ukchesschallenge.com/north-south-gigafinal-divisions.shtml
The official website with news etc is : http://www.delanceyukschoolschesschallenge.com/index.html
We wish all the qualifiers good luck for the next stage - we will let you know how they do - watch the space (well not exactly this space but this website).
