A winter afternoon of chess fun.
We were very pleasantly suprised by the number of players. Allowing us to have two excellent swiss tournaments with 6 rounds in each.
With new players adding strengh to the sections the regular players were challenged. But always the best way to improve your chess is to player a stronger player, loose, learn and play again until you win.....
The hum of social chat filled the room - quiet as each round started. Players solving chess puzzles during the space between rounds.
Two schools well attended were St Patricks, Down Patrick brought in by teacher and Chess organiser Gerry Tate and Bangor Grammar School where Andrew Todd has done some excellent work encouraging and organising chess.
Thanks to Methodist College for the brilliant venue. Thanks to the volunteers for making the event possible. Thanks to the players for creating such a brilliant environment and friendly atmosphere for playing chess.
Thanks also to all our regulars - and for a great days chess. I leave you with photos of the day and the full results.....
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Secondary Puzzle results
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Peter and Samuel Todd scored excellently solving some very difficult but beautiful problems.
The Primary section has been dominated by Calvin (P4) and Pheobe Patterson (P7) but the new players included twins David and Pablo Gonzalez whom I had played last month at the LJCC and almost got beaten. I should also mention that the range of ages from P2 - Aaditya Singh. Shows that you're never too young to play...
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Round 1
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Benji Black P4 [0] 0:1 Dexter Harris P3 [0] 2 Rowan Kelly P3 [0] 0:1 Arvery Fiachra F7 [0] 3 Adam Fitzsimons P3 [0] 0:1 Calvin Patterson P4 [0] 4 Anjali Singh P4 [0] .5:.5 Calum Gendenning P7 [0] 5 David Gonzalez P6 [0] 1:0 Aaditya Singh P2 [0] 6 Katy Thornton P6 [0] 0:1 Pablo Gonzalez P6 [0] 7 Jasper Grady p5 [0] 1:0 Avrora Zelenchuk P3 [0] 8 Callum Delaney P3 [0] 0:1 Pheobe Patterson P7 [0]
by Swiss Perfect (TM) www.swissperfect.com
Round 2
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Arvery Fiachra F7 [1] 1:0 Jasper Grady p5 [1] 2 Dexter Harris P3 [1] 0:1 David Gonzalez P6 [1] 3 Pablo Gonzalez P6 [1] 1:0 Calvin Patterson P4 [1] 4 Pheobe Patterson P7 [1] 1:0 Anjali Singh P4 [.5] 5 Calum Gendenning P7 [.5] 1:0 Benji Black P4 [0] 6 Katy Thornton P6 [0] 0:1 Adam Fitzsimons P3 [0] 7 Avrora Zelenchuk P3 [0] 0:1 Rowan Kelly P3 [0] 8 Aaditya Singh P2 [0] .5:.5 Callum Delaney P3 [0]
Fiachra Avery, David Gonzalez, Pablo Gonzalez and Pheobe Patterson come out of round 3 with full marks. Pablo wins against favourite Calvin.
Round 3
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Pablo Gonzalez P6 [2] 1:0 Arvery Fiachra F7 [2] 2 David Gonzalez P6 [2] 1:0 Pheobe Patterson P7 [2] 3 Adam Fitzsimons P3 [1] 0:1 Calum Gendenning P7 [1.5] 4 Jasper Grady p5 [1] 1:0 Rowan Kelly P3 [1] 5 Calvin Patterson P4 [1] 1:0 Dexter Harris P3 [1] 6 Anjali Singh P4 [.5] 1:0 Aaditya Singh P2 [.5] 7 Callum Delaney P3 [.5] .5:.5 Katy Thornton P6 [0] 8 Benji Black P4 [0] 1:0 Avrora Zelenchuk P3 [0]
The Gonzalez twins David and Pablo come out of round 3 on full points of 3 and will meet each other in the next round...
Round 4
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 David Gonzalez P6 [3] 1:0 Pablo Gonzalez P6 [3] 2 Calum Gendenning P7 [2.5] 1:0 Arvery Fiachra F7 [2] 3 Pheobe Patterson P7 [2] 1:0 Jasper Grady p5 [2] 4 Calvin Patterson P4 [2] 1:0 Anjali Singh P4 [1.5] 5 Rowan Kelly P3 [1] .5:.5 Benji Black P4 [1] 6 Dexter Harris P3 [1] 1:0 Callum Delaney P3 [1] 7 Aaditya Singh P2 [.5] 0:1 Adam Fitzsimons P3 [1] 8 Avrora Zelenchuk P3 [0] 1:0 Katy Thornton P6 [.5]
David beats Pablo and leads the tournament unbeaten so far. Calum Glendenning also is unbeaten with 3.5 out of 4.
Round 5
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Calum Gendenning P7 [3.5] 1:0 David Gonzalez P6 [4] 2 Pablo Gonzalez P6 [3] 1:0 Pheobe Patterson P7 [3] 3 Jasper Grady p5 [2] 0:1 Calvin Patterson P4 [3] 4 Adam Fitzsimons P3 [2] 0:1 Dexter Harris P3 [2] 5 Arvery Fiachra F7 [2] 1:0 Benji Black P4 [1.5] 6 Anjali Singh P4 [1.5] 1:0 Rowan Kelly P3 [1.5] 7 Callum Delaney P3 [1] .5:.5 Avrora Zelenchuk P3 [1] 8 Katy Thornton P6 [.5] 0:1 Aaditya Singh P2 [.5]
Round 6
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Pablo Gonzalez P6 [4] 1:0 Calum Gendenning P7 [4.5] 2 Calvin Patterson P4 [4] 0:1 David Gonzalez P6 [4] 3 Dexter Harris P3 [3] 1:0 Arvery Fiachra F7 [3] 4 Pheobe Patterson P7 [3] 1:0 Adam Fitzsimons P3 [2] 5 Jasper Grady p5 [2] 0:1 Anjali Singh P4 [2.5] 6 Benji Black P4 [1.5] .5:.5 Callum Delaney P3 [1.5] 7 Aaditya Singh P2 [1.5] 1:0 Avrora Zelenchuk P3 [1.5] 8 Rowan Kelly P3 [1.5] 0:1 Katy Thornton P6 [.5]
Standings
Place Name Feder Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1-2 David Gonzalez P6 5 16.5 24.0 19.0
Pablo Gonzalez P6 5 15.5 22.0 18.0
3 Calum Gendenning P7 4.5 13.5 20.5 17.0
4-6 Calvin Patterson P4 4 14.5 21.5 15.0
Pheobe Patterson P7 4 12.5 19.5 15.0
Dexter Harris P3 4 11.0 18.0 12.0
7 Anjali Singh P4 3.5 12.5 18.5 10.0
8 Arvery Fiachra F7 3 12.5 19.0 13.0
9 Aaditya Singh P2 2.5 9.0 15.5 5.5
10-13 Adam Fitzsimons P3 2 14.5 20.5 8.0
Jasper Grady p5 2 12.0 17.5 10.0
Benji Black P4 2 10.5 16.5 6.0
Callum Delaney P3 2 10.0 15.5 6.0
14-16 Rowan Kelly P3 1.5 8.5 13.5 6.5
Katy Thornton P6 1.5 8.0 14.5 3.0
Avrora Zelenchuk P3 1.5 7.5 11.5 4.0
The top 6 all within a point. The twins joint winners David and Pablo Gonzalez. Followed closely by Calum Glendenning and Calvin and Pheoebe sharing 4th position with the young Dexter Harris. A tough competition with all levels of chess players enjoying the game.
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Round 1
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Dylan Breen F2 [0] 0:1 Patrick McGurnaghan F5 [0] 2 Lewis Murphy F4 [0] 1:0 Nathan Bryne F2 [0] 3 Che Clarke F2 [0] 0:1 Hannah Patterson F4 [0] 4 Jake Patterson L6 [0] 0:1 John Dawson U6 [0] 5 James Kane F2 [0] 1:0 Ciaran Rowan F3 [0] 6 BYE 0:1 Thomas Maze F2 [0] 7 Eoin McCorkindale L6 [0] 1:0 Samuel Todd F4 [0] 8 Peter Todd F2 [0] 1:0 Thomas McGuigan F1 [0] 9 Daniil Zelenchuk F1 [0] 1:0 Heidi Dawson F1 [0]
Round 2
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 John Dawson U6 [1] 1:0 Lewis Murphy F4 [1] 2 Patrick McGurnaghan F5 [1] 1:0 James Kane F2 [1] 3 Thomas Maze F2 [1] 0:1 Peter Todd F2 [1] 4 Hannah Patterson F4 [1] 0:1 Eoin McCorkindale L6 [1] 5 Nathan Bryne F2 [0] 0:1 Daniil Zelenchuk F1 [1] 6 Ciaran Rowan F3 [0] 1:0 Dylan Breen F2 [0] 7 Samuel Todd F4 [0] 1:0 Che Clarke F2 [0] 8 Thomas McGuigan F1 [0] 0:1 Jake Patterson L6 [0] 9 Heidi Dawson F1 [0] 1:0 BYE
Round 3
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Daniil Zelenchuk F1 [2] 0:1 John Dawson U6 [2] 2 Eoin McCorkindale L6 [2] 1:0 Patrick McGurnaghan F5 [2] 3 Peter Todd F2 [2] 1:0 Hannah Patterson F4 [1] 4 James Kane F2 [1] 0:1 Samuel Todd F4 [1] 5 Heidi Dawson F1 [1] 1:0 Thomas Maze F2 [1] 6 Lewis Murphy F4 [1] 1:0 Ciaran Rowan F3 [1] 7 Jake Patterson L6 [1] 1:0 Dylan Breen F2 [0] 8 Che Clarke F2 [0] 1:0 Nathan Bryne F2 [0] 9 Thomas McGuigan F1 [0] 1:0 BYE
Round 4
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 John Dawson U6 [3] .5:.5 Peter Todd F2 [3] 2 Jake Patterson L6 [2] 0:1 Eoin McCorkindale L6 [3] 3 Patrick McGurnaghan F5 [2] 0:1 Daniil Zelenchuk F1 [2] 4 Samuel Todd F4 [2] 1:0 Heidi Dawson F1 [2] 5 Thomas Maze F2 [1] 0:1 Lewis Murphy F4 [2] 6 Ciaran Rowan F3 [1] 1:0 Che Clarke F2 [1] 7 Hannah Patterson F4 [1] 1:0 Thomas McGuigan F1 [1] 8 Dylan Breen F2 [0] 0:1 James Kane F2 [1] 9 Nathan Bryne F2 [0] 1:0 BYE
Round 5
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Eoin McCorkindale L6 [4] 1:0 John Dawson U6 [3.5] 2 Peter Todd F2 [3.5] 1:0 Lewis Murphy F4 [3] 3 Daniil Zelenchuk F1 [3] 0:1 Samuel Todd F4 [3] 4 James Kane F2 [2] 0:1 Jake Patterson L6 [2] 5 Ciaran Rowan F3 [2] 0:1 Patrick McGurnaghan F5 [2] 6 Heidi Dawson F1 [2] 0:1 Hannah Patterson F4 [2] 7 Nathan Bryne F2 [1] .5:.5 Thomas Maze F2 [1] 8 Thomas McGuigan F1 [1] 1:0 Che Clarke F2 [1] 9 Dylan Breen F2 [0] 1:0 BYE
Round 6
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Peter Todd F2 [4.5] 1:0 Eoin McCorkindale L6 [5] 2 Samuel Todd F4 [4] .5:.5 John Dawson U6 [3.5] 3 Patrick McGurnaghan F5 [3] 0:1 Jake Patterson L6 [3] 4 Lewis Murphy F4 [3] 0:1 Daniil Zelenchuk F1 [3] 5 Hannah Patterson F4 [3] 1:0 James Kane F2 [2] 6 Thomas McGuigan F1 [2] 0:1 Ciaran Rowan F3 [2] 7 Nathan Bryne F2 [1.5] 0:1 Heidi Dawson F1 [2] 8 Thomas Maze F2 [1.5] .5:.5 Dylan Breen F2 [1] 9 Che Clarke F2 [1] 1:0 BYE
A battle of the giants Eoin McCorkindale against Peter Todd to decide who wins. An exciting end.
Peter Todd wins overall having not lost a game. An excellent result especially considering hes form2.
Who will win next months Ulster Championships - its going to be a fantastic battle. See you there....
Standings
Place Name Feder Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 Peter Todd F2 5.5 12.5 19.0 19.5
2 Eoin McCorkindale L6 5 16.5 25.0 20.0
3 Samuel Todd F4 4.5 12.5 19.0 14.5
4-7 John Dawson U6 4 17.5 26.0 17.0
Daniil Zelenchuk F1 4 12.5 18.0 15.0
Hannah Patterson F4 4 11.0 18.0 12.0
Jake Patterson L6 4 10.5 16.5 12.0
8-11 Patrick McGurnaghan F5 3 13.0 19.0 13.0
Lewis Murphy F4 3 12.5 19.0 13.0
Heidi Dawson F1 3 12.5 18.0 10.0
Ciaran Rowan F3 3 8.0 12.0 9.0
12-15 Thomas McGuigan F1 2 14.0 21.0 6.0
James Kane F2 2 14.0 19.5 9.0
Che Clarke F2 2 11.5 17.0 5.0
Thomas Maze F2 2 9.5 16.0 7.5
16-17 Dylan Breen F2 1.5 11.0 16.5 2.5
Nathan Bryne F2 1.5 10.0 15.5 4.0
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Solution of Puzzles 1. Qf7+ Kxf7 2. Rd8 mate |
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