February Chess at Methodist College
The problem solving continues between rounds throughout the afternoon. Today inline with Malolas Prasath brilliant idea of learning through the study of the World Champion Magnus Carlsen - I included some of Magnus' positions in the problem sheet. Malola also ran a tournament today :“Experience Magnus” A Special Thematic Chess tournament for School Boys and Girls! as part of A Chess Heritage Experience within the Celebration of 800th year of Mayoralty and Freeman in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne..Where the games were recorded by the players who started in positions that Magnus has played.
The certificate puzzle winners:
| Points | Cert | Name | Year |
| 10 | Gold | Adam Fitzsimmons | P4 |
| 9 | Gold | Aaditya Singh | P3 |
| 7 | Silver | Anjali Singh | P5 |
| 5 | Silver | Sharan Varma | P6 |
| 4 | Silver | Calvin Patterson | P5 |
| 2 | Bronze | Birney Wang | P6 |
| 1 | Bronze | jasper Grady | P6 |
| 1 | Bronze | Katy Thornton | P7 |
| Points | Cert | Name | Year |
| 12 | Gold | Daniil Zelenchuk | F2 |
| 9 | Silver | Eoin McCorkindale | U6 |
| 7 | Silver | Adam Rushe | F4 |
| 5 | Bronze | Ciaran Rowan | F4 |
| 5 | Bronze | Calum Glendinning | F1 |
| 2 | Bronze | Dylan Breem | F3 |
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We had two strong sections and looked forward to some exciting chess.
The Childrens Chess tournaments play into a Grand-prix system with the top 4 from Primary, Lower Secondary and Upper Secondary get invited to an elite tournament and award ceremony - which for the past 6 years has been held at Stormont. The standings for this will be in a future article - please watch this space.
Ross Harris playing in his 24hour chessathon raising funds for his new Childrens Chess Club that meets on Sundays for a news item on this event : http://www.ulsterchess.org/Members/ucu00450/strandchessclub2017/chess-athon-feb-2017/24-hour-chess-athon-news-report-from-brendan-jamison
The Clubs website : http://www.strandartscentre.com/chess-club http://childrenschessni.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/strand-chess-club.html
Primary - Round 1
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Adam Fitzsimmons P4 [0] 1:0 Anjali Singh P5 [0] 2 Katy Thornton P7 [0] 0:1 jasper Grady P6 [0] 3 Dexter Harris P4 [0] 1:0 Sharan Varma P6 [0] 4 Birney Wang P6 [0] 1:0 Shadae Olusanya P6 [0] 5 Aaditya Singh P3 [0] 1:0 Kevin Wang P5 [0]
by Swiss Perfect (TM) www.swissperfect.com
Primary - Round 2
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Dexter Harris P4 [1] 1:0 Adam Fitzsimmons P4 [1] 2 jasper Grady P6 [1] 0:1 Aaditya Singh P3 [1] 3 Anjali Singh P5 [0] 1:0 Birney Wang P6 [1] 4 Shadae Olusanya P6 [0] 0:1 Sharan Varma P6 [0] 5 Kevin Wang P5 [0] 1:0 Katy Thornton P7 [0]
The two players most likely to win play their match. Dexter wins and is favourite to win the tournament.
Primary - Round 3
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Aaditya Singh P3 [2] 0:1 Dexter Harris P4 [2] 2 Adam Fitzsimmons P4 [1] 1:0 Kevin Wang P5 [1] 3 Birney Wang P6 [1] .5:.5 jasper Grady P6 [1] 4 Sharan Varma P6 [1] 0:1 Anjali Singh P5 [1] 5 Katy Thornton P7 [0] 1:0 Shadae Olusanya P6 [0]
Primary - Round 4
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Anjali Singh P5 [2] 0:1 Dexter Harris P4 [3] 2 Aaditya Singh P3 [2] 1:0 Adam Fitzsimmons P4 [2] 3 Kevin Wang P5 [1] 0:1 Birney Wang P6 [1.5] 4 jasper Grady P6 [1.5] 1:0 Shadae Olusanya P6 [0] 5 Sharan Varma P6 [1] 0:1 Katy Thornton P7 [1]
Aaditya does well to beat Adam. Whilst Dexter continues undefeated. Katy gains a point of Sharan.
Primary - Round 5
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Dexter Harris P4 [4] .5:.5 jasper Grady P6 [2.5] 2 Birney Wang P6 [2.5] 1:0 Aaditya Singh P3 [3] 3 Katy Thornton P7 [2] 0:1 Anjali Singh P5 [2] 4 Adam Fitzsimmons P4 [2] 1:0 Sharan Varma P6 [1] 5 Shadae Olusanya P6 [0] 0:1 Kevin Wang P5 [1]
Jasper breaks Dexters winning streak and gains 1/2 point. Birney takes a point off Aaditya who is the youngest player in the section and is doing very well.
Primary - Round 6
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Dexter Harris P4 [4.5] 1:0 Birney Wang P6 [3.5] 2 Katy Thornton P7 [2] 0:1 Adam Fitzsimmons P4 [3] 3 jasper Grady P6 [3] 1:0 Kevin Wang P5 [2] 4 Sharan Varma P6 [1] 0:1 Aaditya Singh P3 [3] 5 Anjali Singh P5 [3] 1:0 Shadae Olusanya P6 [0]
Dexter in beating Birney takes a lead that cant be caught. Aaditya gains his 4th point drawing with Adam also on 4 and Jasper.
Primary - Round 7
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Shadae Olusanya P6 [0] 0:1 Dexter Harris P4 [5.5] 2 Adam Fitzsimmons P4 [4] 1:0 jasper Grady P6 [4] 3 Aaditya Singh P3 [4] 0:1 Anjali Singh P5 [4] 4 Birney Wang P6 [3.5] 1:0 Katy Thornton P7 [2] 5 Kevin Wang P5 [2] .5:.5 Sharan Varma P6 [1]
Dexter wins unbeaten. Followed by Adam and Anjali on 5 points.
Primary
Standings
Place Name Feder Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 Harris, Dexter P4 6.5 19.0 24.0 26.5
2-3 Fitzsimmons, Adam P4 5 17.5 25.5 18.0
Singh, Anjali P5 5 17.0 23.5 17.0
4 Wang, Birney P6 4.5 17.5 24.0 17.5
5-6 Singh, Aaditya P3 4 21.0 29.0 19.0
Grady, jasper P6 4 18.0 24.5 17.0
7 Wang, Kevin P5 2.5 16.0 21.0 9.5
8 Thornton, Katy P7 2 17.5 22.5 9.0
9 Varma, Sharan P6 1.5 18.5 25.0 6.5
10 Olusanya, Shadae P6 0 18.0 26.0 0.0
In the secondary section we had Calvin Patterson P5. Who has won the primary section sufficient times to justify getting the challenge of playing with the older youngsters.
secondary - Round 1
Results
No Name Feder Rtg Total Result Name Feder Rtg Total 1 Daniil Zelenchuk F2 1320 [0] 1:0 Adam Rushe F4 904 [0] 2 Calvin Patterson p5 900 [0] 0:1 Eoin McCorkindale U6 1215 [0] 3 Pete Todd F3 1135 [0] 1:0 Louis McConkey F2 876 [0] 4 Calum Glendinning F1 863 [0] 0:1 Hannah Patterson F5 1116 [0] 5 Samuel Todd F5 1018 [0] .5:.5 Pheobe Patterson F1 817 [0] 6 Nathan Byrne F3 806 [0] 0:1 Ciaran Rowan F4 1015 [0] 7 James Kane F3 930 [0] 1:0 Dylan Breem F3 800 [0]
The games go to rating apart from Pheobe who does well to draw against Samuel.
secondary - Round 2
Results
No Name Feder Rtg Total Result Name Feder Rtg Total 1 Hannah Patterson F5 1116 [1] 0:1 Daniil Zelenchuk F2 1320 [1] 2 Eoin McCorkindale U6 1215 [1] 1:0 James Kane F3 930 [1] 3 Ciaran Rowan F4 1015 [1] 0:1 Pete Todd F3 1135 [1] 4 Adam Rushe F4 904 [0] 0:1 Samuel Todd F5 1018 [.5] 5 Pheobe Patterson F1 817 [.5] .5:.5 Calvin Patterson p5 900 [0] 6 Louis McConkey F2 876 [0] .5:.5 Nathan Byrne F3 806 [0] 7 Dylan Breem F3 800 [0] 0:1 Calum Glendinning F1 863 [0]
The games go to rating, with a couple of draws.
secondary - Round 3
Results
No Name Feder Rtg Total Result Name Feder Rtg Total 1 Daniil Zelenchuk F2 1320 [2] .5:.5 Eoin McCorkindale U6 1215 [2] 2 Pete Todd F3 1135 [2] 1:0 Samuel Todd F5 1018 [1.5] 3 James Kane F3 930 [1] 0:1 Hannah Patterson F5 1116 [1] 4 Calum Glendinning F1 863 [1] 1:0 Pheobe Patterson F1 817 [1] 5 Louis McConkey F2 876 [.5] 0:1 Ciaran Rowan F4 1015 [1] 6 Calvin Patterson p5 900 [.5] 0:1 Nathan Byrne F3 806 [.5] 7 Dylan Breem F3 800 [0] 0:1 Adam Rushe F4 904 [0]
The top players meet. Daniil and Eoin and draw - so the win will depend on how they play against the remaining field.
secondary - Round 4
Results
No Name Feder Rtg Total Result Name Feder Rtg Total 1 Eoin McCorkindale U6 1215 [2.5] 1:0 Pete Todd F3 1135 [3] 2 Calum Glendinning F1 863 [2] 0:1 Daniil Zelenchuk F2 1320 [2.5] 3 Hannah Patterson F5 1116 [2] .5:.5 Ciaran Rowan F4 1015 [2] 4 Samuel Todd F5 1018 [1.5] 1:0 James Kane F3 930 [1] 5 Nathan Byrne F3 806 [1.5] 0:1 Pheobe Patterson F1 817 [1] 6 Adam Rushe F4 904 [1] 1:0 Louis McConkey F2 876 [.5] 7 Calvin Patterson p5 900 [.5] 1:0 Dylan Breem F3 800 [0]
Calvin picks up a point from Dylan. Whilst the top players both win their games.
secondary - Round 5
Results
No Name Feder Rtg Total Result Name Feder Rtg Total 1 Daniil Zelenchuk F2 1320 [3.5] 1:0 Pete Todd F3 1135 [3] 2 Hannah Patterson F5 1116 [2.5] 0:1 Eoin McCorkindale U6 1215 [3.5] 3 Ciaran Rowan F4 1015 [2.5] .5:.5 Samuel Todd F5 1018 [2.5] 4 Pheobe Patterson F1 817 [2] 0:1 Adam Rushe F4 904 [2] 5 Nathan Byrne F3 806 [1.5] 0:1 Calum Glendinning F1 863 [2] 6 James Kane F3 930 [1] 0:1 Calvin Patterson p5 900 [1.5] 7 Dylan Breem F3 800 [0] 0:1 Louis McConkey F2 876 [.5]
Calvin gets another point. The leaders continue to lead.
secondary - Round 7
Results
No Name Feder Rtg Total Result Name Feder Rtg Total 1 Ciaran Rowan F4 1015 [3] 0:1 Daniil Zelenchuk F2 1320 [4.5] 2 Eoin McCorkindale U6 1215 [4.5] 1:0 Adam Rushe F4 904 [3] 3 Pete Todd F3 1135 [3] 1:0 Calum Glendinning F1 863 [3] 4 Samuel Todd F5 1018 [3] 0:1 Hannah Patterson F5 1116 [2.5] 5 Louis McConkey F2 876 [1.5] 0:1 Calvin Patterson p5 900 [2.5] 6 Pheobe Patterson F1 817 [2] 1:0 James Kane F3 930 [1] 7 Dylan Breem F3 800 [0] 0:1 Nathan Byrne F3 806 [1.5]0
Alot of players on 3. and the leaders both win. How will the tie breaking system score the players?
secondary - Round 8
Results
No Name Feder Rtg Total Result Name Feder Rtg Total 1 Calvin Patterson p5 900 [3.5] 0:1 Daniil Zelenchuk F2 1320 [5.5] 2 Eoin McCorkindale U6 1215 [5.5] 1:0 Pheobe Patterson F1 817 [3] 3 Hannah Patterson F5 1116 [3.5] .5:.5 Pete Todd F3 1135 [4] 4 Adam Rushe F4 904 [3] 1:0 Nathan Byrne F3 806 [2.5] 5 Calum Glendinning F1 863 [3] 1:0 Louis McConkey F2 876 [1.5] 6 James Kane F3 930 [1] 0:1 Ciaran Rowan F4 1015 [3] 7 Samuel Todd F5 1018 [3] 1:0 Dylan Breem F3 800 [0]
Eight rounds is a good number. Daniil ends on 6.5 the same points as Eoin.
secondary
Standings
Place Name Feder Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1-2 Daniil Zelenchuk F2 1320 6.5 24.5 34.5 30.0
Eoin McCorkindale U6 1215 6.5 23.0 30.5 30.0
3 Pete Todd F3 1135 4.5 26.5 34.5 23.5
4-8 Hannah Patterson F5 1116 4 27.0 34.5 19.0
Adam Rushe F4 904 4 21.5 28.0 16.0
Ciaran Rowan F4 1015 4 20.5 28.0 19.5
Samuel Todd F5 1018 4 20.0 24.5 19.0
Calum Glendinning F1 863 4 19.5 26.0 18.0
9 Calvin Patterson P5 900 3.5 18.5 25.0 14.5
10 Pheobe Patterson F1 817 3 22.0 29.5 14.5
11 Nathan Byrne F3 806 2.5 20.0 24.0 11.5
12 Louis McConkey F2 876 1.5 22.0 26.5 7.5
13 James Kane F3 930 1 22.5 29.0 8.0
14 Dylan Breem F3 800 0 19.5 24.5 0.0
Daniil wins on tie break over Eion. Followed by Pete Todd and a group of 5 on 4 points. Calvin does admirably with a score of 3.5 points.
Thanks to everyone for a brilliant afternoon of chess. All the helpers are volunteers. The trophies are donated. The entry fees cover the costs of rent and contributes to the running of the award ceremony at Stormont.
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1. ... Qd6
threatening QxQ and Qh2+
followed by mating combination
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14. 1. ... Qc4 2. Qxc4 Rxd1+ 3. Kf2 bxc4 and Black is a Rook ahead |
15. 1. ... Nxe2 2. Rxb4 Bxc3 3. Kxe2 Bxd2 |
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16. 1. ... Nc2 2. Qxc2 Qxe2# |
17. 1. ... Ne3 2. Rxd8+ Rxd8 3. Qe2 Qc4+ |
18. 1. ... Bg6+ 2. Kxd4 Rd2+ 3. K moves Rxd7 |
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19. 1. Qxa7 Rxa7 2. Rxc8+ Qd8 3. Rxd8+ Qxd8 4. Nxf7+ followed by Nxh8 |
20. 1. ... Qh5+ 2. gxh Rh4# |
21. 1. Ng5+ fxg5 2. Qf3+ Kg8 3. Rxe6 Winning the initiative! |
