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Grandprix Standings after 5 Childrens Chess tournaments.

With one more Childrens Chess tournament to go. How do the Grandprix standings fair? The top 4 of each gets invited to the Belfast Elite Tournament and Award Ceremony, usually held at Stormont.

On April 8th we have the last of this years Childrens Chess Tournaments. So how do people stand in the Grandprix?

We have sections for Primary, Lower Secondary (Form1-Form3), Upper Secondary (Form4 and above), Puzzle Solving Primary and Puzzle Solving Secondary.

At each tournament the standings are taken and depending on position the following points are awarded - if people share a position they share points.

PositionPoints
1 10
2 8
3 6
4 5
5 4
6 3
7 2
8 1

Last year MLA Chris Lyttle kindly sponsored our event at Stormont. Brilliantly he has agreed to sponsor the event this year.

We have one tournament left - theres a few places that may be open for the taking. Some of the top players are safe. I will let the tables speak for themselves.....

Belfast Scholastic Shield 2017

Primary School Championship

YearNovJanFebMarAprTotalBest 3Top 4
Dexter Harris P4 10 9 10 9 38 29 ***
Adam Fitzsimmons P4 6.3 6 7 9 28.3 22.3 ***
Anjali Singh P5 5 7 3.5 15.5 15.5 ***
Jasper Grady P6 2.5 3 3.5 6 15 12.5 ***
Birney Wang P6 4 5 3.5 12.5 12.5 ***
Aaditya Singh P3 3 3.5 5 11.5 11.5
Calvin Patterson P5 9 9 9
Katy Thornton P7 2.5 3 1 2 8.5 7.5
Alanna Breen P5 6.3 6.3 6.3
Avrora Zelenchuk P4 6.3 6.3 6.3
Kevin Wang P5 2 2 2
Farida Haridy P3 1 1 1
Blake Harris P2 1 1 1
Ahmed Haridy P5 ,5 .5 .5
Edward Hall P3 .5 .5 .5

 

Belfast Scholastic Shield 2017

Lower Secondary School Championship

YearNovJanFebMarAprTotalBest 3Top $
Daniil Zelenchuk F2 10 10 10 30 30 ***
Peter Todd F3 8 8 10 26 26 ***
Calum Glendinning F1 6 6 5 17 17 ***
Phoebe Patterson F1 4.5 6 4 3 17.5 14.5 ***
Louis McConkey F2 4.5 5 2 5 16.5 14.5 ***
James Kane F3 8 1 5 14 14
Calvin Patterson P5 1 5 8 14 14
Nathan Byrne F3 4 3 3 10 10
Thomas Maze F3 1 1 1

 

Belfast Scholastic Shield 2017

Upper Secondary School Championship

YearNovJanFebMarAprTotalBest 3Top 3
Eoin McCorkindale U6 9 10 10 29 29 ***
Hannah Patterson F5 6 8 5.8 19..8 19.8 ***
Jake Patterson U6 9 10 19 19 ***
Adam Rushe F4 5.5 5.8 7 18.3 18.3 ***
Ciaran Rowan F4 5 5.5 5.8 16.3 16.3
Sam Todd F5 3 5.8 5 13.8 13.8
Edward Doak L6 7 7 7
Scott Murray U8 3 3 3
Matthew Gray U8 3 3 3

 

Belfast Scholastic Shield 2017

The Belfast Scholastic Edward Whiteside Shield:

Primary Puzzle Solving Chess Champion

YearNovJanFebMarAprTotalBest 3Top 4
Aaditya Singh P3 10 8 8 26 26 ***
Calvin Patterson P5 10 8 4 4 26 22 ***
Adam Fitzsimmons P4 5 5 10 6 26 21 ***
Anjali Singh P5 3 6 10 19 19 ***
Jasper Grady P6 2 5 2 5 14 12
Farida Haridy F3 8 8 8
Dexter Harris P4 2 5 7 7
Katy Thornton P7 2 1 1 2,5 6.5 5.5
Birney Wang P6 3 2.5 5.5 5.5
Alanna Breen P5 5 5 5
Avrora Zelenchuk P4 5 5 5
Sharan Varma P6 5 5 5
Edward Hall P3 1 1 1
John Hall P2 1 1 1

 

Belfast Scholastic Shield 2017

The Belfast Scholastic Fergus O’Neill Shield:

Secondary Puzzle Solving Chess Champion

YearNovJanFebMarAprTotalBest 3Top 4
Eoin McCorkindale U6 10 8 10 28 28 ***
Daniil Zelenchuk F2 6 10 10 26 26 ***
Adam Rushe F4 .5 6 6 12.5 12.5 ***
Jake Patterson U6 4 8 12 12 ***
Ciaran Rowan F4 .5 4.5 4.5 9.5 9.5
Calum Glendinning F1 4.5 4 8.5 8.5
Peter Todd F3 8 8 8
Louis McConkey F2 1
5.5 6.5 6.5
Thomas Maze F3 5.5 5.5 5.5
Nathan Byrne F3 4.5 4.5 4.5
Matthew Gray U6 4 4 4
Scott Murray U6 4 4 4
James Kane F3 3 3 3
Dylan Breem F3 3 3 3
Sam Todd F5 2 2 2
Phoebe Patterson F1 2 2 2
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