Children Battle to become Ulster Champion 2016/17
With youngsters coming from as far away as Derry, we had a good turn out for this years Uster Championship.
The Secondary section included Stormont prize winners, John Dawson, Jake Patterson, Hannah Patterson and Daniil Zelenchuk who has played in the Chess League for top club Ballynfeigh leading the second division. So the standard was high and the fight would be tough.
In the Primary section we have amoung the players - Calvin Patterson, Dexter Harris, Pheobe Patterson and Calum Glendinning all tough players.
Both sections had new players which is always exciting to have. We had a new group from Wellington College. Regulars from Bangor Grammar and students from St Malachy's, Friends School, Holywood Rudolf Steiner School, Royal School Armagh, Seaview Primary School, Strandtown Primary School, St Brides Primary School, Fullerton House, Oakgrove Primary School (Derry). and as always a brilliant group of home educated youngsters.
With 31 students a decision had to be made as to how to split the age groups into sections . The players were split into two sections. (with more players we might have more sections),
The Under12 group had 14 players whilst the Under19 group had 17 players. The initial plan was to have everyone playing 6 round swiss. But with the younger group completing each round quite fast - we changed it so that we played as many rounds as possible - starting the next round shortly after the last round had finished. This led to a tournament with 8 rounds. The Seniors were given clocks and each player 25mins and 6 rounds were played = 3 before lunch and 3 after.
As usual we had a puzzle compeition with trophies and certificates.
The puzzles lead to discussions on chess and sometimes co-operative problem solving and some of the problems are pure works of art.
The Scores for the Primary section:
Calvin Patterson winning the Primary Puzzle Solving trophy.
| Score | Cert. | Name |
| 14 | Gold | Calvin Patterson |
| 11 | Silver | Adam Fitzsimons |
| 11 | Silver | Dexter Harris |
| 10 | Silver | Ahmed Hassan |
| 10 | Silver | Avrora Zelenchuk |
| 6 | Bronze | Jasper Grady |
| 4 | Bronze | Joao Soares |
| 4 | Bronze | Katy Thornton |
The Scores for the Secondary section:
Daniil Zelenchuk winning the Secondary Puzzle solving trophy.
| Score | Cert. | Name |
| 15.5 | Gold | Danill Zelenchuk |
| 11 | Silver | John Dawson |
| 8 | Bronze | Jake Patterson |
| 7.5 | Bronze | Ryan Hammond |
| 7 | Bronze | Louie McConkey |
| 7 | Bronze | Calum Glendinning |
| 2 | Bronze | Joel McLean |
Some of the Puzzles for you to solve - answers at the end of this page....
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At the end of the day the Champions and runners up are:
| Under 19 | Ulster Champion Vincent Crean | Runner up John Dawson |
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| Under 16 | Ulster Champion Hannah Patterson | Runner up Ciaran Rowan |
| Under 14 | Ulster Champion Daniil Zelenchuk | Runner up Louie McConkey |
| Under 12 | Ulster Champion Calum Glendinning | Runner up Pheobe Patterson |
| Under 10 | Ulster Champion Dexter Harris | Runner up Calvin Patterson |
| Under 8 | Ulster Champion Ahmed Hassan | Runner up Farida Haridy |
The winner of the senior section and therefore the overall Ulster Champion : Vincent Crean.
The results and photos from the day tell the story. Some absolutely fascinating positions, end games and time struggles.
The Senior section could have been won by a number of players and was only decided in the final round.
The U12 Section
Round 1
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Adam Fitzsimons U10 [0] 1:0 Ahmed Hassan U8 [0] 2 Pheobe Patterson U12 [0] 0:1 Calum Glendinning U12 [0] 3 Jasper Grady U12 [0] 0:1 Calvin Patterson U10 [0] 4 Joao Soares U12 [0] 1:0 Ahmed Haridy U10 [0] 5 Farida Haridy U8 [0] 0:1 Katy Thornton U12 [0] 6 Birney Wang U10 [0] 0:1 Dexter Harris U10 [0] 7 Omar Hassan U10 [0] 0:1 Avrora Zelenchuck U10 [0]
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Round 2
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Calvin Patterson U10 [1] 1:0 Adam Fitzsimons U10 [1] 2 Calum Glendinning U12 [1] 1:0 Joao Soares U12 [1] 3 Dexter Harris U10 [1] 1:0 Katy Thornton U12 [1] 4 Avrora Zelenchuck U10 [1] .5:.5 Jasper Grady U12 [0] 5 Ahmed Haridy U10 [0] 0:1 Pheobe Patterson U12 [0] 6 Ahmed Hassan U8 [0] 0:1 Farida Haridy U8 [0] 7 Birney Wang U10 [0] 0:1 Omar Hassan U10 [0]
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Round 3
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Dexter Harris U10 [2] 0:1 Calum Glendinning U12 [2] 2 Avrora Zelenchuck U10 [1.5] 0:1 Calvin Patterson U10 [2] 3 Adam Fitzsimons U10 [1] 0:1 Pheobe Patterson U12 [1] 4 Farida Haridy U8 [1] 0:1 Joao Soares U12 [1] 5 Katy Thornton U12 [1] 1:0 Omar Hassan U10 [1] 6 Jasper Grady U12 [.5] 1:0 Ahmed Haridy U10 [0] 7 Ahmed Hassan U8 [0] .5:.5 Birney Wang U10 [0]
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Round 4
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Calum Glendinning U12 [3] 1:0 Calvin Patterson U10 [3] 2 Joao Soares U12 [2] 0:1 Dexter Harris U10 [2] 3 Pheobe Patterson U12 [2] 1:0 Katy Thornton U12 [2] 4 Adam Fitzsimons U10 [1] 1:0 Avrora Zelenchuck U10 [1.5] 5 Omar Hassan U10 [1] 0:1 Jasper Grady U12 [1.5] 6 Birney Wang U10 [.5] 1:0 Farida Haridy U8 [1] 7 Ahmed Haridy U10 [0] .5:.5 Ahmed Hassan U8 [.5]
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Round 5
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Jasper Grady U12 [2.5] 0:1 Calum Glendinning U12 [4] 2 Calvin Patterson U10 [3] .5:.5 Pheobe Patterson U12 [3] 3 Dexter Harris U10 [3] 1:0 Adam Fitzsimons U10 [2] 4 Katy Thornton U12 [2] 0:1 Joao Soares U12 [2] 5 Avrora Zelenchuck U10 [1.5] 0:1 Birney Wang U10 [1.5] 6 Ahmed Hassan U8 [1] 0:1 Omar Hassan U10 [1] 7 Farida Haridy U8 [1] 0:1 Ahmed Haridy U10 [.5]
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Round 6
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Calum Glendinning U12 [5] 1:0 Birney Wang U10 [2.5] 2 Pheobe Patterson U12 [3.5] 0:1 Dexter Harris U10 [4] 3 Joao Soares U12 [3] 0:1 Calvin Patterson U10 [3.5] 4 Jasper Grady U12 [2.5] 1:0 Ahmed Hassan U8 [1] 5 Ahmed Haridy U10 [1.5] 0:1 Adam Fitzsimons U10 [2] 6 Katy Thornton U12 [2] 0:1 Avrora Zelenchuck U10 [1.5] 7 Omar Hassan U10 [2] 1:0 Farida Haridy U8 [1]
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Round 7
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Omar Hassan U10 [3] 0:1 Calum Glendinning U12 [6] 2 Calvin Patterson U10 [4.5] .5:.5 Dexter Harris U10 [5] 3 Pheobe Patterson U12 [3.5] 1:0 Jasper Grady U12 [3.5] 4 Adam Fitzsimons U10 [3] 1:0 Joao Soares U12 [3] 5 Birney Wang U10 [2.5] .5:.5 Ahmed Haridy U10 [1.5] 6 Farida Haridy U8 [1] 0:1 Avrora Zelenchuck U10 [2.5] 7 Ahmed Hassan U8 [1] .5:.5 Katy Thornton U12 [2]
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Round 8
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Calum Glendinning U12 [7] 1:0 Adam Fitzsimons U10 [4] 2 Dexter Harris U10 [5.5] 1:0 Jasper Grady U12 [3.5] 3 Calvin Patterson U10 [5] 1:0 Farida Haridy U8 [1] 4 Avrora Zelenchuck U10 [3.5] 0:1 Pheobe Patterson U12 [4.5] 5 Katy Thornton U12 [2.5] 1:0 Birney Wang U10 [3] 6 Ahmed Haridy U10 [2] 1:0 Omar Hassan U10 [3] 7 Joao Soares U12 [3] .5:.5 Ahmed Hassan U8 [1.5]
Round 9
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Ahmed Haridy U10 [3] .5:.5 Calum Glendinning U12 [8] 2 Omar Hassan U10 [3] 0:1 Dexter Harris U10 [6.5] 3 Birney Wang U10 [3] 0:1 Calvin Patterson U10 [6] 4 Pheobe Patterson U12 [5.5] 1:0 Joao Soares U12 [3.5] 5 Adam Fitzsimons U10 [4] 1:0 Farida Haridy U8 [1] 6 Jasper Grady U12 [3.5] .5:.5 Katy Thornton U12 [3.5] 7 Ahmed Hassan U8 [2] 0:1 Avrora Zelenchuck U10 [3.5]
Standings
Place Name Feder Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 Calum Glendinning U12 8.5 32.5 43.0 44.5
2 Dexter Harris U10 7.5 33.0 44.5 36.5
3 Calvin Patterson U10 7 34.0 43.5 35.0
4 Pheobe Patterson U12 6.5 35.5 47.5 29.5
5 Adam Fitzsimons U10 5 34.5 44.0 23.0
6 Avrora Zelenchuck U10 4.5 27.5 35.5 21.0
7-8 Jasper Grady U12 4 36.0 46.5 21.5
Katy Thornton U12 4 26.5 35.0 20.0
9-10 Joao Soares U12 3.5 35.5 45.0 22.0
Ahmed Haridy U10 3.5 27.0 36.5 12.0
11-12 Birney Wang U10 3 31.5 41.0 16.0
Omar Hassan U10 3 28.5 38.0 17.0
13 Ahmed Hassan U8 2 25.5 31.5 9.0
14 Farida Haridy U8 1 26.5 35.5 8.0
The Under 19 competition
Round 1
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Vincent Crean U19 [0] 1:0 Adam McMillan U16 [0] 2 Kacper Niemiec U14 [0] 0:1 John Dawson U19 [0] 3 Ryan Hammond U16 [0] 0:1 Jake Patterson U19 [0] 4 Hannah Patterson U16 [0] 1:0 Jake Mansfield U14 [0] 5 David Mayes U19 [0] 0:1 Adam Simmonite U16 [0] 6 Sam Todd U19 [0] 0:1 Louie McConkey U14 [0] 7 Ryan McKay U14 [0] .5:.5 Jonathan Young U16 [0] 8 Daniil Zelenchuk U14 [0] 1:0 Joel McLean U14 [0]
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Round 2
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Jake Patterson U19 [1] 0:1 Vincent Crean U19 [1] 2 John Dawson U19 [1] 1:0 Hannah Patterson U16 [1] 3 Louie McConkey U14 [1] 0:1 Daniil Zelenchuk U14 [1] 4 Adam Simmonite U16 [1] 1:0 Ryan McKay U14 [.5] 5 Jonathan Young U16 [.5] .5:.5 Ryan Hammond U16 [0] 6 Jake Mansfield U14 [0] 1:0 Kacper Niemiec U14 [0] 7 Adam McMillan U16 [0] .5:.5 David Mayes U19 [0] 8 Joel McLean U14 [0] 0:1 Sam Todd U19 [0]
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Round 3
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Vincent Crean U19 [2] 1:0 Adam Simmonite U16 [2] 2 Daniil Zelenchuk U14 [2] 1:0 John Dawson U19 [2] 3 Sam Todd U19 [1] 1:0 Jake Mansfield U14 [1] 4 Hannah Patterson U16 [1] 1:0 Louie McConkey U14 [1] 5 Jonathan Young U16 [1] 0:1 Jake Patterson U19 [1] 6 Ryan Hammond U16 [.5] 0:1 Adam McMillan U16 [.5] 7 David Mayes U19 [.5] 0:1 Ciaran Rowan U16 [.5] 8 Ryan McKay U14 [.5] 0:1 Joel McLean U14 [0] 9 Kacper Niemiec U14 [0] 1:0 BYE
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Round 4
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Daniil Zelenchuk U14 [3] 0:1 Vincent Crean U19 [3] 2 John Dawson U19 [2] 1:0 Sam Todd U19 [2] 3 Adam Simmonite U16 [2] 0:1 Hannah Patterson U16 [2] 4 Ciaran Rowan U16 [1.5] 0:1 Jake Patterson U19 [2] 5 Adam McMillan U16 [1.5] 1:0 Jake Mansfield U14 [1] 6 Louie McConkey U14 [1] 1:0 Kacper Niemiec U14 [1] 7 Joel McLean U14 [1] .5:.5 Jonathan Young U16 [1] 8 David Mayes U19 [.5] 1:0 Ryan Hammond U16 [.5] 9 Ryan McKay U14 [.5] 1:0 BYE
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The leading players play and Vincent Crean wins against Daniil Zelenchuk and becomes the favourite for the competition.
Round 5
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Vincent Crean U19 [4] 0:1 John Dawson U19 [3] 2 Jake Patterson U19 [3] 0:1 Daniil Zelenchuk U14 [3] 3 Hannah Patterson U16 [3] 1:0 Adam McMillan U16 [2.5] 4 Sam Todd U19 [2] 1:0 Adam Simmonite U16 [2] 5 Jonathan Young U16 [1.5] 0:1 Louie McConkey U14 [2] 6 Ciaran Rowan U16 [1.5] 1:0 Ryan McKay U14 [1.5] 7 Jake Mansfield U14 [1] 1:0 David Mayes U19 [1.5] 8 Kacper Niemiec U14 [1] 0:1 Joel McLean U14 [1.5] 9 Ryan Hammond U16 [.5] 1:0 BYE
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John Dawson beats Vincent Crean the leader stopping his unbeaten run - this opens up the final round. With 4 players on 4 points. All fighting for top place - but with a strong possibility that we would need to use a tie breaking system.
Round 6
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Hannah Patterson U16 [4] 0:1 Vincent Crean U19 [4] 2 John Dawson U19 [4] 1:0 Louie McConkey U14 [3] 3 Daniil Zelenchuk U14 [4] 1:0 Sam Todd U19 [3] 4 Joel McLean U14 [2.5] 0:1 Jake Patterson U19 [3] 5 Adam McMillan U16 [2.5] 0:1 Ciaran Rowan U16 [2.5] 6 Adam Simmonite U16 [2] 1:0 Jake Mansfield U14 [2] 7 Ryan McKay U14 [1.5] 0:1 David Mayes U19 [1.5] 8 Ryan Hammond U16 [1.5] .5:.5 Kacper Niemiec U14 [1] 9 Jonathan Young U16 [1.5] 1:0 BYE
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Standings
Place Name Feder Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1-3 Vincent Crean U19 5 16.0 23.5 19.0
Daniil Zelenchuk U14 5 15.0 22.5 18.0
John Dawson U19 5 15.0 21.0 17.0
4-5 Hannah Patterson U16 4 13.5 20.5 15.0
Jake Patterson U19 4 12.5 19.0 14.0
6 Ciaran Rowan U16 3.5 11.0 16.0 9.0
7-9 Louie McConkey U14 3 14.0 20.0 11.0
Sam Todd U19 3 13.5 20.5 11.0
Adam Simmonite U16 3 11.5 17.5 12.0
10-13 Adam McMillan U16 2.5 11.5 18.0 9.5
Joel McLean U14 2.5 10.0 16.0 7.5
Jonathan Young U16 2.5 10.0 15.0 8.0
David Mayes U19 2.5 9.0 13.0 6.5
14-15 Jake Mansfield U14 2 11.0 16.0 7.0
Ryan Hammond U16 2 10.0 15.0 5.0
16-17 Ryan McKay U14 1.5 11.0 16.0 6.0
Kacper Niemiec U14 1.5 10.5 17.0 4.5
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Three players on equal points at the top of the score board - Some discussion was had about the method of deciding the overall winner. With Daniil Zelenchuk keen on a quick play off. It was decided that we would use same method as the Ulster Seniors - Medium Buchan, Buchan and progressive.
Buchholtz is the sum of your opponents scores, Medium Buchholtz is the same but the top score and lowest score arent included. Progressive is the cumulative sum of your own scores (so the early you gain points the more the progressive score is).
Vincent Crean (St Malachys) was announced as the Ulster Champion.
The winner of the Silver Platter for top Girl went for the successive year to Hannah Patterson (Home Educated).
We were lucky to have on hand to asist with the running of the tournament and to pass on the Ulster Championship trophy to Vincent, last years Champion Andrew Todd - who is playing board one for his University team - Aberdeen. Andrew was key to bringing youngsters into the Ulster Chess Union league in the last couple of years.
Many thanks to the players for such a brilliant day of chess. Thanks also to the Parents for bringing and supporting their youngsters. Thanks to the volunteers for making the day possible and thanks to Methodist College for the excellent venue.
See you all at our next event - The Childrens Chess Saturday January 14th 12:30pm - 5:00pm Methodist College.
Parents enjoying their own chess game - trying to keep up with their youngsters!
Solutions to the problems - from the excellent book - 1001 Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations by Fred Reindeld (Highly recommended).
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14. 1. ... Rxb2+ 2. Qxb2 Bb3+ 3. Kc3 Bb4+ 4. Qxb4 Qc3# |
15. 1. ... Rb1+ 2. Rxb1 Qxa3 |
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16. 1. ... Bc2+ 2. KxB Qxe4 |
17. 1. ... Bxd6 2. Qxd6 Rxf2+ 3. Bxf2 Qxf2+ 4. K1 Be4+ and mate next move |
18. 1. ... Rh1+ 2. Kxh1 Qxf2 |
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19. 1. Bxh7+ Kxh7 2. Qh5+ Kg8 3. Bxg7 Kxg7 4. Qg5+ Kh8 5. Rd4 winning |
20. 1. Nxd5 Qxd5 2. Qh6 Bd1 3. Rxe8 then forcing mate if 1. ... gxh5 2. Nxe7+ Kh1 3. Rxh5+ f6 4. Rxh7# if 1. ... cxd5
2. Qxh7+ and leads to mate |
21. 1. Nxc5 bxc 2. Rg8+ Ke7 3. Qxc5+ Kd7
4. Qc8+ leading to mate |
