Boys Brigade Christmas Chess Tournament
Between Christmas and New Year. On Friday 30th December members of the Boys Brigade were invited to the Knocknamuckley Church Of Ireland Hall. Where Malcolm Adamson and Mark Newman setup the boards and computer. Malcolm the organiser had prizes including chess clocks and sets for winners and some excellent books and DVDs. The tournament was split into Under14, Under 19 and Open groups. With 12 players we held a 6 round swiss with everyone in the one section.
The tournament had some excellent chess battles. Players also solved chess puzzles for a competition to recieve certificates and for the winner a puzzle book.
Results from the puzzle competition:
| Certificate | Points | Name | Age Group |
| Gold | 13 | Adamson, Neill | O |
| Gold | 12 | White, James | O |
| Silver | 9 | Adamson, Thomas | O |
| Silver | 6 | Irwin, Colin | O |
| Silver | 5 | Wickham, Joshua | U18 |
| Bronze | 3 | Calvert, Andrew | O |
| Bronze | 3 | Davison, Joel | U18 |
| Bronze | 2 | McConaghy, Matthew | U18 |
| Bronze | 1 | Guiney, Calum | U14 |
The results and photos from the day......
Round 1
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Neill Adamson O [0] 1:0 Gregg Harrison O [0] 2 Colin Irwin O [0] 0:1 Thomas Adamson O [0] 3 Stephen Badgett O [0] 1:0 Matthew McConaghy U18 [0] 4 Matthew Russell U18 [0] 0:1 Andrew Calvert O [0] 5 Joel Davison U18 [0] 0:1 James White O [0] 6 Joshua Wickham U18 [0] .5:.5 Calum Guiney U14 [0]
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Round 2
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Andrew Calvert O [1] 0:1 Neill Adamson O [1] 2 Thomas Adamson O [1] 0:1 Stephen Badgett O [1] 3 James White O [1] 1:0 Joshua Wickham U18 [.5] 4 Calum Guiney U14 [.5] 1:0 Joel Davison U18 [0] 5 Gregg Harrison O [0] 1:0 Matthew Russell U18 [0] 6 Matthew McConaghy U18 [0] 1:0 Colin Irwin O [0]
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Round 3
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Neill Adamson O [2] 0:1 James White O [2] 2 Stephen Badgett O [2] 1:0 Calum Guiney U14 [1.5] 3 Gregg Harrison O [1] 1:0 Thomas Adamson O [1] 4 Matthew McConaghy U18 [1] 0:1 Andrew Calvert O [1] 5 Joshua Wickham U18 [.5] .5:.5 Colin Irwin O [0] 6 Joel Davison U18 [0] 0:1 Matthew Russell U18 [0]
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Round 4
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 James White O [3] 1:0 Gregg Harrison O [2] 2 Calum Guiney U14 [1.5] 0:1 Neill Adamson O [2] 3 Colin Irwin O [.5] 0:1 Andrew Calvert O [2] 4 Thomas Adamson O [1] 1:0 Joshua Wickham U18 [1] 5 Matthew Russell U18 [1] 1:0 Matthew McConaghy U18 [1] 6 Joel Davison U18 [0] 1:0 BYE
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Round 5
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Andrew Calvert O [3] 1:0 James White O [4] 2 Neill Adamson O [3] 0:1 Thomas Adamson O [2] 3 Gregg Harrison O [2] 1:0 Calum Guiney U14 [1.5] 4 Joshua Wickham U18 [1] 0:1 Matthew Russell U18 [2] 5 Matthew McConaghy U18 [1] 1:0 Joel Davison U18 [1] 6 Colin Irwin O [.5] 1:0 BYE
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Round 6
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 James White O [4] 0:1 Thomas Adamson O [3] 2 Andrew Calvert O [4] 0:1 Gregg Harrison O [3] 3 Matthew Russell U18 [3] 0:1 Neill Adamson O [3] 4 Calum Guiney U14 [1.5] 0:1 Matthew McConaghy U18 [2] 5 Joel Davison U18 [1] 0:1 Colin Irwin O [1.5] 6 Joshua Wickham U18 [1] 1:0 BYE
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And would you believe it all the Open competitions on 3 and 4 end up on 4 points - 5 players on 4 points.
Luckily we had some time to play some further games...
Standings
Place Name Feder Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1-5 Neill Adamson O 4 15.0 20.5 15.0
Gregg Harrison O 4 15.0 20.5 12.0
Andrew Calvert O 4 14.0 20.0 15.0
Thomas Adamson O 4 14.0 20.0 12.0
James White O 4 13.5 18.0 18.0
6-8 Matthew Russell U18 3 12.5 17.0 9.0
Matthew McConaghy U18 3 10.5 15.5 8.0
Stephen Badgett O 3 3.0 8.5 6.0
9 Colin Irwin O 2.5 11.5 16.0 5.0
10 Joshua Wickham U18 2 12.0 17.5 6.0
11 Calum Guiney U14 1.5 12.5 17.5 8.0
12 Joel Davison U18 1 11.0 16.5 3.0
Calum Guiney won the Under14 section with a brilliant score of 1.5.
Malcolm decided we would have a play-off for first places. With 5 players on 4 points a fun proposition....
We decide to have a play-off between the lower two Thomas Adamson and James White followed by a Knockout to decide the winner.
Under 18
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Open Playoffs:
So final order is
!st Neill Adamson
2nd Gregg Harrison
3rd James White
4th Andrew Calvert.
An exciting way of ending the day. A brilliant day of chess.
