London Junior Chess Championship Qualifier - Belfast 2017
October sees the beginning of our series of monthly Childrens Tournaments. A little nervous of the numbers - would there be only a few or would we have to take more time registering. We setup the room - placed the boards, plugged in the computer whilst Geoff Hindley put up the Signs with directions to the Chess Room.
Youngsters arrived - some new faces. But a little disappointed we had 7 players Under12 and 4 players Under19 so we split the groups into a Swiss for the Under12s and an all-play-all with both colours for the under19.
Although numbers were low the quality of players was very high - we had Dexter Harris - Under10 Ulster Champ 2016 and Adam Fitzsimons - Belfast Elite Champion 2017. This qualifier allows players to gain entrance into the prestigious London Junior Chess Championship - one of the top UK championships - for more details see the website : http://www.ljcc.co.uk/
The players as well as enjoying playing chess had some elegent puzzles to solve - here are a few - answers at the bottom of the page : The theme for these is a weak back row.
The results of the puzzle solving competition:
Secondary Schools - Adam Rushe has become an excellent problem solver - gaining 18 points out of a possible 22. and some of the problems are very challenging
Name | Age | Cert |
Adam Rushe | U19 | Gold |
Katy Thornton | U14 | Bronze |
Primary Schools
Name | Age | Score |
Eoin Boyle | U12 | Gold |
Adam Fitzsimons | U10 | Silver |
Dexter Harris | U10 | Silver |
Aaditya Singh | U8 | Silver |
Jasper Grady | U12 | Silver |
Skyla McConkey | U8 | Bronze |
We also talked through some interesting end game problems on the large screen in the hall.
White to move - Mate in precisely 3 moves. End1 |
White to move and win. End2 |
White to move and win. End3 |
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Under12 merged LJCC Belfast - Round 1
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Conor Boyle U12 [0] .5:.5 Jasper Grady U12 [0] 2 Dexter Harris U10 [0] 1:0 Eoin Boyle U12 [0] 3 Adam Fitzsimons U10 [0] 1:0 Skyla McConkey U8 [0] 4 Aaditya Singh U8 [0] 1:0 BYE
by Swiss Perfect (TM) www.swissperfect.com
Under12 merged LJCC Belfast - Round 2
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Aaditya Singh U8 [1] 0:1 Adam Fitzsimons U10 [1] 2 Jasper Grady U12 [.5] 0:1 Dexter Harris U10 [1] 3 Eoin Boyle U12 [0] 0:1 Conor Boyle U12 [.5] 4 Skyla McConkey U8 [0] 1:0 BYE
Under12 merged LJCC Belfast - Round 3
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Adam Fitzsimons U10 [2] 1:0 Dexter Harris U10 [2] 2 Conor Boyle U12 [1.5] 0:1 Aaditya Singh U8 [1] 3 Skyla McConkey U8 [1] 0:1 Jasper Grady U12 [.5] 4 Eoin Boyle U12 [0] 1:0 BYE
Under12 merged LJCC Belfast - Round 4
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Conor Boyle U12 [1.5] 0:1 Adam Fitzsimons U10 [3] 2 Dexter Harris U10 [2] 1:0 Aaditya Singh U8 [2] 3 Skyla McConkey U8 [1] 0:1 Eoin Boyle U12 [1] 4 Jasper Grady U12 [1.5] 1:0 BYE
Under12 merged LJCC Belfast - Round 5
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Jasper Grady U12 [2.5] 0:1 Adam Fitzsimons U10 [4] 2 Dexter Harris U10 [3] 1:0 Skyla McConkey U8 [1] 3 Aaditya Singh U8 [2] 1:0 Eoin Boyle U12 [2] 4 Conor Boyle U12 [1.5] 1:0 BYE
Under12 merged LJCC Belfast - Round 6
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Adam Fitzsimons U10 [5] 1:0 Eoin Boyle U12 [2] 2 Dexter Harris U10 [4] 1:0 Conor Boyle U12 [2.5] 3 Jasper Grady U12 [2.5] 0:1 Aaditya Singh U8 [3] 4 Skyla McConkey U8 [1] 1:0 BYE
Under12 merged LJCC Belfast - Standings
Place Name Feder Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr. 1 Adam Fitzsimons U10 6 9.0 15.0 21.0 2 Dexter Harris U10 5 9.0 16.0 17.0 3 Aaditya Singh U8 4 12.0 19.5 13.0 4-5 Conor Boyle U12 2.5 13.5 21.0 10.0 Jasper Grady U12 2.5 13.5 20.5 10.0 6-7 Eoin Boyle U12 2 13.5 20.5 7.0 Skyla McConkey U8 2 13.0 20.5 6.0
Under12 Champion: Conor Boyle, Jasper Grady
Under10 Champion: Adam Fitzsimons
Under8 Champion: Aaditya singh
Qualifiers for the LJCC
Under10 Majors :
Adam Fitzsimons with unbeaten 6 points
Dexter Harris with 5 points
Under8
Aaditya Singh
Under 19 - Round 1 and 4 (with opposite colours)
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Katy Thornton U14 [0.0] 0.0:2.0 Louie McConkey U14 [0.0] 2 James Wong U16 [0.0] 1.0:1.0 Adam Rushe U19 [0.0]
Under 19 - Round 2 and 5 (with opposite colours)
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Louie McConkey U14 [2.0] .5:1.5 Adam Rushe U19 [1.0] 2 Katy Thornton U14 [0.0] 0.0:2.0 James Wong U16 [1.0]
Under 19 - Round 3 and 6 (with opposite colours)
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 James Wong U16 [3.0] 0.0:2.0 Louie McConkey U14 [2.5] 2 Adam Rushe U19 [2.5] 2.0:0.0 Katy Thornton U14 [0.0]
Under 19 - Standings
Place Name Feder Score Berg. Wins 1-2 Adam Rushe U19 4.5 9.75 2 Louie McConkey U14 4.5 8.25 2 3 James Wong U16 3 4.50 1 4 Katy Thornton U14 0 0.00 0
Under19 Champion Adam Rushe
Under16 Champion James Wong
Under14 Champion Louie McConkey
The Winners:
Thanks to Methodist College for the excellent venue. Thanks to the Children for some brilliant chess and an excellent atmosphere. Thanks to the parents for their help and support. Thanks to the Volunteers who without we wouldnt be able to run this tournament.
Our next tournament is the Childrens Chess on the Saturday November 4th 12:30 to 5:00pm at Methodist College - please see the events section of this site.
Answers to the problems
prob: 13 1. Qc3 and Black cant find a good move |
prob: 14 1. Rxe5 and again Black cant find a good move |
prob: 15 1. Nf5 Black is forced to loose the Rook or be mated |
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prob: 16 1. Qxf6+ Rxf6 2. Rd8+ Qe8 3. Rxe8 Rf8 4. Rxf8 mate |
prob17: 1. Qc7 Black cant find a good move against all the threats. |
prob: 22 1. Ng6+ fxg 2.Rxh7+ Kxh7 3. Rh1 mate or 1. .... Kg8 2. Ne7+ Kh8 3. Rxh7+ Kxh7 4. Rh1 mate |
The Endgame problems:
End1 1. Kf6 Kh7 2. f7(R) Kh6 3. Rh8 mate Its the under promotion thats difficult to see |
End2 1. b6 cxb 2. a6 and a pawn breakthru |
End3 1. Kf6 h4 2. g4 h3 3. g5 h2 4. g6 h1 (Q) 5. g7 mate |
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