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Belfast Scholastic - Stormont Awards 2019

MLA Chris Lyttle invites the top Chess players to Stormont to be presented with awards and to play in the Belfast Elite Championship.

 

Its strange how on the mornings of going to this prestigious event the weather is sunny and brilliant.

Over the course of the year young chess players have been playing in our open Childrens Chess Competitions. These are part of our monthly Schools Chess events. We run 5 in this series. The pupils playing get awarded points depending on where they come and the best 3 of their event points get added and the totals compared to see who wins the Belfast Scholastic Shields.

The Standings can be found in our previous article: https://www.ulsterchess.org/Members/ucu00450/childrens-chess-2018-19/stormont2019/final-standings-for-the-2019-childrens-chess-grandprix

Chris Lyttle MLA invites the top 4 of each section - Primary, Lower Secondary, Upper Secondary (form4 - Sixth Form) and for puzzle solving the top 4 primary puzzle solvers and the top 4 Secondary puzzle solvers to a morning of awards and an Elite all-play-all competition.

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The timetable for the morning started at 10:00 with Chris Lyttle MLA welcoming the players, parents, principals, teachers and volunteers. Chris celebrated the youngsters chess talent for a game that focuses on concentration, logic, planning, decision making, owning the consequences of mistakes ... and wished them well in their futures.

The children were split into Primary, Lower Secondary and Upper Secondary and started with round 1 of the all-play-all Elite Championships.

We had 5 youngsters in the Lower Secondary so with a shorter time limit - 10mins each we fitted in 5 rounds. The Primary and Upper Secondary with 4 players had 3 rounds of 15 minutes each on the clock.

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Round 1 - The results.

Primary Stormont Elite Championship

White

 

 

Black

Kamal Taufik

1

0

Adam Fitzsimons

Aaditya Singh

0

1

Dexter Harris

Lower Secondary Stormont Elite Championship

White

 

 

Black

Zach Williamson

0

1

Ben Toogood

Aayush Bhari

0

1

Calum Glendinning

 

 

 

Mohammed Rakeeb

Upper Secondary Stormont Elite Championship

White

 

 

Black

James Wong

0

1

Ciaran Rowan

Adam Rushe

½

½

Louie McConkey

After round 1 we were given a tour of the beautiful historic building.

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We heard about the Italian Marble - the role of the building in the war - the magnificent chandeliers - a beautiful building with lots of history. To continue with the chess tournament the students left the tour after briefly visiting the Assembly Room - the Parents and teachers stayed on the tour.

Round 2 commenced.

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Round 2

Primary Stormont Elite Championship

White

 

 

Black

Kamal Taufik

½

½

Aaditya Singh

Adam Fitzsimons

0

1

Dexter Harris

 

Lower Secondary Stormont Elite Championship

White

 

 

Black

Ben Toogood

1

0

Aayush Bhari

Calum Glendinning

1

0

Mohammed Rakeeb

Zach Williamson

 

 

 

Upper Secondary Stormont Elite Championship

White

 

 

Black

James Wong

0

1

Adam Rushe

Ciaran Rowan

½

½

Louie McConkey

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Round 3

Lower Secondary Stormont Elite Championship

White

 

 

Black

Mohammed Rakeeb

0

1

Ben Toogood

Aayush Bhari

0

1

Zach Williamson

 

 

 

Calum Glendinning

 

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Round 4

Lower Secondary Stormont Elite Championship

White

 

 

Black

Calum Glendinning

1

0

Zach Williamson

Mohammed Rakeeb

1

0

Aayush Bhari

Ben Toogood

 

 

 

The final rounds

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Round 3

Primary Stormont Elite Championship

White

 

 

Black

Dexter Harris

0

1

Kamal Taufik

Aaditya Singh

1

0

Adam Fitzsimons

 

Round 5

Lower Secondary Stormont Elite Championship

White

 

 

Black

Ben Toogood

½

½

Calum Glendinning

Zach Williamson

0

1

Mohammed Rakeeb

Aayush Bhari

 

 

 

 

Round 3

Upper Secondary Stormont Elite Championship

White

 

 

Black

Louie McConkey

0

1

James Wong

Adam Rushe

1

0

Ciaran Rowan

The tournaments over the results calculated and the certificates prepared - we moved to the award ceremony. Ross Harris the Ulster Chess Union President gave out the awards and we had a line of honour of Principals and Teachers and Founders of the Childrens Chess. Mark Newman had fun explaining that the winners called up  were to collect their trophies and then walk down the line of Honour shaking hands with the dignitaries - he demonstrated this with some enthusiasm.

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The first awards were for the Elite Championships played today:

Stormont Elite Chess Tournament 2019

Primary School Championships

Name                         Round

School

1

2

3

Total

Place

Kamal Taufik

Fane Street PS

1

½

1

2 ½

1st

Dexter Harris

Strandtown PS

1

1

0

2

2nd

Adam Fitzsimons

Downshire PS

0

0

0

0

4th

Aaditya Singh

Forge Integrated PS

0

½

1

1 ½

3rd

Stormont Elite Chess Tournament 2019

Lower Secondary School Championships

Name        Round School 1 2 3 4 5 Total Place

Ben Toogood

Bangor Grammar

1

1

1

1

½

4 ½

1st

Calum Glendinning

Holywood Steiner

1

1

1

1

½

4 ½

1st

Mohammed Rakeeb

Methodist College

1

0

0

1

1

3

2nd

Aayush Bhari

Methodist College

0

0

0

0

1

1

4th

Zach Williamson

Bangor Grammar

0

1

1

0

0

2

3rd

Stormont Elite Chess Tournament 2019

Upper Secondary School Championships

Name    Rounds School 1 2 3 Total Place

James Wong

St Colman, Ballynahinch

0

0

1

1

3rd

Louie McConkey

Royal School Armagh

½

½

0

1

3rd

Adam Rushe

Bangor Grammar

½

1

1

2 ½

1st

Ciaran Rowan

1

½

0

1 ½

2nd

Then followed the awards for the year the Grandprix

 

Belfast Scholastic Shield 2019

The Belfast Scholastic Edward Whiteside Shield:

Primary Puzzle Solving Chess Champion

Place

 

Year

School

Nov

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

Total

Best 3

1

Dexter Harris

P6

Strandtown PS

10

9

10

10

4

43

30

2

Adam Fitzsimons

P6

Downshire PS

8

9

6

8

9

40

26

3

Aaditya Singh

P5

Forge Integrated PS

5.5

 

5

 

6

16.5

16.5

4

Taufik kamal

P7

Fane Street PS

4

2.5

3

6

5

20.5

15

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Belfast Scholastic Shield 2019

The Belfast Scholastic Fergus O’Neill Shield:

Secondary Puzzle Solving Chess Champion

Place

 

Year

Nov

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

Total

Best 3

1

Calum Glendinning

Holywood Steiner

F3

10

 

 

 

10

20

20

2

Louie McConkey

Royal School Armagh

F4

8

10

 

 

 

18

18

3

Williamson, Zach

Bangor Grammar

F2

 

 

 

8

6

14

14

4

Conor MacRandal

Methodist College

L6

 

 

10

 

 

10

10

4

Rushe, Adam

Bangor Grammar

L6

 

 

 

10

 

10

10

 

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Belfast Scholastic Shield 2019

Primary School Championship

Place

 

Year

School

Nov

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

Total

Best 3

1

Kamal Taufik

P7

Fane Street PS

10

2

10

8

10

40

30

2

Dexter Harris

P6

Strandtown PS

8

10

8

8

8

42

26

3

Calvin Patterson

P7

Home Educated

3.5

7

6

6

 

22.5

19

4

Aaditya Singh

P5

Forge Integrated PS

6

7

2

 

2

17

15

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Belfast Scholastic Shield 2019

Lower Secondary School Championship

Place

 

Year

School

Nov

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

Total

Best 3

1

Ben Toogood

F2

Bangor Grammar

 

 

 

10

10

20

20

2

Calum Glendinning

F3

Holywood Steiner

9

 

 

 

8

17

17

3

Mohammed Rakeeb

F2

Methodist College

 

 

9

5

 

14

14

4

Aayush Bhari

F3

Methodist College

 

 

4

8

 

12

12

4

Zach Williamson

F2

Bangor Grammar

 

 

 

6

6

12

12

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Belfast Scholastic Shield 2019

Upper Secondary School Championship

Place

 

Year

School

Nov

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

Total

Best 3

1

James Wong

L6

St Colmans, Ballynahinch

10

9

10

 

 

29

29

2

Louie McConkey

F4

Royal School Armagh

8

9

8

 

 

25

25

3

Adam Rushe

L6

Bangor Grammar

 

 

 

10

 

10

10

3

Ciaran Rowan

L6

 

 

 

 

10

10

10

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The Belfast Scholastic Henderson and Dawson Shield.

Exceptional Young Chess Player

Name

School

Year

Peter Wong

Stranmillis PS

P2

Ethan Cole

Park Lodge PS

P2

The best trophy is left to last the Exceptional Young Chess Player - these are the future players to watch...

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Thanks were given to all the Volunteers who allow the tournaments to happen during the year - to Geoff Hindley, James Fairley, Ross Harris. Thanks to Chris Lyttle MLA for inviting us to this brilliant event. and a round of applause was given to celebrate all the youngsters and their chess talent.

The Winners:

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