The Schools Ulster Championship 2018/19 the results
We arrived and serup our arrows directing players to the Canteen at Methodist College. Players started arriving and setup the room with board sets and clocks set to 25mins each player. A phone call and a youngster is on there way from Armagh (a give them a travelling bye). We decide to have one section as there is a good spread of chess talent across all the years. One section with 22 players. James Fairly pairs the players and the first round begins - a silence of deep thought fills the room.
As usual we gave out chess problem sheets which the players did between rounds - a brilliant way of improving your chess and discussing chess.
The winners of the chess puzzles:
Primary Champion Puzzle Solver: Dexter Harris
| No | Name | Age | Score |
| 1 | Dexter Harris | U12 | 18 |
| 2 | Aaditya Singh | U9 | 17 |
| 3 | Adam Fitzsimons | U12 | 17 |
| 4 | Peter Wong | U8 | 16 |
| 5 | Kamal Taufik | U12 | 15 |
| 6 | Eoin Boyle | U12 | 15 |
| 7 | Naomi Hamilton | U12 | 13 |
| 8 | Cian Suitor | U9 | 10 |
| 9 | Caleb Carson | U9 | 10 |
| 10 | Skyla McConkey | U9 | 10 |
| 11 | Blake Harris | U8 | 10 |
Secondary Champion Puzzle Solver: Louie McConkey
| No | Name | Age | Score |
| 1 | Louie McConkey | U16 | 17 |
| 2 | Olgierd Myszor | U19 | 8 |
| 3 | Calum Glendinning | U14 | 6 |
| 4 | Zach Williamson | U14 | 1 |
Some of the puzzles with the solutions at the end of this article....
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Round 1
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Dexter Harris U12 [0] 0:1 Naomi Hamilton U12 [0] 2 Ben Toogood U14 [0] 0:1 Louie McConkey U16 [0] 3 Samuel Todd U19 [0] 1:0 Callum Magennis U14 [0] 4 Zach Williamson U14 [0] 1:0 Olgierd Myszor U19 [0] 5 Adam Fitzsimons U12 [0] 0:1 Conor Boyle U14 [0] 6 Eoin Boyle U12 [0] 0:1 James Wong U19 [0] 7 Calvin Patterson U12 [0] 0:1 Cian Suitor U9 [0] 8 Blake Harris U8 [0] 0:1 Kamal Taufik U12 [0] 9 Calum Glendinning U14 [0] 1:0 Peter Wong U8 [0] 10 Caleb Carson U9 [0] 0:1 Aaditya Singh U9 [0] 11 Skyla McConkey U9 [0] 1:0 BYE 12 Thomas Smyth U8 [0] .5:.5 BYE
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Some upsets in round 1 opens up the tournament. Naomi beats Dexter, Whilst Zach Williamson beats Olgierd Myszor.
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Round 2
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Louie McConkey U16 [1] 0:1 Aaditya Singh U9 [1] 2 Naomi Hamilton U12 [1] 0:1 Samuel Todd U19 [1] 3 James Wong U19 [1] 1:0 Zach Williamson U14 [1] 4 Kamal Taufik U12 [1] 1:0 Skyla McConkey U9 [1] 5 Conor Boyle U14 [1] 1:0 Calum Glendinning U14 [1] 6 Cian Suitor U9 [1] 1:0 Thomas Smyth U8 [.5] 7 Callum Magennis U14 [0] 0:1 Dexter Harris U12 [0] 8 Olgierd Myszor U19 [0] 0:1 Eoin Boyle U12 [0] 9 Blake Harris U8 [0] 0:1 Adam Fitzsimons U12 [0] 10 Peter Wong U8 [0] 0:1 Calvin Patterson U12 [0] 11 Caleb Carson U9 [0] 0:1 Ben Toogood U14 [0]
Aaditya Singh beats Louie McConkey.
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Round 3
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Samuel Todd U19 [2] 1:0 Conor Boyle U14 [2] 2 Aaditya Singh U9 [2] 0:1 James Wong U19 [2] 3 Cian Suitor U9 [2] 0:1 Kamal Taufik U12 [2] 4 Dexter Harris U12 [1] 0:1 Ben Toogood U14 [1] 5 Zach Williamson U14 [1] 0:1 Louie McConkey U16 [1] 6 Adam Fitzsimons U12 [1] 1:0 Naomi Hamilton U12 [1] 7 Calvin Patterson U12 [1] .5:.5 Eoin Boyle U12 [1] 8 Skyla McConkey U9 [1] 0:1 Calum Glendinning U14 [1] 9 Thomas Smyth U8 [.5] 0:1 Olgierd Myszor U19 [0] 10 Callum Magennis U14 [0] 1:0 Caleb Carson U9 [0] 11 Peter Wong U8 [0] 0:1 Blake Harris U8 [0]
Samuel Todd, James Wong and Kamal Taufik take the lead with 3 out of 3 points. Samuel Todd is the defending Champion and James Wong the lower Section winner of this years Summer Tournament - both good players.
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Round 4
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 James Wong U19 [3] 1:0 Samuel Todd U19 [3] 2 Kamal Taufik U12 [3] 1:0 Louie McConkey U16 [2] 3 Ben Toogood U14 [2] 1:0 Adam Fitzsimons U12 [2] 4 Calum Glendinning U14 [2] 1:0 Cian Suitor U9 [2] 5 Conor Boyle U14 [2] 0:1 Aaditya Singh U9 [2] 6 Dexter Harris U12 [1] 0:1 Calvin Patterson U12 [1.5] 7 Eoin Boyle U12 [1.5] 1:0 Callum Magennis U14 [1] 8 Olgierd Myszor U19 [1] 1:0 Blake Harris U8 [1] 9 Naomi Hamilton U12 [1] 1:0 Zach Williamson U14 [1] 10 Skyla McConkey U9 [1] 1:0 Peter Wong U8 [0] 11 Caleb Carson U9 [0] 1:0 BYE
James Wong beats Samuel Todd and leads the tournament with Kamal Taufik - both unbeaten on 4 out of 4.
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Round 5
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Kamal Taufik U12 [4] 1:0 James Wong U19 [4] 2 Samuel Todd U19 [3] 1:0 Ben Toogood U14 [3] 3 Aaditya Singh U9 [3] 1:0 Calum Glendinning U14 [3] 4 Adam Fitzsimons U12 [2] 0:1 Eoin Boyle U12 [2.5] 5 Calvin Patterson U12 [2.5] 1:0 Naomi Hamilton U12 [2] 6 Louie McConkey U16 [2] 1:0 Skyla McConkey U9 [2] 7 Cian Suitor U9 [2] 0:1 Olgierd Myszor U19 [2] 8 Callum Magennis U14 [1] 0:1 Conor Boyle U14 [2] 9 Blake Harris U8 [1] 0:1 Dexter Harris U12 [1] 10 Zach Williamson U14 [1] 1:0 Caleb Carson U9 [1] 11 Peter Wong U8 [0] 1:0 BYE
Kamal Taufik plays James Wong for the lead. A tough game and Kamal wins. Samuel Todd is still with a shout at drawing on points with Kamal. Aaditya Singh is on 4 points also within a point off the lead.
Round 6
Results
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Aaditya Singh U9 [4] 0:1 Kamal Taufik U12 [5] 2 Eoin Boyle U12 [3.5] 1:0 Samuel Todd U19 [4] 3 James Wong U19 [4] 0:1 Calvin Patterson U12 [3.5] 4 Calum Glendinning U14 [3] 0:1 Louie McConkey U16 [3] 5 Ben Toogood U14 [3] 1:0 Olgierd Myszor U19 [3] 6 Conor Boyle U14 [3] 1:0 Zach Williamson U14 [2] 7 Skyla McConkey U9 [2] 0:1 Dexter Harris U12 [2] 8 Naomi Hamilton U12 [2] 1:0 Cian Suitor U9 [2] 9 Caleb Carson U9 [1] 0:1 Adam Fitzsimons U12 [2] 10 Peter Wong U8 [1] 0:1 Callum Magennis U14 [1] 11 Blake Harris U8 [1] 1:0 BYE
Kamal wins the Championship with full points - a brilliant result considering the tough opposition. Eoin Boyle gets a good win over Samuel Todd. Whilst Calvin Patterson wins over James Wong. A competition of some brilliant games and fascinating positions. With complex endgames always a good measure of the quality of play.
Thanks to all the Players for an exciting days chess. Thanks to our volunteers and to Methodist College.
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Standings
Place Name Feder Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 Kamal Taufik U12 6 11.5 17.0 21.0
2-3 Eoin Boyle U12 4.5 14.0 20.5 13.0
Calvin Patterson U12 4.5 12.0 17.0 13.0
4-9 James Wong U19 4 17.0 25.0 18.0
Samuel Todd U19 4 15.0 21.5 17.0
Aaditya Singh U9 4 15.0 21.5 16.0
Louie McConkey U16 4 13.0 20.5 13.0
Ben Toogood U14 4 13.0 17.5 13.0
Conor Boyle U14 4 12.0 18.0 14.0
10-14 Adam Fitzsimons U12 3 12.5 17.5 10.0
Naomi Hamilton U12 3 12.0 18.5 10.0
Calum Glendinning U14 3 11.5 16.0 13.0
Dexter Harris U12 3 10.5 16.5 8.0
Olgierd Myszor U19 3 10.0 16.0 9.0
15-19 Zach Williamson U14 2 14.0 18.5 8.0
Cian Suitor U9 2 13.5 21.5 11.0
Skyla McConkey U9 2 13.0 19.5 9.0
Blake Harris U8 2 12.0 18.5 5.0
Callum Magennis U14 2 11.5 16.5 5.0
20-21 Caleb Carson U9 1 12.0 18.0 3.0
Peter Wong U8 1 9.5 15.5 2.0
22 Thomas Smyth U8 0.5 2.0 6.5 1.5
The top 3 players are all under 12 Kamil Taufik the Ulster Chanpion with full points of 6 out of 6. In second place Eoin Boyle and Calvin Patterson with 4.5 out of 6.
Another player who has done well is Aaditya Singh being joint 4th and only under 9.
We were lucky to have present the Current Chair of the Ulster Chess Union (also one of the volunteers) who gave out the trophies.
The Ulster Champions:
The Ulster Champion : Kamal Taufik
The Ulster Girls Champion: Naomi Hamilton
The Under 19 Champion: James Wong
The Under 16 Champion: Louie McConkey
The Under: 12 Champion: Kamal Taufik
The Under 9 Champion: Aaditya Singh
The Under 8 Champion: Blake Harris.
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The solutions to the problems
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13. 1. ... c5
Threatening
Queen and Bishop
Black wins a
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14. 1. Nxe6 Qxe6 2. Bxb7 Winning the Rook |
15. 1. Rxg6 Qxg6 2. Rg3 and the Pawn will Queen |
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16. 1. Rxe4+ Bxe4 2. Re1 f5 3. f3 winning the pinned Bishop |
17. 1. Qxc6+ winning the Rook |
18. 1. ... g5+ 2. Rxg5 fxg5# |
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19. 1. Qf7+ Qxf7 2. exf7# |
20. 1. Nf6# |
21. 1. ... f3 |
