2nd November saw the Childrens Chess series of Tournaments Start
This series of tournaments culminates in an elite award ceremony usually held at Stormont. To get there is the challenge the journey is the fun. With 5 tournaments we have a grandprix system. Points are award to players for each tournament and the best 3 obtained over the 5 are added and the score used to assess each players position in the Grandprix - the top 4 players from Primary, Lower Secondary ( Forms 1 to 3) and Upper Secondary ( Form 4 and above). qualify to be invited to the award ceremony and Elite Tournament. Two other categories are included for puzzle solving. Primary Puzzle Solving and Secondary Puzzle Solving.
To me apart from the friendly atmosphere the Puzzle solving is the best bit of the day. We had 24 problems with varying levels of difficulty. During the tournament I solve these to create a solution sheet and today was a challenge to get this done for the end of the tournament.
A big thankyou to volunteers Brendan Jamison and Geoff Hindley who made this event possible.
See you all at the Ulster Championships on Saturday 7th December.
Primary Puzzle Solver Champion - Aaditya Singh.
| Name | Year | Points | Cert |
| Singh, Aaditya | P6 | 20 | Gold |
| Cole, Ethan | P3 | 12 | Silver |
| Suitor, Cian | P6 | 11 | Silver |
| Toogood, Daniel | P7 | 9 | Silver |
| Bhars, Aakanksh Sunil | P3 | 6 | Bronze |
| Cole, Alannah | P2 | 5 | Bronze |
| O'Kane, Luca | P4 | 5 | Bronze |
| Suitor, Cillian | P4 | 5 | Bronze |
| Fitzsimons, Zoe | P5 | 5 | Bronze |
Secondary Puzzle Solver Champion: James Huang.
| Name | Year | Points | Cert |
| Huang, James | F1 | 14 | Gold |
| Rushe, Adam | U6 | 13 | Gold |
| Patterson, Calvin | F1 | 9 | Silver |
| Taufik, Kamal | F1 | 8 | Silver |
| Toogood, Ben | F3 | 8 | Silver |
| Boyd, Joseph | F2 | 6 | Silver |
| Rakeeb, Mohammed | F3 | 2 | Bronze |
| Wang, Edison | F1 | 1 | Bronze |
| Maguire, Patrick | F2 | 1 | Bronze |
| Zhang, William | F4 | 1 | Bronze |
Here are some of the puzzles see if you can solve them...... solutions at the bottom of the page - good luck
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The sets in position the clocks set. Names in the computer the draw was done and silence fell with the beginning of the first round.
Round 1
Results
No Name Feder Rtg Total Result Name Feder Rtg Total 1 Kamal Taufik F1 1342 [0] 1:0 Patrick Maguire F2 707 [0] 2 Joseph Boyd F2 700 [0] 0:1 Ben Toogood F3 1152 [0] 3 Calvin Patterson F1 1034 [0] 1:0 Ethan Cole P3 700 [0] 4 Lucas Dowling P7 700 [0] 0:1 Aaditya Singh P6 924 [0] 5 Aayush Sunil Bhars F4 875 [0] 1:0 Luca O'Kane P4 700 [0] 6 Ashwanth Subramanian F4 700 [0] 1:0 William Zhang F4 830 [0] 7 Cian Suitor P6 828 [0] 1:0 Holly Hawkins P7 650 [0] 8 Edison Wang F1 550 [0] 0:1 Mohammed Rakeeb F3 825 [0] 9 Daniel Toogood P7 800 [0] 1:0 Aakanksh Sunil Bhars P3 525 [0] 10 Cillian Suitor P4 391 [0] 0:1 James Huang F1 750 [0] 11 Alannah Cole P2 300 [0] 1:0 BYE 12 Adam Rushe U6 1324 [0] .5:.5 BYE
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Each player has a rating and one is allocated if none has been set. The players are paired according to their rating and their points. As everyone starts with zero points - the top players play the lower half of the rating list. This way of pairing means the top players will only play each other in the latter part of the tournament. The first round went to rating apart from Ashwanth Subramanian beating William Zhang - Ashwanth having an estimated rating.
As each match completed the players reported their results and continued to look at the Chess puzzles or played a friendly game.
As soon as all games were completed the results were put into the computer and the next round was drawn and then started - so an afternoon of continous chess ensued. We encouraged the players to take their time over their moves as most played too fast and made mistakes by missing obvious moves and threats.
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Round 2
Results
No Name Feder Rtg Total Result Name Feder Rtg Total 1 Mohammed Rakeeb F3 825 [1] 0:1 Kamal Taufik F1 1342 [1] 2 Ben Toogood F3 1152 [1] 1:0 Cian Suitor P6 828 [1] 3 James Huang F1 750 [1] .5:.5 Calvin Patterson F1 1034 [1] 4 Aaditya Singh P6 924 [1] 1:0 Daniel Toogood P7 800 [1] 5 Alannah Cole P2 300 [1] .5:.5 Aayush Sunil Bhars F4 875 [1] 6 Patrick Maguire F2 707 [0] 0:1 Ashwanth Subramanian F4 700 [1] 7 Luca O'Kane P4 700 [0] 0:1 Adam Rushe U6 1324 [.5] 8 William Zhang F4 830 [0] 1:0 Edison Wang F1 550 [0] 9 Holly Hawkins P7 650 [0] 0:1 Joseph Boyd F2 700 [0] 10 Ethan Cole P3 700 [0] 1:0 Cillian Suitor P4 391 [0] 11 Aakanksh Sunil Bhars P3 525 [0] 1:0 Lucas Dowling P7 700 [0]
James Huang gets a good draw against Calvin Patterson and the very young Alannah Cole gets a draw against a draw against Aayush Sunil Bhars. The favourite and current Ulster Champion Kamal Taufik leads with two points.
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Round 3
Results
No Name Feder Rtg Total Result Name Feder Rtg Total 1 Kamal Taufik F1 1342 [2] 1:0 Aaditya Singh P6 924 [2] 2 Ashwanth Subramanian F4 700 [2] 0:1 Ben Toogood F3 1152 [2] 3 Adam Rushe U6 1324 [1.5] .5:.5 James Huang F1 750 [1.5] 4 Calvin Patterson F1 1034 [1.5] 1:0 Alannah Cole P2 300 [1.5] 5 Aayush Sunil Bhars F4 875 [1.5] 0:1 William Zhang F4 830 [1] 6 Cian Suitor P6 828 [1] 1:0 Aakanksh Sunil Bhars P3 525 [1] 7 Joseph Boyd F2 700 [1] .5:.5 Mohammed Rakeeb F3 825 [1] 8 Daniel Toogood P7 800 [1] 1:0 Ethan Cole P3 700 [1] 9 Edison Wang F1 550 [0] 0:1 Patrick Maguire F2 707 [0] 10 Lucas Dowling P7 700 [0] 1:0 Holly Hawkins P7 650 [0] 11 Cillian Suitor P4 391 [0] .5:.5 Luca O'Kane P4 700 [0]
Kamal Taufik and Ben Toogood lead with 3 full points. Followed by Calvin Patterson on 2.5 and a group on 2 points. Brilliant to see the P2 Alannah Cole on the top tables with 1.5 points.
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Round 4
Results
No Name Feder Rtg Total Result Name Feder Rtg Total 1 Ben Toogood F3 1152 [3] 0:1 Kamal Taufik F1 1342 [3] 2 Adam Rushe U6 1324 [2] 1:0 Calvin Patterson F1 1034 [2.5] 3 Aaditya Singh P6 924 [2] 0:1 Ashwanth Subramanian F4 700 [2] 4 William Zhang F4 830 [2] 1:0 Daniel Toogood P7 800 [2] 5 James Huang F1 750 [2] 1:0 Cian Suitor P6 828 [2] 6 Mohammed Rakeeb F3 825 [1.5] 0:1 Aayush Sunil Bhars F4 875 [1.5] 7 Alannah Cole P2 300 [1.5] 0:1 Joseph Boyd F2 700 [1.5] 8 Patrick Maguire F2 707 [1] 1:0 Lucas Dowling P7 700 [1] 9 Ethan Cole P3 700 [1] 1:0 Aakanksh Sunil Bhars P3 525 [1] 10 Luca O'Kane P4 700 [.5] .5:.5 Zoe Fitzsimons P5 321 [0] 11 Holly Hawkins P7 650 [0] 1:0 Cillian Suitor P4 391 [.5] 12 Edison Wang F1 550 [0] 1:0 BYE
Adam Rushe climbs to Second place with a win over the very able Calvin Patterson. Whilst the two leaders knock heads and Kamal wins to lead the tournament by beating Ben Toogood.
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Round 5
Results
No Name Feder Rtg Total Result Name Feder Rtg Total 1 Kamal Taufik F1 1342 [4] 1:0 James Huang F1 750 [3] 2 Ashwanth Subramanian F4 700 [3] 0:1 Adam Rushe U6 1324 [3] 3 William Zhang F4 830 [3] 0:1 Ben Toogood F3 1152 [3] 4 Calvin Patterson F1 1034 [2.5] 1:0 Aayush Sunil Bhars F4 875 [2.5] 5 Joseph Boyd F2 700 [2.5] 0:1 Aaditya Singh P6 924 [2] 6 Cian Suitor P6 828 [2] .5:.5 Ethan Cole P3 700 [2] 7 Daniel Toogood P7 800 [2] 1:0 Patrick Maguire F2 707 [2] 8 Mohammed Rakeeb F3 825 [1.5] 1:0 Alannah Cole P2 300 [1.5] 9 Lucas Dowling P7 700 [1] .5:.5 Edison Wang F1 550 [1] 10 Aakanksh Sunil Bhars P3 525 [1] 0:1 Luca O'Kane P4 700 [1] 11 Zoe Fitzsimons P5 321 [.5] 1:0 Holly Hawkins P7 650 [1] 12 Cillian Suitor P4 391 [.5] 1:0 BYE
Kamal maintains his lead. Chased by Adam Rushe and Ben Toogood. Ethand Cole draws against Cian Suitor. The younger Daniel Toogood beats Patrick Maguire.
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Round 6
Results
No Name Feder Rtg Total Result Name Feder Rtg Total 1 Adam Rushe U6 1324 [4] 0:1 Kamal Taufik F1 1342 [5] 2 Ben Toogood F3 1152 [4] 0:1 Calvin Patterson F1 1034 [3.5] 3 Aaditya Singh P6 924 [3] 1:0 William Zhang F4 830 [3] 4 James Huang F1 750 [3] 1:0 Daniel Toogood P7 800 [3] 5 Aayush Sunil Bhars F4 875 [2.5] 0:1 Ashwanth Subramanian F4 700 [3] 6 Joseph Boyd F2 700 [2.5] 0:1 Cian Suitor P6 828 [2.5] 7 Ethan Cole P3 700 [2.5] 1:0 Mohammed Rakeeb F3 825 [2.5] 8 Patrick Maguire F2 707 [2] 1:0 Luca O'Kane P4 700 [2] 9 Cillian Suitor P4 391 [1.5] 0:1 Lucas Dowling P7 700 [1.5] 10 Edison Wang F1 550 [1.5] 1:0 Zoe Fitzsimons P5 321 [1.5] 11 Holly Hawkins P7 650 [1] 1:0 Alannah Cole P2 300 [1.5] 12 Aakanksh Sunil Bhars P3 525 [1] 1:0 BYE
Round 6 and finally the two top rated players meet. Kamal wins and increases his lead. The top tables are very competitive - Calvin Patterson beats Ben Toogood and overtakes him going into 2nd place with 4.5 points.
Its always difficult to judge the number of rounds to play - we decide to play one extra and to play 7 rounds.
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Round 7
Results
No Name Feder Rtg Total Result Name Feder Rtg Total 1 Kamal Taufik F1 1342 [6] 1:0 Calvin Patterson F1 1034 [4.5] 2 Aaditya Singh P6 924 [4] 1:0 Adam Rushe U6 1324 [4] 3 Daniel Toogood P7 800 [3] 0:1 Ben Toogood F3 1152 [4] 4 Ashwanth Subramanian F4 700 [4] 1:0 Ethan Cole P3 700 [3.5] 5 Cian Suitor P6 828 [3.5] 0:1 Patrick Maguire F2 707 [3] 6 William Zhang F4 830 [3] 0:1 James Huang F1 750 [4] 7 Aayush Sunil Bhars F4 875 [2.5] 0:1 Joseph Boyd F2 700 [2.5] 8 Lucas Dowling P7 700 [2.5] 0:1 Mohammed Rakeeb F3 825 [2.5] 9 Luca O'Kane P4 700 [2] 0:1 Holly Hawkins P7 650 [2] 10 Alannah Cole P2 300 [1.5] .5:.5 Aakanksh Sunil Bhars P3 525 [2] 11 Zoe Fitzsimons P5 321 [1.5] .5:.5 Cillian Suitor P4 391 [1.5]
The final round Kamal reaches the final round and cant be caught - he wins against a tough opponent Calvin Patterson and ends with full 7 points.
Standing
Place Name Feder Rtg Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 Kamal Taufik F1 1342 7 22.5 31.0 28.0
2-5 Ben Toogood F3 1152 5 19.5 29.5 22.0
Ashwanth Subramanian F4 700 5 19.5 27.0 20.0
Aaditya Singh P6 924 5 18.5 28.0 19.0
James Huang F1 750 5 18.0 26.5 19.5
6 Calvin Patterson F1 1034 4.5 20.0 28.5 20.0
7-8 Adam Rushe U6 1324 4 23.0 32.0 19.0
Patrick Maguire F2 707 4 16.5 25.5 12.0
9-12 Cian Suitor P6 828 3.5 19.0 26.0 15.5
Joseph Boyd F2 700 3.5 17.5 24.0 13.5
Ethan Cole P3 700 3.5 16.5 23.0 13.5
Mohammed Rakeeb F3 825 3.5 14.5 23.0 13.5
13-15 William Zhang F4 830 3 20.5 28.0 15.0
Daniel Toogood P7 800 3 20.5 27.5 15.0
Holly Hawkins P7 650 3 11.5 16.5 7.0
16-19 Aayush Sunil Bhars F4 875 2.5 16.5 23.0 14.0
Lucas Dowling P7 700 2.5 15.0 21.5 8.5
Aakanksh Sunil Bhars P3 525 2.5 14.5 19.5 8.5
Edison Wang F1 550 2.5 12.0 18.0 5.0
20-23 Alannah Cole P2 300 2 16.0 22.5 10.5
Cillian Suitor P4 391 2 14.5 21.5 6.0
Zoe Fitzsimons P5 321 2 14.5 19.5 5.5
Luca O'Kane P4 700 2 13.5 19.0 7.5
The final standings - we give out trophies for each year combining the top secondary years Form 4 and above and the lower years, P5 and below.
Here are the prize winners:
| Primary 5 and Below |
Champion: Ethan Cole Second: Aakanksh Sunhil Bhars Third: Alaanah Cole, Cillian Suitor, Zoe Fitzsimons, Luca O'Kane |
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| Primary 6 |
Champion: Aaditya Singh Second: Cain Suitor |
| Primary 7 |
Champion: Daniel Toogood Joint First: Holy Hawkins Second: Lucas Dowling |
| Form 1 |
Champion: Kamal Taufik Second: James Huang Third: Calvin Patterson |
| Form 2 |
Champion: Patrick Maguire Second: Joseph Boyd |
| Form 3 |
Champion: Ben Toogood Second: Mohammed Rakeeb |
| Form 4 and above |
Champion: Ashwanth Subramanian Second: Adam Rushe Third: William Zhang |
Photos of the award ceremony.
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The puzzle solutions:
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1. Ng6+ fxg
2. Nxe6#
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2. 1. Rd8+ Rxd8 2. Qf7# |
9. 1. Ra7 R moves 2. Rxa4 |
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10. 1. Nf7+ Rxf7 2. Qxc7 |
11. 1. Bxa6 |
12. 1. ... Qxg1+ 2. Rxg1 Re1+ 3. Rxe1 Rxe1# |
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13. 1. Rd1 The Queen is lost |
14. 1. Re8 Qxe8 2. Qxf6+ Kg8 3. Bh6 Black cant stop mate. |
15. 1. c4 wins a piece |
