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Final Standings for the 2020 Childrens Chess Grandprix

With the March Childrens Chess completed we have the final standings for the 2020 Grandprix. The top four of each section usually get invited to Stormont for an award ceremony and Elite Chess Tournament.

For the Grandprix we split the competitions into 3 - the Primary School section, Lower Secondary School (Form 1 to Form 3) and the Upper Secondary School ( Form 4 and above) and there are 2 sections in the puzzle solving - Primary and Secondary.

The event at Stormont has been cancelled. But we hope to organise an award ceremony possibly at Stormont or at an alternative venue at a latter date in the year. If this proves difficult we will organise something with the each pupils schools.

The scores for the tournaments are calculated on the position of the player in their section.

PositionPoints
1 10
2 8
3 6
4 5
5 4
6 3
7 2
8 1

The top 3 scores over the series of the 5 (4 this year as Aprils was cancelled) tournaments are added together to calculate players scores. If players share points they share the prize.

Belfast Scholastic Shield 2020

Primary School Championship

Champion: Dexter Harris

Place Name Year Nov Jan Feb Mar Total Best 3
1st Dexter Harris P7 10 10 9 29 29
2nd Aaditya Singh P6 10 6.3 9 25.3 25.3
3rd Ethan Cole P3 7 8 6.3 6 27.3 21.5
4th Daniel Toogood P7 4.5 3 5 12.5 12.5
Blake Harris P5 5 6.3 11.3 11.3
Cian Suitor P6 7 4 11 11
Peter Wong P3 6 6 6
Holly Hawkins P7 4.5 4.5 4.5
James Fitzsimons P5 4 4 4
Lucas Dowling P7 2.5 2.5 2.5
Aakanksh Sunil Bhars P3 2.5 2.5 2.5
Dylan Wright P7 2 2 2
Alannah Cole P2 0.25 0.5 0.75 0.75
Zach Webster P7 0.5 0.5 0.5
Luca O'Kane P4 0.25 0.25 0.25
Zoe Fitzsimons P5 0.25 0.25 0.25
Cillian Suitor P4 0.25 0.25 0.25

 

 

Belfast Scholastic Shield 2020

Lower Secondary School Championship

Champion: Ben Toogood

Place Name Year Nov Jan Feb Mar Total Best 3
1st Ben Toogood F3 7 9 10 26 26
2nd Kamal Taufik F1 10 8 3.5 7 28.5 25
3rd James Huang F1 7 10 6 23 23
4th Calvin Patterson F1 5 9 7 21 21
Anjali Singh F1 5 5 10 10
Patrick Maguire F2 4 4 4
Waldo Denysschen F1 4 4 4
Josh Webster F3 3.5 3.5 3.5
Mohammed Rakeeb F3 2.5 2.5 2.5
Joseph Boyd F2 2.5 2.5 2.5
Daniel Marrion F3 2 2 2
Edison Wang F1 1 1 1

 

Belfast Scholastic Shield 2020

Upper Secondary School Championship

Champion: Adam Rushe

Place Name Year Nov Jan Feb Mar Total Best 3
1st Adam Rushe U6 8 8 10 26 26
2nd James Wong U6 10 10 20 20
3rd Ashwanth Subramanian F4 10 10 10
4th William Zhang F4 6 6 6
Jacob Miller L6 5.5 5.5 5.5
Callum Magennis F4 5.5 5.5 5.5
Aayush Sunil Bhars F4 5 5 5
Calum Glendinning F4 4 4 4
Ashwanth Subramanian F4 3 3 3
Cormac McCrudden L6 2 2 2
Lucy Davis L6 1 1 1

 

 

Belfast Scholastic Shield 2020

The Belfast Scholastic Edward Whiteside Shield:

Primary Puzzle Solving Chess Champion

Champion: Aaditya Singh

Place Name Year Nov Jan Feb Mar Total Best 3
1st Singh, Aaditya P6 10 10 8 28 28
2nd Harris, Dexter P7 8 8 10 26 26
3rd Cole, Ethan P3 8 5 5 6 24 19
4th Harris, Blake P5 10 5 15 15
Suitor, Cian P6 6 5 11 11
Toogood, Daniel P7 5 1 5 11 11
Wong, Peter P3 6 6 6
Bhars, Aakanksh Sunil P3 4 4 4
Cole, Alannah P2 1.5 2.5 4 4
Webster, Zach P7 2.5 2.5 2.5
O'Kane, Luca P4 1.5 1.5 1.5
Suitor, Cillian P4 1.5 1.5 1.5
Fitzsimons, Zoe P5 1.5 1.5 1.5

 

Belfast Scholastic Shield 2020

The Belfast Scholastic Fergus O’Neill Shield:

Secondary Puzzle Solving Chess Champion

Champion: James Huang

Place secondary Year Nov Jan Feb Mar Total Best 3
1st Huang, James F1 10 10 6 26 26
2nd Rushe, Adam U6 8 4 8 20 20
3rd Singh, Anjali F1 9 10 19 19
4th Taufik, Kamal F1 4.5 8 5 5.5 23 18.5
Toogood, Ben F3 4.5 5.5 10 10
Glendinning, Calum F4 9 9 9
Patterson, Calvin F1 6 6 6
Wong, James U6 6 6 6
Denysschen, Waldo F1 4 4 4
Boyd, Joseph F2 3 3 3
Subramanian, Ashwanth F4 3 3 3
Rakeeb, Mohammed F3 2 2 2
Webster, Josh F3 2 2 2
Wang, Edison F1 0.3 0.3 0.3
Maguire, Patrick F2 0.3 0.3 0.3
Zhang, William F4 0.3 0.3 0.3
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