UK Open Blitz Championship 2019 : Belfast Qualifier

The winners qualify for the UK Open Blitz Championship 2019. Belfast ran one of 8 qualifying tournaments. With several Ulster Champions and top players from London.

Saturday September 7th 2019 saw players gather for a top blitz qualifier - one of 5 being run on this day in various locations, and a further 3 being run latter in September. The prizes being qualification into the UK Open Blitz Championship on 16th November with two finals an Open and a Womans championship of 16 players playing all play all.

The day started with a sun light morning and we gathered outside the beautiful Bowling Green of Ormeau Park. The aim was to set up we were faced with the challenge of getting into the Venue. Everyone was patient and eventually the Bowling Hall was opened.

The room was setup in double time and all was ready. A blitz game is quick and over - each player had 3mins on the clock and on each move gets an extra 2 seconds added - no chance to correct mistakes and very little time to think. But the play of the top players is still incredibly accurate.

Stephen Rush lead the tournament most of the rounds, beating our visitor from England Jonathan Pein in round 4 but then loosing in round 11 to our current Ulster Champion the teenage Daniil Zelenchuk and then loosing in round 14 to WFM Diana Mirza. Both Stephen and Jonathan ending on 13 out of 15.

The qualifiers will be entered into final to be held in Solihull on Saturday, November 16th. We will be watching their progress with excitement:

Qualifiers: Open: Stephen Rush; Jonathan Pein; Women: WFM Diana Mirza

More details on the Championship: https://www.englishchess.org.uk/uk-open-blitz-championship-2019-qualifying-events/

A full day of brilliant chess thanks to Ross Harris and Brendan Jamison.

The cross table of results

No.		Name	Rtg	FED	1.Rd	2.Rd	3.Rd	4.Rd	5.Rd	6.Rd	7.Rd	8.Rd	9.Rd	10.Rd	11.Rd	12.Rd	13.Rd	14.Rd	15.Rd	Pts.	Rk.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1		Pein Jonathan	2176	ENG	13w1	7b1	4w1	2b0	10w1	3b1	5w0	11b1	14w1	17b1	8w1	6b1	18w1	12b1	24w1	13,0	2	0,0	96,0	121,0	134,0	1955
2		Rush Stephen	1981	IRL	14b1	9w1	24b1	1w1	3b1	6w1	13b1	10w1	5b1	7w1	4w0	11b1	17w1	8b0	18b1	13,0	1	1,0	96,0	122,0	135,0	1979
3		Marchlewicz Damian	1922	POL	15w1	8b½	10w1	4b1	2w0	1w0	9b1	7w0	16b1	5w0	11b1	17w0	14b1	19w1	6b1	9,5	5	1,0	97,5	117,5	130,5	1742
4		Zelenchuk Daniil	1916	IRL	16b1	11w1	1b0	3w0	14b1	7w1	6b1	5b0	8w1	10w1	2b1	13w1	24b1	17b1	12w1	12,0	3	0,0	96,0	120,0	133,0	1899
5		Donaldson Thomas R	1875	ENG	17w1	10b0	8w1	24b1	6w0	11b1	1b1	4w1	2w0	3b1	7b1	14w0	12b1	13w1	21b1	11,0	4	0,0	97,0	120,0	133,0	1800
6		Lavery Robert	1875	IRL	18b1	24w0	13b1	16w1	5b1	2b0	4w0	14w0	7b0	9w1	23b1	1w0	19b1	21w1	3w0	8,0	12	0,0	89,0	107,0	120,0	1524
7		Razbadauskas Modestas	1818	IRL	19w1	1w0	14b1	10b0	17w1	4b0	15w1	3b1	6w1	2b0	5w0	21b1	8b0	22w1	11b1	9,0	9	0,0	95,0	112,0	125,0	1640
8	WFM	Mirza Diana	1756	IRL	20b1	3w½	5b0	11w0	16b1	12w1	10w0	13b1	4b0	18w1	1b0	19b1	7w1	2w1	14b½	9,0	8	1,0	94,0	112,0	125,0	1656
9		Newman Mark	1750	IRL	21w1	2b0	15w1	17b0	19w1	10b0	3w0	12b0	20w1	6b0	22w1	18b0	23w1	24b0	16w1	7,0	16	0,0	67,0	80,5	93,5	1276
10		Bradley John	1690	IRL	22b1	5w1	3b0	7w1	1b0	9w1	8b1	2b0	12w1	4b0	14w0	16w1	21b1	11w0	23w1	9,0	7	2,0	90,0	108,0	121,0	1673
11		Wong James	1683	IRL	23w1	4b0	17w0	8b1	15w1	5w0	16b1	1w0	24b1	21b1	3w0	2w0	22b1	10b1	7w0	8,0	11	0,0	90,5	108,5	121,5	1536
12		Spackman Conor	1583	IRL	24b0	18w1	16b0	14w0	21b1	8b0	19w1	9w1	10b0	23w1	13b0	22b1	5w0	1w0	4b0	6,0	17	0,0	79,5	95,5	108,5	1346
13		Rushe Adam	1511	IRL	1b0	19w1	6w0	23b1	24w1	17b1	2w0	8w0	15b1	14b0	12w1	4b0	16w1	5b0	22w1	8,0	13	0,0	85,5	102,5	115,5	1511
14		Gormley Cathan	1490	IRL	2w0	21b1	7w0	12b1	4w0	18b1	17w1	6b1	1b0	13w1	10b1	5b1	3w0	23b1	8w½	9,5	6	0,0	96,5	116,5	129,5	1713
15		Harris Dexter	1311	IRL	3b0	20w1	9b0	18w1	11b0	24w1	7b0	22b1	13w0	-0	-0	-0	-0	-0	-0	4,0	19	0,0	74,5	88,5	98,0	1361
16	ACM	Dornford-Smith Adrian	1303	IRL	4w0	23b1	12w1	6b0	8w0	19b1	11w0	20b1	3w0	22b0	21w1	10b0	13b0	18w0	9b0	5,0	18	0,0	72,0	85,5	97,5	1293
17		Johnston Gary	1216	IRL	5b0	22w1	11b1	9w1	7b0	13w0	14b0	18w1	23b1	1w0	24w1	3b1	2b0	4w0	19b1	8,0	10	0,0	91,0	108,0	121,0	1565
18		Toogood Ben	1183	IRL	6w0	12b0	21w1	15b0	23w1	14w0	20b1	17b0	22w1	8b0	19w1	9w1	1b0	16b1	2w0	7,0	15	0,0	69,5	86,5	99,5	1368
19		Suitor Cian	862	IRL	7b0	13b0	22w1	20w1	9b0	16w0	12b0	23w0	21w0	24b0	18b0	8w0	6w0	3b0	17w0	2,0	22	1,0	72,0	86,0	95,5	1041
20		Harris Blake	770	IRL	8w0	15b0	23w0	19b0	22w0	21b0	18w0	16w0	9b0	-0	-0	-0	-0	-0	-0	0,0	24	0,0	41,0	50,5	59,5	414
21		Magennis Callum	765	IRL	9b0	14w0	18b0	22b1	12w0	20w1	23b1	24w0	19b1	11w0	16b0	7w0	10w0	6b0	5w0	4,0	20	0,0	72,0	85,5	96,5	1217
22		Boyd Joseph	0	IRL	10w0	17b0	19b0	21w0	20b1	23w0	24b0	15w0	18b0	16w1	9b0	12w0	11w0	7b0	13b0	2,0	23	0,0	70,0	84,0	93,0	974
23		Cole Ethan	0	IRL	11b0	16w0	20b1	13w0	18b0	22b1	21w0	19b1	17w0	12b0	6w0	24w0	9b0	14w0	10b0	3,0	21	0,0	71,0	84,0	93,5	1072
24		Devine Shane	0	IRL	12w1	6b1	2w0	5w0	13b0	15b0	22w1	21b1	11w0	19w1	17b0	23b1	4w0	9w1	1b0	7,0	14	0,0	82,0	99,0	112,0	1479

The Final standings

From the Tournament-Database of Chess-Results http://chess-results.com
UK Open Blitz Championship: Belfast
Last update 07.09.2019 17:45:09
Final Ranking after 15 Rounds
Rk.	Name	sex	Gr	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5	K	rtg+/-
1	Rush Stephen		A	IRL	1981	13	1	96	122	135	1979	40	49.6
2	Pein Jonathan		A	ENG	2176	13	0	96	121	134	1955	20	-13.2
3	Zelenchuk Daniil		A	IRL	1916	12	0	96	120	133	1899	20	17.4
4	Donaldson Thomas R		A	ENG	1875	11	0	97	120	133	1800	20	47.6
5	Marchlewicz Damian		A	POL	1922	9.5	1	98	117.5	130.5	1742	0	0
6	Gormley Cathan		B	IRL	1490	9.5	0	97	116.5	129.5	1713
7	Bradley John		A	IRL	1690	9	2	90	108	121	1673
8	Mirza Diana	w	A	IRL	1756	9	1	94	112	125	1656	20	15
9	Razbadauskas Modestas		A	IRL	1818	9	0	95	112	125	1640	20	-2.8
10	Johnston Gary		B	IRL	1216	8	0	91	108	121	1565
11	Wong James		A	IRL	1683	8	0	91	108.5	121.5	1536	20	-10.2
12	Lavery Robert		A	IRL	1875	8	0	89	107	120	1524	0	0
13	Rushe Adam		B	IRL	1511	8	0	86	102.5	115.5	1511	20	4
14	Devine Shane		B	IRL	0	7	0	82	99	112	1479
15	Toogood Ben		B	IRL	1183	7	0	70	86.5	99.5	1368
16	Newman Mark		A	IRL	1750	7	0	67	80.5	93.5	1276	20	-29
17	Spackman Conor		A	IRL	1583	6	0	80	95.5	108.5	1346	0	0
18	Dornford-Smith Adrian		B	IRL	1303	5	0	72	85.5	97.5	1293
19	Harris Dexter		B	IRL	1311	4	0	75	88.5	98	1361	20	-11.6
20	Magennis Callum		B	IRL	765	4	0	72	85.5	96.5	1217
21	Cole Ethan		B	IRL	0	3	0	71	84	93.5	1072
22	Suitor Cian		B	IRL	862	2	1	72	86	95.5	1041
23	Boyd Joseph		B	IRL	0	2	0	70	84	93	974
24	Harris Blake		B	IRL	770	0	0	41	50.5	59.5	414

Annotation
Tie Break1: Direct Encounter (The results of the players in the same point group)
Tie Break2: Buchholz Tie-Breaks (variabel with parameter)
Tie Break3: Buchholz Tie-Breaks (variabel with parameter)
Tie Break4: Buchholz Tie-Breaks (variabel with parameter)
Tie Break5: Performance (variable with parameter)

You find all details to this tournament under http://chess-results.com/tnr467054.aspx?lan=1
Chess-Tournament-Results-Server: Chess-Results

Let the photos tell the story ......