UK Open Blitz Championship 2019 : Belfast Qualifier
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 ......
 |  |
|---|---|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
