New Ulster Champion crowned - Daniil Zelenchuk

An exciting Ulster Championship took place on the bank holiday weekend of 24th-26th August at the brilliant venue of the Europa Hotel. Three sections - Senior, Junior and Intermediate all fought for with energy, imaginative and creative play.

The last of beautiful summer days. Chess in the top hotel - The Europa - lunch and good conversation in local restaurants and bars - what more could you ask for....

The senior section consisted of plenty of top players with 6 over 2000. With previous Ulster Champions and last years young defender Thomas Donaldson who returned from play in the British Championships in July with a good score of 2 points including a draw against an FM of rating 2247.(see full game click here).

A big thankyou goes to the team that allowed this event to take place - the Controllers Brendan Jamison, Ross Harris. the brilliant venue The Europa Hotel.

Behind the scenes our tech expert Adrian Dornford-Smith who setup and kept working the live boards and video feed.

Also thanks to all the players for some fantastic chess.

And what a brilliant result - Daniil Zelenchuk won the Ulster Championship - at 16 Daniil must be one of the youngest Champions.

The intermediate and junior Championships were well fought.

Intermediate Champion: Conor Spackman

Junior Champion: Colm Hawkins

To find the live games click here

Results and photos tell the story ....

Junior Section

Pairings round 1 (Saturday, 24 August 2019)

Table	White	Fed.	Rating	Black	Fed.	Rating	Result
15	Hawkins, Colm	AUS	1336	Wong, Michael	IRL	1011 *	1-0
16	Hindley, Geoff	IRL	1008 *	Kelly, Martin	IRL	1283 *	1-0
17	McGahan, Bernard Joseph	IRL	1246 *	Smith, Ross	IRL	1001 *	1-0
18	Flynn-Connolly, Oisin	IRL	1000 *	Dornford-Smith, Adrian	IRL	1199 *	0-1
19	Wong, James	IRL	1193 *	Truesdale, Derek	IRL	969 *	0-1
20	O'Cuilleanain, Oisin	IRL	903 *	Rushe, Adam	IRL	1181 *	½-½
21	Harris, Dexter	IRL	1101	Anderson, Paul	IRL	868 *	1-0
22	McArdle, Luke	IRL	800 *	Monaghan, John	IRL	1092 *	0-1

Generated by Swiss Master for Windows on 26-08-2019 at 19:03

Intermediate Section

Pairings round 1 (Saturday, 24 August 2019)

Table	White	Fed.	Rating	Black	Fed.	Rating	Result
8	McKenna, John	IRL	1690	Ruben, David	IRL	1568 *	½-½
9	Kelly, Chris	IRL	1525 *	Flynn-Connolly, Ruairi	IRL	1685	½-½
10	Troughton, Nial	IRL	1633	Spackman, Conor	IRL	1470	0-1
11	Hanna, Paul	IRL	1455 *	Lavery, Robert	IRL	1631 *	0-1
12	Armstrong, Chris	IRL	1601	Dimitrov, Nikolai	IRL	1435	0-1
13	Phillips, John	IRL	1425 *	Barbals, Gatis	IRL	1568 *	½-½

Loss by default	Sheerin, Michael
Draw by default	Fitzpatrick, Kevin

Senior Section

Pairings round 1 (Saturday, 24 August 2019)

Table	White	Fed.	Rating	Black	Fed.	Rating	Result
1	Horvath, Gabor	HUN	2226	Annesley, Gareth	IRL	1885	1-0
2	Zelenchuk, Danill	IRL	1817	Allen, Keith	IRL	2207	1-0
3	Scannell, Stephen	IRL	2153	McDonnell, James	IRL	1782	½-½
4	Kruk, Karina	IRL	1761	Donaldson, Thomas	ENG	2065	0-1
5	Roberts, Danny	IRL	2019	Goss, Alex	IRL	1717	0-1
6	Newman, Mark	IRL	1679 *	Flynn, Jacob	IRL	1973	0-1

Draw by default	Carroll, Peter

Junior Section

Pairings round 2 (Saturday, 24 August 2019)

Table	White	Score	Fed.	Rating	Black	Score	Fed.	Rating	Result
15	Monaghan, John	1.0	IRL	1092 *	Hawkins, Colm	1.0	AUS	1336	0-1
16	Truesdale, Derek	1.0	IRL	969 *	McGahan, Bernard Joseph	1.0	IRL	1246 *	0-1
17	Dornford-Smith, Adrian	1.0	IRL	1199 *	Harris, Dexter	1.0	IRL	1101	1-0
18	Rushe, Adam	0.5	IRL	1181 *	Hindley, Geoff	1.0	IRL	1008 *	1-0
19	Kelly, Martin	0.0	IRL	1283 *	O'Cuilleanain, Oisin	0.5	IRL	903 *	½-½
20	Anderson, Paul	0.0	IRL	868 *	Wong, James	0.0	IRL	1193 *	0-1
21	Wong, Michael	0.0	IRL	1011 *	Flynn-Connolly, Oisin	0.0	IRL	1000 *	1-0
22	Smith, Ross	0.0	IRL	1001 *	McArdle, Luke	0.0	IRL	800 *	1-0

Intermediate Section

Pairings round 2 (Saturday, 24 August 2019)

Table	White	Score	Fed.	Rating	Black	Score	Fed.	Rating	Result
8	Lavery, Robert	1.0	IRL	1631 *	Spackman, Conor	1.0	IRL	1470	0-1
9	Dimitrov, Nikolai	1.0	IRL	1435	McKenna, John	0.5	IRL	1690	0-1
10	Flynn-Connolly, Ruairi	0.5	IRL	1685	Phillips, John	0.5	IRL	1425 *	½-½
11	Barbals, Gatis	0.5	IRL	1568 *	Kelly, Chris	0.5	IRL	1525 *	1-0
12	Ruben, David	0.5	IRL	1568 *	Troughton, Nial	0.0	IRL	1633	0-1
13	Hanna, Paul	0.0	IRL	1455 *	Armstrong, Chris	0.0	IRL	1601	1-0

Senior Section

Pairings round 2 (Saturday, 24 August 2019)

Table	White	Score	Fed.	Rating	Black	Score	Fed.	Rating	Result
1	Flynn, Jacob	1.0	IRL	1973	Horvath, Gabor	1.0	HUN	2226	0-1
2	Donaldson, Thomas	1.0	ENG	2065	Zelenchuk, Danill	1.0	IRL	1817	0-1
3	Goss, Alex	1.0	IRL	1717	Scannell, Stephen	0.5	IRL	2153	1-0
4	McDonnell, James	0.5	IRL	1782	Carroll, Peter	0.5	IRL	2062	0-1
5	Allen, Keith	0.0	IRL	2207	Kruk, Karina	0.0	IRL	1761	1-0
6	Annesley, Gareth	0.0	IRL	1885	Roberts, Danny	0.0	IRL	2019	1-0

Bye	Newman, Mark

Junior Section

Pairings round 3 (Saturday, 24 August 2019)

Table	White	Score	Fed.	Rating	Black	Score	Fed.	Rating	Result
15	Hawkins, Colm	2.0	AUS	1336	Dornford-Smith, Adrian	2.0	IRL	1199 *	0-1
16	McGahan, Bernard Joseph	2.0	IRL	1246 *	Rushe, Adam	1.5	IRL	1181 *	0-1
17	Harris, Dexter	1.0	IRL	1101	Truesdale, Derek	1.0	IRL	969 *	1-0
18	Hindley, Geoff	1.0	IRL	1008 *	Monaghan, John	1.0	IRL	1092 *	0-1
19	O'Cuilleanain, Oisin	1.0	IRL	903 *	Wong, Michael	1.0	IRL	1011 *	0-1
20	Wong, James	1.0	IRL	1193 *	Kelly, Martin	0.5	IRL	1283 *	½-½
21	Flynn-Connolly, Oisin	0.0	IRL	1000 *	Anderson, Paul	0.0	IRL	868 *	1-0

Draw by default	Smith, Ross
Bye	McArdle, Luke

Intermediate Section

Pairings round 3 (Sunday, 25 August 2019)

Table	White	Score	Fed.	Rating	Black	Score	Fed.	Rating	Result
8	Spackman, Conor	2.0	IRL	1470	Barbals, Gatis	1.5	IRL	1568 *	½-½
9	McKenna, John	1.5	IRL	1690	Flynn-Connolly, Ruairi	1.0	IRL	1685	0-1
10	Dimitrov, Nikolai	1.0	IRL	1435	Lavery, Robert	1.0	IRL	1631 *	0-1
11	Phillips, John	1.0	IRL	1425 *	Hanna, Paul	1.0	IRL	1455 *	1-0
12	Kelly, Chris	0.5	IRL	1525 *	Ruben, David	0.5	IRL	1568 *	½-½

Bye	Armstrong, Chris
Absent	Troughton, Nial; Fitzpatrick, Kevin

Senior Section

Pairings round 3 (Saturday, 24 August 2019)

Table	White	Score	Fed.	Rating	Black	Score	Fed.	Rating	Result
1	Horvath, Gabor	2.0	HUN	2226	Goss, Alex	2.0	IRL	1717	1-0
2	Carroll, Peter	1.5	IRL	2062	Zelenchuk, Danill	2.0	IRL	1817	0-1
3	Flynn, Jacob	1.0	IRL	1973	Allen, Keith	1.0	IRL	2207	½-½
4	Donaldson, Thomas	1.0	ENG	2065	Newman, Mark	1.0	IRL	1679 *	0-1
5	Scannell, Stephen	0.5	IRL	2153	Annesley, Gareth	1.0	IRL	1885	0-1
6	Roberts, Danny	0.0	IRL	2019	McDonnell, James	0.5	IRL	1782	0-1

Bye	Kruk, Karina

Junior Section

Pairings round 4 (Sunday, 25 August 2019)

Table	White	Score	Fed.	Rating	Black	Score	Fed.	Rating	Result
15	Dornford-Smith, Adrian	3.0	IRL	1199 *	Rushe, Adam	2.5	IRL	1181 *	0-1
16	Monaghan, John	2.0	IRL	1092 *	McGahan, Bernard Joseph	2.0	IRL	1246 *	1-0
17	Wong, Michael	2.0	IRL	1011 *	Harris, Dexter	2.0	IRL	1101	1-0
18	Smith, Ross	1.5	IRL	1001 *	Hawkins, Colm	2.0	AUS	1336	0-1
19	McArdle, Luke	1.0	IRL	800 *	Wong, James	1.5	IRL	1193 *	0-1
20	Kelly, Martin	1.0	IRL	1283 *	Flynn-Connolly, Oisin	1.0	IRL	1000 *	1-0
21	Truesdale, Derek	1.0	IRL	969 *	Hindley, Geoff	1.0	IRL	1008 *	0-1
22	Anderson, Paul	0.0	IRL	868 *	O'Cuilleanain, Oisin	1.0	IRL	903 *	0-1

Intermediate Section

Pairings round 4 (Sunday, 25 August 2019)

Table	White	Score	Fed.	Rating	Black	Score	Fed.	Rating	Result
8	Spackman, Conor	2.5	IRL	1470	Phillips, John	2.0	IRL	1425 *	1-0
9	Flynn-Connolly, Ruairi	2.0	IRL	1685	Lavery, Robert	2.0	IRL	1631 *	1-0
10	Barbals, Gatis	2.0	IRL	1568 *	McKenna, John	1.5	IRL	1690	½-½
11	Armstrong, Chris	1.0	IRL	1601	Kelly, Chris	1.0	IRL	1525 *	0-1
12	Ruben, David	1.0	IRL	1568 *	Dimitrov, Nikolai	1.0	IRL	1435	1-0
13	Sheerin, Michael	0.0	IRL	1565 *	Hanna, Paul	1.0	IRL	1455 *	0-1

Absent	Troughton, Nial; Fitzpatrick, Kevin

Senior Section

Pairings round 4 (Sunday, 25 August 2019)

Table	White	Score	Fed.	Rating	Black	Score	Fed.	Rating	Result
1	Zelenchuk, Danill	3.0	IRL	1817	Horvath, Gabor	3.0	HUN	2226	1-0
2	Annesley, Gareth	2.0	IRL	1885	Newman, Mark	2.0	IRL	1679 *	1-0
3	Goss, Alex	2.0	IRL	1717	Carroll, Peter	1.5	IRL	2062	0-1
4	McDonnell, James	1.5	IRL	1782	Flynn, Jacob	1.5	IRL	1973	0-1
5	Allen, Keith	1.5	IRL	2207	Donaldson, Thomas	1.0	ENG	2065	0-1
6	Kruk, Karina	1.0	IRL	1761	Scannell, Stephen	0.5	IRL	2153	0-1

Bye	Roberts, Danny

Junior Section

Pairings round 5 (Sunday, 25 August 2019)

Table	White	Score	Fed.	Rating	Black	Score	Fed.	Rating	Result
15	Rushe, Adam	3.5	IRL	1181 *	Monaghan, John	3.0	IRL	1092 *	1-0
16	Wong, Michael	3.0	IRL	1011 *	Dornford-Smith, Adrian	3.0	IRL	1199 *	0-1
17	Hawkins, Colm	3.0	AUS	1336	Wong, James	2.5	IRL	1193 *	1-0
18	Harris, Dexter	2.0	IRL	1101	Kelly, Martin	2.0	IRL	1283 *	0-1
19	McGahan, Bernard Joseph	2.0	IRL	1246 *	O'Cuilleanain, Oisin	2.0	IRL	903 *	1-0
20	Hindley, Geoff	2.0	IRL	1008 *	Flynn-Connolly, Oisin	1.0	IRL	1000 *	1-0
21	Anderson, Paul	0.0	IRL	868 *	Truesdale, Derek	1.0	IRL	969 *	0-1

Draw by default	McArdle, Luke
Absent	Smith, Ross

Intermediate Section

Pairings round 5 (Sunday, 25 August 2019)

Table	White	Score	Fed.	Rating	Black	Score	Fed.	Rating	Result
8	Flynn-Connolly, Ruairi	3.0	IRL	1685	Spackman, Conor	3.5	IRL	1470	0-1
9	Lavery, Robert	2.0	IRL	1631 *	Barbals, Gatis	2.5	IRL	1568 *	½-½
10	Hanna, Paul	2.0	IRL	1455 *	Ruben, David	2.0	IRL	1568 *	½-½
11	McKenna, John	2.0	IRL	1690	Armstrong, Chris	1.0	IRL	1601	0-1
12	Phillips, John	2.0	IRL	1425 *	Dimitrov, Nikolai	1.0	IRL	1435	0-1

Draw by default	Kelly, Chris
Absent	Troughton, Nial; Fitzpatrick, Kevin;

Senior Section

Pairings round 5 (Sunday, 25 August 2019)

Table	White	Score	Fed.	Rating	Black	Score	Fed.	Rating	Result
1	Zelenchuk, Danill	4.0	IRL	1817	Annesley, Gareth	3.0	IRL	1885	1-0
2	Carroll, Peter	2.5	IRL	2062	Horvath, Gabor	3.0	HUN	2226	1-0
3	Flynn, Jacob	2.5	IRL	1973	Donaldson, Thomas	2.0	ENG	2065	1-0
4	Newman, Mark	2.0	IRL	1679 *	Goss, Alex	2.0	IRL	1717	0-1
5	Scannell, Stephen	1.5	IRL	2153	Allen, Keith	1.5	IRL	2207	½-½
6	Kruk, Karina	1.0	IRL	1761	Roberts, Danny	1.0	IRL	2019	0-1

Bye	McDonnell, James

Junior Section

Pairings round 6 (Monday, 26 August 2019)

Table	White	Score	Fed.	Rating	Black	Score	Fed.	Rating	Result
15	Rushe, Adam	4.5	IRL	1181 *	Hawkins, Colm	4.0	AUS	1336	0-1
16	Dornford-Smith, Adrian	4.0	IRL	1199 *	Hindley, Geoff	3.0	IRL	1008 *	1-0
17	Kelly, Martin	3.0	IRL	1283 *	McGahan, Bernard Joseph	3.0	IRL	1246 *	1-0
18	Monaghan, John	3.0	IRL	1092 *	Wong, Michael	3.0	IRL	1011 *	½-½
19	Wong, James	2.5	IRL	1193 *	Harris, Dexter	2.0	IRL	1101	1-0
20	Flynn-Connolly, Oisin	1.0	IRL	1000 *	Truesdale, Derek	2.0	IRL	969 *	1-0

Bye	Anderson, Paul
Absent	Smith, Ross; O'Cuilleanain, Oisin; McArdle, Luke

Intermediate Section

Pairings round 6 (Monday, 26 August 2019)

Table	White	Score	Fed.	Rating	Black	Score	Fed.	Rating	Result
8	Spackman, Conor	4.5	IRL	1470	Hanna, Paul	2.5	IRL	1455 *	1-0
9	Barbals, Gatis	3.0	IRL	1568 *	Flynn-Connolly, Ruairi	3.0	IRL	1685	1-0
10	Lavery, Robert	2.5	IRL	1631 *	Kelly, Chris	2.5	IRL	1525 *	½-½
11	Ruben, David	2.5	IRL	1568 *	Armstrong, Chris	2.0	IRL	1601	½-½
12	Phillips, John	2.0	IRL	1425 *	McKenna, John	2.0	IRL	1690	0-1

Bye	Dimitrov, Nikolai
Absent	Troughton, Nial; Fitzpatrick, Kevin; Sheerin, Michael

Senior Section

Pairings round 6 (Monday, 26 August 2019)

Table	White	Score	Fed.	Rating	Black	Score	Fed.	Rating	Result
1	Flynn, Jacob	3.5	IRL	1973	Zelenchuk, Danill	5.0	IRL	1817	1-0
2	Annesley, Gareth	3.0	IRL	1885	Carroll, Peter	3.5	IRL	2062	½-½
3	Horvath, Gabor	3.0	HUN	2226	McDonnell, James	2.5	IRL	1782	1-0
4	Goss, Alex	3.0	IRL	1717	Allen, Keith	2.0	IRL	2207	½-½
5	Roberts, Danny	2.0	IRL	2019	Scannell, Stephen	2.0	IRL	2153	½-½
6	Newman, Mark	2.0	IRL	1679 *	Kruk, Karina	1.0	IRL	1761	½-½

Bye	Donaldson, Thomas

Junior Section Standings

Rank	Name	Score	Fed.	M/F	Rating	TPR	W-We	BH-HiLo	BH	PS	TPR Mixed	1	2	3	4	5	6
1	Hawkins, Colm	5.0	AUS	M	1336	0	+0.00	15.0	22.5	17.0	1386	1	1	0	1	1	1
2	Dornford-Smith, Adrian	5.0	IRL	M	1199 *	2019	0	13.0	20.0	18.0	1379	1	1	1	0	1	1
3	Rushe, Adam	4.5	IRL	M	1181 *	536	0	14.5	22.0	17.0	1324	½	1	1	1	1	0
4	Kelly, Martin	4.0	IRL	M	1283 *	1901	0	10.5	16.0	10.5	1200	0	½	½	1	1	1
5	Monaghan, John	3.5	IRL	M	1092 *	536	0	14.0	20.5	13.5	1154	1	0	1	1	0	½
6	Wong, Michael	3.5	IRL	M	1011 *	1219	0	13.0	20.0	12.5	1162	0	1	1	1	0	½
7	Wong, James	3.5	IRL	M	1193 *	1219	0	9.5	15.0	11.0	1117	0	1	½	1	0	1
8	Hindley, Geoff	3.0	IRL	M	1008 *	0	0	14.0	21.0	11.0	1121	1	0	0	1	1	0
9	McGahan, Bernard Joseph	3.0	IRL	M	1246 *	0	0	12.5	19.0	13.0	1072	1	1	0	0	1	0
10	Harris, Dexter	2.0	IRL	M	1101	0	+0.00	13.0	18.5	10.0	962	1	0	1	0	0	0
11	O'Cuilleanain, Oisin	2.0	IRL	M	903 *	0	0	13.0	18.5	8.5	1046	½	½	0	1	0	-
12	Flynn-Connolly, Oisin	2.0	IRL	M	1000 *	0	0	12.5	18.0	5.0	931	0	0	1	0	0	1
13	Truesdale, Derek	2.0	IRL	M	969 *	301	0	10.0	14.0	8.0	944	1	0	0	0	1	0
14	Smith, Ross	1.5	IRL	M	1001 *	536	0	10.5	18.0	7.0	1002	0	1	=	0	-	-
15	McArdle, Luke	1.5	IRL	M	800 *	0	0	9.0	15.5	5.0	295	0	0	+	0	=	-
16	Anderson, Paul	1.0	IRL	M	868 *	301	0	8.5	12.0	1.0	233	0	0	0	0	0	+

Intermediate Section Standings

Rank	Name	Score	Fed.	M/F	Rating	TPR	W-We	BH-HiLo	BH	PS	TPR Mixed	1	2	3	4	5	6
1	Spackman, Conor	5.5	IRL	M	1470	2459	+1.49	11.5	17.5	19.0	1967	1	1	½	1	1	1
2	Barbals, Gatis	4.0	IRL	M	1568 *	1740	+0.50	12.0	19.5	13.5	1696	½	1	½	½	½	1
3	Flynn-Connolly, Ruairi	3.0	IRL	M	1685	1580	-0.26	13.0	20.5	12.5	1552	½	½	1	1	0	0
4	Lavery, Robert	3.0	IRL	M	1631 *	1405	1405	12.5	20.5	11.5	1523	1	0	1	0	½	½
5	Kelly, Chris	3.0	IRL	M	1525 *	1836	0	12.0	18.0	9.5	1611	½	0	½	1	=	½
6	Ruben, David	3.0	IRL	M	1568 *	1590	1590	11.0	16.0	9.5	1557	½	0	½	1	½	½
7	McKenna, John	3.0	IRL	M	1690	1449	-0.94	10.5	16.5	10.5	1547	½	1	0	½	0	1
8	Dimitrov, Nikolai	3.0	IRL	M	1435	1646	+0.53	10.5	15.0	9.0	1511	1	0	0	0	1	+
9	Armstrong, Chris	2.5	IRL	M	1601	1563	-0.10	11.0	15.5	6.5	1386	0	0	+	0	1	½
10	Hanna, Paul	2.5	IRL	M	1455 *	1536	0	10.5	18.0	9.0	1486	0	1	0	1	½	0
11	Phillips, John	2.0	IRL	M	1425 *	1248	1248	12.5	20.5	9.5	1426	½	½	1	0	0	0
12	Troughton, Nial	1.0	IRL	M	1633	670	-0.72	12.0	19.5	5.0	1519	0	1	-	-	-	-
13	Fitzpatrick, Kevin	0.5	IRL	M	1407	0	+0.00	12.0	15.5	3.0	0	=	-	-	-	-	-
14	Sheerin, Michael	0.0	IRL	M	1565 *	0	0	10.0	14.0	0.0	655	-	-	-	0	-	-

Senior Section Standings

Rank	Name	Score	Fed.	M/F	Rating	TPR	W-We	BH-HiLo	BH	PS	TPR Mixed	1	2	3	4	5	6
1	Zelenchuk, Danill	5.0	IRL	M	1817	2341	+3.74	14.0	21.0	20.0	2343	1	1	1	1	1	0
2	Flynn, Jacob	4.5	IRL	M	1973	2168	+1.27	11.0	18.0	14.0	2156	1	0	½	1	1	1
3	Horvath, Gabor	4.0	HUN	M	2226	2025	-1.17	15.5	22.5	16.0	1998	1	1	1	0	0	1
4	Carroll, Peter	4.0	IRL	M	2062	2034	-0.04	15.0	21.0	13.5	2034	=	1	0	1	1	½
5	Annesley, Gareth	3.5	IRL	M	1885	2055	+1.03	12.5	19.5	12.5	2050	0	1	1	1	0	½
6	Goss, Alex	3.5	IRL	M	1717	2086	+2.00	11.0	17.0	13.5	2115	1	1	0	0	1	½
7	Donaldson, Thomas	3.0	ENG	M	2065	1940	-0.61	11.5	17.0	10.0	1815	1	0	0	1	0	+
8	Allen, Keith	2.5	IRL	M	2207	1880	-2.31	13.0	19.0	8.5	1857	0	1	½	0	½	½
9	Scannell, Stephen	2.5	IRL	M	2153	1844	-2.17	10.0	14.5	7.5	1838	½	0	0	1	½	½
10	Roberts, Danny	2.5	IRL	M	2019	1711	-1.97	10.0	13.5	5.5	1711	0	0	0	+	1	½
11	McDonnell, James	2.5	IRL	M	1782	1929	+0.71	12.5	19.0	9.0	1938	½	0	1	0	+	0
12	Newman, Mark	2.5	IRL	M	1679 *	1731	1731	11.5	17.0	9.5	1731	0	+	1	0	0	½
13	Kruk, Karina	1.5	IRL	F	1761	1300	-0.48	9.0	13.0	4.5	1659	0	0	+	0	0	½
14	Razbadauskas, Modestas	0.5	IRL	M	1711	0	+0.00	12.0	15.5	3.0	0	=	-	-	-	-	-

winners

The Winners:

16 year old chess genius Daniil Zelenchuk was crowned the 2019 Ulster Champion, while the talented Dublin teenager Jacob Flynn took second place, Candidate Master Gabor Horvath finished third and Gareth Annesley scooped the Under 1900 Grading Prize. There was also a particular buzz in the air as Keith Allen (2207) returned to the tournament, a 6-time Ulster Champion who moved to the Isle of Man many years ago.

In the Intermediate section, after a 20 year absence from the local chess scene, Conor Spackman made a triumphant return as he walked away as the Ulster Intermediate Champion, with Gatis Barbals in second place and Chris Kelly won the Under 1550 Grading Prize. 18 year old bright spark Colm Hawkins became the Ulster Junior Champion, with Adrian Dornford-Smith closely behind in second place on tie-breaks, schoolboy Adam Rushe took the Under 1200 Grading Prize and Michael Wong won the Under 1050 Grading Prize. (text from: http://www.chessni.co.uk/ ).

Many thanks go to Brendan Jamison and Ross Harris who controlled the tournament and made this brilliant event possible.

Many thanks go to the Europa Hotel for the brilliant venue.