UCN-2000-1

Ulster Chess News 2000 Number 1

RECENT TOURNAMENT RESULTS

ULSTER SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP

27-30 DECEMBER 1999
FORTWILLIAM GOLF CLUB, BELFAST

1-3. S.SCANNELL (WON ON TIEBREAK) T.DOUGLAS M.HOLMES 5.0
4-5. J.MCDONNELL S.MOORE 4.5
6-8. G.ANNESLEY D.MURTAGH J.NICHOLSON 4.0
9-10. R.MCMASTER A.SKELTON 3.5
11. R.BIANCHIN 3.0
12-13. A.DOUGLAS B.O’NEILL 2.5
14-15. D.MORELAND P.MCLOUGHLIN 2.0
16-17. D.COLLINS T.PARKER 1.5

ULSTER OPEN

5-6 FEBRUARY 2000
QUB STAFF COMMON ROOM, BELFAST

1-4. J.CAIRNS R.MCMASTER S.SCANNELL A.SKELTON 5.0
5. G.ANNESLEY 4.5
6-11. D.MORELAND F.MARLOWE D.MURRAY M.NEWMAN J.ORCHIN N.PILKIEWICZ 4.0
12-16. J.CANNING P.McLOUGHLIN S.MOORE D.TRUESDALE M.WADDELL 3.5
17-22. A.BURNS A.COOTES C.DUNLEAVY T.PARKER W.STOREY J.STRAWBRIDGE 3.0
23-25. D.CUNNINGHAM S.McCANN J.McLEAN 2.5
26-30. A.BECKETT J.CAHOON J.CLIFFORD D.O’DONNELL J.WADDELL 2.0
31. K.FOX 1.5
32-34. M.KANE E.NESBITT J.WOODFIELD 1.0

GRADING PRIZES


UNDER 1800 1ST G.ANNESLEY 2ND M.NEWMAN
UNDER 1450 1ST J.ORCHIN 2ND F.MARLOWE

BUNRATTY MASTERS 11-13 FEBRUARY 2000

1-2. GM M.HEBDEN (WON TROPHY ON TIE-BREAK) GM J.NUNN 5.0
3-4. GM A.MILES IM M.TURNER 4.5
5-7. C.DALY (BEST IRISH PRIZE) GM J.LEVITT IM L.MCSHANE 4.0
8-13. S.COLLINS (GRADING PRIZE) P.DELANEY D.HOWELL IM M.ORR U.ROCHEV J.RYAN 3.5
14-21. S.BRADY J.HURLEY J.MCCARTHY D.MCMAHON G.O'CONNELL P.SHORT S.SCANNELL J.STOKLASA 3.0
22-23. M.O'CINNEIDE R.O'DONOVAN 2.5
24-28. H.BARBER M.CASTRICUM J.KENNEDY E.KEOGH J.MCDONNELL 2.0
29-32. P.CAFOLLA C.EGAN A.FOX R.O'BRIEN 1.5

 

NEW TOURNAMENT

ON SATURDAY 8TH APRIL 2000 QUB OPEN - SIX ROUND RAPIDPLAY
10.00AM – 7.00PM QUB STAFF COMMON ROOM ENTRY FEE £4 PRIZES £50, £30, £20
PRIZES MAY BE INCREASED DEPENDING ON ENTRY

1999-2000 UCU LEAGUE TABLES

Division 1

 

PLAYED.

WON.

LOST.

DRAWN.

POINTS.

R.V.H. A

14

10

1

3

71.0

FISHERWICK A

14

11

2

1

67.5

MALACHIANS

15

11

3

1

67.0

NEWTOWNARDS

14

4

7

3

43.5

BOMBARDIER

13

3

6

4

38.0

NORTH BELFAST

11

6

5

0

37.5

C.I.Y.M.S. A

13

2

7

4

36.5

CIVIL SERVICE

13

3

8

2

36.0

BANGOR A

12

0

12

0

17.5

Division 2/3

 

PLAYED.

WON.

LOST.

DRAWN.

POINTS.

DIVISION.

MAGHERAFELT

15

8

1

6

69.5

3

SHORTS.

16

8

4

4

66.0

2

BANGOR B

14

9

2

3

64.5

2

RANDALSTOWN

15

10

5

0

64.5

3

FISHERWICK B

16

7

5

4

62.5

2

R.V.H. B

15

6

4

5

55.0

2

C.I.Y.M.S. B

15

5

8

2

43.5

2

R.V.H. C

16

4

12

0

38.5

3

FORTWILLIAM

15

2

10

3

35.5

3

BANGOR C

15

3

11

1

31.0

3

GLORNEY AND FABER CUPS 2000

These prestigious international junior competitions are being held in Dublin this summer and Alex Beckett has been seeking donations on behalf of the Ulster Chess Union to go towards the costs of holding these competitions, which the Irish Chess Union hosts every eight years. He is hoping to raise a grand total of £500. Below are the amounts already donated.

Donations from Chess Clubs

CIYMS £25 Shorts £25 North Belfast £25 Fisherwick £37

Derry £10 Civil Service £25 Bangor £50 Newtownards £25

Individual donations

Michael Holmes £10 Ron Henderson £15 Arthur Cootes £10

David Houston £25

Civil Service Chess Tournament 1999

£2 added to each entry fee making a total of £100

Total collected to date £382

These figures do not include any donations made directly to the Irish Chess Union.

UCU KNOCK-OUT CUP

FIRST ROUND

SUNDAY 20th FEBRUARY 2000

FISHERWICK A

4-1

RVH B

K. Greer 2180

1-0

D. Cunningham 1531

R. McMaster 2064

1-0

S. McCann 1537

J. Cairns 2004

1-0

D. Tumilson 1473

B. Thompson 1755

1-0

S. Linton

W. Grier 1729

0-1

J. Ong

 

 

 

SHORTS

2½-2½

CIVIL SERVICE

J. Bradley 1808

0-1

T. Esmonde 1882

D. Robb 1761

1-0

S. Moore 1764

S. McConaghy 1659

½-½

G. Harvey 1706

J. Kennedy 1545

0-1

A. Cootes 1674

D. Truesdale 1540

1-0

D. Jackson 1560

 

 

 

FISHERWICK B

1-4

NORTH BELFAST A

N. Green 1664

0-1

D. Houston 2235

J. McLean 1653

0-1

S. Scannell 2184

G. Pollock 1565

1-0

A. Skelton 2004

A. Beckett 1502

0-1

N. Pilkiewicz 1925

G. Collins 1308

0-1

D. Mallaghan 1861

 

 

 

NORTH BELFAST B

4½-½

BANGOR

S. Morgan 2007

1-0

M. Newman 1723

J. Woods 1542

1-0

B. Jamison 1682

J. Guthrie

½-½

T. Beckett 1628

B. McCaughey 1528

1-0

R. Proctor 1591

J. Cahoon 1153

1-0

S. McCartney 1101

 

 

 

RVH A

4½-½

RANDALSTOWN

M. Holmes 2061

½-½

D. Moreland 1817

B. O’Neill 1641

1-0

J. Waddell 1423

N. Fisher 1702

1-0

E. Nesbitt 1245

T. Parker 1629

1-0

P. Irvine 1305

L. Holmes 1391

1-0

B. Bradley

The four teams winning their matches went into the semi-finals of the Knock-out Cup, with the six teams failing to win their matches going into the Plate competition.

SEMI-FINALS

RVH A

½-4½

NORTH BELFAST A

M. Holmes 2061

0-1

D. Houston 2235

B. O’Neill 1641

½-½

S. Scannell 2184

N. Fisher 1702

0-1

A. Skelton 2004

T. Parker 1629

0-1

N. Pilkiewicz 1925

L. Holmes 1391

0-1

D. Mallaghan 1861

 

 

 

NORTH BELFAST B

2-3

FISHERWICK A

S. Morgan 2007

0-1

K. Greer 2180

G. Annesley 1782

0-1

R. McMaster 2064

J. Guthrie

0-1

J. Cairns 2004

B. McCaughey 1528

1-0

B. Thompson 1755

J. Cahoon 1153

1-0

W. Grier 1729

North Belfast A and Fisherwick A will now play a double-round final to determine this year’s winners of the Knock-out Cup.

UCU PLATE COMPETITION

PRELIMINARY ROUND

Fisherwick C, QUB and RVH C, the three lowest rated teams, went directly into the Plate competition, where they played a Rapidplay tournament to decide which two teams would progress to the quarter-finals of the Plate. RVH C was the team to be eliminated.

FISHERWICK C

5-0

QUB

RVH C

0-5

FISHERWICK C

QUB

3-2

RVH C

QUARTER-FINALS

FISHERWICK C

1-4

CIVIL SERVICE

D. Collins 1442

0-1

T. Esmonde 1882

I. Woodfield 1327

0-1

S. Moore 1764

N. Todd 1205

1-0

G. Harvey 1706

J. Woodfield 1250

0-1

A. Cootes 1674

G. Todd 1117

0-1

D. Jackson 1560

 

 

 

SHORTS

3½-1½

FISHERWICK B

J. Bradley 1808

½-½

N. Green 1664

D. Robb 1761

1-0

J. McLean 1653

S. McConaghy 1659

½-½

G. Pollock 1565

J. Kennedy 1545

½-½

A. Beckett 1502

D. Truesdale 1540

1-0

G. Collins 1308

QUB

2½-2½

RVH B

R. Triggs

1-0

D. Cunningham 1531

D. O’Donnell

1-0

S. McCann 1537

C. Black

0-1

D. Tumilson 1473

J. O’Donnell

0-1

J. Ong

-. Cheah

½-½

S. Linton

QUB won on board count

 

 

 

 

 

BANGOR

2½-2½

RANDALSTOWN

M. Newman 1723

½-½

D. Moreland 1817

B. Jamison 1682

1-0

J. Waddell 1423

T. Beckett 1628

0-1

E. Nesbitt 1245

R. Proctor 1591

0-1

P. Irvine 1305

S. McCartney 1101

1-0

B. Bradley

 

 

Rand’stown won on board count

Civil Service, Shorts, QUB and Randalstown go through to the semi-finals of the Plate.

The final rounds of the Knock-out Cup and the Plate will be played on Sunday 7th May 2000. There will be an individual rapidplay tournament played alongside, open to all.

FIFTY YEARS AGO: THE IRISH CHAMPIONSHIP BELFAST

JULY 1950

No annotated games available this issue (don’t be shy, everyone) so I decided to delve back into history. The games and annotations are taken from the Belfast News-Letter.

The winner of the championship was Vincent Maher with a score of 7½ out of 8.

22 competed.

Irish Championship Belfast, July 1950

Bewley,T.H. - Nash,W. [D85]Irish Championship Belfast, July 1950

Maher,V - Jackson,D.G. [B03]Irish Championship Belfast, July 1950

Heaney,R.A. - Tormey,T.T. [B92]Irish Championship Belfast, July 1950
Bewley,T.H. - Nash,W. [D85] Maher,V - Jackson,D.G. [B03]

Heaney,R.A. - Tormey,T.T. [B92]

STILL TO COME THIS SEASON

ALL EVENTS AT QUB STAFF COMMON ROOM

EventDates
CITY OF BELFAST TOURNAMENT 1-2 APRIL 2000
QUB OPEN RAPIDPLAY 8 APRIL 2000
KO CUP AND PLATE FINALS 7 MAY 2000
UCU RAPIDPLAY TOURNAMENT 7 MAY 2000
BELFAST FESTIVAL TOURNAMENT 20-21 MAY 2000

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