December starts the run of top Childrens Chess Tournaments
All young chess players are welcome to these monthly tournaments - organised jointly by the Ulster Schools Chess Council and Ulster Chess Union.
We run two sections. A primary school and secondary school section. The series for tournaments will end in a special event at Stormont where the best 4 primary, 4 lower Secondary, 4 Upper Secondary players are invited to a tournament and a prize giving.
We also have a puzzle competition where the players try to solve 22 chess puzzles. Solving puzzles is an excellent way to improve your chess - this year at Stormont we will be awarding a shield to the best puzzle winner of the year.
Primary Puzzle Winner
Gold Certificate:
Honor Parissis 22
Secondary Puzzle Winners
Gold Certificate:
Kevin Robbin 21
Silver Certificate
Mond Parissis 16
John Dawson 14
Primary Section Standings
Place Name Year School Score
1 Honor Parissis P6 Fullerton 8
2-3 Lea Homaee P7 St Brides 3.5
Andrew Farquhason P6 St Brides 3.5
4 Ronan Amur P5 St Annes 3
5 Joshua Morris P7 St Brides 2
We played 8 rounds in the Primary Section. Unfortunately Ronan Amur had to leave after the 5th round after gaining an excellent 3 out of 5 points which for a P5 at his first tourament was an excellent result.
Honor Parissis won the section with an unbeaten 8 out of 8.
Secondary Schools Cross Table
No Name Feder Rtg Club Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Kevin Robbin F4 RBAI 5 9:W 2:L 5:W 7:W 4:W 3:W 2 Karina Kruk U6 St Aquinas 5 11:W 1:W 4:W 3:L 5:W 6:W 3 Kiran Robbin F5 RBAI 4 8:W 5:L 10:W 2:W 7:W 1:L 4 Matthew Chapman L6 Grosvenor 4 6:W 10:W 2:L 8:W 1:L 5:W 5 Thomas Donaldson F5 RBAI 3 7:W 3:W 1:L 6:W 2:L 4:L 6 John Dawson F4 Friends 3 4:L 8:W 9:W 5:L 0:W 2:L 7 Adam Henning L6 Methody 3 5:L 9:W 11:W 1:L 3:L 0:W 8 Owen Turkington F1 St Patricks 3 3:L 6:L 0:W 4:L 11:W 10:W 9 Mond Parissis F4 RBAI 3 1:L 7:L 6:L 0:W 10:W 11:W 10 Ryan Jackson F1 Methody 2 0:W 4:L 3:L 11:W 9:L 8:L 11 Joel Dawson F2 Friends 1 2:L 0:W 7:L 10:L 8:L 9:L
The secondary schools section has some top players. Which results in some tough games. The more senior players playing for Ulster Chess Clubs in the Ulster League and performing well in the Ulster Chess Union weekend competitions.
Kevin Robbin having beaten Karina in the second round went on to win with Karina coming second on the same points 5 out of 6.
Kiran Robbin and Matthew Chapman gaining 3rd and fourth place on 4 points.
Detail results from each round.
Primary Competition:
Primary Round1
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Honor Parissis [0] 1:0 Ronan Amir [0] 2 Andrew Farquharson [0] 1:0 Lea Homaee [0] 3 Joshua Morris [0] 1:0 BYE
Primary Round2
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Andrew Farquharson [1] 0:1 Honor Parissis [1] 2 Lea Homaee [0] 1:0 Joshua Morris [1] 3 Ronan Amir [0] 1:0 BYE
Primary Round3
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Honor Parissis [2] 1:0 Lea Homaee [1] 2 Joshua Morris [1] 0:1 Ronan Amir [1] 3 Andrew Farquharson [1] 1:0 BYE
Primary Round4
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Joshua Morris [1] 0:1 Honor Parissis [3] 2 Andrew Farquharson [2] 1:0 Ronan Amir [2] 3 Lea Homaee [1] 1:0 BYE
Primary Round5
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Ronan Amir [2] 1:0 Lea Homaee [2] 2 Joshua Morris [1] .5:.5 Andrew Farquharson [3] 3 Honor Parissis [4] 1:0 BYE
Primary Round6
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Andrew Farquhason [3] 0:1 Honor Parissis [5] 2 Lea Homaee [2] 1:0 Joshua Morris [1]
Primary Round7
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Honor Parissis [6] 1:0 Joshua Morris [1] 2 Andrew Farquhason [3] .5:.5 Lea Homaee [3]
Primary Round8
No Name Total Result Name Total 1 Lea Homaee [3.5] 0:1 Honor Parissis [7] 2 Joshua Morris [1] 1:0 Andrew Farquhason [3.5]
Secondary Competition
Round1
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Henning, Adam L6 [0] 0:1 Donaldson, Thomas F5 [0] 2 Dawson, Joel F2 [0] 0:1 Kruk, Karina U6 [0] 3 Dawson, John F4 [0] 0:1 Chapman, Matthew L6 [0] 4 Turkington, Owen F1 [0] 0:1 Robbin, Kiran F5 [0] 5 Parissis, Mond F4 [0] 0:1 Robbin, Kevin F4 [0] 6 Jackson, Ryan F1 [0] 1:0 BYE
Round2
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Robbin, Kevin F4 [1] 0:1 Kruk, Karina U6 [1] 2 Robbin, Kiran F5 [1] 0:1 Donaldson, Thomas F5 [1] 3 Chapman, Matthew L6 [1] 1:0 Jackson, Ryan F1 [1] 4 Henning, Adam L6 [0] 1:0 Parissis, Mond F4 [0] 5 Dawson, John F4 [0] 1:0 Turkington, Owen F1 [0] 6 Dawson, Joel F2 [0] 1:0 BYE
Round3
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Kruk, Karina U6 [2] 1:0 Chapman, Matthew L6 [2] 2 Donaldson, Thomas F5 [2] 0:1 Robbin, Kevin F4 [1] 3 Jackson, Ryan F1 [1] 0:1 Robbin, Kiran F5 [1] 4 Dawson, Joel F2 [1] 0:1 Henning, Adam L6 [1] 5 Parissis, Mond F4 [0] 0:1 Dawson, John F4 [1] 6 Turkington, Owen F1 [0] 1:0 BYE
Round4
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Robbin, Kiran F5 [2] 1:0 Kruk, Karina U6 [3] 2 Robbin, Kevin F4 [2] 1:0 Henning, Adam L6 [2] 3 Donaldson, Thomas F5 [2] 1:0 Dawson, John F4 [2] 4 Chapman, Matthew L6 [2] 1:0 Turkington, Owen F1 [1] 5 Jackson, Ryan F1 [1] 1:0 Dawson, Joel F2 [1] 6 Parissis, Mond F4 [0] 1:0 BYE
Round5
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Chapman, Matthew L6 [3] 0:1 Robbin, Kevin F4 [3] 2 Kruk, Karina U6 [3] 1:0 Donaldson, Thomas F5 [3] 3 Henning, Adam L6 [2] 0:1 Robbin, Kiran F5 [3] 4 Parissis, Mond F4 [1] 1:0 Jackson, Ryan F1 [2] 5 Turkington, Owen F1 [1] 1:0 Dawson, Joel F2 [1] 6 Dawson, John F4 [2] 1:0 BYE
Round6
No Name Feder Total Result Name Feder Total 1 Robbin, Kevin F4 [4] 1:0 Robbin, Kiran F5 [4] 2 Dawson, John F4 [3] 0:1 Kruk, Karina U6 [4] 3 Donaldson, Thomas F5 [3] 0:1 Chapman, Matthew L6 [3] 4 Jackson, Ryan F1 [2] 0:1 Turkington, Owen F1 [2] 5 Dawson, Joel F2 [1] 0:1 Parissis, Mond F4 [2] 6 Henning, Adam L6 [2] 1:0 BYE
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Thanks go to fellow organiser Dr Graham Murphy and volunteers Goeff Hindley and Stewart McConaghy.
Also to Methodist College for the excellent venue.
See you at our next tournament on 12th January.
Have a good christmas and happy new year.
