January Childrens Chess: a primary one comes second
At his first tournament Calvin distinguished himself scoring 4 out of 7 coming 2nd overall. Whilst Phoebe Patterson a P3 gained 3rd place. Two young players to watch. The primary section had 6 players including the Ulster U10 Champion Honor Parissis who has just returned from playing the London Junior Chess Championship coming 7th out of 87 players in the Under 10 Minor competition. Honor won this tournament only dropping 1/2 point to Andrew Farquharson. Andrew was the draw King managing to draw 4 games. It was good to see some new faces. The format of tournament was all play all 5 rounds followed by a two round swiss with the players points used to pair. So 7 rounds in total.
P5 Winner: Calvin Patterson (P1), 2nd Pheobe Patterson (P3)
P6 Winner Honor Parissis, 2nd Ben Wilson, 3rd Andrew Farquharson
P7 Winner Sara Kelly
Standings
Place Name Feder Score
1 Honor Parissis P6 6.5
2 Calvin Patterson P1 4
3-4 Phoebe Patterson P3 3.5
Ben Wilson P6 3.5
5 Andrew Farquharson P6 3
6 Sara Kelly P7 0.5
The puzzle competition introduces a different skill set - here is more considered problem solutions with precise answers. Chess puzzles are fun and good for your chess. Everyone should try a puzzle a day!
Primary Puzzle Winner
Gold Certificate:
Honor Parissis 12
Silver Certificate:
Andrew Farquharson 8
Secondary Puzzle Winners
Gold Certificate:
Kevin Robbin 19
The secondary tournament was hard fought Kevin Robbin winning the tournament, Matthew Chapman second followed by Thomas Donaldson and Karina Kruk joint 3rd.
Form1 Winner Eibha Ni Mhuireagian, 2nd Eoghan Turkington
Form 2 Winner Naoisa Ellis
Form 3 Winner Jake Patterson, 2nd Finlay Kelly
Form 4 and above Winner Kiran Robbin, 2nd Matthew Chapman, 3rd Thomas Donaldons, Karina Kruk
Standings
Place Name Feder Score
1 Kiran Robbin F5 5.5
2 Matthew Chapman L6 4.5
3-4 Thomas Donaldson F5 4
Karina Kruk U6 4
5 Jake Patterson F3 3.5
6-8 Kevin Robbin F4 3
Eibha Ni Mhuireagian F1 3
Chris Turnbull L6 3
9 Finlay Kelly F3 2.5
10 Eoghan Turkington F1 2
11 Naoisa Ellis F2 1
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Our next tournament will be at Methodist College 12:30pm 16th February.
Details of the rounds:
Primary Competition
Round1
No Name Result Name 1 Sara Kelly P7 0:1 Ben Wilson P6 2 Honor Parissis P6 .5:.5 Andrew Farquharson P6 3 Phoebe Patterson P3 0:1 Calvin Patterson P1
Round2
No Name Result Name 1 Ben Wilson P6 1:0 Calvin Patterson P1 2 Andrew Farquharson P6 .5:.5 Phoebe Patterson P3 3 Sara Kelly P7 0:1 Honor Parissis P6
Round3
No Name Result Name 1 Honor Parissis P6 1:0 Ben Wilson P6 2 Phoebe Patterson P3 1:0 Sara Kelly P7 3 Calvin Patterson P1 0:1 Andrew Farquharson P6
Round4
No Name Result Name 1 Ben Wilson P6 .5:.5 Andrew Farquharson P6 2 Sara Kelly P7 0:1 Calvin Patterson P1 3 Honor Parissis P6 1:0 Phoebe Patterson P3
Round5
No Name Result Name 1 Phoebe Patterson P3 0:0 Ben Wilson P6 2 Calvin Patterson P1 0:1 Honor Parissis P6 3 Andrew Farquharson P6 .5:.5 Sara Kelly P7
Round6
No Name Result Name 1 Andrew Farquharson P6 0:1 Honor Parissis P6 2 Ben Wilson P6 0:1 Phoebe Patterson P3 3 Calvin Patterson P1 1:0 Sara Kelly P7
Round7
No Name Result Name 1 Phoebe Patterson P3 0:1 Honor Parissis P6 2 Andrew Farquharson P6 0:1 Calvin Patterson P1 3 Ben Wilson P6 1:0 Sara Kelly P7
Secondary Competition
Round1
No Name Result Name 1 Matthew Chapman L6 1.0:0.0 Eibha Ni Mhuireagian F1 2 Jake Patterson F3 0.0:1.0 Thomas Donaldson F5 3 Naoisa Ellis F2 0.0:1.0 Kiran Robbin F5 4 Kevin Robbin F4 1.0:0.0 Finlay Kelly F3 5 Karina Kruk U6 1.0:0.0 Eoghan Turkington F1 6 Chris Turnbull L6 1.0:0.0 BYE
Round2
No Name Result Name 1 Kiran Robbin F5 .5:.5 Matthew Chapman L6 2 Thomas Donaldson F5 1.0:0.0 Kevin Robbin F4 3 Chris Turnbull L6 0.0:1.0 Karina Kruk U6 4 Eibha Ni Mhuireagian F1 1.0:0.0 Naoisa Ellis F2 5 Finlay Kelly F3 .5:.5 Jake Patterson F3 6 Eoghan Turkington F1 1.0:0.0 BYE
Round3
No Name Result Name 1 Karina Kruk U6 0.0:1.0 Thomas Donaldson F5 2 Eoghan Turkington F1 0.0:1.0 Kiran Robbin F5 3 Matthew Chapman L6 1.0:0.0 Finlay Kelly F3 4 Kevin Robbin F4 1.0:0.0 Chris Turnbull L6 5 Jake Patterson F3 0.0:1.0 Eibha Ni Mhuireagian F1 6 Naoisa Ellis F2 1.0:0.0 BYE
Round4
No Name Result Name 1 Thomas Donaldson F5 0.0:1.0 Matthew Chapman L6 2 Kiran Robbin F5 1.0:0.0 Karina Kruk U6 3 Eibha Ni Mhuireagian F1 0.0:1.0 Kevin Robbin F4 4 Naoisa Ellis F2 0.0:1.0 Eoghan Turkington F1 5 Finlay Kelly F3 0.0:1.0 Chris Turnbull L6 6 Jake Patterson F3 1.0:0.0 BYE
Round5
No Name Result Name 1 Matthew Chapman L6 1.0:0.0 Kevin Robbin F4 2 Thomas Donaldson F5 0.0:1.0 Kiran Robbin F5 3 Karina Kruk U6 1.0:0.0 Eibha Ni Mhuireagian F1 4 Chris Turnbull L6 1.0:0.0 Eoghan Turkington F1 5 Naoisa Ellis F2 0.0:1.0 Jake Patterson F3 6 Finlay Kelly F3 1.0:0.0 BYE
Round6
No Name Result Name 1 Karina Kruk U6 1.0:0.0 Matthew Chapman L6 2 Kevin Robbin F4 0.0:1.0 Kiran Robbin F5 3 Chris Turnbull L6 0.0:1.0 Thomas Donaldson F5 4 Eoghan Turkington F1 0.0:1.0 Jake Patterson F3 5 Finlay Kelly F3 1.0:0.0 Naoisa Ellis F2 6 Eibha Ni Mhuireagian F1 1.0:0.0 BYE
