The final standings of the Childrens Chess Grandprix 2018

With the Childrens Chess Tournaments coming to their end this year. We have the final positions of the students in the Grandprix. The top 4 players of each section getting invited to Stormont by MLA Chris Lyttle for an Elite Tournament and Award ceremony.

The rules of the Grandprix are that players positions in the sections : Upper Secondary (F4 and above), Lower Secondary (F3 and below) and Primary will allocate points to the players based on :

Position	Points
1	10
2	8
3	6
4	5
5	4
6	3
7	2
8	1

The top 3 scores of each player over the series of the 5 tournaments are added together to calculate players scores. If players share points they share the prize. The top 4 of each section are invited to an award ceremony by MLA Chris Lyttle held at Stormont in June - with their parents and the Principal of their school.

So how do players stand....

Belfast Scholastic Shield 2018:

Primary School Championship

Place	Name	School	Year	Nov	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	Total	Best 3
1	*Dexter Harris*	*Strandtown PS*	P5	10	5	10	10	*5.5*	*40.5*	30
2	*Calvin Patterson*	*Home Educated*	P6	6		5	8	10	29	24
3	*Adam Fitzsimons*	*Downshire PS*	P5	8	10		*4.5*	*5.5*	28	*23.5*
4	*Aaditya Singh*	*Forge Integrated PS*	P4	4	8	5	*4.5*	4	*25.5*	*17.5*
5	Anjali Singh	Forge Integrated PS	P6	5	6	5	4.5	2.5	23	16
6	Ali Shahzad	Fullerton House	P6		4	8			12	12
7	Jasper Grady	Hart Memorial PS	P7	3	1.5	3	4.5	1	13	10.5
8	Taufik Kamal	Fane Street PS	P6				2	8	10	10
9	TJ MacCartney	Hart Memorial PS	P7		3	1.5	1	2.5	8	7
10	Blake Harris	Greenwood PS	P3		1.5	1.5			3	3
11	Cian Suitor	Anahilt PS	P4	2					2	2
12	Skyla McConkey	Saints & Scholars Int. PS	P3	1					1	1

Belfast Scholastic Shield 2018

Lower Secondary School Championship

Place	Name	School	Year	Nov	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	Total	Best 3
1	*Calum Glendinning*	*Holywood Steiner*	F2	8	9	10	10	8	45	29
2	*Katy Thornton*	*Clounagh Junior High*	F1	6	5	6	8	4	29	20
2	*Louie McConkey*	*Royal School Armagh*	F3	10				10	20	20
4	*Minaahil Shahzad*	*Rathmore Grammar*	F3		9	8			17	17
5	Katy Gough		F1		6				6	6
6	Ben Toogood		F1					5.5	5.5	5.5
6	Zach Williamson		F1					5.5	5.5	5.5
8	Connor Reilly	Our Lady & St Patricks	F1			5			5	5

Belfast Scholastic Shield 2018

Upper Secondary School Championship

Place	Name	School	Year	Nov	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	Total	Best 3
1	*Adam Rushe*	*Bangor Grammar*	F5	10	7	6	10	10	43	30
2	*Samuel Todd*	*Bangor Grammar*	L6	7		9	*5.5*	8	*29.5*	24
3	*Olgierd Myszor*	*Abbey CBS Grammar*	L6		10	5	8		23	23
4	*James Wong*	*Lagan College*	F5		7	9	*5.5*		*21.5*	*21.5*
5	Hannah Patterson	Wallace High	L6	7					7	7
6	Andrew Lee		F4					6	6	6

Belfast Scholastic Shield 2018

The Belfast Scholastic Edward Whiteside Shield:

Primary Puzzle Solving Chess Champion

Place	Name	School	Year	Nov	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	Total	Best 3
1	*Anajli Singh*	*Forge Integrated PS*	P6	10	10	7	9	8	44	29
2	*Aaditya Singh*	*Forge Integrated PS*	P4	4	*6.3*	7	9	5	*31.3*	*22.3*
2	*Adam Fitzsimons*	*Downshire PS*	P5	6	*6.3*		6	10	*28.3*	*22.3*
4	*Dexter Harris*	*Strandtown PS*	P5	4	*6.3*	*3.5*	5		*18.8*	*16.3*
5	Ali Shahzad	Fullerton House	P6		3.5	10			13.5	13.5
6	Cian Suitor	Anahilt PS	P4	8				4	12	12
7	Blake Harris	Greenwood PS	P3		3.5	5	.5		9	9
8	Jasper Grady	Hart Memorial PS	P7	2	2		2	.5	6.5	6
8	Calvin Patterson	Home Educated	P6					6	6	6
10	Skyla McConkey	Saints & Scholars Int PS	P3	4					4	4
11	TJ MacCartney	Hart Memorial PS	P7			3.5			3.5	3.5
11	Allan Porubsky	Braniel PS	P2				3.5		3.5	3.5
11	Erik Porubsky	Braniel PS	P3				3.5		3.5	3.5
14	Tomas Gimpel		P6					3	3	3
15	Taufik Kamal	Fane Street PS	P6				.5	2	2.5	2.5
16	Cillian Suitor	Anahilt PS	P2					.5	.5	.5

Belfast Scholastic Shield 2018

The Belfast Scholastic Fergus O’Neill Shield:

Secondary Puzzle Solving Chess Champion

Place	Name	School	Year	Nov	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	Total	Best 3
1.	*Samuel Todd*	*Bangor Grammar*	L6	8			10	10	28	28
2	*Calum Glendinning*	*Holywood Steiner*	F2	*4.5*	10		8	8	*30.5*	26
3	*Adam Rushe*	*Bangor Grammar*	F5	10			*5.5*		*15.5*	*15.5*
3	*Olgierd Myszor*	*Abbey CBS Grammar*	L6			10	*5.5*		*15.5*	*15.5*
5	Katy Gough		F1		8				8	8
6	Hannah Patterson	Wallace High	L6	6					6	6
6	Andrew Lee		F4					6	6	6
8	Zach Williamson		F1					5	5	5
9	Louie McConkey	Royal School Armagh	F1	4.5					4.5	4.5
10	Katy Thornton	Clounagh Junior High	F1				4		4	4

March
Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
			1	2	3	4
5	6	7	8	9	10	11
12	13	14	15	16	17	18
19	20	21	22	23	24	25
26	27	28	29	30	31

March