Ulster Team Championship 2004

Preliminary Round 8th February 2004


5 teams entered the Ulster Team Championship and it was decided to have an all-play-all event with the teams finishing 1st and 2nd in the standings meeting in the Final of the Championship, while those finishing 3rd and 4th would play-off for the Ulster Team Plate. The time limit was 45 minutes for each player.

Round 1:

Fisherwick A

3.0:2.0

Fisherwick B

 

Bangor

1.5:3.5

Clifton House

M Waters

0-1

I Davis

 

S Scannell

0-1

T Clarke

K Greer

1-0

I Woodfield

 

M Newman

1-0

D Moreland

J Cairns

1/2

N Green

 

D Lavery

0-1

D Mallaghan

J Bradley

1-0

N McFarland

 

R Proctor

0-1

D Cunningham

G McCormick

1/2

A Beckett

 

D Grzymek

1/2

C Black

Tom Clarke - Stephen Scannell: Ulster Team Championship 2004 (preliminary round)
Play through the game in Palview

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 g6 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.h4 h5 5.c4 d5 6.cxd5 Qxd5 7.Nc3 Bb4 8.Qa4+ Nc6 9.Qxb4 Nxb4 10.Nxd5 Nxd5 11.e4 Ne7 12.0–0–0 0–0 13.d5 Bd7 14.Nf3 Bg4 15.Rd3 Bxf3
[15...f5 16.exf5 (16.e5 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Rfd8µ) 16...Bxf5=]
16.gxf3
[16.Rxf3 f5 17.exf5 Nxf5 18.Rc3²]
16...Nc8?
[16...Rfd8 17.Bh3 Rd6 18.Rhd1 c6 19.dxc6 Rxd3 20.Rxd3 Nxc6=]
17.Rc3 Nd6 18.Rxc7 Rac8 19.Rxc8 Rxc8+ 20.Kd2 f5 21.e5 Nc4+ 22.Bxc4 Rxc4 23.d6 Kf8 24.Rc1 Rd4+
[24...Rxc1 25.Kxc1 g5 26.hxg5 h4 27.d7 Ke7 28.e6 fxe6 (28...h3 29.exf7+-) 29.g6 h3 30.g7+-; 24...Rxh4 25.Rc8+ Kg7 26.Ke3 Rh1 27.d7+-]
25.Ke3 Rd5 26.Kf4 f6 27.Rc8+ Kf7 28.Rc7+ Kf8 29.exf6 Rxd6 30.Kg5 1–0

Round 2:

Fisherwick B

3.5:1.5

Bangor

 

Fisherwick A

5.0:0.0

RVH

I Davis

1-0

S Scannell

 

M Waters

1-0

M Holmes

I Woodfield

0-1

M Newman

 

K Greer

1-0

N Fisher

N Green

1-0

D Lavery

 

J Cairns

1-0

S McCann

N McFarland

1/2

D Grzymek

 

J Bradley

1-0

S Linton

A Beckett

1-0

P Todd

 

G McCormick

1-0

M Kane

Round 3:

Fisherwick B

1.0:4.0

Clifton House

 

Bangor

1.0:4.0

RVH

I Davis

0-1

T Clarke

 

M Newman

0-1

M Holmes

I Woodfield

0-1

D Moreland

 

D Lavery

0-1

N Fisher

N McFarland

0-1

D Mallaghan

 

R Proctor

0-1

T Parker

B Thompson

0-1

D Cunningham

 

D Grzymek

0-1

L Holmes

A Beckett

1-0

C Black

 

P Todd

1-0

M Kane

Round 4:

Fisherwick A

3.0:2.0

Clifton House

 

Fisherwick B

2.5:2.5

RVH

M Waters

1/2

T Clarke

 

I Davis

1/2

M Holmes

K Greer

1-0

S Morgan

 

I Woodfield

0-1

N Fisher

J Cairns

1-0

D Moreland

 

N McFarland

0-1

T Parker

J Bradley

0-1

D Mallaghan

 

B Thompson

1-0

L Holmes

G McCormick

1/2

D Cunningham

 

A Beckett

1-0

M Kane

Round 5:

Fisherwick A

3.0:2.0

Bangor

 

RVH

0.0:5.0

Clifton House

M Waters

1-0

M Newman

 

M Holmes

0-1

T Clarke

K Greer

1-0

D Lavery

 

S McCann

0-1

D Moreland

J Cairns

1-0

R Proctor

 

L Holmes

0-1

D Mallaghan

J Bradley

0-1

D Grzymek

 

M Kane

0-1

D Cunningham

G McCormick

1-0

P Todd

 

S Linton

0-1

C Black

Final Table

Fisherwick B

X

2.0

3.5

1.0

2.5

9.0

Fisherwick A

3.0

X

4.0

3.0

5.0

15.0

Bangor

1.5

1.0

X

1.5

1.0

5.0

Clifton House

4.0

2.0

3.5

X

5.0

14.5

RVH

2.5

0.0

4.0

0.0

X

6.5

So the qualifiers for the Championship final were Fisherwick A and Clifton House, and Fisherwick B and RVH will contest the Plate final. Both finals will be double round events, with a time limit of 90 minutes per player. The date is yet to be fixed but will probably be mid-May.