Ulster Chess News 2002 Number 3
BELFAST SUMMERFEST TOURNAMENT 8-9 JUNE 2002
The Irish Chess Union made a contribution to the prize-fund for this tournament. As a result it was possible to run three sections rather than the usual two. The extra section proved popular with 48 players taking part, the biggest turnout in a UCU tournament this year
.There were outright winners in all three sections: Tom Clarke in the Open, Tom Alcorn in the Challengers and Ashley Peile in the Novices.
Report, Photographs and Annotated Games from Summerfest 2002
The three prizewinners in the Open, from left to right,
Jabj Munoz (2nd), Tom Clarke (1st) and George Heathwood (3rd)
(Photograph © Damien Lavery)
Final crosstables in all 3 sections and photographs of some of the prizewinners
IRISH CHAMPIONSHIP GREYSTONES 6-14 JULY 2002
There were 18 competitors in this year's Championship, which was won by Sam Collins with 7.0 points from his 9 games. Two Ulster players -
Tom Clarke and Stephen Scannell - took part. Another Ulster player, Nicholas Pilkiewicz, won the Irish Intermediate Championship with 5.5 points from his 6 games while IM Brian Kelly won the Weekender Open also with 5.5 from 6.Final crosstable in the Championship
BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP TORQUAY 29 JULY-9 AUGUST 2002
There was a surprise winner - the Indian International Master R. B. Ramesh. The two Ulster entrants
Tim Douglas and Richard McMaster finished with respectively 4.0 and 3.5 points. Richard won their ninth round individual encounter.Richard McMaster's account of the event is
hereThere were a few Ulster entrants in the subsidiary sections, with the best performance coming from
Arthur Pinkerton in the British Veterans (over 60) Championship.Official website:
http://www.bcf.org.uk/events/bcf2002/index.htmlIRISH NATIONAL CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP BELFAST 14th-15th SEPTEMBER 2002
The four teams in this year's event were last year's champions Bray, Leinster champions Phibsboro, Ulster champions Fisherwick and RVH, who came in at relatively short notice when the Munster representatives withdrew.
Phibsboro, the highest rated team, were run-away winners and qualified to take part in the 2003 European Club Championships. By finishing second, RVH also qualified for European action.
From left to right, RVH players Tom Clarke, John Masterson, Tony Parker,
Neil Fisher,Stephen McCann and Michael Holmes with their certificates
for finishing in second place (Photograph
More photographs by Mark Newman
[
General view of the play in Round 1] [RVH -v- Fisherwick in Round 1] [Clarke - Brady post mortem][
Bray -v- RVH in Round 3] [The victorious Phibsboro team] [Bray Chess Club] [Fisherwick Chess Club]Round 1:
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RVH |
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Fisherwick |
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Phibsboro |
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Bray |
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T Clarke |
1/2 |
K. Greer |
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S. Brady |
1:0 |
B. Beckett |
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M. Holmes |
1/2 |
R. Devenney |
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B. Fitzpatrick |
0:1 |
E. Bennett |
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D. Mallaghan |
1:0 |
J. Cairns |
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K. Butler |
1/2 |
P. Reynolds |
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T. Parker |
1/2 |
G. McCormick |
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H. Hofstra |
1:0 |
A. Ekanayaka |
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S. McCann |
0:1 |
T. Alcorn |
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D. Salter |
1:0 |
C. Byford |
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L. Holmes |
1:0 |
N. McFarland |
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T. Mooney |
1:0 |
T. Conlon |
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3.5:2.5 |
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4.5:1.5 |
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Round 2:
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RVH |
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Phibsboro |
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Fisherwick |
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Bray |
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T Clarke |
0:1 |
S. Brady |
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K. Greer |
0:1 |
B. Beckett |
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M Holmes |
1/2 |
I. Llorens |
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R. Devenney |
1:0 |
E. Bennett |
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D. Mallaghan |
0:1 |
B. Fitzpatrick |
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J. Cairns |
0:1 |
P. Reynolds |
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T. Parker |
0:1 |
K. Butler |
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T. Alcorn |
0:1 |
A. Ekanayaka |
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N. Fisher |
0:1 |
H. Hofstra |
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N. McFarland |
1/2 |
C. Byford |
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L. Holmes |
0:1 |
D. Salter |
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A. Beckett |
1:0 |
T. Conlon |
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0.5:5.5 |
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2.5:3.5 |
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Round 3:
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Bray |
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RVH |
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Phibsboro |
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Fisherwick |
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B. Beckett |
0:1 |
T Clarke |
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S. Brady |
1:0 |
K. Greer |
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E. Bennett |
0:1 |
M Holmes |
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I. Llorens |
1:0 |
J. Cairns |
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P.Reynolds |
1:0 |
J. Masterson |
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B. Fitzpatrick |
1/2 |
G. McCormick |
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A. Ekanayaka |
0:1 |
D Mallaghan |
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H. Hofstra |
1:0 |
T. Alcorn |
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C. Byford |
1/2 |
N. Fisher |
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D. Salter |
1:0 |
N. McFarland |
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T. Conlon |
0:1 |
T. Parker |
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T. Mooney |
1:0 |
B. Thompson |
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1.5:4.5 |
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5.5:0.5 |
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Final Table
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1. |
Phibsboro |
15.5 |
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2. |
RVH |
8.5 |
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3. |
Bray |
6.5 |
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4. |
Fisherwick |
5.5 |
Eric Bennett - Ray Devenney: National Club Championship Belfast (Round 2)
1.d4 Nf6 2.c3 d5 3.Bg5 e6 4.Nd2 Nbd7 5.e3 Be7 6.Bd3 e5 7.dxe5 Nxe5 8.Be2 Bf5 9.Ndf3 Nxf3+ 10.Nxf3 0–0 11.h3 c6 12.0–0 Re8 13.Qb3 Ne4 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Rfd1 Nxf2 16.Nd4 Nxh3+ 17.gxh3 Qxe3+ 18.Kg2 Qxh3+ 19.Kf2 Qh4+ 20.Kg2 Bh3+ 0–1
Danny Mallaghan - Ashoka Ekanayaka: National Club Championship Belfast (Round 3)
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Bg7 6.0–0 e6 7.d3 Nge7 8.Qe1 0–0 9.f5 exf5 10.Bg5 h6 11.Qh4 Kh7 12.Nd5 f6 13.Nxf6+ Rxf6 14.Bxf6 Qf8 15.Ng5+ Kh8 16.Qxh6# 1–0
Play through Bennett - Devenney and Mallaghan - Ekanayaka
RVH HANDICAP TOURNAMENTS JUNE - SEPTEMBER 2002
These tournaments were organised by the RVH Chess Club on the last Tuesday of each month from April to September. Players were handicapped on a time basis with games being of 20 minutes duration. UCN 2002 Bulletin Number 2 reported on the first two tournaments in the series.
In the third in the series Fisherwick player John Cairns was making his first appearance in one of these events and he ended up the only unbeaten player. He tied on 5 points with Michael Holmes, who was awarded first place on tie-break.
Prizewinners:
First
Michael Holmes Second John Cairns Third Stephen Scannell Fourth Damien CunninghamFinal Cross Table RVH Handicap 25 June 2002
No Name Rtg Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 HOLMES, MICHAEL 2117 5 21:W 7:W 5:W 9:W 2:L 6:W 2 CAIRNS, JOHN 1961 5 16:W 10:W 3:D 19:W 1:W 4:D 3 SCANNELL, STEPHEN P. 2158 4.5 11:W 13:W 2:D 5:L 18:W 9:W 4 CUNNINGHAM, DAMIEN 1460 4.5 5:L 15:W 22:W 18:W 9:W 2:D 5 CLARKE, TOM 2132 4 4:W 18:W 1:L 3:W 6:L 13:W 6 LEITCH, CALUM 1086 4 20:W 9:L 10:W 11:W 5:W 1:L 7 BLACK, CHRIS 1527 4 23:W 1:L 16:D 12:D 11:W 20:W 8 CURRELL, FRED 1000 4 10:L 16:L 24:W 17:W 19:W 12:W 9 BRADLEY, JOHN K. 1866 3 14:W 6:W 12:W 1:L 4:L 3:L 10 MARRON, CIARAN 1514 3 8:W 2:L 6:L 14:L 22:W 16:W 11 COOPER, NEIL 1503 3 3:L 24:W 13:W 6:L 7:L 18:W 12 PARKER, TONY 1774 3 0:D 17:W 9:L 7:D 21:W 8:L 13 MORELAND, DESMOND 1757 3 24:W 3:L 11:L 16:W 15:W 5:L 14 KANE, MICHAEL 1332 3 9:L 20:W 18:L 10:W 16:L 19:W 15 ROOPE, TIM 1216 3 18:L 4:L 23:W 22:W 13:L 21:W 16 COOPER, SCOTT 1362 2.5 2:L 8:W 7:D 13:L 14:W 10:L 17 CAHOON, JOHN 1233 2.5 19:D 12:L 20:L 8:L 24:W 23:W 18 BECKETT, TONY 1620 2 15:W 5:L 14:W 4:L 3:L 11:L 19 Mc ALISTER, DAVID 1685 2 17:D 22:D 21:W 2:L 8:L 14:L 20 Mc CANN, STEPHEN 1619 2 6:L 14:L 17:W 21:L 23:W 7:L 21 STOREY, WILLIAM 1442 2 1:L 23:W 19:L 20:W 12:L 15:L 22 Mc KENNA, JOHN 1681 1.5 0: 19:D 4:L 15:L 10:L 24:D 23 CAHOON JNR, JOHN 1000 1 7:L 21:L 15:L 24:W 20:L 17:L 24 HOLMES, LOUIS 1329 .5 13:L 11:L 8:L 23:L 17:L 22:D
Michael Holmes also won the fourth in the series.
Final Cross Table RVH Handicap 30 July 2002
No Name Rtg Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 HOLMES, MICHAEL 2117 5.5 6:W 10:D 11:W 16:W 7:W 3:W 2 CLARKE, TOM 2132 5 22:W 17:W 5:W 7:L 4:W 14:W 3 BLACK, CHRIS 1527 4 4:L 8:W 19:W 10:W 6:W 1:L 4 CURRELL, FRED 1000 4 3:W 9:L 17:W 5:W 2:L 13:W 5 WALLS, EAMONN 1000 4 14:W 13:W 2:L 4:L 10:W 9:W 6 CUNNINGHAM, DAMIEN 1460 4 1:L 20:W 21:W 9:W 3:L 7:W 7 SCANNELL, STEPHEN P. 2158 3.5 18:W 11:D 12:W 2:W 1:L 6:L 8 HOLMES, LOUIS 1329 3.5 9:D 3:L 15:W 11:L 19:W 18:W 9 BRADLEY, JOHN K. 1866 3 8:D 4:W 10:D 6:L 11:W 5:L 10 Mc CANN, STEPHEN 1619 3 20:W 1:D 9:D 3:L 5:L 16:W 11 PILKIEWICZ, NICHOLAS 1842 3 16:W 7:D 1:L 8:W 9:L 12:D 12 PARKER, TONY 1774 3 0: 15:W 7:L 13:L 17:W 11:D 13 CAIRNS, JOHN 1961 3 21:W 5:L 16:L 12:W 18:W 4:L 14 MARRON, CIARAN 1514 3 5:L 21:L 22:W 17:W 16:W 2:L 15 SMYTH, DANIEL 1000 2.5 0: 12:L 8:L 19:W 20:L 22:W 16 ROOPE, TIM 1216 2 11:L 18:W 13:W 1:L 14:L 10:L 17 BECKETT, TONY 1620 2 19:W 2:L 4:L 14:L 12:L 20:W 18 COOPER, NEIL 1503 2 7:L 16:L 20:W 21:W 13:L 8:L 19 HINDLEY, GEOFF 1132 2 17:L 22:W 3:L 15:L 8:L 21:W 20 LOGAN, PAUL 1115 2 10:L 6:L 18:L 22:W 15:W 17:L 21 KANE, MICHAEL 1332 1.5 13:L 14:W 6:L 18:L 22:D 19:L 22 ORCHIN, JOHN C. 1471 .5 2:L 19:L 14:L 20:L 21:D 15:L
The penultimate event in the series was won by Steve Scannell, who will be joining the host club next season. The winner of three of the previous four tournaments, Michael Holmes, lost in the first round to Richard Proctor and then to Scannell in Round 5.
Final Cross Table RVH Handicap 27 August 2002
No Name Rtg Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 SCANNELL, STEPHEN P. 2158 5 4:W 10:W 13:W 2:D 5:W 3:D 2 PARKER, TONY 1774 4.5 9:W 11:W 8:W 1:D 3:L 6:W 3 MORELAND, DESMOND 1757 4.5 16:W 8:L 7:W 13:W 2:W 1:D 4 CUNNINGHAM, DAMIEN 1460 4 1:L 16:W 5:L 11:W 8:W 9:W 5 HOLMES, MICHAEL 2117 4 13:L 14:W 4:W 15:W 1:L 10:W 6 BLACK, CHRIS 1527 3.5 8:L 7:D 11:W 14:W 12:W 2:L 7 LEITCH, CALUM 1086 3.5 12:W 6:D 3:L 9:L 18:W 8:W 8 PEILE, ASHLEY 1185 3 6:W 3:W 2:L 10:W 4:L 7:L 9 HOLMES, LOUIS 1329 3 2:L 12:W 10:L 7:W 15:W 4:L 10 Mc CANN, STEPHEN 1619 3 15:W 1:L 9:W 8:L 13:W 5:L 11 WALLS, EAMONN 1000 3 17:W 2:L 6:L 4:L 16:W 18:W 12 LAVERY, DAMIEN 1495 3 7:L 9:L 16:W 17:W 6:L 15:W 13 PROCTOR, RICHARD 1442 2.5 5:W 18:W 1:L 3:L 10:L 14:D 14 MARRON, CIARAN 1514 2.5 18:W 5:L 15:L 6:L 17:W 13:D 15 MORGAN, ED 1193 2 10:L 17:W 14:W 5:L 9:L 12:L 16 CAHOON, JOHN 1233 2 3:L 4:L 12:L 18:W 11:L 17:W 17 THOMPSON, ANTHONY 1475 1 11:L 15:L 18:W 12:L 14:L 16:L 18 HINDLEY, GEOFF 1132 0 14:L 13:L 17:L 16:L 7:L 11:L
The final event in the series used the new Rating List and, despite having gained about 150 points from the previous list, 13 year old Calum Leitch was the winner on tie-break from Tim Roope, who had beaten Calum in their individual game.
Prizewinners
First
Calum Leitch Second Tim Roope Third John Bradley Fourth David McAlisterFinal Cross Table RVH Handicap 24 September 2002
No Name Rtg Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 LEITCH, CALUM 1234 5 6:W 3:W 10:W 2:L 8:W 4:W 2 ROOPE, TIMOTHY 1253 5 11:W 4:W 8:W 1:W 10:W 3:L 3 BRADLEY, JOHN K. 1903 4 9:W 1:L 7:W 4:L 13:W 2:W 4 Mc ALISTER, DAVID 1685 4 15:W 2:L 13:W 3:W 11:W 1:L 5 BLACK, CHRIS 1462 3.5 0: 7:D 14:W 8:L 6:D 11:W 6 Mc LOUGHLIN, PAUL 1690 3.5 1:L 10:L 16:W 9:W 5:D 8:W 7 KEERS, SHANE 1000 3.5 14:W 5:D 3:L 11:L 12:W 10:W 8 HOLMES, MICHAEL 2112 3 13:W 12:W 2:L 5:W 1:L 6:L 9 FENTON, COLIN 1443 3 3:L 14:L 15:W 6:L 16:W 13:W 10 FISHER, NEIL 1736 2.5 0: 6:W 1:L 12:W 2:L 7:L 11 Mc KENNA, JOHN 1694 2.5 2:L 15:W 12:D 7:W 4:L 5:L 12 MARRON, CIARAN 1563 2.5 16:W 8:L 11:D 10:L 7:L 14:W 13 PROCTOR, RICHARD 1519 2 8:L 16:W 4:L 14:W 3:L 9:L 14 WOODFIELD, IAN 1579 2 7:L 9:W 5:L 13:L 15:W 12:L 15 HINDLEY, GEOFF 1124 2 4:L 11:L 9:L 16:W 14:L 0:W 16 SMYTH, DAN 1000 0 12:L 13:L 6:L 15:L 9:L 0: My thanks to Damien Lavery for providing the results of all the tournaments
UCU/CIYMS SUMMER TOURNAMENT 1ST MAY-25TH SEPTEMBER 2002
This traditional Summer go-as-you-please tournament had a new home this year at the CIYMS Chess Club, Circular Road, Belmont, because the usual venue at the Maynard Sinclair Pavilion was undergoing a complete refurbishment this summer. The overall winner was
Stewart McConaghy (Bombardier CC). Although the Summer tournaments have been going for many years, this was the first time a trophy had been awarded to the winner. Stuart was both surprised and delighted to be the first recipient for over 30 years of the Hammel Cup, which had previously been awarded to the winner of the Handicap tournament of the Belfast Chess Club, until that club ceased to exist in 1971.
Stuart McConaghy with the Hammel Cup
(Photo by Mark Newman)
Prizewinners, leading standings and more photographs
UCU PRIZEGIVING 25TH SEPTEMBER 2002
The prizes for the 2001-2002 UCU League and Cup Team competitions were also handed out on the final night of the Summer tournament at the CIYMS Chess Club. Photographs by Mark Newman.
Alex Beckett of Fisherwick Chess Club receiving the Ulster
Team Championship Trophy from UCU President David
McAlister. As you can see the KO Cup is a shield !
Sam Moore and Gerald Harvey of the Civil Service Chess Club receiving
the UCU Plate, the tournament for first round losers in the KO Cup
Tom Clarke, Board 1 for the RVH team that won Division 1 of the
Belfast & District Leagues receiving the "Silver King"