IRISH UNIVERSITY TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP QUB STUDENTS' UNION SATURDAY 10 MARCH 2007
Queen's University won the 2007 Intervarsity by beating Trinity College Dublin 2-1 in the Final. Congratulations to winning team members Claudio Mendicute, John Masterson and Chris Millar.
PORTADOWN RAPIDPLAY OPEN 20 MAY 2007
Portadown Chess Club held a five-round rapidplay tournament at Portadown Rugby Club. Time limit was 25 minutes each player. The winner was a newcomer to Ulster chess - Adam Giermaniuk, originally from Poland but now living in Newry. He scored 4 points from his 5 games, the same total as Gerald Rogan from the host club. However Germaniuk had played much stronger opposition and won the event on tie-break. The winner of the under 1400 Grading prize was Colin Fenton, while the Junior prize went to Aran O'Hare.
Final Cross Table
No Name Rtg Total 1 2 3 4 5 1 Giermaniuk, Adam 1800 4.0 12:W 2:W 9:D 3:W 4:D 2 Rogan, Gerald 1490 4.0 17:W 1:L 16:W 8:W 10:W 3 McGrattan, William 1541 3.5 13:W 8:W 4:W 1:L 5:D 4 Canning, John 1538 3.5 11:W 15:W 3:L 9:W 1:D 5 Redden, Tony 1408 3.5 16:W 7:W 6:L 12:W 3:D 6 Brzobohaty, Peter 1850 3.5 8:L 13:W 5:W 10:D 9:W 7 Proctor, Richard 1573 3.0 14:W 5:L 8:L 17:W 12:W 8 Fenton, Colin 1381 2.5 6:W 3:L 7:W 2:L 11:D 9 Nair, Lathish 1050 2.5 10:W 14:W 1:D 4:L 6:L 10 Telford, Nigel 1547 2.5 9:L 11:W 15:W 6:D 2:L 11 O'Hare, Aran 803 2.5 4:L 10:L 14:W 16:W 8:D 12 Dummigan, Martin 1330 2.0 1:L 17:W 13:W 5:L 7:L 13 McKeown, Gordon 948 2.0 3:L 6:L 12:L 0:W 16:W 14 Johnston, Garry 1237 2.0 7:L 9:L 11:L 15:W 0:W 15 O'Hare, Oliver 2.0 0:W 4:L 10:L 14:L 17:W 16 Gupta, Radhika 1.0 5:L 0:W 2:L 11:L 13:L 17 Gupta, Raghav 1.0 2:L 12:L 0:W 7:L 15:L
CITY OF BELFAST FESTIVAL 16-17 JUNE 2007
Belfast Boat Club was once again the venue for the City of Belfast. In the Nemtzov Cup it always looked to be a race for first between joint Ulster champions Stephen Scannell and Michael Waters. They drew their individual encounter in round three, but Waters had to concede a draw to Grading Prize winner Ian Davis in the final round and finished half-a-point behind Scannell.
In the subsidiary Henderson Cup (for players rated under-1600) there was a much stronger field than last year, with 6 players rated over 1500. It was the lowest rated of those six, QUB captain Chris Millar, who took first prize with an unbeaten 5 out of 6. Joint second were Joseph Mordeno and Paul McLoughlin, with Grading prizes going to Cathal Murphy, Pat McKillen and Alan Burns.
Final standings in both tournaments
ULSTER SENIOR, INTERMEDIATE & JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS, 25-27 AUGUST 2007
The 2007 Ulster Senior, Intermediate and Junior Championships were incorporated into a single six-round Swiss tournament. The event was held at the Belfast Europa Hotel over the August Bank Holiday weekend.
Final standings:
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