25-26 January
Tom Clarke and Stephen Scannell finished equal first in the Williamson Shield, drawing their individual encounter and winning all the rest of their games to finish with 5.5 points out of 6. Ian Woodfield, who was 3rd equal with Paul McLoughlin, won the Grading Prize.
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| Scannell (left) and Clarke holding the Williamson Shield |
In the Challengers, Ciaran Marron started with 4.5 out of 5 to go a full point ahead of the rest of the field. However a final round loss to David Grzymek (who won the Grading Prize) allowed Alex Beckett and Sean Linton to catch Marron and share first prize with him.
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| Grzymek (nearer camera) and Marron |
The Novices competition - a Rapidplay event held only on the second day of competition - was won by Chris Millar, with a perfect 8 points from his 8 games.
Williamson Shield Final Cross Table
No Name Rtg Club Total 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 CLARKE, TOM 2146 R.V.H. 5.5 17:W 4:W 2:D 13:W 7:W 5:W
2 SCANNELL, STEPHEN P. 2108 R.V.H. 5.5 18:W 5:W 1:D 12:W 3:W 7:W
3 WOODFIELD, IAN 1584 FISHERWICK 4 5:L 17:W 11:W 14:W 2:L 12:W
4 Mc LOUGHLIN, PAUL 1771 R.V.H. 4 14:W 1:L 7:L 17:W 12:W 8:W
5 Mac DONALD, FRED 1786 Q.U.B. 3.5 3:W 2:L 19:W 10:D 6:W 1:L
6 O' FEE, JAMES 1750 BANGOR 3.5 10:W 7:D 12:L 9:W 5:L 14:W
7 HOLMES, MICHAEL 2092 R.V.H. 3 16:W 6:D 4:W 0:D 1:L 2:L
8 Mc KENNA, JOHN 1721 R.V.H. 3 0:D 9:D 14:L 11:W 10:W 4:L
9 O' DONNELL, DAVID 1673 Q.U.B. 3 15:D 8:D 10:D 6:L 19:W 18:D
10 LOWRY-O'REILLY, HANNAH 1424 RATHMINES 3 6:L 0:W 9:D 5:D 8:L 16:W
11 MALLAGHAN, DANNY 1795 R.V.H. 3 13:D 12:D 3:L 8:L 17:W 19:W
12 MOORE, SAMUEL 1758 CIVIL SERVICE 2.5 19:W 11:D 6:W 2:L 4:L 3:L
13 LAVERY, DAMIEN 1612 R.V.H. 2.5 11:D 15:W 0:D 1:L 14:D 0:L
14 LYNCH, JOHN 1518 DERRY 2.5 4:L 16:W 8:W 3:L 13:D 6:L
15 Mc GRATH, BRENDAN Q.U.B. 2.5 9:D 13:L 17:L 18:W 16:L 0:W
16 Mc CANN, STEPHEN 1622 R.V.H. 2 7:L 14:L 18:D 19:D 15:W 10:L
17 CUNNINGHAM, DAMIEN 1657 R.V.H. 2 1:L 3:L 15:W 4:L 11:L 0:W
18 TRIGGS, ROBIN 1624 Q.U.B. 2 2:L 19:L 16:D 15:L 0:W 9:D
19 LEITCH, CALUM 1484 Q.U.B. 1.5 12:L 18:W 5:L 16:D 9:L 11:L
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| Michael Holmes (left) vs. Stephen Scannell |
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| Fred MacDonald (left) vs.Tom Clarke |
Moore, Sam–O'Fee, James1–0C01Williamson Shield3Belfast25.01.2003McAlister
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.c3 b4 4.exd5 exd5 5.d3 c6 6.ge2 g4 7.f3 h5 8.g3 g6 9.f4 xd3 10.xd3 f6 11.0-0 d7 12.e1+ e7 13.f5 0-0-0 14.xe7+ White loses the exchange if he takes the g-pawn - 14.xg7 f8 15.f5 b4 16.h3 xc2 17.e3 xa1 18.xa1 14...xe7 15.a4 h5 16.a5 a6 17.b4 h4 18.b5 axb5 19.a6 bxa6 20.xa6 b7 21.a5 Also possible was 21.xe7 xa6 21...xe7 22.xb5+ c8 23.a8# 22.xd7 xd7 23.xb5+ 21...c6 22.a3 c8 23.c5 No Name Rtg Club Total 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 MARRON, CIARAN 1581 R.V.H. 4.5 13:W 11:W 2:W 6:W 3:D 5:L
2 BECKETT, ALEXANDER 1413 FISHERWICK 4.5 17:W 10:W 1:L 12:W 6:D 9:W
3 LINTON, SEAN 1397 R.V.H. 4.5 0:D 14:W 7:D 13:W 1:D 6:W
4 HENDERSON, RON 1572 BANGOR 4 8:W 5:D 6:L 11:W 9:D 10:W
5 GRZYMEK, DAVID 1190 UNATTACHED 4 15:W 4:D 9:L 14:D 13:W 1:W
6 BLACK, CHRIS 1480 R.V.H. 3.5 18:W 9:W 4:W 1:L 2:D 3:L
7 DUNNE, STEPHEN DONEGAL 3.5 14:D 15:W 3:D 9:D 10:L 12:W
8 WALLS, EAMONN 1311 NORTH BELFAST 3.5 4:L 16:W 14:L 0:D 19:W 15:W
9 CLARKE, JOE 1585 NORTH BELFAST 3 12:W 6:L 5:W 7:D 4:D 2:L
10 PROCTOR, RICHARD 1541 BANGOR 3 19:W 2:L 13:L 17:W 7:W 4:L
11 BURNS, ALAN 1437 C.I.Y.M.S. 2.5 16:W 1:L 0:D 4:L 14:W 0:L
12 WOODFIELD, JONATHAN 1364 FISHERWICK 2.5 9:L 19:W 17:W 2:L 15:D 7:L
13 PEILE, ASHLEY 1350 Q.U.B. 2.5 1:L 18:W 10:W 3:L 5:L 14:D
14 STOREY, WILLIAM 1448 UNATTACHED 2.5 7:D 3:L 8:W 5:D 11:L 13:D
15 COLLINS, DAVID 1505 Q.U.B. 2.5 5:L 7:L 18:W 16:W 12:D 8:L
16 KELLY, LIAM DERRY JUNIORS 2.5 11:L 8:L 19:W 15:L 17:W 18:D
17 KERR, EIMEAR DERRY JUNIORS 2 2:L 0:W 12:L 10:L 16:L 19:W
18 HINDLEY, GEOFF 1122 CIVIL SERVICE 1.5 6:L 13:L 15:L 19:L 0:W 16:D
19 TURNBULL, ALLAN 1226 DERRY 1 10:L 12:L 16:L 18:W 8:L 17:L
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| Last round in the Challengers - from l to r Alex Beckett, Chris Black, Ciaran Marron and Joe Clarke |
Photographs courtesy of Damien Lavery
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