Ulster Intermediate and Junior Championship Congress 2002

QUB Staff Common Room Belfast
Belfast 23-24 November

Jonathan Brown won the Intermediate Championship for the second year in succession. He finished with 4.5 points from his five games. Desmond Moreland and Paul McLoughlin finished equal second a half-point behind. The Junior Championship ended in a four-way tie between Brendan McGrath, Derek Truesdale, Calum Leitch and David Collins.

Ulster Intermediate Championship

Jonathan Brown receives the trophy
from UCU President David McAlister
Intermediate Final Crosstable
No Name                 Rtg  Total  1    2    3    4    5

1 BROWN, JONATHAN 1825 4.5 9:W 3:W 7:W 4:W 2:D
2 MORELAND, DESMOND 1743 4 14:W 16:W 6:D 7:W 1:D
3 Mc LOUGHLIN, PAUL 1690 4 19:W 1:L 10:W 12:W 6:W
4 Mc KENNA, JOHN 1694 3.5 13:W 12:W 0:D 1:L 9:W
5 MALLAGHAN, DANNY 1710 3.5 6:L 17:W 16:W 9:D 10:W
6 LAVERY, DAMIEN 1525 3 5:W 8:D 2:D 11:W 3:L
7 Mac DONALD, FRED 1806 3 17:W 10:W 1:L 2:L 14:W
8 MOORE, SAMUEL 1782 3 10:L 6:D 17:D 16:W 11:W
9 CUNNINGHAM, DAMIEN 1612 2.5 1:L 19:W 12:W 5:D 4:L
10 MARRON, CIARAN 1563 2 8:W 7:L 3:L 13:W 5:L
11 ALCORN, TOM 1786 2 16:L 14:W 13:W 6:L 8:L
12 O' FEE, JAMES 1895 2 15:W 4:L 9:L 3:L 16:W
13 Mc CONAGHY, STEWART 1507 2 4:L 15:W 11:L 10:L 17:W
14 BURNS, ALAN 1544 1.5 2:L 11:L 0:D 15:W 7:L
15 STRAWBRIDGE, JOHN J. 1635 1.5 12:L 13:L 0:D 14:L 19:W
16 CLARKE, JOE 1597 1 11:W 2:L 5:L 8:L 12:L
17 Mc CANN, STEPHEN 1604 1 7:L 5:L 8:D 19:D 13:L
18 Mc FARLAND, NORMAN 1614 1 0: 0: 19:W 0: 0:
19 BECKETT, ALEXANDER 1469 .5 3:L 9:L 18:L 17:D 15:L


Games
[Event "Ulster Intermediate Ch"] [Site "Belfast"] [Date "2002.11.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Alcorn, Tom"] [Black "Lavery, Damien"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A37"] [WhiteElo "1786"] [BlackElo "1525"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2002.11.23"] [Source "ChessBase"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nd4 6. e3 Nxf3+ 7. Bxf3 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. d4 d6 10. b3 Rb8 11. Bb2 b6 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. d5 Nd7 14. Bg2 a6 15. f4 Nf6 16. e4 Qc7 17. Rad1 e5 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Rf3 Rbd8 20. Rdf1 Rd6 21. h3 Bc8 22. Qe3 Ne8 23. g4 Nf6 24. Nb5 $2 axb5 25. Bxe5 {White's attempt to complicate matters rebounds on him after black's next move.} Nxg4 $3 {Lavery's spectacular refutation was was caught on camera.} 26. Bxd6 Qxd6 {The twin threats of 27...Qh2 mate and 27...Bd4 winning the Queen are decisive.} 27. Qf4 Be5 28. hxg4 Bxf4 29. Rxf4 bxc4 30. bxc4 Ba6 31. Rf6 Qe5 32. d6 Kg7 0-1
FajaamoveNg4-Lavery caught on camera

Ulster Junior Championship

The four joint winners (from left to right)
Derek Truesdale, Calum Leitch, David Collins and Brendan McGrath
Junior Final Crosstable
No Name              Rtg  Total  1    2    3    4    5

1 Mc GRATH, BRENDAN 4 14:W 9:W 6:W 2:W 4:L
2 TRUESDALE, DEREK 1450 4 19:W 13:W 12:W 1:L 7:W
3 LEITCH, CALUM 1234 4 16:W 6:L 14:W 5:W 10:W
4 COLLINS, DAVID 1493 4 5:L 19:W 13:W 12:W 1:W
5 WALLS, EAMONN 1209 3 4:W 8:W 7:L 3:L 13:W
6 ORCHIN, JOHN C. 1484 3 17:W 3:W 1:L 7:L 15:W
7 STOREY, WILLIAM 1463 3 12:L 20:W 5:W 6:W 2:L
8 COLLINS, GEOFFREY 1291 3 20:W 5:L 9:L 18:W 12:W
9 BLACK, CHRIS 1462 3 18:W 1:L 8:W 11:W 0:
10 CAHOON, JOHN 1234 2.5 0:D 12:L 17:W 14:W 3:L
11 LINTON, SEAN 1422 2.5 21:L 18:W 0:D 9:L 17:W
12 GRZYMEK, DAVID 2 7:W 10:W 2:L 4:L 8:L
13 CAMPBELL, IAN 1244 2 15:W 2:L 4:L 16:W 5:L
14 MORGAN, ED 1318 2 1:L 15:W 3:L 10:L 18:W
15 MORROW, RICHARD 2 13:L 14:L 19:W 17:W 6:L
16 QUIGLEY, DANIEL 2 3:L 17:L 0:W 13:L 19:W
17 DOHERTY, CIARAN 1 6:L 16:W 10:L 15:L 11:L
18 KERR, EIMEAR 1 9:L 11:L 20:W 8:L 14:L
19 KERR, CONCHOBHAR 1 2:L 4:L 15:L 20:W 16:L
20 Mc DERMOTT, RACHEL 1 8:L 7:L 18:L 19:L 0:W
21 TURNBULL, ALLAN 1207 1 11:W 0: 0: 0: 0:

Note: Norman McFarland (Intermediate) and Allan Turnbull
(Junior) played as "fillers" to prevent a bye


Ulster Matchplay Championship (Alex Beckett Trophy)

Alongside the two Championship events Stephen Scannell beat Michael Holmes by 2.5 points to 1.5 in a four-game match for the Alex Beckett Trophy.

Stephen Scannell receiving the Alex Beckett Trophy

Player Rating Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Total
Michael Holmes 2112 0 0 = 1 1.5
Stephen Scannell 2128 1 1 = 0 2.5

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