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Leinster Chess Championships 2011
The Leinster Chess championships 2011 took place in the Teacher’s Club in Dublin’s city centre over the Easter weekend 22nd – 24th April. 65 players took part in the tournament competing in four different playing sections.
 
Masters
Leinster Champion John JoyceThe Master’s Section, with 12 competitors, was particularly hard fought with the two top seeds, Colm Daly FM and David Fitzsimons losing games in the early rounds. Eventually no less than 4 players tied for first place on a score of 4/6 - John Joyce of Bray/Greystones, Kilkenny Chess Club’s Zaidan Zulkipli, Gonzaga’s Gordon Freeman and Elm Mount’s David Fitzsimons. The Leinster Champion for 2011 is John Joyce on tie-break. Dun Laoghaire’s Tony Fox won a grading prize in the section. Picture shows John Joyce (right) receiving the trophy from Rory Delaney.
 
Name Rating    1    2    3    4    5    6 Score
1 Joyce, John 2150   W 12 +   B 8 +   W 2 +   B 3 –   W 6 +   B 4 – 4
2 Freeman, Gordon 2072   B 9 +   W 5 +   B 1 –   W 7 =   B 10 +   B 3 = 4
3 Zulkipli, Zaidan 2123   Bye =   Bye =   B 6 +   W 1 +   B 7 =   W 2 = 4
4 Fitzsimons, David 2252   B 11 +   W 6 –   B 7 –   B 10 +   W 8 +   W 1 + 4
5 Daly, Colm 2269   W 10 +   B 2 –   W 8 –   B 12 =   W 9 +   B 6 + 3 ½
6 Fox, Anthony 2048   W 7 +   B 4 +   W 3 –   B 8 +   B 1 –   W 5 – 3
7 Porter, Liam 1877   B 6 –   Bye +   W 4 +   B 2 =   W 3 =   B 8 – 3
8 John, Tom 2126   Bye +   W 1 –   B 5 +   W 6 –   B 4 –   W 7 + 3
9 McCabe, Darren 1912   W 2 –   B 10 =   W 12 =   W 11 +   B 5 –   Bye + 3
10 Quinn, Ciaran 2031   B 5 –   W 9 =   B 11 +   W 4 –   W 2 –   B 12 = 2
11 Cafolla, Peter 2022   W 4 –   B 12 +   W 10 –   B 9 –   Bye +    2
12 Delaney, Killian 2010   B 1 –   W 11 –   B 9 =   W 5 =   Bye =   W 10 = 2
 
Majors
Major winner Rory DelaneyIn the Majors Section , Rory Delaney of Dublin University won outright with an unbeaten score of 5/6 followed by 4 players on 4 points in 2nd – 5th place. Colm Fitzpatrick of Phibsborough and Peter Lynch of Rathmines finished 2nd and 3rd respectively on tie break, with Peter also picking up a grading prize. There were 14 players in the section. Picture shows Rory (left) receiving his trophy from Pat Fitzsimons.
 
Name Rating    1    2    3    4    5    6 Score
1 Delaney, Rory 1852   B 12 =   W 7 +   W 3 +   B 6 +   W 4 +   B 2 = 5
2 Fitzpatrick, Colm 1814   B 11 =   W 12 +   W 4 =   B 9 +   W 3 =   W 1 = 4
3 Lynch, Peter J. 1549   B 14 +   W 5 +   B 1 –   W 8 =   B 2 =   W 11 + 4
4 Jackson, Carl 1774   W 8 +   Bye =   B 2 =   W 11 +   B 1 –   W 9 + 4
5 Vakles, Gyorgy 0   Bye =   B 3 –   W 12 +   B 7 +   W 8 +   B 6 = 4
6 Murphy, Oissine 1776   Bye =   W 11 =   B 10 +   W 1 –   B 13 +   W 5 = 3 ½
7 Nolan, Sean 1632   W 9 =   B 1 –   B 14 +   W 5 –   B 11 +   W 13 + 3 ½
8 Creighton, Terry 1643   B 4 –   Bye +   W 13 +   B 3 =   B 5 –   W 10 – 2 ½
9 Bajcar, Tomas 1757   B 7 =   W 10 +   B 11 –   W 2 –   W 14 +   B 4 – 2 ½
10 Janusaitis, Mindaugas 1838   W 13 =   B 9 –   W 6 –   B 14 =   W 12 =   B 8 + 2 ½
11 Bennett, Eric 1864   W 2 =   B 6 =   W 9 +   B 4 –   W 7 –   B 3 – 2
12 O'Donnell, Conor E. 1674   W 1 =   B 2 –   B 5 –   W 13 =   B 10 =   W 14 = 2
13 Burke, Kevin A. 1652   B 10 =   W 14 =   B 8 –   B 12 =   W 6 –   B 7 – 1 ½
14 Healy, John 1716   W 3 –   B 13 =   W 7 –   W 10 =   B 9 –   B 12 = 1 ½
 
Challengers
Challenger winner William FfrenchThe Challengers Section had 18 competitors and was won outright by Elm Mount’s William Ffrench (pictured on right) on an unbeaten score of 5/6. Mark Finnigan of Bray/Greystones and Paddy Divilly of Longford chess Club finished 2nd and 3rd respectively, both on a score of 4.5/6. The grading prize was won by Ronan Murphy of Elm Mount chess club.
 
Name Rating    1    2    3    4    5    6 Score
1 Ffrench, William 1400   W 15 +   B 2 =   W 4 +   B 7 +   W 3 =   B 8 + 5
2 Finnigan, Mark 1344   B 19 +   W 1 =   B 9 +   W 11 +   B 7 +   B 3 – 4 ½
3 Divilly, Paddy 1383   W 5 +   B 8 +   W 7 –   B 14 +   B 1 =   W 2 + 4 ½
4 O'Sullivan, Tom 1432   B 11 =   W 14 +   B 1 –   W 8 =   W 6 +   B 12 + 4
5 Murphy, Ronan J. 1174   B 3 –   B 9 –   W 18 +   W 16 +   B 11 +   W 7 + 4
6 Murphy, Niall J. 0   Bye =   W 16 +   B 11 –   W 12 +   B 4 –   W 14 + 3 ½
7 Kouhtev, Atanas 1365   W 17 +   B 12 +   B 3 +   W 1 –   W 2 –   B 5 – 3
8 McGrath, Brian 1152   W 9 +   W 3 –   B 12 =   B 4 =   W 14 +   W 1 – 3
9 Rivera, Franco 1377   B 8 –   W 5 +   W 2 –   B 10 =   B 15 =   W 16 + 3
10 Kelly, Martin 0   B 14 –   W 17 =   B 16 =   W 9 =   B 13 =   W 15 + 3
11 Collins, Tom 1301   W 4 =   B 13 +   W 6 +   B 2 –   W 5 –   B 17 – 2 ½
12 Junmin, Lee 0   B 18 +   W 7 –   W 8 =   B 6 –   B 17 +   W 4 – 2 ½
13 O'Reilly, P. J. 1393   B 16 =   W 11 –   B 17 =   Bye =   W 10 =   B 18 = 2 ½
14 Flynn, Gerard 1312   W 10 +   B 4 –   W 15 +   W 3 –   B 8 –   B 6 – 2
15 Leavy, Paul A. 1292   B 1 –   W 18 +   B 14 –   Bye =   W 9 =   B 10 – 2
16 Scott, Shay 1271   W 13 =   B 6 –   W 10 =   B 5 –   W 18 +   B 9 – 2
17 Bermingham, Adam 0   B 7 –   B 10 =   W 13 =   B 18 –   W 12 –   W 11 + 2
18 Lau, Alan 1239   W 12 –   B 15 –   B 5 –   W 17 +   B 16 –   W 13 = 1 ½
19 Fitzmaurice, Karl 1538   W 2 –                0
 
Juniors
Junior winner Zaran ButtThe Juniors Section had 21 competitors and was won outright by newcomer Zaran Butt (pictured on right) with the highest score of the weekend 5.5/6. Seamus Flynn of Cavan Chess Club was runner up on 4.5/6 while five players finished 3rd to 7th on a score of 4/6. Martin Desmond of Portmarnock finished 3rd on tie break with Padraig Hughes (Kilkenny) and Nikhil George Rajesh (Elm Mount) winning the grading prizes.
 
Name Rating    1    2    3    4    5    6 Score
1 Butt, Zaran 0   W 17 +   B 18 +   W 3 +   B 4 +   W 2 +   B 5 = 5 ½
2 Flynn, Seamus 1171   B 13 +   W 11 +   B 4 =   W 6 +   B 1 –   W 8 + 4 ½
3 Hughes, Padraig 763   B 12 +   W 16 +   B 1 –   W 11 +   B 8 =   W 7 = 4
4 Martin, Desmond 1062   W 19 +   B 8 +   W 2 =   W 1 –   B 6 =   W 11 + 4
5 Ellard, Rory 927   W 20 +   B 10 –   W 16 +   B 7 =   W 13 +   W 1 = 4
6 Murphy, Cathal 0   Bye =   B 9 +   W 10 +   B 2 –   W 4 =   W 12 + 4
7 George Rajesh, Nikhil 743   W 10 –   B 20 +   W 18 +   W 5 =   B 12 +   B 3 = 4
8 Scallan, Nick 0   W 9 +   W 4 –   B 13 +   B 10 +   W 3 =   B 2 – 3 ½
9 MacGowan, Sean 1049   B 8 –   W 6 –   B 15 =   W 21 +   B 14 +   W 19 + 3 ½
10 Coughlan, Terence 0   B 7 +   W 5 +   B 6 –   W 8 –   B 11 –   W 15 + 3
11 Butler, Thomas 0   W 15 +   B 2 –   W 19 +   B 3 –   W 10 +   B 4 – 3
12 Lachowicz, Tomaz 0   W 3 –   W 21 +   B 17 +   B 16 +   W 7 –   B 6 – 3
13 Sheedy, Shane 0   W 2 –   B 15 +   W 8 –   B 18 +   B 5 –   W 20 + 3
14 Pozniak, Agneska 0   B 16 –      B 21 +   W 20 +   W 9 –   B 17 + 3
15 MacGowan, Naoise 700   B 11 –   W 13 –   W 9 =   B 17 +   W 18 +   B 10 – 2 ½
16 Scallan, Fiachra 0   W 14 +   B 3 –   B 5 –   W 12 –   B 19 –   W 21 + 2
17 O'Brien, Dan 0   B 1 –   B 19 +   W 12 –   W 15 –   B 20 +   W 14 – 2
18 Moynihan, Darragh 814   B 21 +   W 1 –   B 7 –   W 13 –   B 15 –   Bye + 2
19 MacGowan, Cian 700   B 4 –   W 17 –   B 11 –   Bye +   W 16 +   B 9 – 2
20 Lachowicz, Jan 0   B 5 –   W 7 –   Bye +   B 14 –   W 17 –   B 13 – 1
21 Hall, Shane 700   W 18 –   B 12 –   W 14 –   B 9 –   Bye +   B 16 – 1