Munster Junior Chess Championships 0 Summary of results u-8 Girls and Boys st: Mark Tonita... Munster u-8 Boys Champion nd: Grigory Ramendik rd: Bryan Chan & Sam Meaney Girls Prize: Emma-Louise Kenny... Munster u-8 Girls Champion u-0 Girls and Boys st: Sasha Faleschini... Munster u-0 Boys Champion nd: James Naughton rd: Thomas Power & Joshua Cesar Girls Prize: Abby King... Munster u-0 Girls Champion u- Girls st: Megan Chan... Munster u- Girls Champion nd: Roisin MacNamee rd: Jessica Mulqueen-Danaher u- Boys st: Cian Wall... Munster u- Boys Champion nd: Geordan Freeman rd: Evan Forde u- Girls st: Nora MacNamee... Munster u- Girls Champion nd: Christina Meikle u- Boys st: Cian Guinan (Connacht) nd: Stephen Meaney... Munster u- Boys Champion rd: Desmond Doran u- Boys st: Robbie Meaney... Munster u- Boys Champion nd: David Hanley rd: Cian McGovern-Leahy (Leinster) u-8 Boys st: James Danaher... Munster u-8 Boys Champion u- Girls, u-8 Girls No entries The following report is by John Alfred...
Munster Junior Chess Championships, 0 The 0 Munster Junior Chess Championships were held on the weekend of -7 January, in the Oakwood Arms Hotel in Shannon, Co Clare. Age groups on offer included u8, u0, u, u, u, and u8. Sixty players took part. Thanks to all those who supplied photos. Unfortunately a small number of them could not be used due to poor quality. Oakwood Arms Hotel Playing room
u-8's Championship Ten young players took part in a -round swiss tournament and it was all over in a few hours. Despite each player having minutes on each clock, all rounds used only half the allocated time. u-8's playing tables All the u-8 players with arbiter, Steve Danaher
Results st: nd: rd: Girls Mark Tonita...Munster u-8 Boys Champion, 0 Grigory Ramendik Bryan Chan & Sam Meaney Prize: Emma Louise Kenny..Munster Girls u-8 Champion Cross Table No Name Total 7 8 9 0. 0. Tonita, Mark David Ramendik, Grigory Chan, Bryan Meaney, Sam MacNamee, Eamon Doherty, Harry Danaher, Billy Furlong, Christopher Kenny, Emma Louise O'Se, Piaras :W :W :W :W 8:W 7:W 9:W :W :L :W :W :W :L 7:W 9:W :L :W :L 9:W :L 7:W :W 8:W :L :W :L 9:W :L :L 7:W 8:W :L :L :L 8:W :L :L :L :L 9:W :L :L :L :L 8:L 8:L 9:L :L :D :L Mark Tonita won all his six games and clinched the u-8's Boys Title. Grigory Ramendik came second and two players, Bryan Chan and Sam Meaney shared third place. Emmalouise Kenny won the Girls title. Munster u-8 Boys Champion
u-8 nd placed Boy u-8 Girls Champion u-8 Joint rd Boys
u-0's Championship Results st: nd: rd: Girls Sasha Faleschini...Munster u-0 Boys Champion James Naughton Thomas Power & Joshua Cesar Prize: Abby King...Munster u-0 Girls Champion Cross Table No Name Total 7 8 9 0......... Faleschini, Sasha-Ettore Naughton, James Power, Thomas Cesar, Joshua Lillis, Aaron Lowe, Jack Morrissey, Louis McNeilis, Peadar Chan, Bryan Power, Joe King, Abby Murphy, Dylan Egan, Declan McNulty, Brian Andres, Elijah :W :W 8:W :W :L :W :L :W :L 9:L :L :D :D :W 7:W :L 9:L :W :W :L :W :W 8:L :W :L :L :D :D 9:W 8:W :W :L :L :L :L :W :W 7:W :L :L :W :L :W :L :W :W :W 0:L :W :W :W :L :L 8:L 7:W 0:L :L :W :D :L :L :D 8:W :W :L :W :W :W :L 0:L :L :L 0:L u-0 Boys Champion with arbiter, John Cassidy
u-0's Boys, nd u-0's Boys joint third u-0's Girls prize
u-'s Championship, 0 Results Boys: st: nd: rd: Cian Wall...Munster u- Boys Champion, 0 Geordan Freeman Evan Forde Girls: st: nd: rd: Megan Chan...Munster u- Girls Champion, 0 Roisin MacNamee Jessica Mulqueen-Danaher Cross Table No Name 7 8 9 0 Total Wall, Cian Chan, Megan Freeman, Geordan MacNamee, Roisin Forde, Evan Mulqueen-Danaher, Jessica Pradeep, Donal Singpurwala, Ronan Connolly, Archie Naughton, Frankie Pradeep, Darren McInerney, Tara O'Sullivan, Jordan Fitzpatrick, Will........ u-'s Boys Champion :W 9:W :W :W 8:W :L :L :L :L 7:W :W :W :D :W :W :L :W :L :W :W :D :W :L 8:W 9:W :W :L :L :L 7:W 9:W :L :L :W :D :W :L :W :W :L 9:L :W :L 9:L 0:L 7:D :L 8:L :L :W :L :W 8:L :W :L :L u-'s Boys nd
u-'s Girls Champion u-'s Girl, nd u-'s Girl, rd
u-, u-, u-8 Championships The u-'s and u-8's had insufficient numbers to run separate tournaments, and so they were combined with the u-'s section to form a Senior section. Cross Table No Name 7 8 9 0 7 8 9 0 Total Danaher, James Guinan, Cian Doran, Desmond Meaney, Stephen Meaney, Robbie McGrath, Tom Hanley, David Singpurwala, Kevin Keating, Thomas McGovern Leahy, Cian Cesar, Joseph Doyle, Eoin P. Freeman, Ruairi Gallagher, Brendan Chen, Leo Anderson, Tom MacNamee, Nora Mulqueen-Danaher, Darragh Murtagh, Jack Meikle, Christina Chen, Andy.... 8:W :W :W :W 8:W 7:W :L :W :W :L 9:L :L :L :L :L :L :W :W 9:W :L :W 9:D :W :W :D :W :L :L 0:L 8:L :W :W :L 8:L 7:W :D 9:W 8:W :D :L :L 9:W 7:W :W :L :W :L :L :L 8:L :W :W :L 7:W :W :L :L :W 7:W :W 8:L :L 8:W 9:W 0:L 9:L :L :L :L :D :D :W 8:W :L :W :W :L :D :W 9:D 0:L 9:W :W 8:L Results u-: Boys: st: nd: rd: tied for first place and a Blitz play-off ensued Cian Guinan...Non-Munster Stephen Meaney... Munster u-'s Boys Champion, 0 Desmond Doran Girls: st: Nora MacNamee...Munster u-'s Girls Champion, 0 nd: Christina Meikle Results u-: Boys: st: nd: rd: Robbie Meaney...Munster u-'s Boys Champion, 0 David Hanley Cian McGovern-Leahy...Non-Munster Girls: No Girls took part Results u-8: Boys: st: James Danaher...Munster u-8's Boys Champion, 0 Girls: No girls took part
u- photos u-'s Boys Champion with Arbiter, John Alfred u-'s Girls Champion and nd Girl
u-'s Photos u-'s Boys Champion u-'s Boy, nd
u-8's Photos u-8's boys Champion James Danaher End of Report ---------------------------------- o O o --------------------------------