Mega-final: The Delancey UK Schools' Chess Challenge 2016

Today the Mega-finals were held at Methodist College Belfast, with the winners qualifying for the Giga-finals in Manchester in July. Each section was fiercely contested with some scintillating chess played throughout the day. A full report of the competition will appear soon on the Ulster Chess Union Website, however, the all the winners are pictured below. Congratulations to everyone who qualified for the next round!

Mega Final Winners 2016

Strandtown Chess Academy

The final of the knockout cup was played this week with Anna Clatworthy facing off against Patrick McEvoy.

 In a closely fought game Anna eventually triumphed making her the winner of this inaugural event.

One of the features we have each week at Strandtown is the player of the week award and this was recently won by Bradley Gillespie.