Monday 17 July 2017

Delancey Northern Giga Finals

Once again Wright Robinson College in Manchester was the host of the Delancey UK Schools Chess Challenge Northern Giga Final. The atmosphere in the venue was an incredible mixture of high tension and over excitement with approximately 1000 enthusiastic children (and their parents!) all chomping at the bit to start their games and earn a place in the much coveted Tera Finals in London.




12 of Northern Ireland's finest young chess players made the journey across to Manchester to test themselves against the top juniors in the UK. To attend the Giga Finals you must win a local qualifying tournament, so just reaching this stage is quite an achievement. All the players acquitted themselves very well against incredibly tough opposition - as an example there was a player rated over 2000 in the U9 boys section! Special mention must go to Daniil Zelenchuk (U14's) and Maxim Dobrynin (U11 boy's) who both scored a fantastic 4/6.


NAME
SECTION
SCORE
Adam Rushe
U16
3
Ciaran Rowan
U16
2
Daniil Zelenchuk
U14
4
Aditya Shah
U14
1.5
Calum Glendinning
U12 Boys
3
Maxim Dobrynin
U11 Boys
4
Rahul Shah
U10 Boys
2
Anjali Singh
U9 Girls
3
Dexter Harris
U9 Boys
3
Adam Fitzsimons
U8 Boys
3
Aaditya Singh
U7 Boys
3




Congratulations to all our local juniors who attended and many thanks to all at the Giga Finals for staging such a fantastic event!

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