You are here: Home Users Mark Newman 2022-2023 Citi Belfast Charity Rapidplay August 2023 The Citi Belfast Charity Rapidplay took place on thursday evening August 3rd.

The Citi Belfast Charity Rapidplay took place on thursday evening August 3rd.

Citi Bank hosted a charity FIDE rated tournament at their offices. The monies being raised for the Marie Curie charity. We had a brilliant turnout of some 58 players and the unexpected honor of having the FIDE President of Pakistan playing - Hanif Qureshi.

The evening started with setup. I met Michael Devine in the Carpark and we carried the equipment up to the canteen. We had some 56 players registered so we selected appropriate tables in the Citi Canteen and put out the boards and clocks where were set to 15mins. Many thanks to Michael for organising this event.

This was a brilliant chess tournament with top chess being played and enjoyed and with players ranging from Primary School age to Pensioners. With players from around the World,

All playing to make money for the charity Marie Curie - The UK's leading End of Life Charity providing frontline nursing, Hospice Care and Support Line.

The link to the just giving page : https://www.justgiving.com/page/citi-belfast-chess-tournament-2023

We raised some 550 pounds.

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The tables waiting for players and the tournament to begin:

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Michael organised for Citi employees to collect players as they arrived from reception signing them in and chaperoning them to the Cafe. Where the sets were ready and also we had coffee and tea available. Once players had arrived we completed the draw and round 1 began in that wonderful quiteness of concentrated thought.

Below I give the results with photos.

Round 1 Results

Table White Score Black Score Results
1 Murphy, Peter 0 Esteve, Sergio 0 0-1
2 Danny Roberts 0 Thoke, Amol 0 1-0
3 Worbey, Jennifer 0 Hanif Qureshi 0 0-1
4 Campbell, Andrew 0 Neill, Chris 0 1-0
5 Quinn, Ronan 0 Kolacyak, Daniel 0 0-1
6 Kelly, Chris 0 Worbey, Leah 0 1-0
7 Neill, John 0 King, Alexander 0 0-1
8 Corr, David 0 Singh, Aaditya 0 1/2
9 McCarthy, Bernie 0 Devine, Shane 0 0-1
10 Cole, Ethan 0 Symington, Calum 0 1-0
11 Murphy, Conor 0 Khanzharov, Edward 0 0-1
12 Dorrian, Chris 0 Gordon, Edward 0 1-0
13 McCullough, James 0 Huang, James 0 0-1
14 Moreland, Matthew 0 Bailey, Joe 0 1-0
15 McFeely, John 0 Shiels, Shane 0 0-1
16 McLean, Caleb 0 Corr Jonah 0 1-0
17 Bornot, Jose Miguel Sanche 0 Armstrong, Chris 0 1-0
18 Shambharkar, Ashish 0 Baker, Keith 0 1-0
19 Butler, Martin 0 Liszewski, Mikolaj 0 0-1
20 O'Connor, Paul 0 McCroskery, Max 0 0-1
21 Cullen, Michael 0 Murphy, Cathal J 0 0-1
22 Tripathi, Anayraj 0 Giridhar, Nilesh 0 1-0
23 Cinnsealach, Oisín 0 Campbell, Peter 0 1-0
24 Singh, Ranjit 0 Leonard, Paul 0 1-0
25 Murphy, Paul 0 Devine, Michael 0 0-1
26 Gunning, Joe 0 Harrison, Phil 0 0-1
27 Shivanna, Rajesh 0 Magill, Reuben 0 0-1
28 Huges, Fred 0 McCabe, Ryan 0 1-0
- Uddinabh, Mahanta 0 0 bye

 

 

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Round 2 Results

Table White Score Black Score Results
1 Esteve, Sergio 1 McLean, Caleb 1 1-0
2 Shiels, Shane 1 Danny Roberts 1 0-1
3 Hanif Qureshi 1 Shambharkar, Ashish 1 1-0
4 Liszewski, Mikolaj 1 Campbell, Andrew 1 1-0
5 Kolacyak, Daniel 1 Tripathi, Anayraj 1 1-0
6 Murphy, Cathal J 1 Kelly, Chris 1 0-1
7 King, Alexander 1 Singh, Ranjit 1 1-0
8 Devine, Shane 1 Huges, Fred 1 1-0
9 Devine, Michael 1 Cole, Ethan 1 0-1
10 Khanzharov, Edward 1 Bornot, Jose Miguel Sanche 1 0-1
11 Magill, Reuben 1 Dorrian, Chris 1 0-1
12 Huang, James 1 Cinnsealach, Oisín 1 1-0
13 McCroskery, Max 1 Moreland, Matthew 1 0-1
14 Harrison, Phil 1 Corr, David 0.5 0-1
15 Singh, Aaditya 0.5 O'Connor, Paul 0 1-0
16 Armstrong, Chris 0 McCullough, James 0 0-1
17 Campbell, Peter 0 McFeely, John 0 1-0
18 Gordon, Edward 0 Gunning, Joe 0 0-1
19 Bailey, Joe 0 Murphy, Peter 0 1/2
20 Thoke, Amol 0 Butler, Martin 0 1-0
21 Corr Jonah 0 Worbey, Jennifer 0 1-0
22 Neill, Chris 0 Cullen, Michael 0 1-0
23 Baker, Keith 0 Quinn, Ronan 0 0-1
24 Worbey, Leah 0 Murphy, Paul 0 1-0
25 Giridhar, Nilesh 0 Neill, John 0 0-1
26 Leonard, Paul 0 McCarthy, Bernie 0 1-0
27 Symington, Calum 0 Shivanna, Rajesh 0 1-0
28 McCabe, Ryan 0 Murphy, Conor 0 0-1
- Uddinabh, Mahanta 0 Absent

 

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Round 3 Results

Table White Score Black Score Results
1 Cole, Ethan 2 Esteve, Sergio 2 1/2
2 Danny Roberts 2 Devine, Shane 2 1-0
3 Dorrian, Chris 2 Hanif Qureshi 2 0-1
4 Moreland, Matthew 2 Kolacyak, Daniel 2 0-1
5 Kelly, Chris 2 Huang, James 2 0-1
6 Bornot, Jose Miguel Sanche 2 King, Alexander 2 1-0
7 Corr, David 1.5 Liszewski, Mikolaj 2 0-1
8 Campbell, Andrew 1 Singh, Aaditya 1.5 1-0
9 Thoke, Amol 1 Khanzharov, Edward 1 1-0
10 Quinn, Ronan 1 Shiels, Shane 1 0-1
11 McLean, Caleb 1 Neill, Chris 1 0-1
12 Shambharkar, Ashish 1 Worbey, Leah 1 1/2
13 Neill, John 1 Murphy, Cathal J 1 0-1
14 Tripathi, Anayraj 1 Symington, Calum 1 1/2
15 Murphy, Conor 1 Campbell, Peter 1 1/2
16 Singh, Ranjit 1 Corr Jonah 1 1-0
17 McCullough, James 1 Devine, Michael 1 1-0
18 Gunning, Joe 1 McCroskery, Max 1 1-0
19 Cinnsealach, Oisín 1 Magill, Reuben 1 0-1
20 Huges, Fred 1 Harrison, Phil 1 0-1
21 Murphy, Peter 0.5 Leonard, Paul 1 1-0
22 Worbey, Jennifer 0 Bailey, Joe 0.5 1-0
23 Butler, Martin 0 Armstrong, Chris 0 0-1
24 O'Connor, Paul 0 Baker, Keith 0 1-0
25 McCarthy, Bernie 0 Giridhar, Nilesh 0 0-1
26 Cullen, Michael 0 Gordon, Edward 0 1-0
27 McFeely, John 0 McCabe, Ryan 0 0-1
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- Murphy, Paul 0 1 bye(PA)
- Uddinabh, Mahanta 0 Absent
- Shivanna, Rajesh 0 Absent

 

 

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Round 4 Results

Table White Score Black Score Results
1 Huang, James 3 Danny Roberts 3 0-1
2 Hanif Qureshi 3 Liszewski, Mikolaj 3 0-1
3 Kolacyak, Daniel 3 Bornot, Jose Miguel Sanche 3 1-0
4 Esteve, Sergio 2.5 Kelly, Chris 2 1-0
5 King, Alexander 2 Cole, Ethan 2.5 0-1
6 Magill, Reuben 2 Campbell, Andrew 2 0-1
7 Devine, Shane 2 Singh, Ranjit 2 0-1
8 Neill, Chris 2 Dorrian, Chris 2 1-0
9 Harrison, Phil 2 Moreland, Matthew 2 1-0
10 Shiels, Shane 2 Gunning, Joe 2 0-1
11 Murphy, Cathal J 2 Thoke, Amol 2 0-1
12 Shambharkar, Ashish 1.5 McCullough, James 2 1/2
13 Symington, Calum 1.5 Corr, David 1.5 0-1
14 Singh, Aaditya 1.5 Tripathi, Anayraj 1.5 1/2
15 Campbell, Peter 1.5 Murphy, Peter 1.5 0-1
16 Worbey, Leah 1.5 Murphy, Conor 1.5 1-0
17 Khanzharov, Edward 1 Neill, John 1 1-0
18 McCroskery, Max 1 McLean, Caleb 1 0-1
19 Armstrong, Chris 1 Cullen, Michael 1 1-0
20 Corr Jonah 1 O'Connor, Paul 1 1-0
21 Devine, Michael 1 Cinnsealach, Oisín 1 0-1
22 Giridhar, Nilesh 1 Huges, Fred 1 1-0
23 Leonard, Paul 1 Worbey, Jennifer 1 1-0
24 Murphy, Paul 1 Quinn, Ronan 1 1-0
25 Bailey, Joe 0.5 McCarthy, Bernie 0 0-1
26 Gordon, Edward 0 Butler, Martin 0 1-0
27 Baker, Keith 0 McFeely, John 0 1-0
28
- Uddinabh, Mahanta 0 Absent
- Shivanna, Rajesh 0 Absent
- McCabe, Ryan 1 Absent

 

 

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Round 5 Results

Table White Score Black Score Results
1 Liszewski, Mikolaj 4 Kolacyak, Daniel 4 1-0
2 Danny Roberts 4 Esteve, Sergio 3.5 1/2
3 Cole, Ethan 3.5 Hanif Qureshi 3 0-1
4 Campbell, Andrew 3 Thoke, Amol 3 1-0
5 Bornot, Jose Miguel Sanche 3 Huang, James 3 1-0
6 Singh, Ranjit 3 Harrison, Phil 3 1-0
7 Gunning, Joe 3 Neill, Chris 3 0-1
8 Corr, David 2.5 Worbey, Leah 2.5 1/2
9 Murphy, Peter 2.5 McCullough, James 2.5 0-1
10 Kelly, Chris 2 Shambharkar, Ashish 2 1-0
11 McFeely, John 0 King, Alexander 2 0-1
12 Tripathi, Anayraj 2 Devine, Shane 2 1-0
13 Magill, Reuben 2 Khanzharov, Edward 2 1/2
14 Dorrian, Chris 2 Singh, Aaditya 2 0-1
15 Moreland, Matthew 2 Corr Jonah 2 1-0
16 Cinnsealach, Oisín 2 Shiels, Shane 2 1-0
17 McLean, Caleb 2 Leonard, Paul 2 1-0
18 Armstrong, Chris 2 Murphy, Paul 2 0-1
19 Campbell, Peter 1.5 Giridhar, Nilesh 2 1-0
20 Murphy, Conor 1.5 Symington, Calum 1.5 0-1
21 O'Connor, Paul 1 Neill, John 1 0-1
22 McCarthy, Bernie 1 Devine, Michael 1 0-1
23 Huges, Fred 1 Gordon, Edward 1 0-1
24 Worbey, Jennifer 1 Baker, Keith 1 0-1
25 Quinn, Ronan 1 McCroskery, Max 1 1-0
26 Cullen, Michael 1 Bailey, Joe 0.5 0-1
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28
- Murphy, Cathal J 2 0 bye
- Uddinabh, Mahanta 0 Absent
- Butler, Martin 0 Absent
- Shivanna, Rajesh 0 Absent
- McCabe, Ryan 1 Absent

 

 

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The final standings are shown below. We were honoured by having Hanif Qureshi FIDE President of Pakistan give out the trophies - we did run a little late and players unfortunately had to leave. I would like to thank Hanif Qureshi. Michael Devine for organising the Room and event. The Citi Security team for enabling the event and Citi team for allowing us to run such a brilliant event - we hope to run this as an annual event. Brendan Jamison has included it as the first event n the series of the NI Rapidplay Grandprix 2023/24.

 

Champion : Mikolaj Liszweksji

2nd : Danny Roberts

3rd : Daniel Kolacyak

Under 1500 section:

1st Jose Miguel Sanche Bernot

2nd Ranjit Singh

3rd Chris Neill

Under 1200 Section:

1st James McCullough

2nd Phil Harrison

3rd Oisín Cinnsealach

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Final Standings

Rank Name Score Rating Id Buchholz-HiLo Buchholz PS Rating
1 Liszewski, Mikolaj 5 2523086 5.5 15.5 15 1440 1st
2 Danny Roberts 4.5 2501074 6 14 14.5 1912 2nd
3 Kolacyak, Daniel 4 12948837 6 17 14 1751 * 3rd
4 Bornot, Jose Miguel Sanche 4 2525615 6 14.5 13 1100 * Under 1500 1st
5 Hanif Qureshi 4 36084719 6 13.5 13 1865
6 Esteve, Sergio 4 22221913 5 16.5 13 1971
7 Campbell, Andrew 4 2518392 4.5 17.5 11 1787
8 Singh, Ranjit 4 2509210 4 12 11 1372 * Under 1500 2nd
9 Neill, Chris 4 54796750 3 13 10 1278 * Under 1500 3rd
10 Cole, Ethan 3.5 2514818 5 15.5 12.5 1596
11 McCullough, James 3.5 2521857 2.5 11.5 9 1100 * Under1200 1st
12 Huang, James 3 3.43E+08 6 18 12 1536 *
13 Kelly, Chris 3 2513218 5 14.5 10 1672
14 Moreland, Matthew 3 2516365 5 11.5 10 1503
15 Corr, David 3 2516977 4.5 16.5 9 1628 *
16 Harrison, Phil 3 2521849 3.5 14 10 1100 * Under1200 2nd
17 Tripathi, Anayraj 3 2523523 3.5 13.5 8.5 1380 *
18 Thoke, Amol 3 2516390 3 14 9 1289
19 King, Alexander 3 1352334 3 13.5 10 1642
20 McLean, Caleb 3 2518449 3 13 8 1493
21 Gunning, Joe 3 2515806 3 12 9 1352
22 Cinnsealach, Oisín 3 3 12 8 1100 * Under1200 3rd
23 Singh, Aaditya 3 2515105 2.5 13 8.5 1149 *
24 Worbey, Leah 3 2518783 2.5 12 8 1246
25 Murphy, Paul 3 1 10 6 1100 *
26 Magill, Reuben 2.5 2518643 4 13 8.5 1348 *
27 Khanzharov, Edward 2.5 2511975 3 13 7.5 1580
28 Murphy, Peter 2.5 2518465 2.5 13.5 7 1291
29 Symington, Calum 2.5 2.5 12.5 6.5 1100 *
30 Campbell, Peter 2.5 2518406 2.5 9.0 6.5 1375
31 Dorrian, Chris 2 2515148 5 15.5 9 1546
32 Devine, Shane 2 2514826 5 13.5 9 1617 *
33 Shambharkar, Ashish 2 2518775 4 15.5 7.5 1444 *
34 Shiels, Shane 2 2525119 4 12.5 8 1500 *
35 Murphy, Cathal J 2 2084309 4 12 8 1415
36 Devine, Michael 2 2520125 3 13.5 6 1363 *
37 Corr Jonah 2 2 12 6 1100 *
38 Neill, John 2 54796776 2 11 5 1245 *
39 Leonard, Paul 2 1.5 11.5 6 1100 *
40 Quinn, Ronan 2 2519470 1.5 11.5 5 1256 *
41 Armstrong, Chris 2 2510340 1 11.5 5 1477
42 Giridhar, Nilesh 2 1 9.5 5 1100 *
43 Gordon, Edward 2 0 7.5 3 1100 *
44 Baker, Keith 2 0 6.0 3 1100 *
45 Murphy, Conor 1.5 2.5 12.5 5.5 1100 *
46 Bailey, Joe 1.5 0 8.5 3 1100 *
47 McCroskery, Max 1 3 12 5 1100 *
48 Huges, Fred 1 3 11 5 1300 *
49 Worbey, Jennifer 1 2518660 1.5 11.5 3 1282 *
50 O'Connor, Paul 1 2518473 1.5 10 3 1438
51 McCabe, Ryan 1 1 7.0 3 1100 *
52 Cullen, Michael 1 0.5 12 3 1100 *
53 McCarthy, Bernie 1 2520788 0.5 9.5 2 1140 *
54 Uddinabh, Mahanta 0 35042882 3 10 0 1307
55 Shivanna, Rajesh 0 0.5 9.5 0 1100 *
56 Butler, Martin 0 0 13 0 1100 *
57 McFeely, John 0 0 11.5 0 1100 *