Ulster Rapidplay Championships 2017 - report
Champion
Continuing his rise in Ulster chess, 1st place this year went to the 5th seed Daniil Zelenchuk who finished on 5/6. As well pocketing the most prize money, the UCU junior now holds the crown of Ulster Rapidplay Champion.
Play-offs!
Following a tense blitz playoff between Robert Lavery (4.5/6) and Modestas Razbadauskas (4.5/6), Robert secured 2nd place and Modestas 3rd.
Adding to an exciting end to the day, the under 1500 grading prize was also determined by a blitz play off between Ram Rajan (3.5/6) and William Storey (3.5/6). With already an apparent advantage on the board, Ram secured the win on time. Despite his loss, William was awarded the under 1300 grading prize for his overall performance.
Congratulations to the prize winners, Daniil Zelenchuk, Robert Lavery, Ram Rajan and William Storey.
Final Crosstable
Rank No Name R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Score Prize
1. 5 Daniil Zelenchuk 13w1 14b1 1b½ 3w1 4w½ 10b1 5.0 Champion
2. 4 Robert Lavery 12b1 10w0 11b1 8w1 5b½ 1w1 4.5 Runner-up
3 Modestas Razbadauskas 11w1 8b1 10w1 5b0 2w½ 9b1 4.5
4. 1 Sergio Esteve Sanchez 9w1 7b1 5w½ 2b½ 10w1 4b0 4.0
5. 7 Ram Rajan 15w1 1w0 13b½ 10b0 14w1 2b1 3.5 Grading
12 William Storey 4w0 2b0 16w1 15b1 6b½ 13w1 3.5 Grading
7. 10 Michael Sheerin 2w1 4b1 3b0 7w1 1b0 5w0 3.0
2 Christopher Kelly 10b0 12w1 9b1 1w½ 3b½ 7w0 3.0
9 Patrick McKillen 1b0 15w1 2w0 13b1 8b1 3w0 3.0
8 Martin Kelly 16b1 3w0 14w1 4b0 9w0 6b1 3.0
11 Edward Doak 3b0 16w1 4w0 14b1 13w0 15b1 3.0
12. 13 Dmitry Zelenchuk 5b0 6b1 7w½ 9w0 11b1 12b0 2.5
13. 15 Vincent O'Brien 7b0 9b0 6w1 12w0 16b1 11w0 2.0
14. 6 Mikhail Pavlov 14b0 13w0 15b0 16b1 12w½ 8w0 1.5
15. 14 Paul Anderson 6w1 5w0 8b0 11w0 7b0 16w0 1.0
16 Geoff Hindley 8w0 11b0 12b0 6w0 15w0 14b1 1.0
