Attendees (maximum 20 in the room)

1991 Brendan Jamison (Chief Arbiter) reserve if odd number in Rd 1

1892 Florenz Schwalenberg Adult

1779 Edward Khanzharov (Arbiter) Adult

1736 Bohdan Prokopenko U16

1718 Amol Thoke (chess parent) Adult

1713 Gabriel Marius Popescu Adult

1672 Alex McKeown U12

1614 Rory Miller U16

1602 Pearse O'Brien (chess parent) Adult

1600p James Lockhart U14

1583 Aharshi Banerjee U16

1557 Peter Murphy U18

1524 Paul O'Connor (Arbiter) Adult

1511 Shlok Thoke U14

1500p Madhurya Jagadeesh Adult

1491 Seren Winstanley U16

1424 Luke O'Brien U12

1400p Dylan Lismore U18

1400p Tanish Thoke U10

[][][][] Shannon McKeown (non-playing chess parent)

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Entry list correct, as at 21:21 on April 17, 2026 .

Event details:

FIDE RATED Golden Thread Gallery Blitz

Part of Brendan Jamison's nation-wide series celebrating neurodiversity in art & chess.

Saturday 25 April 2026

11:30 to 15:45

Venue address:

23-29 Queen Street, Belfast, County Antrim, BT1 6EA

10 rounds of 5+5

Rounds 1-5 will be played back-to-back from 11:30 to 13:15

Lunch break: 13:15 to 14:00 (for any children staying on site during the lunch-break, Brendan will be running a fun and free art workshop by showing chess players how to make colourful chess trophies. All materials will be supplied)

Rounds 6-10 will be played back-to-back from 14:00 to 15:45

Prize-giving at 15:45

This event has limited space.. Max capacity in the room = 20 people.

Register early if you would like to participate.

Trophies will be awarded for:

Adult Champion, Adult 2nd, Adult 3rd

U18 Champion, U18 second place

U16 Champion, U16 second place, U16 third place

U14 Champion, U14 second place

U12 Champion, U12 second place

U10 Champion

Deadline to enter: Saturday 18 April 2026 Entries to Chief Arbiter/Organiser Brendan Jamison by email to [email protected]