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Winter BC Results, North JCC and Upcoming Tournaments

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Emma Guo

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Jul 16, 2023, 11:49:09 PM7/16/23
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2023 ACT Junior Chess Winter Bootcamp


Thank you to everyone who participated at the ACT Junior Chess Winter Bootcamp during the second week of the school holidays. We had some fantastic numbers, with around 50 enthusiastic participants on each day. Over the course of the week, our juniors had the opportunity to have coaching and compete in various competition formats.


I’d like to thank our wonderful helpers and our superb coaches and arbiters, including Shaun Press, Ian Hosking, Steven Sengstock and Athena Hathiramani. As usual, I’d like to thank Campbell High for hosting us and allowing us to use their library, and of course our wonderful juniors who kindly helped pack up at the end of the events. A special note of thanks to Oscar Wu, Rex Shen, Tomoki Horikawa and Masaki Horikawa for their help for the duration of the tournament.


The list of prize winners is below and you can find a cross table from each of three events by following the respective links. Congratulations to everyone who participated and hope to see you at our next event.  


Winter Bootcamp Blitz

First - Oscar Wu 7.5/8 (Canberra Grammar School)

Second - Nivin Vinothkumar 6/8 (Monash Primary) (on tiebreak over Louis Chen (Majura Primary), Rex Shen (Burgmann Anglican school), Isaac Eldridge (Trinity Christian School) and James Neeman (Ainslie Primary)

Best Under 600 - James Neeman 6/8 (Ainslie Primary)

Best Unrated - Aaron Wu 5/8 (Canberra Grammar School) (on tiebreak over Sophia Hindy Loaiza (Gold Creek School) and Liam Chen (Emmaus Christian School))

Cross Table available here: https://www.actjcl.org.au/results/2023/2023WinterBootcampBlitz.html


Winter Bootcamp Allegro

First - Oscar Wu 8.5/9  (Canberra Grammar School)

Second - Nivin Vinothkumar 7.5/9  (Monash Primary)

Best Under 600 - Liam McCaffrey 6/9 (St Thomas Aquinas) (on tiebreak over Methula Palihawadana (Gold Creek Primary) and Monty Trudgian (Lyneham Primary))

Best UNR - Aaron Wu 5.5/9 (Canberra Grammar School)

Cross Table available here: https://www.actjcl.org.au/results/2023/2023WinterBootcampRapid.html


Winter Bootcamp Long Time Tournament

First - Masaki Horikawa 6.5/7 (Marist College Canberra)

Second - Reyansh Ahuja 6/7 (Majura Primary)

Best Under 500 - Rex Shen (Burgmann Anglican school) (on tiebreak over Methula Palihawadana (Gold Creek Primary))

Best UNR - Liam McCaffrey 4.5/7 (St Thomas Aquinas)

Cross Table available here: https://www.actjcl.org.au/results/2023/2023WinterBootcampStandard.html


Norths Junior Chess Club 2023 Term 3 resumes - Friday 21 July

Norths Term 3 is resuming Week 1 of Term 3, Friday 21 July at Radford College (Room R0G01). If you are interested in joining, please register your child(ren) via the following TryBooking link. 

The schedule is as follows and the club runs during the Public School Term:

4:00-4:15pm Participants arrive and can play social games (if they wish). Please do not drop children off before 4pm without adult supervision. 
4:15-5:00pm Group coaching (children are grouped according to ability level and/or age)
5:00-5:45pm Children are paired against each other and when their games are finished they participate in the puzzle competition. Children are picked up at 5:45pm. 

Fees​
Term fees for North Junior Chess Club is $120 per child.  In addition to joining the club, all participants need to be an ACT Junior Chess League member.  The ACTJCL half-year membership fee is $10 for individual or $15 for family (ie more than one player).  To become a member, please proceed to the following link

ACT Winter Open 2023


The ACT Winter Open 2023 is running from 28-30 July at Campbell High School and is open to juniors and adults. The tournament time control is 60+30 seconds per move and players are expected to write down their moves for the entire game. While the tournament is open to adults and juniors, please note that this is a serious FIDE rated event with prize money and we recommend participation from juniors who have played in long-time control tournaments previously. 

There will be two sections, an open section and an Under 1600 section. The schedule is as follows:

Round 1: Friday 28 July 7pm
Round 2: Saturday 29 July 10am
Round 3: Saturday 29 July at 2pm
Round 4: Saturday 29 July at 6pm
Round 5:Sunday 30 July at 10am
Round 6: Sunday 30 July at 2pm
Prize Giving: Sunday 30 July 6pm

Please register early to help the organisers plan for the event and note that you are able to request byes in-advance if your child needs to attend sport or has other commitments. The entrance fee is $60 fee for juniors. The booking link is here: https://www.trybooking.com/CJWCT. 


Please let me know if you have any questions.

Kind regards
Emma


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