ACTJCL news & Under 8 Championship results
The Smiths
An update for all Canberra junior chess players
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**Results: ACT Under 8 Championship**
Full results & crosstable appear at the end of the email
WOW!! What a great day with 43 of Canberra’s finest little chess players. It wasn’t a record – that happened way back in 2002 when we had 46 entries – but we were really, really close. This is usually the biggest U8 event held anywhere in Australia so it’s more than a bit exciting to be a part of the thrills and spills involved. Curtin Primary alone had 17 entries!
We were so lucky today as we had fantastic sportsmanship and a smiling outlook from the little competitors PLUS great helpers among the parents. Thank you everyone! Special thanks to Michael Smith, James Ashton, Jeff Suptut and Mirabelle Guo for all of their contributions – especially given none had their own children at the boards.
The event ran just as an U8 event should – in cheerful chaos. This year (in a first – I think) we had two pre-schoolers compete and both did a fantastic job of sticking to their games and making some clever moves. In fact we had a highly competitive field for the U6 award. At the top of the event we had several well known faces, being challenged by some new faces. Regular ACT players may even recognise the surname ALI on the list as we welcomed the son of Mos Ali to his first event – and a prize!
Congratulations to the champion – Siddhant Badrinarayan – a perfect score and now two in row.
Prizewinners:
1st place: Siddhant Badrinarayan – two time champion!
2nd place: Rhys Weston – eligible again next year!
3rd place: Lachlan Ho –our top unrated result
4th place: Zoe Sugerman – a veteran with four years in this event!
5th place: Aaryan Ali – in his first weekend event!
1st U6 – Will Bird – with some really outstanding moves to finish in =4th overall!
Encouragement Awards – Bronwyn McGauley & Uzay Yeniceri
**Interschool Chess: Results of Tuggeranong Primary Interschool Championship**
Full results http://www.actjcl.org.au/actjcl/results/2013/2013_Primary_Tuggeranong.htm .
Congratulations to Trinity Kings – Tuggeranong Interschool Champions by the narrowest 0.5 point margin – Dakota Sutherland, Joshua Ward, Isaac Mitchell & Lachlan France.
We would also like to congratulate Michael Goodchild (St Francis of Assisi Larks), Tom Vu (St Anthony’s Checkmates), Joshua Ward (Trinity Kings), Adrian Lo (Trinity Gold), Jeremy Firth (St Thomas the Apostle JJs) and Tony George (St Francis of Assisi Owls) achieving a perfect score on the day. This was an unusual number of perfect scores, especially among the Board 1 players who artfully managed not to play each other during the day!
Thank you to all those teachers and parents who assisted on the day and made it possible for the students to participate - your support is appreciated. A big thank you to our host school – Caroline Chisholm School – to Mr Sengstock, the supportive staff & students, and the patient people in the canteen!
The schools that have been invited to contest the Final are as follows: Trinity Kings & Platinum, Chisholm Cheeky Chess Champions, St Thomas the Apostle JJs & Rockets and St Anthony’s Bisholicious.
**Interschool Chess: Results of North Canberra Girls’ Primary Interschool Championship**
Full results http://www.actjcl.org.au/actjcl/results/2013/2013_North_Canberra_Girls.htm
**Interschool Chess: Coming Events**
Online @ http://www.actjcl.org.au/actjcl/school_chess.php
There have been some delays with the finalisation of dates & venues for Open Interschool events but we are pleased to say almost all schools will now have details of their event and the last events should be announced very soon. If you have any questions, or if your school is interested in hosting an event please contact James Ashton interschools...@actjcl.org.au Details of the following events & venues have already been sent to schools:
- Woden/Weston Open Primary Championship at Holy Trinity School, Wednesday 19 June 2013. Contact Libby Smith mande...@homemail.com.au
- North/Gungahlin Open Primary Championship at Amaroo School, Thursday 20 June 2013. Contact interschools...@actjcl.org.au
· South Canberra Open Secondary Championship at Caroline Chisholm School, Friday 21 June 2013. Contact interschools...@actjcl.org.au
- Girls’ Primary FINAL at Aranda Primary School, Wednesday 26 June 2013. Contact interschools...@actjcl.org.au
· ANU Chess Festival, Open Primary School Championship Thursday 1 August 2013. Contact Shun....@anu.edu.au
- Belconnen Open Primary Championship TBA. Contact interschools...@actjcl.org.au
**ACTJCL Junior Clubs are back for Term 2**
Online @ http://www.actjcl.org.au/actjcl/clubs.php
- Souths Junior Chess Club meets on Thursday afternoons from 4pm-5.45pm and is for players of all standards. The group meets at Holy Trinity Primary School. Contact Rajen Amirthalingam for more details south...@actjcl.org.au
- Norths Junior Chess Club meets on Friday afternoons from 4pm-6pm and is for players of all standards. The group meets at Aranda Primary School. Contact Mirabelle Guo for more details north...@actjcl.org.au
- Advanced Coaching Group meets on Wednesday afternoons from 4pm-5.45pm and is for more experienced or older players, generally those playing some events under longer time controls. The group meets at Alfred Deakin High School. Contact Marta Lowe for more details advance...@actjcl.org.au
Another venue to consider is Street Chess - http://www.apex.net.au/~shaun.press/streetchess/ - played all year round in the City on Saturdays. Full details on the webpage. This is a particularly good activity for players of high school age!
Catch you around a chess board soon!
2013 ACT U8 Championship
Standings
Place Name Rtg Loc Score
1 Badrinarayan, Siddhant 861 7
2 Weston, Rhys 390 6
3 Ho, Lachlan 5.5
4-6 Sugerman, Zoe 644 5
Ali, Aaryan 5
Bird, Will 5
7-11 Gray, Samuel 296 4.5
Miller, Jacob 255 4.5
Hyett, Charlotte 4.5
Zhang, Kenan 4.5
Talapaneni, Nikhil 4.5
12-16 McGauley, Bronwyn 192 4
Yeniceri, Uzay 4
Gray, Benjamin 353 4
Le, Brandon 4
Estock, Jill 4
17-25 Horsington, Noah 360 3.5
Smith, Adinda 186 3.5
Kemp, Grace 133 3.5
Talapaneni, Akhil 3.5
Gerner, Samuel 3.5
O'Reilly, Dee 134 3.5
Bagheri, Hannah 3.5
Bretton, Dylan 3.5
Yelamanchili, Jaysaiadithya 3.5
26-31 Davidson, Juliet 3
Bretton, Blake 3
Wheeler, Joseph 3
Carroll, William 3
Potter, Alex 3
McKay, Aidyn 3
32-36 Laidlaw, Kathleen 2.5
Gerner, Wilhelm 2.5
Driver, Nicholas 2.5
Davidson, Billy 2.5
Bryson, Chamroeun 2.5
37-39 Yeniceri, Ilayda 2
Ho, Oscar 2
Heatley, Benjamin 486 2
40-43 Wallace, Mikayla 1.5
Potter, Ollie 1.5
Gniel, Johie 1.5
Qudah, Ahmed 1.5
Cross Table
No Name Feder Rtg 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1. Badrinarayan, Siddhant ACT 23:W 13:W 6:W 4:W 2:W 9:W 8:W
2. Sugerman, Zoe ACT 24:W 14:W 5:W 8:W 1:L 4:L 9:W
3. Heatley, Benjamin ACT 25:W 19:W 8:L 27:L 20:L : :
4. Weston, Rhys ACT 26:W 20:W 7:W 1:L 29:W 2:W 13:W
5. Horsington, Noah ACT 27:W 36:W 2:L 19:W 13:L 43:L 25:D
6. Gray, Benjamin ACT 28:W 38:W 1:L 29:L 39:W 42:W 15:L
7. Gray, Samuel ACT 29:W 39:W 4:L 37:W 27:D 13:L 10:W
8. Miller, Jacob ACT 30:W 42:W 3:W 2:L 43:D 31:W 1:L
9. McGauley, Bronwyn ACT :D 31:W 22:W 43:D 42:W 1:L 2:L
10. Smith, Adinda ACT 31:D 33:D 25:D 22:W 36:W 27:L 7:L
11. O'Reilly, Dee ACT 32:D 41:W 43:L 36:L 30:D 33:W 37:D
12. Kemp, Grace ACT 33:D 37:D 27:L 24:W 19:W 23:D 29:L
13. Ali, Aaryan 34:W 1:L 26:W 39:W 5:W 7:W 4:L
14. Bagheri, Hannah 35:W 2:L 29:L 26:W 23:L 19:D 21:W
15. Bird, Will U6 36:L 32:W 33:W 42:L 41:W 20:W 6:W
16. Bretton, Blake 37:D 43:L 39:L 40:W 21:W 29:D 42:L
17. Bretton, Dylan 38:L 28:W 36:D 31:L 37:D 39:D 30:W
18. Bryson, Chamroeun U6 39:L 27:L 34:W 41:L 26:W 30:D 40:L
19. Carroll, William 40:W 3:L 38:W 5:L 12:L 14:D 39:D
20. Davidson, Juliet ACT 41:W 4:L 37:L 33:W 3:W 15:L 36:L
21. Davidson, Billy U6 42:L 30:D 32:L 28:W 16:L 41:W 14:L
22. Driver, Nicholas U6 43:D :W 9:L 10:L 32:W 36:L :
23. Estock, Jill ACT 1:L 34:W 42:L 38:W 14:W 12:D 31:D
24. Gerner, Wilhelm 2:L 29:L 35:W 12:L 33:L 32:D 38:W
25. Gerner, Samuel U6 3:L 40:W 10:D 32:W 31:L 37:D 5:D
26. Gniel, Johie U6 4:L 35:W 13:L 14:L 18:L 34:D :
27. Ho, Lachlan 5:L 18:W 12:W 3:W 7:D 10:W 43:W
28. Ho, Oscar 6:L 17:L 40:D 21:L 38:D 35:W 33:L
29. Hyett, Charlotte ACT 7:L 24:W 14:W 6:W 4:L 16:D 12:W
30. Laidlaw, Kathleen 8:L 21:D 31:L 35:W 11:D 18:D 17:L
31. Le, Brandon ACT 10:D 9:L 30:W 17:W 25:W 8:L 23:D
32. McKay, Aidyn 11:D 15:L 21:W 25:L 22:L 24:D 41:W
33. Potter, Alex U6 12:D 10:D 15:L 20:L 24:W 11:L 28:W
34. Potter, Ollie U6 13:L 23:L 18:L :D 40:L 26:D 35:D
35. Qudah, Ahmed 14:L 26:L 24:L 30:L :W 28:L 34:D
36. Talapaneni, Nikhil 15:W 5:L 17:D 11:W 10:L 22:W 20:W
37. Talapaneni, Akhil 16:D 12:D 20:W 7:L 17:D 25:D 11:D
38. Wallace, Mikayla 17:W 6:L 19:L 23:L 28:D 40:L 24:L
39. Wheeler, Joseph 18:W 7:L 16:W 13:L 6:L 17:D 19:D
40. Yelamanchili, Jaysaiadithya 19:L 25:L 28:D 16:L 34:W 38:W 18:W
41. Yeniceri, Ilayda U6 20:L 11:L :W 18:W 15:L 21:L 32:L
42. Yeniceri, Uzay 21:W 8:L 23:W 15:W 9:L 6:L 16:W
43. Zhang, Kenan 22:D 16:W 11:W 9:D 8:D 5:W 27:L
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