Australian Junior Chess League October 2012 Bulletin

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Australian Junior Chess League October 2012 Bulletin

In this bulletin:

• 2012 Australian Schools Teams Chess Championships
• 2013 Australian Junior Chess Championships
• World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad wrap up
• 2012 ACT Junior Championships results
• Other results
  
• How to subscribe to the bulletin

Go to http://www.australianjuniorchess.org.au/ for news and information about junior chess and upcoming tournaments in Australia.


2012 Australian Schools Teams Chess Championships

The ASTC is in Canberra, December 1 and 2 (first weekend of December), venue Hawker Primary School, Erldunda Circuit, Hawker, ACT 2614. The website is now up and running:

http://www.actjcl.org.au/astc2012/index.php

Contact person Jenny Mason, jenny...@grapevine.com.au.



2013 Australian Junior Chess Championships

Don't forget to register for the 2013 Bond University Australian Junior Chess Championships, on the Gold Coast, 19th to 27th of January 2013:

http://www.gardinerchess.com/ausjunchesschamps2013.htm



World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad wrap up

Australia sent 3 teams to the World Youth U16 Chess Olympaid in Istanbul, Turkey between 28 August - 9 September.

Team A: 8th
Team B: 30th
Team C: 25th

With a couple of individuals just missing out on board prizes. For a more detailed blog post see:

http://www.australian-junior-youth-chess.blogspot.com.au/2012/09/2012-wyco-u16-final-wrap-up.html


2012 ACT Junior Championships results

ACT Junior Champion:  Willis Lo
Runner Up:  Harry Press
ACT Junior Girls' Champion:  Megan Setiabudi
U12 Open Champion:  Jamie-Lee Guo
U12 Girls Champion:  Jaimie Liebowitz
Rating Group A:  Mark Glanville
Rating Group B:  Rafi Rahman
Ist Unrated:  Sankeertan Badrinarayan
2nd Unrated:  Marcel Cole
3rd Unrated:  Ziqi Yuan
Ist Unrated Girl:  Annabel Litchfield
Encouragement Award:  Albert Winkelman
Biggest Upset:  James Ashton


Other results

(i) Savithri Narenthran wins the Vic Women's Championship - the youngest winner for a couple of decades.

1     Narenthran, Savithri 1646 6.5/7
2-4   Anton, Sarah         1692 5
      Guo, Zhi Lin         1152 5
      Watson, Jean         1426 5
5-8   Wijesuriya, Vineetha 1698 4.5
      Foo, May-Yi          1166 4.5
      Kolak, Tanya         1282 4.5
      Harrison, Zoe        1274 4.5
9-10  Chew Lee, Alanna     1056 4
      Chin, Chloe          734  4
11-14 Chin, Nicole         1088 3.5
      Middleton, Jody      700  3.5
      Mendes, Amelia       737  3.5
      Strickland, Rebecca  838  3.5

(ii) The NSW Girls Championship results - Leading final scores:

• Under 18 =1st Shirley Gu and Kashish Christian 5/6 and
• Under 12 1st Fiona Shen 9/9.

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Simon Dale
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Australian Junior Chess League
http://www.australianjuniorchess.org.au/