Upcoming Events
July 19 @ 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
July 20 - July 22
July 20 - July 22
A big REMINDER that this year’s inter-school matches start on the 30th April – so please ensure you have teams entered by Wednesday 28th April. Simply ring Alan Goldsmith or message him on 0401 672 481.
And .. The City of Adelaide Junior Championships took place from the 14th-16th April 2021, a week earlier than normal, but still attracting a good crowd of around 80 juniors.
There were 6 tournaments held:
The main event, the Under 21 Championship, was played with a time limit of 60 mins + 10 sec increment per player and took place over 3 days. It attracted a dozen players and needed in a tie for first between Alistair Maria and Ethan Retnaraja – they will share the title. Third was Raad Rahman.
This event was an 8 round swiss with each player having 25 minutes + 10 sec on the clock and was run over 2 days. The winner, without losing a game was Athena-Malar Retnaraja, ahead of in 2nd place Yutian You and 3rd Callum Dundas.
This was a 7-round Allegro with the players having 15 minutes each on the clock It was also won by Athena-Malar ahead of in 2nd place Anthony Commisso and third Callum Dundas.
This event attracted 22 players and saw 12 games played over 3 days, with a time limit of 25 minutes + 10 sec increment per player. It was won very convincingly by Jackson Chen, ahead of 2nd Jayden Yue and third was Sophie Cerny.
The first of the one-day Allegros for the Under 10s had 7 rounds and was won by Manav Karthikeyan ahead of Oliver Cirami in second place. Equal third were Luke Pang, Lucas Chen and Jeremy Xu.
The second of the Under 10s Allegro had 8 rounds and was won Oliver Cirami, ahead of in 2nd place Manav Karthikeyan and third Lucas Chen
The third of the Under 10s Allegro had 9 rounds and ended in a tie for first between Manav Karthikeyan and Connor Caruso with Oliver Cirami third.
The overall winner for the City of Adelaide Under 10 was Manav with 22 points, 2nd Oliver 20 and 3rd Lucas 16.5
And congratulations to all who took part – the atmosphere was great, the games very good and it was all a lot of fun..
The next events are in the July Holidays and please note the dates:
State Girls’ Championships Monday and Tuesday 12th & 13th July
State U18-U12 Championships Wednesday – Friday 14th-16th July
July Junior (for U10s) – 3 separate events Wednesday – Friday 14th-16th July 2021
Pos | T | NAME | Rtg | Fed | Pts | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Buc1 | BucT |
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1 | Maria,Alistair | 1355 | SA | 4.5 |
1
BYE
|
1
6
|
½
2
|
1
4
|
0
3
|
1
7
|
19.0 | 21.5 | |
2 | Retnaraja,Ethan | 1550 | SA | 4.5 |
1
8
|
½
4
|
½
1
|
1
5
|
½
6
|
1
3
|
18.0 | 20.0 | |
3 | Rahman,Raad | 1453 | SA | 4.0 |
½
5
|
1
9
|
½
4
|
1
6
|
1
1
|
0
2
|
18.5 | 21.5 | |
4 | Balachander,Tharan | 1299 | SA | 3.5 |
1
13
|
½
2
|
½
3
|
0
1
|
1
10
|
½
6
|
18.0 | 18.0 | |
5 | Gibbons,Timothy | 516 | SA | 3.5 |
½
3
|
½
8
|
½
10
|
0
2
|
1
11
|
1
13
|
15.0 | 15.0 | |
6 | Stevens,Ben | 1027 | SA | 3.0 |
1
10
|
0
1
|
1
11
|
0
3
|
½
2
|
½
4
|
18.5 | 20.5 | |
7 | Whyte,Alastair | 629 | SA | 3.0 |
1
13
|
1
9
|
1
8
|
0
1
|
15.5 | 15.5 | |||
8 | Hilangkovan,Sreeram | 786 | SA | 2.5 |
0
2
|
½
5
|
1
BYE
|
1
10
|
0
7
|
0
9
|
17.5 | 19.5 | |
9 | Kumar,Sid | 0 | SA | 2.5 |
½
BYE
|
0
3
|
0
BYE
|
0
7
|
1
13
|
1
8
|
16.0 | 16.0 | |
10 | Woolcock,Ben | 0 | SA | 2.5 |
0
6
|
1
13
|
½
5
|
0
8
|
0
4
|
1
11
|
14.0 | 14.0 | |
11 | Newbold,Charles | 0 | AUS | 1.5 |
0
BYE
|
½
BYE
|
0
6
|
1
13
|
0
5
|
0
10
|
15.0 | 15.0 | |
12 | Commisso,Anthony (W) | 329 | SA | 0.5 |
½
BYE
|
13.5 | 15.0 | ||||||
13 | Sureshkumar,Nevon | 0 | SA | 0.0 |
0
4
|
0
10
|
0
7
|
0
11
|
0
9
|
0
5
|
16.5 | 18.5 |
Pos | T | NAME | Rtg | Fed | Pts | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Buc1 | BucT |
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1 | Retnaraja,Athena-Malar | 1099 | SA | 8.0 |
1
7
|
1
2
|
1
4
|
1
6
|
1
3
|
1
8
|
1
5
|
1
10
|
27.0 | 28.0 | |
2 | Yu,Yutian | 0 | SA | 6.5 |
1
BYE
|
0
1
|
½
3
|
1
5
|
1
4
|
1
7
|
1
8
|
1
6
|
30.5 | 32.5 | |
3 | Dundas,Callum | 0 | SA | 6.0 |
½
4
|
1
5
|
½
2
|
1
7
|
0
1
|
1
6
|
1
9
|
1
8
|
31.0 | 33.0 | |
4 | Tang,Caleb | 1039 | SA | 4.5 |
½
3
|
1
8
|
0
1
|
1
10
|
0
2
|
1
5
|
0
6
|
1
7
|
30.5 | 31.5 | |
5 | Gill,Angad | 0 | SA | 3.0 |
1
6
|
0
3
|
0
7
|
0
2
|
1
10
|
0
4
|
0
1
|
1
9
|
34.0 | 35.0 | |
6 | Connor,Isaac | 661 | SA | 3.0 |
0
5
|
1
10
|
1
8
|
0
1
|
0
9
|
0
3
|
1
4
|
0
2
|
33.5 | 34.5 | |
7 | Bian,Zi Yuan | 0 | SA | 3.0 |
0
1
|
1
BYE
|
1
5
|
0
3
|
0
8
|
0
2
|
1
10
|
0
4
|
32.5 | 33.5 | |
8 | Rohin,Jani | 0 | SA | 2.5 |
½
10
|
0
4
|
0
6
|
1
BYE
|
1
7
|
0
1
|
0
2
|
0
3
|
32.5 | 33.5 | |
9 | Commisso,Anthony | 329 | SA | 2.0 |
1
6
|
1
10
|
0
3
|
0
5
|
27.0 | 28.0 | |||||
10 | Dang,Liam | 386 | SA | 1.5 |
½
8
|
0
6
|
1
BYE
|
0
4
|
0
5
|
0
9
|
0
7
|
0
1
|
28.0 | 30.0 |
It’s hardly surprising with the winter weather we’ve been having, but a record number of juniors have been playing chess over the past few months. More than 70 took part in the championships during the holidays and the quality of the games was stunning.
This year’s State Under 18 Championship ended in a tie for first between Peter Gregoric and Qi Le Kong-Lim; 3rd was Jing Ng. The Under 16 title was won by Oscar Herrmann; Equal 2nd were George Karassoulos and Axel Heinrich.
The Under 15 Championship was won by Riley Karayiannis and 2nd was Ethan Low.
The Under 14 Championship was won by Preshaan Thavarajah; equal 2nd were Matvei Kotousov & Leron Rathnayake. The Under 13 Champion is Chathula Kiripitige; 2nd was Ognyen Stankovic and 3rd Ethan Retnaraja.
The Under 12 Championship ended in 3-way tie between Kevin Qi, Anthony Huynh and Ethan Liu.
This year’s City of Adelaide Junior Chess Championships attracted over 70 juniors, with 30 playing in the Under 21- 12 event, 20 in the Under 12 and even more in the Under 10. It was very busy but wonderful to see the exciting talent we are fostering in Adelaide. The U21 was won by Qi Le Kong-Lim on countback from Denny Han. Preshaan Thavarajah and Kee-An Seet tied for third with Preshaan winning the trophy.
Vladimir Gordienko won the U12 Trophy on countback from Anthony Huynh. Third was Ethan Retnaraja. 1st in the Under 11 Section of this tournament was William Swanson and equal second were Tommy Burks and Royce Wong.
The U10 tournament was won outright by Athena-Malar Retnaraja; second was Anton Ivanov and third Caleb Tang. Equal 1st in the Under 9 section were Jayden Yue and Priyanka Thavarajah with Ian Liu coming third. Dimandiw Kosgallana impressed by winning all 7 games on the final day!