The South Australian Junior Chess League
10 Ranelagh St., Adelaide
(just off Light Square)

There were 6 tournaments held by the SAJCL during the 2021 Term 3 School holidays – two on the Girls Only Day and four over the following Wednesday through Friday. The October 60 event was for players Under 21 and had a slow time rate of 60 minutes + 30 second Increment and will be sent for both an ACF and FIDE rating. The October 25 tournament had a time rate of 25 minutes + 10 sec increment and was for juniors over 10 who wanted a quicker time rate. The Under 11/ 10 Championship had the same time limit while the Under 9/8/7 Championship involved 3 separate tournaments – one on each day – and the overall winner was the player who scored the most points.

The details of the Girls Tournaments will be posted here shortly but here are the cross tables for all the other events:

2021 U21 October 60

Cross Table at round 6

Pos	T	NAME	Rtg	Fed	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	Buc1	BucT
1		Retnaraja,Ethan	1726	SA	6.0	18	17	13	12	14	15	17.5	20.0
2		Struve,Jakob	0	SA	5.0	16	15	17	01	13	14	19.0	21.5
3		Chignola-Torres,Andreas	742	SA	4.0	112	14	01	111	02	19	18.5	19.5
4		Pritchard,Max	1228	SA	3.0	19	03	18	15	01	02	20.5	22.5
5		Balachander,Tharan	1391	SA	3.0	110	02	19	04	16	01	19.0	20.5
6		Fenton,Oliver	1164	SA	3.0	02	09	110	18	05	112	14.0	15.0
7		Whyte,Alastair	805	SA	2.5	111	01	02	09	110	½8	18.0	19.5
8		Dundas,Callum	0	SA	2.5	01	112	04	06	19	½7	16.5	17.5
9		Gill,Angad	0	SA	2.0	04	16	05	17	08	03	15.5	18.0
10		Forster-Rohal,Anton	0	SA	2.0	05	011	06	112	07	1 BYE	12.0	13.0
11		Thompson,Campbell (W)	0	SA	1.5	07	110	½12	03			13.5	14.5
12		Wilkins,Kaleb	0	SA	1.5	03	08	½11	010	1 BYE	06	13.5	14.5

A big CONGRATULATIONS to Ethan on winning this very strong event with a perfect score. Jakob and Andreas were also very impressive.

2021 U21 Oct 25

This event was supposed to go for 12 rounds but because there were only 12 players this was impossible and so it ended up being a 9 round event with a quick Allegro on the last day to keep everyone amused. Yifan Yin was very impressive and led the whole way and lost only one game and that was to Anthony Commisso. Jamie Charters kept the pressure up the entire time, while Andrew Xu and Lachlyn Vuong tied for third. The winner of the Under 13 group was Joshua Joshi, second Oscar Ayres and third Isaac Schiavone.

Cross Table at round 9 (to read the table, the first digit each round is the result – 1 for win, 0 for loss, and the rest is the opponent’s number)

Pos	T	NAME	Rtg	Fed	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Buc1	BucT
1		Yin,Yifan	904	SA	8.0	17	110	16	13	02	15	14	18	19	36.5	39.0
2		Charters,Jamie	0	SA	7.5	18	15	03	16	11	½4	110	19	17	37.0	39.5
3		Xu,Andrew	344	SA	6.0	½11	18	12	01	½4	17	16	05	110	41.0	43.5
4		Vuong,Lachlyn	770	SA	6.0	010	17	19	15	½3	½2	01	112	16	38.5	40.5
5		Commisso,Anthony	906	SA	5.5	112	02	110	04	16	01	½9	13	18	39.0	41.0
6		Joshi,Joshua	0	SA	4.0	19	111	01	02	05	18	03	110	04	43.0	45.5
7		Ayres,Oscar	0	SA	3.0	01	04	18	011	19	03	012	1 BYE	02	40.0	42.0
8		Yue,Jayden	877	SA	3.0	02	03	07	112	110	06	1 BYE	01	05	39.0	41.0
9		Schiavone,Isaac	532	SA	3.0	06	112	04	½10	07	1 BYE	½5	02	01	39.0	41.0
10		Henderson,Oliver	0	SA	2.5	14	01	05	½9	08	112	02	06	03	42.0	44.0
11		Quek,Nathaniel (W)	0	SA	2.5	½3	06	112	17						35.0	37.0
12		Thomas,Nomiki (W)	189	SA	2.0	05	09	011	08	1 BYE	010	17	04		29.5	31.5
13		Wickramasinghe,Omesh	0	AUS	1.0									114	28.5	30.0
14		Spencer,Jayden	0	AUS	0.0									013	29.5	31.0

2021 U11/U10 Championship

Cross Table at round 12

Pos	T	NAME	Rtg	Fed	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Buc1	BucT
1		Balachander,Keshav	797	SA	10.0	113	15	03	19	02	110	14	16	17	18	112	111	70.0	72.0
2		Vuong,Clynton	716	SA	10.0	110	113	16	14	11	03	17	18	05	19	111	112	70.0	72.0
3		Liyanage,Dewmi	880	SA	9.5	18	½4	11	06	111	12	15	07	110	112	19	114	71.0	73.0
4		Cirami,Amelia	766	SA	8.5	116	½3	17	02	18	16	01	110	19	05	1 BYE	113	76.0	79.0
5		Cerny,Sophie	737	SA	8.5	19	01	111	18	06	½7	03	112	12	14	110	115	71.0	73.0
6		McMullen,Max	656	SA	8.0	120	17	02	13	15	04	08	01	111	110	113	19	74.0	76.0
7		Caruso,Connor	788	SA	6.5	111	06	04	110	19	½5	02	13	01	115	08	1 BYE	75.0	77.0
8		Wang,Nicky	0	SA	5.0	03	116	19	05	04	111	16	02	012	01	17	010	74.0	76.0
9		Forster-Rohal,Gregor	0	SA	4.0	05	1 BYE	08	01	07	112	110	111	04	02	03	06	76.5	78.5
10		Gao,Tyler	0	SA	3.0	02	011	116	07	112	01	09	04	03	06	05	18	76.0	78.0
11		Ayres,Darcy	0	SA	2.0	07	110	05	116	03	08	012	09	06	013	02	01	73.0	76.0
12		Pang,Luke	416	SA	2.0					010	09	111	05	18	03	01	02	72.5	74.5
13		Cheng,Jason	199	SA	2.0	01	02							114	111	06	04	66.5	68.5
14		Xu,Daniel	0	SA	2.0									013	1 BYE	115	03	57.0	58.0
15		Nanvey,Jay Aadeesh	0	SA	1.0									1 BYE	07	014	05	58.0	59.5
																		44.0	46.0
																		44.0	45.0
																		44.0	45.0
																		44.0	45.0
																		44.0	45.0
																		44.0	45.0

This was a fabulous event with the players battling it out over 3 days and playing 12 games. Keshav Balachander and Clynton Vuong tied for first and Clinton was awarded the Under 11 Championship title and Keshav the Under 10 Championship title. Equal second in the Under 11 were Amelia Cirami and Sophie Cerny, while second in the Under 10 was Dewmi Liyanage and third Connor Caruso. The awarding of prizes for mixed age events is always tricky but we went by different age groups.

2021 U9/U8/U7 Championships – Day 1

The Under 9..7 Championships were very exciting and by adding up the players scores over the 3 days – see the standings below – the following results were determined – a big congratulations to all these players, and indeed all those who took part:

Under 9 Championship: 1st Manav Karthikeyan, 2nd Miroslava Baryshnikova and 3rd Sharvi Kamble.

Under 8 Championship: 1st Oliver Cirami, 2nd Ashmit Dillesh, 3rd Shlok Shah

Under 7 Championship: 1st Ahmed Alhadeed, 2nd Savija Rupasinghe, 3rdHemil Joshi

Standings at round 8 (last round)

Pos	N	T	NAME	Rtg	PRtg	Fed	Pts	Buc1	BucT
1	1		Karthikeyan,Manav	837	966	SA	8.0	35.0	39.0
2	11		Dillesh,Ashmit	0	537	AUS	6.0	36.0	39.0
3	9		Alhadeed,Ahmed	0	478	SA	6.0	34.0	36.0
4	2		Cirami,Oliver	683	288	SA	5.0	36.0	39.0
5	16		Kowalczyk,Piotrek	0	374	SA	5.0	31.0	33.5
6	4		Shah,Shlok	337	272	SA	4.5	38.5	41.0
7	5		Baryshnikova,Miroslava	311	217	SA	4.5	32.0	34.0
8	14		Kamble,Sharvi	0	212	SA	4.0	32.5	35.0
9	8		Vaghela,Hriday	0	223	SA	4.0	31.0	33.0
10	3		Rupasinghe,Savija	425	20	SA	4.0	26.0	27.5
11	10		Basiatia,Harry	0	78	SA	4.0	26.0	27.5
12	6		Yan,Patrick	214	57	SA	3.0	29.0	32.0
13	7		Cheng,Mason	158	78	SA	3.0	27.5	29.0
14	13		Joshi,Hemil	0	0	SA	3.0	25.0	26.5
15	12		Du,Macy	0	0	AUS	2.5	24.5	26.0
16	17		Rogers-Kang,Charles	0	0	SA	2.0	28.0	30.5
17	18		Toppila,Elias	0	0	AUS	2.0	21.5	22.5
18	15		Kerrigan,Arthur (W)	0	0	SA	1.5	21.0	22.0
Tie Break legend:
Buc1 : Buchholz Cut 1
BucT : Buchholz Total

2021 U9/U8/U7 Championships – Day 2

Standings at round 9 (last round)

Pos	N	T	NAME	Rtg	PRtg	Fed	Pts	Buc1	BucT
1	2		Cirami,Oliver	683	579	SA	8.0	45.0	47.5
2	1		Karthikeyan,Manav	837	383	SA	7.0	45.0	49.0
3	9		Alhadeed,Ahmed	0	423	SA	7.0	41.0	43.0
4	5		Baryshnikova,Miroslava	311	341	SA	6.0	45.0	48.5
5	14		Kamble,Sharvi	0	347	SA	5.0	47.0	51.0
6	11		Dillesh,Ashmit	0	349	AUS	5.0	45.5	48.0
7	8		Vaghela,Hriday	140	314	SA	5.0	39.0	40.5
8	4		Shah,Shlok	337	227	SA	5.0	38.5	40.0
9	3		Rupasinghe,Savija	425	169	SA	5.0	38.0	40.0
10	13		Joshi,Hemil	0	173	SA	4.5	41.0	43.0
11	17		Rogers-Kang,Charles	0	120	SA	4.5	37.0	39.0
12	15		Kowalczyk,Piotrek	0	31	SA	4.0	34.0	35.5
13	7		Cheng,Mason	158	0	SA	4.0	29.5	31.0
14	10		Basiatia,Harry	0	0	SA	3.0	36.5	38.0
15	12		Du,Macy	0	0	AUS	3.0	30.5	32.0
16	16		Medwell,Thomas	0	0	SA	2.5	33.5	35.0
17	18		Chong,Gordon	0	0	AUS	1.5	30.5	32.5
18	6		Yan,Patrick (W)	214	0	SA	0.0	26.0	27.0
Tie Break legend:
Buc1 : Buchholz Cut 1
BucT : Buchholz Total

2021 U9/U8/U7 Championships – Day 3

Standings at round 7 

Pos	N	T	NAME	Rtg	PRtg	Fed	Pts	Buc1	BucT
1	1		Karthikeyan,Manav	837	560	SA	6.0	24.0	27.0
2	10		Alhadeed,Ahmed	0	442	SA	5.5	24.0	25.5
3	2		Cirami,Oliver	683	326	SA	5.0	27.5	29.0
4	13		Dillesh,Ashmit	0	326	AUS	5.0	22.5	24.5
5	4		Xu,Jeremy	378	163	SA	4.5	22.0	23.5
6	16		Kamble,Sharvi	0	414	SA	4.0	30.0	33.5
7	5		Shah,Shlok	337	267	SA	4.0	27.0	30.0
8	9		Vaghela,Hriday	0	275	SA	4.0	23.0	24.5
9	6		Baryshnikova,Miroslava	311	140	SA	4.0	22.0	23.0
10	21		Rogers-Kang,Charles	0	159	SA	4.0	20.5	21.5
11	3		Rupasinghe,Savija	425	196	SA	3.5	26.5	28.0
12	11		Basiatia,Harry	0	146	SA	3.5	23.5	24.5
13	18		Kowalczyk,Piotrek	0	217	SA	3.0	24.5	26.0
14	15		Joshi,Hemil	0	75	SA	3.0	21.0	22.5
15	8		Cheng,Mason	158	0	SA	3.0	17.5	18.5
16	20		Murawala,Nathan	0	0	AUS	2.5	19.5	20.5
17	14		Du,Macy	0	0	AUS	2.0	21.5	23.5
18	12		Chong,Gordon	0	0	AUS	2.0	21.5	22.5
19	17		Kerrigan,Arthur	0	0	SA	1.5	17.0	18.5
20	7		Yan,Patrick	214	0	SA	0.0	16.5	17.5
21	19		Medwell,Thomas	0	0	SA	0.0	16.5	17.5
Tie Break legend:
Buc1 : Buchholz Cut 1
BucT : Buchholz Total

SAJCL Winter Blitz

Secondary: 1st Lachlyn Vuong, =2nd Timothy Gibbons & Patrick Dwyer

This event took place on Thursday 30th June 2021 and was attended by students who were already on holiday – the week before the normal public school holidays. It was great fun and congratulations to Lachlyn

This event took place on Thursday 30th June 2021 and was attended by students who were already on holiday – the week before the normal public school holidays. It was great fun and congratulations to Lachlyn on winning 9/9 – the following table looks strange – just testing using a Mac version of Vega – but the the first number in the round results is the score and the subsequent, the number of the opponent eg Lachlyn in round scored 1 against no. 4

Pos	T	NAME	Rtg	Fed	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Buc1	BucT
1		Vuong,Lachlyn	770	SA	9.0	14	18	110	12	13	15	16	19	111	40.5	43.0
2		Gibbons,Timothy	968	SA	7.0	112	17	13	01	16	04	15	110	19	42.5	44.0
3		Dwyer,Patrick	0	AUS	7.0	16	14	02	19	01	112	17	15	110	42.5	44.0
4		Huang,Xian	0	AUS	6.0	01	03	112	07	19	12	1 BYE	113	16	41.5	42.0
5		Menzel,Alex	0	AUS	5.0	07	112	111	110	18	01	02	03	1 BYE	42.0	43.5
6		Ran,Sean	0	AUS	5.0	03	113	18	111	02	17	01	112	04	41.5	42.0
7		Dileep,Aryan	0	SA	5.0	15	02	09	14	110	06	03	1 BYE	113	39.5	40.0
8		Dwyer,Alex	0	AUS	5.0	19	01	06	113	05	1 BYE	010	111	112	33.0	33.5
9		Morris,Owen	0	SA	4.0	08	1 BYE	17	03	04	111	113	01	02	43.5	44.0
10		Reeks,Callum	0	SA	4.0	1 BYE	111	01	05	07	113	18	02	03	43.0	43.5
11		Chiriac,Michael	0	AUS	3.0	113	010	05	06	1 BYE	09	112	08	01	34.5	35.0
12		Hercus,Chelsea	0	SA	2.0	02	05	04	1 BYE	113	03	011	06	08	38.5	39.0
13		Lauder,Henry	0	AUS	1.0	011	06	1 BYE	08	012	010	09	04	07	32.0	33.5

Primary: 1st Alex Dwyer

Final Standings for this year’s State U18-U12 Championships

Update on the State Junior Championships taking place in the July School Holidays – Thursday 15th July 8:30pm.

Unfortunately, due to the announced Covid restrictions, only the State Junior Championships will continue on the Friday – the July Junior Tournament planned for Friday will be abandoned. We will therefore have only 3 events running tomorrow – the State Under 18/16, the State Under 15/14/13 and the State U12 Championships.

We have held two of the three July Junior events over the past two days and each time it has been completed successfully with about 30 students in each. Reducing the number of students at the Chess Centre on Friday by this number will make it much safer for everyone.

Here are the current standings of the various state Championships and the final standings for the two completed July Junior events:

Events for 2021

Please note that the age for students entering an event relates to the age they are on the 1st January 2021

Very sorry – this has changed from what was advertised here previously – but came about following a discussion at the recent AGM

All the serious Junior Events will be run over 3 days this year, to reflect the growing strength of the players and the increase in interest by youngsters in the game. They will take place generally on the last 3 days of each school holiday, though in Term 1, it will be the first week for the State schools..

2021 SA Under 18 – U13 Championships – FIDE Rated

These Championships will be played as 2 events but may be expanded depending on entries:

2021 SA Under 18 & 16 Championship – combined – 60 mins +10spm

2021 SA Under 15, 14 & 13 Championships – combined – 60 mins +10spm

Played over the LAST Wednesday, Thursday & Friday of the school holidays

Wednesday, 14th July, Thursday July 15th & Friday July 16th 2021

9:30 AM Start – lunch 12 noon, then 12:30-5:30pm

Played at the Chess Centre, 10 Ranelagh St Adelaide 5000

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BIG NEWS!!!! These events will be FIDE rated – your name will appear on the FIDE International rating list!!

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These are among South Australiaʼs most prestigious junior events. They are a brilliant way to improve at chess.  The players use clocks and are encouraged to record their moves. Some very good prizes. The players’ ages are those at the 1st of January.

The Chess Centre will be open from 8.00am on all days to allow parents to drop off youngsters before work.

We want to have 9 games in all these Championships and so will have 3 games each day.

Clocks will be used with 60 minutes +10 seconds per move per player each game.

We will have one game in the morning 9:30 – 12 noon with a lunch break (pizzas) at 12 noon. Then 2 games starting at 12:30pm and 3pm with all games finished by 5:30pm, most finished by 5pm. The sessions will all be finished by 5:30pm

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Please note: These tournaments will only go ahead at the Chess Centre if there are no restrictions placed on them in SA. We will be following all the guidelines to try to ensure a Covid-Safe environment.

The format of the tournaments may change depending on numbers – if we have enough players, we may run separate events for just the Under 18 and Under 16 etc.

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Schedule: 3 games on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday: 9.30am, 12.30pm, 3pm.

Players are allowed to take up to two half-point byes  but not the final round.

Prizes:

U18: 1st Prize – $100.00;  The Under 16, U14, U13, each have First Prizes of $50 AND Trophies for 1st, 2nd and 3rd.

Other age prizes depending on entries – the more the better!

Entry Fee – $50 which covers all days but a $5 discount applies if you register using the Trybooking link below or by ringing or texting Alan Goldsmith on 0401 672 481 before Tuesday 13th July 2021.

https://www.trybooking.com/BSEFI

Lunches will be around 12 noon on each day. Pizza can be ordered each day for $5.

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2021 SA Under 12 Championship & The July Junior 

2021 SA Under 12 Championship – 25 mins +10 secs per move

July Junior Tournament (under 11) – 15 mins each

The LAST Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of the school holidays

Wednesday 14th, Thursday 15th & Friday 16th July 2021 – 9:30AM Start

Played at the Chess Centre, 10 Ranelagh St Adelaide 5000

The Chess Centre will be open from 8.30am on both days to allow parents to drop off youngsters before work.

The sessions will all be finished by 3:30pm.

These are among South Australiaʼs most prestigious junior events. They are a brilliant way to improve at chess.  The players use clocks and are encouraged to record their moves. Some very good prizes. The players’ ages are those at the 1st of January.

Schedule: State Under 12 Championship: 4 games daily: 9.30am, 11am, LUNCH at 12 noon, 12:45 pm and 2pm. Clocks will be used with 25 minutes +10 sec/move per player per game.

The July Junior Tournament consists of 3 one-day events is for players aged 10 and under and is just great fun and all juniors are encouraged to have a try – you simply need to know how the pieces move and then you start learning ideas instantly. It starts at 9:30AM and finishes at 3PM daily. You don’t have to play all 3 days, and the overall winner is the total from all the tournaments.

Schedule: July Junior – new tournament each day!

8 games daily: 9.30 am, 10.30 am, 11.00 am 11.30am LUNCH at 12 noon, and 12:30pm, 1pm, 1:45pm and 2:30pm – 15 minutes per player for the whole game.

Prizes:

U12:  First Prize of $50 U11: 1st Prize – $20.00 Other age prizes depending on entries – the more the better!  The overall winner for the July Junior: 1st prize: $30

Entry Fee – $45 which covers all days but a $5 discount applies if you register by using the Trybooking link below or by ringing or texting Alan Goldsmith on 0401 672 481 before Tuesday 13th July 2021.

U12: https://www.trybooking.com/BSEFI

July Junior: https://www.trybooking.com/BSFGB

Lunches will be around 12 noon and Pizza can be ordered each day for $5.

Please note: These tournaments will only go ahead at the Chess Centre if there are no restrictions placed on them in SA. We will be following all the guidelines to try to ensure a Covid-Safe environment.

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UPDATE There will be a special SA Girls Championship this year, held in the Term 2 holiday.

2021 City of Adelaide Junior Championships Results

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 City of Adelaide U21

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.

The City of Adelaide U15

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.

The City of Adelaide  – one-day Allegro

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.

The City of Adelaide U12

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 City of Adelaide U10 – Wednesday

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 City of Adelaide U10 – Thursday

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 City of Adelaide U10 – Friday

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..

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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

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Here are the crosstables:

2021 City of Adelaide Junior Championships

Please note that these events are a week earlier than usual due to different holiday times.

Wednesday 14th – Friday 16th APRIL 2021 9:30AM – 3:30PM

The City of Adelaide is open to all players Under 21 – it has a long tradition! – but will

be played as 4 tournaments: the Under 21, Under 15, Under 12 and an Under 10 tournament and all will run for 3 days. Players in the u10 can play just one day if they wish. The playersʼ ages are those at the 1st of January 2021.

Played at the Chess Centre, 10 Ranelagh St Adelaide 5000

The Chess Centre will be open from 8.30am on all days to allow parents to drop off

youngsters before work. All games should be finished by 4pm.

Schedule Under 21: the games will be rated using the ACF Classic rating system

2 games daily: 9.30am – 12 noon, 1pm – 3:30pm. Clocks will be used with 60 minutes +10 sec/move per player per game. Players can take a half point bye but not for the last round.

Schedule Under 15 & Under 12: The games will be rated using the Rapid rating system

4 games daily: 9.30am, 11am, 1pm and 2pm. Clocks will be used with 25 minutes +10 sec/move per player per game. Players can enter for just one or two days if necessary.

Schedule Under 10:

7 games daily: 9.30 am, 10.20 am, 11.00 am 11.40am and 1pm, 1.40pm and 2.20pm – 15 minutes per player for the whole game.  A new tournament will take place each day with the overall winner  being the player with the highest aggregate. Players can choose to play just one or two days if necessary.

Prizes – these may be adjusted depending on entries.

U21: 1st Prize – $120.00; 2nd Prize – $70.00; 3rd Prize – $50.00; Other age prizes as well

U15 & U12: 1st Prize – $80.00; 2nd Prize – $50.00; 3rd Prize – $30.00

U10: 1st Prize – $50.00 & others depending on entries – the more the better! The winner of each individual U10 tournament will receive a prize.

Entry Fee – $60 which covers all days but a $10 discount applies if you register online by Tuesday 13th April 2021 using the following link: https://www.trybooking.com/BPSKW

Parents should inform us of any health issues when they register.

For more information, please ring or text Alan Goldsmith on 0401 67 2481 You can enter on the Wednesday morning but must do so before 9am. Entry for any one-day event is $20 or if playing just for 2 days $40 – no discount available online.

Lunches will be around 12.30pm and Pizza can be ordered each day for $5.

SAJCL AGM – Chess Centre 10 Ranelagh St Adelaide	7PM -4th March 2021
2021 City of Adelaide Junior (under 21)	Wed 14th – Fri 16th April 2021
Start of Inter-school Matches – Week 1 Term 2	30th April 2021
Checkmate Tournament	9th-12th July 2021
2021 State U12  -U18 Championships	14th, 15th &  16th July 2021
2021 July Junior (players aged 10 and less)	14th, 15th &  16th July 2021
Hosworth Foundation U1600 Tournament	Sat 2nd-4th October 2021
2021 State U7 – U11  Championships	6th, 7th & 8th  October 2021
2021 October Junior (for players => 11 )	6th, 7th & 8th  October 2021
Primary Girls Playoff
Evelyn Koshnitsky Girls Only
SAJCL WRAP-UP Open Tournament

SACA

2021 SA Candidates Tournament
Interclub – A, B and C Grades
2021 Checkmate FIDE Open Tournament
2021 Multicultural Tournament
2021 Hosworth Foundation Weekend Tournament

Others

2021 Begonia Open – Ballarat
2021 Doeberl Cup – Canberra
Australian School Teams Championship

Events for 2020

 

State Under 18 Championship:

A big congratulations to George Bartley on winning this year’s State Junior Championship. Played over-the-board at the Chess Centre the numbers were naturally down since notices about the tournament were late in coming out as there was uncertainty about how the events  would actually take place. George played well to win the event without dropping a point.

1st George Bartley; 2nd Christiaan Viljoen.

State Under 16 Championship:

And congratulations on another strong performance by Ethan Retnaraja, only losing to George Bartley.

1st: Ethan Retnaraja, 2nd Ben Stevens.

A big congratulations to the following winners:

State Under 11: 1st Alistair Maria, 2nd Max McMullen, =3rd Pink Fang and Sophie Cerny,

State Under 10: 1st Dewmi Liyanage, 2nd Bryce Chen, 3rd William Pan

State Under 9: 1st Connor Caruso, 2nd Keshav Balachander, 3rd Manav Karthikeyan

State Under 8: 1st Oliver Cirami, 2nd Ashmit Dileesh, 3rd Savija Rupashinghe

State Under 7: Jude Errington

Congratulations to the following players:

October 60: 1st Ethan Retnaraja, =2nd Tharan Balachander and Ethan Liu; =4th Ilya Eimery and David Zhang (11 players)

October 25: 1st Caleb Tang; =2nd Athena-Malar Retnaraja and Jackson Chen; =4th Anthony Commisso, Elliott Wadewitz; 6th Jayden Yue, =7th Srinivasan Santhosh, Isaac Connor, Rucha Parikh (22 players)

1st: Leo Fuller with 13.5 points

2nd: Keshav Balachander with 12 points

3rd: Charles Tang: 11 points

=4th Lucas Chen and Max McMullen with 10.5

6th Oliver  Cirami with 10

7th Dougal McLachlan with 9

8th Zachary Lee with 8.5

9th Pradyn Parikh with 8

10th Bryce Chen with 7.5

2020 SA Under 12 Championship – 25 mins +10 spm

July Junior Tournament (under 11) – 15 mins each

The LAST Thursday and Friday of the school holidays

Thursday July 16th and Friday July 17th 2020 – 9:30AM Start

Played at the Chess Centre, 10 Ranelagh St Adelaide 5000

The Chess Centre will be open from 8.00am on both days to allow parents to drop off youngsters before work.

The sessions will all be finished by 4pm.

These are among South Australiaʼs most prestigious junior events. They are a brilliant way to improve at chess. The players use clocks and are encouraged to record their moves. Some very good prizes. The players’ ages are those at the 1st of January.

The July Junior Tournament is for players aged 10 and under and is just great fun and all juniors are encouraged to have a try – you simply need to know how the pieces move and then you start learning ideas instantly. It starts at 9:30AM and finishes at 3PM daily. Special one-day tournaments will be organised for those who can play for just one day.

Schedule: State Under 12 Championship: 5 games daily: 9.30am, 11am, LUNCH at 12 noon, 12:30pm, 1:30pm and 2:30pm. Clocks will be used with 25 minutes +10 sec/move per player per game.

Schedule: July Junior: 8 games daily: 9.30 am, 10.30 am, 11.00 am 11.30am LUNCH at 12 noon, and 12:30pm, 1pm, 1:45pm and 2:30pm – 15 minutes per player for the whole game.

Prizes:

U12: First Prize of $75 U11: 1st Prize – $40.00 Other age prizes depending on entries – the more the better!

The July Junior: 1st prize: $40

Entry Fee – $35 which covers both days but a $5 discount applies if you register by using the Trybooking link below or by ringing or texting Alan Goldsmith on 0401 672 481 before Wednesday 15th July 2020.

U12: https://www.trybooking.com/BKJVT

July Junior: https://www.trybooking.com/BKJVV

Lunches will be around 12 noon and Pizza can be ordered each day for $5.

The City of Adelaide Junior

The SA Chess Association is subsidising any juniors taking part in their competitions by 50% – so they pay just half fees – fabulous!!

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Please register for these events by either texting or ringing Alan Goldsmith on 0401 672 481 or use online bookings

SAJCL AGM – Chess Centre 10 Ranelagh St Adelaide	7PM -57th March 2020
Warm-up Tourns for inter-school Girls Only Tournament / Open Tournament	Friday March 20th 9:15 -12:30
2020 City of Adelaide Junior (under 21)	222nd-24 April 2020
Start of Inter-school Matches – Week 2 Term 2	8th May 2020
Richard Thorne Tournament	6th & 7th June 2020
Checkmate Tournament	10th-12th July 2020
2020 State U12  -U18 Championships	15th, 16th & 17th July 2020
2020 July Junior (players aged 10 and less)	16th & 17th July 2020
Daffodil Tournament	18th Aug 2019 12:30-5:00pm
Hosworth Foundation U1600 Tournament	Sat 5th-7th October 2019
2020 State U 8 – U11  Championships	7th, 8th & 9th October 2020
2020 October Junior (for players => 11 )	7th, 8th & 9th October 2020
Primary Girls Playoff	25th October 2019 4-6:30pm
Evelyn Koshnitsky Girls Only	6th Dec 9:30am – 12:30pm
SAJCL WRAP-UP Open Tournament	6th Dec 9:30am – 12:30pm

SACA

2019 SA Candidates Tournament	5th Feb – 2nd April 2019
Interclub – A, B and C Grades	30th Aprily – 25th June 2019
2019 Susan Howard Memorial Weekend Tournament	8th & 9th June 2019
2019 Checkmate FIDE Open Tournament	12th – 14th July 2019
2019 Multicultural Tournament	11th August 2019
2019 Hosworth Foundation Weekend Tournament	5th – 7th Oct 2019

Others

2019 Begonia Open – Ballarat	9th-11th March 2019
2019 Doeberl Cup – Canberra	18th – 22nd April 2019
Adelaide Hills Junior Open	8th -10th October 2019
Australian School Teams Championship	30th November 2019

Again, there were quite a few players missing and so they were treated as if they had played just a one-day tournament

One-Day October 25: Equal 1st Sebastian Lee and Yifan Wu; 3rd Oscar Welling.

The December 16 tournament

Final Standings

Place Name                      Feder Rtg Loc Club       Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.

 1-2  Eimery, Elina                           Stradbroke 5        11.0  17.5   15.0
      Linanage, Dewmi                         Parkside   5         9.5  16.0   15.0
 3-9  Cao, Mengze                             Mitcham    4         8.5  15.5   14.0
      Bian, Ziyuan                            Mitcham    4         8.0  14.5   13.0
      Hallam-Woodcock, Tyler                  Pennington 4         8.0  13.5   13.0
      Morris, Owen                            Mitcham    4         8.0  13.5   10.0
      Binder, Charlie                         Mitcham    4         8.0  12.5   13.0
      Zhang, Rachel                           Immanuel   4         7.5  14.0   12.0
      Singh, Arshnoor                         Pennington 4         7.0  11.5   11.0
10-11 Sherman, Fergus                                    3.5       8.0  13.0   11.5
      Yang, Jeffery                           Immanuel   3.5       6.5  13.0   11.5
12-22 Ma, Tianna                              Immanuel   3        10.0  16.0   11.0
      Clark, Jackson                          Pennington 3         9.5  16.5   10.0
      Hunt, Tanner                            Pennington 3         9.5  16.0   10.0
      Li, Peihong                             Mitcham    3         9.0  14.5   11.0
      Makabano, David                         Pennington 3         8.0  14.0    9.0
      To, Zach                                Mitcham    3         8.0  13.5    9.0
      Zhang, Gabriel                          Mitcham    3         8.0  13.5    8.0
      Morris, James                           Mitcham    3         8.0  13.0    9.0
      Sinthuthitipanont, Austin               Immanuel   3         7.5  13.0    8.0
      Chan, Phoebe                            Immanuel   3         7.5  12.0    8.0
      Cartledge, Josh                         Mitcham    3         7.0  11.0    7.0
23-29 Wehrmann, Brayden                       Pennington 2.5       8.5  14.5   10.0
      Nguyen, Long                            Mitcham    2.5       7.5  12.5    7.5
      Martin, Braeden                         Pennington 2.5       7.0  13.0    6.5
      Zhang, Daniel                           Mitcham    2.5       6.5  10.0    6.5
      Lee, Marcus                             Immanuel   2.5       5.5  10.0    5.5
      Tang, Iris                              Immanuel   2.5       5.0  10.5    5.0
      Jiang, Wayne                            Immanuel   2.5       5.0   8.5    4.5
30-40 Puri, Adiraj                            Mitcham    2        10.0  16.0    7.0
      Liu, Daniel                             Immanuel   2         8.5  14.0    8.0
      Prest, Saxon                            Mitcham    2         8.5  13.5    6.0
      Reichstein, Seth                        Mitcham    2         8.0  13.0    7.0
      Camporeale-Elliott, Josh                Mitcham    2         8.0  12.5    6.0
      Dang, Lam                               Pennington 2         8.0  12.5    4.0
      Botha, David                            Mitcham    2         7.5  12.0    6.5
      Toure, Amara                            Pennington 2         7.5  11.0    4.0
      Kwok, Tiffany                           Immanuel   2         7.0  13.0    8.0
      Timmis, Oliver                          Mitcham    2         7.0  12.0    8.0
      Wade, Zac                               Mitcham    2         6.5  10.5    6.0
41-44 Lam, Chelsea                            Immanuel   1.5       8.5  13.0    5.5
      Pang, Hilary                            Immanuel   1.5       7.0  11.5    2.5
      Lock, Abigail                           Mitcham    1.5       6.5  10.0    2.5
      Bajora, Warren                          Pennington 1.5       6.0  10.0    4.5
45-50 Puri, Yaash Raaj                        Mitcham    1         7.5  12.5    3.0
      Prest, Hunter                           Mitcham    1         7.0  12.0    2.0
      Arora, Divyan                           Mitcham    1         6.5   9.5    4.0
      Brown, Zara                             Mitcham    1         6.0  10.0    5.0
      Lock, Tobias                            Mitcham    1         5.5  10.5    1.0
      Hewa Kattuge, Spencer                   Mitcham    1         5.5   8.5    3.0
 51   Hewa Kattuge, Rainey                    Mitcham    0.5       6.5  11.0    2.0

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 2019 SA Under 12  Championship

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2019 City of Adelaide Junior Under 21

Results

Results

October 60
Adelaide – 12/10/2017, 13/10/2017

Final Standings

Congratulations to Christiaan Viljoen who played very impressively against a class field to win this tournament very convincingly. Eric Menezes also demonstrated his progress after playing the game for just about 6 months.

October 60
Cross Table at round 5 sorted by score

Pos NAME Rtg T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 | Buc1 BucT
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1 Viljoen,Christiaan 0 SA 4.5 | +B11 +B4 +W5 =W2 +B3 | 12.5 13.5
2 Bartley,George 0 SA 3.5 | +W3 +B7 +W6 =B1 -W4 | 13.5 16.0
3 Menezes,Eric 0 SA 3.0 | -B2 +W12 +W4 +B6 -W1 | 14.0 14.0
4 Qi,Kevin 0 SA 3.0 | +B9 -W1 -B3 +W10 +B2 | 13.0 15.0
5 Kotousov,Matvei 0 SA 3.0 | =B8 +W10 -B1 =W9 +W7 | 11.5 13.5
6 Liu,Ethan Yi 0 SA 3.0 | +B10 +W8 -B2 -W3 +B9 | 11.0 13.0
7 Huynh,Anthony 0 SA 2.5 | +B12 -W2 =B9 +W8 -B5 | 11.0 11.0
8 Wong,Royce 0 SA 2.5 | =W5 -B6 +W11 -B7 +W12 | 9.5 9.5
9 Yee,Hui-Si 0 SA 2.0 | -W4 +B11 =W7 =B5 -W6 | 11.5 12.5
10 Wang,Feiyang 0 SA 2.0 | -W6 -B5 +W12 -B4 +B11 | 10.0 10.0
11 Fenton,Oliver 0 SA 1.0 | -W1 -W9 -B8 +B12 -W10 | 11.0 11.0
12 Ninnes,Eleftherios 0 SA 0.0 | -W7 -B3 -B10 -W11 -B8 | 10.0 11.0

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(copy licensed to: South Australian Chess Association – AUS)

October 25
Adelaide – 12/10/2017, 13/10/2017

Final Standings

A Big welcome and congratulations to Aris Giouvantsioudis, a new arrival from Greece with his father Kostas, a professional chess teacher and FIDE Arbiter, who won this tournament with a perfect score! A huge impact.

October 25
Cross Table at round 9 sorted by score

Pos NAME Rtg T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | Buc1 BucT
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1 Giouvantsioudis,Aris 0 SA 9.0 | +W9 +B4 +W5 +B2 +W3 +B6 +W8 +B11 +B7 | 40.5 43.0
2 Glushkov,Boris 0 SA 7.5 | +B13 +W11 +B3 -W1 +B6 =W4 +W5 +B9 +B12 | 39.5 42.0
3 Stevens,Ben 0 SA 6.0 | +W15 +B12 -W2 +B4 -B1 +W9 -W6 +B5 +W11 | 40.5 41.5
4 Zelenskiy,Daniel 0 SA 6.0 | +B6 -W1 +B11 -W3 +W5 =B2 =B9 +W12 +B15 | 40.5 41.5
5 Nair,Gautam 0 SA 4.5 | =BYE +W8 -B1 +W13 -B4 +W11 -B2 -W3 +B6 | 43.0 45.5
6 Shen,Daniel 0 SA 4.0 | -W4 +BYE +B13 +B9 -W2 -W1 +B3 -B8 -W5 | 43.5 46.5
7 Rahman,Raad 0 SA 4.0 | — — — — +W10 +W13 +B14 +B15 -W1 | 36.5 37.5
8 Ivanov,Anton 0 SA 4.0 | -W12 -B5 +BYE -W11 -B13 +W15 -B1 +W6 +W9 | 33.0 34.0
9 Hilan,Sree 0 SA 3.5 | -B1 +W14 +B12 -W6 +B15 -B3 =W4 -W2 -B8 | 42.0 43.0
10 Rosa,Marco 0 SA 3.5 | — — — — -B7 =B14 +W15 +B13 +BYE | 31.0 32.0
11 Commisso,Anthony 0 SA 3.0 | +BYE -B2 -W4 +B8 -W12 -B5 +W13 -W1 -B3 | 44.5 47.5
12 White,Alister 0 SA 3.0 | +B8 -W3 -W9 +W14 +B11 — — -B4 -W2 | 39.5 42.0
13 Headland,Charlotte 0 SA 3.0 | -W2 +B15 -W6 -B5 +W8 -B7 -B11 -W10 +W14 | 35.0 36.0
14 Samarajeewa,Manuda 0 AUS 2.0 | — -B9 =W15 -B12 — =W10 -W7 +BYE -B13 | 31.5 32.5
15 Gallagher,Jack 0 SA 1.5 | -B3 -W13 =B14 +BYE -W9 -B8 -B10 -W7 -W4 | 36.0 38.5
16 Yee,Yiyang (W) 0 SA 0.0 | — — — — — — — — — | 26.0 27.0
17 Gibbons,Timothy (W) 0 SA 0.0 | -BYE — — — — — — — — | 26.0 27.0
18 (W) 0 0.0 | — — — — — — — — — | 26.0 27.0

Congratulations to all the players who took part – it was very impressive to see so many youngsters playing, some as young as just 5 years old.

Both Athena-Malar and Caleb had brilliant tournaments and Athena elected to take the State Under 9 title for her Age Group.

Here are the various awards – according to their age at the 1st of July.

State Under 11: – 1st Caleb Tang; equal 2nd Ethan Retnaraja and Dimandiw Kosgallana

State Under 10: =1st Ethan Williams, Michael Dinan and Bal Gilhotra

State Under 9:  1st Athena-Malar Retnaraja; 2nd Ian Liu and 3rd Jackson Chen

State Under 8:  1st Jayden Yue; Equal 2nd Chase Fenton & Harry Fletcher

Final Standings

SA Under 11 State
Cross Table at round 9 sorted by score

Pos NAME Rtg T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | Buc1 BucT
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1 Retnaraja,Athena-Mal 0 SA 8.0 | +B11 +W18 +B5 +W8 +B2 -B3 +W13 +W14 +B9 | 47.5 51.5
2 Tang,Caleb 0 SA 8.0 | +W34 +B29 +W6 +B4 -W1 +B12 +W3 +B13 +W10 | 47.0 49.5
3 Kosgallana,Dimandiw 0 SA 7.0 | +B25 +W28 +B13 +W12 +B5 +W1 -B2 +W6 -B4 | 48.5 51.5
4 Retnaraja,Ethan 0 SA 7.0 | +B33 +W22 +B14 -W2 -B13 +W8 +B7 +W12 +W3 | 45.5 48.5
5 Liu,Ian Lewen 0 SA 6.0 | +W24 +B23 -W1 +B11 -W3 +B17 -W6 +W8 +B12 | 46.0 50.0
6 Pelham,Zara 0 SA 6.0 | +B30 +W27 -B2 +W36 +B22 -W14 +B5 -B3 +W13 | 43.5 46.5
7 Yee,Yiyang 0 AUS 6.0 | +W37 -B12 +W34 -B23 +W11 +B15 -W4 +W17 +B14 | 40.5 43.0
8 Chen,Jackson 0 SA 5.5 | +W15 =B9 +W19 -B1 +W10 -B4 +W23 -B5 +W20 | 46.0 50.0
9 Dinan,Michael 0 SA 5.5 | +B36 =W8 -B22 -W10 +W16 +B20 +W19 +B23 -W1 | 41.5 45.5
10 Williams,Ethan 0 SA 5.5 | =W19 +B39 -W12 +B9 -B8 +W26 +B22 +W16 -B2 | 41.5 43.5
11 Gilhotra,Bal 0 SA 5.5 | -W1 +B17 +W38 -W5 -B7 +B34 =W20 +B18 +W19 | 40.5 42.5
12 Wheeler,Lorcan 0 SA 5.0 | +B41 +W7 +B10 -B3 +W20 -W2 +B14 -B4 -W5 | 49.0 52.0
13 Yue,Jayden 0 SA 5.0 | +W32 +B38 -W3 +B15 +W4 +B19 -B1 -W2 -B6 | 49.0 51.0
14 Thavarajah,Priyanka 0 SA 5.0 | +W42 +B16 -W4 +B24 +W23 +B6 -W12 -B1 -W7 | 45.0 48.0
15 Harding,Gabriel 0 SA 5.0 | -B8 +W31 +B28 -W13 +B18 -W7 -B17 +W33 +W22 | 36.0 39.0
16 Li,Oscar 0 SA 5.0 | +B26 -W14 +B18 -W22 -B9 +W33 +W24 -B10 +W23 | 36.0 39.0
17 Wong,Jake 0 SA 5.0 | -B28 -W11 +B30 +W35 +B33 -W5 +W15 -B7 +W24 | 36.0 38.5
18 Dev,Akshat 0 SA 4.5 | +W20 -B1 -W16 +B40 -W15 +BYE =B31 -W11 +B32 | 38.5 41.5
19 Barreto,Sebastian 0 SA 4.5 | =B10 +W26 -B8 +W28 +B29 -W13 -B9 +W31 -B11 | 38.0 41.0
20 Zuckermann,Giulio 0 SA 4.5 | -B18 +W30 +B25 +W33 -B12 -W9 =B11 +W28 -B8 | 35.0 38.0
21 Nair,Krishen 0 AUS 4.5 | — — — — +B27 +W25 =B29 +W30 +B28 | 31.0 34.0
22 Jayasinghe,Dinel 0 SA 4.0 | +W40 -B4 +W9 +B16 -W6 -B23 -W10 +W29 -B15 | 41.5 45.0
23 Ivanov,Denis 0 SA 4.0 | +B35 -W5 +B27 +W7 -B14 +W22 -B8 -W9 -B16 | 41.0 43.5
24 Fenton,Chase 0 SA 4.0 | -B5 +W41 +B37 -W14 -B25 +W29 -B16 +W26 -B17 | 35.5 38.5
25 Fletcher,Harry 0 SA 4.0 | -W3 -B40 -W20 -W26 +W24 -B21 +BYE +BYE +B31 | 35.0 37.0
26 Legrand,Angelina 0 SA 4.0 | -W16 -B19 -W32 +B25 +W39 -B10 +W27 -B24 +B34 | 32.0 34.0
27 Zuckermann,Giovanni 0 SA 4.0 | +W39 -B6 -W23 -B29 -W21 +B31 -B26 +W38 +B33 | 32.0 34.0
28 Caruso,Connor 0 SA 3.5 | +W17 -B3 -W15 -B19 =W34 +W32 +B30 -B20 -W21 | 39.0 41.5
29 Tang,Charles 0 SA 3.5 | +B31 -W2 -B36 +W27 -W19 -B24 =W21 -B22 +W35 | 38.5 41.0
30 Harding,Ophie 0 SA 3.5 | -W6 -B20 -W17 +B42 =W35 +B38 -W28 -B21 +BYE | 33.5 35.5
31 Velonakis,Apollon 0 SA 3.5 | -W29 -B15 +BYE +B39 +B32 -W27 =W18 -B19 -W25 | 30.5 32.5
32 Khuu,Yibin 0 AUS 3.5 | -B13 -W33 +B26 =W38 -W31 -B28 +W34 +B35 -W18 | 27.5 29.5
33 Errington,Grace 0 SA 3.0 | -W4 +B32 +W40 -B20 -W17 -B16 +W39 -B15 -W27 | 37.5 39.5
34 Gao,Matthew 0 SA 2.5 | -B2 +W35 -B7 -W37 =B28 -W11 -B32 +B39 -W26 | 37.0 39.0
35 Ko,Marcus 0 AUS 2.5 | -W23 -B34 =W42 -B17 =B30 =B39 +W38 -W32 -B29 | 26.5 28.5
36 Zyweck,Jack (W) 0 SA 2.0 | -W9 +B42 +W29 -B6 -BYE -BYE — — — | 35.0 38.0
37 Love,Tian 0 2.0 | -B7 +BYE -W24 +B34 — — — -BYE -BYE | 33.5 36.0
38 Samarajeewa,Wenuda 0 AUS 2.0 | +BYE -W13 -B11 =B32 — -W30 -B35 -B27 =W39 | 32.0 34.0
39 Chee,Matthew 0 SA 2.0 | -B27 -W10 +B41 -W31 -B26 =W35 -B33 -W34 =B38 | 27.5 29.5
40 Williams,Aiden (W) 0 SA 1.0 | -B22 +W25 -B33 -W18 — — — — — | 27.0 29.0
41 Jordan,Sebastian (W) 0 AUS 1.0 | -W12 -B24 -W39 +BYE — — — — — | 26.5 28.5
42 Jordan,Kyla (W) 0 AUS 0.5 | -B14 -W36 =B35 -W30 -BYE — — — — | 26.0 27.5

A big thank you to Eddie and Denny for all their work and PAC for providing the wonderful venue. And of course all the great helpers and parents who assisted on the day.

There were 3 tournaments – an Under 19, Under 12 and a Novice Tournament and all were played using chess clocks with 10 minutes per player per game.

Here are the final scores and congratulations to all the players.

Results

A big CONGRATULATIONS to the following winners and placegetters in this most prestigious event.

Under 18 Championship
1st	Preshaan Thavarajah
2nd	Qi Le Kong-Lim
3rd	Christiian Viljoen
Under 16 Championship
1st	Dongwoo Shin
2nd	HuiSi Yee
3rd	Eric Menezes

SA Under 18 & U16 State Championship
Adelaide – 19/07/2017, 21/07/2017

Cross Table at round 7
ID NAME                   Rtg T Fed Pts |   1   2   3   4   5   6   7 
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 1 Kong-Lim, Qi Le             0 SA 6.0 | +W6 +B4 +W5 -B2 +B3 +W10 +B7 
 2 Thavarajah, Preshaan        0 SA 6.5 | +B7 =W3 +B9 +W1 +B5 +W4 +B6 
 3 Shin, Dongwoo               0 SA 5.0 | +W8 =B2 +W4 +B10 -W1 +B6 =W5 
 4 Yee, Hui-Si                 0 SA 4.0 | +B9 -W1 -B3 +W7 +B10 -B2 +W8 
 5 Viljoen, Christiaan         0 SA 4.5 | +W10 +B6 -B1 +W9 -W2 +B8 =B3 
 6 Vagionas, George            0 SA 2.0 | -B1 -W5 -B7 +W8 +B9 -W3 -W2 
 7 Feijen, Luke                0 SA 1.0 | -W2 -B10 +W6 -B4 -W8 -B9 -W1 
 8 Htet, Win                   0 SA 1.0 | -B3 -W9 -W10 -B6 +B7 -W5 -B4 
 9 Menezes, Eric               0 SA 3.0 | -W4 +B8 -W2 -B5 -W6 +W7 +B10 
 10 Pattison, Hamish           0 SA 2.0 | -B5 +W7 +B8 -W3 -W4 -B1 -W9

Please note: there is a special $100 Rating Improvement Prize kindly being donated by Mr Richard Thorne:

“A $100 Rating Improvement prize in U 18 U16 Championship Tournament for the player who achieves the best performance rating ie margin over players actual rating . If a player has no rating, a provisional one will be assigned after day one”

This was won by Christiaan Viljoen.

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SA Under 15, U14 & U13 State Championship

Cross Table at round 9 sorted by score

Pos NAME          Rtg T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | Buc1 BucT
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1 Qi, Kevin            0 SA 8.5 | +W7 +B10 =W2 +B8 +W3 +B5 +W4 +W6 +B11 | 43.0 47.0
2 Retnaraja, Ethan     0 SA 8.5 | +B20 +W8 =B1 +W3 +B4 +W9 +B6 +W5 +B10 | 42.5 44.0
3 Boldyrev, Nikita     0 SA 6.0 | +W14 +B4 +W6 -B2 -B1 +W8 +B9 +W7 -B5 | 45.5 48.5
4 Ghai, Aditya         0 SA 6.0 | +B12 -W3 +W18 +B10 -W2 +B7 -B1 +W9 +B8 | 43.0 45.5
5 Kotousov, Matvei     0 SA 5.5 | -B11 +W9 =B12 +W13 +B6 -W1 +B8 -B2 +W3 | 43.0 46.5
6 Nair, Gautam         0 SA 4.5 | =B9 +W13 -B3 +W12 -W5 +B10 -W2 -B1 +W16 | 43.5 46.0
7 Headland, Charlotte  0 SA 4.5 | -B1 +W21 -B8 +W15 +B13 -W4 +B11 -B3 =W9 | 39.5 40.0
8 Retnaraja, Athena-Ma 0 SA 4.0 | +W15 -B2 +W7 -W1 +B14 -B3 -W5 +B12 -W4 | 46.0 49.0
9 Glushkov, Boris      0 SA 4.0 | =W6 -B5 +W15 +B18 +W10 -B2 -W3 -B4 =B7 | 42.5 45.0
10 Zelenskiy, Daniel   0 SA 4.0 | +B21 -W1 +B11 -W4 -B9 -W6 +B14 +W13 -W2 | 42.0 42.5
11 Apolloni, Carl      0 SA 4.0 | +W5 -B18 -W10 -B14 +W16 +B15 -W7 +B21 -W1 | 34.0 34.5
12 Rahman, Raad        0 SA 4.0 | -W4 +B14 =W5 -B6 +W18 -B17 =B13 -W8 +BYE | 32.5 35.0
13 Byrnes, Oliver     0 AUS 4.0 | =W18 -B6 +BYE -B5 -W7 +B20 =W12 -B10 +W21 | 29.5 30.0
14 Singh, Harsh       0 AUS 3.5 | -B3 -W12 +B21 +W11 -W8 -B18 -W10 +BYE =B15 | 30.0 30.5
15 Shen, Daniel       0 AUS 3.5 | -B8 +W20 -B9 -B7 +W21 -W11 +B19 -B16 =W14 | 25.0 25.5
16 Wang, Rayden       0 AUS 3.0 | — — — -W17 -B11 +BYE +B21 +W15 -B6 | 30.0 30.5
17 Stevens, Ben (W)    0 SA 3.0 | — — — +B16 +W20 +W12 — — — | 27.5 28.5
18 Black, Adam (W)    0 AUS 2.5 | =B13 +W11 -B4 -W9 -B12 +W14 — — — | 30.0 31.0
19 Nguyen, Hieu (W)   0 AUS 2.0 | — — — -B20 +BYE +W21 -W15 — — | 25.0 25.5
20 Cacas, Michael (W) 0 AUS 1.0 | -W2 -B15 -BYE +W19 -B17 -W13 — — — | 28.5 29.5
21 Sims, Nathaniel    0 AUS 1.0 | -W10 -B7 -W14 +BYE -B15 -B19 -W16 -W11 -B13 | 27.5 29.0
22 Gordiienko, Volod(W)0 SA 1.0 | +BYE — — — — — — — — | 26.0 27.0

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2017 TERM 1 Holidays

u21 xtable

City of Adelaide U21 Entries – 3 days

1	Marco Rosa
2	George Bartley
3	Anthony Wang
4	Raad Rahman
5	Riley Karayiannis
6	Matthew Daly
7	Ognyen Stankovic
8	Matvei Kotousov
9	Daniel Zelenski
10	George Karassoulos
11	Remy Casse
12	Charlotte Headland
13	Oliver Fenton
14	Hui Si Yee
15	Christiaan Viljoen
16	Preshaan Thavarajah
17	Luke Feijen
18	Boris Glushkov?

 

City of Adelaide U12 Entries – 2 days

1	Kevin Qi
2	Senne Versteeg
3	Jeevan Gilhotra (G)
4	Thomas Homvan
5	Caleb Tang
6	Royce Wong
7	Anthony Huynh
8	Daniel Edson
9	Anton Ivanov
10	Alexandr Glushkov
11	Michael Lylyakin
12	Yifan Yin
13	Oliver Farnan (Friday only)
14	Uros Brankovic
15	Yiyang Yee
16	Jia Black
17	Ethan Liu
18	Angus Callen

 

City of Adelaide U10 Entries- 2 days

1	Lorcan Wheeler
2	Bae Gilhotra
3	Charles Tang
4	Akash Dev
5	Angelo Delfino – 1 day
6	Denis Ivanov
7	Jackson Chen
8	Julien James – 1 day – Thursday
9	Ethan Williams
10	Nicholas Savvoulidis
11	Dimandiw Kosgallana
12	Ian Liu
13	Zara Pelham

Congratulations to the following title winners for 2016:

State Junior Titles

City of Adelaide Junior

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