Individual Tournaments

Events for 2018

There are many exciting events being run by the SAJCL and SACA and others in 2018. Most junior events, like the State Junior Championships, are run in the second week of each of the school holidays,  and the players’ ages are determined by the simple rule – if the event is in the first half of the year – their age is that as of the 1st of January, otherwise, if the event is in the second half of the year, it is their age as of the 1st of July.

The events being run by SACA – the SA Chess Association, are held either over special long weekends or on Tuesday evenings – and while youngsters are encouraged to play in these events, they need to have either done some serious study or had coaching and know how to record their moves.

SAJCL

SAJCL AGM – Chess Centre 10 Ranelagh St Adelaide 7PM – 1st March 2018   
2018 City of Adelaide Junior Championships (under 21) 26th & 27th April 2018 PDF
Start of Inter-school Matches – Week 2 Term 2 11th May 2018  
2018 State U12  through to State U18 Championships 18th & 19th & 20th July 2018  
2018 July Junior (for players aged 10 and under) 19th & 20th July 2018  
Daffodil Tournament 19th August 2018 12:30-5:30pm Chess Centre  
Hosworth Foundation U1600 Tournament Sat 29th, Sun 30th Sept, Monday 1st October  
2018 State U 8 – U11 State Championships 11th & 12th October 2018  
2018 October Junior (for players aged 11 and over) 11th & 12th October 2018  
     

SACA

2018 SA Candidates Tournament 6th Feb – 3rd April 2018
Interclub – A, B and C Grades 1st May – 26th June 2018
2018 Susan Howard Memorial Weekend Tournament 9th & 10th June 2018
2018 Checkmate FIDE Open Tournament 6th-8th July 2018
2018 Multicultural Tournament 8th August 2018
2018 Hosworth Foundation Weekend Tournament 29th Sept – 1st Oct 2018
   

Others

2018 Begonia Open – Ballarat 10th-12th March 2018
2018 Doeberl Cup – Canberra 29th Mar – 2nd Apr ’18
Adelaide Hills Junior Open 8th -10th October 2018
Australian School Teams Championship 1st December 2018
 

2018 SA Under 18 & 16 Championship – combined – 60 mins +10spm

2018 SA Under 15,14 & 13 Championships – combined – 40 mins +10spm

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

Wednesday, 18th July 9 AM start

Thursday July 20th & Friday July 20th – 9:30 AM Start

Played at the Chess Centre, 10 Ranelagh St Adelaide 5000

 

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 July.

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 7 games in the U18 & U16 Championships and so will have 3 games on the Wednesday and then 2 games for the Thursday and the Friday. Clocks will be used with 60 minutes +10 seconds per move per player each game.

PLEASE NOTE THE 9 AM START ON THE WEDNESDAY for the Under 18 and U16 Championship. IF POSSIBLE, BE THERE EARLY, SAY 8:30, on the Wednesday.

The sessions will all be finished by 4pm.

Schedule: Under 18 & U16

3 games on Wednesday: 9.00am, 11.00am, 1.30pm.

2 games on both Thursday & Friday: 9:30am and 1pm

Schedule: Under 15, U14 & U13

3 games per day: 9.30am, 11.00am, 1.30pm.

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

Prizes:

U18: 1st Prize – $150.00; The Under 16, U14, U13, each have First Prizes of $75

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

Entry Fee – $40 which covers all days but a $5 discount applies if you ring or SMS Alan Goldsmith on 0401 67 2481 or

email alang@knightsandbytes.com.au before Tuesday 17th July 2018. You can enter on the Wednesday but must do so at 8:15 am. Entry for a one-day event is $20.

Lunches will be around 1pm on Wednesday and then12:30pm on Thursday and Friday.

Pizza can be ordered each day for $5

2018 SA Under 18/16 Championship

A big congratulations to Preshaan Thavarajah for again winning the SA Under 18 Junior championship.

U18: 1st Preshaan Thavarajah, 2nd George Karassoulos and 3rd Max Marriott.

And congratulations to the Under 16 ChampionChathula Kiripitige.

U16 1st: Chathula Kiripitige, 2nd Ethan Retnaraja, 3rd NikitaBoldyrev.

Pos ID T NAME Rtg PRtg Fed Pts Mwns
1 1 Thavarajah,Preshaan 0 309 AUS 6.0 5
2 3 Karassoulos,George 0 158 AUS 5.0 4
3 7 Kiripitige,Chathula 0 125 AUS 5.0 3
4 5 Retnaraja,Ethan 0 50 AUS 4.0 3
5 4 Marriott,Max 0 57 AUS 3.5 3
6 2 Pattison,Hamish 0 0 AUS 2.0 1
7 6 Boldyrev,Nikita 0 0 AUS 1.5 0
8 8 Kotousov,Matvei 0 0 AUS 1.0 0
Tie Break legend:
Mwns : Most Wins

SA 2018 Under 15/14/13 Championships

The Under 15 Championship was won by Raad Rahman, 2nd George Bartley and 3rd Sree Hilan

The Under 14 Championship was won by Anthony Hunyh, 2nd Ethan Liu and 3rd Jake Steele

The Under 13 Championship was won by James Boyd-Norman; 2nd Athena-Malar Retnaraja 3rd Gabriel Ferreira

Final Cross Table

Pos T NAME Rtg Fed Pts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Buc1 BucT
1 Rahman,Raad 0 SA 7.0
1
22
1
16
1
3
0
2
1
8
1
4
1
7
1
6
 36.0 38.5
2 Huynh,Anthony 0 SA 6.5
1
19
1
6
1
13
1
1
0
5
1
9
1
3
½
4
 36.5 39.5
3 Bartley,George 0 SA 6.0
1
18
1
10
0
1
1
4
1
6
1
5
0
2
1
9
 37.0 40.0
4 Boyd-Norman,James 0 SA 5.5
1
17
1
21
1
5
0
3
1
9
0
1
1
10
½
2
 35.5 38.0
5 Liu,Ethan Yi 0 SA 5.0
1
31
1
7
0
4
1
16
1
2
0
3
0
6
1
15
 35.0 37.5
6 Retnaraja,Athena-Mal 0 SA 5.0
1
23
0
2
1
17
1
24
0
3
1
15
1
5
0
1
 34.5 37.5
7 Hilan,Sree 0 SA 5.0
1
24
0
5
1
23
0
9
1
21
1
11
0
1
1
10
 30.5 33.0
8 Steele,Jake 0 AUS 4.5
1
15
0
9
1
28
1
13
0
1
0
10
½
11
1
16
 30.0 33.0
9 Ghai,Aditya 0 SA 4.0
0
16
1
8
1
22
1
7
0
4
0
2
1
13
0
3
 35.0 37.5
10 Zelenskiy,Daniel 0 SA 4.0
1
11
0
3
0
16
1
21
1
22
1
8
0
4
0
7
 31.0 33.5
11 Shen,Daniel 0 SA 4.0
0
10
0
18
1
19
1
26
1
12
0
7
½
8
½
13
 29.0 30.5
12 Glushkov,Boris 0 SA 4.0
1
14
0
11
1
25
1
22
1
17
 28.5 31.0
13 Ferreira,Gabriel Oli 0 SA 4.0
1
26
1
28
0
2
0
8
½
16
1
18
0
9
½
11
 28.5 30.0
14 Stevens,Ben 0 AUS 4.0
0
12
1
17
1
27
1
21
1
18
 26.5 29.0
15 Homvan,Thomas 0 SA 4.0
0
8
0
22
1
BYE
1
17
1
24
0
6
1
16
0
5
 26.5 29.0
16 Ninnes,Eleftherios 0 SA 3.5
1
9
0
1
1
10
0
5
½
13
1
19
0
15
0
8
 32.0 35.0
17 Liu,Xiaohe 0 AUS 3.0
0
4
1
19
0
6
0
15
0
14
1
20
1
26
0
12
 32.5 34.0
18 Apolloni,Carl 0 SA 3.0
0
3
1
11
0
21
0
22
1
20
0
13
1
19
0
14
 29.5 32.0
19 Hilangkovan,Sanggeet 0 AUS 3.0
0
2
0
17
0
11
1
30
1
26
0
16
0
18
1
22
 25.5 27.0
20 Ivanov,Anton 0 SA 3.0
1
23
0
18
0
17
1
27
1
21
 24.5 27.0
21 Singhai,Gunin 0 AUS 2.5
1
29
0
4
1
18
0
10
0
7
½
22
0
14
0
20
 31.0 33.5
22 Lewis,Jordan 0 AUS 2.5
0
1
1
15
0
9
1
18
0
10
½
21
0
12
0
19
 30.0 32.5
23 Phillips,Angus (W) 0 SA 2.0
0
6
1
31
0
7
0
20
1
30
 28.0 30.5
24 Whyte,Alastair (W) 0 SA 2.0
0
7
1
BYE
1
26
0
6
0
15
 27.0 28.5
25 Paull,Luca 0 SA 2.0
0
12
1
BYE
1
26
 24.5 25.0
26 Kim,Andrew 0 1.5
0
13
1
29
0
24
0
11
0
19
½
BYE
0
17
0
25
 24.5 27.0
27 Gibbons,Timothy 0 SA 1.0
0
14
0
20
1
BYE
 27.5 27.5
28 Gallagher,Jack (W) 0 SA 1.0
1
BYE
0
13
0
8
 25.0 27.0
29 Rosa,Marco (W) 0 SA 1.0
0
21
0
26
1
31
 20.0 21.5
30 Haden,Tom (W) 0 AUS 0.0
0
19
0
23
 22.0 23.0
31 Headland,Hamish (W) 0 SA 0.0
0
5
0
23
0
29
 21.0 22.0

2018 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 19th and Friday July 20th – 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 July.

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, 10.30am, 11.30am and 1.30 pm 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 and 1pm, 1.30pm, 2.30pm and 3.00pm – 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 ring or SMS Alan Goldsmith on 0401 67 2481 or email alang@knightsandbytes.com.au before Wednesday 18th July 2018. You can enter on the Thursday but must do so at 9 am.

Entry for a one-day event is $15.

Lunches will be around 12:30pm and Pizza can be ordered each day for $5.

Results

2018 SA Under 12 Championship

The State Under 12 Championship was won by Caleb Tang; 2nd Yiyang Yee and 3rd Sebastian Lee. The top Girl was Heidi Gong.

The Under 11 Section was won by Sebastian Lee; =2nd were Harry Anderton and Michael Lylyakin. 

Cross Table at round 10

Pos T NAME Rtg Fed Pts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Buc1 BucT
1   Tang,Caleb 0 SA 8.5
1
18
1
5
1
14
1
2
1
11
½
3
1
10
0
4
1
9
1
7
 50.0 52.5
2   Yee,Yiyang 0 SA 8.0
1
8
1
6
1
11
0
1
0
3
1
4
1
5
1
10
1
12
1
9
 51.0 54.5
3   Wheaton,Jeremiah 0 SA 7.5
1
4
0
11
1
9
1
10
1
2
½
1
1
6
1
12
0
5
1
13
 50.0 52.0
4   Lee,Sebastian 0 SA 7.5
0
3
½
18
1
13
1
5
1
6
0
2
1
14
1
1
1
10
1
12
 47.0 49.0
5   Anderton,Harry 0 SA 5.0
1
9
0
1
1
12
0
4
0
8
1
14
0
2
1
6
1
3
0
11
 54.0 56.5
6   Lylyakin,Michael 0 SA 5.0
1
17
0
2
0
10
1
12
0
4
1
8
0
3
0
5
1
13
1
14
 46.5 48.5
7   Challa,Suhas 0 AUS 5.0
1
10
        
1
15
1
13
1
8
1
14
0
1
 45.0 47.0
8   Gong,Heidi 0 SA 5.0
0
2
0
14
1
18
1
13
1
5
0
6
0
9
0
7
1
11
1
10
 42.5 44.5
9   Manning,Harper 0 SA 4.5
0
5
1
13
0
3
1
18
½
14
0
12
1
8
1
11
0
1
0
2
 47.5 49.5
10   Singhai,Niya 0 SA 4.0
0
7
1
BYE
1
6
0
3
1
17
1
11
0
1
0
2
0
4
0
8
 56.5 60.0
11   Edson,Danial 0 SA 4.0
1
13
1
3
0
2
1
14
0
1
0
10
0
12
0
9
0
8
1
5
 48.5 50.5
12   Balachander,Tharan 0 SA 4.0
0
14
1
17
0
5
0
6
1
18
1
9
1
11
0
3
0
2
0
4
 48.0 50.5
13   Hill,Patrick 0 SA 3.0
0
11
0
9
0
4
0
8
1
BYE
1
BYE
0
7
1
14
0
6
0
3
 46.0 48.5
14   Nishant 0 SA 2.5
1
12
1
8
0
1
0
11
½
9
0
5
0
4
0
13
0
7
0
6
 50.5 52.5
15   Wickramanayake,Sa(W) 0 AUS 2.0          
0
7
1
BYE
1
BYE
     38.0 39.5
16   Yee,Yeeyang (W) 0 AUS 1.0
1
BYE
                   38.5 40.5
17   Li,Peihong (W) 0 SA 1.0
0
6
0
12
1
BYE
  
0
10
           34.0 36.0
18   Cree,James (W) 0 SA 0.5
0
1
½
4
0
8
0
9
0
12
           40.5 42.0
19   Parekh,Nirmit (W) 0 AUS 0.0                     31.5 32.5

2018 SA July Tournament – 2

This event was split across 2 days. The first day was so chaotic that only the scores  from that day were added to the scores from the second day, the score table of which is below.

July Junior U11 1st:  Jake Wong;  2nd Bal Gilhotra; 3rd Giulio Zuckermann,

U10 1st: Jackson Chen, 2nd Josh Dollman, 3rd Giovanni Zuckermann

U9 1st: Jayden Yue, 2nd Tao Wong, 3rd Connor Caruso

U8 1st: Dewmi Liyanage, 2nd Pink Fang

Cross Table at round 8

Pos T NAME Rtg Fed Pts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Buc1 BucT
1   Zuckermann,Giulio 0 SA 7.0
1
27
1
18
1
11
1
4
1
3
1
9
0
2
1
10
 37.5 41.0
2   Chen,Jackson 0 AUS 6.5
1
41
1
5
½
15
1
7
0
17
1
12
1
1
1
3
 38.0 40.0
3   Gilhotra,Bal 0 SA 6.0
1
17
1
21
1
9
1
6
0
1
1
5
1
4
0
2
 40.5 44.5
4   Parekh,Nirmit 0 SA 6.0
1
32
1
10
1
23
0
1
1
6
1
17
0
3
1
15
 36.5 39.5
5   Yue,Jayden 0 SA 6.0
1
28
0
2
1
30
1
15
1
8
0
3
1
12
1
11
 35.5 39.0
6   Wong,Jake 0 SA 6.0
1
30
1
14
1
13
0
3
0
4
1
33
1
15
1
8
 35.0 37.5
7   Fang,Pink 0 SA 5.5
½
26
1
36
1
39
0
2
1
24
0
15
1
23
1
21
 30.0 32.5
8   Liyanage,Dewmi 0 SA 5.0
1
12
0
15
1
10
1
13
0
5
1
18
1
9
0
6
 36.5 40.5
9   Tang,Charles 0 SA 5.0
1
16
1
22
0
3
1
11
1
18
0
1
0
8
1
19
 35.5 39.0
10   Caruso,Connor 0 SA 5.0
1
25
0
4
0
8
1
31
1
16
1
22
1
20
0
1
 34.0 37.5
11   Nair,Krishen 0 AUS 5.0
1
37
1
24
0
1
0
9
1
21
1
19
1
17
0
5
 33.5 35.5
12   Wong,Tao 0 SA 5.0
0
8
1
34
1
22
1
19
1
20
0
2
0
5
1
17
 32.5 35.5
13   Zuckermann,Giovanni 0 SA 5.0
1
29
1
19
0
6
0
8
1
25
0
20
1
33
1
18
 29.5 32.0
14   Dollman,Josh 0 SA 5.0
1
33
0
6
0
19
1
29
0
22
1
41
1
32
1
20
 26.0 28.0
15   Ivanov,Denis 0 SA 4.5
1
34
1
8
½
2
0
5
1
23
1
7
0
6
0
4
 39.0 42.0
16   Hill,Oscar 0 SA 4.5
0
9
1
35
1
21
0
20
0
10
1
24
½
26
1
29
 29.0 32.0
17   Barreto,Sebastian 0 SA 4.0
0
3
1
31
1
38
1
25
1
2
0
4
0
11
0
12
 36.0 38.5
18   Chee,Matthew 0 AUS 4.0
1
20
0
1
1
42
1
32
0
9
0
8
1
25
0
13
 32.5 34.5
19   Wu,Yifan 0 SA 4.0
1
BYE
0
13
1
14
0
12
1
34
0
11
1
27
0
9
 32.0 35.0
20   Adey,Liam 0 AUS 4.0
0
18
1
BYE
1
28
1
16
0
12
1
13
0
10
0
14
 32.0 35.0
21   Harding,Gabriel 0 SA 4.0
1
38
0
3
0
16
1
39
0
11
1
34
1
22
0
7
 30.5 33.0
22   Nguyen,Anthony 0 SA 4.0
1
35
0
9
0
12
1
42
1
14
0
10
0
21
1
32
 30.0 32.0
23   Fletcher,Harry 0 SA 4.0
½
39
1
40
0
4
1
36
0
15
1
28
0
7
½
26
 29.0 31.0
24   Li,Oscar 0 SA 4.0
1
31
0
11
0
25
1
38
0
7
0
16
1
41
1
28
 28.5 30.5
25   Koh-Buckland,Sze-Sio 0 SA 4.0
0
10
1
37
1
24
0
17
0
13
1
39
0
18
1
33
 27.0 29.0
26   Thomas,Nomik 0 AUS 4.0
½
7
½
42
0
32
½
28
½
36
1
38
½
16
½
23
 26.0 28.0
27   Koh-Buckland,Sze-Yon 0 SA 4.0
0
1
0
32
0
31
1
BYE
1
42
1
35
0
19
1
34
 25.0 27.0
28   Gao,Matthew 0 AUS 3.5
0
5
1
29
0
20
½
26
1
39
0
23
1
30
0
24
 28.5 31.0
29   Lee,Alexander 0 SA 3.5
0
13
0
28
1
37
0
14
½
30
1
42
1
35
0
16
 26.5 28.5
30   Glushkov.Alexandr 0 SA 3.5
0
6
1
41
0
5
0
33
½
29
1
43
0
28
1
38
 26.0 27.0
31   Hill,Lucas 0 AUS 3.5
0
24
0
17
1
27
0
10
0
35
1
37
½
38
1
40
 24.0 26.0
32   Cook,Sebastian 0 SA 3.0
0
4
1
27
1
26
0
18
0
33
1
36
0
14
0
22
 29.5 32.0
33   Tang,Nathan 0 SA 3.0
0
14
0
38
1
BYE
1
30
1
32
0
6
0
13
0
25
 29.0 31.5
34   Harding,Ophie 0 SA 3.0
0
15
0
12
1
41
1
35
0
19
0
21
1
36
0
27
 26.5 28.5
35   Challa,Sahaj 0 SA 3.0
0
22
0
16
1
43
0
34
1
31
0
27
0
29
1
41
 24.0 25.0
36   Nguyen,Lila 0 SA 3.0
½
42
0
7
1
40
0
23
½
26
0
32
0
34
1
43
 23.5 24.5
37   Behl,Kannan 0 SA 3.0
0
11
0
25
0
29
1
40
0
38
0
31
1
BYE
1
BYE
 22.5 24.0
38   Guo,JinJin 0 SA 2.5
0
21
1
33
0
17
0
24
1
37
0
26
½
31
0
30
 25.5 27.5
39   Wong,Keith 0 SA 2.5
½
23
1
43
0
7
0
21
0
28
0
25
0
40
1
42
 25.0 26.0
40   Pang,Luke 0 SA 2.5
½
43
0
23
0
36
0
37
0
41
1
BYE
1
39
0
31
 18.5 19.5
41   Nguyen,Jessica 0 SA 2.0
0
2
0
30
0
34
1
43
1
40
0
14
0
24
0
35
 27.0 28.0
42   Chisholm,Gabby 0 SA 2.0
½
36
½
26
0
18
0
22
0
27
0
29
1
43
0
39
 24.5 25.5
43   Chisholm,Rachel 0 SA 1.5
½
40
0
39
0
35
0
41
1
BYE
0
30
0
42
0
36
 18.0 20.0

Completed Events

2018 City of Adelaide Under 21 (age as of the 1st January)
 1  Hamish Pattison
 2  Ben stevens (bye first round)
 3  Anthony Huynh
 4  Anthony Commisso
 5   Aristotle’s Giouvantsioudis
 6  Raad Rahman
 7  Boris Glushkov
 8  Matvei Kotousov
 9  Daniel Zelenskiy
 10  George Karassoulos
11 Vladimir Gordienko
12 Ethan Liu
The 2018 Under 21 Championship was won outright by George Karassoulos who conceded just two draws (to Arist Giouvantsioudis and Max Marriott) to finish with 5/6 ahead of three players, Arist, Max and Ethan Retnaraja who tied for second a half-point behind. 
It was decided to award Max Marriott second place in  the Under 21 Section with George Bartley third, while both Arist and Ethan tied for 1st in the Under 13 Section.
Congratulations to all the entrants and players like Anthony Huynh and Matvei Kotousov impressed greatly.
2018 City of Adelaide Under 12 (age as of the 1st January)
 1  Gabriel Ferreira
 2  Nicholas Whyte
 3  Caleb Tang
 4  Rufus Kronitis
 5  Sindy Yang
 6  James Boyd-Norman
 7  Lorcan Wheeler
 8  Tiffany Diamantis (only Thursday)
 9  Madeleine Nishinoto (only Friday) maybe u10s
 10  Connor Androutsis
11 Lachlan Vuong 
12 Daniel Edson
13 Michael Lylyakin
14 Samanta Gordienko
The Under 12 Tournament saw a very impressive win by SA’s leading girl player Athena-Malar Retnaraja who scored 9/10 to win outright, ahead of a very strong field. Gabriel Ferreira came second and is rapidly making his mark on the SA chess scene, while James Boyd-Norman, who was the only one to defeat Athena. is another player to watch carefully.

 

 

 1  Charlie Binder (MPS) Friday only
 2  Charlie Muir
 3  Pink Fang
 4  Jinjin Guo
 5  Charles Tang
 6  Nabiha Masood
 7  Livia Chau
 8  Ashley Aiello
 9  Bal Gilhotra
 10  Jackson Chen
11 Josh Dollman
 12  Ryan Weinert
13 Connor Caruso
 14  Sebastian Cook
15 Sebastian Barreto
16 Harry Fletcher
17 Tao Wong
18 Jake Wong
 19  Nicholas Savvoulidis (Friday only)
 20  Luke Pang
 21  Dewmi Liyanage
22 Ian Liu
23 Clynton Vuong
24 Emily Vuong
25 Alexandr Glushkov
26 Denis Ivanov
The Under 10 Championship was played over 2 days, with a separate tournament each day. The winner was decided by adding the scores over both tournaments and the winner was Jackson Chen. Second was Bal Gilhotra and equal 3rd were Sebastian Barreto and Jake Wong. 
Prizes were also awarded for those Under 9 and 1st was Charles Tang, ahead of Connor Caruso (aged 5!!) and 3rd Dewmi Liyanage (aged 6)
The winner of the 1st day was Jackson Chen while the second day was won by Ian Lau with 8 out of 8.
Please check the standings below.

 Tournaments from 2017

2017 October 60/25 Tournaments

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
———————————————————————————————
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

Generated by Vega – www.vegachess.com
(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
———————————————————————————————————————
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

SA Under 11, 10, 9  & 8 Championships

SA Under 11-8 State
Adelaide – 12/10/2017, 13/10/2017

 

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
———————————————————————————————————————
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

 

 

The last Thursday and Friday of the school holidays 

Thursday Oct 12th – Friday Oct 13th 2017

Played at the Chess Centre, 10 Ranelagh St Adelaide 5000 

The SAJCL is offering juniors the choice of 3(!) tournaments these holidays – The October 60 Tournament is for older juniors and is played at a time rate of 60 minutes +10 secs per move (only 5 rounds – 2 on Thursday and 3 on Friday)  or the October 25 Tournament where the games are shorter – only 25 minutes each + 10 secs per move (9 games, 4 on Thursday, 5 on Friday). The State Under 11 – 9 Championships will all be played at 25 minutes + 10 sec/move.

The players’ ages are those on the 1st July 2017. If they are 8 or younger on 1st of July, they should play in the Under 9; if they are 9, they should play in the Under 10 and if they are 10, they should play in the Under 11 State Championships. Players who are 11 or older should play in either the October 60 minute +10 spm tournament starting or the October 25 minute +10 spm event.

The Chess Centre will be open from 8.30am on all days to allow parents to drop off youngsters before work. The sessions will all be finished by 3.30 pm, except the October 60 on the Friday may go to 4.15pm.

4 games on Thursday, 5 games on Friday: 

Thursday: 10am, 11.15am, 1pm & 2pm;  Friday: 9.30am, 10.30am, 11.30am, 1pm & 2pm. 

The October 60 Tournament times will be: Thursday  10am and 1pm  and Friday 9am, 11.30am and 1.45pm.

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

Special one-day tournaments will be organised for those who can play for just one day.

Prizes:

1st in U11, U10 & U9 – $50, 2nd: $25; 3rd $15. The Prizes for the October Tournaments will be decided on entries but as always, will be generous.

Entry Fee – $35 which covers both days but a $5 discount applies if you send an email to Alan Goldsmith or ring or text  Alan Goldsmith on 0401 67 2481 before Wednesday 11th October 2017. You can enter on the day but must do so at 9am.  The Entry for a one-day event is $15. 

2017 Under 11-9 and October Tourns entry form

The Daffodil Day Tournaments

These events were held on 27th August 2017 at PAC and were organised by Eddie and Denny Han on behalf of the SA Cancer Council and all funds raised were donated for Cancer Research.

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.

2017 Daffodil U19

Standings

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

  1   Kong-Lim, Qi Le                    6        22.0  28.0   23.0
  2   Gregoric, Peter                    5.5      20.5  28.5   25.0
 3-4  Menezes, Eric                      5        21.0  30.0   20.0
      Retnaraja, Ethan                   5        20.0  29.0   23.0
  5   Huynh, Anthony                     4.5      19.0  26.5   18.0
 6-8  Vagionas, George                   4        18.0  24.5   16.0
      Hammat, Aaron                      4        16.0  23.0   12.0
      Thavarajah, Preshaan               4        13.0  22.0   15.0
9-13  Wu, Steve                          3        21.5  29.0   18.0
      Fenton, Oliver                     3        20.0  27.5   13.0
      Byrne, Oliver                      3        19.5  26.0    9.0
      Liu, Ethan                         3        18.5  25.5   13.0
      Huynh, Isabel                      3        14.0  20.5   10.0
14-16 Rahman, Raad                       2        16.5  22.5   10.0
      Banham, Rachel                     2        14.0  18.0    5.0
      Feltus, Vincent                    2        13.5  18.0    6.0
17-18 Callen, James                      1        14.5  22.0    4.0
      Ghui, Aditya                       1         3.0   6.5    1.0

Cross Table

No Name                 Feder Rtg  1    2    3    4    5    6    7  

1  Kong-Lim, Qi Le                17:W  8:W  9:L  6:W  3:W  4:W  2:W
2  Gregoric, Peter                14:W 12:W  3:W  5:D  4:W 10:W  1:L
3  Menezes, Eric                  10:W 13:W  2:L  7:W  1:L  5:W  6:W
4  Retnaraja, Ethan                7:W  5:W 10:W  9:W  2:L  1:L 11:W
5  Huynh, Anthony                 11:W  4:L 14:W  2:D 12:W  3:L  9:W
6  Vagionas, George                8:L 16:W 13:W  1:L 17:W  9:W  3:L
7  Hammat, Aaron                   4:L 11:W 12:L  3:L 16:W 14:W 10:W
8  Thavarajah, Preshaan            6:   1:L 11:W 12:W  9:W  0:   0: 
9  Wu, Steve                      18:W 15:W  1:W  4:L  8:L  6:L  5:L
10 Fenton, Oliver                  3:L 18:W  4:L 13:W 14:W  2:L  7:L
11 Byrne, Oliver                   5:L  7:L  8:L 15:W 13:W 12:W  4:L
12 Liu, Ethan                     16:W  2:L  7:W  8:L  5:L 11:L 15:W
13 Huynh, Isabel                  15:W  3:L  6:L 10:L 11:L 16:W 14:W
14 Rahman, Raad                    2:L 17:W  5:L 16:W 10:L  7:L 13:L
15 Banham, Rachel                 13:L  9:L 16:L 11:L  0:W 17:W 12:L
16 Feltus, Vincent                12:L  6:L 15:W 14:L  7:L 13:L 17:W
17 Callen, James                   1:L 14:L 18:L  0:W  6:L 15:L 16:L
18 Ghui, Aditya                    9:L 10:L 17:W  0:   0:   0:   0:

2017 Daffodil U12

Standings

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

  1   Retnaraja, Athena-Malar               7        18.0  23.5   28.0
 2-3  Hamood, Jake                          5        19.0  26.5   17.0
      Liu, Ian                              5        18.0  26.5   21.0
 4-5  McCauley, Eric                        4.5      19.0  26.5   17.5
      Hamood, Alex                          4.5      13.0  18.5   16.5
 6-7  Ok, Ye Seul                           4        21.0  28.5   19.0
      Gibbons, Tim                          4        18.0  26.5   18.0
 8-9  C, Nathan                             3        20.0  29.5   14.0
      An, Bingqi                            3        18.5  26.0   10.0
 10   Callen, Madeleine                     2        19.5  25.0   10.0
11-13 Callen, Max                           1        19.0  27.5    4.0
      Parikh, Rucha                         1         3.0   9.0    2.0
      Parikh, Pradyun                       1         3.0   8.5    1.0

2017 Daffodil Novice

Standings

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

  1   Fenton, Chase                 6        15.5  22.5   27.0
  2   Caruso, Connor                5        16.5  24.5   19.0
 3-4  Binder, Charlie               3.5      19.5  27.5   14.5
      McCauley, Owen                3.5      16.5  24.5   11.5
  5   Cook, Sebastian               3        17.5  25.5   12.0

2017 TERM 2 Holidays

pdf files

2017 Under 18 State Championship

2017 Under 12 State Championship

2017 SA Under 18 & 16 Championship – combined – 60 mins +10spm

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

Wednesday, 19th July 9 AM start Thursday July 20th & Friday July 21st  – 9:30 AM Start

Played at the Chess Centre, 10 Ranelagh St Adelaide 5000

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 July.

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 7 games in the U18 & U16 Championships and so will have 3 games on the Wednesday and then 2 games for the Thursday and the Friday. Clocks will be used with 60 minutes +10 seconds per move per player each game. 

PLEASE NOTE THE 9 AM START ON THE WEDNESDAY for the Under 18 and U16 Championship. IF POSSIBLE, BE THERE EARLY, SAY 8:30, on the Wednesday.

The sessions will all be finished by 4pm.

Schedule: Under 18 & U16

3 games on Wednesday: 9.00am, 11.00am, 1.30pm.

2 games on both Thursday & Friday: 9:30am and 1pm

Entry Fee – $40 which covers all days but a $5 discount applies if you register through the web site www.sajuniorchess.org or ring or SMS Alan Goldsmith on 0401 67 2481 or email alang@knightsandbytes.com.au before Tuesday 180th July 2017. You can enter on the Wednesday but must do so at 8:15 am.  Entry for a one-day event is $20. 

Lunches will be around 1pm on Wednesday and then12:30pm on Thursday and Friday. Pizza can be ordered each day for $5. 

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.

2017 SA Under 15,14 & 13 Championships – combined – 40 mins +10spm

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

Wednesday, 19th July, Thursday July 20th & Friday July 21st  – 9:30 AM Start

Played at the Chess Centre, 10 Ranelagh St Adelaide 5000

Schedule: Under 15, U14 & U13

3 games per day: 9.30am, 11.00am, 1.30pm.

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

Prizes:

The Under 16, U14, U13, each have First Prizes of $75 

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

Entry Fee – $40 which covers all days but a $5 discount applies if you register through the web site www.sajuniorchess.org or ring or SMS Alan Goldsmith on 0401 67 2481 or email alang@knightsandbytes.com.au before Tuesday 180th July 2017. You can enter on the Wednesday but must do so at 8:15 am.  Entry for a one-day event is $20. 

Lunches will be around 1pm on Wednesday and then12:30pm on Thursday and Friday. Pizza can be ordered each day for $5. 

Results

This combined Ages competition was very exciting – with many great talents  

 Under 15 Championship  
 1st  Kevin Qi
 2nd  Aditya Ghai
 3rd  Matvei Kotousov
 Under 14 Championship  
 1st  Ethan Retnaraja
 2nd  Gautam Nair
 =3rd  Boris Gluskov & Daniel Zelenski
 Under 13 Championship  
 1st  Nikita Boldyrev
2nd Athena-Molar Retnaraja
   

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

2017 SA Under 12 Championship – 25 mins +10 spm

The LAST Thursday and Friday of the school holidays

Thursday July 20th and Friday July 21st  – 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 July.

Schedule: State Under 12 Championship:

5 games daily: 9.30am, 10.30am, 11.30am and 1.30 pm and 2.30pm. Clocks will be used with 25 minutes +10 sec/move per player per game.

 

Prizes:

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

Entry Fee – $35 which covers both days but a $5 discount applies if you register through the web site www.sajuniorchess.org or ring or SMS Alan Goldsmith on 0401 67 2481 or email alang@knightsandbytes.com.au before Wednesday 19th July 2017. You can enter on the Thursday but must do so at 9 am. 

Entry for a one-day event is $15. 

Lunches will be around 12:30pm and Pizza can be ordered each day for $5. 

Results

This event had a big field and some great talent – very exciting

 Under 12 Championship  
 =1st  Oliver Fenton & Royce Wong
 3rd  Ethan Liu
   
 Under 11 Section  
 1st  Caleb Tang
 2nd  Yiyang Yee
 =3rd  Dimandiw Kosgallana, Yifan Yin, Gabriel Cregan 
 Under 10 Section  
 =1st  Saanvi Kondamuri & Lorcan Wheeler
   
   
 

SA Under 12 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 Fenton, Oliver         0 SA 7.5 | +W21 +B5 +W4 =B10 =W2 =W3 +B7 +B12 +W8 | 45.0 47.0
2 Wong, Royce            0 SA 7.5 | +B16 +W15 +B20 =W3 =B1 +W4 =B10 +W11 +B5 | 43.5 46.0
3 Liu, Ethan Yi          0 SA 7.0 | +W12 +B19 +W10 =B2 +W5 =B1 -B4 +W15 +B11 | 44.5 47.5
4 Tang, Caleb            0 SA 7.0 | +B13 +W6 -B1 +B19 +W11 -B2 +W3 +W10 +B12 | 44.5 47.5
5 Yee, Yiyang            0 SA 5.0 | +B18 -W1 +B14 +W20 -B3 +W13 -B11 +W7 -W2 | 43.0 45.5
6 Gibbons, Timothy       0 SA 5.0 | -W7 -B4 +W9 +B14 -W13 +B17 -W12 +B19 +W15 | 37.0 40.0
7 Ninnes, Eleftherios    0 SA 5.0 | +B6 -W20 =BYE =BYE +BYE +B19 -W1 -B5 +W18 | 37.0 39.5
8 Kondamuri, Saanvi      0 SA 5.0 | -B11 +W23 =B18 +B21 =W10 -B12 +W19 +W13 -B1 | 33.5 33.5
9 Wheeler, Lorcan        0 SA 5.0 | -B15 -W14 -B6 +BYE -W17 +W18 +B22 +W16 +B10 | 32.0 33.0
10 Kosgallana, Dimandiw  0 SA 4.5 | +B14 +W11 -B3 =W1 =B8 +W15 =W2 -B4 -W9 | 47.5 51.5
11 Yin, Yifan            0 SA 4.5 | +W8 -B10 =W12 +W18 -B4 +B20 +W5 -B2 -W3 | 44.0 46.5
12 Cregan, Gabriel       0 SA 4.5 | -B3 -W18 =B11 +W23 +B16 +W8 +B6 -W1 -W4 | 43.5 43.5
13 Ivanov, Anton         0 SA 4.5 | -W4 -B21 +BYE +W16 +B6 -B5 +W20 -B8 =B14 | 36.0 38.0
14 Homvan, Thomas        0 SA 4.5 | -W10 +B9 -W5 -W6 +B18 +W21 -B15 +B20 =W13 | 33.0 35.0
15 Suzuki, Ryota         0 SA 4.0 | +W9 -B2 -W21 +B17 +W23 -B10 +W14 -B3 -B6 | 39.0 39.0
16 Callen, Angus         0 SA 4.0 | -W2 +B17 -W19 -B13 -W12 +W22 +B21 -B9 +W20 | 32.0 33.0
17 Low, Nathan           0 SA 4.0 | -B20 -W16 +B23 -W15 +B9 -W6 -B18 +W22 +W19 | 27.5 27.5
18 Vuong, Lachlyn        0 SA 3.5 | -W5 +B12 =W8 -B11 -W14 -B9 +W17 +W21 -B7 | 36.5 38.5
19 Lylykin, Michael      0 SA 3.0 | +B23 -W3 +B16 -W4 +B21 -W7 -B8 -W6 -B17 | 38.5 38.5
20 Brankovic, Uros       0 SA 2.5 | +W17 +B7 -W2 -B5 =BYE -W11 -B13 -W14 -B16 | 38.5 42.5
21 Dissanyake, Savin     0 SA 2.0 | -B1 +W13 +B15 -W8 -W19 -B14 -W16 -B18 -B22 | 35.5 36.5
22 Hamood, Jake          0 SA 1.0 | — — — — — -B16 -W9 -B17 +W21 | 32.5 34.5
23 Bromley, Grace (W)    0 SA 0.0 | -W19 -B8 -W17 -B12 -B15 — — — — | 26.5 27.5

July Junior Tournament (under 11) – 15 mins each

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: July Junior:

8 games daily: 9.30 am, 10.30 am, 11.00 am 11.30am and 1pm, 1.30pm, 2.30pm and 3.00pm – 15 minutes per player for the whole game.

The July Junior: 1st prize: $40

Entry Fee – $35 which covers both days but a $5 discount applies if you register through the web site www.sajuniorchess.org or ring or SMS Alan Goldsmith on 0401 67 2481 or email alang@knightsandbytes.com.au before Wednesday 19th July 2017. You can enter on the Thursday but must do so at 9 am. 

Entry for a one-day event is $15. 

Lunches will be around 12:30pm and Pizza can be ordered each day for $5. 

Results

The July Tournament was played as two separate events and the scores of the players from both events were combined to produce the winners. Most players ended up playing 16 games over the 2 days. And although it was for 10 year olds and younger, this was NOT the State Under 11 Championship – that will be next holidays.

 Under 11 Section  
 1st  Ian Liu
 2nd  Connor Androutsis
 3rd  Zara Pelham
4th  Noah Lattimer
 Under 10 Section  
 1st  Charlie Moule- Hooworth
 =2nd  Emily Vuong & Oscar Li
   
 Under 9 Section  
 1st  Jackson Chen
2nd Denis Ivanov
   
Under 8 Section  
=1st  Charles Tang & Jayden Yue
   
Under 7 Section  
1st  Clynton Vuong

Results – 1 day Tournament

1st  Alex Hamood
 2nd  Angelina Legrand
 3rd  Connor Caruso & Grace Errington

 

July Junior 21 July 2017 – 2nd Day
Cross Table at round 8 sorted by score

Pos NAME          Rtg T Fed Pts |   1   2   3    4    5   6   7    8  | Buc1 BucT
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1 Liu, Ian Lewen       0 SA 6.5 | +W22 +B13 =W2 +B6 +W12 +B11 +W5 -B3 | 34.5 37.5
2 Androutsis, Connor   0 SA 6.5 | +B19 +W20 =B1 -W11 +B14 +W3 +B6 +W8 | 33.5 36.5
3 Hamood, Alex         0 SA 6.0 | +B17 -W5 +B23 +B13 +W4 -B2 +W11 +W1 | 35.5 38.0
4 Moule-Hooworth, Char 0 SA 6.0 | +W21 +B16 +W7 -B12 -B3 +W15 +W10 +B5 | 32.5 35.5
5 Chen, Jackson        0 SA 5.0 | -W9 +B3 +W15 +B7 +W8 +B12 -B1 -W4 | 37.5 41.0
6 Pelham, Zara         0 SA 5.0 | +B23 -W12 +B14 -W1 +B9 +B7 -W2 +W15 | 34.5 37.0
7 Ivanov, Denis        0 SA 5.0 | +W10 +B8 -B4 -W5 +B21 -W6 +B20 +W11 | 33.0 36.0
8 Legrand, Angelina    0 SA 5.0 | +B25 -W7 +B21 +W16 -B5 +W13 +B12 -B2 | 31.5 33.0
9 Latimer, Noah        0 SA 5.0 | +B5 -W11 -W10 +B18 -W6 +B17 +B13 +W12 | 31.0 34.5
10 Tang, Charles       0 SA 5.0 | -B7 +W25 +B9 +W20 -B11 +W16 -B4 +B14 | 31.0 32.5
11 Yue, Jayden         0 SA 4.0 | +W14 +B9 -W12 +B2 +W10 -W1 -B3 -B7 | 38.0 42.0
12 Caruso, Connor      0 SA 4.0 | +W24 +B6 +B11 +W4 -B1 -W5 -W8 -B9 | 36.5 39.5
13 Cheah, Nathan       0 SA 4.0 | +B15 -W1 +B19 -W3 +B20 -B8 -W9 +W21 | 32.0 35.0
14 Dev, Akshat         0 SA 4.0 | -B11 +W17 -W6 +B24 -W2 +B18 +B16 -W10 | 32.0 35.0
15 Vuong, Clynton      0 SA 4.0 | -W13 +BYE -B5 +W23 +B26 -B4 +W22 -B6 | 28.5 30.0
16 Masood, Nabiha      0 SA 4.0 | +B27 -W4 +B25 -B8 +W22 -B10 -W14 +W20 | 27.5 28.5
17 Vuong, Emily        0 SA 4.0 | -W3 -B14 +BYE -W21 +B23 -W9 +B24 +B22 | 26.5 29.0
18 Errington, Grace    0 SA 4.0 | — -B22 +W26 -W9 +B19 -W14 +B23 +W27 | 23.5 24.5
19 Li, Oscar           0 SA 3.5 | -W2 +B26 -W13 -B22 -W18 =W24 +BYE +B25 | 24.0 25.5
20 Nybo, Spencer       0 SA 3.0 | +W26 -B2 +W22 -B10 -W13 +B25 -W7 -B16 | 29.0 30.5
21 Fenton, Chase       0 SA 3.0 | -B4 +W27 -W8 +B17 -W7 -B22 +W26 -B13 | 28.0 29.0
22 Chee, Matthew       0 SA 3.0 | -B1 +W18 -B20 +W19 -B16 +W21 -B15 -W17 | 27.5 30.5
23 Cook, Sebastian     0 SA 3.0 | -W6 +B24 -W3 -B15 -W17 +B27 -W18 +BYE | 27.0 28.0
24 Sivakumar, Nishant  0 SA 3.0 | -B12 -W23 +B27 -W14 =W25 =B19 -W17 +B26 | 20.0 21.0
25 Elliott, Sylvie     0 SA 2.0 | -W8 -B10 -W16 +BYE =B24 -W20 =B27 -W19 | 25.0 26.0
26 Brookman, Teddy     0 SA 2.0 | -B20 -W19 -B18 +W27 -W15 +BYE -B21 -W24 | 21.5 22.5
27 Andrews, Angus      0 SA 1.5 | -W16 -B21 -W24 -B26 +BYE -W23 =W25 -B18 | 19.5 21.0

 

2017 TERM 1 Holidays

During the holidays, we ran the City of Adelaide Junior Championships – the Under 21, Under 12 and Under 10 – and these attracted over 60 of the keenest juniors in the State – and some of the newest!
 
The Under 21 Championship was a 3-day competition that ended in a tie for first between Preshaan Thavarajah and Peter Gregoric. Third was Riley Karayiannis.
 
The Top Girl was Athena-Malar Retnaraja
The Under 16 Section was won by George Karassoulos 
The Under 14 Section was won by Matvei Kotousov
The Under 13 Section was won by George Bartley
The Under 12 Section was won by Christiaan Viljoen
The Under 11 Section was won by Ethan Retnaraja
 
The Under 12 Championship
 
The winner was Anthony Huynh. 2nd was Ethan Liu and 3rd Kevin Qi
The Under 11 Section ended in tie for first between Yiyang Yee, Anton Ivanov and Yifan Yin.
 
The Under 10 Championship
 
This two-day competition had most competitors playing 16 games – lots of practice.
 
The winner was Fei Yang Wang (Australian name Ethan Wang) with 15.5/16. 2nd was Ian Liu with 13 and 3rd Dimandiw Kosgallana with 11.5
 
The Top Girls were Zara Pelham and Saanvi Kondamuri with 9 points
 
The Under 9 Section was won by Bal Gilhotra, 2nd Denis Ivanov
The Under 8 Section was won by Jackson Chen, 2nd Jayden Yue and 3rd Charles Tang
The Under 7 was won by Nicholas Savvoulidis with 7.5
 
The cross-table for the Under 21s:

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

State Under 18: Equal 1st: Peter Gregoric and Qi Le Kong-Lim; 3rd: Jing Ng
State Under 16: 1st: Oscar Herrmann; Equal 2nd: George Karassoulos and Axel Heinrich
State Under 15: 1st: Riley Karayiannis; 2nd: Ethan Low
State Under 14: 1st: Preshaan Thavarajah; =2nd: Matvei Kotousov & Leron Rathnayake
State Under 13: 1st: Chathula Kiripitige; 2nd: Ognyen Stankovic; 3rd Ethan Retnaraja
State Under 12: Equal 1st: Kevin Qi, Anthony Huynh and Ethan Liu
State Under 11: 1st: Ethan Liu & Kevin Qi
State Under 10: 1st: Ethan Retnaraja
State Under 9:  1st: Oliver Fenton
State Under 8:  1st: Athena-Malor Retnaraja
 

City of Adelaide Junior

CoA Under 21: 1st: Qi Le Kong-Lim, 2nd Denny Han; =3rd: Preshaan Thavarajah & Kee-An Seet.
CoA Under 12: 1st: Vladimir Godienko; 2nd: Anthony Huynh; 3rd: Ethan Retnaraja
CoA Under 11: 1st William Swanson; =2nd Tommy Burks & Royce Wong.
CoA Under 10: 1st: Athena-Malar Retnaraja; 2nd Anton Ivanov; 3rd Caleb Tang
CoA Under 9:  =1st Jayden Yue and Priyanka Thavarajah; 3rd Ian Liu
 
 

 

 


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