July 28th, 2019
2019 SA Under 18 & 16 Championship – combined – 60 mins +10spm
2019 SA Under 15, 14 & 13 Championships – combined – 60 mins +10spm
Played over the LAST Wednesday, Thursday & Friday of the school holidays
Wednesday, 17th July, Thursday July 18th & Friday July 19th – 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 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
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 – $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 16th July 2019.
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 12 noon each day. Pizza can be ordered each day for $5
2019 SA Under 18 – Under 16 Championships
A big CONGRATULATIONS to Preshaan Thavarajah on retaining his Under 18 State Junior Champion title for the third time – a mighty effort and almost a record! It was a very strong tournament and the competition fierce – it was played as a Round Robin.
Ethan Retnaraja also impressed, as always!, and won the Under 16 State Junior Champion Title.
Final Results:
U18: 1st Preshaan Thavarajah, 2nd Riley Karayiannis, 3rd Oliver Fenton
U16: Ethan Retnaraja, 2nd Raad Rahman
Standing at round 7
| Pos | ID | T | NAME | Rtg | PRtg | Fed | Pts | S-B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Thavarajah,Preshaan | 1867 | 1332 | SA | 6.5 | 19.25 | |
| 2 | 4 | Retnaraja,Ethan | 1371 | 1290 | SA | 6.0 | 15.50 | |
| 3 | 3 | Rahman,Raad | 1414 | 1077 | SA | 4.5 | 10.00 | |
| 4 | 2 | Karayiannis,Riley | 1475 | 1068 | SA | 4.5 | 9.75 | |
| 5 | 6 | Fenton,Oliver | 1025 | 1077 | SA | 3.0 | 4.00 | |
| 6 | 5 | Pattison,Hamish | 1086 | 999 | SA | 2.5 | 4.25 | |
| 7 | 8 | Mills,Jack | 0 | 868 | SA | 1.0 | 1.00 | |
| 8 | 7 | Gayko,Alexander | 0 | 425 | SA | 0.0 | 0.00 | |
| Tie Break legend: | ||||||||
| S-B : Sonneborn-Berger | ||||||||
2019 SA Under 15 – Under 13 Championships
This was a really tough tournament, played over 3 days, and many players impressed.
Final Results:
State U15 Championship: 1st Anthony Huynh, 2nd Ben Stevens, 3rd Gabriel Ferreira
State Under 14 Championship: 1st Nirmit Parekh, 2nd Ethan Liu, 3rd Athena-Malar Retnaraja
State Under 13 Championship: 1st: Suhas Challa, =2nd Tharan Balachander &Alistair Maria
Standing at round 9 (last round)
| Pos | ID | T | NAME | Rtg | PRtg | Fed | Pts | Buc1 | BucT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Huynh,Anthony | 1179 | 1129 | SA | 8.0 | 42.5 | 47.0 | |
| 2 | 19 | Parekh,Nirmit | 0 | 1075 | SA | 7.0 | 42.5 | 45.5 | |
| 3 | 3 | Liu,Ethan Yi | 1121 | 772 | SA | 6.0 | 42.5 | 45.5 | |
| 4 | 5 | Stevens,Ben | 1037 | 645 | SA | 5.5 | 44.5 | 48.0 | |
| 5 | 7 | Challa,Suhas | 695 | 675 | SA | 5.5 | 36.5 | 38.5 | |
| 6 | 4 | Retnaraja,Athena-Malar | 1076 | 759 | SA | 5.0 | 45.5 | 49.0 | |
| 7 | 13 | Balachander,Tharan | 486 | 613 | SA | 5.0 | 42.0 | 45.0 | |
| 8 | 1 | Ferreira,Gabriel Oliva | 1217 | 652 | SA | 5.0 | 41.5 | 44.5 | |
| 9 | 6 | Maria,Alistair | 881 | 564 | TAS | 5.0 | 41.5 | 44.5 | |
| 10 | 11 | Yee,Yiyang | 525 | 726 | SA | 4.5 | 41.5 | 43.5 | |
| 11 | 9 | Tang,Caleb | 661 | 314 | SA | 4.5 | 37.0 | 40.0 | |
| 12 | 29 | Yin,Yifan | 0 | 384 | SA | 4.0 | 34.5 | 37.5 | |
| 13 | 28 | Whyte,Alastair | 0 | 437 | SA | 3.5 | 39.5 | 42.5 | |
| 14 | 24 | Steele,Jake (W) | 0 | 1192 | SA | 3.5 | 36.5 | 40.0 | |
| 15 | 18 | Lylyakin,Michael | 0 | 29 | SA | 3.5 | 32.0 | 33.5 | |
| 16 | 22 | Shang,Alex | 0 | 172 | AUS | 3.5 | 31.5 | 33.5 | |
| 17 | 10 | Gibbons,Timothy | 615 | 204 | SA | 3.0 | 38.5 | 40.5 | |
| 18 | 12 | Ivanov,Anton | 505 | 0 | SA | 2.5 | 36.0 | 39.5 | |
| 19 | 14 | Commisso,Anthony | 0 | 194 | SA | 2.5 | 35.0 | 37.0 | |
| 20 | 8 | Black,Adam (W) | 672 | 125 | SA | 2.0 | 33.5 | 36.5 | |
| 21 | 17 | Lewis,Jordan (W) | 0 | 389 | SA | 2.0 | 32.5 | 35.5 | |
| 22 | 27 | Western,Oliver (W) | 0 | 379 | SA | 1.5 | 33.5 | 36.0 | |
| 23 | 23 | Shen,Daniel (W) | 0 | 544 | SA | 1.0 | 33.0 | 35.0 | |
| 24 | 20 | Patel,Khush (W) | 0 | 426 | SA | 1.0 | 30.0 | 32.0 | |
| 25 | 21 | Pudney,James (W) | 0 | 0 | SA | 1.0 | 29.0 | 30.5 | |
| 26 | 26 | Western,Benjamin (W) | 0 | 0 | SA | 0.0 | 26.5 | 27.5 | |
| 27 | 15 | Delfino,Angelo (W) | 0 | 0 | SA | 0.0 | 26.0 | 27.0 | |
| 28 | 16 | Edson,Danial (W) | 0 | 0 | SA | 0.0 | 26.0 | 27.0 | |
| Tie Break legend: | |||||||||
| Buc1 : Buchholz Cut 1 | |||||||||
| BucT : Buchholz Total | |||||||||
2019 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 18th and Friday July 19th – 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, 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
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 ring or SMS Alan Goldsmith on 0401 67 2481 or email alang@knightsandbytes.com.au before Wednesday 17th July 2019. 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 noon and Pizza can be ordered each day for $5.
2019 SA Under 12 Championship
This was a fabulous event, boosted by many youngsters choosing to play up in a tournament with the longer time limit (25 mins +10 sec inc) rather than take part in the July Junior with the 15 minute time limit for each player. Jayden Yue was outright first in an impressive display but he had several scares against the younger brigade.
Final Results:
State Under 12 Championship: 1st Jayden Yue, 2nd: Denis Ivanov; Equal 3rd: Gabriel Harding & Sze-Siong Koh-Buckland.
As is usual with this event, we award prizes for the best Under 11s in the event but this was not for the State U11 titles – that event takes place in the next holidays. But nonetheless, it was brilliant to see a hoard of very young players performing so brilliantly!
Under 11 Section: Equal first: Pink Fang, Dewmi Liyanage, Connor Caruso and Amelia Cirami.
Standing at round 10 (last round)
| Pos | ID | T | NAME | Rtg | PRtg | Fed | Pts | Buc1 | BucT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Yue,Jayden | 942 | 657 | SA | 8.0 | 52.5 | 57.0 | |
| 2 | 3 | Ivanov,Denis | 593 | 418 | SA | 7.0 | 46.0 | 47.5 | |
| 3 | 9 | Harding,Gabriel | 393 | 612 | SA | 6.5 | 55.0 | 57.5 | |
| 4 | 11 | Koh-Buckland,Sze-Siong | 263 | 482 | SA | 6.5 | 54.0 | 56.0 | |
| 5 | 8 | Fang,Pink | 453 | 485 | SA | 6.0 | 54.0 | 57.0 | |
| 6 | 2 | Liyanage,Dewmi | 648 | 422 | SA | 6.0 | 52.5 | 55.0 | |
| 7 | 6 | Caruso,Connor | 524 | 367 | SA | 6.0 | 48.0 | 49.5 | |
| 8 | 13 | Cirami,Amelia | 0 | 337 | SA | 6.0 | 47.5 | 50.0 | |
| 9 | 4 | Wu,Yifan | 576 | 449 | SA | 5.5 | 56.0 | 61.0 | |
| 10 | 10 | Cerny,Sophie | 289 | 421 | SA | 5.5 | 54.0 | 55.5 | |
| 11 | 5 | Barreto,Sebastian | 545 | 466 | SA | 5.5 | 53.0 | 55.0 | |
| 12 | 16 | Jankowski,Will | 0 | 208 | SA | 5.0 | 47.5 | 50.0 | |
| 13 | 22 | Teng,Daniel | 0 | 113 | SA | 5.0 | 41.0 | 42.5 | |
| 14 | 17 | Karthikeyan,Manav | 0 | 202 | SA | 5.0 | 40.0 | 41.5 | |
| 15 | 7 | Tang,Charles | 476 | 305 | SA | 4.5 | 54.5 | 57.0 | |
| 16 | 19 | Liu,Darren | 0 | 73 | SA | 3.0 | 46.0 | 48.0 | |
| 17 | 18 | Leask,Charlie | 0 | 0 | SA | 3.0 | 42.0 | 43.5 | |
| 18 | 24 | Liau,Jacob | 0 | 127 | SA | 3.0 | 37.5 | 39.0 | |
| 19 | 25 | Legrand,Angelina | 275 | 72 | SA | 3.0 | 37.5 | 39.0 | |
| 20 | 20 | Oliverio,Sara | 0 | 0 | SA | 2.5 | 40.0 | 41.5 | |
| 21 | 14 | Dong,David | 0 | 0 | SA | 2.0 | 45.5 | 47.0 | |
| 22 | 21 | Rajapaksha,Yohan | 0 | 0 | SA | 1.5 | 44.5 | 46.5 | |
| 23 | 23 | Deepu,Ishaan (W) | 0 | 0 | AUS | 1.0 | 37.0 | 39.0 | |
| 24 | 12 | Carrigan,William (W) | 0 | 0 | SA | 0.0 | 31.5 | 32.5 | |
| 25 | 15 | Fernandez,Hannah (W) | 0 | 0 | SA | 0.0 | 31.5 | 32.5 | |
| Tie Break legend: | |||||||||
| Buc1 : Buchholz Cut 1 | |||||||||
| BucT : Buchholz Total | |||||||||