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(7 May 2023): NSW Junior Championships 2022 - Under 18 Reserves Playoff Jean Rusakov wins Playoff to qualify for 2023 Title Division The long running playoff for the 2022 NSW Championship Under 18 Reserves Division has at last been completed. An initial two-game match between the tournament's joint winners, Jean Rusakov and Harvey Zhu, was tied with two draws, as was a second match. In the third match the first game was drawn but the second was won by Jean when his opponent's device received an audible message, which meant an automatic loss for him – an unfortunate end to a long and evenly-balanced contest. Jean's win qualifies him to play in this year's NSW Junior Championship Title Division (which both players are may well qualify for anyway as their improving ratings are likely to place them amongst the top ten highest rated entrants in this restricted-entry event). Details of the tournament and the playoff may be found by clicking on "Results" in the menu at left. (25 April 2023): Inter-Schools Competitions Metropolitan Secondary Schools Competition: The draws for Met East, Met North and Met West Regions are now available – except for Met North's Central Coast divisions, which will be held in one-day format (on Tuesday 16 May). Met South-West Region will also be held in one-day format (on a date to be determined). To see the draws click on "Schools" in the menu at left. Primary Schools Competition: The draws for the weekly home-and-away zones are now available. The draws may be found via "Schools" in the menu at left. (25 April 2023): City of Sydney Junior Championships 2022 - Under 15 Playoff Yifei Hu wins Playoff for City of Sydney Under 15 Title Following the tie between Yifei Hu and Anh Quan Nguyen in last October's City of Sydney Under 15 Championship a two-game playoff for the title has been held. It was won by Yifei, who is only 10 years old, with a win followed by a draw. Details of the tournament and the playoff may be found by clicking on "Results" in the menu at left. (25 April 2023): Autumn Tournaments 2023
Tristan Dyson and Chamathsara Mendis tie in Newcastle Autumn
One-Day Tournament Chamathsara Mendis (from Dubbo) and Tristan Dyson (a Newcastle local) tied for first place in the 21-player Newcastle Autumn One-Day Tournament. They each scored 7 out of 8 and finished a point ahead of Maxim Micevski. Thirteen-year-old Nestor Chan has won the Sydney Autumn One-Day Tournament. He gained a half-point lead in Round 6 and maintained that same leading margin for the the remaining three rounds despite conceding two draws. Second was Anh Quan Nguyen and third place was shared by 11 players. A large field of 152 players took part in the tournament. A record field of 131 players took part in the Central Coast One-Day Tournament, which was won by Mikaere Pora with a picket-fence score of 7/7, half a point ahead of Griff Brondum. The Sydney Autumn Two-Day Tournament attracted 168 players – even more than the previous week's One-Day Tournament. Nestor Chan repeated his One-Day success, again conceding only two draws. Anh Quan Nguyen was second again, but this time sharing that position with Marcus Li. A record of 66 players took part in the Orange Autumn One-Day Tournament. It was won by 16-year-old Sam Rivett, a first-time winner, who finished half a point ahead of veteran Khaiam Ali. For detailed results click on "Results" in the menu at left.
(26 Feb 2023): Summer Tournaments 2023
David Miller wins Sydney Summer Three-Day
Tournament The large number of entries for our Summer tournaments indicates that players are eager to get back to face-to-face tournaments after three years of Covid disruption. Our first tournament of the year, the Sydney Summer Three-Day Tournament, attracted 88 players, over 15% more than the last Summer Three-Day Tournament (in pre-Covid 2020). The tournament was won by 17-year-old David Miller, who scored 7.5/9 (six wins and three draws). The Sydney Summer One-Day Tournament was contested by 143 players and was won by 10-year-old Harvey Zhu, who scored 8 out of 9 and finished half a point ahead of Ralph Tsui and Jean Rusakov. The Orange Summer Tournament attracted 34 players and ended in a three-way tie between Chamathsara Mendis (aged 15), Braydon Bouffler (13) and James Fowler (17), who each scored 6.5 out of 8. The 122-player Sydney Summer Two-Day Tournament was closely fought for all its 12 rounds and finished in a two-way tie between David Guo and Ralph Tsui with 9.5 points each. A large field of 90 players took part in the Central Coast Summer Tournament, which ended in a tie between Jean Rusakov and Tristan Dyson with 6.5/7 each. A record of 36 players took part in the Wollongong Summer Tournament – 50% more than last summer. Three players, Aarav Shahriar, Clancy Sloan and Emma Zhang, tied for first place, each with 6 points out of 7. For detailed results click on "Results" in the menu at left. (5 Feb 2023): International Junior Tournaments The Australian Chess Federation has released its International Junior Tournaments calendar for 2023 – see HERE. This will be updated as further information is received. Please direct any queries to either Australian Junior Chess Coordinator, Hughston Parle at hughstonparle@gmail.com or Assistant Australian Junior Chess Coordinator, Henry Slater-Jones at henryslaterjones@gmail.com. (30 Jan 2023): Oceania Zonal Championships 2023 The 2023 Oceania Zonal Championships, which took place in Melbourne in late January, attracted a large field of 295 players including 22 juniors from NSW. One of several outstanding results amongst these was Alaina Vincent's equal third place in the Womens Championship. The Zonal was won by GM Temur Kuybokarov of WA and the Womens Zonal by WGM Julia Ryjanova (Vic). NSW juniors who finished with 50% or more were as follows: Open (253 players, 9 rounds) Sayum Rupasinghe 5.5 (=50th) Seth Peramunetilleke, Savin Peramunetilleke, Toby Huey 5 (=72nd) Saisiddharth Naraharasetty, Lucas Ni 4.5 (=106th) Women (42 players, 9 rounds) Alaina Vincent 6 (=3rd) Chelsea Huey 4.5 (=16th) For full results click HERE. 21 Jan 2023): Australian Junior Championships 2023
Yifei Hu wins Under 12 Open Title The 2023 Australian Junior Championships were held in Melbourne from 12 to 20 January and NSW players secured two titles, three second places and four third places. Yifei Hu won the Under 12 Open title and Reyaansh Chakrabarty winning the Under 10 Open title . Leading Scores:
Under 18 Open (27 players, 9 rounds):
Under 16 Open (40 players, 9 rounds):
Under 14 Open (70 players, 9 rounds):
Under 12 Open (75 players, 9 rounds):
Under 10 Open (88 players, 9 rounds):
Under 8 Open (46 players, 9 rounds):
Under 18 and Under 16 Girls (18 players, 9 rounds):
Under 14 Girls(15 players, 9 rounds):
Under 12 Girls (24 players, 9 rounds)
Under 10 Girls (22 players, 8 rounds):
Under 8 Girls (21 players, 8 rounds): For detailed results click HERE. (11 Jan 2023): Australian Open Championships 2023 Jayden Arav wins Australian Minor Championship The 2023 Australian Open Championships, which were held in Perth in early January, included several subsidiary tournaments, one of which was the Australian Minor Championship. This tournament, for players with ACF ratings below 1600, was won by 13-year-old Jayden Arav from NSW. He was helped by his 12-year-old brother Nathan, who defeated the tournament leader in the last round, allowing Jayden to pass him and win the tournament by half a point. Nathan finished in equal second place. For details click HERE. (11 Dec 2022): NSW Country Junior Championships 2022 Jacob Mills wins Under 18 Title Avinav Sivaraj wins Under 12 Title Jacob Mills aged 16 of Port Macquarie has won the NSW Country Junior Championship title. Jacob won all five games in the Under 18 finals, which were contested by six players who qualified from three preliminary heats in the north, south and west of the state. Jacob finished two points ahead of three players who tied for second place. The Under 12 Championship was won by Avinav Sivaraj aged 9 of Port Macquarie ahead of Marcus Wells aged 11 of Woongarrah. Avinav was running third after the first half of the six-player double round robin but finished strongly in the second half to win by a one-point margin. For full results click on "Results" in the menu at left. (11 Dec 2022): Australian Schools Teams Championships 2022 This year's ASTC was held in Cairns in Queensland, a welcome return to the normal format after two years in which the event washeld online because of Covid. NSW teams achieved a second place and a third place in the four divisions. The results are summarised below: Secondary Open: 1st Anglican Church Grammar School (Qld) 14.5/20 NSW team: Knox Grammar School 7/20, place 5th/6 Secondary Girls: 1st Mac.Robertson Girls' High School (Vic) 19/20 NSW team: Sydney Girls High School 11/20, place 3rd./6 Primary Open: 1st Anglican Church Grammar School (Qld) 17/20 NSW team: Sydney Grammar School St Ives Preparatory 14.5/20, place 2nd/6 Primary Girls: 1st Sunnybank Hills State School (Qld) 16/20 NSW team: Neutral Bay Public School 7.5/20, place 5th/6 For further details click HERE. (25 Nov 2022): Primary Schools Competition 2022 The state-wide Primary Schools Competition (for teams of four players), which commenced in second term, has at last concluded. Despite the ravages of Covid 601 teams from 196 schools took part – well down on pre-Covid numbers but better than expected considering that there was an upsurge of Covid at the time entries were due. The competition was divided into 10 regions and 32 zones, although one zone, Coffs Harbour, could not be held mainly due to Covid. Over the last few months the zone winners participated in region finals and the region winners then took part in the inter-region finals to determine the country and metropolitan champions, Wollongong Public School and Sydney Grammar St Ives Preparatory respectively. These two teams then met in the NSW final, in which Sydney Grammar St Ives Preparatory proved successful. Congratulations to the winners and also to all the other finalists for their achievement in reaching the finals. For full details click on "Schools" in the menu at left, then on the Primary Schools Competition's "Draw & Results" and then on "Finals". (18 Nov 2022): Country Secondary Schools Competition 2022 Marian Catholic College Griffith from the Riverina Region has won this year's Country Secondary Schools Competition. This was the school's first victory since the competition started in 1996. In the grand final Marian College defeated last year's winner Merewether High from the Hunter Region in a tense battle. The competition started in first term with 114 teams and was only minimally disrupted by COVID as most matches were played online and schools are by now well used to this. For full details click on "Schools" in the left-hand column and then look under the heading "Country Secondary Schools Competition". (13 Nov 2022): Spring Tournaments 2022
Tristan Dyson and Braidon Cox win Central Coast Spring One-Day
Tournament A record field of 63 players took part in the Central Coast Spring Tournament, which was jointly won by Tristan Dyson and Braidon Cox. Nine-year-old Yifei Hu has won the Sydney Spring One-Day Tournament with a clean score, one and a half points ahead of his nearest rivals, Seth Peramunetilleke and Harvey Zhu,. The tournament attracted 166 players, the largest number since autumn 2018. Fifteen-year-old Seth Peramunetilleke has won the 134-player Sydney Spring Two-Day Tournament with a score of 9 out of 10. In second place, half a point behind, was NSW Junior Champion Ryan Lane. Two girls, Chanathsara Mendis and Sarayu Prakashbabu, shared first place in the Orange Spring Tournament, a full point ahead of the rest of the field. Aditya Kumaresan has won the Wollongong Spring Tournament for the second time, his previous win being four years ago. For detailed results click on "Results" in the left-hand menu. (22 Oct 2022): NSW Junior Championships 2022 - Under 12 Playoff Daniel Wang wins Playoff for NSW Under 12 Title Following the tie between Daniel Wang and Reyaansh Chakrabarty in last July's NSW Under 12 Championship it has taken three playoff matches of two games each to decide the NSW Under 12 title. The first two matches were tied 1-1, but the third was won by Daniel 1.5-0.5. Daniel is 11 years old, but Reyaansh is only 8 and therefore has three more years to win the title. Full details may be found by clicking on "Results" in the menu at left. (7 Oct 2022): City of Sydney Junior Championships 2022 Ryan Lane wins Under 18 Championship Yifei Hu and Anh Quan Nguyen tie for first in Under 15 Championship Daniel Wang wins Under 12 Championship Ryan Lane recovered from a first round upset loss to win this year's City of Sydney Junior Championship. He won his remaining games to finish half a point ahead of Seth Peramunetilleke. Nine-year-old Yifei Hu led most of the way through the Under 15 Division but conceded a draw in the last round, which allowed Anh Quan Nguyen to catch up and share first place. Daniel Wang won the Under 12 Division with a score of 10 out of 11, a full point ahead of Ryan Chengji Liu, with Benjamin Tee (the only player to defeat Daniel) half a point further behind. The three divisions attracted a total of 110 players, which was one more than last time (in pre-Covid 2019). For full scores click on "Results" in the left-hand column. (30 Sept 2022): NSW Girls Championships 2022
Chelsea Huey wins Under 18 Championship Thirteen-year-old Chelsea Huey has retained her title of NSW Girls Champion. She scored 5 out of 6, conceding draws to Renee Yang Pan and Joy Liu, who finished in equal second place half a point behind. The Under 12 Championship was won by Linda Qian with a clean score of 9 out of 9, two points ahead of Vicky Qian (no relation). For full scores click on "Results" in the left-hand column. (18 Sept 2022): Australian Schools Teams Championships – Selection Playoffs The playoffs to select the teams to represent NSW in the Secondary Open and Secondary Girls divisions of the Australian Schools Teams Championships (ASTC) have been held. The Secondary Open playoff was won by Knox Grammar School ahead of Sydney Boys High School, Baulkham Hills High School and Sydney Grammar School. The Secondary Girls playoff was won by Sydney Girls High School ahead of Meriden School, North Sydney Girls High School and Queenwood School. The winner of the NSW Primary Schools Competition, which is still in progress, will represent NSW in the Primary Open division. Neutral Bay Public School will represent NSW in the Primary Girls division (there was no need for a selection playoff). The ASTC will be held in Cairns over the weekend of 3-4 December. (16 Sept 2022): Metropolitan Secondary Schools Competition 2022 The 2022 Metropolitan Secondary Schools Teams Competition, which commenced at the beginning of second term, has concluded. The winners of the three grades were as follows:
Senior Grade (Years 11-12): Baulkham Hills High School A total of 300 teams from 73 schools took part in the competition – an excellent recovery after more than two years of Covid disruption. The teams were divided into four regions and then into divisions of approximately 8 teams. Division winners qualified for knock-out region finals, the winners of which progressed to the inter-region finals in each grade. For full details click on "Schools" in the menu at left. (12 Sep 2022): Secondary Schools One-Day Tournament 2022 Knox Grammar School wins the Terrey Shaw Shield After a two-year hiatus due to Covid the annual Secondary Schools One-Day Tournament attracted 70 teams from 30 schools, which was considerably more than the previous event (48 teams from 19 schools in pre-Covid 2019). Knox Grammar School won the Open division and with it the Terrey Shaw Shield. With one round to play three teams shared the lead. but Knox finished strongly to capture first place by a full-point margin. Sydney Grammar School, Sydney Boys High School and St Patrick's College Strathfield shared second place, with trophies being awarded in that order on tie-break. Sydney Boys High School won the Junior Division (Year 7-9), one and a half points ahead of James Ruse Agricultural High School. For full scores click on "Schools" in the menu in the left-hand column. (15 July 2022): NSW Junior Championships 2022 Ryan Lane wins Under 18 title
Jean Rusakov and Harvey Zhu tie in Under 18 Reserves Division Seventeen-year-old Ryan Lane has won the NSW Junior (Under 18) Championship by a half-point margin over 15-year-old Eric Liu. Ryan is the son of International Master Gary Lane and former Australian Girls Champion and NSW Women's Champion Nancy Jones. The Under 18 Reserves Division finished in a tie between Jean Rusakov and Harvey Zhu. A playoff will be held. The Under 12 Championship also ended in a tie with Daniel Wang and Reyaansh finishing one and a half points ahead of their nearest rivals. They will play off for the title. Full details may be found by clicking on "Results" in the menu at left. (18 July 2022): Winter Tournaments 2022
Ryan Lane wins Sydney
Winter One-Day
and Two-Day Tournaments Seventeen-year-old Ryan Lane has won the Sydney Winter One-Day Tournament, a full point ahead of Henjo Coetzee and Michael Wang. The tournament was contested by 141 players. Ryan followed up his One-Day win with a similar victory in the 107-player Sydney Winter Two-Day Tournament. His margin, however, was smaller – only half a point, this time ahead of Ralph Tsui and Seth Peramunetilleke, who shared second place. Fourteen-year-old Theo Stein and thirteen-year-old Mikaere Pora finished equal first in the Central Coast Winter Tournament by drawing with each other and defeating all their other opponents. Twelve-year-old Sarayu Prakashbabu and nine-year-old Avinav Sivaraj tied for first place in the Orange Winter Tournament, both scoring 6.5 out of 8. For detailed results click on "Results" in the left-hand menu. (3 July 2022): NSW Junior Championships 2021 Under 12 Playoff Yifei Hu wins playoff for Under 12 title The long delayed playoff between Yifei Hu and Vihaan Anup Kumar for the 2021 NSW Under 12 title has been completed. The initial two-game playoff (held in May) was tied but the second has been won by Yifei 2-0. Yifei will hold his title for less than two weeks as the 2022 Championship will betake place on 13-15 July.. (29 May 2022): Autumn Tournaments 2022
Seth Peramunetilleke wins Sydney
Autumn One-Day
Tournament Fifteen-year-old Seth Peramunetilleke recovered from a first-round upset loss to 12-year-old Nestor Chan to win the Sydney Autumn One-Day Tournament. Seth and Nestor shared the lead going into the last round, but Nestor was held to a draw by Eric Liu and had to be content with equal second place (tying with Ralph Tsui). Braiden Cox won the Central Coast Autumn One-Day Tournament with a picket-fence score, a point ahead of Jazz Jones. Seth was again victorious in the Sydney Two-Day Tournament but had to share first place with Eric Liu. They emerged winners in the last round when top seed Ryan Lane, who had been leading, was defeated by Saisiddharth Naraharasetty. The Arav brothers, Jayden, Nathan and Callan, journeyed from Sydney to capture the top three places in the Orange Autumn Tournament. The youngest, Callan (aged 8), came first and Jayden (13) and Nathan (11) shared second place. The most successful local player was Sarayu Prakashbabu (aged 12). The Wollongong Autumn Tournament was won by 12-year-old Jean Rusakov with a clean score – this was his fourth consecutive Wollongong win. Maxim Micevski has won the Junior Division of the Newcastle Family Tournament (Dorothy & Allan Wright Challenge), conceding only half a point to second place winner Zac Hiughes. For detailed results click on "Results" in the left-hand menu. (22 Jan 2022): NSW Junior Championships 2021 Marco Zheng wins Under 18 title
Alaina Vincent wins Under 18 Reserves Tournament Fourteen-year-old Marco Zheng has won the NSW Junior (Under 18) Championship, which was deferred from July 2021 because of the COVID lockdown. He scored 8/9, his only loss being in the first round to Brendan Anderson, who led for most of the tournament but dropped behind in the last round when he conceded his third draw. Top seed Jack Keating unfortunately had to withdraw early because of illness. The Under 18 Reserves Tournament was won by 14-year-old Alaina Vincent (2019 NSW Girls Champion) with a score of 8/9 (two draws), one and a half points ahead of her nearest rivals, Anh Quan Nguyen and newcomer David Miller. The Under 12 Championship finished in a tie between 2020 Under 12 champion Vihaan Anup Kumar and Yifei Hu. A playoff is to be arranged. Full details may be found by clicking on "Results" in the menu at left. (13 Jan 2022): NSW Girls Championships 2021
Chelsea Huey wins Under 18 Championship The 2021 NSW Girls Championships were held in January 2022, having been deferred from September 2021 because of COVID. The Under 18 Championship was won by 12-year-old Chelsea Huey with a score of 4 out of 5, half a point ahead of the 2019 champion Alaina Vincent. The Under 12 Championship was won by Renee Yang Pan with 10.5 out of 11, one and a half points ahead of the 2020 champion Chanya Rupasinghe. For full scores click on "Results" in the left-hand column. (13 Jan 2022): Summer Tournaments 2022
Yifei Hu, Jason Yan, Joseph Guo and Joshua Seo tie in
Sydney Summer One-Day
Tournament The Sydney Summer One-Day Tournament ended in a four-way tie between 9-year-old Yifei Hu and three players considerably older, Jason Yan, Joseph Guo and Joshua Seo. Travelers from Sydney took the top places in the Orange Summer One-Day Tournament – Alaina Vincent was first with 8 out of 8, ahead of brothers Jayden Arav (7) and Callan Arav (6). Next were three local players, Sarayu Prakashbabu, Gabriel Krause and Krishan Kandeepan, each with 5 points. Ryan Lane was the clear winner of the Summer Two-Day Tournament by a margin of two whole points For detailed results click on "Results" in the menu at left. For earlier news, see our News Archives: click on the year: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 If you have any suggestions or comments, please email the webmaster. Membership of the NSW Junior Chess League (NSWJCL), available to juniors under 18, entitles you to participate in our junior chess tournaments and coaching clinics, and to receive the quarterly magazine JUNIOR CHESS, the League's official journal, which gives details of all our activities, ratings, puzzles, games, tournaments, results, etc. Full members are also entitled to play in NSW Chess Association events. For details see "Membership" in the menu in the left-hand column. |
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