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This year's WA Junior Allegro was, once again, held at Applecross Senior High School. The school always
provides a good venue for our competitions and we thank them, and also Denis McMahon, who arranges
everything for us and gives up a Saturday to provide access to the buildings. This competition is unique on our calendar in that players of all ages compete in the one tournament. This is designed to allow all players to compete for the WA Title without sacrificing Grand Prix points in a younger age division. Because of this, we play 8 rounds instead of 7. This causes inevitable problems but is meant to give a better chance of producing clear winners in all of the divisions. As you can see, this was not the case this year and we had ties for first in every division! The Prizegiving looked a lot like a Lucky Dip as players rummaged around in a box of spare trophies for something that suited them. At least, it meant that more players won a prize. The overall competition ended up as a four-way tie: Neville Shah (U18), Chirag Saroha (U18), William Williams (U14) and Adam Kelly (U14). Neville was the only player not to lose any games, and won the countback to decide the WA Champion. In the Under 18 division, Neville and Chirag obviously finished equal winners. Joshua Bouwman had to defeat his friend and schoolmate, Matthew Duke, in the last round to secure third place, just a half a point behind the winners. Lee Harris-Brown and Michael Lee also finished quite close. It was particularly encouraging to see 11 players in the Under 18s, a division where we usually struggle for decent numbers. Similarly, in the Under 14 division, William and Adam finished equal first. This could be a breakthrough result for Adam. The quality of their result can be seen in the one and a half point gap to the players who finished equal third: Daniel D'Angelo and Vaughan Greenberger. The Under 12s was another very close division. Varun Mukhedkar and Sean Vettor tied for first, a half a point ahead of Andrew Savory, with another half point to Kieran Dullabh, Patrick Olofsson and Gavin Tay. Similarly, the Under 10s was a bit of a slug fest, with the lead changing a number of times. David Stebbins and Ignatius Yap ended up equal first. David played a number of strong players in the middle of the tournament and Ignatius finished with three wins in a row to produce his best result yet. Jonty Pearson, Matthew Ashworth and Indira Savory all tied for third place, a half a point behind the winners. Jonty did particularly well, showing a massive improvement since we last saw him. After losing his first two games, he won four games in a row to take the lead in the Under 10s, before struggling at the finish. Still, it was a great result from someone who scored only 1.5/9 in the WA Junior Under 10, and who is just 7 years old. Jack South and I ran the tournament, with the usual assistance from parents and spectators. We had 44 players in total, a pleasing total for one of out toughest tournaments. There were quite a few very promising players competing, from whom we expect great things in the future. Steven Pearson is in the process of setting up a High Performance Centre for Chess, where groups of four players will form a squad and train for one and a half hours every second week. Steven is a very strong Chessplayer and, judging by the improvement shown by his son Jonty, is a pretty good coach as well. Steven's contact details are listed under the Maccabi Junior Club on the CAWA website. Please contact him if you are interested. Report by Haydn Barber. |
No Name Feder Rtg 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 Shah, Neville 18 27:W 14:W 13:W 2:D 6:D 5:W 7:W 4:D 2 Saroha, Chirag 18 34:W 16:W 5:W 1:D 3:L 15:W 6:W 9:W 3 Williams, William 14 21:W 24:W 10:W 9:W 2:W 6:D 4:L 8:W 4 Kelly, Adam 14 35:W 7:L 29:W 12:W 10:W 8:W 3:W 1:D 5 Bouwman, Joshua 18 41:W 28:W 2:L 14:W 18:W 1:L 20:W 11:W 6 Harris-Brown, Lee 18 17:D 26:W 19:W 7:W 1:D 3:D 2:L 18:W 7 Lee, Michael 18 40:W 4:W 15:D 6:L 26:W 18:W 1:L 16:W 8 Mukhedkar, Varun 12 32:W 11:L 21:W 15:W 9:W 4:L 13:W 3:L 9 D'Angelo, Daniel 14 23:W 25:W 11:W 3:L 8:L 14:W 22:W 2:L 10 Tynas, Adam 18 31:W 33:W 3:L 22:W 4:L 12:W 11:L 21:W 11 Duke, Matthew 18 20:W 8:W 9:L 18:L 32:W 33:W 10:W 5:L 12 Vowles, Zachary 18 30:W 15:L 23:W 4:L 27:W 10:L 31:W 20:W 13 Greenberger, Vaughan 14 36:W 18:W 1:L 28:- 34:W 19:W 8:L 22:W 14 Vettor, Sean 12 39:W 1:L 38:W 5:L 35:W 9:L 32:W 23:W 15 Stebbins, David 10 29:W 12:W 7:D 8:L 24:W 2:L 16:L 26:W 16 Savory, Andrew 12 45:W 2:L 27:D 26:L 17:W 25:W 15:W 7:L 17 Yap, Ignatius 10 6:D 19:L 26:L 45:W 16:L 37:W 28:W 27:W 18 Dullabh, Kieran 12 38:W 13:L 32:W 11:W 5:L 7:L 33:W 6:L 19 Olofsson, Patrick 12 26:D 17:W 6:L 27:D 28:W 13:L 23:L 31:W 20 Pearson, Jonty 10 11:L 27:L 41:W 21:W 25:W 26:W 5:L 12:L 21 Ashworth, Matthew 10 3:L 37:W 8:L 20:L 36:W 29:W 24:W 10:L 22 Xie, Michael 18 28:L 45:W 36:W 10:L 31:W 24:W 9:L 13:L 23 Tay, Gavin 12 9:L 43:W 12:L 39:L 37:W 34:W 19:W 14:L 24 Savory, Indira 10 37:W 3:L 35:W 31:W 15:L 22:L 21:L 33:W 25 Rebello, Charlton 14 43:W 9:L 31:L 29:W 20:L 16:L 36:W 32:W 26 Lin, Johnson 18 19:D 6:L 17:W 16:W 7:L 20:L 35:W 15:L 27 Shitole, Yash 12 1:L 20:W 16:D 19:D 12:L 28:D 30:W 17:L 28 Israel, Jonathan 18 22:W 5:L 33:W 13:- 19:L 27:D 17:L 39:W 29 Veettil, Abhinov 12 15:L 30:W 4:L 25:L 40:W 21:L 39:D 34:W 30 Chia, Jadon 12 12:L 29:L 34:L 42:D 43:W 39:W 27:L 41:W 31 Weeda, Alex 14 10:L 41:W 25:W 24:L 22:L 35:W 12:L 19:L 32 Pearson, Lynton 12 8:L 39:W 18:L 40:W 11:L 38:W 14:L 25:L 33 Choudhury, Avijoy Roy 14 42:W 10:L 28:L 38:W 39:W 11:L 18:L 24:L 34 Joye, Eli 12 2:L 36:L 30:W 37:W 13:L 23:L 38:W 29:L 35 Dharmapuri, Amul 10 4:L 40:W 24:L 36:W 14:L 31:L 26:L 42:W 36 Tay, Casey 10 13:L 34:W 22:L 35:L 21:L 42:W 25:L 45:W 37 Tak, Sayalee 10 24:L 21:L 42:W 34:L 23:L 17:L 40:W 43:W 38 Choudhury, Ovik 10 18:L 42:W 14:L 33:L 41:W 32:L 34:L 40:W 39 Serra, David 12 14:L 32:L 45:W 23:W 33:L 30:L 29:D 28:L 40 Choudhury, Omrik 12 7:L 35:L 43:W 32:L 29:L 41:W 37:L 38:L 41 Shaw, Dylan 10 5:L 31:L 20:L 43:W 38:L 40:L 45:W 30:L 42 Pinguet, Diana 10 33:L 38:L 37:L 30:D 45:D 36:L 43:D 35:L 43 Coe, Amie 10 25:L 23:L 40:L 41:L 30:L 45:W 42:D 37:L 44 Bhardwaj, Dhruv 12 0:W 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 45 Mukhedkar, Varad 10 16:L 22:L 39:L 17:L 42:D 43:L 41:L 36:L |