The 2016 WA Junior Allegro Championships was held at the Leeming Primary school on the 28th of August.
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The 2016 WA Junior Allegro Championships attracted 33 participants. There was a good mix of experienced players and new entrants to the junior chess scene, some of whom performed quite strongly. Patrick Gong was the outright winner with 8.5/9. After a somewhat shaky start, being offered a draw in a losing position against a low-on-time Kevin Shah Mansouri in Round 2, he recovered quickly and scored a crucial win against early tournament leader George Carolin-Unkovich in Round 5. George kept pace with Patrick for the remaining 4 rounds, but eventually had to settle for 2nd place with 8/9. Meanwhile, there was a fierce battle for 3rd place and the age group prizes. Ben Hurst looked poised to take outright 3rd, when he unexpectedly popped his queen in a dominating position against Kevin in the last round. This opened the door for a 5(!)-way tie for 3rd on 6/9 between Ben, Kevin, Pranav Senthil Kumar, Sri Krishna Dharmapuri and Alex Mhawira. Meanwhile, a point back, there was a 3-way tie for the under 10 prize when frontrunners Alex Pimenov and Kundan Dharmapuri both lost their last game, allowing Raghav Senthil Kumar to catch them. It was also very encouraging to see several girls participating. Of the girls, Safiyya Aljunied had clearly the most tournament experience, and she came close to beating George and drawing with Patrick on her way to defending her title from last year. The best of the newcomers was 10 year old Wenhan Qiu, who scored a respectable 4/9 and had no qualms sacrificing her queen for a back rank mate in one of her games. Apart from a late start due to some no-shows and a couple of mid-tournament withdrawals, the tournament ran fairly smoothly. As DOPs, we�d like to thank all of the players for their cooperation and for graciously accepting our rulings on minor disputes, and we hope that everyone enjoyed playing in the event. Report by: Yita Choong and Edik Gilmetdinov |
Open (Under 18) 1st Patrick Gong (8.5/9) 2nd George Carolin-Unkovich (8/9) 3rd Alexander Mhawira (6/9) Girls (Under 18) 1st Safiyya Aljunied (5/9) 2nd Wenhan Qiu (4/9) Under 16 1st Kevin Shah Mansouri (6/9) 2nd Matthew Ashworth (5.5/9) Under 14 1st Sri Krishna Dharmapuri (6/9) 2nd Ramudu Rathnayake (5.5/9) Under 12 =1st Benjamin Hurst, Pranav Senthil Kumar (6/9) Under 10 =1st Alex Pimenov, Kundan Dharmapuri, Raghav Senthil Kumar (5/9) |
Place Name Age Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 Gong, Patrick U18 2183 8.5 38.5 50.5 41.0
2 Carolin-Unkovich, George U18 1874 8 39.0 51.5 40.0
3-7 Hurst, Benjamin U12 1580 6 41.5 55.0 35.0
Senthil Kumar, Pranav U12 1463 6 40.0 52.5 33.0
Dharmapuri, Sri Krishna U14 1671 6 37.5 46.5 33.0
Shah Mansouri, Kevin U16 1450 6 36.5 47.5 28.5
Mhawira, Alexander U18 6 32.0 38.5 26.0
8-9 Rathnayake, Ramudu U14 1500 5.5 35.0 47.0 27.5
Ashworth, Matthew U16 5.5 35.0 46.5 27.0
10-16 Aljunied, Safiyya U16G 1250 5 36.5 48.0 29.0
Pimenov, Alex U10 1550 5 36.0 48.0 29.0
Dharmapuri, Kundan U10 858 5 35.0 44.5 25.0
Senthil Kumar, Raghav U10 1273 5 34.0 45.0 25.0
Cheuk, Reuben U16 5 33.5 43.0 24.0
Tyers, Daniel U12 5 30.0 39.0 24.0
Kito, Nao U12 5 27.5 35.0 19.0
17 Vearncombe, Sebastian U16 1100 4.5 37.0 47.0 27.0
18-25 Richards, Ethan U10 265 4 32.0 40.5 21.0
Hwang, Damin U12 4 31.5 38.5 23.0
Nguyen, Minh U10 1300 4 30.5 41.5 21.0
Aljunied, Haydar U12 4 29.5 39.5 21.0
Hwang, Yumin U12 4 29.5 38.5 18.0
Stergiou, Filippos U10 4 29.0 34.5 17.0
Qiu, Wenhan U12G 4 26.5 32.0 15.0
Richards, David U10 900 4 24.5 31.0 19.0
26-27 Srikrishna, Venkatanath U10 3.5 27.0 33.5 16.5
Richards, Jamie U10 900 3.5 21.5 26.5 14.5
28-29 Shipman, Sarah U14G 3 29.5 38.5 21.0
Lawson, Patrick U12 3 27.5 34.0 12.0
30 Sekhon, Banisha Kaur U12G 2 28.0 33.5 11.0
31-32 Carlin, Armani U10G 1 26.5 34.0 5.0
Liddiard, Ryan U12 1 8.0 16.5 2.0
33 Gautam Insan, Snehil U10G 0 3.5 10.0 0.0
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No Name Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 Gong, Patrick 2183 8.5 21:W 6:D 17:W 3:W 2:W 4:W 13:W 5:W 10:W 2 Carolin-Unkovich, George 1874 8 9:W 20:W 8:W 5:W 1:L 10:W 3:W 11:W 4:W 3 Hurst, Benjamin 1580 6 14:W 10:W 4:W 1:L 11:W 5:W 2:L 9:W 6:L 4 Senthil Kumar, Pranav 1463 6 16:W 18:W 3:L 14:W 9:W 1:L 10:W 8:W 2:L 5 Dharmapuri, Sri Krishna 1671 6 31:W 13:W 28:W 2:L 17:W 3:L 6:W 1:L 12:W 6 Shah Mansouri, Kevin 1450 6 29:W 1:D 11:L 26:W 8:D 7:W 5:L 14:W 3:W 7 Mhawira, Alexander 6 13:L 31:W 21:W 17:L 12:W 6:L 18:W 15:W 11:W 8 Rathnayake, Ramudu 1500 5.5 22:W 12:W 2:L 9:L 6:D 19:W 17:W 4:L 21:W 9 Ashworth, Matthew 5.5 2:L 32:W 13:W 8:W 4:L 17:D 20:W 3:L 19:W 10 Aljunied, Safiyya 1250 5 24:W 3:L 16:W 28:W 19:W 2:L 4:L 21:W 1:L 11 Pimenov, Alex 1550 5 19:W 17:L 6:W 12:W 3:L 18:W 15:W 2:L 7:L 12 Dharmapuri, Kundan 858 5 23:W 8:L 15:W 11:L 7:L 16:W 19:W 13:W 5:L 13 Senthil Kumar, Raghav 1273 5 7:W 5:L 9:L 29:W 28:W 14:W 1:L 12:L 24:W 14 Cheuk, Reuben 5 3:L 24:W 18:W 4:L 25:W 13:L 22:W 6:L 17:W 15 Tyers, Daniel 5 18:L 0:W 12:L 22:W 26:W 20:W 11:L 7:L 27:W 16 Kito, Nao 5 4:L 33:W 10:L 20:L 30:W 12:L 23:W 26:W 22:W 17 Vearncombe, Sebastian 1100 4.5 30:W 11:W 1:L 7:W 5:L 9:D 8:L 18:W 14:L 18 Richards, Ethan 265 4 15:W 4:L 14:L 32:W 23:W 11:L 7:L 17:L 29:W 19 Hwang, Damin 4 11:L 30:W 20:W 25:W 10:L 8:L 12:L 28:W 9:L 20 Nguyen, Minh 1300 4 32:W 2:L 19:L 16:W 21:W 15:L 9:L 22:L 28:W 21 Aljunied, Haydar 4 1:L 29:W 7:L 30:W 20:L 23:W 28:W 10:L 8:L 22 Hwang, Yumin 4 8:L 23:L 27:W 15:L 24:W 25:W 14:L 20:W 16:L 23 Stergiou, Filippos 4 12:L 22:W 25:L 27:W 18:L 21:L 16:L 0:W 31:W 24 Qiu, Wenhan 4 10:L 14:L 29:L 31:W 22:L 0:W 30:W 25:W 13:L 25 Richards, David 900 4 28:L 27:W 23:W 19:L 14:L 22:L 26:W 24:L 30:W 26 Srikrishna, Venkatanath 3.5 27:D 28:L 31:W 6:L 15:L 29:W 25:L 16:L 0:W 27 Richards, Jamie 900 3.5 26:D 25:L 22:L 23:L 29:W 28:L 31:W 30:W 15:L 28 Shipman, Sarah 3 25:W 26:W 5:L 10:L 13:L 27:W 21:L 19:L 20:L 29 Lawson, Patrick 3 6:L 21:L 24:W 13:L 27:L 26:L 0:W 31:W 18:L 30 Sekhon, Banisha Kaur 2 17:L 19:L 0:W 21:L 16:L 31:W 24:L 27:L 25:L 31 Carlin, Armani 1 5:L 7:L 26:L 24:L 0:W 30:L 27:L 29:L 23:L 32 Liddiard, Ryan 1 20:L 9:L 33:W 18:L 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 33 Gautam Insan, Snehil 0 0: 16:L 32:L 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: |