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The 2020 WA Junior Rapidplay Chess Championships was held as a two-day 9 round swiss on Monday, 5th October and Tuesday, 6th October at Leeming Primary School with 36 players participating. Entrants were divided into an Under 18 and Under 12 tournaments with a total of four age subdivisions. The Under 18s consisted of 6 players and was a quasi-double round robin supervised by David Ellis. It developed into a two-horse race with Jamie Laubbacher gaining an early lead against Yihe Fu (Rebo) and maintaining it to become the Junior Rapidplay champion. Equal third were Shannon Koh and Celine Ong. The Under 12s tournament consisted of 30 players playing in one group with the results deciding the placings for three age sub divisions. In the under 12 division the winner was not decided until the last round when Eu Jin Khaw beat Anthony Milner and Aarnav Gupta drew with Yonal De Vas. Third equal were Ishaan Barbare, Anoushka Gupta and Anthony Milner. The Under 10 division was won by Anthony Nguyen closely followed by Yonal De Vas. Third equal were Timothy Kaempf, Eu Ming Khaw and Jeremiah Ng. Similarly, the Under 8 division was a close contest with Eric Deng pipping Angus Chen at the post. Third equal were Senudi De Vas and Jaswanth Ram Sethurnam. There was a tense play off for the Girls Rapidplay title which was drawn at one game each between Anoushka Gupta and Celine Ong. They are the joint Girls Rapidplay Champions. As an inducement for some of the lesser experienced players to play slower, book prizes were made to the slowest players in rounds 6 and 8. Both tournaments were run in a peaceful environment with very few cases of arbitration needed. Special thanks to David Ellis who ran the Under 18s tournament and to various persons who helped me grapple with the Vega software before the start of the first round of the Under 12s tournament. They included Muthiah Sethuramam, Kathryn Hardegen and the master touch provided by Andrew Hardegen. Thanks to Pushpini Jaythissa for organising a good turnout of Emperor Chess players and for photographs of the tournament. All the parents who helped us set up and pack up the equipment in particular Karl Gruber who generously provided biscuits. Thanks, are also due to the Leeming Primary School for providing the venue and the Southern Suburbs Chess Club for use of their furniture. Report kindly provided by Alan Wolstencroft. |
2020 WA Junior Rapidplay Chess Championships Prize Winners
Under 18 1st: Jamie Laubbacher (WA Junior Rapidplay Champion) 2nd: Yihe Fu (Rebo) =3rd: Shannon Koh & Celine Ong Under 12 1st: Eu Jin Khaw 2nd: Aarnav Gupta =3rd: Ishaan Barbare, Anoushka Gupta & Anthony Milner Under 10 1st: Anthony Nguyen 2nd: Yonal De Vas =3rd: Timothy Kaempf, Eu Ming Khaw & Jeremiah Ng Under 8 1st: Eric Deng 2nd: Angus Chen =3rd: Senudi De Vas & Jaswanth Ram Sethuramam Girls Rapidplay champion Anoushka Gupta & Celine Ong |
2020 WA Junior Rapidplay Under 18's Tournament Final Standings
Pos Pts NAME -------------------------- 1 9 Jamie laubbacher 2 7 Yihe Fu (Rebo) =3 4 Shannon Koh =3 4 Celine Ong 5 3 Ram Manav Soni 6 0 Lynn Nguyen |
2020 WA Junior Rapidplay Under 12's Tournament Final Standings
Pos N NAME | Rtg Fed | Pts Buc1 BucT --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 13 Eu Jin Khaw | 1088 WA | 7.5 45.5 49.0 2 8 Aranav Gupta | 1254 WA | 7.0 45.5 49.5 3 7 Anthony Nguyen | 957 WA | 6.5 44.0 44.5 4 31 Yonal De Vas | 1062 WA | 6.0 44.0 48.0 5 6 Anthony Milner | 0 WA | 5.5 46.0 50.0 6 17 Ishaan Barbare | 844 WA | 5.5 44.5 48.5 7 12 Eric Deng | 788 WA | 5.5 44.5 47.5 8 14 Eu Ming Khaw | 1026 WA | 5.5 44.0 45.5 9 5 Anoushka Gupta | 764 WA | 5.5 42.0 46.0 10 30 Timothy Kaempf | 796 WA | 5.5 40.5 44.5 11 19 Jeremiah Ng | 0 WA | 5.5 38.5 40.5 12 9 Barath Harirajesh | 1423 WA | 5.0 46.5 48.5 13 3 Angus Chen | 755 WA | 5.0 38.0 41.5 14 25 Paula Gruber | 498 WA | 5.0 36.0 37.5 15 24 Noah Taylor | 0 WA | 4.5 42.5 45.5 16 4 Annalise Taylor | 0 WA | 4.5 33.0 34.5 17 21 Kobe Wu | 363 WA | 4.0 41.0 44.0 18 18 Jaswanth Ram Sethuraman | 429 WA | 4.0 37.5 40.5 19 27 Senudi De Vas | 228 WA | 4.0 36.0 36.5 20 15 Ewan Fisher | 0 WA | 4.0 34.5 36.0 21 16 Isaac Fisher | 0 WA | 4.0 34.0 34.5 22 28 Stefan Veselinovic | 0 WA | 3.5 36.5 38.5 23 29 Stephen Judge | 0 WA | 3.0 32.0 32.5 24 11 Dario Manzi | 514 WA | 3.0 30.0 30.5 25 10 Charis Ong | 0 WA | 3.0 27.0 27.5 26 2 Abner Kalloor | 0 WA | 2.0 32.0 32.5 27 23 Lucas Gruber | 0 WA | 2.0 29.0 29.5 28 20 Joshua Taylor | 0 WA | 1.0 27.0 28.5 29 22 Lishaanth Karthikeyan (W) | 0 WA | 0.0 30.0 31.5 30 26 Rahul Karthikeyan (W) | 0 WA | 0.0 26.0 27.0 |
2020 WA Junior Rapidplay Under 12's Tournament Cross Table
Pos NAME Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | Buc1 BucT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Eu Jin Khaw 7.5 | +W22 +B9 =W12 =B8 +BYE +B3 =W2 +B7 +W5 | 45.5 49.0 2 Aranav Gupta 7.0 | +W17 +B15 +W10 +B5 -W3 +B8 =B1 +W12 =B4 | 45.5 49.5 3 Anthony Nguyen 6.5 | +B28 -W6 +B18 +W17 +B2 -W1 +B8 =W4 +B12 | 44.0 44.5 4 Yonal De Vas 6.0 | =BYE +W19 =B6 +B21 +W12 =BYE =W7 =B3 =W2 | 44.0 48.0 5 Anthony Milner 5.5 | +W11 +B21 =W8 -W2 +B15 -B7 +W6 +B13 -B1 | 46.0 50.0 6 Ishaan Barbare 5.5 | +W7 +B3 =W4 =B12 -W8 +W20 -B5 +B14 =W9 | 44.5 48.5 7 Eric Deng 5.5 | -B6 +W23 +B14 =W15 +B11 +W5 =B4 -W1 =B8 | 44.5 47.5 8 Eu Ming Khaw 5.5 | +B23 +W26 =B5 =W1 +B6 -W2 -W3 +B17 =W7 | 44.0 45.5 9 Anoushka Gupta 5.5 | +B18 -W1 -B11 +W14 +W10 +B17 -W12 +B15 =B6 | 42.0 46.0 10 Timothy Kaempf 5.5 | +B20 +W13 -B2 =W11 -B9 -W15 +B16 +W21 +W19 | 40.5 44.5 11 Jeremiah Ng 5.5 | -B5 +W16 +W9 =B10 -W7 +W27 -B15 +B22 +W17 | 38.5 40.5 12 Barath Harirajesh 5.0 | +B27 +W14 =B1 =W6 -B4 +W18 +B9 -B2 -W3 | 46.5 48.5 13 Angus Chen 5.0 | =BYE -B10 +W19 +W16 =BYE -BYE +B18 -W5 +B22 | 38.0 41.5 14 Paula Gruber 5.0 | +W24 -B12 -W7 -B9 +W26 +B23 +B20 -W6 +W15 | 36.0 37.5 15 Noah Taylor 4.5 | +B25 -W2 +W24 =B7 -W5 +B10 +W11 -W9 -B14 | 42.5 45.5 16 Annalise Taylor 4.5 | -W21 -B11 +W27 -B13 =B22 +W26 -W10 +B18 +W25 | 33.0 34.5 17 Kobe Wu 4.0 | -B2 +W20 +B25 -B3 +W24 -W9 +B21 -W8 -B11 | 41.0 44.0 18 Jaswanth Ram Sethura 4.0 | -W9 +B22 -W3 +W25 +B19 -B12 -W13 -W16 +B24 | 37.5 40.5 19 Senudi De Vas 4.0 | =BYE -B4 -B13 +W28 -W18 =BYE +B23 +W20 -B10 | 36.0 36.5 20 Ewan Fisher 4.0 | -W10 -B17 +W22 +B26 +W21 -B6 -W14 -B19 +W23 | 34.5 36.0 21 Isaac Fisher 4.0 | +B16 -W5 +B26 -W4 -B20 +B24 -W17 -B10 +W28 | 34.0 34.5 22 Stefan Veselinovic 3.5 | -B1 -W18 -B20 +B27 =W16 +W25 +B24 -W11 -W13 | 36.5 38.5 23 Stephen Judge 3.0 | -W8 -B7 +W28 -B24 +B25 -W14 -W19 +B27 -B20 | 32.0 32.5 24 Dario Manzi 3.0 | -B14 +W27 -B15 +W23 -B17 -W21 -W22 +B28 -W18 | 30.0 30.5 25 Charis Ong 3.0 | -W15 +B28 -W17 -B18 -W23 -B22 +B27 +W26 -B16 | 27.0 27.5 26 Abner Kalloor 2.0 | +BYE -B8 -W21 -W20 -B14 -B16 +W28 -B25 -W27 | 32.0 32.5 27 Lucas Gruber 2.0 | -W12 -B24 -B16 -W22 +B28 -B11 -W25 -W23 +B26 | 29.0 29.5 28 Joshua Taylor 1.0 | -W3 -W25 -B23 -B19 -W27 +BYE -B26 -W24 -B21 | 27.0 28.5 29 Lishaanth Karthik(W) 0.0 | -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- | 30.0 31.5 30 Rahul Karthikeyan(W) 0.0 | -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- | 26.0 27.0 |