Trophy Winners - 2023 State Junior Chess Championships
The 2023 WA Junior State Chess Championships was held over four days from Monday, 10th July to Thursday, 13th July at the Sadler Centre, Corpus Christi College. There was a total of 198 entrants for the seven different tournaments.
The venue was an excellent one with the different tournaments held in different rooms with a glass partition separating spectators from the players.
Under 8 Division
Pos NAME Rtg T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | Buc1 BucT
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1 Kerr,Carter 1013 WA 9.0 | +W6 +B4 +W3 +B10 +W2 +B5 +W7 +B9 +W11 | 38.0 40.0
2 Ho,Bao 0 WA 7.0 | +W5 -B3 +W4 +B7 -B1 +W10 +B6 +W8 +B12 | 40.5 42.0
3 Mahanidis,Jet 704 WA 7.0 | +B12 +W2 -B1 +W5 +B10 +W6 -B4 +W7 +W9 | 40.0 41.5
4 Cu,Ford 608 WA 5.0 | +W9 -W1 -B2 +B8 -W7 +B12 +W3 +W11 -B5 | 40.0 41.5
5 Carvin,Leo 445 WA 5.0 | -B2 +W7 +B11 -B3 +W9 -W1 =B8 =B12 +W4 | 40.0 41.5
6 Downes,Manning 219 WA 5.0 | -B1 -W9 +B12 +W11 +B8 -B3 -W2 +W10 +B7 | 37.5 39.0
7 Zhou,Dylan 397 WA 3.5 | =W10 -B5 +W8 -W2 +B4 +W11 -B1 -B3 -W6 | 44.0 46.0
8 Wang,Anja Guo 292 WA 3.5 | -B11 +W12 -B7 -W4 -W6 +B9 =W5 -B2 +W10 | 33.0 34.5
9 Gao,Jo 0 WA 3.0 | -B4 +B6 -W10 +W12 -B5 -W8 +B11 -W1 -B3 | 39.0 40.5
10 Liu,Jonathan 0 WA 2.5 | =B7 +W11 +B9 -W1 -W3 -B2 -W12 -B6 -B8 | 40.0 41.5
11 Ong,Josiah 0 WA 2.0 | +W8 -B10 -W5 -B6 +W12 -B7 -W9 -B4 -B1 | 36.5 38.0
12 Butler,Alice 0 WA 1.5 | -W3 -B8 -W6 -B9 -B11 -W4 +B10 =W5 -W2 | 38.0 40.0
13 Carvin,Leo (W) 445 WA 0.0 | -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- | 26.0 27.0
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The under 8s tournament had 12 entrants. Carter Kerr dominated this tournament with a perfect score of 9 from 9. Bao Ho and Jet Mahanidis both scored 7 from 9, but Bao had the superior Buchholz score and came second and Jet had to settle for 3rd place.
The girls title race turned into two horse race between with Anja Guo Wang and Jo Gao with Anja just edging out Jo by half a point to secure the Girls title.
1st Place: Carter Kerr (9.0/9), 2nd Place: Bao Ho (7.0/9), 3rd Place: Jet Mahanidis (7.0/9), Best Girl: Anja Guo Wang (3.5/9)
Merit Awards: Ford Cu, Leo Carvin, Manning Downes
Under 8s Tournament in Progress
Under 10 Division
Pos NAME Rtg T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | Buc1 BucT
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1 Kerr,Lennon 973 WA 9.0 | +B34 +W21 +B5 +W2 +B9 +W3 +B10 +W8 +B7 | 46.5 49.5
2 Gong,Leo 781 WA 6.5 | +W37 +B14 +W19 -B1 +W11 +B4 +W5 -B7 =W6 | 48.5 51.0
3 Mahanidis,Jet 704 WA 6.5 | +W25 -B19 +W15 +B26 +W8 -B1 =W4 +B11 +W5 | 46.5 50.5
4 Ashok,Akash 762 WA 6.5 | +B29 +W16 -B9 +W20 +B6 -W2 =B3 +W19 +B15 | 43.5 47.5
5 Togtmol,Uudamkhishig 626 WA 6.0 | +W15 +B22 -W1 +B19 +W14 +B11 -B2 +W10 -B3 | 47.5 52.0
6 De Vas,Senudi 885 WA 6.0 | +W26 +B8 +W10 =B11 -W4 +B14 -W7 +B9 =B2 | 46.5 50.5
7 Glick,Emil 851 WA 6.0 | +B24 -W20 +B25 -W9 +B12 +W16 +B6 +W2 -W1 | 46.0 50.0
8 Wang,Albert Guo 513 WA 6.0 | +B27 -W6 +B24 +W12 -B3 +W33 +B15 -B1 +W14 | 45.0 48.0
9 Li,Jeremy 533 WA 5.5 | +W17 +B35 +W4 +B7 -W1 -B10 =W19 -W6 +B21 | 47.0 49.5
10 Watkins,Felix 546 WA 5.5 | +B31 +W32 -B6 +W33 +B23 +W9 -W1 -B5 =B12 | 42.0 45.0
11 Perera,Kaviru 682 WA 5.5 | +B39 +W33 +B20 =W6 -B2 -W5 +B22 -W3 +B19 | 41.5 42.5
12 Lim,Lucien 0 WA 5.5 | -W14 +B37 +W22 -B8 -W7 +B26 +W25 +B16 =W10 | 40.0 42.5
13 Linn,Jett 0 WA 5.5 | -B20 +W29 -W14 -B15 =W31 +B38 +W23 +W22 +B24 | 34.0 35.5
14 Balaratnasingam,Lincoln 489 WA 5.0 | +B12 -W2 +B13 +W18 -B5 -W6 +B27 +W17 -B8 | 45.5 49.5
15 Gadvi,Neel 0 WA 5.0 | -B5 +W38 -B3 +W13 +B30 +W21 -W8 +B18 -W4 | 43.0 44.5
16 Dhanak,Ishaan 376 WA 5.0 | +W18 -B4 -W23 +B17 +W25 -B7 +B20 -W12 +W28 | 40.5 44.0
17 Garg,Keshav 0 WA 5.0 | -B9 +W34 =B21 -W16 +B18 =W30 +B33 -B14 +W23 | 35.0 38.0
18 Merson King,Gavrie 0 WA 5.0 | -B16 +W39 +B30 -B14 -W17 +W34 +B24 -W15 +B25 | 34.0 35.0
19 Tun,Aaron 413 WA 4.5 | +B36 +W3 -B2 -W5 +B24 +W23 =B9 -B4 -W11 | 44.5 47.0
20 Carvin,Leo 445 WA 4.5 | +W13 +B7 -W11 -B4 +W26 =B22 -W16 -B21 +W31 | 41.5 44.5
21 Ye,Daniel 497 WA 4.5 | +W28 -B1 =W17 -B23 +W39 -B15 +B30 +W20 -W9 | 39.5 40.5
22 Varakina,Veronika 251 WA 4.5 | +B38 -W5 -B12 +W27 +B32 =W20 -W11 -B13 +B30 | 37.0 38.5
23 Page,Ethan 0 WA 4.0 | -B33 +W31 +B16 +W21 -W10 -B19 -B13 +W29 -B17 | 37.0 40.0
24 Bonam,Deev Advaith 0 WA 4.0 | -W7 +B28 -W8 +B38 -W19 +B36 -W18 +B27 -W13 | 37.0 38.5
25 Cyril Thomas,Ethan 0 WA 4.0 | -B3 +W36 -W7 +B35 -B16 +W32 -B12 +W34 -W18 | 36.5 39.0
26 Walker,Samantha 203 WA 4.0 | -B6 +W27 +B32 -W3 -B20 -W12 -B28 +W37 +B36 | 35.5 38.0
27 George,Charli 0 WA 4.0 | -W8 -B26 +W37 -B22 +W38 +B31 -W14 -W24 +B34 | 32.0 33.5
28 Kang,Oliver 0 WA 4.0 | -B21 -W24 +B29 -W30 -B34 +BYE +W26 +W33 -B16 | 30.5 33.0
29 Chen,Daniel 0 WA 4.0 | -W4 -B13 -W28 -B31 +W35 +B39 +W36 -B23 +B33 | 30.5 31.5
30 Gulland,Henry 306 WA 3.5 | -B32 +BYE -W18 +B28 -W15 =B17 -W21 +B35 -W22 | 34.0 36.5
31 Gao,Jo 0 WA 3.5 | -W10 -B23 -B34 +W29 =B13 -W27 +BYE +W32 -B20 | 33.5 36.0
32 Ong,Josiah 0 WA 3.5 | +W30 -B10 -W26 +B37 -W22 -B25 =W39 -B31 +BYE | 29.0 30.0
33 Wang,Anja Guo 292 WA 3.0 | +W23 -B11 +W35 -B10 +W36 -B8 -W17 -B28 -W29 | 36.0 38.5
34 Hee,Sean 230 WA 3.0 | -W1 -B17 +W31 -B36 +W28 -B18 +W35 -B25 -W27 | 36.0 38.5
35 Pasare,Prishaa 0 WA 3.0 | +BYE -W9 -B33 -W25 -B29 +W37 -B34 -W30 +B38 | 29.0 30.5
36 Liu,Jonathan 0 WA 3.0 | -W19 -B25 +B39 +W34 -B33 -W24 -B29 +BYE -W26 | 29.0 30.0
37 Chambers,Andrew 0 WA 3.0 | -B2 -W12 -B27 -W32 +BYE -B35 +W38 -B26 +W39 | 29.0 30.0
38 Pasare,Parth 0 WA 2.0 | -W22 -B15 +BYE -W24 -B27 -W13 -B37 +B39 -W35 | 31.0 32.0
39 Dias,Josiah 0 WA 1.5 | -W11 -B18 -W36 +BYE -B21 -W29 =B32 -W38 -B37 | 29.5 31.0
40 Batahena,Ayun (W) 737 WA 0.5 | =BYE -BYE -- -- -- -- -- -- -- | 29.0 30.5
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There were 39 entrants for the under 10s tournament. Lennon Kerr dominated this tournament with a perfect score of 9 from 9. The battle for 2nd and 3rd place was closely contested with six players in the running. In the final round Leo Gong drew with Senudi De Vas to score second spot with a superior Buchholz from Jet Mahanadis who beat Uudamkishig Togtmol to come 3rd. In recognition of such a large and strong group a total 10 Merit awards were made.
Senudi De vas won the Girls title with 6 points and Veronika Varakina was the second-best Girl with 3.5 points.
1st Place: Lennon Kerr (9.0/9), 2nd Place: Leo Gong (6.5/9), 3rd Place: Jet Mahanidis (6.5/9), Best Girl: Senudi De Vas (6.0/9), 2nd Girl: Veronika Varakina (4.5/9)
Merit Awards: Akash Ashok, Uudamkhishig Togtmol, Senudi De Vas, Emil Glick, Albert Guo Wang, Jeremy Li, Felix Watkins, Kaviru Perera, Lucien Lim, Jett Lin
Under 10s Trophy Winners
Under 12 Division
Pos NAME Rtg T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | Buc1 BucT
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1 Balavignan,Ashvin 1503 WA 8.5 | +W18 +B11 +W3 +B4 +W2 =B6 +W8 +B5 +W7 | 47.5 52.0
2 Harris,Eamon 1466 WA 7.5 | +B26 +W7 +B10 +W5 -B1 +W9 +B4 +W6 =W3 | 49.0 53.0
3 Khaw,Eu Ming 895 WA 6.5 | +B25 +W8 -B1 +W15 +B17 =B4 =W6 +W12 =B2 | 48.0 52.0
4 Sethuraman,Jaswanth Ram 978 WA 6.0 | +B33 +W16 +B9 -W1 +B5 =W3 -W2 +B11 =B6 | 49.5 52.5
5 Davoll,Dominic 874 WA 6.0 | +B20 +W15 +B12 -B2 -W4 +W7 +B9 -W1 +B16 | 48.0 52.0
6 Glick,Miles 999 WA 5.5 | +W27 =B13 +W11 =B12 +W14 =W1 =B3 -B2 =W4 | 48.0 51.5
7 Gong,Leo 781 WA 5.5 | +W34 -B2 +W13 =B18 +W12 -B5 +B15 +W10 -B1 | 47.0 51.0
8 Perera,Kaviru 682 WA 5.5 | +W19 -B3 =W34 +B13 +W22 =W10 -B1 =B14 +W18 | 43.0 47.0
9 Liyanage,Nithuli 864 WA 5.5 | +W32 +B14 -W4 +B22 +W21 -B2 -W5 +B15 =W11 | 42.0 45.0
10 De Vas,Senudi 885 WA 5.5 | +W35 +B22 -W2 =B21 +W18 =B8 =W11 -B7 +W19 | 40.5 42.5
11 Glick,Emil 851 WA 5.0 | +B29 -W1 -B6 +W31 +B23 +W17 =B10 -W4 =B9 | 44.0 46.5
12 Chen,Albert 924 WA 5.0 | +W28 +B21 -W5 =W6 -B7 +B34 +W18 -B3 =W13 | 41.0 44.0
13 Ashok,Akash 762 WA 5.0 | +B31 =W6 -B7 -W8 +B24 +W19 =B16 =W17 =B12 | 40.0 42.5
14 Mezger,Sol 0 WA 5.0 | +BYE -W9 +B26 +W16 -B6 -W15 +B23 =W8 =B17 | 39.5 43.0
15 Atkinson,Hamish 533 WA 5.0 | +W37 -B5 +W19 -B3 +W32 +B14 -W7 -W9 +B23 | 39.0 41.0
16 Chung,Avan 734 WA 5.0 | +W23 -B4 +W25 -B14 =W19 +B21 =W13 +B24 -W5 | 38.0 41.5
17 Huang,Yuqi (Ricky) 0 WA 5.0 | -W21 +B28 +W30 +B34 -W3 -B11 +W22 =B13 =W14 | 37.5 40.5
18 Ong,Charis 510 WA 4.5 | -B1 +W24 +B37 =W7 -B10 +W29 -B12 +W20 -B8 | 42.5 44.5
19 Hunt,Benjamin 0 WA 4.5 | -B8 +W20 -B15 +W26 =B16 -B13 +W27 +W33 -B10 | 37.5 40.5
20 Canakapalli,Shashvaat 0 WA 4.5 | -W5 -B19 -W28 +BYE +B33 =B22 +W21 -B18 +W24 | 33.0 35.5
21 Walker,Sebastian 699 WA 4.0 | +B17 -W12 +B31 =W10 -B9 -W16 -B20 +W28 =B22 | 37.0 39.5
22 Chan,Jayden 522 WA 4.0 | +B36 -W10 +B24 -W9 -B8 =W20 -B17 +W35 =W21 | 35.5 37.0
23 Gupta,Khajit 0 WA 4.0 | -B16 -W25 +BYE +B30 -W11 +B28 -W14 +B32 -W15 | 34.0 37.0
24 Lee,Donovan 0 WA 4.0 | +W30 -B18 -W22 +B28 -W13 +B27 +W32 -W16 -B20 | 33.5 36.5
25 Barker Ruiz,Lucas 0 WA 4.0 | -W3 +B23 -B16 +W37 -B29 -W30 -B26 +W36 +B33 | 33.0 34.5
26 Balaratnasingam,Lincoln 489 WA 4.0 | -W2 +B32 -W14 -B19 -W34 -B35 +W25 +B31 +B36 | 32.0 33.5
27 Chao,Sean 370 WA 4.0 | -B6 -W31 +B36 -W29 +B37 -W24 -B19 +BYE +W32 | 28.5 30.0
28 Deng,Amy 287 WA 3.5 | -B12 -W17 +B20 -W24 +B36 -W23 =W35 -B21 +BYE | 30.0 31.5
29 Gadvi,Aarush (W) 0 WA 3.0 | -W11 -B30 +W35 +B27 +W25 -B18 -- -- -- | 35.0 37.0
30 Richards,Huw (W) 625 WA 3.0 | -B24 +W29 -B17 -W23 +B31 +B25 -- -- -- | 34.5 37.0
31 Ghazvinian,Mehrsam 0 WA 3.0 | -W13 +B27 -W21 -B11 -W30 -B32 +BYE -W26 +B35 | 31.0 33.0
32 Francis,Ryan 0 WA 3.0 | -B9 -W26 +B33 +W36 -B15 +W31 -B24 -W23 -B27 | 31.0 32.5
33 Patil,Aditi 334 WA 3.0 | -W4 -B34 -W32 +B35 -W20 +B37 +W36 -B19 -W25 | 29.5 31.0
34 Gadvi,Neel (W) 0 WA 2.5 | -B7 +W33 =B8 -W17 +B26 -W12 -- -- -- | 37.0 40.0
35 Bonam,Deev Advaith 0 WA 2.5 | -B10 -W36 -B29 -W33 +BYE +W26 =B28 -B22 -W31 | 28.5 30.0
36 Lu,Richerd 0 WA 2.0 | -W22 +B35 -W27 -B32 -W28 +BYE -B33 -B25 -W26 | 27.0 29.0
37 Liu,Olivia (W) 0 WA 1.0 | -B15 +BYE -W18 -B25 -W27 -W33 -- -- -- | 29.0 31.0
38 Tran,Benjamin (W) 426 WA 0.0 | -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- | 26.0 27.0
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This tournament had 37 entrants. Ashvin Balavignan secured the title with an excellent score of 8.5 from 9. Eamon Harris came second with a last round draw against Eu Ming Khaw who had to settle for 3rd place. 9 Merit awards were made in recognition of the strength and depth of this group.
7 girls took part in this tournament and it became a neck and neck race between Nithuli Liyanage and Senudi De Vas. Both players finished on 5.5points. Senudi won the subsequent playoff to take the Best Girls title.
1st Place: Ashvin Balavignan (8.5/9), 2nd Place: Eamon Harris (7.5/9), 3rd Place: Eu Ming Khaw (6.5/9), 1st Place Girls: Senudi De Vas (5.5/9), 2nd Place Girls: Nithuli Liyange (5.5/9)
Merit Awards: Jaswanth Ram Sethuraman, Dominic Davoll, Mile Glick, Leo Gong, Kaviru Perera, Nithuli Liyange, Senudi De Vas
Under 14 Division
Pos NAME Rtg T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | Buc1 BucT
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1 Deng,Eric 1588 WA 5.0 | +B10 +W4 -B9 +W11 -B5 +B2 +W3 | 26.5 30.0
2 Khaw,Eu Jin 0 WA 5.0 | =B5 +W16 +B6 +W8 =B7 -W1 +B9 | 25.5 27.0
3 Taylor,Noah 1815 WA 5.0 | +B11 -W8 +B13 +W4 +B9 +W7 -B1 | 25.0 28.0
4 Eimery,Ilya 1272 WA 5.0 | +W17 -B1 +W10 -B3 +W14 +W5 +B7 | 24.5 25.5
5 Chen,Angus 1712 WA 4.5 | =W2 -B7 +B16 +W6 +W1 -B4 +W10 | 27.0 28.5
6 Nguyen,Anthony 0 WA 4.5 | =W9 +B14 -W2 -B5 +W15 +B12 +B11 | 22.5 25.0
7 Verma,Abhinav 0 WA 4.0 | +B13 +W5 +B8 =W9 =W2 -B3 -W4 | 27.0 30.0
8 Raptis,Liam 1520 WA 4.0 | +W12 +B3 -W7 -B2 -W10 +BYE +B17 | 23.5 24.5
9 Harirajesh,Barath 1511 WA 3.5 | =B6 +W15 +W1 =B7 -W3 =B10 -W2 | 27.0 29.5
10 Mahruz,Zuhayer 0 WA 3.5 | -W1 +BYE -B4 +W13 +B8 =W9 -B5 | 25.0 27.5
11 An,Jeremy 0 WA 3.5 | -W3 +B17 +W14 -B1 =W12 +B13 -W6 | 23.5 24.5
12 Mezger,Kado 0 WA 3.5 | -B8 -W13 +B15 +W17 =B11 -W6 +B14 | 20.0 21.0
13 Ashok,Anish 453 WA 3.0 | -W7 +B12 -W3 -B10 +B17 -W11 +W15 | 22.0 23.0
14 Tran,Oliver 651 WA 2.5 | =B15 -W6 -B11 +W16 -B4 +BYE -W12 | 21.0 22.5
15 Tran,Benjamin 0 WA 2.5 | =W14 -B9 -W12 +BYE -B6 +W17 -B13 | 19.0 20.0
16 Chen,Aaron (W) 0 WA 1.5 | =BYE -B2 -W5 -B14 +BYE -BYE -- | 21.0 22.5
17 Sendhilkumar,Sindhu 0 WA 1.0 | -B4 -W11 +BYE -B12 -W13 -B15 -W8 | 21.5 23.5
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This tournament had 17 contestants. It was a strong field with 5 players rated over 1500. This was the most closely contested tournament of the Championships. Abinav Verma got off to a strong start and after 5 rounds was joint leader with Eu Jin Khaw and Noah Taylor on 4 points. The last two rounds produced a mix bag of results with Eric Deng and Ilya Eimery winning their last two games whereas the other contenders could only manage a maximum of 1 point. The net result was a four-way tie between Eric, Eu Jin, Ilya and Noah.
The format for the playoff was the best of two Allegro games and if necessary, the best of two Blitz games followed by an Armageddon game. In the first semi-final Noah beat Eu Jin in the Blitz round after both players had drawn the Allegro round. Eric beat Ilya in the second semi-final in the Allegro round. In the final Noah won the Allegro round against Eric to secure the Under 14s title. The playoff for third place was the longest playoff of the Championships with Eu Jin and Ilya drawing the Allegro and Blitz rounds. Eu Jin won in the subsequent Armageddon game to secure third place.
1st Place: Noah Taylor (5.0/7), 2nd Place: Eric Deng (5.0/7), 3rd Place: Eu Jin Khaw (5.0/7)
(No award was made for Best Girl)
Merit Awards: Ilya Eimery, Angus Chen, Anthony Nguyen
Open Under 16 & Under 18 Division
Pos NAME Rtg T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | Buc1 BucT
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1 Gao,Oscar 1916 WA 6.5 | +B7 +W4 =B2 +W6 +B3 +W5 +B8 | 27.5 31.5
2 Hernandez Mendez,Iker 2158 WA 6.5 | +W12 +B3 =W1 +B5 +W10 +B4 +W11 | 26.5 29.5
3 El-Fayoumi,Adam 1520 WA 5.0 | +B8 -W2 +B17 +W7 -W1 +B6 +W10 | 28.5 29.5
4 Gupta,Aarnav 1447 WA 4.0 | +W14 -B1 +W9 =B10 +W12 -W2 =B5 | 27.5 30.5
5 De Vas,Yonal 1647 WA 4.0 | +B16 +W17 =B6 -W2 +B11 -B1 =W4 | 26.5 27.5
6 Koh,Shannon 1763 WA 4.0 | +W15 =B10 =W5 -B1 +W9 -W3 +BYE | 26.0 28.0
7 Gruber,Paula 1171 WA 4.0 | -W1 +B9 +W13 -B3 +B14 -W8 +W16 | 25.5 27.5
8 Kit,Jaykerm 0 WA 4.0 | -W3 +B15 -W12 +B13 +W16 +B7 -W1 | 23.5 25.5
9 Johansson-Jones,William 0 WA 4.0 | +B11 -W7 -B4 +W17 -B6 +BYE +W12 | 21.0 22.0
10 Chinbat,Chintushig 1406 WA 3.5 | +B13 =W6 =B11 =W4 -B2 +W15 -B3 | 26.0 28.0
11 Wu,Kobe 1523 WA 3.5 | -W9 +B14 =W10 +B12 -W5 +B13 -B2 | 24.0 27.0
12 Lee,Lucas 1185 WA 3.0 | -B2 +W16 +B8 -W11 -B4 +W14 -B9 | 25.0 27.0
13 Murray,James 0 WA 3.0 | -W10 +BYE -B7 -W8 +B17 -W11 +B15 | 19.5 20.5
14 Mezger,Nathanael 0 WA 3.0 | -B4 -W11 +BYE +B15 -W7 -B12 +W17 | 18.5 19.5
15 Christianopoulos,Mitchell 0 WA 2.0 | -B6 -W8 +B16 -W14 +BYE -B10 -W13 | 19.5 21.5
16 Devine,Ablai 0 WA 2.0 | -W5 -B12 -W15 +BYE -B8 +W17 -B7 | 18.5 19.5
17 Patel,Aanash 0 WA 1.0 | +BYE -B5 -W3 -B9 -W13 -B16 -B14 | 22.0 24.0
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The Open division (a combined Under 16 and under 18 group) consisted of 17 players. This tournament became a neck and neck race between the two highest rated players, Oscar Gao and Iker Hernandez Mendez. They drew their game and won the rest of their games, giving them total score of 6.5 from 7. This meant they went into a playoff under the same format as that of the Under14s. Iker and Oscar drew their Allegro round and then Iker won the Blitz round. So, Iker became the State Junior Champion and Oscar had to settle for the Under 16s title.
There was also a closely fought battle for the Girls State Championship between Paula Gruber and Kobe Wu. Going into the last round Kobe on 3.5 points played Iker and Paula Ablai Levine. Kobe lost her game and Paula won hers. This meant that Paula became the Girls State Champions and Kobe the Under 16s Girls title.
Under 18
1st Place (State Champion): Iker Hernandez Mendez (6.5/7), 2nd Place: Adam El-fayoumi (5.0/7), 3rd Place: Yonal De Vas (4.0/7)
1st Place Girls (State Girl Champion): Paula Gruber (4.0/7)
Under 16
1st Place: Oscar Gao (6.5/7), 2nd Place: Aarnav Gupta (4.0/7), 3rd Place: Shannon Koh (4.0/7), 1st Place Girls: Kobe Wu (3.5/7)
Problem Solving Competition
This was a new competition for the Junior Championship. Designed by FM Yihe Fu (Rebo) it consisted of two sections, an easier set of puzzles and a harder set. The winner was Oscar Gao with a very good score of 115 points from a total of 120 points. The winner of Under 12s was Eamon Harris with 91 points.
Under 18
1st Place: Oscar Gao (115 pts), 2nd Place: Shannon Koh (93 pts), 3rd Place: Barath Harirajesh (86 pts), 1st Place Girls: Kobe Wu (67 pts)
Merit Award: Nithuli Liyanage (52 pts)
Under 12
1st Place: Eamon Harris (91 pts), 2nd Place: Ashvin Balavignan (78 pts), 3rd Place: Leo Gong (69 pts)
Merit Awards: Yuqi Huang (61 pts), Dominic Davoll (54 pts)
Problem Solving can be enjoyable
Blitz Championship
Pos NAME Rtg T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 | Buc1 BucT
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1 Hernandez Mendez,Iker 1441 WA 9.0 | +B36 -W11 +B25 +W33 +B17 +W24 +B10 +W2 +W3 +B6 -W5 | 68.0 73.0
2 Deng,Eric 1321 WA 8.5 | +B52 +W27 =B17 =W4 +B12 +W6 +W3 -B1 =W9 +B18 +W14 | 70.0 72.5
3 Gao,Oscar 1914 WA 8.0 | +B25 +W16 +B10 +W9 +B6 +W7 -B2 +W11 -B1 +W8 -B4 | 75.0 80.5
4 De Vas,Yonal 1330 WA 8.0 | +W38 +B19 =W8 =B2 =W29 =W17 -B6 +B13 +W15 +B9 +W3 | 68.5 73.5
5 Kerr,Carter 1013 WA 8.0 | +W40 -B8 +W19 +B41 -B7 +W25 -B24 +W26 +B17 +W10 +B1 | 64.0 68.5
6 Rafiei Darani,Daryoush 1422 WA 7.5 | +W41 +B15 +W13 +B29 -W3 -B2 +W4 +B24 +W18 -W1 =B8 | 70.5 75.0
7 Raptis,Liam 1344 WA 7.5 | -W19 +B47 +W28 +B20 +W5 -B3 +W23 =B9 -W8 +B27 +W12 | 65.5 69.5
8 Balavignan,Ashvin 1503 WA 7.0 | +B48 +W5 =B4 -W12 +B26 +W29 -B17 +W10 +B7 -B3 =W6 | 69.5 73.5
9 Gupta,Aarnav 1385 WA 7.0 | +B42 +W33 +B11 -B3 +W13 -W10 +B26 =W7 =B2 -W4 +B17 | 69.0 73.5
10 Eimery,Ilya 1335 WA 7.0 | +B44 +W32 -W3 +B31 +W15 +B9 -W1 -B8 +W20 -B5 +W24 | 68.0 72.5
11 Lee,Lucas 995 WA 7.0 | +W49 +B1 -W9 -B13 +W41 +B14 +W22 -B3 +W24 -B12 +W18 | 65.5 69.5
12 Koh,Shannon 1763 WA 6.5 | +W28 -B13 +W23 +B8 -W2 +B21 -W18 =B14 +W30 +W11 -B7 | 66.5 72.0
13 Nguyen,Anthony 1193 WA 6.5 | +B39 +W12 -B6 +W11 -B9 =W22 +B29 -W4 -B28 +W19 +B25 | 64.5 69.5
14 Mezger,Sol 0 WA 6.5 | =B22 -W34 =B27 +W36 +B33 -W11 +B41 =W12 +B21 +W28 -B2 | 60.0 64.5
15 Wu,Kobe 955 WA 6.5 | +B51 -W6 +B46 +W18 -B10 -W26 =B25 +W34 -B4 +W30 +B28 | 59.5 62.5
16 Gupta,Anoushka 1291 WA 6.5 | +W45 -B3 -W41 +B46 +W30 -B23 -W28 +B42 +W37 =B24 +W27 | 54.5 58.5
17 Harris,Eamon 1466 WA 6.0 | +W30 +B35 =W2 +B24 -W1 =B4 +W8 -B18 -W5 +B20 -W9 | 70.5 75.5
18 Harirajesh,Barath 1338 WA 6.0 | +W47 -B29 +W30 -B15 +W28 +B31 +B12 +W17 -B6 -W2 -B11 | 64.0 68.0
19 Verma,Abhinav 670 WA 6.0 | +B7 -W4 -B5 -W32 +B39 +W48 +W31 -B20 +W23 -B13 +B35 | 63.0 67.0
20 Johansson-Jones,William 992 WA 6.0 | -B32 +W44 +B42 -W7 -B25 +W46 +B27 +W19 -B10 -W17 +B26 | 57.5 61.5
21 Kit,Jaykerm 951 WA 6.0 | -W26 +B38 +W50 +B27 -W24 -W12 +B36 =B23 -W14 +B41 =W22 | 56.0 59.0
22 Mahruz,Zuhayer 901 WA 6.0 | =W14 -B26 +W47 +B34 =W35 =B13 -B11 -W27 +B43 +W46 =B21 | 55.5 59.5
23 Davoll,Dominic 874 WA 6.0 | +W53 -B24 -B12 +W52 +B42 +W16 -B7 =W21 -B19 =W35 +B34 | 55.0 56.0
24 El-Fayoumi,Adam 1343 WA 5.5 | +B46 +W23 +B26 -W17 +B21 -B1 +W5 -W6 -B11 =W16 -B10 | 68.5 72.5
25 Glick,Emil 851 WA 5.5 | -W3 +B45 -W1 +B49 +W20 -B5 =W15 =B28 =W35 +B31 -W13 | 64.5 68.5
26 Mezger,Kado 0 WA 5.5 | +B21 +W22 -W24 +B35 -W8 +B15 -W9 -B5 =W31 +B29 -W20 | 63.0 68.0
27 Mezger,Nathanael 0 WA 5.5 | +W31 -B2 =W14 -W21 +B43 +B35 -W20 +B22 +W29 -W7 -B16 | 63.0 67.5
28 Gong,Leo 781 WA 5.5 | -B12 +W39 -B7 +W37 -B18 +W42 +B16 =W25 +W13 -B14 -W15 | 61.5 66.0
29 De Vas,Senudi 885 WA 5.5 | +B50 +W18 +B34 -W6 =B4 -B8 -W13 +W33 -B27 -W26 +B43 | 60.5 63.5
30 Mahanidis,Jet 704 WA 5.5 | -B17 +W37 -B18 +W39 -B16 +W49 =B33 +W48 -B12 -B15 +W41 | 55.0 59.0
31 Chen,Albert 924 WA 5.5 | -B27 +W52 +B32 -W10 +B48 -W18 -B19 +W45 =B26 -W25 +B42 | 54.0 56.5
32 Huang,Yuqi (Ricky) 0 WA 5.5 | +W20 -B10 -W31 +B19 -W34 =B41 =W35 -W43 +B36 +B47 =W33 | 53.5 57.5
33 Sethuraman,Jaswanth Ram 978 WA 5.0 | +W43 -B9 +W49 -B1 -W14 +B34 =W30 -B29 -W41 +B44 =B32 | 57.5 61.5
34 Koay,Isaac 0 WA 5.0 | =BYE +B14 -W29 -W22 +B32 -W33 +B43 -B15 =W42 +B39 -W23 | 56.0 60.5
35 Glick,Miles 999 WA 5.0 | +B37 -W17 +B48 -W26 =B22 -W27 =B32 +W46 =B25 =B23 -W19 | 55.0 59.0
36 Walker,Sebastian 699 WA 5.0 | -W1 -B49 +W40 -B14 +W51 +B38 -W21 -B37 -W32 +BYE +B46 | 53.5 56.5
37 Gupta,Khajit 0 WA 5.0 | -W35 -B30 +W45 -B28 -W46 +B47 +W38 +W36 -B16 -W43 +B48 | 49.5 53.5
38 Balaratnasingam,Lincoln 489 WA 5.0 | -B4 -W21 -B39 +W44 +B53 -W36 -B37 -W41 +BYE +B50 +W47 | 48.0 49.0
39 Canakapalli,Shashvaat 0 WA 5.0 | -W13 -B28 +W38 -B30 -W19 +B51 -B48 +W52 +B49 -W34 +W50 | 47.5 50.0
40 Chhajer,Dhairya 0 WA 5.0 | -B5 -W48 -B36 -B47 +W44 +W52 -B42 +W50 -B46 +W49 +BYE | 45.0 47.5
41 Perera,Kaviru 682 WA 4.5 | -B6 +W51 +B16 -W5 -B11 =W32 -W14 +B38 +B33 -W21 -B30 | 62.5 65.5
42 Ashok,Anish 672 WA 4.5 | -W9 +B43 -W20 +B50 -W23 -B28 +W40 -W16 =B34 +B45 -W31 | 55.5 58.5
43 Hunt,Benjamin 0 WA 4.5 | -B33 -W42 =B44 +W45 -W27 +B50 -W34 +B32 -W22 +B37 -W29 | 51.0 54.0
44 Ye,Daniel 497 WA 4.5 | -W10 -B20 =W43 -B38 -B40 +BYE -W47 +W53 +B51 -W33 +B52 | 45.0 46.0
45 Bonam,Deev Advaith 0 WA 4.5 | -B16 -W25 -B37 -B43 +BYE +W53 +W50 -B31 =B52 -W42 +W51 | 43.0 44.0
46 McDonald,Tristan 607 WA 4.0 | -W24 +B53 -W15 -W16 +B37 -B20 +W49 -B35 +W40 -B22 -W36 | 54.5 55.5
47 Watkins,Felix 546 WA 4.0 | -B18 -W7 -B22 +W40 -B49 -W37 +B44 +W51 +B48 -W32 -B38 | 52.5 55.5
48 Ashok,Akash 762 WA 4.0 | -W8 +B40 -W35 +B51 -W31 -B19 +W39 -B30 -W47 +B53 -W37 | 51.0 52.0
49 Huang,Alex 0 WA 4.0 | -B11 +W36 -B33 -W25 +W47 -B30 -B46 +BYE -W39 -B40 +W53 | 49.5 50.5
50 Pasare,Parth 0 WA 3.0 | -W29 +BYE -B21 -W42 +B52 -W43 -B45 -B40 +W53 -W38 -B39 | 47.0 48.0
51 Liu,Jonathan 0 WA 3.0 | -W15 -B41 +BYE -W48 -B36 -W39 +B53 -B47 -W44 +W52 -B45 | 44.5 45.5
52 Gao,Jo 162 WA 2.5 | -W2 -B31 +W53 -B23 -W50 -B40 +BYE -B39 =W45 -B51 -W44 | 48.0 49.0
53 Pasare,Prishaa 0 WA 1.0 | -B23 -W46 -B52 +BYE -W38 -B45 -W51 -B44 -B50 -W48 -B49 | 41.5 44.0
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The Blitz Championships had 53 players ranging in age from 18 to 6. The winner was Iker Hernandez Mendez with 9 points from 11. Second with 8.5 points was Eric Deng who won the Under 14s title.
The WA Girls' Blitz Championship was decided by playoff between Kobe Wu and Anoushka Gupta. After the first two Blitz rounds, the score was 1-1, so an Armageddon game was required to determine the winner. Kobe with Black pieces was able to secure a draw and thus win the title of 2023 WA Girls' Blitz Champion.
All other tied positions were decided by Buchholz Cut-1 Tiebreak.
Under 18
1st Place: Iker Hernandez Mendez (9.0/11), 2nd Place: Oscar Gao (8.0/11), 3rd Place: Drayoush Rafiei Darani (7.5/11), 1st Place Girls: Kobe Wu (6.5/11)
Under 14
1st Place: Eric Deng (8.5/11), 2nd Place: Yonal De Vas (8.0/11), 3rd Place: Liam Raptis (7.5/11)
Under 12
1st Place: Carter Kerr (8.0/11), 2nd Place: Ashvin Balavignan (7.0/11), 3rd Place: Sol Mezger (6.5/11)
Under 10
1st Place: Emil Glick (5.5/11), 2nd Place: Leo Gong (5.5/11), 3rd Place: Senudi De Vas (5.5/11)
Under 8
1st Place: Jet Mahanidis (5.5/11), 2nd Place: Parth Pasare (3.0/11), 3rd Place: Jonathan Liu (3.0/11)
Merit Awards: Aarnav Gupta, Ilya Eimery, Lucas Lee, Shannon Koh, Anthony Nguyen, Anoushka Gupta, Eamon Harris, Barath Harirajesh
Special Thanks
Special thanks to the following volunteers who all helped to make this an excellent well organised tournament:
Faith Tee: Coordinating a large group of volunteers and a lot of preparatory work.
Stacey Walker: Database, Round Scores, Registration.
The following arbiters: Richard Chen, Yihe Fu (Rebo), Yalei Gong, Carvin Kumar, Andrew Hardegen, Dennis Holland, Pravin Pasar, Hui Lam Teh, Rui Gen Teh.
The following organisers: Kerry Aung, Tseyen-Oidov (Tsedo) Purevtseren, Glenda Raptis, Rosa Tu, Jennifer Wang - Database and General Organisation.
A very important contributor was Corpus Christi College for providing for the third year in a row, the Sadler Centre, such an excellent venue for our State Junior Championships.
Report kindly compiled by Alan Wolstencroft - Chief Arbiter
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