2025 WA Junior Allegro Chess Championship

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The 2025 WA Junior Allegro Championship took place on Sunday, 13th April, at North Woodvale Primary School (hosted by Perth Chess Club), with 32 participants.

This year's event featured a 9-round Swiss format with a time control of 15 minutes plus a 2-second increment per move (Fischer).

The awards ceremony concluded ahead of schedule at 4:10 pm, with no need for a playoff. Please find the complete list of winners below:

U18: 1st (WA Junior Allegro Champion) Issa Majidi, 2nd Nithuli Liyanage (also U18 girls Champion), 3rd Shannon Koh
U16: 1st Ashvin Balavignan, 2nd Yonal De Vas, 3rd Aidan Malik
U12: 1st Senudi De Vas (also U12 girls Champion), 2nd Leo Gong, 3rd Uudamkhishig Togtmol
U10: 1st Quang Minh Le, 2nd Bao Ho, 3rd Saharsh Cheela
U8: 1st Daniel Luong, 2nd Zeno Brackenridge, 3rd Charlie Jones Dillon

U18 Merit trophy: Ricky Huang, U16 Merit trophy: Sebastian Gough, U12 Merit trophy: Shijirkhutag Nyamdari

Congratulations to all the prize winners. Special thanks to my assistant chief arbiter, Dylan Gough, as well as Ryan Yao, Rebo Fu, Hui Lam Teh, and Peter Brackenbridge for their assistance in arbitrating and managing the results. Also extend my gratitude to Hui Huang and Rosa Tu for photography, and to Faith for organising the trophies. A big thank you goes to Perth Chess Club for providing the facilities and chess sets for the tournament.

Report and results kindly provided by: Kobe Wu (Chief Arbiter - 2025 WA Junior Allegro Championship)


2025 WA Junior Allegro Cross Table


 Pos NAME                           Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9    |    BH   BH-C1  
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  1  Majidi,Issa                    2075      WA  8.5 | +B23  +W3   +B9   +W2   =B5   +W7   +B6   +W14  +W4    |   50.0   46.0 
  2  Balavignan,Ashvin              1887  CM  WA  8.0 | +W24  +B12  +W6   -B1   +W4   +W5   +B10  +B8   +W7    |   50.0   46.5 
  3  Liyanage,Nithuli               1236      WA  6.0 | +W29  -B1   +W23  +B14  =W6   -B12  =W4   +B20  +W18   |   43.5   41.5 
  4  De Vas,Yonal                   1405      WA  5.5 | =BYE  +W22  +B11  +W7   -B2   =W10  =B3   +W5   -B1    |   54.0   48.5 
  5  Koh,Shannon                    1452      WA  5.5 | +B26  +W10  =B7   +W8   =W1   -B2   +W12  -B4   =W6    |   52.5   49.0 
  6  Malik,Aidan                    1253      OS  5.5 | +B13  +W17  -B2   +W15  =B3   +W8   -W1   =B12  =B5    |   52.5   48.0 
  7  Huang,Yuqi (Ricky)             1283      WA  5.5 | +W27  +B14  =W5   -B4   +W11  -B1   +W17  +B15  -B2    |   49.5   46.5 
  8  De Vas,Senudi                   956      WA  5.5 | =BYE  +B16  +W20  -B5   +W25  -B6   +W24  -W2   +B14   |   44.5   39.0 
  9  Gong,Leo                       1371      WA  5.5 | +W21  +B19  -W1   =B11  -W12  =W15  =B18  +B24  +W20   |   44.0   40.5 
 10  Le,Quang Minh                   964      WA  5.5 | +W30  -B5   =W26  +W13  +B17  =B4   -W2   =B16  +W15   |   43.0   41.0 
 11  Togtmol,Uudamkhishig            799      WA  5.5 | +W28  +B20  -W4   =W9   -B7   -B24  +W26  +B17  +W12   |   40.0   37.0 
 12  Gough,Sebastian                 854      WA  5.0 | +B25  -W2   +B18  =W17  +B9   +W3   -B5   =W6   -B11   |   48.5   45.0 
 13  Nyamdari,Shijirkhutag           441      WA  5.0 | -W6   +B31  +W19  -B10  -W16  +B23  -W20  +B22  +W25   |   37.5   35.5 
 14  Lougheed,Liam                   693      WA  4.5 | +B15  -W7   +B22  -W3   +W20  =B16  +W21  -B1   -W8    |   46.5   42.5 
 15  Ho,Bao                            0      WA  4.5 | -W14  +B27  +W24  -B6   +W19  =B9   +W16  -W7   -B10   |   42.0   39.0 
 16  Perera,Kaviru                   969      WA  4.5 | -B22  -W8   +B28  +W18  +B13  =W14  -B15  =W10  =B19   |   41.0   38.0 
 17  Lim,Lucien                      707      WA  4.5 | +W31  -B6   +W21  =B12  -W10  +B25  -B7   -W11  +B26   |   40.0   38.0 
 18  Singh,Harvigas                  483      WA  4.5 | -W20  +B28  -W12  -B16  +W30  +B19  =W9   +B27  -B3    |   37.5   35.5 
 19  Luong,Daniel                    776      WA  4.5 | +B32  -W9   -B13  +W22  -B15  -W18  +B31  +W21  =W16   |   36.0   34.0 
 20  Sethuraman,Jaswanth Ram        1297      WA  4.0 | +B18  -W11  -B8   +W21  -B14  +W27  +B13  -W3   -B9    |   43.5   40.5 
 21  Brackenridge,Zeno               550      WA  4.0 | -B9   +W32  -B17  -B20  +W26  +W22  -B14  -B19  +W24   |   36.0   34.0 
 22  Cheela,Saharsh                  338      WA  4.0 | +W16  -B4   -W14  -B19  +W29  -B21  +W25  -W13  +B32   |   35.5   33.5 
 23  Ong,Josiah                      639      WA  4.0 | -W1   +B29  -B3   +W32  -B24  -W13  -B27  +W31  +W30   |   34.0   32.0 
 24  Srikanth,Siddarth               594      WA  3.5 | -B2   =W25  -B15  +B30  +W23  +W11  -B8   -W9   -B21   |   42.5   40.5 
 25  Uuganbaatar,Uranbaigali         318      WA  3.5 | -W12  =B24  +W27  +B26  -B8   -W17  -B22  +W29  -B13   |   36.0   34.0 
 26  Nyamdari,Shijirgun              581      WA  3.5 | -W5   +B30  =B10  -W25  -B21  +W29  -B11  +B28  -W17   |   35.5   33.5 
 27  Agrawal,Atharv                  473      WA  3.0 | -B7   -W15  -B25  +W28  +B32  -B20  +W23  -W18  -B31   |   33.0   31.0 
 28  Gao,Jo                          316      WA  3.0 | -B11  -W18  -W16  -B27  +W31  +B30  -B32  -W26  +B29   |   29.0   27.0 
 29  Perera,Damsara                  348      WA  2.0 | -B3   -W23  -B32  +W31  -B22  -B26  +W30  -B25  -W28   |   30.0   28.0 
 30  Nyamdari,Khatangua              325      WA  2.0 | -B10  -W26  +B31  -W24  -B18  -W28  -B29  +W32  -B23   |   30.0   28.0 
 31  Agrawal,Aadhya                    0      WA  2.0 | -B17  -W13  -W30  -B29  -B28  +W32  -W19  -B23  +W27   |   30.0   28.0 
 32  Dillon,Charlie Jones            223      WA  2.0 | -W19  -B21  +W29  -B23  -W27  -B31  +W28  -B30  -W22   |   28.5   26.5