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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) |
Pos NAME Rtg T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | BH BH-C1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 |