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2023 School Chess League

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2023 School Chess League Format



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2023 SCL North Zone

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On March 19th, the 2023 School Chess League, North Zonal was held at The Royal Park Hall, which received an overwhelming response this year. Our initial goal was to have 110 players, and we opened bookings on February 13th. However, all tickets were sold out on March 6th, leaving a waiting list of approximately 30 students. After discussions with the hall facility manager, we were able to increase the maximum number of players to 150 by adding 40 extra tickets, which allowed us to clear the waiting list. By Friday evening, all 150 tickets were sold out. However, on the day of the event, two players cancelled their attendance, leaving us with a final count of 148 players.

A total of 13 high schools and 22 primary schools participated in the event, and we would like to extend our congratulations to the winning schools!

Here are the results for the SCL - North Zonal:

Secondary Division


 Pos NAME                           Rtg   Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6     7   |  Buc1  BucT  
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  1  Gao,Oscar                      1835   WA  7.0 | +B15  +W35  +B34  +W5   +B2   +W3   +B8   |  29.5  32.0 
  2  Khaw,Eu Jin                    1303   WA  6.0 | +W27  +B11  +W20  +B13  -W1   +B5   +W6   |  30.0  33.0 
  3  Harris,Eamon                   1411   WA  6.0 | +W16  +B36  +W32  +B7   +W6   -B1   +W12  |  28.5  31.5 
  4  Kit,Jaykerm                     891   WA  5.5 | -W11  +W30  +B38  +B16  +W18  =W12  +B13  |  25.0  28.0 
  5  El-Fayoumi,Adam                   0   WA  5.0 | +W55  +B8   +W33  -B1   +W7   -W2   +B19  |  30.0  30.5 
  6  Eimery,Ilya                    1181   SA  5.0 | +B46  +W39  +B17  +W12  -B3   +W9   -B2   |  28.5  30.5 
  7  Oliveiro,Rayden                 856   WA  5.0 | +B24  +W44  +B9   -W3   -B5   +B14  +W16  |  28.5  30.5 
  8  Ong,Celine                     1371   WA  5.0 | +B21  -W5   +B29  +W36  +B32  +W17  -W1   |  26.5  29.5 
  9  Lanka,Venkat                    543   WA  5.0 | +W19  +B54  -W7   +B20  +W11  -B6   +W21  |  26.5  27.5 
 10  Tenggara,Winston                  0   WA  5.0 | +W49  -B32  -W16  +B50  +B35  +W23  +B17  |  20.0  21.5 
 11  Johansson-Jones,William           0   WA  4.5 | +B4   -W2   +B22  +W34  -B9   =W15  +W28  |  28.5  31.0 
 12  Suresh Kumar,Sanjay               0   WA  4.5 | +W41  +B40  +W14  -B6   +W33  =B4   -B3   |  27.0  30.0 
 13  Mahruz,Zuhayer                    0   WA  4.5 | +B22  =W14  +B42  -W2   +B34  +W33  -W4   |  25.5  28.0 
 14  Ley,Nick                        832   WA  4.5 | +W37  =B13  -B12  +W30  +B43  -W7   +W18  |  24.5  27.0 
 15  Gould,Dylan                       0   WA  4.5 | -W1   -B19  +W46  +B54  +W38  =B11  +W27  |  23.5  24.5 
 16  He,Allen                          0   WA  4.0 | -B3   +W52  +B10  -W4   +B39  +W25  -B7   |  28.5  30.0 
 17  Yan,Ben                         570   WA  4.0 | +W45  +B18  -W6   +B37  +W19  -B8   -W10  |  26.0  28.5 
 18  Park,Sehun                        0   WA  4.0 | +B57  -W17  +B21  +W28  -B4   +W22  -B14  |  25.5  28.0 
 19  Louw,Mark                         0   WA  4.0 | -B9   +W15  +B23  +W47  -B17  +W32  -W5   |  25.5  27.5 
 20  Tiao,Ray                          0   WA  4.0 | +B23  +W50  -B2   -W9   +B36  -B21  +W38  |  25.0  26.5 
 21  Heavens,Mason                     0   WA  4.0 | -W8   +B55  -W18  +B31  +B47  +W20  -B9   |  23.5  24.0 
 22  Reyes,Enrico                    392   WA  4.0 | -W13  +B46  -W11  +B45  +W24  -B18  +W37  |  22.5  24.5 
 23  Emanuel,Sebastian                 0   WA  4.0 | -W20  +B31  -W19  +B55  +W37  -B10  +W41  |  22.5  23.0 
 24  Kealley,Lawson                    0   WA  4.0 | -W7   -B28  +W49  +B40  -B22  +W46  +B32  |  20.5  22.5 
 25  Shaw,Lucas                        0   WA  4.0 | +W48  -B33  +W26  -B32  +W41  -B16  +W36  |  20.0  22.0 
 26  Edwards,Sam                       0   WA  4.0 | =B50  -W42  -B25  =W52  +B51  +W35  +B33  |  15.5  17.0 
 27  Hubery,Scott                      0   WA  3.5 | -B2   -W51  +BYE  =W29  +B30  +W43  -B15  |  22.0  23.5 
 28  Arunkumar,Ashwath               265   WA  3.5 | -B39  +W24  =B43  -B18  +W42  +W29  -B11  |  21.5  24.0 
 29  Koay,Isaac                        0   WA  3.5 | -W33  +B48  -W8   =B27  +W40  -B28  +W44  |  19.5  21.5 
 30  Durey,Peter                       0   WA  3.5 | =W42  -B4   +W54  -B14  -W27  +B50  +W43  |  19.5  20.5 
 31  Mullaley,William                  0   WA  3.5 | -B35  -W23  +B50  -W21  +B46  =W51  +B45  |  17.0  18.5 
 32  McDonald,Tristan                381   WA  3.0 | +B52  +W10  -B3   +W25  -W8   -B19  -W24  |  28.0  29.5 
 33  Sulak,Asten                     690   WA  3.0 | +B29  +W25  -B5   +W39  -B12  -B13  -W26  |  25.5  28.5 
 34  Ashok,Anish                     545   WA  3.0 | +B38  +BYE  -W1   -B11  -W13  -B36  +W42  |  25.5  28.0 
 35  Napaa,Mohit                     339   WA  3.0 | +W31  -B1   -W37  +B44  -W10  -B26  +W48  |  24.5  26.5 
 36  Geste,Cooper                      0   WA  3.0 | +B51  -W3   +B44  -B8   -W20  +W34  -B25  |  23.5  25.0 
 37  Kingsbury,Joshua                  0   WA  3.0 | -B14  +W57  +B35  -W17  -B23  +W54  -B22  |  22.0  23.0 
 38  Louw,Hank                         0   WA  3.0 | -W34  +B41  -W4   +B48  -B15  +W47  -B20  |  21.5  23.5 
 39  Nand-Lal,Isaac                    0   WA  3.0 | +W28  -B6   +W40  -B33  -W16  -B42  +W51  |  21.0  22.5 
 40  Bandara,Chenuthi                506   WA  3.0 | +B43  -W12  -B39  -W24  -B29  +B48  +W47  |  19.5  21.5 
 41  Durey,Leo                         0   WA  3.0 | -B12  -W38  +B52  +W51  -B25  +W49  -B23  |  19.0  20.5 
 42  Thong,Sebastian                   0   WA  2.5 | =B30  +B26  -W13  -W43  -B28  +W39  -B34  |  21.0  23.5 
 43  Louw,Neil                         0   WA  2.5 | -W40  +B49  =W28  +B42  -W14  -B27  -B30  |  20.0  22.0 
 44  Ong,Zachary                       0   WA  2.5 | +BYE  -B7   -W36  -W35  +B52  =W45  -B29  |  20.0  21.5 
 45  Lee,Charlotte                     0   WA  2.5 | -B17  +W58  -B47  -W22  +W55  =B44  -W31  |  18.0  18.5 
 46  Javani,Luca                       0   WA  2.0 | -W6   -W22  -B15  +B49  -W31  -B24  +W52  |  23.0  24.5 
 47  De Santis,Xavier                  0   WA  2.0 | -BYE  +BYE  +W45  -B19  -W21  -B38  -B40  |  20.5  23.0 
 48  Balfe,William                     0   WA  2.0 | -B25  -W29  +B51  -W38  +B54  -W40  -B35  |  18.0  19.0 
 49  Eliot,Dominic                     0   WA  2.0 | -B10  -W43  -B24  -W46  +W50  -B41  +W55  |  18.0  18.5 
 50  Vignesh,Aadhav                    0   WA  1.5 | =W26  -B20  -W31  -W10  -B49  -W30  +B54  |  22.0  23.0 
 51  Yuvarajan,Avinash                 0   WA  1.5 | -W36  +B27  -W48  -B41  -W26  =B31  -B39  |  19.5  21.5 
 52  Mathwin,Alexander                 0   WA  1.5 | -W32  -B16  -W41  =B26  -W44  +B55  -B46  |  18.0  18.5 
 53  Singh,Arvind               (W)    0   WA  1.0 | +BYE  -BYE   --    --    --    --    --   |  20.5  22.5 
 54  Slater,Jensyn                     0   WA  1.0 | +B58  -W9   -B30  -W15  -W48  -B37  -W50  |  20.5  22.0 
 55  Siaw,Raphael                      0   WA  1.0 | -B5   -W21  +BYE  -W23  -B45  -W52  -B49  |  19.5  21.0 
 56  Richards,Jamie             (W)  227   WA  0.0 | -BYE   --    --    --    --    --    --   |  16.5  17.5 
 57  Beh,Devon                  (W)    0   WA  0.0 | -W18  -B37  -BYE   --    --    --    --   |  16.0  17.0 
 58  Del Fante,Massimo          (W)    0   WA  0.0 | -W54  -B45  -BYE   --    --    --    --   |  12.5  13.5 


First place: Christ Church Grammar, Second place: Duncraig SHS, Third place: Wesley College.

The individual winners in the Seconday Division were Oscar Gao in first place with a perfect score of 7/7, followed by Eu Jin Khaw and Eamon Harris in second and third places respectively, with scores of 6/7 each. Celine Ong was the top girl winner in the Secondary Division with a score of 5/7.

The following individuals were awarded merit awards: Jaykerm Kit, Adam El-Fayoumi, Ilya Eimery, Rayden Oliveiro, Celine Ong, Venkat Lanka & Winston Tenggara



Primary Divison


 Pos NAME                           Rtg   Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6     7   |  Buc1  BucT  
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  1  Chen,Angus                     1028   WA  7.0 | +W77  +B21  +W29  +B10  +W9   +B2   +W6   |  30.0  32.0 
  2  Davoll,Dominic                  747   WA  6.0 | +B35  +W24  +B17  +W5   +B20  -W1   +B8   |  31.5  35.5 
  3  Gong,Leo                        613   WA  6.0 | +B34  +W47  +B4   =B20  +W7   =B6   +W12  |  30.5  33.5 
  4  Zamani,Ryan                       0   WA  6.0 | +W88  +B25  -W3   +B32  +B17  +W15  +B14  |  29.0  31.0 
  5  Kitay,Yonatan                   596   WA  6.0 | +W62  +B36  +W26  -B2   +W27  +B9   +W11  |  28.0  31.0 
  6  Deng,Eric                      1077   WA  5.5 | +B49  +W45  +B15  +W13  +B8   =W3   -B1   |  31.0  34.0 
  7  Liyanage,Nithuli                882   WA  5.5 | +B80  +W50  =B23  +W16  -B3   +W22  +B20  |  27.5  29.0 
  8  Li,Jeremy                       428   WA  5.0 | +B66  +W39  +B16  +W23  -W6   +B10  -W2   |  29.5  32.5 
  9  Watkins,Felix                   361   WA  5.0 | +B48  +W22  +B45  +W14  -B1   -W5   +B26  |  29.5  32.5 
 10  Walker,Sebastian                585   WA  5.0 | +B65  +W11  +B12  -W1   +B46  -W8   +B27  |  29.0  32.0 
 11  Cu,Ford                           0   WA  5.0 | +W37  -B10  +W83  +B29  +W19  +B21  -B5   |  28.5  29.5 
 12  Perera,Kaviru                   361   WA  5.0 | +W69  +B33  -W10  +B30  +W31  +W13  -B3   |  28.0  30.5 
 13  Richards,Huw                    630   WA  5.0 | +W41  +B32  +W19  -B6   +W33  -B12  +W36  |  27.5  31.5 
 14  Chung,Avan                      774   WA  5.0 | +W63  +B75  +W31  -B9   +W25  +B18  -W4   |  27.0  29.0 
 15  Atkinson,Hamish                 583   WA  5.0 | +W51  +B53  -W6   +B28  +W37  -B4   +W32  |  26.5  29.5 
 16  Ashok,Akash                     699   WA  5.0 | +W28  +B27  -W8   -B7   +W72  +B34  +W25  |  26.5  28.5 
 17  Wang,Albert Guo                 452   WA  5.0 | +W38  +B85  -W2   +B51  -W4   +B61  +W28  |  26.0  29.0 
 18  Togtmol,Uudamkhishig            423   WA  5.0 | +W79  +B30  -W20  +B38  +W26  -W14  +B24  |  25.5  27.5 
 19  Carvin,Leo                      369   WA  5.0 | +B54  +W46  -B13  +W35  -B11  +W52  +B30  |  24.0  26.5 
 20  Levine,Ezra                     658   WA  4.5 | +B72  +W84  +B18  =W3   -W2   +B31  -W7   |  28.5  30.0 
 21  Cong,Kevin                      141   WA  4.5 | +B76  -W1   +B52  =W22  +B23  -W11  +B44  |  27.5  29.5 
 22  Sanjay,Dhruv                      0   WA  4.5 | +W58  -B9   +W85  =B21  +W29  -B7   +W43  |  25.0  28.0 
 23  Ong,Charis                      524   WA  4.5 | +W60  +B83  =W7   -B8   -W21  +B42  +W45  |  24.5  25.5 
 24  Walker,Samantha                 120   WA  4.0 | +W67  -B2   +W40  -B33  +W51  +B38  -W18  |  26.0  29.0 
 25  Tun,Aaron                       323   WA  4.0 | +B42  -W4   +B72  +W34  -B14  +W54  -B16  |  26.0  28.0 
 26  Zhou,Dylan                        0   WA  4.0 | +B44  +W68  -B5   +W47  -B18  +W49  -W9   |  25.5  28.0 
 27  Chao,Sean                         0   WA  4.0 | +B55  -W16  +B48  +W74  -B5   +W46  -W10  |  25.0  27.0 
 28  Gulland,Henry                     0   WA  4.0 | -B16  +W55  +B73  -W15  +B57  +W37  -B17  |  25.0  27.0 
 29  Van Den Berg,Marcus             565   WA  4.0 | +B52  +W81  -B1   -W11  -B22  +W65  +B54  |  25.0  26.5 
 30  Snel,Benjie                       0   WA  4.0 | +B59  -W18  +B81  -W12  +B35  +W47  -W19  |  25.0  26.5 
 31  Gunawardena,Jineth              455   WA  4.0 | +B40  +W56  -B14  +W53  -B12  -W20  +B48  |  24.5  27.5 
 32  Chinbat,Chintugs                  0   WA  4.0 | +B73  -W13  +B39  -W4   +B74  +W48  -B15  |  24.5  26.5 
 33  Truong,Kingsley                   0   WA  4.0 | +B87  -W12  +B44  +W24  -B13  -B36  +W62  |  24.5  26.0 
 34  Huang,Alex                        0   WA  4.0 | -W3   +B70  +W86  -B25  +B45  -W16  +B57  |  24.0  26.5 
 35  Greenham,Xavier                   0   WA  4.0 | -W2   +B78  +W43  -B19  -W30  +B60  +W61  |  24.0  26.0 
 36  De Santis,Enrico                  0   WA  4.0 | +B71  -W5   -B46  +W42  +B73  +W33  -B13  |  23.5  25.5 
 37  Wang,Anja Guo                     0   WA  4.0 | -B11  +W65  +B56  +W59  -B15  -B28  +W52  |  23.0  26.0 
 38  Kotecha,Sayan                     0   WA  4.0 | -B17  +W89  +B84  -W18  +B50  -W24  +B47  |  21.5  21.5 
 39  Lu,Ching Yi                       0   WA  4.0 | +BYE  -B8   -W32  -W50  +B84  +B58  +W53  |  21.0  22.5 
 40  Koay,Arianne                      0   WA  4.0 | -W31  +B64  -B24  -W57  +B55  +W50  +B59  |  20.0  22.5 
 41  Hee,Sean                          0   WA  4.0 | -B13  -W73  -B55  +W89  +B56  +W74  +B46  |  18.0  18.0 
 42  Malpass,Sophie                    0   WA  3.5 | -W25  =W49  +B76  -B36  +W70  -W23  +B68  |  20.5  22.5 
 43  Woodbine,Grace                    0   WA  3.5 | -W53  +BYE  -B35  +W81  =B44  +W68  -B22  |  20.0  21.5 
 44  Earley,William                    0   WA  3.5 | -W26  +B69  -W33  +B83  =W43  +B75  -W21  |  20.0  21.0 
 45  Dhanak,Ishaan                   315   WA  3.0 | +W61  -B6   -W9   +B78  -W34  +B51  -B23  |  25.0  27.0 
 46  O'Connor,Flynn                    0   WA  3.0 | +W86  -B19  +W36  +B75  -W10  -B27  -W41  |  25.0  27.0 
 47  Cravo Barreto,Oliver              0   WA  3.0 | +B74  -B3   +W61  -B26  +W60  -B30  -W38  |  24.0  26.0 
 48  Louw,Colin                        0   WA  3.0 | -W9   +B88  -W27  +B62  +W58  -B32  -W31  |  23.0  25.0 
 49  Eggleston,Elijah                  0   WA  3.0 | -W6   =B42  -W58  +B69  +W63  -B26  =B56  |  22.0  24.5 
 50  Gao,Jo                          167   WA  3.0 | +W78  -B7   -W51  +B39  -W38  -B40  +W79  |  22.0  24.0 
 51  Kaur,Agamjot                      0   WA  3.0 | -B15  +W71  +B50  -W17  -B24  -W45  +B73  |  22.0  24.0 
 52  Kim,Raon                          0   WA  3.0 | -W29  +B82  -W21  +B64  +W75  -B19  -B37  |  22.0  23.5 
 53  Downes,Manning                    0   WA  3.0 | +B43  -W15  +B57  -B31  -W61  +W73  -B39  |  21.5  23.5 
 54  Liu,Jonathan                      0   WA  3.0 | -W19  +B58  -W75  +BYE  +B59  -B25  -W29  |  21.5  23.5 
 55  Slater,Hunter                     0   WA  3.0 | -W27  -B28  +W41  -B60  -W40  +B77  +W72  |  21.0  23.0 
 56  Dube,Ethan                        0   WA  3.0 | +W64  -B31  -W37  =B67  -W41  +B70  =W49  |  20.5  23.0 
 57  Runciman,Jonathan                 0  AUS  3.0 | -W75  +B63  -W53  +B40  -W28  +B72  -W34  |  20.0  22.0 
 58  Bott,Rupert                       0   WA  3.0 | -B22  -W54  +B49  +W66  -B48  -W39  +B76  |  19.5  21.5 
 59  Chen,Daniel                       0   WA  3.0 | -W30  +B60  +W79  -B37  -W54  +B78  -W40  |  19.5  21.5 
 60  Li,Jason                          0   WA  3.0 | -B23  -W59  +B71  +W55  -B47  -W35  +B74  |  19.5  21.5 
 61  Neesham,Hunter                    0   WA  3.0 | -B45  +W80  -B47  +W84  +B53  -W17  -B35  |  19.5  21.0 
 62  Jenkins,Rohan                     0   WA  3.0 | -B5   -W74  +B89  -W48  +W71  +B64  -B33  |  19.5  19.5 
 63  Gami,Ishaan                       0   WA  3.0 | -B14  -W57  =B70  +W76  -B49  +W82  =B67  |  18.5  20.0 
 64  Wu,Brandon                        0   WA  3.0 | -B56  -W40  +BYE  -W52  +B66  -W62  +B81  |  18.0  19.5 
 65  Kang,Chenrui                      0   WA  3.0 | -W10  -B37  -W82  +W80  +B83  -B29  +W78  |  18.0  19.0 
 66  Lithgow,Anthony                   0   WA  3.0 | -W8   -B86  +W88  -B58  -W64  +B87  +W75  |  17.5  19.0 
 67  Ramsden,Flynn                     0   WA  3.0 | -B24  -W72  +B80  =W56  -B68  +W84  =W63  |  16.0  17.5 
 68  Bhat,Dhilan                       0   WA  2.5 | -W83  -B26  =W69  +B77  +W67  -B43  -W42  |  18.0  19.0 
 69  Local,Kaedin                      0   WA  2.5 | -B12  -W44  =B68  -W49  -B76  +W83  +B82  |  17.5  18.5 
 70  Sivills,Felix                     0   WA  2.5 | -B84  -W34  =W63  +B87  -B42  -W56  +B80  |  16.5  18.0 
 71  Wang,Ellin                        0   WA  2.5 | -W36  -B51  -W60  +BYE  -B62  =W81  +B83  |  16.0  17.0 
 72  Gunawardena,Nethumli              0   WA  2.0 | -W20  +B67  -W25  +B82  -B16  -W57  -B55  |  22.5  24.0 
 73  Togtmol,Turmunkh                  0   WA  2.0 | -W32  +B41  -W28  +B79  -W36  -B53  -W51  |  22.0  24.0 
 74  Walker,William                    0   WA  2.0 | -W47  +B62  +W77  -B27  -W32  -B41  -W60  |  21.0  23.0 
 75  Berry,Ethan                       0   WA  2.0 | +B57  -W14  +B54  -W46  -B52  -W44  -B66  |  20.5  23.0 
 76  Parker,Jack                       0   WA  2.0 | -W21  =B77  -W42  -B63  +W69  =B79  -W58  |  18.5  20.5 
 77  Elford,Caden                      0   WA  2.0 | -B1   =W76  -B74  -W68  =B80  -W55  +W89  |  18.0  18.0 
 78  Ng,Caitlin                        0   WA  2.0 | -B50  -W35  +B87  -W45  +B81  -W59  -B65  |  17.5  19.0 
 79  Lim,Zechariah                     0   WA  2.0 | -B18  +W87  -B59  -W73  =B82  =W76  -B50  |  16.5  18.0 
 80  Fourie,Christopher                0   WA  1.5 | -W7   -B61  -W67  -B65  =W77  +B89  -W70  |  19.0  19.0 
 81  Donelan,Diesel                    0   WA  1.5 | +W82  -B29  -W30  -B43  -W78  =B71  -W64  |  17.5  19.0 
 82  Wang,Ethan                        0   WA  1.5 | -B81  -W52  +B65  -W72  =W79  -B63  -W69  |  15.5  17.0 
 83  Ryan,Scarlett                     0   WA  1.0 | +B68  -W23  -B11  -W44  -W65  -B69  -W71  |  21.0  23.0 
 84  Carter,Jackson                    0   WA  1.0 | +W70  -B20  -W38  -B61  -W39  -B67  -BYE  |  20.5  22.5 
 85  Easson,Levi                (W)    0   WA  1.0 | +B89  -W17  -B22  -BYE   --    --    --   |  20.5  20.5 
 86  Mahon,Dylan                (W)  226   WA  1.0 | -B46  +W66  -B34   --    --    --    --   |  19.0  21.0 
 87  Choyce,Aedan                      0   WA  1.0 | -W33  -B79  -W78  -W70  +B89  -W66  -BYE  |  15.5  15.5 
 88  Durey,Matthew              (W)    0   WA  0.0 | -B4   -W48  -B66  -BYE   --    --    --   |  18.0  19.0 
 89  Zhou,Ethan                        0   WA  0.0 | -W85  -B38  -W62  -B41  -W87  -W80  -B77  |  17.5  19.0 
 90  Giles,Caleb                (W)  342   WA  0.0 | -BYE   --    --    --    --    --    --   |  16.5  17.5 


First place: Oberthur Primary School, Second place: Caladenia Primary School, Third place: Carmel Primary School.

In the individual Primary Division, Angus Chen took first place with a perfect score of 7/7. Dominic Davoll and Leo Gong followed closely in second and third places respectively, with scores of 6/7 each. Additionally, four players had a score of 6/7, including Ryan Zamani and Yonatan Kitay. However, due to the tie-breaker, Ryan came in fourth place, while Yonatan came in fifth place on the list and both received merit awards. In addition merit awards for another 2 players with scores of 5.5/7 each were awarded to Eric Deng and Nithuli Liyanage.

Nithuli Liyanage was the top-performing primary girl, achieving a score of 5.5/7.

To the 20 volunteers who helped with various tasks during the event, and the parents who helped in setting up and packing up the venue, we are extremely grateful for your time and dedication. Your hard work and commitment were truly appreciated, and we couldn't have asked for a better team of volunteers. Your contributions have made a significant impact, and we hope to have you back for future events. We are honored to have such wonderful volunteers and parents in our community.

Report prepared by Faith Tee - School Chess League Coordinator




2023 SCL Central Zone

2023 SCL Central Zonal


Yet another SCL attendance record was broken on Sunday the 21st May at the 2023 Central Zonal held at Manning Hall. A total of 173 players from 45 different schools took part.

Primary Student Division

Primary Division School Team Rankings
(Team ranking based on 4 best players of each team)


 Pos  Team Name          Points  
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  1  Carmel PS            19.5
  2  Caledenia PS         19.0
  3  Nedland PS           17.0
  4  Oberthur PS          17.0
  5  Christchurch GS      15.5
  6  Kingsway CC          14.0
  7  Mount Lawley PS      13.0
  8  Lake Joondalup       13.0
  9  Scotch C             12.5
 10  Harrisdale PS        12.5
 11  Swan CC              10.5
 12  Wesley C             10.5
 13  Dianella height      10.0
 14  WA Russian S          9.0
 15  Sutherland Dian       6.0
 16  Presbyterian LC       6.0
 17  Homeschool            5.0
 18  Cloverdale PS         4.5
 19  Shelley PS            4.0
 20  Wembley PS            4.0
 21  St Paul's PS          4.0
 22  Hollywood PS          3.0
 23  Dalkeith PS           2.0
 24  Jolimont PS           1.0


Primary Division School Cross Table


 Pos NAME                           Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6     7   |  Buc1  BucT  
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  1  Ashok,Akash                     699      WA  6.5 | +W52  +B31  +W23  +B7   +W8   =B5   +W11  |  28.5  31.5 
  2  Deng,Eric                      1367      WA  6.5 | +W60  +B41  +W9   =B40  +W7   +B8   +W5   |  27.5  30.5 
  3  Liyanage,Nithuli                855      WA  6.0 | +W71  +B28  +W10  +B11  -W5   +B13  +W9   |  29.0  31.0 
  4  Davoll,Dominic                  790      WA  6.0 | +B30  -W22  +B47  +W25  +W40  +B10  +W6   |  25.0  28.0 
  5  Levine,Ezra                     827      WA  5.5 | +W43  +B42  +W18  +B6   +B3   =W1   -B2   |  32.0  35.0 
  6  Mahanidis,Jet                     0      WA  5.0 | +B21  +W20  +B12  -W5   +B27  +W40  -B4   |  29.5  33.0 
  7  Khaw,Eu Ming                    927      WA  5.0 | +B68  +W25  +B27  -W1   -B2   +W36  +B26  |  28.5  31.0 
  8  De Vas,Senudi                   830      WA  5.0 | +B76  +W53  +B17  +W22  -B1   -W2   +B24  |  28.5  30.5 
  9  Perera,Kaviru                   505      WA  5.0 | +B70  +W24  -B2   +W50  +B17  +W26  -B3   |  28.0  30.0 
 10  Gunawardena,Jineth              455      WA  5.0 | +B73  +W32  -B3   +W69  +B22  -W4   +B34  |  26.0  27.0 
 11  Gong,Leo                        668      WA  5.0 | +B72  +W64  +B69  -W3   +B23  +W16  -B1   |  26.0  27.0 
 12  Kitay,Yonatan                   596      WA  5.0 | +W79  +B48  -W6   +B19  =W41  +B18  =W14  |  25.5  26.0 
 13  Greenham,Xavier                   0      WA  5.0 | -B40  +W82  +B37  +W33  +B20  -W3   +B27  |  25.5  26.0 
 14  Zamani,Ryan                       0      WA  5.0 | +B58  -W17  +B43  +W64  =W18  +B19  =B12  |  24.5  27.0 
 15  Van Den Berg,Marcus             700      WA  5.0 | +B47  +W50  -B22  +W24  -B26  +W30  +B23  |  23.0  26.0 
 16  Ong,Charis                      457      WA  5.0 | -W48  +B79  +W72  +B66  +W46  -B11  +W25  |  19.0  19.5 
 17  Cong,Kevin                      367      WA  4.5 | +W59  +B14  -W8   +B35  -W9   +B32  =B20  |  27.5  30.5 
 18  Togtmol,Uudamkhishig            423      WA  4.5 | +B45  +W51  -B5   +W49  =B14  -W12  +B22  |  26.0  29.0 
 19  Kuzmin,Darren                     0      WA  4.5 | =BYE  +W56  +B29  -W12  +B33  -W14  +B40  |  25.0  28.0 
 20  Balaratnasingam,Lincoln         484      WA  4.5 | +W63  -B6   +W52  +B28  -W13  +B41  =W17  |  24.5  27.0 
 21  Manzi,Dario                     390      WA  4.5 | -W6   +B75  +W70  -B46  +W63  =B42  +W41  |  19.5  21.0 
 22  Batahena,Ayun                   224      WA  4.0 | +W46  +B4   +W15  -B8   -W10  +B37  -W18  |  29.0  32.0 
 23  Carvin,Leo                      369      WA  4.0 | +B49  +W55  -B1   +W29  -W11  +B46  -W15  |  26.5  29.5 
 24  Cu,Ford                           0      WA  4.0 | +W37  -B9   +W55  -B15  +W35  +B28  -W8   |  26.0  29.0 
 25  Li,Jeremy                       331      WA  4.0 | +F88  -B7   +W48  -B4   +W70  +W29  -B16  |  26.0  28.0 
 26  Sanjay,Dhruv                    414      WA  4.0 | +B44  +W78  -B40  +W32  +W15  -B9   -W7   |  26.0  27.5 
 27  You,Kaixuan                     478      WA  4.0 | +B57  +W65  -W7   +B42  -W6   +B54  -W13  |  24.5  27.0 
 28  Dhanak,Ishaan                   315      WA  4.0 | +F89  -W3   +B44  -W20  +B69  -W24  +B42  |  24.5  25.5 
 29  Ye,Daniel                         0      WA  4.0 | +B36  +W33  -W19  -B23  +W31  -B25  +W54  |  24.0  27.0 
 30  Gadvi,Neel                        0      WA  4.0 | -W4   -B46  +W74  +B59  +W39  -B15  +W55  |  24.0  26.0 
 31  Downes,Manning                    0      WA  4.0 | +B62  -W1   -B34  +W44  -B29  +W69  +B51  |  24.0  25.0 
 32  Snel,Benjie                       0      WA  4.0 | +W38  -B10  +W54  -B26  +B50  -W17  +B53  |  23.5  26.5 
 33  Goldbloom,Ben                   417      WA  4.0 | +W35  -B29  +W65  -B13  -W19  +B74  +W46  |  23.0  25.0 
 34  Yu,Larry                          0      WA  4.0 | -W42  +B71  +W31  -B41  +W66  +B38  -W10  |  22.5  24.5 
 35  Lough,William                     0      WA  4.0 | -B33  +W58  +B53  -W17  -B24  +W47  +B62  |  21.5  24.5 
 36  Chandna,Vivek                     0      WA  4.0 | -W29  +B63  -W46  +B67  +W55  -B7   +W56  |  20.5  23.0 
 37  Zhou,Dylan                        0      WA  4.0 | -B24  +BYE  -W13  +B72  +W71  -W22  +B57  |  20.5  22.5 
 38  Dhilipkumar,Yojit               247      WA  4.0 | -B32  +W57  -B49  +W73  +B51  -W34  +B61  |  19.5  21.5 
 39  Atkinson,Hamish                 583      WA  4.0 | -B65  -W70  +B56  +W57  -B30  +W43  +B49  |  18.5  20.5 
 40  Chung,Avan                      774      WA  3.5 | +W13  +B66  +W26  =W2   -B4   -B6   -W19  |  31.0  33.5 
 41  Tun,Aaron                       341      WA  3.5 | +B90  -W2   +B45  +W34  =B12  -W20  -B21  |  28.0  31.0 
 42  Chao,Sean                         0      WA  3.5 | +B34  -W5   +B51  -W27  +B61  =W21  -W28  |  24.5  27.0 
 43  Fuller,James                      0      WA  3.5 | -B5   +F90  -W14  =B48  +W67  -B39  +W66  |  22.5  25.0 
 44  Louw,Colin                        0      WA  3.5 | -W26  +B77  -W28  -B31  +W52  =B66  +W63  |  19.5  21.0 
 45  Liu,Jonathan                      0      WA  3.5 | -W18  +B81  -W41  -B54  =B68  +W76  +B64  |  18.0  18.5 
 46  Truong,Kingsley                   0      WA  3.0 | -B22  +W30  +B36  +W21  -B16  -W23  -B33  |  25.5  29.5 
 47  Gunawardena,Nethumli              0      WA  3.0 | -W15  +B74  -W4   -B55  +W59  -B35  +W70  |  23.0  25.0 
 48  Li,Jason                          0      WA  3.0 | +B16  -W12  -B25  =W43  -B53  +W67  =B50  |  22.5  25.0 
 49  Nguyen,Le Minh                    0      WA  3.0 | -W23  +B60  +W38  -B18  -W54  +B71  -W39  |  22.5  24.5 
 50  Batay,Faruk                       0      WA  3.0 | +W74  -B15  +W59  -B9   -W32  =B63  =W48  |  22.5  24.5 
 51  Wang,Anja Guo                     0      WA  3.0 | +W54  -B18  -W42  +B60  -W38  +B72  -W31  |  22.0  24.0 
 52  Hee,Sean                          0      WA  3.0 | -B1   +W62  -B20  -W61  -B44  +W73  +B69  |  22.0  23.0 
 53  Deng,Amy                        287      WA  3.0 | +W67  -B8   -W35  =B65  +W48  =B56  -W32  |  21.5  24.0 
 54  Gao,Jo                          122      WA  3.0 | -B51  +W73  -B32  +W45  +B49  -W27  -B29  |  21.5  23.5 
 55  Yan,Xuerui                        0      WA  3.0 | +W77  -B23  -B24  +W47  -B36  +W68  -B30  |  21.5  23.0 
 56  Vyhunthan,Vishnu                  0      WA  3.0 | =BYE  -B19  -W39  +B81  +W65  =W53  -B36  |  21.5  22.0 
 57  Lee,Donovan                       0      WA  3.0 | -W27  -B38  +W81  -B39  +W77  +B58  -W37  |  20.0  20.5 
 58  Chen,Dylan                        0      WA  3.0 | -W14  -B35  +W79  -B70  +B64  -W57  +W72  |  18.5  19.0 
 59  Petagna,Benni                     0      WA  3.0 | -B17  +W76  -B50  -W30  -B47  +W79  +W71  |  18.5  19.0 
 60  Dube,Ethan                        0      WA  3.0 | -B2   -W49  +B82  -W51  +B73  -W61  +B75  |  18.5  19.0 
 61  Xiao,Limo                         0      WA  3.0 | -B64  -W72  +BYE  +B52  -W42  +B60  -W38  |  18.0  20.0 
 62  Zhou,Ethan                        0      WA  3.0 | -W31  -B52  -W71  +B79  +W81  +B70  -W35  |  15.5  16.0 
 63  Lee,Coco                          0      WA  2.5 | -B20  -W36  +B76  +W68  -B21  =W50  -B44  |  22.0  24.0 
 64  Cai,Joel                          0      WA  2.5 | +W61  -B11  =W67  -B14  -W58  +B65  -W45  |  21.5  24.0 
 65  Kennedy,Patra                     0      WA  2.5 | +W39  -B27  -B33  =W53  -B56  -W64  +B78  |  20.5  22.0 
 66  Chen,Henry                        0      WA  2.5 | +B82  -W40  +B78  -W16  -B34  =W44  -B43  |  20.5  21.0 
 67  Simpson,Joshua                    0      WA  2.5 | -B53  +W68  =B64  -W36  -B43  -B48  +W74  |  18.0  20.0 
 68  Eggleston,Elijah                  0      WA  2.5 | -W7   -B67  +W75  -B63  =W45  -B55  +W77  |  18.0  19.5 
 69  Lithgow,Anthony                   0      WA  2.0 | +F84  +F80  -W11  -B10  -W28  -B31  -W52  |  24.0  27.0 
 70  Koay,Arianne                      0      WA  2.0 | -W9   +B39  -B21  +W58  -B25  -W62  -B47  |  23.0  26.0 
 71  Elia,Sabir                        0      WA  2.0 | -B3   -W34  +B62  +W78  -B37  -W49  -B59  |  22.5  24.0 
 72  Hofmann,Cya                       0      WA  2.0 | -W11  +B61  -B16  -W37  +B78  -W51  -B58  |  22.0  23.5 
 73  Lim,Zechariah                     0      WA  2.0 | -W10  -B54  +W77  -B38  -W60  -B52  +B81  |  19.5  20.0 
 74  Wang,Edward                       0      WA  2.0 | -B50  -W47  -B30  +W76  +B75  -W33  -B67  |  18.5  20.0 
 75  Kennedy,Priya                     0      WA  2.0 | -B80  -W21  -B68  +BYE  -W74  +B82  -W60  |  17.5  18.0 
 76  Fan,Samuel                        0      WA  2.0 | -W8   -B59  -W63  -B74  +W79  -B45  +W82  |  16.5  17.0 
 77  Carter,Dylan                      0      WA  1.5 | -B55  -W44  -B73  +W82  -B57  =W78  -B68  |  15.5  16.0 
 78  Woodbine,Grace                    0      WA  1.5 | +W81  -B26  -W66  -B71  -W72  =B77  -W65  |  14.5  15.0 
 79  Jackson,James                     0      WA  1.0 | -B12  -W16  -B58  -W62  -B76  -B59  +BYE  |  21.0  21.0 
 80  Richards,Huw               (W)  566      WA  1.0 | +W75  -F69   --    --    --    --    --   |  19.5  21.0 
 81  Cai,James                         0      WA  1.0 | -B78  -W45  -B57  -W56  -B62  +BYE  -W73  |  16.0  16.5 
 82  Zemtsov,Artem                     0      WA  1.0 | -W66  -B13  -W60  -B77  +BYE  -W75  -B76  |  15.5  16.5 
 83  Walker,Sebastian           (W)  690      WA  0.0 |  --    --    --    --    --    --    --   |  16.5  17.5 
 84  Wang,Albert Guo            (W)  452      WA  0.0 | -F69   --    --    --    --    --    --   |  16.5  17.5 
 85  Walker,Samantha            (W)  121      WA  0.0 |  --    --    --    --    --    --    --   |  16.5  17.5 
 86  Jackson,James              (W)    0      WA  0.0 |  --    --    --    --    --    --    --   |  16.5  17.5 
 87  Pyvis,Matthew              (W)    0      WA  0.0 |  --    --    --    --    --    --    --   |  16.5  17.5 
 88  Ramsden,Flynn              (W)    0      WA  0.0 | -F25   --    --    --    --    --    --   |  16.5  17.5 
 89  Ryan,Scarlett              (W)    0      WA  0.0 | -F28   --    --    --    --    --    --   |  16.5  17.5 
 90  O'Connor,Flynn             (W)    0      WA  0.0 | -W41  -F43   --    --    --    --    --   |  16.0  17.0


The Primary school tournament had 82 players from 24 different schools.

Several schools battled it out for the first three places. Some schools fielded less than 4 players and still managed a good result namely Scotch College, Harrisdale Primary School, Swan Christian College, Wesley College, Dianella Heights Primary School and the WA Russian school. With a full complement (4 players) I am sure these schools could have done better. Mount Lawley Primary School was unfortunate in that one of their key players had to retire after the first round which left them with three players, otherwise this school would definitely have ended higher up in the rankings.

In the end six teams (all with 4 or more players) battled it out for the top three places. Kingsway Christian College came 6th and Christchurch Grammar School 5th . Oberthur Primary School and Nedlands Primary School finished on the same number of points but Oberthur had a lower Buchholz score and had to settle for 4th place which meant Nedlands came third. Caladenia Primary School was in the running for the top spot but fell short by half a point and had to settle for 2nd place. The winners, by a whisker, were Carmel Primary School, a good improvement on their preceding result in the Northern Zonal.

Individual results were also close with Ashok Anish and Eric Deng, ending on 6.5 points. Anish took home the winner's trophy with a superior Buchholz score. Similarly vying for third place with 6 points were Nithuli Liyange and Dominic Davoll. Nithuli was given the third place on the basis of her better Buchholz score. This meant that Dominic had to settle for a Merit award along with Ezra Levine who was the only player on 5.5 points. Nithuli won the Best Girl's trophy.

List of Primary School Winners:

1st: Carmel Primary School (19.5) - Ezra Levine (5.5), Yonatan Kitay (5.0), Marcus Van Den Berg (5.0), Benjie Snel (4.0), Ben Goldbloom (4.0)

2nd: Caladenia Primary School (19) - Senudi De Vas (5.0), Jineth Gunawardena (5.0), Ryan Zamani (5.0), Leo Carvin (4.0), Nethumli Gunawardena (3.0)

3rd: Nedlands Primary School (17) - Liyanage, Nithuli (6.0), Larry Yu (4.0), William Lough (4.0), Le Minh Nguyen (3.0), Faruk Batay (3.0), Xuerui Yan (3.0), Limo Xiao (3.0), Patra Kennedy (2.5), Joshua Simpson (2.5), Cya Hofmann (2.0), Priya Kennedy (2.0), Samuel Fan (2.0)

The top four players from each of these teams won a trophy.

Secondary Student Division

Secondary Division School Team Rankings
(Team ranking based on 4 best players of each team)


 Pos  Team Name          Points  
 ------------------------------
  1  Perth Modern S       21.5
  2  Rossmoyne SHS        20.0
  3  Trinity College      20.0
  4  Christchurch GS      18.5
  5  Shenton College      18.0
  6  Wesley College       15.0
  7  Duncraig SHS         15.0
  8  Harrisdale SHS       14.0
  9  Mount Lawley SH      12.5
 10  Kingsway CCC         12.0
 11  Midland Homesch      11.0
 12  St Andrews GS         5.0
 13  Swan Christian        5.0
 14  Morley SHS            4.0
 15  Willetton SHS         4.0
 16  Peter Moyes Ang       3.5
 17  WA Russian S          3.0
 18  Guilford GS           3.0
 19  Corpus Christi        2.5
 20  Lake Joondalup        2.5
 21  Mater Dei Colle       0.0


Secondary Division School Cross Table


 Pos NAME                           Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6     7   |  Buc1  BucT  
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  1  Raptis,Liam                    1279      WA  6.0 | =BYE  +W46  +B45  +B12  +W3   +B7   =W2   |  29.5  33.0 
  2  Khaw,Eu Jin                    1303      WA  6.0 | +B60  +W48  +B11  +W27  =B17  +W9   =B1   |  28.0  31.0 
  3  Eimery,Ilya                    1181      SA  6.0 | +B57  +W30  +B54  +W8   -B1   +W11  +B10  |  28.0  31.0 
  4  Manjire,Saiish                    0      WA  6.0 | +B14  +W29  -B17  +W20  +B27  +W18  +W19  |  27.0  31.0 
  5  Balavignan,Ashvin               884      WA  6.0 | +B53  +W25  -B9   +W30  +B54  +W17  +W8   |  25.5  28.5 
  6  Christianopoulos,Mitchell         0      WA  6.0 | +B86  -W8   +B49  +W51  +B28  +W26  +B9   |  25.0  26.0 
  7  Johansson-Jones,William           0      WA  5.5 | +B87  =W43  +B21  +W32  +B18  -W1   +B17  |  27.0  27.5 
  8  Stergiou,Kon                      0      WA  5.0 | +W68  +B6   +W10  -B3   +W13  +W14  -B5   |  33.0  35.5 
  9  Han,Jake                          0      WA  5.0 | +B22  +W32  +W5   +B35  +W29  -B2   -W6   |  30.5  34.5 
 10  Coulson,Samuel                    0      WA  5.0 | +B49  +W19  -B8   +W45  +B22  +W34  -W3   |  27.5  31.0 
 11  Eggleston,Kale                    0      WA  5.0 | +W91  +B78  -W2   +B69  +W16  -B3   +W29  |  26.0  28.0 
 12  McDonald,Tristan                381      WA  5.0 | +B31  =W21  +B43  -W1   =B44  +W53  +B26  |  25.5  28.5 
 13  Chan,Christopher                  0      WA  5.0 | +B38  +W37  +B76  -W17  -B8   +W28  +B32  |  25.5  27.0 
 14  Sulak,Asten                     690      WA  5.0 | -W4   +B61  +W59  +B53  +W47  -B8   +W31  |  24.5  27.0 
 15  Ashok,Anish                     545      WA  5.0 | -B28  +W38  -B53  +W57  +B21  +W30  +B25  |  23.5  26.5 
 16  Verma,Abhinav                     0      WA  5.0 | +W62  +B75  +W58  -W18  -B11  +B68  +W36  |  21.5  23.5 
 17  De Vas,Yonal                   1241      WA  4.5 | +W81  +B72  +W4   +B13  =W2   -B5   -W7   |  31.0  33.0 
 18  Kit,Jaykerm                     891      WA  4.5 | +W65  +B59  +W69  +B16  -W7   -B4   =W20  |  27.0  29.5 
 19  Puttagunta,Srithan                0      WA  4.5 | +W33  -B10  +W68  =W44  +B43  +W39  -B4   |  26.0  28.5 
 20  Boland,Conor                      0      WA  4.5 | +W66  -B26  +W40  -B4   +W64  +B47  =B18  |  25.0  28.0 
 21  Nguyen,Warren                     0      WA  4.5 | +W56  =B12  -W7   +B72  -W15  +B69  +W45  |  24.5  27.0 
 22  Uhlmann,Jack                      0      WA  4.5 | -W9   +B65  +W55  +B58  -W10  =W44  +B50  |  23.0  26.0 
 23  Ng,Jeremiah                     703      WA  4.5 | -B25  -W31  +B86  +W73  =B37  +W43  +B34  |  22.0  23.0 
 24  Tan,Nathaniel                     0      WA  4.5 | =BYE   --   -B46  +B79  +W85  +W70  +B44  |  19.0  20.5 
 25  Mahruz,Zuhayer                    0      WA  4.0 | +W23  -B5   +W36  -B29  +W56  +B33  -W15  |  27.0  30.0 
 26  Shaw,Lucas                        0      WA  4.0 | +B70  +W20  -B27  +W50  +W35  -B6   -W12  |  27.0  29.5 
 27  Chu,Myron                         0      WA  4.0 | +W34  +B77  +W26  -B2   -W4   -B31  +B53  |  27.0  28.5 
 28  Patel,Om                          0      WA  4.0 | +W15  +B36  -W35  +B56  -W6   -B13  +W58  |  26.5  29.5 
 29  Yan,Ben                         570      WA  4.0 | +W61  -B4   +B71  +W25  -B9   +W48  -B11  |  26.0  28.0 
 30  He,Allen                          0      WA  4.0 | +W80  -B3   +W79  -B5   +W40  -B15  +W64  |  26.0  28.0 
 31  Pravin,Pranith                    0      WA  4.0 | -W12  +B23  -W33  +B74  +W58  +W27  -B14  |  25.5  27.5 
 32  Oliveiro,Rayden                 856      WA  4.0 | +W47  -B9   +W62  -B7   +W59  +B54  -W13  |  25.0  28.0 
 33  Napaa,Mohit                     339      WA  4.0 | -B19  +W86  +B31  +W37  -B34  -W25  +B49  |  24.0  25.0 
 34  Shi,Chenxi                        0      WA  4.0 | -B27  +W88  +B70  +W48  +W33  -B10  -W23  |  23.5  26.0 
 35  Castalanelli,Maxwell            602      WA  4.0 | +B83  +W71  +B28  -W9   -B26  =W50  =B37  |  22.5  24.5 
 36  Pham,Minh                       351      WA  4.0 | +F95  -W28  -B25  +W83  +B60  +W51  -B16  |  22.5  24.5 
 37  Ross,Mitchell                     0      WA  4.0 | +W85  -B13  +W74  -B33  =W23  +B55  =W35  |  22.5  24.0 
 38  Scarff,Cooper                     0      WA  4.0 | -W13  -B15  +W81  -B55  +W74  +B59  +W54  |  21.0  23.0 
 39  Lanka,Venkat                    543      WA  4.0 | +W42  -B69  -W47  +B61  +W62  -B19  +W57  |  20.5  23.0 
 40  Tomasevic-Ljubin,Novak            0      WA  4.0 | -B48  +W57  -B20  +W71  -B30  +W61  +B63  |  20.5  22.5 
 41  Sanap,Shiven                      0      WA  4.0 | -W74  -B56  +W85  -B68  +W75  +B62  +W55  |  15.5  17.0 
 42  Phuong,Minh                       0      WA  4.0 | -B39  -W70  -B88  +W90  +B89  +W82  +B60  |  15.0  15.5 
 43  Sankara,Siddarth                559      WA  3.5 | +W64  =B7   -W12  +B46  -W19  -B23  +W68  |  26.0  28.5 
 44  Durey, Peter                      0      WA  3.5 | +W52  -B45  +W77  =B19  =W12  =B22  -W24  |  26.0  27.5 
 45  Thorpe,Alex                       0      WA  3.5 | +B50  +W44  -W1   -B10  =W55  +B56  -B21  |  25.5  28.5 
 46  Louw,Mark                         0      WA  3.5 | =BYE  -B1   +W24  -W43  +B73  -W49  +B70  |  24.0  26.5 
 47  Louw,Neil                         0      WA  3.5 | -B32  +W87  +B39  +W63  -B14  -W20  =B48  |  24.0  24.5 
 48  Gould,Dylan                       0      WA  3.5 | +W40  -B2   +W78  -B34  +W80  -B29  =W47  |  23.5  25.5 
 49  Sorto,Isaac                       0      WA  3.5 | -W10  +B85  -W6   +B75  =W68  +B46  -W33  |  23.0  24.5 
 50  Geste,Cooper                      0      WA  3.5 | -W45  +B66  +W80  -B26  +W76  =B35  -W22  |  21.0  22.5 
 51  Stone,Hadley                      0      WA  3.5 | =W55  -B58  +W75  -B6   +W72  -B36  +W71  |  20.0  22.0 
 52  Sova,Elise                        0      WA  3.5 | -B44  +W89  -B63  -W70  =B71  +B72  +W69  |  16.0  17.0 
 53  Louw,Hank                         0      WA  3.0 | -W5   +B67  +W15  -W14  +B63  -B12  -W27  |  28.0  31.0 
 54  Gadvi,Aarush                      0      WA  3.0 | +W67  +B79  -W3   +B76  -W5   -W32  -B38  |  25.0  26.5 
 55  Ganesh,Prabhu,Avinesh,Nidi        0      WA  3.0 | =B51  +W82  -B22  +W38  =B45  -W37  -B41  |  23.5  25.5 
 56  Akselrod,Artem                  560      WA  3.0 | -B21  +W41  +B60  -W28  -B25  -W45  +B77  |  23.0  24.5 
 57  Ling,Luka                         0      WA  3.0 | -W3   -B40  +W84  -B15  +W78  +B79  -B39  |  23.0  24.5 
 58  Edwards,Samuel                    0      WA  3.0 | +B84  +W51  -B16  -W22  -B31  +W76  -B28  |  22.5  24.0 
 59  Horgan,Noah                       0      WA  3.0 | +B73  -W18  -B14  +W82  -B32  -W38  +B76  |  22.0  23.5 
 60  Lee,Jason                         0      WA  3.0 | -W2   +B91  -W56  +B78  -W36  +B80  -W42  |  21.0  23.0 
 61  Naidu,Yuv                         0      WA  3.0 | -B29  -W14  +B87  -W39  +F88  -B40  +W78  |  21.0  21.5 
 62  Heavens,Mason                     0      WA  3.0 | -B16  +W90  -B32  +W77  -B39  -W41  +B82  |  20.5  21.0 
 63  Veselinovic,Stefan              323      WA  3.0 | -W69  +B64  +W52  -B47  -W53  +B66  -W40  |  20.0  22.5 
 64  Ong,Jonathan                      0      WA  3.0 | -B43  -W63  +B90  +W88  -B20  +W77  -B30  |  19.0  19.5 
 65  Loh,Christopher                   0      WA  3.0 | -B18  -W22  -B82  +W67  -B77  +B85  +W80  |  17.5  19.0 
 66  Sathe,Anushree                    0      WA  3.0 | -B20  -W50  -B89  +W87  +B81  -W63  +B75  |  16.0  16.5 
 67  Stirling,Max                      0      WA  3.0 | -B54  -W53  -B83  -B65  +W87  +B81  +W74  |  15.0  15.5 
 68  Francis,Ryan                      0      WA  2.5 | -B8   +W84  -B19  +W41  =B49  -W16  -B43  |  25.5  27.0 
 69  Raghavendra,Shrish                0      WA  2.5 | +B63  +W39  -B18  -W11  =B70  -W21  -B52  |  24.5  27.0 
 70  Chen,Aaron                        0      WA  2.5 | -W26  +B42  -W34  +B52  =W69  -B24  -W46  |  24.0  26.5 
 71  Lee,Isaac                         0      WA  2.5 | +F92  -B35  -W29  -B40  =W52  +W73  -B51  |  22.0  24.5 
 72  Gibbens,James                     0      WA  2.5 | +B90  -W17  =B73  -W21  -B51  -W52  +B89  |  19.5  20.0 
 73  Wilkins,Aidan                     0      WA  2.5 | -W59  +B81  =W72  -B23  -W46  -B71  +W79  |  17.5  19.5 
 74  Batten,Thomas                     0      WA  2.0 | +B41  -W76  -B37  -W31  -B38  +W83  -B67  |  21.0  22.5 
 75  Gebauer,Henry                     0      WA  2.0 | +B82  -W16  -B51  -W49  -B41  +B84  -W66  |  21.0  22.5 
 76  Rajan,Matthias                    0      WA  2.0 | +F93  +B74  -W13  -W54  -B50  -B58  -W59  |  20.5  22.5 
 77  Sui,Felix                         0      WA  2.0 | +F94  -W27  -B44  -B62  +W65  -B64  -W56  |  19.5  22.5 
 78  Walsh,Eli                         0      WA  2.0 | +B88  -W11  -B48  -W60  -B57  +W89  -B61  |  19.5  20.5 
 79  Yuvarajan,Avinash                 0      WA  2.0 | +B89  -W54  -B30  -W24  +B83  -W57  -B73  |  19.5  20.5 
 80  Van Heynin,Noa                    0      WA  2.0 | -B30  +W83  -B50  +W89  -B48  -W60  -B65  |  19.0  20.0 
 81  Liew,Nathan                       0      WA  2.0 | -B17  -W73  -B38  +B84  -W66  -W67  +B87  |  18.5  19.0 
 82  Tenggara,Winston                  0      WA  2.0 | -W75  -B55  +W65  -B59  +W86  -B42  -W62  |  18.0  19.0 
 83  Mathwin,Alexander                 0      WA  2.0 | -W35  -B80  +W67  -B36  -W79  -B74  +W86  |  16.5  17.5 
 84  Stait,Lochlan                     0      WA  2.0 | -W58  -B68  -B57  -W81  +B90  -W75  +F85  |  13.5  14.0 
 85  Arunkumar,Ashwath               265      WA  1.0 | -B37  -W49  -B41  +W86  -B24  -W65  -F84  |  21.5  22.5 
 86  Shivdasani,Rivaan                 0      WA  1.0 | -W6   -B33  -W23  -B85  -B82  +W90  -B83  |  20.0  20.5 
 87  Zemtsov,Alex                      0      WA  1.0 | -W7   -B47  -W61  -B66  -B67  +BYE  -W81  |  19.5  20.0 
 88  Herbert,Hudson             (W)    0      WA  1.0 | -W78  -B34  +W42  -B64  -F61   --    --   |  18.5  20.5 
 89  Jeong,David                       0      WA  1.0 | -W79  -B52  +W66  -B80  -W42  -B78  -W72  |  17.0  19.0 
 90  Tiley,Connor                      0      WA  1.0 | -W72  -B62  -W64  -B42  -W84  -B86  +BYE  |  15.0  15.0 
 91  Stawowy,Robert             (W)    0      WA  0.0 | -B11  -W60   --    --    --    --    --   |  17.0  18.0 
 92  Rafiei Darani,Daryoush     (W) 1445      WA  0.0 | -F71   --    --    --    --    --    --   |  16.5  17.5 
 93  Alfimov,Fedor              (W)    0      WA  0.0 | -F76   --    --    --    --    --    --   |  16.5  17.5 
 94  Garg,Keshav                (W)    0      WA  0.0 | -F77   --    --    --    --    --    --   |  16.5  17.5 
 95  Premarathna,Desandu        (W)    0      WA  0.0 | -F36   --    --    --    --    --    --   |  16.5  17.5 
 96  Tobgyal,Doedhul            (W)    0      WA  0.0 |  --    --    --    --    --    --    --   |  16.5  17.5


There were 91 students from 21 schools, a significant increase in the number of players compared to previous SCL zonals. Perth Modern School, Shenton College and Trinity College fielded 13 or more players.

Harrisdale Senior High School came 8th, Duncraig Senior High School was 7th and Wesley College 6th. Five teams fought it out for the top spots. Shenton College had to settle for 5th place, Christchurch Grammar School 4th, and there was little separating the top three teams. Trinity College was 3rd with 20 points, Rossmoyne Senior High School was 2nd 20 points (but had a better Buchholz score) and Perth Modern School were 1st. (21.5 points).

With such a large number of players and only 7 rounds there was always the possibility that several of the best players would finish on the same number of points. This was the case in this tournament with 6 players finishing with 6 points out of 7, namely, Ashvin Balavignan, Mitchell Christianopoulos, Ilya Eimery, Eu Jin Khaw, Liam Raptis and Salish Manjire. In such a situation the tie break rules are used which involves comparing their Buchholz scores. This meant that Ashvin, Manjire and Mitchell had to settle for a Merit award, Ilya was third, Eu Jin second and Liam was first. In an ideal tournament more rounds would be scheduled to increase the chances of having an outright winner, but this event's prime purpose is to determine the best schools and not the best individuals. Elise Sova won the Best Girl's trophy.

List of Secondary School Winners:

1st: Perth Modern School (21.5) - Saiish Manjire (6.0), Ashvin Balavignan (6.0), Samuel Coulson (5.0), Nathaniel Tan (4.5), Patel Om (4.0), Rayden Oliveiro (4.0), Mohit Napaa, (4.0), Siddarth Sankara (3.5), Avinesh Nidhi Ganesh Prabhu (3.0), Yuv Naidu (3.0), Anushree Sathe (3.0), Shrish Raghavendra (2.5), Isaac Lee (2.5)

2nd: Rossmoyne Senior High (20) - Ilya Eimery (6.0), Jake Han (5.0), Yonal De Vas (4.5) Jaykerm Kit (4.5)

3rd: Trinity College (20) - Mitchell Christianopoulos (6.0), Christopher Chan (5.0). Srithan Puttagunta (4.5) Conor Boland (4.5), Jack Uhlmann (4.5), Chenxi Shi (4.0), Maxwell Castalanelli (4.0), Noah Horgan (3.0), Stefan Veselinovc (3.0), Thomas Batten (2.0), Henry Gebauer (2.0), Felix Sui (2.0), Eli Walsh (2.0), Nathan Liew 92.0), Connor Tiley (1.0)

The top four players from each of these teams won a trophy.


Once again the stars of this event were our wonderful group of volunteers, Scott (announcements and general organisation), Gareth (Primary School Arbiter), Jose (Arbiter), Kerry Aung (results and general organisation) Curt (Arbiter), Dr Brian (Primary School Arbiter), Karl (Arbiter),Carvin Kumar (Secondary School Arbiter), Dan (Arbiter), Rekha ( Registration and results), Myron, (Arbiter), Jessie Kong (registration),Tim Hare (CAWA property manager who despite HBF's Fun Runs best efforts managed to deliver all the equipment in a timely fashion), Rebo, (Arbiter, announcements and technical support), John Pimenov (technical support),Faith Tee (CAWA Junior Vice-President and general organisation and support). Thanks to many of the Trinity College students who showed great Esprit de Corps helping us to pack up all the equipment.

Report kindly provided by: Alan Wolstencroft - Chief Arbiter





2023 SCL South Zone

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There was a good turnout for the Schools Chess League Southern Zonal held at Corpus Christi College on Sunday, 18th June with a total of 148 players from 42 schools. The attendance figure would have been higher but prior to the start of the tournament we had 22 withdrawals mainly due to the flu that is prevalent in Perth at the moment.

Primary Student Division

Primary Division School Team Rankings
(Team ranking based on 4 best players of each team)


 Pos Team Name          Points  
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  1  Oberthur PS         21.5
  2  Carmel PS           21.0
  3  Caladenia PS        19.5
  4  Nedlands PS         18.5
  5  Christ Church G     18.5
  6  Harrisdale PS       16.5
  7  Mount Lawley PS     16.5
  8  Russian School      16.0
  9  Scotch College      14.0
 10  Wesley College      11.5
 11  Rostrata PS          9.5
 12  Swan CC              7.5
 13  Maylands Penins      5.5
 14  Cloverdale PS        5.0
 15  St Paul's PS         5.0
 16  Dalkeith PS          5.0
 17  Dianella Height      4.0
 18  Presbyterian LC      3.5
 19  Kingsway CC          3.0
 20  Home School          3.0
 21  Freshwater Bay       3.0
 22  Hollywood PS         3.0
 23  Floreat PS           2.0


Primary Division School Cross Table


 Pos NAME                         Rtg T Fed Pts |   1    2    3    4    5    6    7   |  Buc1 BucT  
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  1  Chen,Angus                  1373    WA 6.5 | +W74 +B37 +W11 +B8  +W9  =B5  +W4   |  29.5 31.5 
  2  Gong,Leo                     781    WA 6.0 | +F91 +W59 +B21 +W13 +B3  -W4  +B16  |  29.0 32.0 
  3  Levine,Ezra                  850    WA 6.0 | +W55 +B31 +W33 +B27 -W2  +B34 +W8   |  26.0 28.5 
  4  Huang,Yuqi                     0    WA 5.5 | =W14 +B43 +W25 +B26 +W10 +B2  -B1   |  30.0 33.5 
  5  Khaw,Eu Ming                 895    WA 5.5 | +B12 +W53 -B13 +W51 +B15 =W1  +B21  |  29.0 32.0 
  6  De Vas,Senudi                885    WA 5.5 | +F90 +B44 -W26 +B14 +W33 +B11 =W7   |  26.0 29.0 
  7  Batahena,Ayun                737    WA 5.5 | +F92 +W71 -B15 +W35 +B28 +W18 =B6   |  26.0 28.0 
  8  Zamani,Ryan                  696    WA 5.0 | +B66 +W17 +B47 -W1  +B19 +W22 -B3   |  30.0 32.5 
  9  Liyanage,Nithuli             864    WA 5.0 | +B73 +W51 +B18 +W16 -B1  =W13 =B14  |  29.5 31.0 
 10  Chung,Avan                   734    WA 5.0 | +F93 +W56 +B28 +W15 -B4  =W21 =B13  |  27.0 30.0 
 11  Togtmol,Uudamkhishig         626    WA 5.0 | +F94 +W42 -B1  +W56 +B12 -W6  +B28  |  27.0 30.0 
 12  Chernyshenko,Sergi             0    WA 5.0 | -W5  +B20 +W67 +B29 -W11 +B37 +W26  |  27.0 29.5 
 13  Kitay,Yonatan                692    WA 5.0 | +W72 +B50 +W5  -B2  +W36 =B9  =W10  |  27.0 29.0 
 14  Perera,Kaviru                682    WA 5.0 | =B4  +W70 +B45 -W6  +B42 +W23 =W9   |  27.0 29.0 
 15  Ye,Daniel                    497    WA 5.0 | +W52 +B67 +W7  -B10 -W5  +B41 +W27  |  26.0 28.5 
 16  Walker,Sebastian             699    WA 5.0 | +W22 +B36 +W30 -B9  +W31 +B26 -W2   |  25.5 29.0 
 17  Kuzmin,Darren                  0    WA 5.0 | +W29 -B8  +W40 +B32 -W26 +B31 +W33  |  25.0 28.5 
 18  Van Den Berg,Marcus          638    WA 5.0 | +W68 +B65 -W9  +B41 +W27 -B7  +W34  |  24.0 26.0 
 19  Snel,Benjie                  419    WA 5.0 | +W61 -B30 +W50 +B70 -W8  +B38 +W29  |  22.5 24.5 
 20  Lough,William                  0    WA 5.0 | -B28 -W12 +B73 +W55 +B56 +W66 +B32  |  21.0 22.5 
 21  Atkinson,Hamish              533    WA 4.5 | +W63 +B39 -W2  +B38 +W30 =B10 -W5   |  26.5 29.5 
 22  Gadvi,Neel                     0    WA 4.5 | -B16 +F96 =W24 +W46 +B53 -B8  +W44  |  24.5 27.0 
 23  Stone,Henry                    0    WA 4.5 | =W43 -B29 +W49 +B24 +W44 -B14 +W48  |  24.0 27.5 
 24  Yu,Larry                       0    WA 4.5 | +B78 -W28 =B22 -W23 +B83 +W45 +B46  |  21.5 22.5 
 25  Richards,Huw                 625    WA 4.5 | -W50 +B72 -B4  +W62 =B65 +W43 +B42  |  20.5 22.5 
 26  Li,Jeremy                    533    WA 4.0 | +B60 +W54 +B6  -W4  +B17 -W16 -B12  |  28.5 31.5 
 27  Suresh Kumar,Ridhun            0    WA 4.0 | +B35 +W32 +B46 -W3  -B18 +W59 -B15  |  27.5 30.5 
 28  Greenham,Xavier              476    WA 4.0 | +W20 +B24 -W10 +B52 -W7  +B50 -W11  |  26.5 29.5 
 29  Cu,Ford                      608    WA 4.0 | -B17 +W23 +B66 -W12 +B58 +W30 -B19  |  25.5 28.0 
 30  Chen,Daniel                    0    WA 4.0 | +BYE +W19 -B16 +W43 -B21 -B29 +W64  |  25.0 28.0 
 31  Hee,Sean                     230    WA 4.0 | +F95 -W3  +B69 +W54 -B16 -W17 +B52  |  25.0 27.5 
 32  Sanjay,Dhruv                 522    WA 4.0 | +W38 -B27 +B68 -W17 +B39 +W36 -W20  |  25.0 27.0 
 33  Balaratnasingam,Lincoln      489    WA 4.0 | +B77 +W76 -B3  +W65 -B6  +W35 -B17  |  24.0 26.0 
 34  Walker,Samantha              203    WA 4.0 | -B54 +W60 +B79 +W47 +B45 -W3  -B18  |  24.0 25.5 
 35  Chen,Dylan                   128    WA 4.0 | -W27 +B63 +W39 -B7  +W52 -B33 +W57  |  22.5 25.0 
 36  Downes,Manning               219    WA 4.0 | +F96 -W16 +B58 +W57 -B13 -B32 +W61  |  22.5 25.0 
 37  Zhou,Dylan                   397    WA 4.0 | +B85 -W1  -B42 +W84 +B54 -W12 +B60  |  22.5 23.0 
 38  Lee,Donovan                    0    WA 4.0 | -B32 +W81 +B53 -W21 +B71 -W19 +B59  |  21.5 22.5 
 39  Samarasinghe,Yosika            0    WA 4.0 | +F88 -W21 -B35 +B83 -W32 +W51 +B55  |  21.0 22.0 
 40  Carvin,Leo                   445    WA 4.0 | +B62 -W47 -B17 -W45 +B84 +W58 +B50  |  20.5 22.0 
 41  Chang,James                    0    WA 4.0 | -B70 +W85 +B75 -W18 +B57 -W15 +B54  |  19.0 19.5 
 42  Nguyen,Le Minh                 0    WA 3.5 | +W48 -B11 +W37 =B44 -W14 +B74 -W25  |  25.0 27.0 
 43  Eggleston,Elijah             139    WA 3.5 | =B23 -W4  +W80 -B30 +W49 -B25 +W67  |  24.0 25.5 
 44  Deng,Amy                     287    WA 3.5 | +B69 -W6  +B84 =W42 -B23 +W47 -B22  |  23.0 24.5 
 45  Dhanak,Ishaan                376    WA 3.5 | =W49 +B80 -W14 +B40 -W34 -B24 +B65  |  23.0 24.5 
 46  Wang,Albert Guo              513    WA 3.5 | =BYE +B49 -W27 -B22 +W70 +B67 -W24  |  22.0 24.0 
 47  Vyhunthan,Vishnu               0    WA 3.5 | +W83 +B40 -W8  -B34 =W48 -B44 +W72  |  22.0 23.0 
 48  Chao,Sean                    370    WA 3.5 | -B42 -W66 +B60 +W69 =B47 +W65 -B23  |  19.5 21.5 
 49  Naumov,Mark                    0    WA 3.5 | =B45 -W46 -B23 +W80 -B43 +W78 +B66  |  19.5 21.0 
 50  Kioka,Rintaro                  0    WA 3.0 | +B25 -W13 -B19 +W75 +B51 -W28 -W40  |  25.5 27.0 
 51  Gao,Jo                       162    WA 3.0 | +W57 -B9  +W61 -B5  -W50 -B39 +W75  |  22.5 24.0 
 52  Lim,Lucien                     0    WA 3.0 | -B15 +W78 +B71 -W28 -B35 +W53 -W31  |  21.5 23.5 
 53  Yuen,Thomas                  311    WA 3.0 | +W84 -B5  -W38 +B63 -W22 -B52 +W77  |  21.5 23.0 
 54  Simpson,Joshua                 0    WA 3.0 | +W34 -B26 +W83 -B31 -W37 +B72 -W41  |  21.5 22.5 
 55  Dwarapudi,Mithesh              0    WA 3.0 | -B3  +F95 -W70 -B20 +W77 +B76 -W39  |  21.0 23.0 
 56  Chandna,Vivek                  0    WA 3.0 | +W75 -B10 +W76 -B11 -W20 -B61 +W70  |  21.0 22.5 
 57  Smart,George                   0    WA 3.0 | -B51 +F93 +W64 -B36 -W41 +W71 -B35  |  20.0 22.0 
 58  Pasare,Prishaa                 0    WA 3.0 | -B59 +F91 -W36 +B64 -W29 -B40 +W74  |  20.0 22.0 
 59  Hofmann,Cya                  273    WA 3.0 | +W58 -B2  -W65 +B77 +W72 -B27 -W38  |  20.0 22.0 
 60  Lee,Coco                       0    WA 3.0 | -W26 -B34 -W48 +W81 +B69 +B70 -W37  |  20.0 21.0 
 61  Luo,David                      0    WA 3.0 | -B19 +W73 -B51 -W71 +B78 +W56 -B36  |  18.5 20.0 
 62  Louw,Colin                     0    WA 3.0 | -W40 -B83 +W74 -B25 +W63 -B64 +W73  |  18.0 19.0 
 63  Laroyia,Jay                    0    WA 3.0 | -B21 -W35 +B81 -W53 -B62 +W79 +B71  |  18.0 19.0 
 64  Kennedy,Priya                114    WA 3.0 | -B76 +W77 -B57 -W58 +B75 +W62 -B30  |  15.5 17.0 
 65  Li,Jaxon                       0    WA 2.5 | +F87 -W18 +B59 -B33 =W25 -B48 -W45  |  23.5 26.5 
 66  Gawade,Dhruva                  0    WA 2.5 | -W8  +B48 -W29 +B76 =W67 -B20 -W49  |  23.5 25.5 
 67  Xiao,Limo                      0    WA 2.5 | +B81 -W15 -B12 +W68 =B66 -W46 -B43  |  21.5 22.5 
 68  Isakov,Georgii                 0    WA 2.5 | -B18 +F88 -W32 -B67 -W76 =W69 +B80  |  18.5 20.0 
 69  Pasare,Parth                   0    WA 2.5 | -W44 +B74 -W31 -B48 -W60 =B68 +W76  |  17.5 19.5 
 70  Yan,Xuerui                     0    WA 2.0 | +W41 -B14 +B55 -W19 -B46 -W60 -B56  |  23.5 26.0 
 71  Kennedy,Patra                208    WA 2.0 | +W79 -B7  -W52 +B61 -W38 -B57 -W63  |  20.5 22.0 
 72  Hou,Dylan                      0    WA 2.0 | -B13 -W25 +B85 +W79 -B59 -W54 -B47  |  20.5 21.0 
 73  Corrie,Charlie                 0    WA 2.0 | -W9  -B61 -W20 -W78 +B80 +F84 -B62  |  19.5 21.0 
 74  Chen,Sofia                     0    WA 2.0 | -B1  -W69 -B62 +W85 +B79 -W42 -B58  |  19.5 20.0 
 75  Xu,Eddie                       0    WA 2.0 | -B56 +BYE -W41 -B50 -W64 +W81 -B51  |  18.5 19.5 
 76  Tan,Audrey                     0    WA 2.0 | +W64 -B33 -B56 -W66 +B68 -W55 -B69  |  17.5 19.5 
 77  Lim,Zechariah                  0    WA 2.0 | -W33 -B64 +B78 -W59 -B55 +W83 -B53  |  17.5 18.5 
 78  Chen,Harris                    0    WA 2.0 | -W24 -B52 -W77 +B73 -W61 -B49 +W83  |  17.5 18.5 
 79  Sanchez,Daniel                 0    WA 2.0 | -B71 +F92 -W34 -B72 -W74 -B63 +W85  |  15.5 16.0 
 80  Weber,George                   0    WA 1.5 | =BYE -W45 -B43 -B49 -W73 +B85 -W68  |  17.5 18.0 
 81  Agrawal,Arsh                   0    WA 1.5 | -W67 -B38 -W63 -B60 =W85 -B75 +BYE  |  14.5 15.0 
 82  Zheng,Daniel             (W)   0    WA 1.0 | +BYE   --   --   --   --   --   --  |  20.5 22.5 
 83  Agung,Sangaji                  0    WA 1.0 | -B47 +W62 -B54 -W39 -W24 -B77 -B78  |  19.5 21.5 
 84  Panchal,Daksh            (W)   0    WA 1.0 | -B53 +F90 -W44 -B37 -W40 -F73   --  |  19.5 21.5 
 85  Meddage,Walpola,Yevin          0    WA 0.5 | -W37 -B41 -W72 -B74 =B81 -W80 -B79  |  15.0 16.0 
 86  Gunawardena,Jineth       (W) 546    WA 0.0 |   --   --   --   --   --   --   --  |  16.5 17.5 
 87  Ong,Charis               (W) 510    WA 0.0 | -F65   --   --   --   --   --   --  |  16.5 17.5 
 88  Kang,Rory (Chenrui)      (W) 218    WA 0.0 | -F39 -F68   --   --   --   --   --  |  16.5 17.5 
 89  Gunawardena,Nethumli     (W) 189    WA 0.0 |   --   --   --   --   --   --   --  |  16.5 17.5 
 90  Clark,Samuel             (W)   0    WA 0.0 | -F6  -F84   --   --   --   --   --  |  16.5 17.5 
 91  Elford,Caden             (W)   0    WA 0.0 | -F2  -F58   --   --   --   --   --  |  16.5 17.5 
 92  Faisal,Malik Hamza       (W)   0    WA 0.0 | -F7  -F79   --   --   --   --   --  |  16.5 17.5 
 93  Fan,Samuel               (W)   0    WA 0.0 | -F10 -F57   --   --   --   --   --  |  16.5 17.5 
 94  Kariya,Aaryan            (W)   0    WA 0.0 | -F11   --   --   --   --   --   --  |  16.5 17.5 
 95  Pascu,Cristian           (W)   0    WA 0.0 | -F31 -F55   --   --   --   --   --  |  16.5 17.5 
 96  Petagna,Benni            (W)   0    WA 0.0 | -F36 -F22   --   --   --   --   --  |  16.5 17.5


The Primary school tournament had 85 players from 23 different schools.

There were several schools in the running for the top three places. 10th with 11.5 points was Wesley College, 9th with 14 points was Scotch College, 8th with 16 points was the Russian School, 7th with 16.5 was Mount Lawley Primary School and 6th with 16.5 points a superior Buchholz score) was Harrisdale Primary School. All these schools put in a good performance but this was a fiercely contested competition with a lot of strong players. Contesting the top three positions were five schools, Caladenia Primary School, Carmel Primary School, Christ Church Grammar School, Nedlands Primary School and Oberthur Primary School. Christchurch Grammar had to settle for 5th place with 18.5 points and Nedlands for 4th place with the same points score as Christ Church but a superior Buchholz score. Going into the last round Caladenia were equal first but faltered in the last round and had to settle for 3rd place with 19.5 points. Carmel played consistently throughout the tournament and their strong team performance meant they came second with 21 points. By a whisker Oberthur were the winners with 21.5 points.

Individual results were also very close. Going into the last round Angus Chen and Yuqi Huang were on 5.5, Senudi De Vas, Leo Gong, Ezra Levine and Ryan Zamani were all on five. Senudi drew with Ayun Batahena and had to settle for the Best Girl trophy and a Merit Trophy. Leo beat Sebastian Walker to claim the second prize, Ezra beat Ryan to come third and Yuqi lost to Angus. This meant Yuqi to be content with a Merit Trophy and Angus was 1st with 6.5 points. 17 merit trophies were awarded to the following players:- Yuqi Huang, Eu Ming Khaw, Senudi De Vas, Ayun Batahena, Ryan Zamani, Nithuli Liyange, Avan Chung, Uudamkhishig Togtmol, Sergi Chernyshenko, Yonatan Kitay, Kaviru Perera, Daniel Ye, Sebastian Walker, Darren Kuzmin, Marcus Van Berg, Benjie Snel and William Lough.

List of Primary School Winners:

1st: Oberthur Primary School (21.5) - Angus Chen (6.5), Leo Gong (6.0), Avan Chung (5.0), Jeremy Li (4.0), Ford Cu (4.0), Manning Downes (4.0), Zechariah Lim (2.0)

2nd: Carmel Primary School (21.0) - Ezra Levine (6.0), Yonatan Kitay (5.0), Marcus Van Den Berg (5.0), Benjie Snel (5.0)

3rd: Caladenia Primary School (19.5) - Senudi De Vas (5.5), Ryan Zamani (5.0), Sebastian Walker, (5.0), Samantha Walker, (4.0), Leo Carvin (4.0), Yevin Walpola Meddage (0.5)

The top four players from each of these teams won a trophy.


Secondary Student Division

Secondary Division School Team Rankings
(Team ranking based on 4 best players of each team)


 Pos Team Name          Points  
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  1  Willetton SHS       21.5
  2  Perth Modern S      21.0
  3  Shenton College     19.0
  4  Rossmoyne SHS       19.0
  5  Trinity College     17.5
  6  Christ Church G     14.5
  7  Harrisdale SHS      14.0
  8  Corpus Christi       8.0
  9  Kingsway CC          6.0
 10  Russian School       5.0
 11  Sevite College       3.5
 12  Leeming SHS          3.0
 13  Home School          3.0
 14  Aveley SC            2.0
 15  Mount Lawley SH      1.0
 16  Guilford GS          1.0


Secondary Division School Cross Table


 Pos NAME                         Rtg T Fed Pts |   1    2    3    4    5    6    7   |  Buc1 BucT  
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  1  Deng,Harmoniche              975    WA 6.0 | +B26 +W43 +B8  =W11 =W2  +B10 +W20  |  28.5 31.5 
  2  Pimenov,Alex                1313    WA 6.0 | +B44 +W60 +B14 +W9  =B1  +B6  =W5   |  28.5 31.0 
  3  Wong,Eddie                     0    WA 6.0 | +W58 +B33 +B4  -W7  +B18 +W9  +B8   |  28.0 30.0 
  4  Nguyen,Anthony              1193    WA 6.0 | +W41 +B12 -W3  +B36 +W15 +B20 +W6   |  27.5 30.5 
  5  Milner,Anthony James        1055    WA 5.5 | +W59 +B39 +W10 -B6  +W22 +W7  =B2   |  28.0 29.5 
  6  El-Fayoumi,Adam             1343    WA 5.0 | +B30 +W13 +B18 +W5  +B7  -W2  -B4   |  31.5 35.0 
  7  Balavignan,Ashvin           1503    WA 5.0 | +W53 +B24 +W20 +B3  -W6  -B5  +W25  |  28.5 32.0 
  8  Harirajesh,Barath           1338    WA 5.0 | +W21 +B16 -W1  +B46 +W25 +B19 -W3   |  28.5 31.5 
  9  De Vas,Yonal                1330    WA 5.0 | +W28 +B36 +W17 -B2  +W29 -B3  +W22  |  28.0 31.0 
 10  Rafiei Darani,Daryoush      1422    WA 5.0 | +B48 +W38 -B5  +W32 +B14 -W1  +B19  |  26.0 29.0 
 11  Khaw,Eu Jin                 1419    WA 5.0 | +W51 +B25 =W23 =B1  -W19 +B39 +W24  |  25.0 27.5 
 12  Scarff,Cooper                  0    WA 5.0 | +B37 -W4  -B32 +W60 +B30 +W33 +B18  |  23.5 26.0 
 13  Verma,Abhinav                670    WA 5.0 | +W54 -B6  +W28 -B22 +W42 +B34 +W23  |  23.0 24.5 
 14  Kit,Jaykerm                  951    WA 4.5 | +F69 +B34 -W2  +B53 -W10 =B23 +W29  |  25.5 28.5 
 15  Eimery,Ilya                 1335    WA 4.5 | =B33 +W47 +B19 +W23 -B4  -W18 +B37  |  24.0 27.0 
 16  Yan,Ben                      667    WA 4.5 | +B35 -W8  -B27 +W55 +W26 +B21 =W17  |  23.5 25.5 
 17  Mahruz,Zuhayer               901    WA 4.5 | +B55 +W57 -B9  -W21 +B44 +W32 =B16  |  22.0 23.5 
 18  Quadros,Isaac                983    WA 4.0 | +F68 +B22 -W6  +B39 -W3  +B15 -W12  |  27.5 30.5 
 19  Oliveiro,Rayden              898    WA 4.0 | +W27 +B31 -W15 +B34 +B11 -W8  -W10  |  26.5 30.0 
 20  Chong,Seth                  1103    WA 4.0 | +B42 +W32 -B7  +W38 +B37 -W4  -B1   |  26.5 29.0 
 21  Chen,Aaron                     0    WA 4.0 | -B8  +W35 +W24 +B17 -B23 -W16 +B40  |  25.0 27.5 
 22  Manjire,Saiish                 0    WA 4.0 | +B47 -W18 +B60 +W13 -B5  +W37 -B9   |  25.0 27.5 
 23  Johansson-Jones,William      992    WA 4.0 | +B52 +W61 =B11 -B15 +W21 =W14 -B13  |  25.0 25.5 
 24  Suresh Kumar,Sanjay          769    WA 4.0 | +B56 -W7  -B21 +W33 +B41 +W31 -B11  |  24.0 26.0 
 25  Ng,Jeremiah                  700    WA 4.0 | +B62 -W11 +B44 +W27 -B8  +W40 -B7   |  24.0 24.5 
 26  Gleadhill,Noah                 0    WA 4.0 | -W1  +F65 -B38 +W47 -B16 +W36 +B44  |  22.5 25.0 
 27  Kaiser,Jeremiah                0    WA 4.0 | -B19 +F66 +W16 -B25 +W46 -B29 +W39  |  22.0 24.5 
 28  Coulson,Samuel                 0    WA 4.0 | -B9  +W49 -B13 +W56 -B40 +W43 +B38  |  21.5 23.5 
 29  Castalanelli,Maxwell         621    WA 4.0 | -W34 +F68 +B55 +W40 -B9  +W27 -B14  |  21.0 23.0 
 30  Chan,Christopher               0    WA 4.0 | -W6  +B45 -W34 +B63 -W12 +B54 +W42  |  20.5 21.0 
 31  Uhlmann,Jack                   0    WA 4.0 | +F66 -W19 +B48 -W37 +B36 -B24 +W46  |  20.0 23.0 
 32  Allison,Jacob                  0    WA 3.5 | +W40 -B20 +W12 -B10 +W45 -B17 =W34  |  25.0 27.5 
 33  Christianopoulos,Mitchell      0    WA 3.5 | =W15 -W3  +B62 -B24 +W47 -B12 +W58  |  24.5 25.0 
 34  Sosulski,Anthony               0    WA 3.5 | +B29 -W14 +B30 -W19 +B38 -W13 =B32  |  24.0 27.0 
 35  Saravanan,Dinesh               0    WA 3.5 | -W16 -B21 -W41 +BYE =B48 +B51 +W45  |  20.0 21.5 
 36  Louw,Hank                    508    WA 3.0 | +B49 -W9  +B43 -W4  -W31 -B26 +W56  |  24.0 26.0 
 37  Lanka,Venkat                 657    WA 3.0 | -W12 +B59 +W42 +B31 -W20 -B22 -W15  |  23.5 25.0 
 38  Akselrod,Artem               530    WA 3.0 | +W45 -B10 +W26 -B20 -W34 +B56 -W28  |  23.0 25.0 
 39  Napaa,Mohit                  401    WA 3.0 | +B50 -W5  +B57 -W18 +B49 -W11 -B27  |  23.0 24.5 
 40  Yemane,Bryan                   0    WA 3.0 | -B32 +BYE +W51 -B29 +W28 -B25 -W21  |  21.5 24.0 
 41  Gadvi,Aarush                   0    WA 3.0 | -B4  -W50 +B35 +W43 -W24 -B45 +W54  |  21.5 23.0 
 42  Garg,Keshav                    0    WA 3.0 | -W20 +F64 -B37 +W57 -B13 +W49 -B30  |  21.5 23.0 
 43  Shi,Chenxi                     0    WA 3.0 | +W46 -B1  -W36 -B41 +W58 -B28 +B62  |  21.0 21.5 
 44  Francis,Ryan                   0    WA 3.0 | -W2  +B63 -W25 +B61 -W17 +B57 -W26  |  20.0 20.5 
 45  Stafford,David                 0    WA 3.0 | -B38 -W30 +B52 +W48 -B32 +W41 -B35  |  19.5 22.0 
 46  McDonald,Tristan             607    WA 3.0 | -B43 +W52 +B61 -W8  -B27 +W55 -B31  |  19.5 20.0 
 47  Sulak,Asten                  726    WA 3.0 | -W22 -B15 +W54 -B26 -B33 +W61 +B55  |  19.0 19.5 
 48  Bannister,Nathan               0    WA 3.0 | -W10 +B54 -W31 -B45 =W35 =B50 +W57  |  18.5 20.0 
 49  Thomas,Jeswin                  0    WA 3.0 | -W36 -B28 +W59 +B51 -W39 -B42 +B61  |  16.5 17.0 
 50  Vignesh,Aadhav                 0    WA 2.5 | -W39 +B41 -W53 -B58 =W51 =W48 =B52  |  17.5 19.5 
 51  Batten,Thomas                  0    WA 2.5 | -B11 +W62 -B40 -W49 =B50 -W35 +B63  |  16.5 17.0 
 52  Gebauer,Henry                  0    WA 2.5 | -W23 -B46 -W45 -B54 +W62 +B59 =W50  |  15.5 16.0 
 53  Anthony,Edwin            (W)   0    WA 2.0 | -B7  +W56 +B50 -W14   --   --   --  |  22.0 24.0 
 54  Rajan,Matthias                 0    WA 2.0 | -B13 -W48 -B47 +W52 +F60 -W30 -B41  |  20.5 22.5 
 55  Kuzmin,Maxim                   0    WA 2.0 | -W17 +B58 -W29 -B16 +W61 -B46 -W47  |  20.5 21.0 
 56  Lawrence,Roman                 0    WA 2.0 | -W24 -B53 +W58 -B28 +W63 -W38 -B36  |  19.5 20.0 
 57  Tiley,Connor                   0    WA 2.0 | +F65 -B17 -W39 -B42 +W59 -W44 -B48  |  19.0 20.5 
 58  Emanuel,Sebastian            377    WA 2.0 | -B3  -W55 -B56 +W50 -B43 +W63 -B33  |  19.0 19.5 
 59  Gibbens,James                  0    WA 2.0 | -B5  -W37 -B49 +W62 -B57 -W52 +BYE  |  16.5 17.0 
 60  Pham,Minh                (W) 418    WA 1.0 | +W63  -B2 -W22 -B12 -F54   --   --  |  22.5 23.0 
 61  Shanahan,Sean                  0    WA 1.0 | +F64 -B23 -W46 -W44 -B55 -B47 -W49  |  19.0 21.0 
 62  Mathwin,Alexander              0    WA 1.0 | -W25 -B51 -W33 -B59 -B52 +BYE -W43  |  17.0 17.5 
 63  Van Heyningen,Noa              0    WA 1.0 | -B60 -W44 +BYE -W30 -B56 -B58 -W51  |  16.0 18.0 
 64  An,Jeremy                (W) 631    WA 0.0 | -F61 -F42   --   --   --   --   --  |  16.5 17.5 
 65  Reyes,Enrico             (W) 470    WA 0.0 | -F57 -F26   --   --   --   --   --  |  16.5 17.5 
 66  Geste,Cooper             (W) 462    WA 0.0 | -F31 -F27   --   --   --   --   --  |  16.5 17.5 
 67  De Santis,Xavier         (W) 381    WA 0.0 | -F71   --   --   --   --   --   --  |  16.5 17.5 
 68  Gunawan,Aldrik           (W)   0    WA 0.0 | -F18 -F29   --   --   --   --   --  |  16.5 17.5 
 69  Ho,James                 (W)   0    WA 0.0 | -F14   --   --   --   --   --   --  |  16.5 17.5 
 70  Sova,Elise               (W)   0    WA 0.0 |   --   --   --   --   --   --   --  |  16.5 17.5 
 71  Walsh,Eli                (W)   0    WA 0.0 | -F67   --   --   --   --   --   --  |  16.5 17.5


There were 63 students from 16 schools.

Seven teams had four or more players and not surprisingly they were the ones competing for the top places. Harrisdale Senior High School came 7th, and Christ Church Grammar School was 6th. This left five schools in the running for the top three places. They were Perth Modern School, Shenton College, Rossmoyne Senior High School, Trinity College and Willetton Senior High School. Trinity College had to settle for 5th place with 17.5 points. It was neck and neck between Rossmoyne and Shenton and they both finished with 19 points. However, Shenton had the better Buchholz score so took the 3rd place and Rossmoyne had to settle for 4th place. It was also neck and neck between Perth Modern and Willetton. Going into the last round Willetton were half a point ahead and their top four players finished with the same score as top four in Perth Modern in the last round. This meant that Perth Modern had to settle for 2nd place and Willetton won by a whisker (0.5 points) to come first. A terrific result for Willetton Senior High School a relative newcomer to the Schools Chess League.

From an individual view point there were a lot of closely contested games. Going into the last round Alex Pimenov was leading with 5.5 points and there were six players on 5 points, Adam El-Fayoumi, Barath Harirajesh, Harmoniche Deng, Anthony Milner, Anthony Nguyen and Eddie Wong. Alex drew with Anthony Milner, Barath lost to Eddie, Anthony Nguyen beat Adam and Harmoniche beat Seth Chong. This meant that four players finished on 6 points and the Buchholz score came into play to decide the first three places. Eddie was third, Alex was second and Harmoniche was the winner. Anthony Nguyen had to settle for a Merit award. In all 10 Merit trophies were awarded to the following:- Anthony Nguyen, Anthony Milner, Adam El-Fayoumi, Ashvin Balavignan, Barath Harirajesh, Yonal De Vas, Daryoush Rafiei Darani, Eu Jin Khaw, Cooper Scarff and Abhinav Verma. No girls competed.

List of Secondary School Winners:

1st: Willetton Senior High School (21.5) - Harmoniche Deng (6.0), Eddie Wong (6.0), Adam El-Fayoumi (5.0), Zuhayer Mahruz (4.5), Sanjay Suresh Kumar (4.0), Jeremiah Kaiser (4.0), Bryan Yemane (3.0), Jeswin Thomas (3.0)

2nd: Perth Modern School (21.0) - Alex Pimenov (6.0), Anthony Nguyen (6.0), Ashvin Balavignan (5.0), Rayden Oliveiro (4.0), Saiish Manjire (4.0), Samuel Coulson (4.0), Mohit Napaa (3.0)

3rd: Shenton College (19.0) Daryoush Rafiei Darani ((5.0), Cooper Scarff (5.0), Abhinav Verma (5.0), Aaron Chen (4.0), Jeremiah Ng (4.0)

The top four players from each of these teams won a trophy.


Many thanks to our marvellous group of volunteers, Scott (general organisation), Gareth (Primary School Arbiter), Kerry Aung (results and general organisation) Teh Hui Lam (Secondary School Arbiter), Saminda De Vas (Primary School Arbiter), Carvin Kumar (Primary School Arbiter), Raymond Li (attendance register and table scoring sheet), Don (Primary School Arbiter), Rekha ( Registration and results), Tim Hare (CAWA property manager -delivery of equipment), Rebo, (Arbiter, announcements and technical support), John Pimenov (Secondary School Arbiter), Stacey Walker (data entry), (Faith Tee (CAWA Junior Vice-President and general organisation and support). Thanks to Corpus Christi College for providing the Sadler Centre, an excellent venue.

Report kindly provided by: Alan Wolstencroft - Chief Arbiter



2023 SCL West Zone

The CAWA SCL Western Zonal was played at Nedlands Primary School on Sunday 13th August. The event was a sell out with 118 participants. Next year we will aim to increase the capacity to 160 or more.


Primary Student Division

Primary Division School Cross Table


 Pos NAME                           Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6     7    |  Buc1  BucT  
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  1  Deng,Eric                      1321      WA  6.0 | +W60  +B24  +W8   +B3   +W5   +B2   -B4    |  32.0  34.5 
  2  Teh,Tian                          0      WA  6.0 | +B52  +W23  +B10  +W7   +B34  -W1   +W8    |  28.5  31.5 
  3  Li,Jeremy                       533      WA  6.0 | +B54  +W58  +B21  -W1   +B15  +W7   +B14   |  27.0  29.5 
  4  Khaw,Eu Ming                    895      WA  6.0 | +BYE  =B41  +W46  +W9   +B21  =B5   +W1    |  26.5  29.5 
  5  Gong,Leo                        781      WA  5.5 | +B12  +W32  +B35  +W26  -B1   =W4   +B16   |  29.0  32.5 
  6  Batahena,Ayun                   737      WA  5.5 | =B22  +W15  =B17  +W28  =B35  +W34  +B13   |  25.0  28.5 
  7  Ashok,Akash                     762      WA  5.0 | +W57  +B19  +W11  -B2   +W47  -B3   +W20   |  29.0  32.0 
  8  Walker,Sebastian                699      WA  5.0 | +B50  +W36  -B1   +W29  +B40  +W9   -B2    |  27.5  30.5 
  9  Van Den Berg,Marcus             638      WA  5.0 | +W66  +B27  +W14  -B4   +W22  -B8   +W30   |  27.0  28.5 
 10  Chung,Avan                      734      WA  5.0 | +W73  +B18  -W2   -B22  +W28  +B31  +W29   |  26.5  27.5 
 11  Parimal,Merooshi                  0     AUS  5.0 | +B42  +W25  -B7   +W36  -B13  +W40  +B23   |  24.0  27.0 
 12  Gadvi,Neel                        0      WA  5.0 | -W5   +B71  -W24  +B45  +W53  +B27  +B21   |  23.5  24.0 
 13  Davoll,Dominic                  874      WA  4.5 | +W55  +B43  =W20  -B14  +W11  +B17  -W6    |  27.0  30.0 
 14  Liyanage,Nithuli                864      WA  4.5 | +B44  +W48  -B9   +W13  +B23  =W16  -W3    |  27.0  30.0 
 15  Teh,Jin                           0      WA  4.5 | +W56  -B6   +W33  +B24  -W3   +B43  =W19   |  27.0  30.0 
 16  Perera,Kaviru                   682      WA  4.5 | =B34  =W22  +B39  +W58  +B26  =B14  -W5    |  25.0  27.5 
 17  Zamani,Ryan                     696      WA  4.5 | -W18  +B66  =W6   +B37  +B38  -W13  +B34   |  25.0  26.5 
 18  Kuzmin,Darren                     0      WA  4.5 | +B17  -W10  +B48  -W23  =B25  +W38  +B35   |  24.5  27.5 
 19  Aucamp,Mikhail                    0     AUS  4.5 | +B49  -W7   +B25  -W21  +B42  +W26  =B15   |  24.5  27.0 
 20  Richards,Huw                    625      WA  4.5 | +B68  +W28  =B13  -W34  +B44  +W35  -B7    |  23.5  25.5 
 21  Levine,Ezra                     850      WA  4.0 | +W62  +B33  -W3   +B19  -W4   +B22  -W12   |  29.0  31.5 
 22  Huang,Yuqi (Ricky)                0      WA  4.0 | =W6   =B16  +B42  +W10  -B9   -W21  +B48   |  27.0  30.0 
 23  Sanjay,Dhruv                    522      WA  4.0 | +W72  -B2   +W55  +B18  -W14  +B51  -W11   |  26.0  26.5 
 24  Carvin,Leo                      445      WA  4.0 | +B63  -W1   +B12  -W15  -B39  +W44  +B50   |  25.0  27.0 
 25  Cohen,Mia                       617      WA  4.0 | +W31  -B11  -W19  +B46  =W18  =B37  +W47   |  24.5  27.5 
 26  Simpson,Joshua                    0      WA  4.0 | +W47  +B37  +W41  -B5   -W16  -B19  +W53   |  24.0  27.0 
 27  Ong,Josiah                        0      WA  4.0 | +B40  -W9   +B32  -W35  +B52  -W12  +W43   |  23.5  26.5 
 28  Aucamp,Emile                      0     AUS  4.0 | +W71  -B20  +W45  -B6   -B10  +W61  +B41   |  23.5  24.0 
 29  Page,Ethan                        0      WA  4.0 | -W41  +B62  +W43  -B8   +W33  +B47  -B10   |  23.0  25.5 
 30  Stone,Henry                       0      WA  4.0 | -B36  +W50  +B52  -W40  +B32  +W39  -B9    |  22.0  25.0 
 31  Lim,Lucien                        0      WA  4.0 | -B25  -W40  +B61  +W48  +B36  -W10  +B42   |  21.5  24.0 
 32  Hee,Sean                        230      WA  4.0 | +W65  -B5   -W27  +B49  -W30  +B64  +W51   |  21.0  22.5 
 33  Arun,Harish                       0     AUS  4.0 | +B67  -W21  -B15  +W63  -B29  +W58  +B40   |  20.0  22.0 
 34  Lee,Donovan                       0      WA  3.5 | =W16  +B53  +W59  +B20  -W2   -B6   -W17   |  28.0  30.0 
 35  Ye,Daniel                       497      WA  3.5 | +W69  +B45  -W5   +B27  =W6   -B20  -W18   |  27.0  29.0 
 36  Kang,Rory (Chenrui)             218      WA  3.5 | +W30  -B8   +W49  -B11  -W31  =B45  +W59   |  23.5  25.5 
 37  You,Kaixuan                     498      WA  3.5 | +B51  -W26  =B44  -W17  +B58  =W25  =B39   |  22.0  24.5 
 38  Wang,Albert Guo                 513      WA  3.5 | =BYE  -B46  +W60  +B59  -W17  -B18  +W49   |  20.5  22.5 
 39  Batay,Faruk                       0      WA  3.5 | -W45  +B64  -W16  +B71  +W24  -B30  =W37   |  20.5  21.0 
 40  Snel,Benjie                     419      WA  3.0 | -W27  +B31  +W57  +B30  -W8   -B11  -W33   |  26.0  29.0 
 41  Zhou,Dylan                      397      WA  3.0 | +B29  =W4   -B26  -W44  =W46  +B55  -W28   |  23.5  26.5 
 42  Yuen,Thomas                     311      WA  3.0 | -W11  +B72  -W22  +B57  -W19  +B62  -W31   |  23.0  23.5 
 43  Hofmann,Cya                     273      WA  3.0 | +B61  -W13  -B29  +W54  +B67  -W15  -B27   |  22.5  24.5 
 44  Fuller,James                      0      WA  3.0 | -W14  +B65  =W37  +B41  -W20  -B24  =W45   |  22.5  24.5 
 45  Zhang,Martin                      0     AUS  3.0 | +B39  -W35  -B28  -W12  +B70  =W36  =B44   |  22.5  24.0 
 46  Vyhunthan,Vishnu                  0      WA  3.0 | =BYE  +W38  -B4   -W25  =B41  -W48  +B72   |  22.5  23.0 
 47  Downes,Manning                  219      WA  3.0 | -B26  +W68  +B51  +W67  -B7   -W29  -B25   |  22.0  24.0 
 48  Deng,Amy                        287      WA  3.0 | +W64  -B14  -W18  -B31  +W65  +B46  -W22   |  22.0  23.5 
 49  Yu,Larry                          0      WA  3.0 | -W19  +BYE  -B36  -W32  +B54  +W52  -B38   |  21.5  24.0 
 50  Kioka,Rintaro                     0      WA  3.0 | -W8   -B30  +W64  -B53  +W59  +B56  -W24   |  21.0  22.5 
 51  Lough,William                     0      WA  3.0 | -W37  +B60  -W47  +B55  +W56  -W23  -B32   |  20.5  23.0 
 52  Louw,Colin                      185      WA  3.0 | -W2   +B69  -W30  +B65  -W27  -B49  +W64   |  20.5  22.0 
 53  Gulland,Henry                   306      WA  3.0 | -B58  -W34  +B72  +W50  -B12  +W63  -B26   |  20.0  20.5 
 54  Lithgow,Anthony                   0      WA  3.0 | -W3   -B56  +W62  -B43  -W49  +B73  +W65   |  19.0  20.0 
 55  Dwarapudi,Mithesh                 0      WA  3.0 | -B13  +W63  -B23  -W51  +B69  -W41  +B67   |  18.5  20.5 
 56  Walker,Samantha                 203      WA  3.0 | -B15  +W54  -B58  +W69  -B51  -W50  +B68   |  18.0  20.0 
 57  Hou,Dylan                         0      WA  3.0 | -B7   +W61  -B40  -W42  -B64  +W69  +B63   |  17.5  19.0 
 58  Popkov,Matvei                     0     AUS  2.5 | +W53  -B3   +W56  -B16  -W37  -B33  =W60   |  24.0  26.5 
 59  Wang,Anja Guo                   292      WA  2.5 | =BYE  +BYE  -B34  -W38  -B50  +W67  -B36   |  20.0  22.0 
 60  Chandna,Vivek                     0      WA  2.5 | -B1   -W51  -B38  +W68  -B63  +W72  =B58   |  19.0  19.5 
 61  Sanu Sam, Daniel                  0     AUS  2.5 | -W43  -B57  -W31  +B66  +W73  -B28  =W62   |  18.0  19.0 
 62  Fan,Samuel                        0      WA  2.5 | -B21  -W29  -B54  +B70  +W71  -W42  =B61   |  18.0  18.5 
 63  Naumov,Mark                       0      WA  2.0 | -W24  -B55  +W66  -B33  +W60  -B53  -W57   |  19.5  21.0 
 64  Pretorius,Nathan                  0     AUS  2.0 | -B48  -W39  -B50  +BYE  +W57  -W32  -B52   |  19.5  21.0 
 65  Samarasinghe,Yoshika              0      WA  2.0 | -B32  -W44  +B68  -W52  -B48  +W70  -B54   |  18.0  19.5 
 66  Li,Ivan                           0     AUS  2.0 | -B9   -W17  -B63  -W61  -B68  +BYE  +W73   |  17.0  17.5 
 67  Tham,Ethan                        0     AUS  2.0 | -W33  +B73  +W70  -B47  -W43  -B59  -W55   |  16.5  17.5 
 68  Li,Xinze                          0     AUS  2.0 | -W20  -B47  -W65  -B60  +W66  +B71  -W56   |  16.5  17.0 
 69  Liu,Jonathan                      0      WA  2.0 | -B35  -W52  +W73  -B56  -W55  -B57  +W71   |  16.5  17.0 
 70  Zhou,Ethan                        0      WA  1.5 | =BYE  -BYE  -B67  -W62  -W45  -B65  +BYE   |  17.0  17.5 
 71  Wangchuk,Rigyel Zhigi             0     AUS  1.0 | -B28  -W12  +BYE  -W39  -B62  -W68  -B69   |  19.0  21.0 
 72  Lim,Zechariah                     0      WA  1.0 | -B23  -W42  -W53  -B73  +BYE  -B60  -W46   |  16.5  17.5 
 73  Isakov,Georgii                    0      WA  1.0 | -B10  -W67  -B69  +W72  -B61  -W54  -B66   |  16.0  16.5 
 74  Cooke,Cruz                 (W)    0      WA  0.0 | -BYE   --    --    --    --    --    --    |  16.5  17.5


   Primary School Prizewinners

   Teams

   1st: Oberthur PS - Jeremy Li, Leo Gong, Avan Chung, Kaixuan You (20.0/28)
   2nd: Christchurch Grammar - Ayun Batahena, Neel Gadvi, Dhruv Sanjay, Henry Stone (18.5/28)
   3rd: Scotch College - Eric Deng, Sean Hee, Donovan Lee, Albert Guo Wang (17.0/28)

   Individual

   1st: Eric Deng (6.0/7)
   2nd: Tian Teh (6.0/7)
   3rd: Jeremy Lee (6.0/7)
   Merit Awards: Eu Ming Khaw (6.0), Leo Gong, Ayun Batahena (5.5), Akash Ashok, Sebastian Walker (5.0)


Secondary Student Division

Secondary Division School Cross Table


 Pos NAME                           Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6     7    |  Buc1  BucT  
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  1  Balavignan,Ashvin              1503      WA  6.5 | +B37  +W17  +B36  +W16  =B2   +W5   +B9    |  27.0  29.0 
  2  Gao,Oscar                      1914      WA  6.0 | +W22  +B27  +W3   =B5   =W1   +W9   +B8    |  29.5  32.5 
  3  Gruber,Paula                    909      WA  5.5 | +B21  +W14  -B2   +W4   +B16  +W13  =B5    |  28.5  32.5 
  4  Parimal,Navya                     0     AUS  5.5 | +W13  +B18  =W8   -B3   +W19  +W20  +B14   |  26.0  30.0 
  5  Khaw,Eu Jin                    1419      WA  5.0 | +W6   +B32  +W15  =W2   +B10  -B1   =W3    |  31.0  34.0 
  6  Crowe,Jake                        0      WA  5.0 | -B5   -W11  +B42  +W25  +BYE  +W17  +B15   |  23.5  25.0 
  7  Sandeep,Johan                     0     AUS  5.0 | -B14  +W28  +B24  +W36  -B8   +W30  +B13   |  22.5  25.5 
  8  Ong,Celine                     1366      WA  4.5 | +B31  +W24  =B4   -W9   +W7   +B22  -W2    |  28.0  31.0 
  9  Eimery,Ilya                    1335      SA  4.5 | +W44  +B29  =W19  +B8   +W27  -B2   -W1    |  27.0  29.5 
 10  Louw,Neil                       429      WA  4.5 | +W40  =B23  +W18  +B19  -W5   -B15  +W22   |  24.0  25.5 
 11  Manjire,Saiish                    0      WA  4.5 | -W27  +B6   -W13  +B32  +W18  +B23  =W12   |  23.5  26.5 
 12  Fisher,Tarn                       0     AUS  4.5 | +B20  -W15  -B17  +W38  +B37  +W16  =B11   |  22.5  24.0 
 13  Heavens,Mason                   467      WA  4.0 | -B4   +W35  +B11  +W31  +B14  -B3   -W7    |  27.5  30.0 
 14  De Santis,Xavier                381      WA  4.0 | +W7   -B3   +W25  +B15  -W13  +B27  -W4    |  27.0  30.0 
 15  Oliveiro,Rayden                 898      WA  4.0 | +W43  +B12  -B5   -W14  +B21  +W10  -W6    |  26.5  27.0 
 16  Louw,Mark                       641      WA  4.0 | +W33  +B41  +W23  -B1   -W3   -B12  +W28   |  25.5  27.5 
 17  Pradhan,Arnav                   571      WA  4.0 | +W39  -B1   +W12  -B22  +W28  -B6   +W27   |  25.0  27.0 
 18  Sulak,Asten                     726      WA  4.0 | +B28  -W4   -B10  +W26  -B11  +W24  +B30   |  24.5  27.5 
 19  Ashok,Anish                     672      WA  4.0 | +B26  +W38  =B9   -W10  -B4   +W37  =B20   |  24.0  25.5 
 20  Kit,Jaykerm                     951      WA  4.0 | -W12  +B43  +W34  +B29  =W22  -B4   =W19   |  22.5  23.0 
 21  Gadvi,Aarush                      0      WA  4.0 | -W3   +B40  -W29  +B33  -W15  +B39  +W34   |  19.0  20.5 
 22  Aucamp,Amion                      0     AUS  3.5 | -B2   +W26  +B38  +W17  =B20  -W8   -B10   |  26.5  28.0 
 23  Johansson-Jones,William         992      WA  3.5 | +B30  =W10  -B16  =W24  +B31  -W11  =B25   |  22.5  25.5 
 24  Durey,Peter                     485      WA  3.5 | +W42  -B8   -W7   =B23  +W35  -B18  +W33   |  22.0  23.5 
 25  Rajan,Matthias                    0      WA  3.5 | +BYE  -W36  -B14  -B6   +W43  +B29  =W23   |  21.0  21.5 
 26  Koay,Isaac                        0      WA  3.5 | -W19  -B22  +W40  -B18  +W41  =B33  +W35   |  18.5  20.0 
 27  Louw,Hank                       508      WA  3.0 | +B11  -W2   +B30  +W37  -B9   -W14  -B17   |  26.0  28.0 
 28  Ganesh Prabhu,Avinesh Nidhi       0      WA  3.0 | -W18  -B7   +W39  +B41  -B17  +W31  -B16   |  22.0  24.0 
 29  Arunkumar,Ashwath               290      WA  3.0 | +BYE  -W9   +B21  -W20  -B30  -W25  +B41   |  21.5  23.5 
 30  Durey,Leo                         0      WA  3.0 | -W23  +B33  -W27  +B34  +W29  -B7   -W18   |  20.5  23.0 
 31  Bongtiwon,Ethan Jacob             0      WA  3.0 | -W8   +B42  +W32  -B13  -W23  -B28  +W39   |  20.0  21.5 
 32  McDonald,Tristan                607      WA  3.0 | +B35  -W5   -B31  -W11  -B39  +W38  +B37   |  19.0  20.5 
 33  Koh,Rainer                        0     AUS  2.5 | -B16  -W30  +B47  -W21  +B38  =W26  -B24   |  19.5  21.0 
 34  Hasan,Mohammad Shawaiz            0     AUS  2.5 | -B36  +W47  -B20  -W30  =B42  +W40  -B21   |  17.5  19.0 
 35  Laidlaw,Johannes Vrede            0     AUS  2.5 | -W32  -B13  =W43  +B47  -B24  +W42  -B26   |  17.0  17.5 
 36  Gould,Dylan                (W)  695      WA  2.0 | +W34  +B25  -W1   -B7   -BYE   --    --    |  25.0  27.5 
 37  Barizo,John                       0     AUS  2.0 | -W1   +B39  +W41  -B27  -W12  -B19  -W32   |  23.0  25.0 
 38  Solomon John,Jerin                0     AUS  2.0 | +BYE  -B19  -W22  -B12  -W33  -B32  +W42   |  20.5  22.0 
 39  Lim,Melchizedek                   0     AUS  2.0 | -B17  -W37  -B28  +B43  +W32  -W21  -B31   |  19.0  19.5 
 40  Polmear,Joshua                    0     AUS  2.0 | -B10  -W21  -B26  -W42  +BYE  -B34  +B43   |  17.0  17.5 
 41  Siaw,Raphael                      0      WA  2.0 | +B47  -W16  -B37  -W28  -B26  +W43  -W29   |  16.5  17.0 
 42  Mathwin,Alexander                 0      WA  1.5 | -B24  -W31  -W6   +B40  =W34  -B35  -B38   |  17.5  19.0 
 43  Gibbens,James                     0      WA  0.5 | -B15  -W20  =B35  -W39  -B25  -B41  -W40   |  17.5  19.0 
 44  Butcher,Alex               (W)    0      WA  0.0 | -B9    --    --    --    --    --    --    |  17.0  18.0 
 45  Tenggara,Winston           (W)  411      WA  0.0 | -BYE   --    --    --    --    --    --    |  16.5  17.5 
 46  Sethi,Samarth              (W)    0     AUS  0.0 | -BYE   --    --    --    --    --    --    |  16.5  17.5 
 47  Arun Nair,Havish           (W)    0     AUS  0.0 | -W41  -B34  -W33  -W35  -BYE   --    --    |  13.0  14.0


   Secondary School Prizewinners

   Teams

   1st: Perth Modern School - Ashvin Balavignan, Paula Gruber, Saiish Manjire, Rayden Oliveiro (20.5/28)
=2nd: Harrisdale SHS - Eu Jin Khaw, Johan Sandeep, Arnav Pradhan, Matthias Rajan (17.5/28)
=2nd: Christchurch Grammar - Oscar Gao, Mason Heavens, Aarush Gadvi, William Johansson-Jones (17.5/28)

   Individual

   1st: Ashvin Balavignan (6.5/7)
   2nd: Oscar Gao (6.0/7)
   3rd & Top Girl: Paula Gruber (5.5/7)
   Merit Awards: Navya Parimal (5.5), Eu Jin Khaw, Jake Crowe, Johan Sandeep (5.0)


Thanks to all of the following volunteers, whose hard work and attention to every small detail ensured a smoothly run and enjoyable event for all players:

IA Andrew Hardegen (Chief Arbiter), John Pimenov (Arbiter, Organiser and Venue Liaison), Stacey Walker (Pairings Arbiter - Vega / Swiss-Manager), Carvin Kumar (Arbiter), Hui Huang (Arbiter), Kobe Wu (Arbiter), Zac Teh (Arbiter), Tim Hare (Transport of Furniture and Equipment, General Setup), Faith Tee (Organiser, Trophies, and general SCL Coordination), Merylena Sulak (Results Desk and General Organisation), Scott Sulak (Results Desk and General Organisation), Jennifer Deng (Results Desk and General Organisation) & Janine Hank (Results Desk and General Organisation)

Thank you to all players and parents for supporting the CAWA School Chess League in 2023. The response has been fantastic and we look forward to running even bigger and better tournaments in 2024. We wish the best of luck to the teams who have qualified to contest the CAWA SCL Finals on Monday 4th September.

Report kindly provided by: IA Andrew Hardegen - CAWA President.



2023 SCL Finals


The finals of the School Chess League were held on Monday, September 4th at Perth Modern School. Fourteen schools, six primary and nine secondary, competed for the chance to represent Western Australia in the 2023 National School Finals. Both divisions were run in a team round-robin format. Players were ranked by approximate playing strength, and each school's board 1 played against every other school's board 1, and so on.

Primary Division

In the primary division, Oberthur Primary entered the finals as the heavy favourite with a very solid lineup led by Angus Chen. The team's average rating was 250 points higher than the second-highest rated Caladenia.

Teams in primary division:

School Name

Average ACF Quick rating

Oberthur PS 989
Caladenia PS 738
Carmel PS 753
Christchurch Grammar 612
Nedlands PS 511
Scotch College 702


No major surprises occurred during the tournament - Oberthur PS outplayed the opposition convincingly and deservedly claimed first place and the State Champion title!

The only unexpected result for the new champions was in the match against Christchurch, where they had to settle for a draw due to a couple of serious mistakes by Oberthur players.

The placement of the silver and bronze medals was determined by tiebreaks, as three schools - Caladenia PS, Scotch College, and Nedlands PS - finished with the same score of 2.5 points. Based on the number of individual games won, Caladenia PS claimed second place, and Scotch College finished third:

Final standings:

1. Oberthur PS (Angus Chen, Leo Gong, Avan Chung, Jeremy Li, Ford Cu) - 4.5/5
2. Caladenia PS (Senudi De Vas, Ryan Zamani, Sebastian Walker, Jineth Gunawardena, Leo Carvin) - 2.5/5
3. Scotch College (Eric Deng, Wang Albert Guo, Donovan Lee, Sean Hee, Isaac Simpson) - 2.5/5

The best performance prizes went to:

Board 1: Angus Chen (5/5) - Oberthur PS, Board 2: Ryan Zamani (5/5) - Caladenia PS, Board 3: Marcus Van Den Berg (4/5) - Carmel PS, Board 4: Jeremy Li (4/5) - Oberthur PS.


Secondary Division

In the Secondary Division, the biggest favorite was Rossmoyne SHS, the current WA School Chess Champion. Half of their lineup had just returned from representing Australia at the World U16 Chess Olympiad, making the Rossmoyne team a formidable opponent. The only other solid contender for the title was traditionally strong Perth Modern, which had won the SCL State Finals many times before.

Teams in secondary division:

School Name

Average ACF Quick rating

Perth Modern School 1444
Christchurch Grammar 678.5
Rossmoyne SHS 1734.5
Harrisdale SHS 715.75
Willetton SHS 1181
Trinity College 1256
Kingsway Christian Coll. 842
Shenton College 1141
Duncraig SHS 537


After eight rounds of play, no surprises occurred. Both Rossmoyne and Perth Modern won all of their matches and, with 7/7 points, went into the last round facing each other. Although Perth Modern players put up a solid defense, they were no match for Rossmoyne's power, who won 3:1 and became the State Champion for the second year in a row!

An interesting development occurred in the fight for the third place. Due to the tournament situation and possible tiebreaks, two teams could have claimed bronze medals - Trinity College and Christchurch Grammar. Trinity was having a BYE in the last round and couldn't impact the situation. On the other hand, Christchurch was facing Kingsway Christian College and needed a win with a 3:1 score or more. The match came down to the game on the first board between Celine Ong playing white and Oscar Gao playing black. In the endgame, Celine had a queen versus one rook pawn on the 2nd rank, which was defended by the king for Oscar. The white king was too far to help the Queen checkmate the opponent. Although that position could have been played for three results, unfortunately, Celine was low on time and allowed the flag fall. This ended the match with 3:1 for Christchurch and made them the Bronze medalists!

Final standings:

1. Rossmoyne SHS (Yihe (Rebo) Fu, Rui Gen Teh, Yonal De Vas, Ilya Eimery, Barath Harirajesh) - 8/8
2. Perth Modern School (Ashvin Balavignan, Alex Pimenov, Aarnav Gupta, Jayden Singh, Anthony Nguyen) - 7/8
3. Christchurch Grammar School (Oscar Gao, William Johansson-Jones, Carlos Jin, Thom Yates) - 5/8

The best performance prizes went to:

Board 1: Yihe (Rebo) Fu (8/8) - Rossmoyne SHS, Board 2: Rui Gen Teh (8/8) - Rossmoyne SHS, Board 3: Aarnav Gupta (7/8) - Perth Modern School, Board 4: Ilya Eimery (6/6) - Rossmoyne SHS

Congratulations to Oberthur PS and Rossmoyne SHS who will be invited to the national finals later this year to represent Western Australia.

Report kindly provided by John Pimenov.



2023 SCL Girls Finals


The 2023 School Chess League Girls final was played on Sunday 24th September at the Royal Park Hall in West Perth.

26 young ladies from 14 different schools around Perth (10 Primary and 4 Secondary) competed in a combined tournament Swiss over 7 rounds.

Despite to the absence of one child and the tardiness of another, the tournament was still able to commence on time and thanks to some early preparation and some good assistance from scorers and arbiters, was able to run smoothly throughout the day.

Just a round seven student slip-up threatened to derail an otherwise great day, but this too was avoided and the tournament was completed without major drama.



 Pos NAME                           Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6     7   |  Buc1  BucT  
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  1  Liyanage,Nithuli                885      WA  6.0 | +W23  +B8   +W6   +B10  -W2   +W3   +B4   |  27.5  28.5 
  2  Cohen,Mia                       641      WA  5.5 | +B19  =W3   +B5   +W11  +B1   -W4   +B7   |  29.5  31.5 
  3  Hashemitaba, Niki                 0      WA  5.5 | +W4   =B2   +W7   +B15  +W10  -B1   +W6   |  28.0  30.5 
  4  Gruber,Paula                   1023      WA  5.0 | -B3   +B14  +W8   +W6   +B7   +B2   -W1   |  28.5  32.0 
  5  Hou,Olivia                      452      WA  5.0 | +W22  -B6   -W2   +B18  +W12  +W13  +B9   |  23.0  24.5 
  6  Parimal,Navya                     0      WA  4.0 | +BYE  +W5   -B1   -B4   +W16  +W11  -B3   |  28.5  31.5 
  7  Deng,Amy                        346      WA  4.0 | +B12  +W9   -B3   +W17  -W4   +B8   -W2   |  28.0  31.5 
  8  Parimal,Merooshi                  0      WA  4.0 | +B11  -W1   -B4   +B14  +W15  -W7   +B21  |  25.0  26.5 
  9  Sanchez, Isabella                 0      WA  4.0 | +W16  -B7   +B24  +W12  -B13  +W10  -W5   |  23.5  26.5 
 10  Butler,Alice                      0      WA  4.0 | +W18  +B20  +W15  -W1   -B3   -B9   +W16  |  23.5  25.5 
 11  Walker,Samantha                 300      WA  4.0 | -W8   +B22  +W20  -B2   +W17  -B6   +W14  |  22.0  23.5 
 12  Lee,Charlotte                     0      WA  4.0 | -W7   +B21  +W18  -B9   -B5   +W15  +B13  |  21.5  23.0 
 13  Yang, Alisa                       0      WA  3.5 | =W14  -B16  +W23  +B20  +W9   -B5   -W12  |  21.5  22.5 
 14  Chai, Dior                        0      WA  3.5 | =B13  -W4   +B21  -W8   +B22  +W18  -B11  |  20.5  22.0 
 15  Yan,Xuerui                      232      WA  3.0 | +BYE  +W17  -B10  -W3   -B8   -B12  +W22  |  24.0  25.5 
 16  Gunawardena,Nethumli            189      WA  3.0 | -B9   +W13  -B17  +W19  -B6   +W21  -B10  |  20.5  22.0 
 17  Tan,Audrey                        0      WA  3.0 | +W21  -B15  +W16  -B7   -B11   --   +W20  |  19.0  20.5 
 18  Wu, Yvie                          0      WA  2.5 | -B10  +W19  -B12  -W5   +W20  -B14  =B23  |  20.5  21.5 
 19  Karki, Asmika                     0      WA  2.5 | -W2   -B18  =W22  -B16  -W21  +B23  +BYE  |  15.5  16.5 
 20  Sheng, Emma                       0      WA  2.0 | +B24  -W10  -B11  -W13  -B18  +W22  -B17  |  20.5  22.0 
 21  Black, Jasmine                    0      WA  2.0 | -B17  -W12  -W14  +BYE  +B19  -B16  -W8   |  20.0  21.5 
 22  Kosyak, Veronica                  0      WA  1.5 | -B5   -W11  =B19  +W23  -W14  -B20  -B15  |  19.0  20.0 
 23  Jackson, Annie                    0      WA  1.5 | -B1   -W24  -B13  -B22  +BYE  -W19  =W18  |  18.5  19.5 
 24  Bhujbal, Kshanaya          (W)    0      WA  1.0 | -W20  +B23  -W9    --    --    --    --   |  17.0  18.0 
 25  Hofmann,Cya                (W)  285      WA  0.0 | -BYE   --    --    --    --    --    --   |  16.5  17.5 
 26  Pasare,Prishaa             (W)    0      WA  0.0 | -BYE   --    --    --    --    --    --   |  16.5  17.5


The results from the tournament were as follows:

Top Secondary Schools

2nd Place went to Perth Modern, represented by sole participant Paula Gruber who played quite well throughout the day and finished on a score of 5 out of 7.

The winning secondary school was Carine Senior High School, also represented by one student Niki Hashemitaba, who was able to beat Gruber in the first round, and finished on a score of 5.5 out of 7.

Well done to these two young ladies for playing great chess and for their professionalism throughout a gruelling afternoon.

Note: It was decided at a meeting prior to the tournament that due to low numbers, the school title of WA Secondary Girls Champion would not be awarded this year.


Top Primary Schools

With a total of ten schools represented, this competition was hotly contested but only for second and third place as first place led from the outset and were never caught.

In 3rd place Caladenia won a count-back against an equally scored Subiaco (7 points), to receive a place on the podium. Yet, despite this, only half a point ahead of them were second (2nd) (7.5 points) placed PLC who had a good day all round.

With double the amount of players to the other two place-getters, Nedlands Primary School were the runaway winners with a great score of 14.5.

Well done to these three schools.


The individual girls to play for these teams were:

1. Samantha Walker and Nethumli Gunawardena from Caladenia Primary School (3rd), 2. Amy Deng and Alisa Yang from PLC (Presbyterian Ladies College) & 3. Nithuli Liyanage, Dior Chai, Xuerui Yan, Emma Sheng from Nedlands Primary School.

Individual Prizes:

Merit awards x 2: Olivia Hou (PLC 5/7) and Navya Parimal (Dongara District PS 4/7), 3rd Overall - Niki Hasemitaba (Carine SHS 5.5/7), 2nd Overall - Mia Cohen (Carmel PS 5.5/7), 1st Overall - Nithuli Liyange (Nedlands PS 6/7).

Well done to everybody.

Also a big thank you to Stacey Walker, Rui Gen Teh, and Zach Teh who assisted with arbitrary duties and on Vega operation for the whole day. It was greatly appreciated.

Finally thank you to all parents and spectators who assisted with clean-up, pack away at the end. Your efforts ensured that we were able to leave the venue on time and in a clean manner.

Report kindly provided by Dylan Gough - Arbiter