2010 Victorian Junior Chess Championship

The 2010 Victorian Junior Chess Championship was held at Box Hill Chess Club (Melbourne) from the 26th of June to the 1st of July. There were two sections, the under 12 and the under 18. The top seed was Laurence Matheson (2009).

Here are the final results to the under 18:
1st Laurence Matheson (2009) with 7.5/9, and winning the title of Victorian Junior Champion
2nd Jason Tang (1992) with 6.5/9
3rd-8th Jonathan Tang (1456), Thomas Feng (1711), Kyle Gibson (1285), Michael Addamo (1589), Karl Zelesco (1604), Nicholas Liu (1612) with 6/9

The under 12 was won by Joshua Devarajh (1280) and Karl Zelesco with 6/7. Joshua Devarajh won the under 12 title on countback.

Click here to see the final crosstable for the 2010 Victorian Junior Chess Championship.

Click here to see the final crosstable for the 2010 Under 12 Victorian Junior Chess Championship.

Click here to see the 2010 Victorian Junior title winners.

Box Hill Chess Club September Allegro

The 2009 Box Hill Chess Club September Allegro was held at BHCC in Melbourne on the 4th of September. It was a strong turnout, especially for an allegro tournament. Christopher Wallis (2159), the top seed, won the event with 5/5.

Click here to see the final standings for the 2009 Box Hill Chess Club September Allegro.

2009 Victorian Junior Chess Championship

The 2009 Victorian Junior Chess Championship was held at Box Hill Chess Club (Melbourne) from the 27th of June to the 2nd of July. There were two sections, the under 12 and the under 18. The top seed was Bobby Cheng (2130).

Here are the final results to the under 18:
1st Jason Tang (1838) on 8.5/9, and winning the title of Victorian Junior Champion
2nd Bobby Cheng on 7.5/9
3rd-4th Thomas Feng (1524) and Jonathan Tang (1291) on 6.5/9

The under 12 was won by Ari Dale (1001), Joshua Devarajh (673), Kyle Gibson (1222) and Anurag Sannidhanam (1516) with 6/7. Ari Dale won the under 12 title on countback.

Click here to see the final cross table for the 2009 Victorian Junior Chess Championship.

Click here to see the final cross table for the 2009 Under 12 Victorian Junior Chess Championship.

2009 Box Hill Autumn Cup

The 2009 Box Hill Chess Club Autumn Cup (which I won in 2007!) will be held from the 6th of Feburary-27th of March, 2009. The venue is the Box Hill Chess Club in Melbourne, Victoria. It will be a 7-round swiss "accelerated" tournament. There is a $1,000 total prize fund. The top seed is currently Geoff Saw (2276) according to the entries page.

Click here for the official page to the 2009 Box Hill Autumn Cup.

2008 Box Hill Club Championship

The 2008 Box Hill Club Championship was held between the 25th of April - 27th of June. It was a nine round Swiss tournament played on Friday nights at the Box Hill Chess Club (3 Rochester Road, Canterbury, Victoria). Top seeds included Geoffrey Saw (2289), Christopher Wallis (2148), Leon Kempen (2062), Douglas Lindberg (1998) and Bobby Cheng (1977).

The tournament was won by FM Geoffrey Saw with 8.5/9. You can find a crosstable at http://www.boxhillchess.org.au/e2008/e0804fcc/crosstable.htm.

No  Name                 Rtg  Total   1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9

1.  Saw, Geoffrey        2289 8.5   33:W 17:W 15:W  4:W 12:D  2:W  5:W 10:W  3:W
2.  Wallis, Christopher  2148 6     34:W 18:W 12:D  5:W 22:W  1:L 14:D  7:W   :L
3.  Kempen, Leon         2062 6     36:W 19:L 37:W 29:W  7:D   :D 16:W  4:W  1:L
4.  Lindberg, Douglas    1998 6.5   37:W 20:W 13:W  1:L 15:W  5:D 12:W  3:L 17:W
5.  Cheng, Bobby         1977 6.5   38:W 21:W 19:W  2:L 17:W  4:D  1:L 12:W 10:W
6.  Muthusamy, Reubban   1895 4     39:W 22:D   :D   :L 32:W 30:W   :-   :L 40:L
7.  Schon, Eugene        1878 6       :D 30:W 16:D 24:W  3:D 12:D 25:W  2:L 13:W
8.  Yu, Derek            1806 5       :D 28:W 22:L 41:W   :D 19:L 36:W   :L 32:W
9.  Narenthran, Tom      1801 5.5   28:D 41:W 23:L 26:W 29:W   :L 17:D 49:W 19:D
10. Liston, Howard       1792 5.5   40:W 23:D 26:W 22:L 25:W 21:W 19:W  1:L  5:L
11. Lacey, David         1740 1       :  60:W   :    :    :    :    :    :    :
12. Antolis, Cedric      1738 4.5   42:+ 25:W  2:D 23:W  1:D  7:D  4:L  5:L 20:L
13. Tionko, Efrain       1738 5.5   44:W 27:W  4:L 20:D 19:L 29:W 32:W 14:W  7:L
14. Frost, Peter         1708 5.5     :D 57:W 29:L 28:W 23:W 22:W  2:D 13:L 18:D
15. Sharman, Scot A      1708 6     45:W 24:W  1:L 30:W  4:L 25:L 43:W 40:W 21:W
16. Matheson, Laurence   1699 5.5   48:W 29:D  7:D 21:D 20:D 39:W  3:L 19:D 22:W
17. Flude, David A       1695 5.5   49:W  1:L 39:W 51:W  5:L 36:W  9:D 22:W  4:L
18. Lawson, Shane        1690 5.5   50:W  2:L 36:W 25:L 21:L 48:W 47:W 26:W 14:D
19. Chmiel, Rad          1684 5.5   51:W  3:W  5:L 32:D 13:W  8:W 10:L 16:D  9:D
20. Vijayakumar, Rengan  1669 5.5   52:W  4:L 42:W 13:D 16:D 40:D 26:D 23:D 12:W
21. Cook, Geoff L        1668 5     53:W  5:L 43:W 16:D 18:W 10:L 40:D 25:W 15:L
22. Schulzer, Peter      1637 4.5   54:W  6:D  8:W 10:W  2:L 14:L 51:W 17:L 16:L
23. Schneider, David     1634 4.5   56:W 10:D  9:W 12:L 14:L   :D 57:W 20:D   :L
24. Croft, Roger         1622 4     55:W 15:L 52:W  7:L 39:L 51:- 42:W 43:L 41:W
25. Podvorac, Zeljko     1617 5     59:W 12:L 46:W 18:W 10:L 15:W  7:L 21:L 36:W
26. Yu, Sally            1557 4       :D 58:W 10:L  9:L 41:W 34:W 20:D 18:L   :L
27. Sannidhanam, Anurag  1520 2     32:W 13:L 51:L 58:W 40:- 47:-   :    :    :L
28. Whittick, Andrew     1443 4      9:D  8:L 33:W 14:L 50:D 53:D 48:W 37:D 49:L
29. Liu, Nicholas        1426 4.5   46:W 16:D 14:W  3:L  9:L 13:L 50:+ 39:D 43:D
30. Renzies, Elliott     1422 4     47:W  7:L 48:W 15:L 53:W  6:L 49:L 55:W 37:L
31. Hartland, Gerrit     1407 1       :    :    :    :  60:W   :    :    :    :
32. Lai, Gene            1401 4.5   27:L 47:W 53:W 19:D  6:L 37:W 13:L 51:W  8:L
33. Stewart, Steven      1401 1      1:L 46:L 28:L 59:W 49:L 57:L 54:L 42:- 60:-
34. Elbrish, Sam         1383 4      2:L 48:L 50:D 54:W 58:W 26:L   :D 44:W 39:L
35. MacFarlan, Rodney    1350 1       :    :    :    :    :    :    :  53:W   :L
36. Feng, Thomas         1347 4      3:L 49:W 18:L 45:W 43:W 17:L  8:L 47:W 25:L
37. Dalton, Laurie       1320 5      4:L 50:W  3:L 46:W 51:D 32:L 58:W 28:D 30:W
38. Neymanis, Eric       1314 1      5:L 51:L   :    :L   :    :    :  52:W   :
39. Rozenblat, Vanja     1282 5      6:L 52:W 17:L 48:W 24:W 16:L   :D 29:D 34:W
40. Ng, Isaac            1257 5     10:L 53:L 54:W 47:W 27:+ 20:D 21:D 15:L  6:W
41. Feng, Tim            1254 3.5     :D  9:L 56:W  8:L 26:L 49:L 52:W 57:W 24:L
42. Fielder, Shaun       1213 4     12:- 54:W 20:L 53:L 48:L 56:W 24:L 33:+ 55:W
43. Cannon, Jim          1201 4.5     :  59:W 21:L 56:W 36:L 55:W 15:L 24:W 29:D
44. Lyons, Linden        1166 4     13:L 56:L 55:W 49:W   :L 50:D 53:W 34:L 51:D
45. Gurevich, Andrew     1116 3.5   15:L 55:W   :D 36:L   :L   :L 46:W   :  57:W
46. Brennan, James       1101 2     29:L 33:W 25:L 37:L 55:L 54:W 45:L 56:L 52:L
47. Yu, Allen            1001 4     30:L 32:L 60:W 40:L 56:W 27:+ 18:L 36:L 54:W
48. Lemmel, Oliver       953  3     16:L 34:W 30:L 39:L 42:W 18:L 28:L 59:W 58:L
49. Ang, Stephanie       905  5     17:L 36:L 59:W 44:L 33:W 41:W 30:W  9:L 28:W
50. Fan, Kevin (1997)    901  4     18:L 37:L 34:D 57:W 28:D 44:D 29:- 58:D 53:W
51. Ng, Joshua           812  4     19:L 38:W 27:W 17:L 37:D 24:+ 22:L 32:L 44:D
52. Hamilton, Liam       712  2.5   20:L 39:L 24:L   :D 57:L 60:W 41:L 38:L 46:W
53. Loh, Zachary         651  2.5   21:L 40:W 32:L 42:W 30:L 28:D 44:L 35:L 50:L
54. Narenthran, Savithri 632  3     22:L 42:L 40:L 34:L 59:W 46:L 33:W 60:W 47:L
55. Ni, John             601  3     24:L 45:L 44:L 60:W 46:W 43:L 56:W 30:L 42:L
56. Tanner, Michael      601  3     23:L 44:W 41:L 43:L 47:L 42:L 55:L 46:W 59:W
57. Ng, Ben              564  2.5     :D 14:L 58:L 50:L 52:W 33:W 23:L 41:L 45:L
58. Yu, Alec             501  4       :D 26:L 57:W 27:L 34:L 59:W 37:L 50:D 48:W
59. Narenthran, Janaki   255  .5    25:L 43:L 49:L 33:L 54:L   :L 60:D 48:L 56:L
60. Cannon, David        201  1.5     :  11:L 47:L 55:L 31:L 52:L 59:D 54:L 33:+

2008 Box Hill Chess Club Autumn Cup

The 2008 Box Hill Autumn Cup (or Box Hill Chess Club Autumn Cup) was held in Melbourne, Australia over a number of weeks. The official dates for the tournament were the 8th of February- the 4th of April, 2008. Christopher Wallis (2172) won the event with 6.5/7. Geoff Saw (2289) never quite made up for the loss he suffered in round 1 and ended on 5.5/7.

Click here for the final standings for the the 2008 Box Hill Autumn Cup.