2010 CV Interschool Championships

The 2010 Chess Victoria Interschool Championships was a 7-round tournament held at Balwyn High School on Monday the 11th of October. The tournament was organised by IM Leonid Sandler and the winner would be recognised as the Victorian State Champions. At the top, it was a close battle between Scotch College and Balwyn High School, arguably the two strongest secondary schools in Australia (both of which are incidentally in Victoria). Before the penultimate round, Balwyn was leading by 2 points. Going into the last round, Scotch had overtaken Balwyn and was half a point ahead. Ironically, the tournament concluded with both schools on an equal amount of points. Due to disputes over tie-break rules, a decision was made to ask the junior federation whether both schools could attend the national championships.

Here are the final results
1st/2nd Balwyn High School {FM Bobby Cheng (2227), Samuel Dalton (1996), Jonathan Tang (1645) and Zhong Hao Gan (1483)}, Scotch College {Eugene Schön (2160), Zhigen Lin (2200), Nicholas Liu (1643) and Richard Owen}
3rd Glen Waverley Secondary College

Here are the individual results
1st/2nd Samuel Dalton, Zhigen Lin with 6.5/7
3rd Allen Yu (1631), Eugene Schön, Jonathan Tang (1645), Yilun Ding (1941), Deniz Tuncer (1487) with 6/7

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2009 CV Secondary Schools Championship Finals

The 2009 CV Secondary Schools Championship Finals (or the 2009 Chess Victoria Schools Finals) was held at Box Hill Chess Club on the 10th of September. The turnout was very strong. Arbiter and organiser IM Leonid Sandler said that 90% of Victoria's best juniors were in attendance. Many of the strongest juniors are hardly playing since they have to concentrate on their studies and this tournament is one of the few in which most of them appear out of the woodwork.

Here are the final results:
1st Scotch College 22.5/28
2nd Balwyn High 20.5/28
3rd Melbourne High 18/28

Individual standings:
1st-2nd Eugene Schön (2173), Zhigen Lin (2146) with 6.5/7
3rd-4th Christopher Wallis (2234), Farn Ling Khung (1143) with 5.5/7

The Scotch College team comprised of Eugene Schön, Zhigen Lin, Derek Yu (2009), Nicholas Liu (1706) and Richard Owen.

Scotch College will now be advancing onto the nationals, which is being held at Melbourne this year.

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 CV Secondary Schools Chess Championship - Balwyn Cup

The 2009 Balwyn Cup, part of the CV Secondary Schools Chess Championship, was held at Balwyn High School. A whole flurry of secondary schools attended. It was a 7-round tournament. Teams consist of 5 players, where players cannot play against teammates but can still play against players from other teams from the same school. In the end, the score for the team is determined by adding the number of points of the 4 best performers.

Balwyn High led the tournament almost all the way. However, with a spectacular last round, Scotch College slipped ahead to win the tournament.

Here are the final results:
1st Scotch College
2nd Balwyn High
3rd Brighton Grammar

The Scotch College 1st team comprised of Derek Yu (1838), Eugene Schön (2136), Zhigen Lin (2200), Richard Owen and Nicholas Liu (1583).

2009 Brighton Chess Cup - Victorian Secondary Schools Open Teams Championship

The 2009 Brighton Grammar Chess Cup was held on the 26th of March, as part of a larger Victorian Secondary Schools Open Teams Championship (organised by Chess Victoria). The venue was Brighton Grammar School, and it has been one of the strongest tournaments held at the school. Scotch College won the tournament.

The placings were:
1st Scotch College
2nd Melbourne High School
3rd Brighton Grammar

Individual placings were:
1st/2nd Eugene Schön (2094), Nicholas Liu (1536) 7/7
3rd Zhigen Lin (2200) 6.5/7

CV Secondary Schools Championship Finals 2008

The 2008 CV Secondary Schools Championship Finals (or simply State Chess Finals) was held on Saturday, September the 13th. This event was incredibly strong and, according to arbiter IM Leonid Sandler, was a stronger event than the Victorian Junior Championship. The event was won by a strong "Scotch Cardinal" team, with Eugene Schön (1938) being highest point-scorer. Scotch College will now move onto the national competition.

The final standings were
1. Scotch College
2. Balwyn High
3. Melbourne High

Balwyn High CV Secondary Schools Championship 2008

An interschool chess competition, the Balwyn High CV Secondary Schools Competition, was held at Balwyn High School. It was a 7-round tournament with many schools competing. Teams consist of 5 players, players cannot play against teammates but can play against players from other teams in the same school. The team which scores the most points, with the most possible being 28, wins the event.

Scotch College Team 1 won the event, with players (in order of scoring from most points to least) Zhigen Lin (2104), Derek Yu (1886), Eugene Schon (1960), Nicholas Liu (1428) and Kai Nagao.

The best individual results, which received trophies, were:
1st Chris Wallis (2153) 6.5/7
2nd-4th Zhigen Lin, Derek Yu and James Cameron (1709) 6/7

2008 Victorian Open

The 2008 Victorian Open Championship was held on the Queens Birthday weekend June 7th-9th. The 2008 Championship was organised by the Box Hill Chess Club on behalf of Chess Victoria. This tournament has been registered as a Class 3 Grand Prix tournament.

The tournament was won by FM Igor Goldenberg (2362) and Domagoj Dragicevic (2125). Here is the final crosstable:

If the crosstable is difficult to view, click here to go to the official crosstable page.

No Name                    Feder Rtg  Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5    6    7 

1  Goldenberg, Igor        VIC        2362 6     31:W 14:W 15:D  9:W  8:W  2:D  7:W
2  Dragicevic, Domagoj     VIC        2125 6     52:W 40:W 17:W  7:D  5:W  1:D  4:W
3  Lojanica, Milenko       rg1        2016 5.5   19:D 18:W 28:W  6:D 14:D 17:W 16:W
4  Cheng, Bobby            rg1        1958 5     46:W 26:W  6:D 15:W  7:D 11:W  2:L
5  Rujevic, Mirko          VIC        2191 5     22:W 32:W 11:W  8:D  2:L 14:W  6:D
6  Sandler, Leonid         VIC        2282 5     38:W 10:W  4:D  3:D 36:W 16:D  5:D
7  Wallis, Christopher     VIC        2153 5     47:W 25:W 36:W  2:D  4:D 23:W  1:L
8  Hacche, David J         VIC        2127 5     33:W 29:W 54:W  5:D  1:L 10:D 23:W
9  Morris, James           rg1        2036 5     30:W 24:W 21:W  1:L 10:D 20:D 25:W
10 Kildisas, Victor E      rg2        1830 5     50:W  6:L 47:W 22:W  9:D  8:D 19:W
11 Dizdarevic, Mehmedalija rg1        1929 5     43:W 34:W  5:L 24:W 31:W  4:L 20:W
12 Schon, Eugene           rg1        1960 5     49:W 20:D 16:D 19:D 27:D 21:W 24:W
13 Stojic, Svetozar        rg2        1836 5     57:W 54:L 22:L 46:W 38:W 48:W 26:W
14 Davis, Tony J           rg2        1828 4.5   60:W  1:L 42:W 64:W  3:D  5:L 33:W
15 Kempen, Leon            rg1        1969 4.5   41:W 27:W  1:D  4:L 21:D 31:D 32:W
16 Bashar, Omar Khaled     rg1   2088 1901 4.5   58:W 28:D 12:D 40:W 37:W  6:D  3:L
17 Mijatovic, Bosko        rg3        1777 4.5   65:W 63:W  2:L 21:D 34:W  3:L 36:W
18 Zoppi, Mario            rg2        1832 4.5   56:L  3:L 68:W 45:W 42:W 33:D 31:W
19 Podbury, Brendan        rg6        1426 4      3:D 42:W 20:W 12:D 23:L 29:W 10:L
20 Chmiel, Rad             rg4        1654 4     35:W 12:D 19:L 39:W 32:W  9:D 11:L
21 Tang, Jason             rg4        1660 4     67:W 23:W  9:L 17:D 15:D 12:L 37:W
22 Brockman, Roland        rg5        1562 4      5:L 65:W 13:W 10:L 25:L 51:+ 40:W
23 Yu, Derek               rg2        1886 4     39:W 21:L 38:W 26:W 19:W  7:L  8:L
24 Bearup, Paul            rg3        1708 4     61:W  9:L 49:W 11:L 52:W 37:W 12:L
25 Tsagarakis, Angelo      rg3        1788 4     53:W  7:L 37:L 43:W 22:W 27:W  9:L
26 Frost, Peter            rg3        1708 4     45:W  4:L 43:W 23:L 41:W 36:W 13:L
27 Flude, David A          rg4        1665 4     59:W 15:L 44:W 32:D 12:D 25:L 39:W
28 Chan, Michael           rg4        1616 4     69:W 16:D  3:L 34:L 30:W 39:D 41:W
29 Wyss, Felix             rg3        1764 4     62:W  8:L 30:W 37:L 47:W 19:L 46:W
30 Ivanov, Nikola          rg6        1459 4      9:L 62:W 29:L 55:W 28:L 58:W 48:W
31 Cook, Geoff L           rg5        1599 3.5    1:L 55:W 63:W 54:W 11:L 15:D 18:L
32 Tionko, Efrain          rg3        1794 3.5   55:W  5:L 33:W 27:D 20:L 34:W 15:L
33 Stokie, William         rg5        1491 3.5    8:L 53:W 32:L 44:W 40:W 18:D 14:L
34 Yu, Sally               rg4        1609 3.5   44:W 11:L 39:D 28:W 17:L 32:L 52:W
35 Loh, Zachary            unr        1301 3.5   20:L 43:L 55:L 67:W 66:W 42:W 45:D
36 Voon, Richard           rg2        1861 3     51:W 56:W  7:L 48:W  6:L 26:L 17:L
37 Lee, Kam                rg5        1518 3     63:L 68:W 25:W 29:W 16:L 24:L 21:L
38 Podvorac, Zeljko        rg5        1580 3      6:L 50:W 23:L 51:W 13:L 41:L 59:W
39 Feng, Thomas            rg7        1314 3     23:L 69:W 34:D 20:L 53:W 28:D 27:L
40 Szuveges, Narelle S     rg3        1711 3     68:W  2:L 41:W 16:L 33:L 43:W 22:L
41 Davies, Stephen P       rg6        1403 3     15:L 61:W 40:L 50:W 26:L 38:W 28:L
42 Forster, Tim            unr        1501 3     48:W 19:L 14:L 59:W 18:L 35:L 57:W
43 Dalton, Laurie          rg7        1316 3     11:L 35:W 26:L 25:L 60:W 40:L 58:W
44 Tuncer, Deniz           unr        1301 3     34:L 51:W 27:L 33:L 49:W 52:D 50:D
45 Cannon, Jim             unr        1351 3     26:L 52:W 48:L 18:L 50:D 62:W 35:D
46 Kostrzewa, Jake         rg6        1383 3      4:L 67:W 64:L 13:L 57:W 54:W 29:L
47 Sannidhanam, Anurag     rg5        1532 3      7:L 58:W 10:L 56:L 29:L 59:W 55:W
48 Lawson, Shane           rg4        1690 3     42:L 60:W 45:W 36:L 54:W 13:L 30:L
49 Zivkovic, Sam           rg6        1393 3     12:L 59:W 24:L 63:L 44:L 65:W 56:W
50 Toper, David            rg7        1160 3     10:L 38:L 65:W 41:L 45:D 53:W 44:D
51 Renzies, Elliott        rg7        1312 3     36:L 44:L 58:W 38:L 61:W 22:- 54:W
52 Ng, Isaac               rg6        1474 2.5    2:L 45:L 56:W 60:W 24:L 44:D 34:L
53 Hamilton, Liam          rg8        866  2.5   25:L 33:L 57:W 61:D 39:L 50:L 60:W
54 Cerina, Igor            unr        1851 2     64:W 13:W  8:L 31:L 48:L 46:L 51:L
55 Gibson, Kyle            rg8        936  2     32:L 31:L 35:W 30:L 59:L 67:W 47:L
56 Lyons, Linden           rg7        1168 2     18:W 36:L 52:L 47:W  0:L 60:L 49:L
57 Froiland, Gunnar        rg7        1191 2     13:L 64:L 53:L 65:W 46:L 61:+ 42:L
58 Ng, Joshua              rg8        998  2     16:L 47:L 51:L 68:W 69:W 30:L 43:L
59 Hayman, Adam            unr        1301 2     27:L 49:L 69:W 42:L 55:W 47:L 38:L
60 Lemmel, Oliver          rg8        1056 2     14:L 48:L 62:W 52:L 43:L 56:W 53:L
61 Brennan, James          unr        1101 2     24:L 41:L 67:D 53:D 51:L 57:- 68:W
62 Anguswamy, Nivedita     unr        501  2     29:L 30:L 60:L 69:D 67:W 45:L 65:D
63 Gorka, Carl             VIC        2139 2     37:W 17:L 31:L 49:W  0:   0:   0:
64 Escribano, Jose         rg4        1700 2     54:L 57:W 46:W 14:L  0:   0:   0:
65 Ng, Ben                 rg8        564  1.5   17:L 22:L 50:L 57:L 68:W 49:L 62:D
66 Sankaran, Angus         cas        601  1      0:   0:   0:   0:  35:L  0:L  0:L
67 Leyzerman, Almog        unr        501  1     21:L 46:L 61:D 35:L 62:L 55:L 69:D
68 Anguswamy, Manoj        unr        1001 1     40:L 37:L 18:L 58:L 65:L 69:W 61:L
69 Mills, Terence          unr        1001 1     28:L 39:L 59:L 62:D 58:L 68:L 67:D

2008 Brighton Chess Cup

The 2008 Brighton Grammar Chess Cup was held on the 30th of May, as part of a larger Chess Victoria Interschool Chess tournament. The venue was Brighton Grammar School, and it has been one of the strongest tournaments held at the school. Scotch College won the event.

The placings were
1st Scotch College
2nd Melbourne High School (2)
3rd Melbourne High School (1)

Individual placings were
1st Eugene Schön (1878) 7/7
2nd/3rd Zhigen Lin (2104), Nicholas Liu (1426) 6.5/7