2024 Perth Junior Speed Chess League
Event 1 Results
The first event of the 2024 Perth Junior Speed Chess League was held Sunday 20th October at Perth Modern School and attracted 42 participants.
The participants each played 9 games in a very close and hard fought competition. For many of the players, this was their first ever chess tournament and everyone adapted well to playing under strict tournament rules for the first time.
The event was won by Tian Teh with an impressive 8 points, a full point ahead of Ethan Page and Aidan Malik who tied for second place each scoring 7. Ezra Levine took 4th place with 6.5 points, just ahead of Lucien Lim, Logan Absolom, Albert Chen, Daniel Luong and Liam Lougheed who tied for 5th place with a score of 6.
The following prizes were awarded:
1st place in the Open Division: Tian Teh - received a trophy.
2nd place in the Open Division: Ethan Page - received a medal.
3rd place in the Open Division: Ezra Levine - received a medal.
1st place in the Intermediate Division: Aidan Malik - received a trophy.
=2nd place in the Intermediate Division: Lucien Lim - received a medal.
=2nd place in the Intermediate Division: Liam Lougheed - received a medal.
=3rd place in the Intermediate Division: Viet Doan - received a medal.
=3rd place in the Intermediate Division: Thang Doan - received a medal.
=3rd place in the Intermediate Division: Anay Sharma - received a medal.
=3rd place in the Intermediate Division: Samuel Wu - received a medal.
=3rd place in the Intermediate Division: Andrew Low - received a medal.
1st place in the Novice Division: Jacob Yao - received a trophy.
=2nd place in the Novice Division: Darsh Patel - received a medal.
=2nd place in the Novice Division: Anir Dush - received a medal.
=2nd place in the Novice Division: David Li - received a medal.
=2nd place in the Novice Division: Sofia Nguyen - received a medal.
=3rd place in the Novice Division: Asher Koppolu - received a medal.
=3rd place in the Novice Division: Erdem Dush - received a medal.
=3rd place in the Novice Division: Sebastian Stegar - received a medal.
Congratulations to all the prize winners!
Event 2 Results
The second event of the 2024 Perth Junior Speed Chess League was held Sunday 27th October at Perth Modern School and attracted 46 participants.
There were 15 participants rated over 1000, making this an extremely strong event. The games on the top boards were very tough, and the final results weren't clear until after the final round.
The event was won by Nithuli Liyanage with a score of 7.5 points, only half a point ahead of Aidan Malik and Quang Minh Le who tied for second place each scoring 7. 4th place was shared by Albert Chen and Akash Ashok with a score of 6.5 points. Aidan was leading the tournament the entire day and only lost his lead in the final round by losing to Quang Minh. This allowed Nithuli to leapfrog over him and take the win.
The following prizes were awarded:
1st place in the Open Division: Nithuli Liyanage - received a trophy.
=2nd place in the Open Division: Aidan Malik - received a medal.
=2nd place in the Open Division: Quang Minh Le - received a medal.
=3rd place in the Open Division: Albert Chen - received a medal.
=3rd place in the Open Division: Akash Ashok - received a medal.
=1st place in the Intermediate Division: Samuel Wu - received a trophy.
=1st place in the Intermediate Division: Micah Seow - received a trophy.
2nd place in the Intermediate Division: Anay Sharma - received a medal.
3rd place in the Intermediate Division: Pranav Balasubramaniam - received a medal.
1st place in the Novice Division: Jacob Thomas - received a trophy.
=2nd place in the Novice Division: Varren Wong - received a medal.
=2nd place in the Novice Division: Jordan Thomas - received a medal.
3rd place in the Novice Division: Asher Koppolu - received a medal.
Congratulations to all the prize winners!
Event 3 Results
The third event of the 2024 Perth Junior Speed Chess League was held Sunday 3rd November at Perth Modern School and attracted 41 participants.
There were 14 participants rated over 1000, making this another extremely strong event. The games on the top boards were very tough, with the lead changing hands many times over the course of the tournament.
The event was won by Quang Minh Le with a score of 7.5 points, only half a point ahead of second placed Peter Sun who scored 7. Third place was shared by Tian Teh and Florentyna Rithauddin, both scoring of 6.5 points. Six players scored 6 points, tying for 5th place: Albert Chen, Kaviru Perera, Uudamkhishig Togtmol, Carlson Leo, James Sommerfield and Pranav Balasubramaniam.
The lead up to the end was extremely exciting. With only two games to go there was a 5-way tie for first place between Quang Minh Le, Tian Teh, Florentina Rithauddin, Kaviru Perera and Albert Chen. At the start of the final round, Quang Minh, Tian and Florentina were tied for first place leading to some tense final round games. Quang Minh defeated Florentina, while Tian lost to Peter Sun. This left Quang Minh as the sole champion.
Peter seemingly came out of nowhere, winning his last 4 games in a row to steal second place. A fantastic display of shear persistence.
The following prizes were awarded:
1st place in the Open Division: Quang Minh Le - Received a Trophy
2nd place in the Open Division: Peter Sun - Received a Medal
=3rd place in the Open Division: Tian Teh - Received a Medal
=3rd place in the Open Division: Florentyna Rithauddin - Received a Medal
1st place in the Intermediate Division: Pranav Balasubramaniam - Received a Trophy
=2nd place in the Intermediate Division: Luke Xie - Received a Medal
=2nd place in the Intermediate Division: Varren Wong - Received a Medal
=2nd place in the Intermediate Division: Damsara Perera - Received a Medal
=2nd place in the Intermediate Division: Sasha Lim - Received a Medal
=3rd place in the Intermediate Division: Ian Chen - Received a Medal
=3rd place in the Intermediate Division: Asher Koppolu - Received a Medal
1st place in the Novice Division: Chenrui (Rory) Kang - Received a Trophy
=2nd place in the Novice Division: Tao Su - Received a Medal
=2nd place in the Novice Division: Chloe Seow - Received a Medal
=2nd place in the Novice Division: Justin Huang- Received a Medal
=2nd place in the Novice Division: Darsh Patel - Received a Medal
=2nd place in the Novice Division: Ruiqi Chen - Received a Medal
3rd place in the Novice Division: Thomas Storch - Received a Medal
Congratulations to all the prize winners!
Event 4 Results
The fourth event of the 2024 Perth Junior Speed Chess League was held on Sunday 17th November at Perth Modern School and attracted 51 participants.
There were 16 participants rated over 1000, making this the strongest Perth Junior Speed Chess League event so far. Despite this, there were many upsets during the event with many intermediate level players, and even some novice players, scoring nice wins against far more experienced opponents.
The event was convincingly won by Quang Minh Le who finished the event undefeated with a score of 8.5 points. In fact, Quang Minh's performance was so strong that he had the tournament victory sealed before the start of the last round. An amazing performance.
Second place was shared between Albert Chen and Ethan Page, both showing very strong performances, scoring 7 points. There was a three-way tie for fourth place between Shawn Boby, Florentyna Rithauddin and Uudamkhishig Togtmol, all scoring 6.5 points.
The Intermediate division was very close and exciting with five players tied for first place at the end, all scoring 5.5 points. Zeno Brackenridge, Alex Chan, Uranbaigali Uuganbaatar, Alex Low and Shijirgun Nyamdari all had very strong finishes to the tournament. They all received first place trophies.
There were four intermediate division players only half a point behind: Oscar Chan, Shijirkhutag Nyamdari, Anay Patro and Damsara Perera. Overall, it was a very close contest.
The Novice Division was won by Chloe Seow with a score of 4.5. Chloe had some excellent results throughout the day, in some cases drawing and even beating opponents hundreds of rating points higher than her. Only half a point behind Chloe, there was a five-way tie for second place between Isaac Wu, Teddy Sprigg, Monol Lee, Erdem Dush and Hugo Vojkovich, all scoring 4 points.
The following prizes were awarded:
1st place in the Open Division: Quang Minh Le - Received a Trophy
=2nd place in the Open Division: Albert Chen - Received a Medal
=2nd place in the Open Division: Ethan Page - Received a Medal
=3rd place in the Open Division: Shawn Boby - Received a Medal
=3rd place in the Open Division: Florentyna Rithauddin - Received a Medal
=3rd place in the Open Division: Uudamkhishig Togtmol - Received a Medal
=1st place in the Intermediate Division: Zeno Brackenridge - Received a Trophy
=1st place in the Intermediate Division: Alex Chan - Received a Trophy
=1st place in the Intermediate Division: Uranbaigali Uuganbaatar - Received a Trophy
=1st place in the Intermediate Division: Alex Low - Received a Trophy
=1st place in the Intermediate Division: Shijirgun Nyamdari - Received a Trophy
=2nd place in the Intermediate Division: Oscar Chan - Received a Medal
=2nd place in the Intermediate Division: Shijirkhutag Nyamdari - Received a Medal
=2nd place in the Intermediate Division: Anay Patro - Received a Medal
=2nd place in the Intermediate Division: Damsara Perera - Received a Medal
=3rd place in the Intermediate Division: Luke Meerkotter - Received a Medal
=3rd place in the Intermediate Division: Lucien Lim - Received a Medal
=3rd place in the Intermediate Division: Varren Wong - Received a Medal
=3rd place in the Intermediate Division: Pranav Balasubramaniam - Received a Medal
=3rd place in the Intermediate Division: Thang Doan - Received a Medal
1st place in the Novice Division: Chloe Seow - Received a Trophy
=2nd place in the Novice Division: Isaac Wu - Received a Medal
=2nd place in the Novice Division: Teddy Sprigg - Received a Medal
=2nd place in the Novice Division: Monol Lee - Received a Medal
=2nd place in the Novice Division: Erdem Dush - Received a Medal
=2nd place in the Novice Division: Hugo Vojkovich - Received a Medal
=3rd place in the Novice Division: Zheyuan Tian - Received a Medal
=3rd place in the Novice Division: Brandon Punyanitya - Received a Medal
=3rd place in the Novice Division: Khatangua Nyamdari - Received a Medal
Congratulations to all the prize winners!
Event 5 Results
The fifth event of the 2024 Perth Junior Speed Chess League was held on Sunday 24th November at Perth Modern School and attracted 36 participants.
The event was won by Shawn Boby and Uudamkhishig Togtmol who tied for first place with a score of 7.5 points. Second place was taken by Albert Chen, only half a point behind the leaders with a score of 7 points. Peter Sun had another strong performance, scoring 6.5 points and taking the third place prize.
Special mention should be made of James Sommerfield's performance. He had the highest countback of the event, having played 7 of the other top 11 players and he still manage to score 5 points. The computer pairing program had a grudge on him today it seems!
The Intermediate division was won by Anay Patro who scored 5.5 points. Anay picked up many nice wins during the day and was often near the top boards playing against much higher rated opponents.
Four players tied for second place: Varren Wong, Luke Meerkotter, Jacob Yao and Seevan Kazemian. Luke's performance was particularly spectacular as he caused a lot of early upsets, both drawing with and defeating several players much higher rated than him during the first half of the day.
The third place prizes went to Liam Lougheed and Datis Dadras, both scoring 4.5 points.
The Novice Division was won by Teddy Sprigg with a score of 4.5. Teddy is been improving rapidly and played some very good quality chess games throughout the day.
Only half a point behind Teddy, there was a five-way tie for second place between Awder Baben, Hugo Vojkovich, Max Huang, Luca Morgan and Justin Huang, all scoring 4 points. Awder's performance was particularly strong, as he lead the Novice division almost all day only to get passed in the very last round.
Third place went to Soyombo Byambabat, scoring 3.5 points.
The following prizes were awarded:
=1st place in the Open Division: Shawn Boby - Received a Trophy
=1st place in the Open Division: Uudamkhishig Togtmol - Received a Trophy
2nd place in the Open Division: Albert Chen - Received a Medal
3rd place in the Open Division: Peter Sun - Received a Medal
1st place in the Intermediate Division: Anay Patro - Received a Trophy
=2nd place in the Intermediate Division: Varren Wong - Received a Medal
=2nd place in the Intermediate Division: Luke Meerkotter - Received a Medal
=2nd place in the Intermediate Division: Jacob Yao - Received a Medal
=2nd place in the Intermediate Division: Seevan Kazemian - Received a Medal
=3rd place in the Intermediate Division: Liam Lougheed - Received a Medal
=3rd place in the Intermediate Division: Datis Dadras - Received a Medal
1st place in the Novice Division: Teddy Sprigg - Received a Trophy
=2nd place in the Novice Division: Awder Baben - Received a Medal
=2nd place in the Novice Division: Hugo Vojkovich - Received a Medal
=2nd place in the Novice Division: Max Huang - Received a Medal
=2nd place in the Novice Division: Luca Morgan - Received a Medal
=2nd place in the Novice Division: Justin Huang - Received a Medal
3rd place in the Novice Division: Soyombo Byambabat - Received a Medal
Congratulations to all the prize winners!
Event 6 Results
The sixth event of the 2024 Perth Junior Speed Chess League was held on Sunday 1st December at Perth Modern School and attracted 49 participants.
The event was won by Daryoush Rafiei Darani and Aidan Malik who tied for first place with a score of 8.5 points. Aidan and Daryoush both finished undefeated, having drawn with each other and winning every other game. A fantastic performance by both of them.
Second place was shared by Albert Chen and Samyar Kazemian, both scoring 6.5 points.
There was a 7-way tie for third place between Thomas Dong, Shawn Boby, Jet Mahanidis, Peter Sun, Florentyna Rithauddin, Uudamkhishig Togtmol and Daniel Luong, all scoring 6 points.
The Intermediate division was won by Samuel Wu who scored 5.5 points. Samuel had a fantastic event and found himself playing on the top boards against much higher rated opponents for the entire tournament.
Seven players tied for second place with a score of 5: Ian Chen, Luke Meerkotter, Liam Lougheed, Datis Dadras, Zeno Brackenridge, Jacob Yao and Varren Wong.
The third place prizes went to Andrew Low, Uranbaigali Uuganbaatar, Shijirkhutag Nyamdari, Asher Koppolu, Luke Xie, Shijirgun Nyamdari, Khai Doan and Alex Low, each scoring 4 points.
The Novice Division saw a 3-way tie for first place between Kendric Ong, Saharsh Cheela and Orgil Temuulen who each scored 5 points.
Three players tied for second place with a score of 3.5: Teddy Sprigg, Vera P and Tristan Sun.
On 3 points there was a 5-way tie for third place between Khatangua Nyamdari, Hugo Vojkovich, Ruiqi Chen, Justin Huang and Sofia Nguyen.
The following prizes were awarded:
=1st place in the Open Division: Daryoush Rafiei Darani - Received a Trophy
=1st place in the Open Division: Aidan Malik - Received a Trophy
=2nd place in the Open Division: Albert Chen - Received a Medal
=2nd place in the Open Division: Samyar Kazemian - Received a Medal
=3rd place in the Open Division: Thomas Dong - Received a Medal
=3rd place in the Open Division: Shawn Boby - Received a Medal
=3rd place in the Open Division: Jet Mahanidis - Received a Medal
=3rd place in the Open Division: Peter Sun - Received a Medal
=3rd place in the Open Division: Florentyna Rithauddin - Received a Medal
=3rd place in the Open Division: Uudamkhishig Togtmol - Received a Medal
=3rd place in the Open Division: Daniel Luong - Received a Medal
1st place in the Intermediate Division: Samuel Wu - Received a Trophy
=2nd place in the Intermediate Division: Ian Chen - Received a Medal
=2nd place in the Intermediate Division: Luke Meerkotter - Received a Medal
=2nd place in the Intermediate Division: Liam Lougheed - Received a Medal
=2nd place in the Intermediate Division: Datis Dadras - Received a Medal
=2nd place in the Intermediate Division: Zeno Brackenridge - Received a Medal
=2nd place in the Intermediate Division: Jacob Yao - Received a Medal
=2nd place in the Intermediate Division: Varren Wong - Received a Medal
=3rd place in the Intermediate Division: Andrew Low - Received a Medal
=3rd place in the Intermediate Division: Uranbaigali Uuganbaatar - Received a Medal
=3rd place in the Intermediate Division: Shijirkhutag Nyamdari - Received a Medal
=3rd place in the Intermediate Division: Asher Koppolu - Received a Medal
=3rd place in the Intermediate Division: Luke Xie - Received a Medal
=3rd place in the Intermediate Division: Shijirgun Nyamdari - Received a Medal
=3rd place in the Intermediate Division: Khai Doan - Received a Medal
=3rd place in the Intermediate Division: Alex Low - Received a Medal
=1st place in the Novice Division: Kendric Ong - Received a Trophy
=1st place in the Novice Division: Saharsh Cheela - Received a Trophy
=1st place in the Novice Division: Orgil Temuulen - Received a Trophy
=2nd place in the Novice Division: Teddy Sprigg - Received a Medal
=2nd place in the Novice Division: Vera P - Received a Medal
=2nd place in the Novice Division: Tristan Sun - Received a Medal
=3rd place in the Novice Division: Khatangua Nyamdari - Received a Medal
=3rd place in the Novice Division: Hugo Vojkovich - Received a Medal
=3rd place in the Novice Division: Ruiqi Chen - Received a Medal
=3rd place in the Novice Division: Justin Huang - Received a Medal
=3rd place in the Novice Division: Sofia Nguyen - Received a Medal
Congratulations to all the prize winners!