2025 Summer Junior Chess Competition

The 2025 Summer Junior Chess Competition was held Sunday 5th January at Perth Modern School and attracted 33  participants. The time control for all games was 25min+3sec which is much longer than what many of the participants are used to. However they all adapted very well and played some long hard fought games.

There were 4 divisions: Novice, Intermediate, Advanced and Champion. The Advanced and Champion Divisions were combined, and the Novice and Intermediate Divisions were combined. 

The Champion Division was convincingly won by Aidan Malik who finished undefeated with a score of 6.5 out of 7. Second place went to Jet Mahandis who scored 5.5. Uudamkhishig Togtmol secured third place scoring 5. There was a 3-way tie for 4th place between Ricky Huang, Albert Chen and Shawn Boby, each scoring 4.5.

The Advanced Division was won by Zeno Brackenridge who scored 4 out of 7. There was a 2-way tie for second place between Oliver Tran and Liam Lougheed, who both scored 3.5. After a very close and tense blitz playoff match between them, Liam was victorious taking the second place trophy leaving Oliver with the third place prize. Bao Ho secured outright 4th place with a score of 3 points.

In the Intermediate Division, Yiyan Li had an amazing performance, winning every single game and ending with a perfect score of 7 out of 7. Hamish Cobbett finished in second place with 5 points. Kendric Ong took third place with a score of 4.5. Saharsh Cheela, Audrey Tan and Justin Huang tied for fourth place, each scoring 4 points.

The winner of the Novice division was Tristan Sun who played very well scoring 4 points and defeating several players much higher rated than him. Second place went to George Smart with a score of 3 points. Third place went to Ilyssa Teh with a score of 2.5.

There were four puzzle competitions held over the course of the day.

The Champion puzzle competition was won by Paula Gruber.

The Advanced puzzle competition was won by Zeno Brackenridge.

The Intermediate puzzle competition was won by Yiyan Li.

The Novice puzzle competition was won by Cooper Lan-Gardner.

Congratulations to all the prize winners!