The Maccabi Blitz Chess Competition was held on Sunday 3rd November and was hosted by the Maccabi Junior Chess Club at the site of their venue, the Gordon Bloomfield Hall in Yokine. The event attracted 32 players, composed of 24 juniors and 8 adults.
The event was won by Rebo Fu with a score of 9.5/11, only half a point ahead of second place finisher Jamie Laubbacher. Following on from their excellent results in the WA Rapidplay Championships, both these young players showed impressive skill to finish ahead of their much older and more experienced competitors. Third place was taken by Ronen Diamant with a score of 8/11. There was 5-way tie for fourth between Dylan Gough, Nedeljko Tomic, Alan Wolstencroft, Paul Ivankovich and 10-year-old Barath Harirajesh, all scoring 7/11.
Barath Harirajesh was awarded first place junior/under1200 prize. It should also be pointed out that his win against Nedeljko Tomic was one of the biggest upsets in the entire tournament. Second place junior/under1200 was awarded to Ram Manav Soni who scored an impressive 6.5/11, with his draw to Dylan Gough also ranking as a major upset.
Since Barath and Ram had secured prizes already, the upset prizes went to Paul Ivankovich for his win against Rebo Fu, Dylan Gough for his draw to Rebo Fu, and Anthony Nguyen for his draw to Alex Janceski.
List of prize winners:
Open: 1st Rebo Fu
2nd Jamie Laubbacher
3rd Ronen Diamant
Junior/U1200: 1st Barath Harirajesh
2nd Ram Manav Soni
=3rd Aaron Levine
=3rd Rafael Levine
=3rd Hardy Dai
=3rd Ezra Levine
=3rd Raphael Resnick
Upset Prizes Paul Ivankovich
Dylan Gough
Anthony Nguyen
A big thank you should go to the Maccabi Junior Chess Club for hosting the event, with a special thank you to Shai Levin for all the hard work he put in behind the scenes making sure this event would be a success.
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