2022 WA Junior Chess Interclub

presented by

Kingsley Chess Club & Duncraig SHS P&C

https://kingsleychess.com.au

https://www.duncraigshs.wa.edu.au

in association with

the Chess Association of Western Australia

https://cawa.org.au

Saturday 19 Nov 2022 -- 1pm to 5pm

Introduction and Thanks

126 students from 55 schools and clubs gathered in the Duncraig Senior High School gymnasium on 19 November for the 2022 Junior Interclub Chess Tournament. There were over 50 players new to chess tournaments - an encouraging sign for the future growth of chess in Perth!

In just over 3 hours of play, from 1 pm until 4 pm, a total of 648 games of chess were played in one giant pool in an "Arena Ladder Teams" format, over-the-board. Time control was 10 minutes + 2 seconds increment. The games were not ACF rated.

There were perpetual trophies, book prizes (signed by FM Patrick Gong), medallions, and extra gifts on offer for First, Second, and Third place teams in three divisions (A, B, C).

(Note the big silver trophy is the WA State Champion's trophy - brought by FM Patrick Gong for display).

Thanks to sponsors and special guests:

FIDE Master Patrick Gong,

Caitlin Collins, MLA, Member for Hillarys,

Jessica Stojkovski, MLA, Member for Kingsley,

Linda Sweeney, President, Rotary Hillarys

Rob Fairholme, P&C President,

Hannah Von Ahlefeld, Chair of the Duncraig School Board,

as well as Tia Tutti and Vicky Botha of the Duncraig P&C,

student volunteers, parent volunteers, and Paul Harris and Kim Goh from the Kingsley Chess Club for all their support.

All funds raised will go towards purchasing chess equipment for Duncraig SHS Chess Club.

Final Award Winners

Division: A

1st: Perth Chess Academy

2nd: South Team A (Oberthur PS, Rossmoyne SHS, Bull Creek, Southern Suburbs Junior Chess Club)

3rd: Kingsley Chess Club

Division: B

1st: Kingsley Chess Club

2nd: Central Team B (Maccabi Chess Club, St Paul's PS, Russian School of WA)

3rd: West Team B (Hollywood PS, John XXIII College)

Division: C

1st: South Team C (Oberthur PS, Ranford PS, Piara Waters PS, Rossmoyne PS)

2nd: West Team C (John XXIII College, Presbyterian Ladies' College)

3rd: Central Team C (Hale PS, Maccabi Chess Club)

Detailed Standings

The number on the left of a player's name is their "Final Position" on the Ladder.

The top four players' positions are added to form the Team's score (marked with *).

The number/number (eg 7/9) on the right of their name is their game results - this is their wins versus the number of games played. 1 point for a win, 0.5 points for a draw.

These points are usually used in tournaments to determine the winners. They were not used in this tournament and are only included for interest.

In this tournament, the winners were determined by their position (or height) on the ladder - pictured below.

Note

Winning more games does not necessarily mean the player will have a higher score. What matters is WHO they won against. The top player must beat the 2nd highest player on the ladder, not win the most games.

Division A

178 Perth Chess Academy

48 * Nithuli Liyanage 7/9

46 * Ben Yan 6/10

43 * Thomas He 4/9

41 * Albert Chen 8.5/10

40 Akash Ashok 5/8

38 James Sommerfield 10.5/14

35 Keshav Garg 7/10

34 Benjamin Pyvis 6.5/12

177 South Team A (Oberthur PS, Rossmoyne SHS, Bull Creek, Southern Suburbs JCC)

48 * Angus Chen 9/10

45 * Barath Harirajesh 10/11

43 * Leo Gong 8/9

41 * Jeremy An 7/10

39 Sebastian Walker 6.5/10

38 Avan Chung 5.5/9

173 Kingsley Chess Club

49 * Lucas Lee 10/12

49 * Eamon Harris 8/11

41 * Flynn Williams 5/10

34 * Dominic Davoll 7/9

33 Leon Hunter 9/10

31 Marshall Dunstan 8/13

24 Henry de Gaye 6/10

Division B

132 Kingsley Chess Club

38 * Aaron Tun 7/10

36 * Brody Dunstan 3/9

31 * Muhammad Nirbaan 5/12

27 * Datis Dadras 7/14

26 Hank Louw 5.5/13

26 Arianne Koay 5/12

24 Serena Liu 4.5/11

130 Central Team B (Maccabi Chess Club, St Paul's PS, Russian School of WA)

33 * Max Goldbloom 5/11

33 * Daniel Ye 5.5/13

32 * Jett Lin 5/10

32 * Artem Akselrod 9/13

31 Sergei Chernyshenko 6/11

30 Darren Kuzmin 6/14

116 West Team B (Hollywood PS, John XXIII College)

37 * Jin Teh 8/13

32 * Christopher Tan 6.5/12

27 * Isaac Nikoloski 11.5/14

20 * Carissa Wang 4.5/11

20 Nicolas Orugun 3/11

11 Max Middleton 4.5/11

Division C

69 South Team C (Oberthur PS, Ranford PS, Rossmoyne PS, Piara Waters PS)

24 * Ford Cu 7/12

19 * Dylan Chen 5/9

14 * Jonathan Liu 5/8

12 * Annika Barboza 3/11

8 Marcellus Jeudine 3.5/6

6 Lincoln Yong 3.5/11

5 Leighton Yong 3.5/15

61 West Team C (John XXIII College, Presbyterian Ladies' College)

23 * Sam Travis 5/11

18 * Anja Guo Wang 3.5/8

13 * Daniel Tan 3.5/9

7 * Lachlan Conway 7/14

58 Central Team C (Hale PS, Maccabi Chess Club)

19 * Brandon Huang 6/10

17 * Esandu Mudalige 6.5/10

13 * Matthew Pyvis 4/9

9 * Jacob Lane 2.5/12

5 Vishnu Vijayanath 4/8

2 Ethan Jiang 3/8

Player and Team Divisions

There were many players without accurate ACF ratings. Rather than guessing the divisions, all players played in one big Arena pool - any player could play any player from a different group provided they were "close enough" in terms of their place on the ladder.

After 1.5 hours, a preliminary rating was computed for all players and used to place all players into the A, B ,and C divisions. These divisions determined which Team that player's score was assigned to.

eg, a B division Player in the Central group would have their score added to Central Team B's score.

Note: These divisions did not change who they could be paired with - all players still played in the same pool. Since the division did not affect the pairing, we were able to reallocate players to different divisions during the tournament.

Fortunately, it did not take long before the players understood the steps and system, and the tournament ran smoothly for most of the time. Parents and players were able to track the progress continuously just outside the venue on a set of large TV screens. After some explaining, everyone seemed to understand the scoring method. Some parents gave very positive feedback - that the format made a lot of sense and worked very well.

Student Volunteers

We were fortunate to have some very capable student volunteers to help at the tournament: Georgina, Adriana, Kane, Evie, Chelsea, Nicholas, Michelle and Mia. They helped to set up and pack up the venue, run the computer scoring system, make popcorn and fairy floss, and generally help out on the day!

Game results were entered on three computers, manned by our trusty student volunteers from Duncraig SHS. They were kept very busy, with a game finishing on average every 16 seconds! For their hard work and calmness under pressure, the volunteers received the biggest applause at the end of the tournament.

Arbiters

We had quite a number of arbiters on the day:

• Alan Wolstencroft (CAWA President and Dalkeith JCC)

• Dylan Gough (CAWA Councillor and SSJC)

• Josh Davoll (Kingsley)

• Hugo Louw (Kingsley)

• Ethan Dadras (Kingsley)

• Troy Cove (Rotary Club Hillarys)

• Lachlin Cove (Rotaract Club Hillarys)

• FM Patrick Gong

Thanks to them, any problems were quickly and calmly dealt with, and there were no serious problems on the day at all.

Also thanks to Evan Yeung (Dalkeith JCC) for helping guide players at the computer screens and explaining the numbers!

Family Chill-out Zone

While the chess was progressing busily inside, outside the venue there was a chill-out zone run by student and parent volunteers from Duncraig SHS. Parents and siblings enjoyed a coffee truck, some comfortable couches, a couple of giant chess sets and some other giant-sized games. There was also face-painting and balloons for the younger kids, thanks to Beatriz Levia!

Players paused between rounds to enjoy the fairy floss and popcorn. Multiple times. I know one player had 6 fairy flosses! Not recommended by your friendly dentist, but it did seem to help his performance over the board ....... hmm!

See you next time!

We are very proud that the tournament went so well ! See you there next year ?

Cross Table

Players listed in order of their final standing (their Level in the ladder).

There are no rounds, so each player simply has all their games listed in the order played.

The game result is like so: + for a win. - for a loss. = for a draw.
W if played as white. B if played as black.
The number is the opponent Number (the first column: No)