NSW Junior Chess League

(5 July 2009):

Secondary Schools One-Day Tournament 2009

Knox Grammar School retains the Terrey Shaw Shield

Knox Grammar School has won the Open Division of the Secondary Schools One-Day Tournament and thereby retains the Terrey Shaw Shield, which it has now won four times in five years. North Sydney Boys High was second, two points behind. The Junior Division (Years 7 to 9) was won by North Sydney Boys High, closely followed by Trinity Grammar. For full results click on "Schools" at left.

(24 May 2009):

Max Illingworth Triumphs in City of Sydney Rapid Play

Several juniors did well in this year's City of Sydney Rapid Play Championship, held on 24 May, but none better than Max Illingworth who won all his games to claim first place by a margin of one and a half points. Other juniors to perform well were Adrian Chau (5/7), Joseph Nguyen (4.5/7), Andrew Pan, Sean Gu, Bernard Chau and Nicholas Deen-Cowell (all 4/7).

(26 Apr 2009):

Inter-Schools Competitions

Metropolitan Secondary Schools Competition: The draw is now available (click on "Schools" at left).

Primary Schools Competition: The draw is being prepared and will be made available progressively over the next few days. To see the draws available so far click on "Schools".

(23 Apr 2009):

Autumn Two-Day Tournament 2009

Bernard Chau has followed up his success in the Autumn One-Day Tournament by tying for first place in the Two-Day Tournament. Sharing first place with Bernard was Benjamin Encel, who achieved his best result to date. Six players, including 12-year-old Peng Yu Chen, tied for third place. Full details may be found by clicking on "Results" in the main menu at left.

(23 Apr 2009):

Orange Autumn Tournament 2009

The inaugural Orange Autumn Junior Tournament, contested by 34 players, has been won by Ramon Aich. Ramon has featured at or near the top of many tournaments held in Dubbo in recent years. See "Results" (at left) for full details.

(16 Apr 2009):

Autumn One-Day Tournament 2009

Thirteen-year-old Bernard Chau, who last January won the Summer One-Day Tournament with a clean score, has repeated that triumph in the Autumn One-Day Tournament. He finished a point ahead of Tim Diemer, Andrew Pan and Jonathan Behne-Smith who shared second place. For full scores click on "Results" in the menu at left.

(15 Mar 2009):

International Junior Tournaments 2009

Applications are now open for the following international junior tournaments:

▪ Asian Junior Championships (U20, Open and Girls)
Sri Lanka, 20-28 May

▪ Asian Youth Championships (U8-U18, Open and Girls)
(details to be advised)

▪ ASEAN Age Group Championships (U8-18, Open and Girls)
Vietnam, 10-19 June

▪ Commonwealth Championships (U8-U20, Open and Girls)
Malaysia, 19-27 July

▪ World Junior Championships (U20, Open and Girls)
Argentina, 16-29 October

▪ World Youth Championships (U8-U18, Open and Girls)
Turkey, 11-23 November

▪ World U16 Olympiad (Open teams)
Turkey, (dates to be advised)

The application closing date for the above events has been extended to Sunday 29 March. The closing date applies even for those events for which the details are yet to be advised. For application form and details click on www.australianjuniorchess.org.au.

(1 Feb 2009):

City of Sydney Junior Championship Under 18 Playoff

John Papantoniou has won the playoff for the 2008 City of Sydney Junior Championship (Under 18). He defeated Adrian Chau in their two-game match by winning the first game and drawing the second.

(23 Jan 2009):

Summer Three-Day Tournament 2009

Twelve-year-old Jack Ruan has won the Summer Three-Day Tournament, half a point ahead of another twelve-year-old, Peng Yu Chen. Brothers Adrian and Bernard Chau, who topped the earlier two Summer tournaments, came third and equal fourth respectively.

For full scores click on "Results" in the left-hand column.

(16 Jan 2009):

Summer Two-Day Tournament 2009

Brothers Adrian and Bernard Chau tied for first place in the Summer Two-Day Tournament – another good result for twelve-year-old Bernard, after his win of the previous week's One-Day Tournament. They scored 9 out of 11 (including a draw with each other) and finished half a point ahead of Kevin Tan, Eric Shi, Nicholas Deen-Cowell and seven-year-old Anton Smirnov.

For full scores click on "Results" in the left-hand column.

(15 Jan 2009):

Australian Junior Championships 2009

NSW players carried off three titles in the main tournaments – Sean Gu won the Australian Under 12 Championship, while Caroline Shan and her sister Grace won the Girls Under 12 and Under 8 Championships respectively. Sean also won the Under 10 Rapid Play title and the Under 12 Lightning title. Congratulations!

For detailed results and actual games click HERE.

(12 Jan 2009):

Australian Open Championships 2008-2009

NSW juniors have done well in the Australian Open and supporting tournaments which were played at Manly. A highlight was Max Illingworth's tie for first in the Australian Open Lightning Championship - an impressive result despite his loss in the playoff (to FIDE Master Jesse Sales).

In the main event Max finished in equal 10th place. Several juniors achieved excellent results in the Under 1600 event – Anton Smirnov (aged only 7) finished equal first with 9/11, Dawen Shi was equal third, Jerry Xu fifth and Cedric Koh equal 6th.

See the results on the Australian Open website by clicking HERE.

(8 Jan 2009):

Summer One-Day Tournament 2009

Twelve-year-old Bernard Chau has started 2009 well with a convincing win in the Summer One-Day Tournament. He scored 9 out of 9 and finished one and a half points ahead of his nearest rivals, Andrew Pan (aged only 10), Hayden Van Rys and Clive Ng. For full scores click on "Results" in the menu at left.

Membership of the NSW Junior Chess League (NSWJCL), available to juniors under 18, entitles you to participate in our junior chess tournaments and coaching clinics, and to receive the quarterly magazine JUNIOR CHESS, the League's official journal, which gives details of all our activities, ratings, puzzles, games, tournaments, results, etc. Full members are also entitled to play in NSW Chess Association events. For details see "Membership" in the menu in the left-hand column.