NSW Junior Chess League

The draws for three of the four regions in the Metropolitan Secondary Schools Competition are now available (click on "Schools" in the menu at left). The draw for the fourth region, Met South-West, will be available soon. The first round will be on Friday 4 May (the second Friday of term).

Some of the Primary Schools Competition draws are now available – the remaining draws should appear progressively over the next few days. Please monitor the Primary Schools "Draw & Results" page until your draw appears (click on "Schools" at left). The first round for most zones will be on Friday 4 May, except in some country zones which are organised locally or where schools arrange to play multiple matches in one day to reduce travel.

Fifteen-year-olds Lalit Prasad and Jack Rodgers achieved their best results to date by jointly winning the Sydney Autumn One-Day Tournament, scoring 7.5 out of 8. Nine-year-old Kerry Lin was third on 7 points.

The Sydney Autumn Two-Day Tournament has been won by Luke Halpin and John Badger, aged 15 and 17 respectively. Nicholas Brown shared third place with the One-Day co-winners, Lalit Prasad and Jack Rodgers.

The Orange Autumn Tournament was won in fine style (9 out of 9) by many times previous winner Ramon Aich, two full points ahead of Nikhil Rajesh and Jonathon Harding.

For full results of all three tournaments click on "Results" in the menu at left.

Thirteen-year-old Andrew Pan survived strong challenges from Joshua Lau, Vincent Chen, Daniel Cheng and Tim Li to win this year's Summer Three-Day Tournament with 8 points out of 9.

The Summer One-Day Tournament ended in a tie between Nicholas Brown and Daniel Cheng, who both scored 7 out of 8.

The Summer Two-Day Tournament proved to be an exciting contest in which the lead changed several times over its 12 rounds. It was won by 15-year-old Dominic Mah, who wrested the lead from top seed Methew Yan in the last round.

NSW Country Junior Champion Paul Russell won the Central Coast Summer One-Day Tournament with a clean score of 7/7.

Nikhil Rajesh was victorious in the Orange Summer One-Day Tournament, conceding only two draws – with Daniel Smith and many-times previous winner Ramon Aich.

Eleven-year-old Alysha Chin of Sydney won the Wollongong Summer One-Day Tournament on tie-break, after tying with her brother Aaron.

For detailed scores in all six tournaments click on "Results" in the menu at left.

Congratulations to the NSW contingent at this year's Australian Junior Championships for achieving excellent results. Highlights include:

Under 18 Open: Anton Smirnov 3rd, Rupert Coy 5th.

Under 16 Open: Bernard Chau 1st (after playoff), Pasan Perera 2nd.

Under 14 Open: Andrew Pan 1st (after playoff), Vincent Chen 3rd.

Under 12 Open: Rowan Willathgamuwa 1st, Rishi Dutta 2nd, Kashish Christian equal 3rd.

Under 10 Open: Kevin Willathgamuwa 1st.

Under 8 Open: Kevin Shen 2nd, Michael Pogrebinsky 3rd.

The new Australian Junior (Under 18) Champion is Alistair Cameron of South Australia. The Australian Girls Champion is Miranda Webb-Liddle of Victoria.

For full details see the link at top right, or just click HERE.