NSW Junior Chess League

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.

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

Enter now for the remaining Summer tournament, in Wollongong  on Sunday 12 February

For details see "Coming Events" 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.

The NSW Country Junior Championship (Under 18) has been won by 14-year-old Paul Russell from Kariong. Paul obtained a clean score, defeating his main rival, Ramon Aich of Dubbo, in an exciting last-round game.

The Under 12 Championship was a close battle between Dunnil Yohannes of Newcastle and Stephen Smith of Mount Victoria. They tied in the tournament and Dunnil narrowly won a two-game playoff.

For detailed results see "Results" at left.

The Australian Schools Teams Championships (ASTC), held in the Great Hall at Knox Grammar School, has concluded successfully. The venue proved ideal for this event, with a gallery which allowed spectators to view the games from above without intruding into the actual playing area. Victoria was the most successful state, its schools winning three of the four divisions: Secondary Open (Scotch College), Primary Open (Deepdene Primary School) and Primary Girls (Mount View Primary School). Somerville House from Queensland won the Secondary Girls Division. NSW Schools picked up two third places – Knox in the Secondary Open (on tie-break) and Abbotsleigh in the Primary Girls.

For detailed scores click on the ASTC link at top right and then on "Results" in the ASTC menu.

Ties for First Place in All Three Age Divisions

All three age divisions of this year's City of Sydney Junior Championships have produced ties:

   Under 18: Joshua Lau, Sean Gu, Anton Smirnov, Pasan Perera.

   Under 15: Andrew Antony, Clarise Koh.

   Under 12: Rishi Dutta, Kashish Christian.

Playoffs will be held for the titles.

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

Mirakla Mithran wins the Under 18 Division

Kashish Christian wins the Under 12 Division

Fourteen-year-old Mirakla Mithran has won the NSW Girls Championship (Under 18) with a score of 8.5/9, half a point ahead of Shirley Gu, with Clarise Koh another half-point behind.

Eleven-year-old Kashish Christian has retained her Under 12 title – her third consecutive win. She scored 8 out of 9 and finished two points ahead of four players who shared second place.

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

Leo Jiang wins the Sydney Spring One-Day Tournament

Anton Smirnov wins the Sydney Spring Two-Day Tournament

Fourteen-year-old Leo Jiang has won the Spring One-Day Tournament with a clean score, 9 out of 9. He finished a point ahead of 10-year-old Anton Smirnov with 16-year-old Kinto Wan another half point further behind.

Ten-year-old Anton Smirnov has won the Spring Two-Day Tournament with a clean score, repeating his similar win of the Summer Two-Day Tournament. Second was Eric Xu, two points behind.

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

Bernard Chau wins playoff to retain NSW Junior title

The three-way tie for the NSW Junior Championship has been resolved in favour of the previous title-holder, Bernard Chau. In the playoff match Bernard defeated both his opponents, Pasan Perera and Harry Ruan, who drew with each other to share second place. Congratulations, Bernard!

Bernard Chau, Harry Ruan and Pasan Perera tie for NSW Junior Championship

Rishi Dutta wins NSW Under12 Championship

The NSW Junior Championship has produced a three-way tie between Bernard Chau (the 2010 champion, aged 15), Harry Ruan (12) and Pasan Perera (the 2010 City of Sydney Junior Champion, aged 14). A play-off will be held for the title. The top seed, Andrew Pan (aged 13), finished half a point behind in fourth place.

Ten-year-old Rishi Dutta won the NSW Under 12 Championship, half a point ahead of Eric Pan.

For detailed scores of both tournaments click on "Results" in the main menu at left.

Paul Russell, Cedric Koh and Jackie Wu win the Sydney Winter One-Day Tournament

Cedric Koh convincingly wins the Sydney Two-Day Tournament

Ramon Aich wins the Orange One-Day Tournament

Thirteen-year-old Paul Russell, twelve-year-old Cedric Koh and fourteen-year-old Jackie Wu shared first place in the Sydney Winter One-Day Tournament.

Cedric Koh followed up his One-Day equal first by convincingly winning the Two-Day Tournament with a round to spare. Methew Yan and Shirley Gu, both of whom had disappointing results in the One-Day Tournament, redeemed themselves by coming second and third in the Two-Day Tournament.

A record of 60 players took part in the Orange One-Day Tournament, which was won by Ramon Aich.

For detailed scores of all three tournaments click on "Results" in the main menu at left.

Knox Grammar School has narrowly won this year's Secondary Schools One-Day Tournament and with it the Terrey Shaw Shield. Half a point behind in second place was Sydney Boys High followed another half point away by Scots College.

The Junior Division (for players in years 7 to 9) was won convincingly by Baulkham Hills High. Second was James Ruse High.

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

The draw for the Metropolitan Secondary Schools Competition (all regions) is now available on the website (click on "Schools" in the menu at left). The competition booklets and result cards will be posted to all schools this weekend. The first round is scheduled for Friday 6 May.

The Primary Schools Competition draw will placed progressively on the website over the next few days. Please monitor the "Primary Schools Draw & Results" page. The competition booklets and result cards will be posted to schools shortly. The first round is scheduled for Friday 6 May, except in zones where the schools get together at a central venue to play all their matches in one or two days (rather than weekly home and away).

Cedric Koh win Sydney Autumn One-Day Tournament
Kinto Wan and Tim Li win the Sydney Autumn Two-Day Tournament
Ramon Aich wins the Orange Autumn One-Day Tournament

Twelve-year-old Cedric Koh has won the Autumn One-Day Tournament with a clean score, 8 out of 8. Three players shared second place a point behind; they were Erik Ostman, Daniel Cheng and Darryl Chan. The tournament attracted 180 players.

The Autumn Two-Day Tournament resulted in a tie between Kinto Wan and Tim Li, who each scored 9 out of 11. Four players, Austin Shen, Darryl Chan, Daniel Cheng and Methew Yan, shared third place in the 150-player tournament.

Ramon Aich has won the Orange Autumn One-Day Tournament with a perfect score of 9 out of 9, one and a half points ahead of Jonathon Harding.

For detailed scores of all three autumn tournaments click on "Results" in the main menu at left.

Kevin Willathgamuwa Wins Open Under 8 Title

Kashish Christian Wins Girls Under 12 Title

Daniel Zhang Wins Open Under 14 Title

The Under 8 and Under 10 tournaments in the 2011 Australian Junior Championships were the first to finish. NSW players finished first and second in the Open Under 8 Championship. Kevin Willathgamuwa claimed the Open Under 8 title with a clean score. A point behind was Kerry Lin, who dropped only one point (a loss to Kevin).

Kashish Christian won the Girls Under 12 title, conceding only three draws in nine rounds. She won the Under 10 title in 2008 and 2010.

Daniel Zhang won the Open Under 14 title. He too conceded only three draws.

Congratulations to all!

Full details may be found by clicking HERE.