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(25 Nov 2024): Primary Schools Competition 2024 The state-wide Primary Schools Competition (for teams of four players), which commenced in second term, has at last concluded. After a lull in the Covid years the competition enjoyed a significant boost in participation in 2023 and this has continued unabated in 2024 with a total of 953 teams from 287 schools taking part, which was 19% more teams and nearly 17% more schools than last year. The competition was divided into 10 regions and 37 zones, and over the last few months the zone winners have participated in region finals. The region winners then took part in the inter-region finals to determine the Country and Metropolitan champions – these were New Lambton South Public School and Matthew Pearce Public School respectively. These two teams then met in the NSW final, in which Matthew Pearce Public School was victorious, but only after some excitingly close games. Congratulations to the winners and also to all the other finalists for their achievement in reaching the finals. For full details click on "Schools" in the menu at left, then on the Primary Schools Competition's "Draw & Results" and then on "Finals". |
23 Jan 2026): Summer Tournaments 2026
Nathan Arav and Bon Nguyen tie in Sydney New Year Tournament Our first tournament of the year, the Sydney New Year Tournament, attracted 53 players, which is fewer than usual as many of our stronger players are competing in the Australian Championships currently being held in Sydney. The New Year Tournament was won jointly by Nathan Arav and Bon Nguyen with 7.5 out of 9. Seven-year-old Brendan Yip came third half a point behind. NSW Junior Champion Yifei Hu was untroubled in winning the Sydney Summer One-Day Tournament. He scored 10 out of 10 and cleared the rest of the field by a two-point margin. Equal second were Immanuel Collins and Oliver Liang. Fifteen-year-old Jack Addison has won the Central Coast Summer Tournament, conceding only half a point to Tim Fuller, who came second. Huey Teng has won the Sydney Summer Two-Day Tournament, half a point ahead of Isaac Wang and Lachlan Holley. Huey and Lachlan are both aged 16 but Isaac is only eight years old. For full results click on "Results" in the menu at left. (14 Dec 2025): NSW Country Junior Championships 2025 Daniel Tanner wins Under 18 Title Hiruka Peduruhewa wins Under 12 Title Sixteen-year-old Daniel Tanner has won the 2025 NSW Country Junior Championship (Under 18) with a clean score of 5/5, two whole points ahead of Sreyya Karunagaran and Ishaan Presad. The Under 12 division was won by ten-year-old Hiruka Paduruhewa, who scored 9/10 (conceding only two draws) and finished with an even bigger margin of 2.5 points. The finals were held in Sydney after three qualifying events (in the North, South and West of the state), each of which contributed two finalists in each of the age divisions. For full results click on "Results" in the menu at left. (10 Dec 2025): Australian Schools Teams Championships 2025 This year's ASTC was held in Melbourne on the weekend of 6-7 December. NSW teams achieved two second places, an equal third place and a fifth place in the four divisions. The results are summarised below: Secondary Open: 1st Anglican Church Grammar (Qld) 23.5/28 NSW team: Knox Grammar School 22.5/28, place 2nd/8 Secondary Girls: 1st Brisbane State High School (Qld) 16/20 NSW team: North Sydney Girls High School 12/20, place 3rd/6 Primary Open: 1st Anglican Church Grammar (Qld) 23.5/28 NSW team: Sydney Grammar School St Ives Preparatory 21/28, place 2nd/8 Primary Girls: 1st Glendal Primary School (Vic) 18/20 NSW team: Murray Farm Public School 6/20, place 5th/6 Board prizes were awarded to the following NSW players: Secondary Open Board 3: Lucas Ni 4/5 Secondary Girls Board 4: Isobel Varthkavi 4/5 Primary Open Board 4: Daniel Huang 7/7 For further details click HERE, then on "Competition Information", then on "Pairings/Results" and then (for Standings and Board Prizes) on "Final Results". (30 Nov 2025): Spring Tournaments 2025
Callan Arav, Daniel Ding and Will Wenderoth tie in
Sydney Spring One-Day Tournament The 121-player Sydney Spring One-Day Tournament ended in a tie between three players, Callan Arav (aged 12), Daniel Ding (14) and Will Wenderoth (17), each scoring 7.5 from nine rounds. The Sydney Spring Two-Day Tournament also finished in a three-way tie, but with with three different players, Leo Kuncoro (aged 9), Isaac Huang (12) and Immanuel Collins (13). Twelve-year-old Arnav Chokkappan has won the 81-player Central Coast Spring One-Day Tournament with a clean score. Equal second were Surya Jayaguhan and Matthew Jeffery. The 37-player Orange Spring One-Day Tournament produced a tie for first place, with Daniel Tanner and Abir Vidhur Singh scoring 7.5 out of 8 and finishing 1.5 points ahead of the rest of the field. This event was also a qualifier for the NSW Country Junior Championship Finals – Daniel Tanner and Christian Cady have qualified for the Under 18 Finals and Abir and his brother Adir have qualified for the Under 12 Finals. The Goulburn Spring One-Day Tournament was jointly won by Rajpura Palash (aged 14) and Maria Bhatt (aged aged only seven). The Newcastle Spring One-Day Tournament was held in two age divisions – Kai Tran won the Under 18 and Hiruka Peduruhewa won the Under 12. As this event serves as the Northern Qualifier for the NSW Country Junior Championship Finals these two players have qualified, together with Ishaan Prasad (Under 18) and George Pozharskiy (Under 12). The Wollongong Spring One-Day Under 18 and Under 12 tournaments were won respectively by Rajpura Palash and Ahmed Shiraz Mohamed Razmy. As this event was the Southern Qualifier for the NSW Country Junior Championship Finals the players who have qualified were were Sreyaa Karunagaran and Siyuan Wu for the Under 18 and Ahamed Shiraz Mohamed Razmy and Mehrad Maher for the Under 12. (Some other players who finished higher were either non-country players or had already qualified.) For detailed results click on "Results" in the menu at left. (26 Nov 2025): Primary Schools Competition 2025 The state-wide Primary Schools Competition (for teams of four players), which commenced in second term, has just concluded. A total of 980 teams from 296 schools took part, slightly more than last year. The competition was divided into 10 regions and further into 40 zones, most of which contained multiple grades and divisions. After the initial zone competitions the zone winners participated in region finals and the region winners then took part in the inter-region finals to determine the Country and Metropolitan champion teams – these were New Lambton South Public School (repeating its win of last year) and Sydney Grammar School St Ives Preparatory respectively. These two teams then met in the NSW final, from which Sydney Grammar St Ives emerged victorious. This was the school's eighth win of the NSW title, the most recent previous time being in 2022. Sydney Grammar St Ives will now represent NSW in the Primary Open Division of the Australian Schools Teams Championships in Melbourne in December. Congratulations to the winners and also to all the other finalists for their achievement in reaching the finals. For full details click on "Schools" in the menu at left, then on the Primary Schools Competition's "Draw & Results" and then on "Finals". (Details from previous years may be found under "History".) (17 Nov 2024): Country Secondary Schools Competition 2025 This year's Country Secondary Schools Competition started in first term with 138 teams divided into six regions, and culminated in the finals, which were held online as a round robin between the six region winners. The winner was Bishop Druitt College of Coffs Harbour, a first win for the school. Second was Oak Flats High School. For full details click on "Schools" in the left-hand column and then look under the heading "Country Secondary Schools Competition". (29 Oct 2025): Metropolitan Secondary Schools Competition 2025 The 2025 Metropolitan Secondary Schools Teams Competition, which commenced at the beginning of second term, has concluded. The winners of the three grades were as follows:
Senior Grade (Years 11-12): Knox Grammar School A total of 272 teams from 77 schools took part in the competition. The teams were divided into four regions and then into divisions of approximately 8 teams. Division winners qualified for knock-out region finals, the winners of which progressed to the inter-region finals in each grade. For full details click on "Schools" in the menu at left. 10 Oct 2025): City of Sydney Junior Championships 2025 Jonathan Ong wins Under 18 Championship Benjamin Tee wins Under 15 Championship Mason Tay wins Under 12 Championship The City of Sydney Junior Championships attracted 95 players across the three age divisions. Fourteen-year-old Jonathan Ong won the Under 18 Division in a close finish, half a point ahead of Aiden Maleki and Sayum Rupasinghe. Jonathan's decision to play in the Under 18 rather than the Under 15 turned out well Benjamin Tee won the Under 15 Division with a large margin of 1.5 points. Leo Kuncoro, Leo Gong and Immanuel Collins shared second place. Mason Tay won the Under 12 Division, a point ahead of Harvey Kuncoro and Thomas Huang. For full scores click on "Results" in the left-hand column. (4 Oct 2025): NSW Girls Championships 2025
Kyra Madan and Vicky Qian tie for first in the Under 18 Championship For the second consecutive year there was no clear winner in this year's NSW Girls Championship (Under 18) as two players, Kyra Madan (aged 14) and Vicky Qian (13), tied for first place. Two of last year's three shared winners, Joy Liu (also the 2023 sole winner) and Renee Yang Pan, had to be content this time with sharing third place in a three-way tie with Chanya Rupasinghe. Suria (Suri) Daniel retained her Under 12 title, this time without the need of a playoff. She conceded only two draws and finished with a handsome margin of 1.5 points above Nancy Liang and Dhwani Gupta, who shared second place. For full scores click on "Results" in the left-hand column. (15 Sep 2025): Secondary Schools One-Day Tournament 2025 Knox Grammar School wins the Terrey Shaw Shield This year's Secondary Schools One-Day Tournament attracted 115 teams (four more than last year's record). They represented a total of 42 schools, including from as far afield as Forbes, Newcastle, Maitland and Goulburn. Knox Grammar School won the Open Division and with it the Terrey Shaw Shield. Second was Sydney Technical High and last year's winner Sydney Boys High came third. The Junior Division (for Years 7-9) was won by James Ruse Agricultural High followed by Knox Grammar in second place. Four teams shared third place: two teams from Baulkham Hills High and one each from Merewether High and North Sydney Boys High (with the Baulkham Hills B team winning third place trophies on tie-break). For full scores click on "Schools" in the the menu at left, then look under "Secondary Schools One-Day Tournament" (bottom middle). (28 July 2025): Winter Tournaments 2025
Aaron Kantta and Wenjie Zhou tie in Allan & Dorothy Wright Challenge Junior Division Aaron Kantta and Wenjie Zhou came equal first in the Junior Division of the Allan & Dorothy Wright Challenge, finishing a full point ahead of the rest of the field. The Junior Division attracted 33 players, 37% more than last year. After suffering two early losses Caleb Wang finished strongly to win the Sydney Winter Two-Day Tournament, half a point ahead of Nathan He and Immanuel Collins. Three players, Austin Ye, Nicholas Gong and Leo Le, shared first place in the 149-player Sydney Winter One-Day Tournament. Arnav Chokkappan from Newcastle won the 79-player Central Coast Winter Tournament, half a point ahead of Jack Addison. The Wollongong July Afternoon Tournament was won by Christian Cady from Goulburn, half a point ahead of another Goulburn player Sreyaa Karunagaran. Nine-year-old Taran Nisha Raj from Sydney won the Orange Winter Tournament. He conceded only one draw – to the winner of the previous tournament (Autumn) Daniel Tanner. Christian Cady archived another victory by winning the 30-player Goulburn Winter One-Day Tournament. Ahmed Shiraz Mohamed Razmy won the Wollongong Winter One-Day Tournament, half a point ahead of Goulburn winner Christian Cody, Walton Tran and Matthew Houlihan. For detailed results click on "Results" in the menu at left. (27 July 2025): NSW Junior Championships 2025 Yifei Hu wins NSW Junior Championship after Playoff
Parthiv Prithvi wins Under 18 Reserves Division Twelve-year-old Yifei Hu staged a remarkable come-back in the NSW Junior Championship after scoring only half a point in the first three rounds – he recovered to tie for first place with Sayum Rupasinghe after the leader Jonluke Corona lost his last round game. Sayum staged a come-back almost as remarkable after starting with 1 out of 3. A two-game playoff match for the title was held a week later and was won by Yifei 1.5-0.5.. The Under 18 Reserves Division was won by Parthiv Prithvi, who conceded only two draws. Second in the field of 43 players was was Terry Gao. Callan Arav led most of the way to win the 64-player Under 12 Championship ahead of Mason Tay, with Leo Kuncoro in third place. Full details may be found by clicking on "Results" in the menu at left. (27 July 2025): NSW Girls Under 12 Championship 2024 Suria Daniel wins 2024 NSW Girls Under 12 Title after Playoff The long delayed playoff for the 2024 NSW Girls Under 12 title has been won by Suria (Suri) Daniel, who defeated Clio Goldstein in a two-game match. Suria won the first game and the second was drawn after a close struggle. (25 May 2025): Autumn Tournaments 2025
Maxim Micevski wins Newcastle Autumn One-Day Tournament Thirteen-year-old Maxim Micevski has won the 32-player Newcastle Autumn Tournament with a clean score of 6/6. Thre Orange Autumn Tournament attracted a larger than usual field of 33 players; it was won by Daniel Tanner with a score of 7/8 (two draws). A new Wollongong Afternoon Tournament, following a coaching clinic in the morning, attracted 20 players and was won by 10-year-old Jet Mahanidis with a clean score of 7/7 Aiden Maleki (aged 14) led all the way to win the Sydney Autumn One-Day Tournament, finishing a full point ahead of Vayum Goel in second place. Aiden Maleki was also victorious in the Sydney Autumn Two-Day Tournament, with a similar one-point margin, this time over Aaron Huang in second place. Nine-year-old Taran Nisha Raj has won the Goulburn Autumn One-Day Tournament with a score of 7.5 out of 9, finishing half a point ahead of a three-player tie for second place. The Wollongong Autumn One-Day Tournament attracted 33 players and was won by ten-year-old Jet Mahanidis with 7 out of 8, half a point ahead of Christian Cady.. For full results click on "Results" in the menu at left. (27 April 2025): Inter-Schools Competitions Metropolitan Secondary Schools Competition: The draws for Met East, Met North and Met West Regions are now available – except for Met North's Central Coast divisions, which will be held in one-day format (on Thursday 12 June). Met South-West Region will also be held in one-day format (on Tuesday 27 May). Primary Schools Competition: The draws for all zones held in weekly home-and-away format are now available. The draws for the one-day zones will be available at or shortly before these zone competitions. Both: To see the draws click on "Schools" in the menu at left. (19 Feb 2025): Summer Tournaments 2025
Ethan Chang wins Sydney New Year Tournament Our first tournament of the year, the Sydney New Year Tournament, took place in Ku-ring-gai Town Hall, Pymble, while our usual venue at North Ryde is undergoing renovations. The tournament was played over three days and attracted 92 players. It was won by 14-year-old Ethan Chang, who finished half a point ahead of another 14-year-old, Richard Zhang. NSW Junior Champion Jean Rusakov has won the Sydney Summer One-Day Tournament with a clean score of 9 out of 9. Second was Ralph Tsui and third place was shared by Ethan Chang and Nikolaus Van. After his equal third placing in the One-Day Tournament Ethan Chang bounced back to win the Sydney Summer Two-Day Tournament by a full-point margin. His only loss was to Yuan Huang, who finished second. Five players shared third place, including eight-year-old Leo Kuncoro The inaugural Riverina Summer Tournament was held in Tumut following a two-day coaching clinic. It was won by Abir Vidhur Singh from Wagga Wagga with a clean score of 8/8. Cameron McLean won the Orange Summer One-Day Tournament by a full-point margin. His only loss was to Mitchell Cook, who tied for second place with Justin Fowler. Aeon Tran from Sydney conceded only half a point to win the Goulburn Summer One-Day Tournament, which attracted 24 players. Half a point behind was Karunya Gorantla, with a two-point margin before the rest of the field. The Wollongong Summer One-Day Tournament was won by 16-year-old Ethen Lee with a clean score (8/8), a point ahead of the Goulburn Tournament winner Aeon Tran. For full results click on "Results" in the menu at left. 23 Jan 2025): Australian Junior Championships 2025
Joy Liu wins Australian Under 16 Girls Title The 2025 Australian Junior Championships are being held in Perth from 13 to 21 January and NSW players have won three titles. Joy Liu tied for first place in the combined Under 18/Under 16 Girls tournament and, although she lost the playoff for the Under 18 title, she was awarded the Under 16 title. Daniel Wang tied for first place in the Under 14 Open tournament and then won the playoff for the Under 14 title. Lucas Ni won the Under 16 Open without requiring a playoff. Leading Results
Under 18 Open (26 players, 9 rounds):
Under 16 Open (28 players, 9 rounds):
Under 14 Open (38 players, 9 rounds):
Under 12 Open (53 players, 9 rounds):
Under 10 Open (64 players, 9 rounds):
Under 8 Open (19 players, 8 rounds):
Under 18 and Under 16 Girls (13 players, 9 rounds):
Under 14 and Under 12 Girls (23 players, 9 rounds):
Under 10 and Under 8 Girls (25 players, 8 rounds): For detailed results click HERE. For earlier news, see our News Archives: click on the year: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 If you have any suggestions or comments, please email the webmaster. 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. |
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