Jason Wang, the Australian U12 champion led throughout to win the Churchie chess carnival in a last round cliffhanger. Jason started the game well until missing a forced checkmate. Instead he went for a completely winning rook ending several pawns up. He lost his nerve and several pawns transposing into a pawn ending which was momentarily winning for Alex who went the wrong way. In the end they both queened and a perpetual check ended the game.
This saw Jason draw level with Henry Slater-Jones on 6/7 but took the title on tiebreak. Following on 5.5/7 was Alex Au and Alexander Desses with Alex taking third on tiebreak.
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| Jason Wang |
Henry had a winning ending in his only loss of the tournament against the winner. If he ever works on his endgame he will be lethal!
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| Henry Slater Jones |
Another endgame tragic, Alex, could have won had he counted properly in the pawn ending in the decisive last round game.
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| Alex Au |
I'm afraid my report is a bit incomplete here because I didn't carefully record all the supplementary prizes. We had only advertised three but after seeing the much higher than anticipated entries, the Carnival organiser and Churchie Chess Master Mr Max Condon decided to make a whole heap of new prizes. I did not pay sufficient attention to who won what but thought I'd post their pictures anyway.
Isaac is a student in my chess class at Churchie and is probably the most improved student in the last year. He has gone from barely knowing how all the pieces move to a dangerous tournament player.
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| Isaac Lupari |
Sophie Congreve is an elite Somerville house premier team player and has represented Queensland in both the inter-schools and individual Australian championships. Sophie won 1001 brilliant checkmates by Fred Reinfeld, generously donated by Adrian Scholtes of ABSCO sheds.
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| Sophie Congreve |
The youngest competitor prize?
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| Arden Young |
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| Tyson Walker, Max Condon |
The final, decisive round started in a sportsmanlike manner and ended in the same spirit. This was the case amongst all the competitors on this day.
Isaac taking on a veteran.
There was an impressive contingent from Somerville house.
Below, the final score-table and results.
Cross Table
No Name Rtg Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 Wang, Jason 1551 6 18:W 7:W 17:W 4:D 2:W 6:W 3:D 2 Slater-Jones, Henry 1436 6 40:W 6:W 10:W 3:W 1:L 13:W 5:W 3 Au, Alex 1249 5.5 38:W 5:W 8:W 2:L 7:W 4:W 1:D 4 Desses, Alexander 1222 5.5 22:W 13:W 19:W 1:D 11:W 3:L 10:W 5 Naganna, Manu 768 5 16:W 3:L 26:W 15:W 14:W 11:W 2:L 6 Kundal, Armaan 791 5 47:W 2:L 23:W 18:W 19:W 1:L 14:W 7 deGit, Cole 804 5 15:W 1:L 22:W 16:W 3:L 26:W 13:W 8 Congreve, Sophie 861 5 37:W 25:W 3:L 27:W 13:L 15:W 16:W 9 Renganathan, Harish 1211 5 24:W 23:L 40:W 11:L 41:W 27:W 20:W 10 Fraser, Daniel 1074 4.5 41:W 21:W 2:L 14:D 17:W 12:W 4:L 11 Young, Dashiell 1111 4.5 45:W 12:W 14:D 9:W 4:L 5:L 22:W 12 Su, Lucas 654 4.5 42:W 11:L 37:W 17:W 28:D 10:L 27:W 13 Fraser, Evan 744 4 32:W 4:L 41:W 20:W 8:W 2:L 7:L 14 Zhuang, Raymond 808 4 36:W 20:W 11:D 10:D 5:L 28:W 6:L 15 Lupari, Isaac 4 7:L 38:W 21:W 5:L 18:W 8:L 28:W 16 Weeks, Louis 4 5:L 24:W 35:W 7:L 40:W 23:W 8:L 17 Withers, George 931 4 26:W 27:W 1:L 12:L 10:L 41:W 31:W 18 Young, Arden 549 4 1:L 39:W 31:W 6:L 15:L 33:W 26:W 19 Waddell, Craig 869 4 43:W 35:W 4:L 23:W 6:L 20:L 30:W 20 Su, Marcus 4 33:W 14:L 29:W 13:L 35:W 19:W 9:L 21 Somani, Ashwin 600 4 31:W 10:L 15:L 26:L 44:W 25:W 29:W 22 Westaway, Chase 3.5 4:L 32:W 7:L 42:W 23:D 24:W 11:L 23 Stephens, Ben (ACGS) 704 3.5 46:W 9:W 6:L 19:L 22:D 16:L 36:W 24 Kane, Euan 3.5 9:L 16:L 32:W 25:D 36:W 22:L 35:W 25 Cox, Josh 3.5 29:W 8:L 28:L 24:D 38:W 21:L 37:W 26 Huang, Aaron 3 17:L 34:W 5:L 21:W 29:W 7:L 18:L 27 Congreve, Lachlan 578 3 34:W 17:L 42:W 8:L 37:W 9:L 12:L 28 Lin, David 571 3 39:D 29:L 25:W 36:W 12:D 14:L 15:L 29 Yu, Lachlan 552 3 25:L 28:W 20:L 31:W 26:L 42:W 21:L 30 Lee, Chun 710 3 0: 0: 0: 46:W 32:W 39:W 19:L 31 White, Tom 3 21:L 43:W 18:L 29:L 45:W 40:W 17:L 32 Taylor, Lucas 3 13:L 22:L 24:L 34:W 30:L 45:W 43:W 33 Williams, Bode 3 20:L 36:D 38:D 41:L 43:W 18:L 42:W 34 Huang, Adam 3 27:L 26:L 45:L 32:L 0:W 47:W 40:W 35 Stephens, Isabel 555 2.5 44:W 19:L 16:L 43:W 20:L 37:D 24:L 36 Williams, Joshua 2.5 14:L 33:D 39:W 28:L 24:L 38:W 23:L 37 Dubey, Hemish 2.5 8:L 44:W 12:L 45:W 27:L 35:D 25:L 38 Somani, Tarini 500 2.5 3:L 15:L 33:D 39:W 25:L 36:L 47:W 39 Dique, Isaac 2.5 28:D 18:L 36:L 38:L 46:W 30:L 45:W 40 Bilinski, Harper 504 2 2:L 47:W 9:L 44:W 16:L 31:L 34:L 41 Muggeridge, Ben 2 10:L 46:W 13:L 33:W 9:L 17:L 0: 42 Duncan, Angus 2 12:L 45:W 27:L 22:L 47:W 29:L 33:L 43 Woodhouse, Roc 2 19:L 31:L 46:W 35:L 33:L 44:W 32:L 44 Bhende, Pranjal 2 35:L 37:L 47:W 40:L 21:L 43:L 46:W 45 Delaforce, Maddison 1 11:L 42:L 34:W 37:L 31:L 32:L 39:L 46 Singh, Lavanya 1 23:L 41:L 43:L 30:L 39:L 0:W 44:L 47 Alhusan, Taif 1 6:L 40:L 44:L 0:W 42:L 34:L 38:L
Standings
Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1-2 Wang, Jason B 1551 6 25.0 35.0 25.5
Slater-Jones, Henry B 1436 6 24.0 32.0 25.0
3-4 Au, Alex B 1249 5.5 26.5 35.0 23.5
Desses, Alexander B 1222 5.5 22.5 32.0 24.0
5-9 Naganna, Manu B 768 5 22.0 31.0 21.0
Kundal, Armaan MW 791 5 21.5 28.0 20.0
deGit, Cole MW 804 5 21.0 30.0 19.0
Congreve, Sophie B 861 5 18.5 26.5 20.0
Renganathan, Harish B 1211 5 16.5 23.0 18.0
10-12 Fraser, Daniel B 1074 4.5 22.0 30.5 20.0
Young, Dashiell B 1111 4.5 22.0 28.5 20.5
Su, Lucas B 654 4.5 17.0 23.5 18.5
13-21 Fraser, Evan B 744 4 22.5 31.0 19.0
Zhuang, Raymond B 808 4 21.0 28.5 19.5
Lupari, Isaac B 4 21.0 28.5 15.0
Weeks, Louis B 4 19.5 26.5 16.0
Withers, George B 931 4 18.0 26.5 16.0
Young, Arden B 549 4 18.0 26.5 14.0
Waddell, Craig B 869 4 18.0 25.5 18.0
Su, Marcus 4 18.0 25.5 17.0
Somani, Ashwin B 600 4 16.5 23.0 13.0
22-25 Westaway, Chase 3.5 19.5 27.0 13.5
Stephens, Ben (ACGS) B 704 3.5 19.0 24.5 15.5
Kane, Euan 3.5 16.5 24.0 11.0
Cox, Josh B 3.5 16.0 23.5 13.0
26-34 Huang, Aaron B 3 20.0 27.5 13.0
Congreve, Lachlan B 578 3 18.5 25.5 15.0
Lin, David B 571 3 17.0 24.0 14.0
Yu, Lachlan B 552 3 16.5 22.5 12.0
Lee, Chun B 710 3 16.0 20.5 9.0
White, Tom B 3 15.0 20.0 11.0
Taylor, Lucas B 3 14.5 19.5 7.0
Williams, Bode F 3 13.5 19.5 9.5
Huang, Adam B 3 12.0 16.0 6.0
35-39 Stephens, Isabel B 555 2.5 16.0 22.0 12.0
Williams, Joshua B 2.5 15.5 22.0 10.0
Dubey, Hemish B 2.5 15.5 21.5 11.0
Somani, Tarini B 500 2.5 15.5 21.5 7.5
Dique, Isaac B 2.5 12.0 16.5 7.5
40-44 Bilinski, Harper B 504 2 16.5 23.0 10.0
Muggeridge, Ben 2 15.5 21.0 8.0
Duncan, Angus B 2 13.5 18.5 9.0
Woodhouse, Roc 2 13.5 18.0 7.0
Bhende, Pranjal 2 9.5 14.0 6.0
45-47 Delaforce, Maddison 1 13.5 20.0 5.0
Singh, Lavanya 1 13.5 19.0 2.0
Alhusan, Taif 1 12.5 19.5 4.0
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A fine day it was and the entries exceeded our expectations. Our tournament clashed with an event on the Gold Coast and the Cricket World cup final but we still managed to get 46 players. And why not? We had a sausage sizzle and an alternative cricket match to watch :-)
See you next time!
