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Tuesday 27th July
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7.30-7.40 Supper
7.40-9.30 Club Ch'ship Rnd 2
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Thursday 29th July
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7.40-8.30 Novice Winter Rapid Rnd 3 & 4
 

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 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP Rnd 1 REPORT
 
Click HERE for competition details.

Click HERE to enter as a late entry on-line.
 

BREAKING NEWS!  WE ARE CHANGING THE RULES!

Yes, we are being outrageous and changing the rules after the

competition has started!  We are adding a prize:

$50 + trophy to Top Scoring player with a rating of 800 or less!

I think we all will be happy with adding this encouragement prize.

                                  *  *  *  *  *

Our Championship got off to a great start last Tuesday (20/7) with 29

starters including eight visitors from other clubs.  The only upset of

Round 1 was Luke Williams' draw against Elvis Espejo after Luke

missed a way to win the endgame.  Luke is showing that he is a very

underrated junior. 

Here are full results for Round 1 and the draw for Round 2:

Ranges Club Championship 2010 
Round 1 Results:
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total

1 Foo, Cameron 800 [0] 0:1 Machell, Don 1852 [0]
2 Birchall, Ian 1764 [0] 1:0 Yung, Pearl 745 [0]
3 Brennfleck, Tom 669 [0] 0:1 Bearup, Paul 1690 [0]
4 Ogden, Marcus W 1645 [0] 1:0 Cook, Jamie 631 [0]
5 Van Dijk, Marieke 515 [0] 0:1 Chua, Manny 1559 [0]
6 Espejo, Elvis 1455 [0] .5:.5 Williams, Luke 486 [0]
7 Johansen, Carla 468 [0] 0:1 Wong, Joseph 1393 [0]
8 Bull-Quijano, Damar 1295 [0] 1:0 Foo, Colin 359 [0]
9 Moad, David 334 [0] 0:1 Lim, Yew Sze 1075 [0]
10 Lim, Ethan 1004 [0] 1:0 Burnicle, Shaun 258 [0]
11 Davis, Brandon [0] 0:1 Lim, Denise 993 [0]
12 Yung, Cameron 937 [0] 1:0 Foo, Calvin [0]
13 Li, Mingwei [0] 0:1 Lu, Ruihong 884 [0]
14 Van Scheepen, Frits 1103 [0] 1:0 Angley, Allan [0]
15 Penman, Aidan 646 [0] 1:0 BYE

Round 2:
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total

1 Machell, Don 1852 [1] : Van Scheepen, Frits 1103 [1]
2 Lim, Yew Sze 1075 [1] : Birchall, Ian 1764 [1]
3 Bearup, Paul 1690 [1] : Lim, Ethan 1004 [1]
4 Lim, Denise 993 [1] : Ogden, Marcus W 1645 [1]
5 Chua, Manny 1559 [1] : Yung, Cameron 937 [1]
6 Wong, Joseph 1393 [1] : Penman, Aidan 646 [1]
7 Lu, Ruihong 884 [1] : Bull-Quijano, Damar 1295 [1]
8 Foo, Cameron 800 [0] : Espejo, Elvis 1455 [.5]
9 Williams, Luke 486 [.5] : Brennfleck, Tom 669 [0]
10 Yung, Pearl 745 [0] : Moad, David 334 [0]
11 Cook, Jamie 631 [0] : Davis, Brandon [0]
12 Burnicle, Shaun 258 [0] : Van Dijk, Marieke 515 [0]
13 Foo, Colin 359 [0] : Johansen, Carla 468 [0]
14 Foo, Calvin [0] : Li, Mingwei [0]
15 Angley, Allan [0] 1:0 BYE

 

    BIG TURNOUT FOR THURSDAY WINTER RAPID

We welcome some new faces to our Ranges Winter Novice Rapid including the Joakim brothers and the brother-sister team of Nathan and Natalie Ang.  This 7 round Swiss-style competition looks like being the biggest ever with 22 players on the books.  

With some postponed games still to play, the other early leaders include two improving players, Dougal Leach and Chris Grant-Roy.  But there is still plenty of chess to play before the 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes are decided and the lucky entrant prize is drawn.

Here are results for Round 1 and Round 2 which will be completed this Thursday (29/7):

Ranges Winter Novice Rapid 2010
Round 1:
No Name              Total  Result   Name                 Total

 1 Ang, Natalie      [0]      1:0    Kelly, Rose          [0]  
 2 Kelly, Jasmine    [0]      0:1    Ang, Nathan          [0]  
 3 Bock, Magnus      [0]      1:0    Leach, Hamish        [0]  
 4 Leach, Dougal     [0]      +:-    Brennfleck, Jarod    [0]  
 5 Cross, Ziggy      [0]     .5:.5   Marsh, Zane          [0]  
 6 Robinson, Michael [0]      1:0    De Marie-Smith, Jack [0]  
 7 Dingfelder, Carl  [0]      -:-    Robinson, Lauren     [0]  
 8 Robinson, Ben     [0]      0:1    Grant-Roy, Chris     [0]  
 9 Hyde, Ben         [0]      0:1    Tan, Sean            [0]  
10 Tan, Henry        [0]      0:1    Joakim, Isaac        [0]  
11 Joakim, Lewis     [0]      1:0    Tyrone, Angelo       [0]  

Round 2:
No Name                 Total  Result   Name              Total

 1 Joakim, Isaac        [1]      1:0    Ang, Natalie      [1]  
 2 Ang, Nathan          [1]      1:0    Joakim, Lewis     [1]  
 3 Leach, Dougal        [1]      1:0    Bock, Magnus      [1]  
 4 Grant-Roy, Chris     [1]      1:0    Robinson, Michael [1]  
 5 Tan, Sean            [1]       :     Brennfleck, Jarod [0]  
 6 Dingfelder, Carl     [0]       :     Marsh, Zane       [.5] 
 7 De Marie-Smith, Jack [0]      0:1    Cross, Ziggy      [.5] 
 8 Robinson, Lauren     [0]       :     Robinson, Ben     [0]  
 9 Leach, Hamish        [0]      1:0    Hyde, Ben         [0]  
10 Kelly, Rose          [0]      0:1    Tan, Henry        [0]  
11 Tyrone, Angelo       [0]     .5:.5   Kelly, Jasmine    [0]  

 


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      AUSTRALIAN JUNIOR WEBSITE NOW READY


The following is a message from Scott Humphreys inviting all juniors to
check out the AJCC2011 website:

I am happy to announce that the Australian Junior Chess
Championship 2011 web site is now up and running. You can go to
the site by clicking on:

ajcc2011.com.au.

To summarise:
* Championship events held over 15-23 Jan 2011, held at Billanook
College, Mooroolbark, Victoria
* 9 days for U18/U16, 5 days for U14/U12, 3 days for U10/U8, so
12 divisions in open and girls sections
* Lightning and problem solving events (U18/U12) on the Tuesday
rest day, in open and girls sections
* $5,000+ prizemoney, plus trophies and medals
* Entrants with payment by 1 Nov can order 1 free T-shirt
* More information now on the web site, including: some accommodation
options, playing schedule, local transport options, AJCC history,
things to do, sponsorship
* The web site allows you to register and/or sign up for the
newsletter
* A flyer is also available from this link.

Regards, Scott
 
VICTORIAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS
In the Under 18 Open our congratulations go to Kyle Gibson and Karl 
Zelesco
who tied on a score of 6 out of 9 and came 5th and 7th place
respectively in the field of 21. They shared the Under 14 prizemoney and
Kyle became Under 14 Champion on countback.
Other notable results by our Ranges friends were Joseph Wong equal 
15th on 5 points and Joshua Devarajh 34th on 3.5.
Three Ranges club members achieved good results in the Under 12 
Championship
Denise Lim came 11th out of the 79 entrants with a
score of 5 out of 7. 
Her brother Ethan, also on 5 points was placed 14th - easily the 
highest 8 year-old result.  David Moad finished on 4 points in 28th spot.
Joshua Devarajh and Karl Zelesco tied for 1st-2nd in the competition 
on 6 points.
Good to see Ranges members and friends well up in the winners list and 
having a go.
Congratulations to all!



 A TOUGH FIELD IN THE ROOKIES SHIELD

There was very little separating the top contenders in all the age

divisions of this hard fought tournament. Forty-three players

braved the cold rainy weather. The close results and number of

draws reflected the high standard of play. It all came down to

the critical final 7th round.

When Manny Chua drew his final game against last year's 'King',

Kyle Gibson, this opened the way for 14 year-old Damar

Bull-Quijano to become outright leader with his win against the

early leader, Claude Romete. Damar finished on 6 out of 7

(five wins, two draws) and was crowned 'King of the Mountain'

for 2010.  Manny Chua came 2nd in the OPEN, Claude won the

ADULT section and Kyle Gibson was 1st in the UNDER 14s.

Joshua Devarajh had a final round showdown against his old rival

Joseph Wong.  This time Joshua came out on top to claim the OPEN

3rd prize and Joseph settled for 1st in the UNDER 12.

11 year-old Denise Lim retained her 'Queen of the Mountain'

title with a 7th round win against Josiah Hilbig.  This earned her a

score of 5 out of 7 (4 wins, two draws) placing her just ahead of

Ruihong Lu (5 wins) on count-back by the slightest of margins. 

Because of this these friends agreed to share the 2010 'Queen'

title

Josiah became the UNDER 16 winner on 4 points. Rafael Pecori

showed much improvement to gain the UNDER 10 title with 3.5. 

However, a notable result was achieved by the winner of the

UNDER 8 section, Ethan Lim, who finished on 5.5 and was 4th

over-all in the whole tournament.

Here is the trophy winners list, followed by the complete final

standings:

OPEN:
1st 6 Damar Bull-Quijano (King)
2nd 5.5 Manny Chua
3rd 5.5 Joshua Devarajh

GIRL HIGH SCORE AWARD:
5 Denise Lim (Queen)

ADULTS:
1st 5 Claude Romete
2nd 4.5 Stephen Davies
3rd 4.5 Frits van Scheepen

UNDER 16:
1st 4 Josiah Hilbig
2nd 4 Jamie Cook
3rd 3.5 Vinay Lakshman

UNDER 14:
1st 5.5 Kyle Gibson
2nd 5 Ruihong Lu (Queen)
3rd 4 Luke Williams

UNDER 12:
1st 4.5 Joseph Wong
2nd 4.5 Karl Zelesco
3rd 4 Colin Foo

UNDER 10:
1st 3.5 Rafael Pecori
2nd 3.5 Mingus Gu Yang
3rd 3 Magnus Bock (equal)
3 Heman Punithan (equal)

UNDER 8:
1st 5.5 Ethan Lim
2nd 3 Calvin Foo
3rd 3 Suren Kapadia

Encouragement Awards:
Dougal Leach, Rose Kelly

Ranges Rookies Shield K & Q of Mountain 2010
Final Standings:
Place Name Club Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 Bull-Quijano, Damar U14 6 24.5 33.0 25.0
2-5 Chua, Manny Adult 5.5 25.0 34.0 24.0
Devarajh, Joshua U12 5.5 22.0 31.0 22.0
Lim, Ethan U8 5.5 21.0 30.0 22.0
Gibson, Kyle U14 5.5 20.0 28.0 24.0
6-8 Romete, Claude Adult 5 22.5 32.0 24.5
Lim, Denise U12 5 18.0 24.0 19.5
Lu, Ruihong U14 5 18.0 24.0 19.0
9-12 Davies, Stephen P Adult 4.5 22.5 31.0 20.0
Wong, Joseph U12 4.5 22.5 30.5 20.5
Zelesco, Karl U12 4.5 19.5 26.5 16.0
Van Scheepen, Frits Adult 4.5 19.0 26.5 19.5
13-20 Espejo, Elvis Adult 4 21.0 29.5 18.0
Simpson, Bruce Adult 4 21.0 28.5 19.5
Hilbig, Josiah U16 4 20.0 27.0 16.0
Williams, Luke U14 4 18.0 25.5 15.0
Foo, Colin U12 4 18.0 25.0 15.0
Cook, Jamie U16 4 17.0 24.0 16.0
Fink, Egon Adult 4 14.5 21.0 13.0
Moad, David U12 4 14.5 18.5 12.0
21-24 Lakshman, Vinay U16 3.5 22.5 30.5 17.5
Foo, Cameron U14 3.5 19.0 26.5 17.5
Pecori, Rafael U10 3.5 17.5 24.5 13.0
Gu Yang, Mingus U10 3.5 15.5 22.0 12.0
25-34 Tissainayagam, Jonathan U12 3 20.0 26.5 15.0
Bock, Magnus U10 3 18.0 25.0 13.0
Punithan, Heman U10 3 18.0 25.0 13.0
Taylor, Will U10 3 17.5 24.5 12.0
Gu Yang, Bonita U12 3 16.0 22.0 10.0
Dingfelder, Carl U10 3 15.5 22.5 11.0
Foo, Calvin U8 3 15.0 19.5 11.0
Hinh, Raymond U10 3 13.5 19.5 9.0
Kapadia, Suren U8 3 13.5 19.5 9.0
Brennfleck, Jarod U12 3 12.5 18.5 9.0
35-36 Burnicle, Shaun U14 2.5 17.5 23.0 12.5
Chen, Steven U12 2.5 16.0 22.5 10.0
37-41 Hinh, Patrick U12 2 17.5 24.5 9.0
Wong, Althea U8 2 17.5 22.5 9.0
Kelly, Jasmine U10 2 14.5 20.0 4.0
Hyde, Benjamin U12 2 14.0 19.0 3.0
Keyhoe, Thomas U10 2 14.0 18.0 7.0
42-43 Kelly, Rose U8 1 16.0 22.5 4.0
Leach, Dougal U10 1 14.0 19.0 5.0




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