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RANGES CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL:
IT'S JUNIORS VERSES THE ADULTS !
Among the leaders in Round 6, Don fought off a determined Denise,
Ian held on to win against Paul, Joseph capitalized on a mistake by
Manny and Cameron had to forfeit against Damar because of the flu.
This has set up an exciting final round in which the leading adults
face-off against the leading juniors - each game critical in deciding
who will win 1st, 2nd and 3rd and Top Junior and Top Female.
Cameron Foo's game against Pearl and Aidan's against Tom will also
be important in deciding the Rating (800 or less) Prize.
Here are results from Round 6, current Standings and the FINAL round:
Ranges Club Championship 2010
Round 6 Results:
No Name Total Result Name Total
1 Machell, Don [4.5] 1:0 Lim, Denise [4]
2 Bearup, Paul [4] 0:1 Birchall, Ian [4]
3 Chua, Manny [3.5] 0:1 Wong, Joseph [3.5]
4 Bull-Quijano, Damar [3.5] +:- Yung, Cameron [3.5]
5 Ogden, Marcus W [3] 1:0 Foo, Cameron [3]
6 Brennfleck, Tom [3] 0:1 Van Scheepen, Frits [3]
7 Lu, Ruihong [3] 1:0 Car, Antares [3]
8 Yung, Pearl [2.5] 1:0 Lim, Yew Sze [2.5]
9 Williams, Luke [2.5] 0:1 Lim, Ethan [2.5]
10 Angley, Allan [2] -:+ Cook, Jamie [2]
11 Johansen, Carla [2] 0:1 Penman, Aidan [2]
12 Foo, Colin [2] 1:0 Minty, Kenneth [2]
13 Foo, Calvin [2] 0:1 Wong, Althea [1]
14 Penman, Nadia [0] +:- Moad, David [1]
15 Burnicle, Shaun [1] 1:0 BYE
STANDINGS AFTER ROUND 6:
Place Name Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 Machell, Don 1852 5.5 20.0 28.0 25.5
2 Birchall, Ian 1764 5 19.0 26.5 23.0
3-4 Wong, Joseph 1393 4.5 18.0 26.0 20.0
Bull-Quijano, Damar 1295 4.5 18.0 25.0 21.5
5-9 Bearup, Paul 1690 4 20.5 29.0 21.0
Ogden, Marcus W 1645 4 19.0 26.5 18.0
Lim, Denise 993 4 18.0 26.0 19.0
Van Scheepen, Frits 1103 4 16.5 23.5 18.0
Lu, Ruihong 884 4 15.5 21.0 17.0
10-13 Chua, Manny 1559 3.5 19.0 26.0 18.5
Yung, Cameron 937 3.5 17.0 23.0 17.0
Lim, Ethan 1004 3.5 16.0 22.0 16.0
Yung, Pearl 745 3.5 14.5 21.0 15.0
14-19 Penman, Aidan 646 3 17.0 21.5 14.0
Brennfleck, Tom 669 3 16.0 21.5 13.0
Cook, Jamie 631 3 16.0 21.5 12.0
Foo, Cameron 800 3 15.5 22.5 13.0
Car, Antares 3 14.5 20.5 13.0
Foo, Colin 359 3 11.5 16.0 9.0
20-21 Lim, Yew Sze 1075 2.5 16.5 23.5 13.5
Williams, Luke 486 2.5 12.5 17.5 10.5
22-28 Angley, Allan 2 15.0 21.0 10.0
Johansen, Carla 468 2 14.0 19.5 11.0
Wong, Althea 2 13.5 19.0 5.0
Burnicle, Shaun 258 2 13.0 18.0 6.0
Moad, David 334 2 12.5 16.5 6.0
Foo, Calvin 2 11.5 16.0 9.0
Minty, Kenneth 2 11.5 15.5 8.0
29 Espejo, Elvis 1455 1.5 8.0 13.0 5.5
30-33 Penman, Nadia 124 1 13.5 19.0 2.0
Li, Mingwei 1 8.0 13.5 3.0
Davis, Brandon 1 4.0 9.5 2.0
Van Dijk, Marieke 515 1 3.5 9.0 2.0
Round 7 (FINAL):
No Name Total Result Name Total
1 Wong, Joseph [4.5] : Machell, Don [5.5]
2 Bull-Quijano, Damar [4.5] : Birchall, Ian [5]
3 Lim, Denise [4] : Bearup, Paul [4]
4 Van Scheepen, Frits [4] : Ogden, Marcus W [4]
5 Chua, Manny [3.5] : Lu, Ruihong [4]
6 Lim, Ethan [3.5] : Yung, Cameron [3.5]
7 Foo, Cameron [3] : Yung, Pearl [3.5]
8 Penman, Aidan [3] : Brennfleck, Tom [3]
9 Car, Antares [3] : Cook, Jamie [3]
10 Lim, Yew Sze [2.5] 1:0 Foo, Colin [3]
11 Angley, Allan [2] : Williams, Luke [2.5]
12 Wong, Althea [2] : Johansen, Carla [2]
13 Minty, Kenneth [2] : Burnicle, Shaun [2]
14 Penman, Nadia [1] : Foo, Calvin [2]
15 Moad, David [1] 1:0 BYE
LOTS OF PRIZES FOR THE TAKING !
12 players have registered so far as at 1st September for the
RANGES SPRING BREAK WEEKENDER 18th-19th Sept
and 9 of them are juniors. It looks like the big prize money is up for
grabs. Going on ratings, at the moment Domagoj Dragicevic rated
2133 is the runaway favourite to win the $350 FIRST PRIZE money with
Karl Zelesco his nearest rival rated 1603 and I'm sure he would like to
win the $250 for second prize!
And there are potentially SIX rating groups with $60 1st prize in
each!
If you want to join in the fun (and maybe win some of the cash)
click on the LINKS at the top left of this page for details and to
register.
Here is the list of entries as at 1st September:
Ranges Spring Break 2010 as
Name Last Name Rating
Domagoj Dragicevic 2133
Karl Zelesco 1603
Joseph Wong 1393
Kyle Gibson 1285
Enoch Fan 1243
Ethan Lim 1004
Denise Lim 993
Liam Hamilton 750
Tom Brennfleck 669
Phoebe Fan 220
Carl Dingfelder 0
Herman Naude 0
THE DEADLY CONTEST CONTINUES
After four rounds of the 'LAST MAN (OR WOMAN) STANDING' last Thursday our
first casualty to use up both his lives is Chris. He will now go into the 'Dead Man's
Chest' Competition - to be joined by whoever is next to be eliminated. This will
continue until there are only two tough dudes left standing to take out the title.
But each person eliminated gets a prize!
Here are results and current standings with Carl seemingly bullet-proof:
Thursday 'Last Man Standing' Rapid 2010
Round 4 Results:
No Name Total Result Name Total
1 Magnus, [3] 0:1 Carl, [3]
2 Zane, [2] +:- Hamish, [2]
3 Jasmine, [2] .5:.5 Sean, [2]
4 Nathan, [2] 1:0 Rose, [1.5]
5 Dougal, [1] -:+ William, [1]
6 Isaac, [1] 1:0 Henry, [1]
7 Lewis, [1] +:- Jarod, [1]
8 Natalie, [1] 1:0 BenH, [.5]
9 Angelo, [0] 1:0 Chris, [0]
Standings after Round 4:
Place Name Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 Carl, 4 4.0 9.0 10.0
2-4 Zane, 3 5.0 10.0 8.0
Magnus, 3 3.5 8.5 9.0
Nathan, 3 3.5 6.5 7.0
5-6 Jasmine, 2.5 3.5 7.0 6.5
Sean, 2.5 3.0 6.0 5.5
7-12 Hamish, 2 5.5 10.5 7.0
Natalie, 2 4.0 8.5 4.0
Lewis, 2 4.0 8.0 3.0
William, 2 4.0 7.5 4.0
Isaac, 2 3.0 5.0 3.0
Brandon, 2 2.5 7.0 5.0
13 Rose, 1.5 3.5 7.5 3.5
14-17 Henry, 1 4.0 8.0 4.0
Dougal, 1 3.5 7.5 4.0
Angelo, 1 3.5 5.5 1.0
Jarod, 1 3.0 8.0 4.0
18-20 BenH, 0.5 4.5 8.5 1.5
BenR, 0.5 1.5 6.0 1.0
Michael, 0.5 1.5 5.0 1.0
21 Chris, 0 4.5 8.5 0.0
BIGGEST ROOKIES SHIELD TURNOUT EVER!
It was an exciting problem to have - not enough chess sets to cover
the 86 entrants in our biggest ever tournament! But once we sorted
out that problem everyone seemed to really enjoy the atmosphere
of good fun and tough competition.
Last year's Rookies Shield Champion, Joseph Wong, proved that he
is still the one to beat by remaining undefeated and finishing on 7
wins out of seven rounds. Joshua Devarajh came in second in the
Open on 6, having only lost one game to Reginald Chong, the
winner of the Adult division. Young Ethan Lim decided he was tired
of only winning the Under 8 trophies and he nailed 3rd place in the
Open with good wins against some of the toughest opponents.
Two others were also on a score of 6: new comer Chang Zhang was
the top Under 14 player very closely followed by Karl Zelesco as the
Under 12 winner. Denise Lim was ranked just ahead of Ruihong Lu
on 5 wins. Jamie Cook became the Under 16 winner on 4.5 and on
the same score Mingus Go-yang took out the Under 10 trophy and
prize money. Althea Wong (yes, sister to Joseph) showed that she
is a rising star by winning the Under 8 with a personal best of 4.5.
A big thank you musxt once again go to all the helpers at this
successful event - especially Frits, Tom, Peter, Graham, PohChoo,
Esther, and Priya - and to Yew Sze as Director of Play. Your help
was essential with the high number of entries.
This year's Rookies Shield series is heading towards an exciting
conclusion at the final round on November 14th.
Here are the finals Standings:
Ranges Rookies Shield August 2010 Final Standings
Place Name Title Club Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 Wong, Joseph 1ST oPEN U12 7 22.5 30.5 28.0
2-5 Devarajh, Joshua 2nd OPEN U12 6 24.0 30.5 25.0
Lim, Ethan 3rd OPEN U8 6 23.5 32.5 25.0
Zhang, Chang 1st u14 U14 6 21.5 29.5 22.0
Zelesco, Karl 1st U12 U12 6 21.0 29.5 23.0
6-18 Chong, Reginald 1st Adult Adult 5 24.5 34.0 25.0
Prathiraja, Omesh 2nd U14 U14 5 24.5 34.0 21.0
Bull-Quijano Damar3rd U14 U14 5 24.0 33.0 25.0
Simpson, Bruce 2nd Adult Adult 5 23.5 33.5 23.0
Foo, Cameron U14 5 22.5 33.0 21.0
Tuglaci, Serif 3rd Adult Adult 5 22.5 31.5 23.0
Chua, Manny Adult 5 22.5 31.0 23.0
Foo, Colin 2nd U12 U12 5 21.5 30.5 19.0
Tissainayagam,Jon 3rd U12 U12 5 20.5 29.0 20.0
Lim, Denise Top Girl ScoreU12 5 20.0 27.5 21.0
Lu, Ruihong U14 5 18.5 25.5 20.0
Zhang, Zong U12 5 18.5 25.0 19.0
Van Scheepen, Frits Adult 5 17.0 23.5 19.0
19-23 Cook, Jamie U16 4.5 22.0 30.0 19.0
Espejo, Elvis Adult 4.5 22.0 29.0 21.5
Gu-yang, Mingus 1st U10 U10 4.5 21.0 30.0 16.0
Chen, Kevin U12 4.5 18.0 25.5 16.0
Wong, Althea 1st U8 U8 4.5 15.5 21.0 17.0
24-39 Moad, David U12 4 21.5 29.5 20.0
Hilbig, Josiah U16 4 21.0 29.0 21.0
Burnicle, Shaun U14 4 20.5 29.5 18.0
Tan, Henry 2nd U10 U10 4 20.0 27.0 18.0
Dingfelder, Carl 3rd U10 U10 4 19.0 27.5 16.0
Williams, Luke U14 4 19.0 26.5 19.0
Pecori, Rafael U10 4 19.0 26.5 19.0
Chen, Steven U12 4 18.5 26.5 15.0
Fisher, Joshua U12 4 18.5 25.0 16.0
Tan, Sean U10 4 17.0 23.5 14.0
Lai, Dominic U10 4 17.0 23.5 13.0
Taylor, Will U10 4 16.5 23.0 16.0
Marsh, Zane U12 4 16.0 22.0 14.0
McIntosh, Matthew U12 4 15.5 22.0 12.0
Punithan, Heman U10 4 14.5 20.5 13.0
Lim, Nathan 2nd U8 U8 4 14.0 19.0 10.0
40-46 Brennfleck, Jarod U12 3.5 21.5 30.0 17.0
Leach, Hamish U14 3.5 18.0 26.0 16.0
Foo, Calvin 3rd U8 U8 3.5 18.0 25.5 13.5
Bock, Magnus U10 3.5 17.0 23.0 14.0
Song, Charlie U10 3.5 15.5 23.5 14.5
Storie, Bryce U8 3.5 14.5 20.5 11.0
Leung, Collin U10 3.5 13.5 19.0 8.0
47-61 Keyhoe, Thomas U10 3 21.0 30.0 12.0
Dudley, Liam U12 3 19.5 28.0 14.0
Mui, Benny U10 3 19.5 26.0 16.0
Kelly, Jasmine U10 3 19.0 27.0 12.0
Mashayekhi, John U12 3 19.0 26.5 14.0
Lawrence, Tristan U12 3 18.5 26.5 13.0
Dowling, Joshua U10 3 17.5 24.5 14.0
Leach, Dougal U10 3 16.5 23.0 10.0
Shah, Naman U10 3 16.0 21.5 11.0
McConnell, Angus U8 3 15.0 21.5 13.0
Ou, Sunny U10 3 15.0 21.0 11.0
Warren, Conor U10 3 14.5 19.0 10.0
Brydon, Zac U10 3 14.0 20.0 10.0
Wake, Ethan U10 3 13.5 18.0 10.0
Taylor, Brandon U12 3 12.5 18.0 11.0
62-69 Kapadia, Suren U8 2.5 18.5 24.5 12.5
Jahn, Brendan U8 2.5 17.0 23.5 10.0
Tzanopoulos, Billy U10 2.5 14.5 20.0 9.5
Shankar, Pooja U10 2.5 14.0 21.0 10.5
Li, Mingwei U14 2.5 14.0 20.0 11.5
Hulstaert, Brendan U12 2.5 13.5 20.0 10.0
Durack, Paul U10 2.5 13.0 18.0 7.5
Battaglini, Joseph U8 2.5 11.5 17.0 7.5
70-81 James, Andrew U8 2 18.0 26.0 11.0
Ekanayake, Linuka U10 2 16.5 23.0 7.0
Chen, Raymond U10 2 16.0 22.0 9.0
Wake, Jared U8 2 16.0 22.0 8.0
James, David U8 2 16.0 21.5 6.0
Brydon, Katilyn U8 2 16.0 20.5 11.0
Young, Felix U10 2 15.0 19.5 7.0
Sughesh, Sahan U10 2 14.0 21.0 8.5
Cook-Rowe, Lloyd U8 2 14.0 20.0 4.5
Campbell, Leyton U12 2 12.0 17.0 4.5
Pass, Jordan U8 2 11.0 17.5 8.5
Brydon, Alisha U8 2 11.0 15.5 4.5
82-84 Niranjan, Aaron U8 1.5 15.0 21.5 4.0
Kelly, Rose U8 1.5 13.0 21.0 4.5
Penman, William U8 1.5 13.0 18.5 4.0
85 Lawrence, Alyssa U8 0.5 13.5 20.0 2.5
86 Keegan, Connor U10 0 7.0 7.0 0.0
ROOKIES SHIELD PROGRESS SCORES:
Here below is the list of entrants of the first three Rookies competitions
held earlier this year. Each competition has its own trophies and prizes.
Scores from all five competitions will be totaled in November to award
shields and prize money to the top scorers in each age group.
RANGES ROOKIES SHIELD 2010 PROGRESS SCORES
NAME AGE GP FEB MAY JUNE AUG NOV TOTAL
1 ZELESCO Karl U12 6.5 6.5 4.5 17.5
2 WONG Joseph U12 8 5 4.5 17.5
3 SIMPSON Bruce ADULT 7 6 4 17
4 DEVARAJH Joshua U12 5 6 5.5 16.5
5 LIM Ethan U8 6.5 4.5 5.5 16.5
6 BULL-QUIJANO Damar U14 5.5 4.5 6 16
7 CHUA Manny ADULT 6 4 5.5 15.5
8 LIM Denise U12 5.5 5 5 15.5
9 VAN SCHEEPEN Frits ADULT 5 5.5 4.5 15
10 COOK Jamie U16 5 5 4 14
11 FOO Cameron U14 6 4.5 3.5 14
12 MOAD David U12 5 4.5 4 13.5
13 WILLIAMS Luke U14 5 4 4 13
14 TISSAINAYAGAM Jon U12 4.5 5 3 12.5
15 FOO Colin U12 4 4 4 12
16 HUMPHREYS Scott ADULT 6 5 11
17 TUGLACI Serif ADULT 6.5 4.5 11
18 BOCK Magnus U10 4 4 3 11
19 BRENNFLECK Jarod U12 4 4 3 11
20 HINH Patrick U12 4.5 4.5 2 11
21 PRATHIRAJA Omesh U14 6 4.5 10.5
22 HINH Raymond U10 4 3.5 3 10.5
23 DINGFELDER Carl U10 4.5 3 3 10.5
24 BURNICLE Shaun U14 5 3 2.5 10.5
25 CHEN Steven U12 5 3 2.5 10.5
26 DAVIES Stephen ADULT 5.5 4.5 10
27 HILBIG Josiah U16 6 4 10
28 YIU Trevor U14 6 4 10
29 LAKSHMAN Vinay U16 6 3.5 9.5
30 FOO Calvin U8 3 3.5 3 9.5
31 ESPEJO Elvis ADULT 5 4 9
32 KAPPADIA Suren U8 3 3 3 9
33 KELLY Jasmine U10 4 3 2 9
34 LU Ruihong U14 4 5 9
35 WILLIAMS Jay U12 5 3 8
36 ALBARRACIN Greg ADULT 7.5 7.5
37 ROBINSON Lauren U12 4 3.5 7.5
38 GU-YANG Mingus U10 3 3.5 6.5
39 JAHN Brendan U8 4 2.5 6.5
40 CHEAH Matthew U12 6 6
41 GU-YANG Bonita U12 3 3 6
42 PUNITHAN Heman U10 3 3 6
43 TAYLOR Will U10 3 3 6
44 WENDLEMAN Ryan U10 4 2 6
45 GIBSON Kyle U14 5.5 5.5
46 HUNTER Daniel U14 5 5
47 PENMAN Aidan U14 5 5
48 PENMAN Nadia U12 5 5
49 ROMETE Claude ADULT 5 5
50 WHITEHEAD Simon ADULT 5 5
51 SMITH Belinda ADULT 4.5 4.5
52 ANG Nathan U12 4 4
53 BABAEV Aron U12 4 4
54 CAMERON Damon U10 4 4
55 COOK Tiarn U14 4 4
56 FINK Egon ADULT 4 4
57 FOX Michael U12 4 4
58 HO Gabriel U12 4 4
59 HUNTER Lachlan U12 4 4
60 KEYHOE Thomas U10 2 2 4
61 SHAW Jonathan ADULT 4 4
62 WILLIAMS-SKOURAS J U10 4 4
63 FISHER Joshua U12 3.5 3.5
64 PECORI Rafael U10 3.5 3.5
65 SHAW Jacob U10 3.5 3.5
66 ANG Natalie U10 3 3
67 BENNETT Alex U10 3 3
68 BRUCE-TENNANT Ben U14 3 3
69 BRUCE-TENNANT J U10 3 3
70 CHELLIAH Anishtha U10 3 3
71 DAVIS Brandon U14 3 3
72 GRANT-ROY Chris U10 3 3
73 KOAY Joyee U12 3 3
74 McAULEY-HINES Quinn U12 3 3
75 MOSS Daniel U12 3 3
76 SHAH Naman U10 3 3
77 SUISTED Daniel U12 3 3
78 TURNER Harry U10 2.5 2.5
79 ZHANG James U10 2.5 2.5
80 BALL Nathan U10 2 2
81 BRIGGS Findlay U10 2 2
82 CHOW Evan U8 2 2
83 HO Daniel U10 2 2
84 HO Hannah U10 2 2
85 HYDE Benjamin U12 2 2
86 KELLY Rose U8 1 1 2
87 McCONNELL Angus U8 2 2
88 TIMBLETT Ethan U10 2 2
89 VAN HUIZEN Rori U8 2 2
90 WILSON Andrew U10 2 2
91 WONG Althea U8 2 2
92 ZELESCO Mia U8 2 2
93 LEACH Dougal U10 1 1
94 ROSS Matthew U8 1 1
95 HO Jonathan U8 0.5 0.5
96 LACY Tahlia U10 0.5 0.5
97 O'CONNOR Harrison U12 0 0
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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
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