2007 Australian Junior Chess Championship Canberra Bulletin, Wednesday 24 January

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Coach’s Rapid Coach’s Lightning 17 January 23 January

Place Name Score Place Name Score

1 Rafizadeh, Shervin 7 1 Xie, Ken 7.5 2-3 Holland, Dennis 5 2 Smirnov, Vlad 7 Fedec, John 5 3 Lip, Michael 6 4 Feldman, Alex 4.5 4 Yu, Ronald 5 5 Yoon, Sunny 2.5 5 Sales, Jessie 4 6-7 Kumar, Dhirendra 2 6 Rafizadeh, Shervin 3.5 Karibasic, Amir 2 7 Stahnke, Axel 1.5 8 Leahy, Pascal 0 8 Fedec, John 1 9 Yoon, Sunny 0.5

Overall winner – Shervin Rafizadeh!

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A massive entry of 150 players in member of the group on 6/8, Thomas Feng misplayed their the Lightning meant too many for beating Penelope Hoey from a lost tactics. As if that was not enough, just one tournament – so the position a piece down after the we had four players on 6/8 too, with inevitable decision was made to latter let her queen a pawn. Yi being joined by Alex Stahnke and split the tournament into two, Taiyang Zhang (who both won) as Under 18 (74 players) and Under 12 We expected excitement at the top well as Laurence Matheson (who (76 players). The former was in the Under 12 Girls, with two joint drew with Ryan Sam). dominated by Junta Ikeda, clear leaders on 5.5/7 playing two players winner by a two point margin on on 5/7 – and they did not Things remained almost as 10.5/11; though he really should disappoint! Megan Setiabudi slowly interesting at the top in the Under have lost the one draw he conceded outplayed Caroline Shan, winning a 18 Open, despite Michael Wei’s to Derek Yu. There were clear girls pawn to a back rank mate threat stomachous attack against Joseph winners in both events as well, with and then making her central passed Nguyen resulting in mate and 7/8 Deborah Ng the new Australian pawns count. So the outright lead for Michael. It took much longer, Girls Lightning Champion on 7.5/11 for Megan on 6.5/8, but she could but Zhigen Lin was able to maintain and Leteisha Simmonds the leading not yet escape Clarise Koh (6/8) joint lead with Michael by beating Under 12 girl on 6.5/11. Gene after the latter’s win against Abbie Chris Wallis; Chris should probably Nakauchi and Yi Yuan found Kanagarajah – poor Abbie could themselves harder to separate, only quop after failing to refute a however, coming equal first on possibly unsound exchange 10/11 in the Under 12 event after sacrifice from Clarise, and ending up Gene won their individual game, falling victim to a crushing attack. but then suffered a back rank All this set up a crucial ninth round accident to lose to Bernard Chau game between Clarise and Megan, later on. Thus a playoff was possibly for the title. But even this is necessary, but that too finished at not sure, as Natasha Bortsova and 1-1; and only after the final playoff Alannah Byrne both won to join game with Yi (Black) having four Abbie on 5.5/8 – they are all near minutes to Gene’s five but draw enough if good enough… IA Charles Zworestine odds did Gene finally win to claim the Under 12 title. If anything, we are now even further from a clear winner than we were in have drawn, but fatigue caused him The day before had seen many the Under 12 Open, with the results to drop two pawns unnecessarily interesting things happen in the in Round 8 leaving the event even and fatally in their minor piece main events, not least of which was more wide open than it was before! ending. But with six players on 6/8 on top board in the Under 18 Girls The top board draw between James breathing down their necks, where Tamzin Oliver and Emma Guo Li and Gene Nakauchi was another Michael and Zhigen could hardly played a thriller! This resulted in topsy turvy struggle, with James’ feel safe! Apart from Chris, they still only the eighth draw of the entire opening advantage eventually had to worry about Junta Ikeda, Ben event, but no vocating from these netting him an extra pawn; but then Lazarus, Ganesh Viswanath, Andrew two – a mass exchange of pieces he allowed Gene into a pure Brown and William Xu. Junta won a saw Tamzin eventually better in a opposite coloured bishop ending, pawn and a tough rook endgame very complicated rook ending, but which was drawn after a few more against Eugene Schon; Ganesh won she could see no win and agreed a twists and turns. With Oscar Wang a piece to upset Thomas Donaldson; draw. This enabled Emma (7/8) to stunning Yi Yuan after the latter while James Morris should have maintain a full point lead, after Sally misplayed a complicated opening drawn with William Xu, but Yu reached 6/8 by mating Molly and found himself with not enough blundered in the end to drop McGarity after earlier winning two for his queen, we suddenly had four almost all his pawns and lose their pieces for a rook. Jessica Kinder was joint leaders on 6.5/8 and no idea minor piece ending. also on 6/8 when she won a pawn what was going to happen! The four and her rook ending against Sophie were Gene, Yi, Oscar and Vincent Eustace. Alana Chibnall was the final Horton, who won a rook when www.actjcl.org.au/ausjuniors2007/ Australian Junior Lightning Championship – Under 18 23 January 2007

No Name Feder Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

1 Ikeda, Junta ACT 2114 10.5 43:W 16:W 15:W 10:W 3:W 18:W 11:W 6:D 2:W 4:W 7:W 2 Illingworth, Max NSW 2246 8.5 51:W 20:W 12:L 29:W 4:D 35:W 23:W 9:W 1:L 19:W 3:W 3 Lin, Zhigen Wilson VIC 1635 8 32:W 25:W 17:W 12:W 1:L 10:L 16:W 18:W 6:W 9:W 2:L 4 Lei, Yitao QLD 1490 8 65:W 60:W 5:W 23:L 2:D 8:W 13:D 11:W 10:W 1:L 9:W 5 Wallis, Christopher VIC 1932 8 31:W 30:W 4:L 36:W 9:L 29:W 19:L 28:W 15:W 24:W 14:W 6 Yu, Derek VIC 1609 7.5 58:W 17:L 41:W 8:W 16:W 53:W 18:W 1:D 3:L 7:L 20:W 7 Vijayakumar, Rengan VIC 1501 7.5 48:W 26:L 44:W 31:D 14:L 46:W 22:W 23:W 21:W 6:W 1:L 8 Ng, Deborah NSW 1464 7.5 52:W 46:D 24:W 6:L 31:W 4:L 14:D 36:W 43:W 12:D 21:W 9 Donaldson, Thomas WA 1435 7 34:W 49:W 11:L 17:W 5:W 13:W 10:W 2:L 24:W 3:L 4:L 10 Morris, James VIC 1592 7 39:W 36:W 26:W 1:L 20:W 3:W 9:L 12:W 4:L 14:L 19:W 11 Muthusamy, Reubban VIC 1642 7 41:W 29:W 9:W 18:L 19:W 12:W 1:L 4:L 20:D 25:D 30:W 12 Jule, Alexandra QLD 1491 7 63:W 55:W 2:W 3:L 25:W 11:L 36:W 10:L 27:W 8:D 13:D 13 Guo-Yuthok, Sherab ACT 1685 7 40:W 15:L 46:W 42:W 37:W 9:L 4:D 35:L 29:W 18:W 12:D 14 Guo, Emma ACT 1306 7 57:W 24:D 19:L 46:W 7:W 23:L 8:D 16:W 38:W 10:W 5:L 15 Haselgrove, Miles WA 1386 7 50:W 13:W 1:L 54:L 40:W 44:W 21:L 26:W 5:L 32:W 27:W 16 Gearing, Michael QLD 1427 7 45:W 1:L 39:W 26:W 6:L 42:W 3:L 14:L 31:W 43:W 25:W 17 Yu, Sally VIC 1351 7 70:W 6:W 3:L 9:L 44:L 55:W 32:W 25:L 54:W 26:W 24:W 18 Brown, Andrew ACT 1496 6.5 61:W 27:W 28:W 11:W 23:W 1:L 6:L 3:L 25:D 13:L 35:W 19 Ford, Daniel QLD 1406 6.5 71:D 38:W 14:W 53:D 11:L 26:W 5:W 21:D 35:W 2:L 10:L 20 Muller, Jonas QLD 1381 6.5 56:W 2:L 47:W 27:W 10:L 34:W 53:W 24:L 11:D 23:W 6:L 21 Van Dijk, Devrim VIC 1554 6.5 69:W 28:L 32:W 25:L 33:W 30:W 15:W 19:D 7:L 35:W 8:L 22 Xing, Edward ACT 1243 6.5 46:L 63:W 64:W 24:D 35:L 39:W 7:L 43:L 56:W 53:W 37:W 23 Dyer, Alastair TAS 1630 6 44:W 35:D 62:W 4:W 18:L 14:W 2:L 7:L 53:W 20:L 29:D 24 Schon, Eugene VIC 1546 6 47:W 14:D 8:L 22:D 43:W 28:W 25:W 20:W 9:L 5:L 17:L 25 Cameron, James VIC 1359 6 68:W 3:L 48:W 21:W 12:L 54:W 24:L 17:W 18:D 11:D 16:L 26 Smith, Kayleigh ACT 1242 6 67:W 7:W 10:L 16:L 38:W 19:L 54:W 15:L 47:W 17:L 44:W 27 Cohn, Jason NSW 1268 6 54:W 18:L 59:W 20:L 34:L 47:W 63:W 30:W 12:L 38:W 15:L 28 Lee, Leoma QLD 1336 6 59:W 21:W 18:L 37:L 62:W 24:L 69:W 5:L 40:D 55:W 38:D 29 Papantoniou, John NSW 1339 6 72:W 11:L 60:W 2:L 69:W 5:L 34:W 53:D 13:L 39:W 23:D 30 Kinder, Jessica QLD 1351 6 74:W 5:L 55:D 62:D 41:W 21:L 48:W 27:L 39:W 44:W 11:L 31 Chow, Justin ACT 1202 6 5:L 72:W 49:W 7:D 8:L 56:L 45:D 34:W 16:L 59:W 47:W 32 Reading, Michael ACT 1108 6 3:L 68:W 21:L 34:L 52:W 64:W 17:L 63:W 36:W 15:L 42:W 33 McGarity, Liam QLD 1239 6 64:L 52:W 54:L 50:W 21:L 48:L 65:W 61:W 37:D 36:D 45:W 34 Beilby, Kieton QLD 948 6 9:L 42:L 67:W 32:W 27:W 20:L 29:L 31:L 48:W 51:W 43:W 35 Chau, Adrian NSW 1320 5.5 66:W 23:D 53:L 55:W 22:W 2:L 56:W 13:W 19:L 21:L 18:L 36 Glenton, Alan VIC 1271 5.5 73:W 10:L 45:W 5:L 47:W 37:W 12:L 8:L 32:L 33:D 55:W 37 Sunder, Vijay VIC 1434 5.5 60:L 65:W 58:W 28:W 13:L 36:L 43:L 56:W 33:D 40:W 22:L 38 Grigg, Sam QLD 1435 5.5 55:L 19:L 68:W 61:W 26:L 62:W 44:W 42:W 14:L 27:L 28:D 39 Jule, Sebastian QLD 1057 5.5 10:L 73:W 16:L 56:D 49:W 22:L 66:W 45:W 30:L 29:L 53:W 40 Leggett, Brandon QLD 1140 5.5 13:L 50:D 51:D 65:W 15:L 45:L 57:W 48:W 28:D 37:L 54:W 41 Eriksson, Caleb QLD 1130 5.5 11:L 74:W 6:L 52:W 30:L 63:L 49:W 55:D 50:D 54:D 56:W 42 McGarity, Molly QLD 1250 5 49:L 34:W 56:W 13:L 45:W 16:L 59:W 38:L 44:L 61:W 32:L 43 Barrett, Daniel J (Somerset) QLD 1208 5 1:L 45:L 70:W 63:W 24:L 61:W 37:W 22:W 8:L 16:L 34:L 44 Chibnall, Alana ACT 1080 5 23:L 66:W 7:L 60:W 17:W 15:L 38:L 59:W 42:W 30:L 26:L 45 Setiabudi, Allen ACT 900 5 16:L 43:W 36:L 58:W 42:L 40:W 31:D 39:L 51:D 50:W 33:L 46 Shi, Dawen NSW 5 22:W 8:D 13:L 14:L 71:W 7:L 55:D 47:L 65:W 56:L 61:W 47 Gan, Zhong Hao VIC 990 5 24:L 57:W 20:L 59:W 36:L 27:L 67:W 46:W 26:L 52:W 31:L 48 Behne-Smith, Jonathon NSW 979 5 7:L 67:W 25:L 49:L 60:W 33:W 30:L 40:L 34:L 64:W 59:W 49 Hodgson, Joe NT 5 42:W 9:L 31:L 48:W 39:L 69:L 41:L 62:W 52:L 63:W 60:W 50 Davies, Rhys QLD 861 5 15:L 40:D 71:W 33:L 55:L 66:L 73:W 60:W 41:D 45:L 67:W 51 Pedersen-Lee, Lachlan QLD 1233 5 2:L 56:L 40:D 71:L 73:W 59:L 68:W 66:W 45:D 34:L 57:W 52 McGuirk, Savannah ACT 950 5 8:L 33:L 73:W 41:L 32:L 67:L 58:W 64:W 49:W 47:L 65:W 53 Ivancic, Fabian SA 1549 4.5 62:D 64:W 35:W 19:D 54:W 6:L 20:L 29:D 23:L 22:L 39:L 54 Encel, Benjamin NSW 4.5 27:L 61:W 33:W 15:W 53:L 25:L 26:L 69:W 17:L 41:D 40:L 55 Balnionis, Alexander VIC 944 4.5 38:W 12:L 30:D 35:L 50:W 17:L 46:D 41:D 69:W 28:L 36:L 56 Han, Tianchen SA 846 4.5 20:L 51:W 42:L 39:D 58:W 31:W 35:L 37:L 22:L 46:W 41:L 57 Williams, Veronica WA 152 4.5 14:L 47:L 65:L 72:W 63:L 58:W 40:L 67:D 68:W 66:W 51:L 58 Ung, Thomas ACT 1074 4.5 6:L 70:W 37:L 45:L 56:L 57:L 52:L 72:D 67:W 74:W 68:W 59 Lau, Aaron VIC 438 4 28:L 69:W 27:L 47:L 65:W 51:W 42:L 44:L 63:W 31:L 48:L 60 Searle, Zachary SA 905 4 37:W 4:L 29:L 44:L 48:L 70:W 62:W 50:L 61:L 69:W 49:L 61 Baines, Casey ACT 966 4 18:L 54:L 74:W 38:L 70:W 43:L 64:W 33:L 60:W 42:L 46:L 62 Kumar, Sanjesh NSW 1028 4 53:D 71:W 23:L 30:D 28:L 38:L 60:L 49:L 74:W 65:L 69:W 63 Williams, Verity WA 951 4 12:L 22:L 66:W 43:L 57:W 41:W 27:L 32:L 59:L 49:L 72:W 64 Webb-Liddle, Miranda VIC 4 33:W 53:L 22:L 69:L 68:W 32:L 61:L 52:L 73:W 48:L 66:W 65 Bonch-Osmolovskiy, Ilya NSW 950 4 4:L 37:L 57:W 40:L 59:L 71:W 33:L 70:W 46:L 62:W 52:L 66 Ung, Josephine ACT 314 3.5 35:L 44:L 63:L 68:D 74:W 50:W 39:L 51:L 71:W 57:L 64:L 67 Suwama, Makoto VIC 3.5 26:L 48:L 34:L 70:L 72:W 52:W 47:L 57:D 58:L 73:W 50:L

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68 Bishop, Joshua ACT 793 3.5 25:L 32:L 38:L 66:D 64:L 74:W 51:L 73:W 57:L 70:W 58:L 69 Hoey, Penelope NSW 1040 3 21:L 59:L 72:W 64:W 29:L 49:W 28:L 54:L 55:L 60:L 62:L 70 Kumar, Karishma NSW 765 3 17:L 58:L 43:L 67:W 61:L 60:L 71:W 65:L 72:L 68:L 74:W 71 Jack, Curtis QLD 873 2.5 19:D 62:L 50:L 51:W 46:L 65:L 70:L 74:W 66:L 72:L 73:- 72 Arulprakasam, Joash VIC 479 2.5 29:L 31:L 69:L 57:L 67:L 73:L 74:L 58:D 70:W 71:W 63:L 73 Carew-McCulloch, Daniel TAS 1.5 36:L 39:L 52:L 74:D 51:L 72:W 50:L 68:L 64:L 67:L 71:- 74 Warner, Jack ACT 450 1.5 30:L 41:L 61:L 73:D 66:L 68:L 72:W 71:L 62:L 58:L 70:L

Australian Junior Lightning Championship – Under 12 23 January 2007

No Name Feder Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

1 Nakauchi, Gene QLD 1489 10 43:W 5:W 22:W 4:W 6:W 2:W 20:W 7:L 11:W 3:W 8:W 2 Yuan, Yi ACT 1470 10 29:W 27:W 38:W 42:W 12:W 1:L 19:W 6:W 7:W 5:W 11:W 3 Matheson, Laurence VIC 1027 8 40:W 7:W 19:L 16:W 26:W 12:W 6:L 20:W 4:W 1:L 13:W 4 Zhang, Taiyang ACT 1017 8 57:W 28:W 44:W 1:L 39:W 19:L 25:W 24:W 3:L 14:W 6:W 5 Wong, Nathan VIC 764 8 64:W 1:L 55:W 18:W 43:W 6:L 26:W 13:W 9:W 2:L 16:W 6 Sam, Ryan WA 1186 7.5 47:W 41:W 15:W 19:W 1:L 5:W 3:W 2:L 8:D 21:W 4:L 7 Chau, Bernard NSW 672 7.5 46:W 3:L 57:W 38:W 42:W 21:D 24:W 1:W 2:L 8:L 19:W 8 McCook, Jake ACT 928 7.5 61:W 30:W 13:L 26:L 35:W 28:W 43:W 12:W 6:D 7:W 1:L 9 Stahnke, Alexander QLD 1206 7.5 48:W 32:W 42:L 39:L 55:W 10:W 21:W 19:D 5:L 38:W 22:W 10 Zhang, Yijun ACT 670 7.5 33:W 45:L 56:L 37:W 36:W 9:L 60:W 40:W 12:W 22:D 21:W 11 Koh, Cedric NSW 1323 7 50:W 25:W 12:L 23:W 14:W 20:L 41:W 22:W 1:L 15:W 2:L 12 Leggett, Callum QLD 830 7 58:W 51:W 11:W 13:W 2:L 3:L 29:W 8:L 10:L 28:W 24:W 13 Horton, Vincent TAS 1386 7 35:W 39:W 8:W 12:L 20:L 32:W 27:W 5:L 19:W 24:W 3:L 14 Peck, Robbie QLD 731 7 73:L 60:W 47:W 56:W 11:L 18:W 22:L 43:W 26:W 4:L 31:W 15 Miles, Alex QLD 782 7 59:W 63:W 6:L 24:L 51:W 29:L 48:W 55:W 28:W 11:L 30:W 16 Mantoro, Mamo ACT 654 7 63:L 59:W 34:W 3:L 57:W 38:D 17:D 42:W 25:W 23:W 5:L 17 Toda, Luke QLD 763 7 54:W 20:D 21:L 46:W 23:L 45:W 16:D 29:W 24:L 44:W 34:W 18 Canale, Dominic VIC 543 7 62:W 42:L 63:W 5:L 59:W 14:L 46:W 41:L 57:W 27:W 25:W 19 Gruen, Angus ACT 723 6.5 72:W 21:W 3:W 6:L 22:W 4:W 2:L 9:D 13:L 20:W 7:L 20 Lau, Joshua NSW 1457 6.5 55:W 17:D 31:W 45:W 13:W 11:W 1:L 3:L 21:L 19:L 38:W 21 Li, James ACT 1101 6.5 36:W 19:L 17:W 32:W 41:W 7:D 9:L 23:W 20:W 6:L 10:L 22 Louie, Ryan QLD 930 6.5 34:W 24:W 1:L 28:W 19:L 44:W 14:W 11:L 41:W 10:D 9:L 23 Simmonds, Leteisha QLD 805 6.5 60:W 73:W 45:D 11:L 17:W 24:L 38:W 21:L 42:W 16:L 33:W 24 Gupte, Anand ACT 609 6 76:W 22:L 69:W 15:W 25:W 23:W 7:L 4:L 17:W 13:L 12:L 25 Kanagarajah, Abbie QLD 755 6 74:W 11:L 35:W 44:W 24:L 48:W 4:L 30:W 16:L 26:W 18:L 26 Xing, Benjamin ACT 610 6 70:W 38:L 58:W 8:W 3:L 42:W 5:L 27:W 14:L 25:L 48:W 27 Nakauchi, Kenji QLD 756 6 66:W 2:L 50:W 43:L 47:W 30:W 13:L 26:L 35:W 18:L 39:W 28 Mantoro, Yutta ACT 641 6 71:W 4:L 73:W 22:L 40:W 8:L 57:W 31:W 15:L 12:L 47:W 29 Louie, Jared QLD 539 6 2:L 66:W 33:W 41:L 49:W 15:W 12:L 17:L 37:W 31:L 42:W 30 Qin, Stefan ACT 560 6 75:W 8:L 46:L 52:W 34:W 27:L 58:W 25:L 48:W 41:W 15:L 31 Williams, William WA 881 6 52:W 44:L 20:L 58:W 48:L 37:W 35:W 28:L 55:W 29:W 14:L 32 Chitturi, Sathya ACT 681 6 69:W 9:L 37:W 21:L 68:W 13:L 40:L 45:W 47:W 33:L 50:W 33 Gruen, Alexander VIC 6 10:L 68:W 29:L 57:L 54:W 51:W 44:W 39:W 38:L 32:W 23:L 34 Mithran, Mirakla NSW 420 6 22:L 76:W 16:L 53:W 30:L 35:L 66:W 50:W 43:W 40:W 17:L 35 McCrow, Callum ACT 489 6 13:L 67:W 25:L 60:W 8:L 34:W 31:L 49:W 27:L 52:W 41:W 36 Mason, Stuart ACT 474 6 21:L 72:W 39:L 63:W 10:L 58:L 65:W 52:W 44:L 53:W 43:W 37 Flood, Lucinda ACT 421 6 38:L 70:W 32:L 10:L 72:W 31:L 64:W 46:W 29:L 55:W 44:W 38 Feng, Thomas VIC 946 5.5 37:W 26:W 2:L 7:L 45:W 16:D 23:L 53:W 33:W 9:L 20:L 39 Gupte, Niranjan ACT 727 5.5 67:W 13:L 36:W 9:W 4:L 43:L 47:W 33:L 40:D 45:W 27:L 40 Mason, Joanne ACT 450 5.5 3:L 46:L 65:W 75:W 28:L 59:W 32:W 10:L 39:D 34:L 56:W 41 Lee, Bevan ACT 730 5 65:W 6:L 51:W 29:W 21:L 46:W 11:L 18:W 22:L 30:L 35:L 42 Setiabudi, Megan ACT 831 5 56:W 18:W 9:W 2:L 7:L 26:L 50:W 16:L 23:L 49:W 29:L 43 Qin, Tomson VIC 541 5 1:L 64:W 75:W 27:W 5:L 39:W 8:L 14:L 34:L 57:W 36:L 44 Zhang, Daniel NSW 558 5 49:W 31:W 4:L 25:L 56:W 22:L 33:L 61:W 36:W 17:L 37:L 45 Bortsova, Natasha SA 1095 5 68:W 10:W 23:D 20:L 38:L 17:L 51:W 32:L 56:W 39:L 55:D 46 Ginn, Jonathon NSW 5 7:L 40:W 30:W 17:L 53:W 41:L 18:L 37:L 60:W 50:L 61:W 47 Rayns, George ACT 477 5 6:L 65:W 14:L 54:W 27:L 52:W 39:L 58:W 32:L 59:W 28:L 48 Mayo, Elee SA 484 5 9:L 69:L 49:W 64:W 31:W 25:L 15:L 60:W 30:L 61:W 26:L 49 Smirnov, Anton NSW 5 44:L 52:W 48:L 66:W 29:L 54:W 55:L 35:L 58:W 42:L 57:W Australian Junior Lightning Championship – Under 12 cont. 23 January 2007

50 Derwent, Ethan ACT 487 5 11:L 74:W 27:L 59:L 65:W 61:W 42:L 34:L 68:W 46:W 32:L 51 Litchfield, Frederick ACT 476 5 53:W 12:L 41:L 73:W 15:L 33:L 45:L 56:L 76:W 68:W 59:W 52 Rostov, Gregory ACT 411 5 31:L 49:L 67:W 30:L 73:W 47:L 75:W 36:L 69:W 35:L 62:W 53 Koh, Clarise NSW 1163 5 51:L 58:L 74:W 34:L 46:L 63:W 59:W 38:L 54:W 36:L 65:W 54 Zeng, Yi-Jing ACT 275 5 17:L 55:L 62:W 47:L 33:L 49:L 71:W 75:W 53:L 69:W 60:W 55 Tu, Sebastian ACT 490 4.5 20:L 54:W 5:L 61:W 9:L 56:W 49:W 15:L 31:L 37:L 45:D 56 Huang, Gala ACT 375 4.5 42:L 62:W 10:W 14:L 44:L 55:L 68:D 51:W 45:L 58:W 40:L 57 Prasad, Sachith VIC 449 4 4:L 71:W 7:L 33:W 16:L 64:W 28:L 62:W 18:L 43:L 49:L 58 Gardiner-Garden, Aelfric ACT 366 4 12:L 53:W 26:L 31:L 69:W 36:W 30:L 47:L 49:L 56:L 68:W 59 Dodemaide, Zac ACT 292 4 15:L 16:L 71:W 50:W 18:L 40:L 53:L 76:W 62:W 47:L 51:L 60 Flood, Amy ACT 330 4 23:L 14:L 70:W 35:L 75:W 68:W 10:L 48:L 46:L 63:W 54:L 61 Lee, Cory ACT 416 4 8:L 75:L 72:W 55:L 63:W 50:L 76:W 44:L 66:W 48:L 46:L 62 Zhang, Tairon ACT 4 18:L 56:L 54:L 72:L 67:W 69:W 63:W 57:L 59:L 66:W 52:L 63 Ho, Scott VIC 4 16:W 15:L 18:L 36:L 61:L 53:L 62:L 67:W 64:W 60:L 70:W 64 Arulprakasam, Dinesh VIC 276 4 5:L 43:L 76:W 48:L 70:W 57:L 37:L 68:L 63:L 74:W 72:W 65 Behne-Smith, Elizabeth NSW 139 4 41:L 47:L 40:L 76:W 50:L 71:W 36:L 66:L 75:W 70:W 53:L 66 Hirano, Masato ACT 261 4 27:L 29:L 68:L 49:L 71:W 70:W 34:L 65:W 61:L 62:L 69:W 67 Pigot, Ari VIC 115 4 39:L 35:L 52:L 70:L 62:L 74:L 72:W 63:L 73:W 76:W 71:W 68 Zeng, Yi-Ying ACT 471 3.5 45:L 33:L 66:W 69:W 32:L 60:L 56:D 64:W 50:L 51:L 58:L 69 Dommersnes, Brett VIC 3 32:L 48:W 24:L 68:L 58:L 62:L 74:W 70:W 52:L 54:L 66:L 70 Leggett, Taylor QLD 3 26:L 37:L 60:L 67:W 64:L 66:L 73:W 69:L 71:W 65:L 63:L 71 Hosono, Kohei ACT 3 28:L 57:L 59:L 74:W 66:L 65:L 54:L 72:W 70:L 73:W 67:L 72 Guo, Jamie-Lee ACT 100 3 19:L 36:L 61:L 62:W 37:L 76:L 67:L 71:L 74:W 75:W 64:L 73 Nishi, Hiroto ACT 179 2.5 14:W 23:L 28:L 51:L 52:L 75:L 70:L 74:D 67:L 71:L 76:W 74 Smith, Aislinn ACT 217 2.5 25:L 50:L 53:L 71:L 76:L 67:W 69:L 73:D 72:L 64:L 75:W 75 Poh, Clement VIC 2 30:L 61:W 43:L 40:L 60:L 73:W 52:L 54:L 65:L 72:L 74:L 76 Nicholson, Amy ACT 2 24:L 34:L 64:L 65:L 74:W 72:W 61:L 59:L 51:L 67:L 73:L

(1) Wei,Michael - Nguyen,Joseph A18 14.Be3 What's the point of this? Well it might seem that White can Australian Juniors - U18 Canberra (8.2), 2007 embark on a King chase with 14.Qh7+ but after 14...Kf8 15.Qh8+ Ke7 there is the problem of g7 being defended by the Bishop on Today a terrific and highly instructive attacking game from the top d4. Once you see this, the purpose of Be3 becomes clear. boards. 14...Nc6 Black can't just let the Bishop go because although it's 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 Nfd7 More normal is 4...d4 when defended the Queen has too much to protect. 14...Rxb2 15.Bxd4 attacking White players have tried various ways to find an advantage Qxd4 16.Qe8#. after 5.exf6 dxc3 6.bxc3 Qxf6. But any Rook retreat blocks an important square. 14...Rf8 15.Qh7#; or 5.d4 5.cxd5 Nxe5 6.d4 is another approach. 14...Rf6 (now g7 is undefended, which was White's aim) 15.Qh7+ Kf8 16.Qh8+ Ke7 17.Qxg7+ Kd6 18.Nge4+ Ke5 (18...Kc6 19.Bb5#) 19.Qg3+ 5...dxc4 6.Bxc4 Nb6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.Nf3 0–0 Falling in with White's Kf5 20.Rf1#. plans by moving the King into the Bishop's line of fire. The sequel suggests that Black would have done better to wait for castling with 14...Bxe3 looks a bit better than the above but it actually lasts a something like 8...Bd7; or 8...Nc6 ; or even 8...a5 preparing ...Na6. move less 15.Qh7+ Kf8 16.Qh8+ Ke7 17.Qxg7+ Kd6 18.Nge4+ Kc6 (e5 is no longer available) 19.Bb5#. 9.h4 f5 Now we see at Black has to be careful. The Knight can go to g5 in some lines and capturing it will open the h-file, either way 14...Bxc3+ gives away the key Bishop but at least sells itself for an leaving h7 under threat. 9...h6 would cause more problems than it attacker. 15.bxc3 Qf6 (on 15...hxg5 good enough is simply 16.Bxf2 solves - Queen and Bishop lined up on h7 would force g6, the Rook recovering material with the attack continuing.; 15...Rf6 16.Qh7+ Kf8 could come to g3, or Bishop sacrifices on h6 are possible. Or the 17.Bc5+ Ke8 18.Qg8+ mates in a few moves.) 16.Qh7+ Kf8 17.Ne4 Knight might go to g5 and open the h-file anyway. wins decisive material.

10.exf6 Bxf6 11.Ng5 h6 So Black is forced to do it anyway, because 14...hxg5 15.hxg5 removes one attacker and lets in another, e.g. if 11...Bxg5 12.hxg5 g6 13.Rxh7 Kxh7 14.Qh5+, or not much better 15...Bxe3 16.Rh8+ Kxh8 17.Qh7#. is 11...g6 12.Nxh7 Kxh7 13.Qh5+ Kg8 14.Qxg6+ Bg7 15.Qh7+ Kf7 16.Bg6+ Ke7 17.Bg5+ But at least it comes with gain of tempo. 14...Qf6 may be technically best as in the slowest loss, but in practice isn't much use as it creates no difficulties for White; 12.Qh5 Bxd4 Well no it doesn't, because if 12...hxg5 13.Bh7+ Kh8 15.Qh7+ Kf8 16.Nge4 Qe5 17.Bxd4 Qxd4 18.Nxf2 with a decisive 14.Bg6+ Kg8 15.Qh7# White's move is part of a deep attacking material advantage. scheme - not so much because of this line, which is not deep at all, but the idea on move 14. 12...Qxd4 is safer but White gets a lot of 15.Bxf2 A little harsh to call this a mistake when it wins easily but attack for little expense with 13.Qg6 Rd8 14.Qh7+ Kf8 15.Be3 and Fritz points out that Black hasn't stopped the original plan, even if 15...Qxd3 16.Bc5+ though a point of Black's last move is that the Knight after capturing on d4 cuts out lines where Bb5 mates the King on c6. 15.Bxd4 Nxd4 13.Qg6 Rxf2 13...Bxf2+ 14.Ke2 is worse than useless for Black. (15...Qxd4 16.Qe8+ Rf8 17.Bh7+ Kh8 18.Qxf8#) 16.Qh7+ Kf8 17.Qh8+ Ke7 18.Qxg7+ Kd6 19.Nge4+ Kc6 and now the stunning sacrifice 20.Qxd4 Qxd4 21.Bb5#. 40...Rc7 shoring up the c-file looks like an idea 41.Rb6 Qd7 (41...Nxb6 15...Bxf2+ 16.Kxf2 hxg5 16...Qf6+ swapping Queens is pointless as 42.cxb6 wins because of the Rook being on c7) 42.c6 Rxc6 43.Rcxc6 Black is a Rook down. Nxb6 44.Rxb6 wins a piece.

17.hxg5 Qd4+ 18.Ke2 Qe5+ 19.Kd1 Bd7 and now White finishes 40... pass. Well you're not allowed to, but if Black didn't have to move with a quick mate. does White actually have a threat? The answer is yes 41.Rb6 Nxb6 (41...Qc7 42.Rxb7+ Qxb7 43.Nxb7 (43.c6 Qc7 44.cxd7 Qxd7 45.Qd1 20.Rh8+ 1–0 continuing the attack on the King is another idea.) 43...Rxb7 44.c6 etc) 42.cxb6 Qg2 (Black has to give up the Queen) 43.Rc8#. (1) Lin,Zhigen Wilson - Wei,Michael B19 Australian Juniors - U18 Canberra (7.1), 21.01.2007 40...Rg4 may be best. We see in the above lines that White can sacrifice one Rook to penetrate with the other, so swapping a pair Rather than try to look at the whole game, we will examine the final off may help. phase where an apparently defended position is broken down by a clever sacrifice. 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 41.Rb6 Black probably underestimated rather than missed this Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bf4 sacrifice, and may have thought he was possibly winning, since he Ngf6 12.0–0–0 Nd5 13.Bd2 Nb4 14.Bxb4 Bxb4 15.Kb1 Qc7 16.c4 ends up with two Rooks for the Queen and is getting the g-pawn. 0–0–0 17.Ne4 Be7 18.g3 Kb8 19.Qe2 Rhe8 20.a3 Qa5 21.Ka2 Bf8 22.Qe3 Qc7 23.Nc3 Nb6 24.Qe2 a6 25.Rhe1 Be7 26.Ne5 Bf6 41.Qh4 should also win as Black's last move overloaded the g7 Rook 27.f4 c5 28.dxc5 Qxc5 29.Ne4 Qe7 30.c5 Nd5 31.Nd6 Rf8 32.Qc4 which now covers both g8 and b7, and if 41...Rd7 42.Rxb7+ Rxb7 Qc7 33.Rd3 Bxe5 34.fxe5 Qc6 35.Rb3 Rd7 36.Rc1 f5 37.Qd3 g5 43.Qd8+ Ka7 44.Nc8+ 38.hxg6 Rg8 39.Rc4 Rxg6 40.Qd4 41...Nxb6 Can Black refuse the sacrifice? After 41...Qc7 42.Rxb7+ Qxb7 43.Nxb7 Kxb7 44.c6+ Kc8 45.Qc5 then depending on Black's reply White will win with 46.Ra4 or 46.Qf8+ or 46.Qd6; 41...Qd7 42.c6 is even worse.

42.cxb6 Qd7 43.Rc7 It's possibly even more devastating to first insert 43.Qc3 Rg8 (43...Rxg3 44.Rc8+) The point is that due to threats of mate White keeps the Knight. 44.Rc7 R6g7 (44...Qd8 45.Rxb7+ Ka8 46.Ra7+ Kb8 47.Qc6; or 44...Rxg3 45.Rxd7 Rxc3 46.Rxb7+ Ka8 47.bxc3) 45.Rxd7 Rxd7 and White can already win a further pawn by 46.Qc4 Re7 (46...Rg6 47.Qc8#) 47.Nxf5

43...Qd8 44.Rc8+ While this is winning, Fritz immediately spots the brilliancy 44.Qh4 Qxc7 (44...Qxh4 45.Rc8# or 44...Rg5 45.Rxg7 Qxb6 46.Rxg5 hxg5 47.Qh8+ Ka7 (47...Kc7 48.Qc8#) 48.Nc8+) 45.bxc7+ Kxc7 46.Ne8+

44...Qxc8 45.Nxc8 Kxc8 Nominally Black is ahead but a Queen will often beat two Rooks if there are some vulnerable pawns and/or the In this position White's possible points of attack are opposing is exposed to checks, as here.

• The back rank - he would like to play a check followed by 46.Qc5+ Kd8 47.Qd6+ Kc8 48.Qf8+ Kd7 49.Qb8 Rxg3 Nc8+, Nb6+ and mate on a8. Unfortunately Black has to surrender the b-pawn since after 49...Kc6 50.Qd6+ Kb5 51.b3 the only move to avoid mate is 51...Rg4 52.a4+ • The pawn on b7, or invasion on the seventh rank. Rxa4+ (52...Ka5 53.Qc5#) 53.bxa4+

• Possible play against h6 and e6, especially h6 which shields 50.Qxb7+ Ke8 51.Qc8+ 51.Qxa6 also wins but the a-pawn is the back ranks. irrelevant.

On the other hand the b7 pawn can't easily be attacked again since 51...Kf7 52.b7 Rg8 53.Qd7+ Even better than 53.b8Q. White will there is no room on the b-file for another piece (b4, b5 and b6 are first mop up the e- and f-pawns so there are no random elements all covered), and it can be defended; White has a weak pawn of his to delay the conclusion. 1–0 own on g3; and his own pieces will be restricted defending c5 and maybe e5. Can Black's pieces be better arranged, or are they are Annotated by Ian Rout already optimal, or can Black even counter-attack down the g-file?

40...Rdg7

40...Rg8 covers the back rank, and doesn't have any immediate problems, but Black may have rejected it because it doesn't set LIKE TO SEE YOUR GAME HERE? White any problems. Email your annotated games to - [email protected] 40...Rgg7 looks like a flexible move, retaining the option of using the Rooks on the back two ranks in either order, but surprisingly it loses the h-pawn to 41.Qh4 because of 41...Rh7 42.Rxb7+ Rxb7 43.Qd8+ Ka7 44.Nc8+ Kb8 45.Nb6+ Ka7 46.Qa8#. Australian ChessFederation By-Law No. 3- If the tie is not resolved, not is tie paragraph the applies. If 5.3.3 Championships, except Lightning paragraph Play applies and 5.3.1 allowed Rapid time player all minu thatthe each In 5 5.3.4 is game, a draw for Black being regarded as a win. Colours for this game shall be drawn by lot. 5.3.3 If the tie is still not resolved a single game shall be played in which White has 5 minutes and Black 4 minutes for the w Colours for each game shall be consistent with those in paragraph 5.3.1. 5.3.2 If the players are still tied, two games shall be played in which each player has 5 minutes for the whole game in each ga first gameshallbedrawn by lotandshall 5.3.1 The tiedplayers shallplay two gamesin 5.3 Play-off Principles principles inparagraph 5.3. a play-off amongthesmallestnumberofplayers possible exceeding two, theplay-off tobe consistent, asfarpossiblewithth 5.2.3 If, upontheapplication ofparagraph 5.1itisnotpossibleto reduce thenumberofplayers totwo, thearbitershallar 5.2.2 Those players inaplay-off to shallparticipate resolve thetie consistent withtheprinciplesinparagraph 5.3. 5.2.1 Ifmore thantwo players are tiedfor firstplace, paragraph 5.1shallbeapplied to reduce thenumberoftiedplayers to withthefirst round. starting These scores are addedtoform theSPS.SPSCisplayer's finalSPS reduced thetournamentby score ofoneormore rounds Progressive Score Cuts ifnecessary. (SPSC), Aplayer's SPSinvolves useofthescore that aplayer theendofeachr hasafter 5.1 Ties shallberesolved inthefirstinstance by applyingtheSumof ProgressiveScores System (SPS)includingtheSumof 2a. Aplayer shallonlybeawarded onetitleandany asso Titles tournaments for different age groups and/or sexes at the discretion of the ACF Council. 1. The Australian Junior Championships, incorporating both open and girls' titles, may be run as one tournament or as separate Format ACF JUNIORCHESSCHAMPIONSHIP may be made at a time. pre-arranged Championships, the overriding principle in Junior Championships being to resolve any ties so quickly that prize presentations 5. The Play-off Procedures prescribed in By-law 7 of the By-laws for ACF Tournaments do not apply to the ACF Junior Chess Resolution of Ties largest prize monetary he/she is eligible for. prizes4. Monetary are in no way related prizes. to titles/non-monetary A player shall receive only prize, one monetary being t Prizes Monetary understanding that firstinany agegroup ishigherthansecond inany agegroup whichishigherthanthird inany agegroup, et A player shallreceive prize, prize he/sheiseligiblefor, onlyoneunder-agenon-monetary beingthehighestnonmonetary ont prizes, includingtrophies3. Non-monetary notassociated withtheawarding ofatitle, shallbeawarded asfollows: Prizes Non-monetary 2b. Notwithstanding2a,afemale player may beawarded onegirl'stitleaswell asoneopentitle. eligible for, ontheunderstandingthat firstinanolderage

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