Redcliffe Juniors at the Qld. Junior Champs. 2020

Thank you to Churchie, arbiters Kerry Stead, Craig Duxbury, David Esmonde and Sophie Watkins.
Thank you to David Vella and AuNix for broadcasting the event.
Lastly, thank you to Hughston Parle for his tireless efforts organising the event!

Congratulations to all of our Redcliffe Junior players who competed in this year’s Junior Championships.

Please let me know of any mistakes or omissions by email: kerrycorker@yahoo.com.au

Queensland Junior Chess Championships results 2020.
Played at ACGS, Brisbane. December 2020.

U/18-14 Qld. Junior Championships 2020 – 57 players.

Filip Simic 5/8 pts. = 8th overall. =3rd U/16
Jai Turner 4/8 pts. = 24th overall
Kingston Wang 3/8 pts. = 41st overall
Jeeva Praveen 3/8 pts. = 41st overall
Elizabeth Williams 3/8 pts. = 41st overall
Oliver Au 1/8 pts.

U/12 Qld. Junior Championships 2020 – 64 players.

Nikola Maljkovich 5/8 pts. =8th
Oliver Au 5/8 pts. = 8th
Ometh Perera 4/8 pts. = 27th
Ethan Chen 4/8 pts. = 27th

U/10 Qld. Junior Championships 2020 – 62 players.

Ometh Perera 5.5/8 pts. = 7th
Lachlan Wang 5/8 pts. =12th
Nikola Maljkovich 4/8 pts. =27th
Owen Shen 4/8 pts. =27th
Ethan Chen 4/8 pts. = 27th

U/8 Qld. Junior Championships 2020 – 85 players.

Owen Shen 7/8 pts. = 1st
Lachlan Wang 6/8 pts. = 5th

Qld Junior Blitz Championships 2020 – 39 players
U/18-14

Filip Simic 5/8 pts. = 7th overall. 2nd U/14
Jeeva Praveen 4/8 pts. = 17th overall.
Jai Turner 4/8 pts. = 17th overall.
Elizabeth Williams 3/8 pts. = 29th overall. Best Girl U/16!!

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Congratulations to these prize winners:
=1st U18 (championship title shared): Michael Ostapenko and Alexavier Ly-Liu
1st U16 (champion): Byron Morris
=1st U14 (championship title shared): Jayden Ooi and Kiamehr Baneshi
3rd U18: Dashiel Young
2nd U16: Iago Roche-Maxwell
=3rd U16/=3rd U14: Shafiuddin Aanan, Filip Simic, Dulin Kodituwakku, Harvey Zhu, Eason Wang, Benjamin Leong, Seth Peramunetilleke, Nicholas Bond, Terrence Tang, Ryan Liaw, Zerui Xing
=Best Girl U18/ Best Girl U16/ Best Girl U14: Bridgette Watkins, Ekaterina Gratchev, Elizaveta Gratchev, Michelle Lin

And the winner of the brilliancy prize is Zerui Xing for his win against Joel Leong in Round 7. It was an extraordinary game that featured sound positional preparation followed by a breath-taking sacrifice that resulted in a successful king-hunt. I will upload the game later tonight, as well as a few others that caught the selectors’ attention.

A huge congratulations to all the prize winners and thank you to all the players for taking part.

Also thank you to Churchie, arbiters Kerry Stead, Craig Duxbury, David Esmonde and Sophie Watkins. Thank you to David Vella and AuNix for broadcasting the event. Lastly thank you to Hughston Parle for his tireless efforts organising the event!


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