MEDIA RELEASE
The ACT Junior Chess League
2010 Under 10 Chess Championship
The ACT Under 10 Chess Championship was held at Campbell HS yesterday. Forty U10’s, ranging from beginners to nationally ranked players, competed for the crown of the best U10 player in the ACT. Jamie-Lee Guo, the fifth ranked U10 in Australia, won the competition with a perfect score of 9/9. Glen Qi, the 6th ranked Australian U10, also put in a very strong performance, winning 8/9 games and placing second.
Prizewinners:
1st Place Jamie-Lee Guo
2nd Place Glen Qi
3rd Place Geoffrey Zhu
4th Place Jacob Weston-Davis
5th Place Johnny Hajdu
Other Awards:
1st Under 6 Barkley Hyett
Rising Star Brendan Chan
Top Debut Will Roberts
The ACT Junior Chess League (ACTJCL) is a non profit community organisation aiming to promote chess at all levels for all junior players in the ACT and surrounding areas. Please contact me on 62875393 if you require any further information about junior chess events.
Jenny Pinkas
Publicity Officer
ACT Junior Chess League
16 August 2010
Standings
Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 Guo, Jamie-Lee 1054 9 40.0 52.0 45.0
2 Qi, Glen 1091 8 38.5 49.5 40.0
3 Zhu, Geoffrey 500 7 38.0 48.0 36.0
4-6 Weston-Davis, Jacob 6 39.0 51.5 33.0
Hajdu, Johnny 393 6 36.0 48.0 31.0
Searle, Daniel 290 6 33.5 44.0 30.0
7-11 Chan, Brendan 5.5 41.0 54.0 33.5
Lowe, Daniel 458 5.5 35.5 47.5 29.0
Pinkas, Andy 456 5.5 35.5 44.5 27.5
Hathiramani, Dillon 298 5.5 34.5 45.0 29.5
Gianquitto, Ben 5.5 32.5 41.5 25.0
12-19 Chow, Jingming 517 5 40.0 54.0 31.0
Campbell, Caleb 247 5 36.0 48.0 28.0
Buckley, Matthew 5 32.5 41.0 22.0
Zeng, Yi-Ming 227 5 31.0 40.5 25.0
Ward, Xavier 5 30.5 37.5 25.0
Hyett, Barkly 243 5 29.5 39.0 23.0
Pinkas, Finn 322 5 29.0 37.0 23.0
Bocking, Alexis 126 5 25.5 32.5 20.0
20-22 Neely, Daniel 517 4.5 36.0 46.0 27.0
Mackey, David 176 4.5 35.0 45.5 24.5
Sugerman, Zoe 4.5 22.0 28.5 16.5
23-28 Li, Stanley 4 33.5 42.5 22.0
Press, Sophie 4 32.5 41.5 25.0
Stewart-Thomson, Callum 4 32.0 39.0 20.0
Bowditch, Joseph 4 30.0 40.0 17.0
Karenina, Kezia 454 4 30.0 38.5 15.0
Roberts, Will 4 22.0 28.0 15.0
29-33 Sugerman, Lucy 264 3.5 34.0 44.0 24.0
Gardiner-Garden, Alcuin 3.5 33.0 42.5 18.5
McCook, Isaac 157 3.5 29.0 37.5 19.5
Hobson, Ben 100 3.5 25.5 32.5 13.0
Lakeland, Jordan 3.5 24.0 30.0 10.5
34-36 Lambrecht, Tyrian 118 3 29.5 36.0 16.0
Polak, Isobel 3 26.0 33.0 14.0
Heddutch, Stephanie 3 24.5 31.5 10.5
37 Martin, Jacob 2.5 23.0 29.0 11.0
38 Abhayapala, Radeeka 2 28.5 37.5 12.0
39-40 Tkalcic, Kaipo 1 26.0 32.0 6.0
Dietz, Samuel 1 22.0 30.0 6.5
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