Chess Association of Western Australia


2017 Secondary Students' Championship

Played at Leeming Primary School on the 11th & 12th of April.


The 2017 Secondary Students' Championship attracted a strong field of 40 players from 13 Schools, with many of WA's top young players taking part. A special mention must go to Leeming Senior High School, which was represented by a huge contingent of 14 players.

The tournament was won by FM Patrick Gong (Chisholm Catholic College), who dominated from the start to win with a perfect score of 6/6. His closest rivals were Ignatius Yap (Kennedy Baptist College) and Safiyya Aljunied (Willetton Senior High School) who both finished on 5/6. Given a choice of prizes because of a high tiebreak, Safiyya took home 1st in the Under 16 division, allowing Ignatius to claim 2nd place in the Under 18s.

Other notable performances were that of Ramudu Rathnayake (Australind Senior High School) who scored 4/6 to win 1st for the Under 14 division, and Victor Sun (Perth Modern School) who finished outright 4th with 4.5/6.

The Secondary Schools Trophy was convincingly won by Leeming Senior High School, with a huge score which nearly doubled that of the 2nd placed Willetton Senior High School. Chisholm Catholic College came from behind in round 6 to snatch 3rd place.

Despite some issues with noise in the playing hall, there were still relatively few disputes and the games were all played in good spirit. I would like to thank all of the players for graciously accepting some of the tough decisions that were made by myself as DOP, and for their participation in a successful tournament!

Report provided by George Carolin-Unkovich.



Prize Winners


 Open (Under 18) 
 1st  FM Patrick Gong (6/6)
 2nd  Ignatius Yap (5/6)
 3rd  Victor Sun (4.5/6)

 Merit Awards:
 Andrew Pope (4/6)

 Under 16
 1st  Safiyya Aljunied (5/6)
 2nd  Eugene Phoon (4/6)

 Merit Awards: 
 Julian Kam, Aidan Smith, Amos Choo, Joe Lao (4/6)

 Under 14
 1st  Ramudu Rathnayake (4/6)
 2nd  Jay Soo (4/6) -  Missed out on 1st place on tiebreak.

 Merit Awards: 
 Michael Garas (3.5/6)

 Schools Trophy
 1st  Leeming Senior High School

 Honourable Mentions: 
 Willetton Senior High School (2nd), Chisholm Catholic College (3rd)




Final Standings


 Place Name                   Age   Loc  Club                           Score    Wins M-Buch. Buch.  GP

   1   Gong, Patrick          U18   2302 Chisholm Catholic College      6        6    14.0    20.5   25.00
  2-3  Aljunied, Safiyya      U16        Willetton Senior High School   5        5    13.5    19.0   23.50
       Yap, Ignatius          U16   1761 Kennedy Baptist College        5        4    16.0    25.0   23.50
   4   Sun, Victor            U16   1387 Perth Modern School            4.5      4    13.0    19.0   22.00
 5-13  Phoon, Eugene          U16        Leeming Senior High School     4        4    15.5    23.5   17.00
       Rathnayake, Ramudu     U14   1574 Australind Senior High School  4        4    15.0    22.5   17.00
       Kam, Julian            U16   1355 Christ Church Grammar School   4        4    14.5    22.5   17.00
       Pope, Andrew           U18        Chisholm Catholic College      4        4    13.5    20.0   17.00
       Lin, Siyuan            U18        Leeming Senior High School     4        4    13.0    19.5   17.00
       Smith, Aidan           U16        All Saints' College            4        4    12.5    19.0   17.00
       Choo, Amos             U16        Willetton Senior High School   4        4    12.5    18.5   17.00
       Soo, Jay               U14        Leeming Senior High School     4        4    11.0    16.5   17.00
       Lao, Joe               U16        Leeming Senior High School     4        3    13.0    19.5   17.00
 14-16 Garas, Michael         U14        Hale School                    3.5      3    14.0    20.5   11.00
       Blakey, Nicolas        U16        Leeming Senior High School     3.5      3    11.5    16.5   11.00
       Gunasegaran, Haran     U16        Leeming Senior High School     3.5      2    12.5    21.0   11.00
 17-21 Lo, Daniel             U16   1406 Guildford Grammar School       3        3    16.5    23.0    7.00
       Standish, Cayden       U16        Guildford Grammar School       3        3    13.5    19.0    7.00
       Yap, Yi Seng           U16        Willetton Senior High School   3        3    12.5    18.0    7.00
       Stone, Ross            U16   1443 Guildford Grammar School       3        3    11.0    17.0    7.00
       Johnson, Ben           U16        Hale School                    3        3    10.0    17.0    7.00
 22-27 Tyers, Daniel          U14   1442 Churchlands Senior High School 2.5      2    12.0    18.5    2.00
       Aljunied, Haydar       U14        Willetton Senior High School   2.5      2    10.5    16.5    2.00
       Unipan, Thomas         U14        Leeming Senior High School     2.5      2    10.5    16.0    2.00
       Cung, Thyler           U14        Willetton Senior High School   2.5      2     9.5    15.0    2.00
       Carter, Reilly         U14        Leeming Senior High School     2.5      2     9.0    13.5    2.00
       Yeo, Quan-Sheng        U14        Leeming Senior High School     2.5      2     9.0    13.0    2.00
 28-33 Vearncombe, Sebastian  U16   675  Wesley College                 2        2    14.0    21.0    1.00
       Nguyen, Tuan Dao       U14   1438 Churchlands Senior High School 2        2    14.0    20.5    1.00
       Butler, Ethan          U14        St Mark's Anglican Community S 2        2    11.5    16.5    1.00
       Tian, Timothy (Mu Zhi) U18        Perth Modern School            2        2     9.5    14.5    1.00
       Chen, Eric             U16        Hale School                    2        2     8.5    13.0    1.00
       Homan-Ridder, Jae      U14        Leeming Senior High School     2        2     8.0    12.0    1.00
 34-35 Han, Jiung             U14        Leeming Senior High School     1.5      1    13.0    18.0    1.00
       Randeria, Shaun        U14        St Mark's Anglican Community S 1.5      0     9.5    13.5    1.00
 36-38 Qiu, Chenglin          U14        Leeming Senior High School     1        1     9.0    15.0    1.00
       De Silva, Mihan        U16        Willetton Senior High School   1        1     7.0    13.5    1.00
       Walton, Connor         U14        St Mark's Anglican Community S 1        0    10.0    15.5    1.00
 39-40 Skewes, Joshua         U14        Leeming Senior High School     0        0     4.5     9.0    1.00
       Cartwright, Tristan    U14        Leeming Senior High School     0        0     3.0     9.0    1.00


Cross Table


 No Name                   Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5    6  

 1  Gong, Patrick          2302 6     21:W 16:W 28:W  6:W  3:W  7:W
 2  Aljunied, Safiyya           5      5:L 37:W 36:W 19:W  9:W 10:W
 3  Yap, Ignatius          1761 5     15:W 19:W  7:W  5:+  1:L  8:W
 4  Sun, Victor            1387 4.5   30:W 13:D  8:W 17:L 28:W  6:W
 5  Phoon, Eugene               4      2:W  9:W 17:W  3:-  7:L 18:W
 6  Rathnayake, Ramudu     1574 4     34:W 14:W 18:W  1:L 13:W  4:L
 7  Kam, Julian            1355 4     24:W 32:W  3:L 18:W  5:W  1:L
 8  Pope, Andrew                4     11:W 29:W  4:L 28:W 17:W  3:L
 9  Lin, Siyuan                 4     37:W  5:L 31:W 12:W  2:L 34:W
 10 Smith, Aidan                4     29:L 11:W 16:W 34:W 14:W  2:L
 11 Choo, Amos                  4      8:L 10:L 30:W 24:W 19:W 17:W
 12 Soo, Jay                    4     40:W 17:L 23:W  9:L 22:W 21:W
 13 Lao, Joe                    4     20:W  4:D 22:W 29:W  6:L 14:D
 14 Garas, Michael              3.5   26:W  6:L 25:W 15:W 10:L 13:D
 15 Blakey, Nicolas             3.5    3:L 38:W 20:W 14:L 16:D 33:W
 16 Gunasegaran, Haran          3.5   23:W  1:L 10:L 37:+ 15:D 26:W
 17 Lo, Daniel             1406 3     31:W 12:W  5:L  4:W  8:L 11:L
 18 Standish, Cayden            3     35:W 22:W  6:L  7:L 20:W  5:L
 19 Yap, Yi Seng                3     38:W  3:L 32:W  2:L 11:L 29:W
 20 Stone, Ross            1443 3     13:L 30:W 15:L 27:W 18:L 28:W
 21 Johnson, Ben                3      1:L 23:L 40:W 36:W 29:W 12:L
 22 Tyers, Daniel          1442 2.5   27:W 18:L 13:L 25:W 12:L 23:D
 23 Aljunied, Haydar            2.5   16:L 21:W 12:L 31:W 33:L 22:D
 24 Unipan, Thomas              2.5    7:L 39:W 29:L 11:L 25:D 30:W
 25 Cung, Thyler                2.5   28:L 33:W 14:L 22:L 24:D 27:W
 26 Carter, Reilly              2.5   14:L 34:D 27:L 35:W 31:W 16:L
 27 Yeo, Quan-Sheng             2.5   22:L 35:D 26:W 20:L 34:W 25:L
 28 Vearncombe, Sebastian  675  2     25:W 36:W  1:L  8:L  4:L 20:L
 29 Nguyen, Tuan Dao       1438 2     10:W  8:L 24:W 13:L 21:L 19:L
 30 Butler, Ethan               2      4:L 20:L 11:L 38:W 32:W 24:L
 31 Tian, Timothy (Mu Zhi)      2     17:L 40:W  9:L 23:L 26:L 36:W
 32 Chen, Eric                  2     39:W  7:L 19:L 33:L 30:L 38:W
 33 Homan-Ridder, Jae           2     36:L 25:L 38:W 32:W 23:L 15:L
 34 Han, Jiung                  1.5    6:L 26:D 35:W 10:L 27:L  9:L
 35 Randeria, Shaun             1.5   18:L 27:D 34:L 26:L 36:L  0:W
 36 Qiu, Chenglin               1     33:L 28:L  2:L 21:L 35:W 31:L
 37 De Silva, Mihan             1      9:L  2:L 39:W 16:-  0:   0: 
 38 Walton, Connor              1     19:L 15:L 33:L 30:L  0:W 32:L
 39 Skewes, Joshua              0     32:L 24:L 37:L  0:L  0:   0: 
 40 Cartwright, Tristan         0     12:L 31:L 21:L  0:   0:   0: