2021 WA Junior Allegro Championships

The 2021 WA Junior Allegro Chess Championships was held at North Woodvale Primary School on Sunday, 3rd October. Unlike the recent the Junior Rapid Play championship all players were grouped into one tournament. There was a total of 47 entrants.

The Under 18s group was won by Yihe Fu (Rebo) with a perfect score of 9 from 9. This capped off an excellent couple of performances by Rebo having two days earlier won the Junior Rapid Play also with a 100% score. Shannoh Koh was second and Alex Pimenov was third.

The Under 14s group was won by Aarnav Gupta with a very good performance. Aarnav came second overall. Second was Barath Harirajesh and third Issa Majidi.

The Under 12s group was won by Liam Raptis another strong performance. Liam came third overall. Second was Anthony Nguyen and third Issa Majidi.

The Under 10s group was won Eric Deng who had already won the Junior Rapid Play in the same age category. Second was Eamon Harris and third Hardy Dai.

In the Under 8s, Senudi De Vas repeated her good performance at the recent Junior Rapid Play (Under 12s Girls Title) and won this age group. Closely followed by Kaviru Perera who was second. Third was Samantha Walker.

The Girls title had four main contenders, Paula Gruber, Anoushka Gupta, Celine Ong, and Kobe Wu. Kobe got off to a slow start and only picked up towards the end. Conversely Paula started well but drew her last two games against Eamon Harris and Ishaan Barbare. Anoushka was going well but lost her last two games to her brother, Aarnav and Issa Majidi. Celine's win against Hardy Dai in the last round secured her the Girls title.

Three players won the best checkmate competition: Yonal De Vas, Eamon Harris and Yihe Fu (Rebo).

Special thanks to the Harris family who helped me set up the equipment the day before. Paul and Georgina Harris set up the Vega file and supervised the input of data. Kimberley Goh organised the trophies and Faith Tee helped with general organisation. Special thanks to John Pimenov who stood in for myself and did an excellent job as Arbiter.

Thanks to North Woodvale Primary School for providing the venue.

Report kindly provided by: Alan Wolstencroft.


Prize winners


 Under 18
 1st: Yihe Fu (Rebo) WA Junior Allegro Champion
 2nd: Shannon Koh
 3rd: Alex Pimenov

 Under 14
 1st: Aarnav Gupta
 2nd: Barath Harirajesh
 3rd: Issa Majidi

 Under 12
 1st: Liam Raptis
 2nd: Anthony Nguyen
 3rd: Daniel Levin
 Merit Trophies: Paula Gruber, Timofey Klimenko & Kobe Wu

 Under 10
 1st: Eric Deng
 2nd: Eamon Harris
 3rd: Hardy Dai
 Merit Trophies: Dominic Davoll, Catherine Nguyen & Jaswanth Ram Sethuraman  
 
 Under 8
 1st: Senudi De Vas
 2nd: Kaviru Perera
 3rd: Samantha Walker

 Girls Junior Allegro Champion - Celine Ong
 
 Best Checkmate Competition - Yonal De Vas, Eamon Harris and Yihe Fu (Rebo)


2021 WA Junior Allegro Final Standings

  
 Pos  N   NAME                      g | Rtg  PRtg Fed |  Pts   Buc1  BucT  
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  1   1   Fu,Yihe (Rebo)            m | 2281 1939  WA |  9.0   44.5  49.0 
  2   7   Gupta,Aarnav              m | 1255 1334  WA |  7.0   46.5  49.5
  3  20   Raptis,Liam               m |  896 1079  WA |  6.5   44.0  48.0
  4   9   Koh,Shannon               m | 1200 1138  WA |  6.5   42.0  45.5
  5   5   Harirajesh,Barath         m | 1291 1136  WA |  6.0   45.5  49.5
  6   4   Pimenov,Alex              m | 1328  998  WA |  6.0   45.0  49.0
  7   3   Nguyen,Anthony            m | 1114 1035  WA |  6.0   44.0  49.0
  8   2   Majidi,Issa               m | 1092 1154  WA |  6.0   43.5  47.5
  9   6   Ong,Celine                f | 1281 1079  WA |  6.0   42.0  45.5
 10   8   Deng,Eric                 m | 1023 1171  WA |  5.5   48.0  51.5
 11  15   Harris,Eamon              m |  935  879  WA |  5.5   42.5  45.5
 12  10   Levin,Daniel              m |  936  746  WA |  5.5   39.5  43.0
 13  11   Gupta,Anoushka            f | 1182 1191  WA |  5.0   50.5  54.5
 14  12   Barbare,Ishaan            m | 1180  966  WA |  5.0   44.0  47.0
 15  18   Gruber,Paula              f |  825  869  WA |  5.0   43.0  46.5
 16  16   Umasankar,Naveen Ramnat   m |  901  688  WA |  5.0   40.5  44.0
 17  21   Dai,Hardy                 m |  354  700  WA |  5.0   38.0  40.0
 18  27   Klimenko,Timofey          m |  565  760  WA |  5.0   37.0  40.0
 19  26   Wu,Kobe                   f |  610  636  WA |  5.0   35.5  38.5
 20  22   Sethuraman,Jaswanth Ram   m |  731  587  WA |  5.0   35.0  37.5
 21  23   Song,Jayden               m |  709  591  WA |  5.0   32.0  33.5
 22  13   De Vas,Yonal              m | 1162 1084  WA |  4.5   51.0  54.5
 23  14   Soni,Ram Manav            m | 1023  822  WA |  4.5   42.5  45.5
 24  28   de Gaye,Henry             m |  500  733  WA |  4.5   38.5  42.0
 25  24   Majidi,Nizam              m |  707  513  WA |  4.5   36.5  39.0
 26  17   Finchett,Jack             m |  579  777  WA |  4.0   42.5  44.5
 27  25   Dunstan,Marshall          m |  503  535  WA |  4.0   38.0  41.0
 28  34   Bocancea,Daniel           m |  350  512  WA |  4.0   37.0  39.0
 29  42   Yan,Ben                   m |    0  605  WA |  4.0   35.5  38.5
 30  43   Hafiz,Adam                m |    0  504  WA |  4.0   34.0  37.0
 31  44   Hogben,Connor             m |    0  461  WA |  4.0   33.0  36.0
 32  19   Wu,Jerry                  m |  771  523  WA |  3.5   38.5  42.0
 33  32   De Vas,Senudi             f |  444  375  WA |  3.5   36.5  39.0
 34  29   Davoll,Dominic            m |  319  334  WA |  3.5   34.5  36.5
 35  39   Nguyen,Catherine          f |  250  370  WA |  3.5   33.0  34.5
 36  33   Akselrod,Artem            m |    0  316  WA |  3.5   32.5  35.0 
 37  31   He,Thomas                 m |  451  286  WA |  3.5   32.5  34.5 
 38  36   Ong,Charis                f |  312  395  WA |  3.5   31.5  34.0
 39  30   Atkinson,Hamish           m |  473  303  WA |  3.0   36.0  39.0
 40  35   Walker,Sebastian          m |  335  256  WA |  3.0   31.0  32.5
 41  37   Perera,Kaviru             m |  305  155  WA |  3.0   29.5  31.0
 42  38   Gruber,Lucas              m |  275  148  WA |  3.0   28.0  29.5
 43  45   Paxman,Sean           (W) m |    0  198  WA |  2.0   30.0  33.0
 44  40   Dunstan,Brody             m |    0   95  WA |  2.0   29.5  31.0
 45  41   Selvaraj,Dev Darsh    (W) m |  174  189  WA |  2.0   27.0  28.5
 46  47   Walker,Samantha           f |    0    0  WA |  2.0   26.0  27.0
 47  46   Selvaraj,Dev Aakash       m |    0    0  WA |  0.0   28.5  30.0


2021 WA Junior Allegro Cross Table

  
 Pos NAME                         Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9   |  Buc1  BucT  
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  1  Fu,Yihe (Rebo)               2281      WA  9.0 | +B25  +W23  +B10  +W2   +B13  +W22  +B5   +W9   +W6   |  44.5  49.0 
  2  Gupta,Aarnav                 1255      WA  7.0 | +B39  +W15  +B14  -B1   +W11  +W8   +B22  +W13  -B3   |  46.5  49.5 
  3  Raptis,Liam                   896      WA  6.5 | +W31  -B4   +W28  =W10  =B7   =W14  +B12  +B22  +W2   |  44.0  48.0 
  4  Koh,Shannon                  1200      WA  6.5 | +B33  +W3   =W7   -B22  +B23  -W6   +W26  +B14  +W10  |  42.0  45.5 
  5  Harirajesh,Barath            1291      WA  6.0 | =B24  +W30  +B12  =W8   +B14  +W13  -W1   -B10  +B16  |  45.5  49.5 
  6  Pimenov,Alex                 1328      WA  6.0 | +W18  -B11  +W27  -B26  +W28  +B4   +W17  +W8   -B1   |  45.0  49.0 
  7  Nguyen,Anthony               1114      WA  6.0 | +B19  +W16  =B4   -B13  =W3   +W15  -B9   +W20  +B18  |  44.0  49.0 
  8  Majidi,Issa                  1092      WA  6.0 | +W27  =B22  +W11  =B5   +W26  -B2   +W10  -B6   +W13  |  43.5  47.5 
  9  Ong,Celine                   1281      WA  6.0 | +W34  +B26  -W13  +B15  -W22  +B32  +W7   -B1   +W17  |  42.0  45.5 
 10  Deng,Eric                    1023      WA  5.5 | +W37  +B32  -W1   =B3   +B16  +W12  -B8   +W5   -B4   |  48.0  51.5 
 11  Harris,Eamon                  935      WA  5.5 | +B42  +W6   -B8   +W20  -B2   +W29  -B13  =W15  +W24  |  42.5  45.5 
 12  Levin,Daniel                  936      WA  5.5 | =W36  +B17  -W5   +W29  +B24  -B10  -W3   +B32  +W22  |  39.5  43.0 
 13  Gupta,Anoushka               1182      WA  5.0 | +B28  +W20  +B9   +W7   -W1   -B5   +W11  -B2   -B8   |  50.5  54.5 
 14  Barbare,Ishaan               1180      WA  5.0 | +W40  +B21  -W2   +B32  -W5   =B3   +W23  -W4   =B15  |  44.0  47.0 
 15  Gruber,Paula                  825      WA  5.0 | +W45  -B2   +W34  -W9   +B18  -B7   +W19  =B11  =W14  |  43.0  46.5 
 16  Umasankar,Naveen Ramnat       901      WA  5.0 | +W35  -B7   +W18  +B30  -W10  -B17  +W27  +B21  -W5   |  40.5  44.0 
 17  Dai,Hardy                     354      WA  5.0 | -B30  -W12  +B44  +W36  +B33  +W16  -B6   +W23  -B9   |  38.0  40.0 
 18  Klimenko,Timofey              565      WA  5.0 | -B6   +W42  -B16  +W38  -W15  +B28  +W32  +B26  -W7   |  37.0  40.0 
 19  Wu,Kobe                       610      WA  5.0 | -W7   +B35  =B23  -W24  =B25  +W31  -B15  +W39  +B33  |  35.5  38.5 
 20  Sethuraman,Jaswanth Ram       731      WA  5.0 | +W43  -B13  +W40  -B11  +W35  -B26  +W29  -B7   +W27  |  35.0  37.5 
 21  Song,Jayden                   709      WA  5.0 | +B46  -W14  -B29  -W23  +B40  +W33  +B39  -W16  +W26  |  32.0  33.5 
 22  De Vas,Yonal                 1162      WA  4.5 | +B38  =W8   +B24  +W4   +B9   -B1   -W2   -W3   -B12  |  51.0  54.5 
 23  Soni,Ram Manav               1023      WA  4.5 | +W41  -B1   =W19  +B21  -W4   +W37  -B14  -B17  +W38  |  42.5  45.5 
 24  de Gaye,Henry                 500      WA  4.5 | =W5   +B36  -W22  +B19  -W12  -B27  +W37  +W25  -B11  |  38.5  42.0 
 25  Majidi,Nizam                  707      WA  4.5 | -W1   +B41  -W30  -B28  =W19  +B43  +W34  -B24  +W35  |  36.5  39.0 
 26  Finchett,Jack                 579      WA  4.0 | +B44  -W9   +B39  +W6   -B8   +W20  -B4   -W18  -B21  |  42.5  44.5 
 27  Dunstan,Marshall              503      WA  4.0 | -B8   +W38  -B6   +W40  -B29  +W24  -B16  +W31  -B20  |  38.0  41.0 
 28  Bocancea,Daniel               350      WA  4.0 | -W13  +B43  -B3   +W25  -B6   -W18  -B31  +W44  +B34  |  37.0  39.0 
 29  Yan,Ben                         0      WA  4.0 | -W32  +B37  +W21  -B12  +W27  -B11  -B20  -W34  +B39  |  35.5  38.5 
 30  Hafiz,Adam                      0      WA  4.0 | +W17  -B5   +B25  -W16  -B37  -W39  =B33  =W36  +B41  |  34.0  37.0 
 31  Hogben,Connor                   0      WA  4.0 | -B3   -W33  +W41  +B34  -W32  -B19  +W28  -B27  +W40  |  33.0  36.0 
 32  Wu,Jerry                      771      WA  3.5 | +B29  -W10  +B33  -W14  +B31  -W9   -B18  -W12  =B36  |  38.5  42.0 
 33  De Vas,Senudi                 444      WA  3.5 | -W4   +B31  -W32  +B43  -W17  -B21  =W30  +B37  -W19  |  36.5  39.0 
 34  Davoll,Dominic                319      WA  3.5 | -B9   +W44  -B15  -W31  +B38  =W35  -B25  +B29  -W28  |  34.5  36.5 
 35  Nguyen,Catherine              250      WA  3.5 | -B16  -W19  +B46  +W39  -B20  =B34  =W36  =W38  -B25  |  33.0  34.5 
 36  Akselrod,Artem                  0      WA  3.5 | =B12  -W24  =B37  -B17  -W43  +W41  =B35  =B30  =W32  |  32.5  35.0 
 37  He,Thomas                     451      WA  3.5 | -B10  -W29  =W36  +B41  +W30  -B23  -B24  -W33  +B44  |  32.5  34.5 
 38  Ong,Charis                    312      WA  3.5 | -W22  -B27  +W45  -B18  -W34  +B42  +W43  =B35  -B23  |  31.5  34.0 
 39  Atkinson,Hamish               473      WA  3.0 | -W2   +B45  -W26  -B35  +W42  +B30  -W21  -B19  -W29  |  36.0  39.0 
 40  Walker,Sebastian              335      WA  3.0 | -B14  +W46  -B20  -B27  -W21  +W44  -B41  +W47  -B31  |  31.0  32.5 
 41  Perera,Kaviru                 305      WA  3.0 | -B23  -W25  -B31  -W37  +W46  -B36  +W40  +B43  -W30  |  29.5  31.0 
 42  Gruber,Lucas                  275      WA  3.0 | -W11  -B18  -W43  +B45  -B39  -W38  -B44  +W46  +B47  |  28.0  29.5 
 43  Paxman,Sean              (W)    0      WA  2.0 | -B20  -W28  +B42  -W33  +B36  -W25  -B38  -W41   --   |  30.0  33.0 
 44  Dunstan,Brody                   0      WA  2.0 | -W26  -B34  -W17  +B46  -W45  -B40  +W42  -B28  -W37  |  29.5  31.0 
 45  Selvaraj,Dev Darsh       (W)  174      WA  2.0 | -B15  -W39  -B38  -W42  +B44  +W46   --    --    --   |  27.0  28.5 
 46  Walker,Samantha                 0      WA  2.0 | -W21  -B40  -W35  -W44  -B41  -B45  +W47  -B42  +BYE  |  26.0  27.0 
 47  Selvaraj,Dev Aakash             0      WA  0.0 |  --    --    --    --    --    --   -B46  -B40  -W42  |  28.5  30.0