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The 2026 WA Junior Rapid Chess Championship was held on Sunday, 29th March 2026 at Leeming Primary School, with a total of 76 players participating.
The Under 12 section had 58 players, including 16 girls, while the Under 18 section had 18 players, including 2 girls. The event brought together a good mix of experienced juniors and newer players. Prize Winners Under 18 Champion and 2026 WA State Junior Rapid Champion: Issa Majidi (6.0/7) [won playoff against Quang Minh Le] Under 18 Best Girl and 2026 WA State Junior Rapid Girls Champion: Nithuli Liyanage (4.5/7) Under 18 2nd: Yonal De Vas (4.5/7), 3rd: Lucien Lim (4.0/7) Under 16 1st: Quang Minh Le (6.0/7) [Quang Minh, still of U10 age, chose to compete in the U18 section and delivered a strong performance] 2nd: Nithuli Liyanage (4.5/7), 3rd: Uudamkhishig Togtmol (4.0/7) Merit Medal: Micah Seow (4.0/7) Under 14 1st: Aidan Malik (5.5/7) 2nd: Yuqi (Ricky) Huang (4.5/7), 3rd: Florentyna Rithauddin (3.5/7) Under 12 1st: Daniel Luong (6.5/7) 2nd: Kaviru Perera (6.0/7), 3rd: Jet Mahanidis (5.5/7) Merit Medals: Gia Bao Ho (5.0/7) & Jayan Gopalakrishnan (5.0/7) Under 12 Girls Best Girl: Senudi De Vas (5.5/7) Merit Medals: Jo Gao (4.5/7), Uranbaigali Uuganbaatar (4.5/7), Khatangua Nyamdari (4.0/7) & Lily Lin (4.0/7) Under 10 1st: Riyaan Jeyaseelan (5.0/7) [won playoff against Aarav Mishra] 2nd: Aarav Mishra (5.0/7), 3rd: Uranbaigali Uuganbaatar (4.5/7) Merit Medal: Zeno Brackenridge (4.5/7) Under 8 1st: Ved Khant (4.5/7) Merit Medals: Aakash Jagadish (3.0/7), Andy Hoang (3.0/7) & Tristan Sun (3.0/7) Acknowledgements A big thank you to the volunteer team for their work on the day: Chief Arbiter: Kobe Wu Arbiters: Dennis Holland, Celine Ong, Hui Huang (also photography), Rebo Fu & Alan Wolstencroft. Special thanks to CAWA Secretary Andrew Hardegen, who came and assisted with prize allocation and organised the playoffs despite his busy schedule. His support helped ensure the event ran smoothly and to a consistent standard. Report kindly provided by CAWA President: Rosa Tu |
2026 WA Junior Rapid Under 12 Cross Table
Pos NAME Rtg T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | BH/C1 BH ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Luong,Daniel 1045 WA 6.5 | +W44 +B7 +W55 +B6 +W9 =B5 +B3 | 29.0 31.5 2 Perera,Kaviru 909 WA 6.0 | +W39 +B24 +W19 -W3 +B13 +B7 +W5 | 28.0 31.0 3 Mahanidis,Jet 1502 WA 5.5 | +W33 +B27 +W14 +B2 =W5 +B8 -W1 | 31.0 34.0 4 De Vas,Senudi 1080 WA 5.5 | =B28 +W11 -B9 +W34 +B22 +W20 +B10 | 25.0 28.0 5 Ho,Gia Bao 1023 WA 5.0 | +B31 +W36 +B18 +W17 =B3 =W1 -B2 | 29.0 32.0 6 Jeyaseelan,Riyaan 0 WA 5.0 | +B25 +W15 +B12 -W1 +B17 =W10 =B14 | 28.5 32.5 7 Mishra,Aarav 391 WA 5.0 | +B52 -W1 +B37 +W20 +B12 -W2 +B25 | 28.0 30.0 8 Gopalakrishnan,Jayan 776 WA 5.0 | +B49 -W19 +B29 +W36 +B18 -W3 +B17 | 24.0 26.0 9 Kameron,Caleb 0 WA 4.5 | +B10 =B22 +W4 +W32 -B1 =B11 =W16 | 29.5 32.5 10 Page,Ethan 771 WA 4.5 | -W9 +B41 +W50 +B19 +W21 =B6 -W4 | 26.0 28.0 11 Khant,Ved 0 WA 4.5 | =W26 -B4 +B30 +W28 +B31 =W9 =B15 | 25.5 28.5 12 Nyamdari,Shijirgun 701 WA 4.5 | +W41 +B21 -W6 +B24 -W7 +W33 =B13 | 25.5 28.5 13 Uuganbaatar,Uranbaigali 547 WA 4.5 | -W35 +B57 +W38 +B23 -W2 +B21 =W12 | 24.5 25.5 14 Downes,Manning 565 WA 4.5 | +B51 +W37 -B3 -W31 +B29 +W34 =W6 | 23.0 25.0 15 Gao,Jo 589 WA 4.5 | +W57 -B6 +W44 -B21 +W39 +B23 =W11 | 23.0 24.0 16 Brackenridge,Zeno 633 WA 4.5 | -B37 +W47 +B33 -W18 +B32 +W31 =B9 | 20.5 22.5 17 Kattampallil,Anthony 570 WA 4.0 | +W56 +B35 +W23 -B5 -W6 +B24 -W8 | 26.0 27.5 18 Perera,Damsara 392 WA 4.0 | +W53 +B20 -W5 +B16 -W8 -W25 +B31 | 25.5 27.5 19 Lin,Lily 385 WA 4.0 | +W38 +B8 -B2 -W10 -B34 +W35 +B40 | 24.5 27.5 20 Jayasinghe,Attiligoda 855 WA 4.0 | +B34 -W18 +W22 -B7 +W50 -B4 +W39 | 24.5 26.5 21 Kameni Fouedjio,Doryan Ael 353 WA 4.0 | +B45 -W12 +B40 +W15 -B10 -W13 +B32 | 24.0 26.5 22 Nyamdari,Shijirkhutag 574 WA 4.0 | +B47 =W9 -B20 +B26 -W4 =W32 +B33 | 24.0 26.0 23 Wong,Benjamin 0 WA 4.0 | +B29 +W30 -B17 -W13 +B36 -W15 +B42 | 23.0 26.0 24 Nyamdari,Khatangua 383 WA 4.0 | +B40 -W2 +B48 -W12 +B47 -W17 +B38 | 22.5 24.5 25 Zhou,Lucas 779 WA 4.0 | -W6 -B32 +W56 +B35 +W44 +B18 -W7 | 22.5 24.0 26 Yuen,Thomas 740 WA 4.0 | =B11 +W28 -B32 -W22 +B48 +W36 =B29 | 21.5 23.5 27 Nagaa,Vidhith 434 WA 4.0 | +B54 -W3 -B31 +W37 -B33 +W47 +B34 | 19.5 21.5 28 Lin,Leena 162 WA 3.5 | =W4 -B26 +W35 -B11 +B30 -W42 +B45 | 23.5 26.0 29 Aitken,Sarah 349 WA 3.5 | -W23 +B56 -W8 +B38 -W14 +B41 =W26 | 23.5 25.0 30 Cheng,Aleck 374 WA 3.5 | =W32 -B23 -W11 +B46 -W28 +B49 +W44 | 20.0 22.0 31 Ghugare,Aarav Amit 0 WA 3.0 | -W5 +B46 +W27 +B14 -W11 -B16 -W18 | 26.5 29.0 32 Uuganbaatar,Temuulen 0 WA 3.0 | =B30 +W25 +W26 -B9 -W16 =B22 -W21 | 25.0 28.5 33 Suwandhani,Liam 215 WA 3.0 | -B3 +W54 -W16 +B45 +W27 -B12 -W22 | 25.0 27.0 34 Jagadish,Aakash 0 WA 3.0 | -W20 +B53 +W42 -B4 +W19 -B14 -W27 | 25.0 27.0 35 Nguyen,Sofia 0 WA 3.0 | +B13 -W17 -B28 -W25 +W43 -B19 +W50 | 23.0 25.0 36 Cheela,Saharsh 447 WA 3.0 | +W46 -B5 +W45 -B8 -W23 -B26 +W47 | 23.0 25.0 37 Le,Phuoc An 0 WA 3.0 | +W16 -B14 -W7 -B27 -W38 +B58 +W48 | 23.0 24.0 38 Teh,Ilyssa 0 WA 3.0 | -B19 +W49 -B13 -W29 +B37 +B46 -W24 | 21.5 23.5 39 Hoang,Andy 0 WA 3.0 | -B2 -W40 +B58 +W52 -B15 +W48 -B20 | 21.5 22.5 40 Uuganbaatar,Enkhnaran 0 WA 3.0 | -W24 +B39 -W21 -B44 +W57 +B50 -W19 | 19.5 20.5 41 Lam,Lucas 0 WA 3.0 | -B12 -W10 +B54 -W48 +B52 -W29 +B51 | 18.5 20.5 42 Sun,Tristan 402 WA 3.0 | -- +W51 -B34 -W47 +B53 +B28 -W23 | 16.5 19.5 43 Tan,Audrey 407 WA 3.0 | -- -- -B51 +W49 -B35 +W53 +B52 | 14.0 17.0 44 Desai,Sanay 0 WA 2.5 | -B1 +W52 -B15 +W40 -B25 =W45 -B30 | 24.0 26.0 45 Watts,Flynn 0 WA 2.5 | -W21 +PAB -B36 -W33 +B51 =B44 -W28 | 18.5 20.5 46 Page,Naomi 0 WA 2.5 | -B36 -W31 =B49 -W30 +B54 -W38 +B57 | 16.5 17.5 47 Le,Viet Quang 0 WA 2.0 | -W22 -B16 +W53 +B42 -W24 -B27 -B36 | 22.5 24.5 48 Zamani,Adrian 0 WA 2.0 | +W50 -B55 -W24 +B41 -W26 -B39 -B37 | 21.0 23.0 49 Jin,Ricky 0 WA 2.0 | -W8 -B38 =W46 -B43 +W56 -W30 =B54 | 19.0 20.5 50 Byambabat,Soyombo 260 WA 2.0 | -B48 +W58 -B10 +W51 -B20 -W40 -B35 | 18.5 19.5 51 Lu,Samuel 0 WA 2.0 | -W14 -B42 +W43 -B50 -W45 +B57 -W41 | 18.0 19.0 52 Tay,Wesley 0 WA 2.0 | -W7 -B44 +W57 -B39 -W41 +B56 -W43 | 18.0 19.0 53 Stegar,Sebastian 0 WA 2.0 | -B18 -W34 -B47 +PAB -W42 -B43 +W58 | 17.0 18.0 54 Souied,Kayled 0 WA 2.0 | -W27 -B33 -W41 =B56 -W46 +PAB =W49 | 16.5 18.0 55 Kelly,Neo (W) 454 WA 2.0 | +B58 +W48 -B1 -- -- -- -- | 15.5 17.5 56 Li,Emily 0 WA 1.5 | -B17 -W29 -B25 =W54 -B49 -W52 +PAB | 17.5 19.0 57 Le,Thao An 0 WA 1.0 | -B15 -W13 -B52 +W58 -B40 -W51 -W46 | 18.5 19.5 58 Nyamjargal,Tselmeg 0 WA 1.0 | -W55 -B50 -W39 -B57 +PAB -W37 -B53 | 15.0 16.0 |
2026 WA Junior Rapid Under 18 Cross Table
Pos NAME Rtg T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | BH/C1 BH ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Le,Quang Minh 1527 WA 6.0 | +F21 +W7 +B5 +W2 =B3 +W6 =B4 | 29.0 32.0 2 Majidi,Issa 1953 WA 6.0 | +W10 +B13 +W3 -B1 +W4 +B11 +W7 | 27.0 30.0 3 Malik,Aidan 1509 WA 5.5 | +B9 +W12 -B2 +W13 =W1 +B10 +W11 | 26.0 29.0 4 De Vas,Yonal 1585 WA 4.5 | -B12 +W14 +B9 +W7 -B2 +W8 =W1 | 27.0 30.0 5 Liyanage,Nithuli 1402 WA 4.5 | +B18 +W19 -W1 +B8 =W10 -B7 +W12 | 23.0 25.0 6 Huang,Yuqi (Ricky) 1402 WA 4.5 | +W15 -B8 +W12 =B11 +W17 -B1 +W10 | 22.0 24.0 7 Lim,Lucien 1351 WA 4.0 | +W16 -B1 +W8 -B4 +W12 +W5 -B2 | 28.0 30.0 8 Togtmol,Uudamkhishig 1050 WA 4.0 | +B17 +W6 -B7 -W5 +B15 -B4 +W16 | 21.5 23.5 9 Seow,Micah 745 WA 4.0 | -W3 +B15 -W4 -B10 +B16 +W14 +B13 | 21.5 23.5 10 Rithauddin,Florentyna 892 WA 3.5 | -B2 +W17 +B19 +W9 =B5 -W3 -B6 | 27.0 29.0 11 Aucamp,Amion 1133 WA 3.5 | -B14 +W18 +B16 =W6 +B13 -W2 -B3 | 24.0 26.0 12 Tran,Henry 875 WA 3.0 | +W4 -B3 -B6 +W14 -B7 +W15 -B5 | 26.0 28.0 13 Sethuraman,Jaswanth Ram 1126 WA 3.0 | +F22 -W2 +B14 -B3 -W11 +B17 -W9 | 25.0 27.0 14 Ibrahim,Yassin 0 WA 3.0 | +W11 -B4 -W13 -B12 +W18 -B9 +B15 | 20.0 22.0 15 Srikanth,Siddarth 736 WA 2.0 | -B6 -W9 +B18 +F19 -W8 -B12 -W14 | 20.5 22.5 16 Ibrahim,Hamza 0 WA 2.0 | -B7 +PAB -W11 -B17 -W9 +B18 -B8 | 19.5 21.5 17 Stewart,Oliver 0 WA 2.0 | -W8 -B10 +PAB +W16 -B6 -W13 -B18 | 19.0 21.0 18 Ding,Harrison 0 WA 2.0 | -W5 -B11 -W15 +PAB -B14 -W16 +W17 | 17.0 19.0 19 Zhou,Chuqin (W) 0 WA 1.0 | +F20 -B5 -W10 -F15 -- -- -- | 12.0 13.0 20 Davoll,Dominic (W) 983 WA 0.0 | -F19 -- -- -- -- -- -- | 0.0 0.0 21 Zamani,Ryan (W) 836 WA 0.0 | -F1 -- -- -- -- -- -- | 0.0 0.0 22 Phan,Tommy (W) 0 WA 0.0 | -F13 -- -- -- -- -- -- | 0.0 0.0 |