2021 School Chess League Girls Finals

The School Chess League Girls Finals were held on Monday 6th September at Perth Modern School. The specific aim of this tournament was to decide the Primary and Secondary schools to represent Western Australia in the 2021 National School Finals.

The tournament was a 7 round Swiss with an Allegro time limit (15 minutes plus 3 second increments) which will be ACF quick rated. The event attracted 25 players with 9 players from Perth Modern School (the only Secondary School competing) and 16 players from 6 Primary Schools. All players were grouped into one tournament which the Perth Modern players dominated with the exception of Nithuli Liyange (Nedlands Primary School) whose opponents were all from Perth Modern school. Nithuli managed 4 wins two draws and only one loss, an excellent achievement against experienced opposition. Nithuli’s only loss was to Anoushka Gupta who achieved a perfect score of 7 (also an excellent achievement). In retrospect it would have been better to divide up the Primary and Secondary school players into two divisions and that will be the format for next year.

Nedlands Primary School were the winning Primary school with Kingsway Christian College and Mt. Lawley Primary battling it out for second place. Mt. Lawley achieved second place by the narrowest of margins.

Congratulations to Nedlands Primary School the 2021 WA Primary School Champions and Perth Modern School the 2021 WA Secondary School Champions. We wish them every success in the 2021 National Schools Finals.

List of prize winners

Primary School first place trophies: Nithuli Liyange, Emily Zhang, Olivia Hou, Yonje Lee (Nedlands Primary School)

Primary School second place trophies: Imogen Conway, Lucia Everitt, Linda Hernandez Mendez, Alannah McVicar (Mt. Lawley Primary School)

Secondary School first place trophies: Anoushka Gupta, Paula Gruber, Victoria Chai, Heidi Gstaettner (Perth Modern School)

Primary School Girls Champion: Nithuli Liyange 5/7

Secondary School Girls Champion: Anoushka Gupta 7/7

Special thanks go to the hard-working CAWA Volunteers: Devi, Kimberly Goh, JC Kong, Joli Mendez, John Pimenov (data entry), Faith Tee and to Perth Modern School for providing such an excellent venue, in particular Leanne Ensley for all the help provided in making this a smooth flowing event. Finally, thanks to all players, parents and school coordinators who made this a pleasant occasion.

Report kindly provided by: Alan Wolstencroft - Chief Arbiter



Final Standings


 Pos  N     NAME                      | Rtg  PRtg Fed |  Pts  
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  1   2     Gupta,Anoushka            |  764 1127  WA |  7.0  
  2   4     Gruber,Paula              |  572  749  WA |  6.5 
  3   9     Chai,Victoria             |    0  696  WA |  6.5 
  4  17     Gstaettner,Heidi          |    0  506  WA |  6.0 
  5   3     Liyanage,Nithuli          |  681  349  WA |  5.0 
  6  15     Firth,Ally                |    0  386  WA |  5.0 
  7  22     Sadekova,Sophia           |    0  125  WA |  5.0 
  8  10     Cheng,Candace             |    0  355  WA |  5.0 
  9   1     Zhang,Emily               |  913  241  WA |  4.0 
 10   7     Arul Raja,Rosanne         |    0  226  WA |  4.0 
 11  24     Wu,Jasmine                |    0  147  WA |  4.0 
 12   6     De Vas,Senudi             |  321  141  WA |  3.0 
 13  23     Smit,Mia Carina           |    0  141  WA |  3.0 
 14   5     Ong,Charis                |  374  141  WA |  3.0 
 15  11     Conway,Imogen             |    0    0  WA |  3.0 
 16  14     Everitt,Lucia             |    0    0  WA |  3.0 
 17  19     Hou,Olivia                |    0    0  WA |  3.0 
 18  20     Lee,Yonje                 |    0    0  WA |  2.5 
 19  16     Gao,Jo                    |    0    0  WA |  2.0 
 20   8     Blizard,Cassandra         |    0   26  WA |  2.0 
 21  18     Hernandez Mendez,Linda    |    0    0  WA |  2.0 
 22  21     McVicar,Alannah           |    0    0  WA |  2.0 
 23  13     Ern Yue,Arianne           |    0    0  WA |  2.0 
 24  12     Dodhia,Diya               |    0    0  WA |  1.5 
 25  25     Young,Veda                |    0    0  WA |  1.0 


Cross Table


 Pos NAME                 Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6     7 
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  1  Gupta,Anoushka        764      WA  7.0 | +B16  +W25  +B9   +W5   +B14  +W12  +B13
  2  Gruber,Paula          572      WA  6.5 | +B19  +W9   +B14  +W12  =B5   +W13  +W18
  3  Chai,Victoria           0      WA  6.5 | +W22  +B12  +W20  +B13  +W9   =B5   +W15
  4  Gstaettner,Heidi        0      WA  6.0 | +B14  +W15  -B5   +W25  +B16  +W21  +B12
  5  Liyanage,Nithuli      681      WA  5.0 | +W6   +B8   +W4   -B1   =W2   =W3   +B11
  6  Firth,Ally              0      WA  5.0 | -B5   +W18  +W7   +B15  +W19  +B17  -W9
  7  Sadekova,Sophia         0      WA  5.0 | -W8   +BYE  -B6   +W10  +B22  +W16  +B21
  8  Cheng,Candace           0      WA  5.0 | +B7   -W5   +B25  +W21  -B12  +W14  +B19 
  9  Zhang,Emily           913      WA  4.0 | +W23  -B2   -W1   +B20  -B3   +W10  +B6
 10  Arul Raja,Rosanne       0      WA  4.0 | +W17  +B13  -W12  -B7   +W20  -B9   +W22
 11  Wu,Jasmine              0      WA  4.0 | +W24  +B20  +W17  +B19  -W13  -B15  -W5 
 12  De Vas,Senudi         321      WA  3.0 | +B21  -W3   +B10  -B2   +W8   -B1   -W4 
 13  Smit,Mia Carina         0      WA  3.0 | +B15  -W10  +B21  -W3   +B11  -B2   -W1 
 14  Ong,Charis            374      WA  3.0 | -W4   +B22  -W2   +B17  -W1   -B8   +W20
 15  Conway,Imogen           0      WA  3.0 | -W13  -B4   +BYE  -W6   +B25  +W11  -B3 
 16  Everitt,Lucia           0      WA  3.0 | -W1   -B17  +W24  +B18  -W4   -B7   +BYE
 17  Hou,Olivia              0      WA  3.0 | -B10  +W16  -B11  -W14  +B23  -W6   +B24
 18  Lee,Yonje               0      WA  2.5 | -W20  -B6   =W22  -W16  +BYE  +B23  -B2 
 19  Gao,Jo                  0      WA  2.0 | -W2   =B24  +W23  -W11  -B6   =B22  -W8 
 20  Blizard,Cassandra       0      WA  2.0 | +B18  -W11  -B3   -W9   -B10  +W25  -B14 
 21  Hernandez Mendez,Lin    0      WA  2.0 | -W12  +B23  -W13  -B8   +W24  -B4   -W7
 22  McVicar,Alannah         0      WA  2.0 | -B3   -W14  =B18  +B24  -W7   =W19  -B10
 23  Ern Yue,Arianne         0      WA  2.0 | -B9   -W21  -B19  +BYE  -W17  -W18  +B25
 24  Dodhia,Diya             0      WA  1.5 | -B11  =W19  -B16  -W22  -B21  +BYE  -W17
 25  Young,Veda              0      WA  1.0 | +BYE  -B1   -W8   -B4   -W15  -B20  -W23



Team Ranking - Based on 4 best players of each team


 Pos  Team Name          Points
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   1  Perth Modern        26.0
   2  Nedlands PS         14.5
   3  Mount Lawley PS     10.0
   4  Kingsway PS          9.5
   5  Caladenia PS         3.0
   6  Peter Moyes ACS      2.0
   7  Oberthur PS          2.0


Team Composition


 1  Perth Modern                     26.0 
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    2  Gupta,Anoushka                 7.0
    4  Gruber,Paula                   6.5
    9  Chai,Victoria                  6.5
   17  Gstaettner,Heidi               6.0
   15  Firth,Ally                     5.0
   22  Sadekova,Sophia                5.0
   10  Cheng,Candace                  5.0
    7  Arul Raja,Rosanne              4.0
   24  Wu,Jasmine                     4.0

 2  Nedlands PS                      14.5
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    3  Liyanage,Nithuli               5.0
    1  Zhang,Emily                    4.0
   19  Hou,Olivia                     3.0
   20  Lee,Yonje                      2.5
   25  Young,Veda                     1.0

 3  Mount Lawley PS                  10.0
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   11  Conway,Imogen                  3.0
   14  Everitt,Lucia                  3.0
   18  Hernandez Mendez,Linda         2.0
   21  McVicar,Alannah                2.0

 4  Kingsway PS                       9.5
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   23  Smit,Mia Carina                3.0
    5  Ong,Charis                     3.0
   13  Ern Yue,Arianne                2.0
   12  Dodhia,Diya                    1.5

 5  Caladenia PS                      3.0
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    6  De Vas,Senudi                  3.0

 6  Peter Moyes ACS                   2.0
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    8  Blizard,Cassandra              2.0

 7  Oberthur PS                       2.0
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   16  Gao,Jo                         2.0


Best Boards


 Board 1
 Pos Player                     Team              Points 
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  1  Gupta,Anoushka             Perth Modern        7.0
  2  Liyanage,Nithuli           Nedlands PS         5.0
  3  De Vas,Senudi              Caladenia PS        3.0
  4  Smit,Mia Carina            Kingsway PS         3.0
  5  Conway,Imogen              Mount Lawley PS     3.0
  6  Gao,Jo                     Oberthur PS         2.0
  7  Blizard,Cassandra          Peter Moyes ACS     2.0

 Board 2
 Pos Player                     Team              Points
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  1  Gruber,Paula               Perth Modern        6.5
  2  Zhang,Emily                Nedlands PS         4.0
  3  Ong,Charis                 Kingsway PS         3.0
  4  Everitt,Lucia              Mount Lawley PS     3.0

 Board 3
 Pos Player                     Team              Points
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  1  Chai,Victoria              Perth Modern        6.5
  2  Hou,Olivia                 Nedlands PS         3.0
  3  Hernandez Mendez,Linda     Mount Lawley PS     2.0
  4  Ern Yue,Arianne            Kingsway PS         2.0

 Board 4
 Pos Player                     Team              Points
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  1  Gstaettner,Heidi           Perth Modern        6.0
  2  Lee,Yonje                  Nedlands PS         2.5
  3  McVicar,Alannah            Mount Lawley PS     2.0
  4  Dodhia,Diya                Kingsway PS         1.5