2008 ACTJCL School Competitions - Trophy winners of each Zone
2008 Women’s and Girls’ Chess Festival - Results
2008 Primary Allegro - Results
2008 ACT Under 12 Championships - Results
2008 Chess Champs - Entries are now CLOSED
Junior Chess Clubs
Private Coaching - New coach: WFM Shannon Oliver
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2008 ACTJCL School Competitions
All six zones had a great turn out of schools, with many excellent games of chess being played throughout the state. Here are the 1st, 2nd and 3rd placed schools of each zone:
Perfect Scores: Niranjan Gupte (Hawker Hurricanes), Benjamin Xing (Radford Ruby Rats) and Joanne Mason (Radford Ruby Rats)
[Primary] North Canberra 1st Rosary Gold (24) 2nd Turner Tigers (23) 3rd Kaleen Red (18.5) Rosary Lions (18.5)
Perfect Scores: Ethan Derwent (Rosary Gold), James McCelland (Turner Tigers), Glen Qi (Rosary Gold) and Madison Rochester (Ainslie)
[Primary] Woden / Weston 1st 2nd 3rd
Perfect Scores:
[Primary] South Canberra 1st Garran Yellow (24) 2nd Jerrabomberra Monarchs (21) 3rd Grammar White (20)
Perfect Scores: Calvin Zhou (Garran Yellow)
[Primary] Tuggeranong 1st The St. Thomas Pie (25.5) 2nd Trinity Gold (21) 3rd Trinity Bronze (19)
Perfect Scores: Megan Setiabudi (The St. Thomas Pie), Matthew Borbas (The St. Thomas Pie), Anthony Le (St. Thomas All Stars) and Rohan Dhooria (St. Anthony’s Gold)
[Primary] Gungahlin 1st Amaroo Checkmates (21) 2nd Amaroo Armadillos (19) 3rd Miles Franklin Bleu (18.5)
Perfect Scores: Sanju Chintulafani (Amaroo Checkmates) and Stuart Bruce (Amaroo Armadillos)
*** Full results will be made available on our website soon ***
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2008 Women’s and Girls’ Chess Festival
It was a small but enthusiastic turnout for the ACT Women & Girls Championship. Importantly however, numbers have grown since last year and the emergence of strong Girls' teams from Turner & Radford saw clusters of girls from those schools turn up to rival the traditionally strong numbers from Curtin.
Emma Guo, Alana Chibnall & Megan Setiabudi did their best to keep it a three-horse race but Yi-Ying Zeng & Lucinda Flood tried hard to steal some points right up to the very last round. There were also some exciting efforts from players in their first long time control games with Turner duo Zalia Lai & Rosie Kirk playing particularly strongly, and little Kezia Karenina and Helen Tong showing that no-one is too small or too inexperienced to give the event a go!
And a most honourable mention must go to Jenny Mason - the only "woman" in the field. Any of those timid “Mums" out there who need a little inspiration need only to look up the 2007 standings on the ACTJCL website, and then look again at the 2008 event, to see what can be achieved with a little sweat and a lot of persistence!
Prizewinners were:
1st Place: Emma Guo 2nd Place: Alana Chibnall 3rd Place: Megan Setiabudi
Rating Group A (Players U1000): Yi-Ying Zeng Rating Group B (Players with a Rapid but no Normal Rating): Zalia Lai 1st Unrated: Jenny Mason 1st Unrated Under 12: Rosie Kirk 1st Unrated Under 10: Emma Dunstone 1st Unrated Under 8: Kezia Karenina
Encouragement Awards: Yi-Jing Zeng & Layla Steed
We had a great weekend and I encourage anyone who thought they were not ready this year to join us for a fantastic two days in 2009. Thank you to Jim Flood for his help over the weekend and see you all at another event soon!
Congratulations to everybody who participated in the hard fought 2008 Primary Allegro tournament.
Medals were presented to the first boy and girl in each Year group as follows:
Year 6 Boy: Bevan Lee (Radford College) Year 6 Girl: Megan Setiabudi (St. Thomas the Apostle Primary)
Year 5 Boy: Mitchell Jackson (Hawker Primary) Year 5 Girl: Lucinda Flood (Curtin Primary)
Year 4 Boy: Ethan Derwent (Rosary Primary) [Winner of the 4 ~ 6 tournament] Year 4 Girl: Aislinn Smith (Curtin Primary)
Year 3 Boy: Stuart Mason (Hawker Primary) [Winner of the K ~ 3 tournament] Year 3 Girl: Annabel Litchfield (North Ainslie Primary)
Year 2 Boy: Glen Qi (Rosary Primary) Year 2 Girl: Hannah Macri (O’Connor Cooperative School)
Year 1 Boy: Andy Pinkas (Arawang Primary) Year 1 Girl: Jaimie Liebowitz (Curtin Primary)
Encouragement Awards: Lily McLaughlin, Shannon Drury, Dong-Hoon Shin, Jose Izurieta, Charlie Chen, Isaac Tang & Laura Brammall.
Top Participating School (winning chess books for their library): Curtin Primary [with 22 players] - Michael Kethro, Raffael Dal Pozzo, Sebastian Dal Pozzo, Michael Liebowitz, Jaimie Liebowitz, Patrick Oduro, Jack Larmour, Kezia Karenina, Bella Bishop, Ned Keogh, Yi-Ming Zeng, Connor Frost, Laura Brammall, Rose Sanford, Yi-Ying Zeng, Lucinda Flood, Yi-Jing Zeng, Gala Huang, Emma Dunstone, Aislinn Smith, Mark Glanville and Aelfric Gardiner-Garden.
Consolation book prizes were also awarded to Hawker Primary, Radford College and O'Connor Cooperative School.
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2008 ACTJCL Under 12 Championships
Well done to Megan Setiabudi for claiming the ACT Under 12 title for the second year running!
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2008 ACTJCL Under 10 Championships (More information to be released soon)
This event is suitable for all eligible players (from potential grandmasters to [almost] complete novices) who can confidently move the chess pieces around the board.
When: August 3rd 2008, 10:00am until 4:00pm (Registration from 9:45am)
Where: ACT Junior Chess Centre, Campbell High School, Treloar Crescent, Campbell.
Who: Boys and Girls born on or after January 1st 1998.
Cost: $12.50 per child ($10.00 for ACTJCL members) Third and subsequent children from one family are free.
Time Limits: Games will be played using chess clocks with 15 minutes per player per game (max. 30 minutes per round). 7 rounds will be played on the day and all players participate for the full 7 rounds (except when byes occur). Tournament organisers reserve the right to add rounds if play seems likely to finish early. No players are “eliminated” during the day!
Entries: to Jenny Mason jennymason99@yahoo.com.au. Entries MUST be received by 1st August. There will be NO REGISTRATIONS ON THE DAY for this tournament, to ensure that play starts and therefore finishes on time.
When entering, please leave details including your name, school, date of birth and contact telephone number.
Lunch: Pizza and a can of soft drink are available for $6 per child and a limited canteen will operate on the day.
Note: Please provide details to the organiser of any medical or custodial issues for your child. This should include any known allergies, chronic medical conditions and behavioural issues that may have an impact on your child's participation in, and enjoyment of, our activities. Please make us aware of any medication that your child carries - we will require them to self-administer any medication. If in doubt, please contact the organiser, or stay at the venue on the day.
- Jenny Mason
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2008 Chess Champs
Entries are now FULL and CLOSED for the winter chess camp.
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Junior Chess Clubs
+ Souths Junior Chess Club + Where: Holy Trinity Primary School, Theodore Street, Curtin When: Thursdays from 4:00pm until 6:00pm, during school terms Enquiries: Ella Rosso (rosso@netspeed.com.au)
+ Norths Junior Chess Club + Where: Hawker Primary School, Erldunda Circuit, Hawker When: Fridays from 4:00pm until 5:45pm, during school terms Enquiries: Jenny Mason (jennymason99@yahoo.com.au)
Should you have any queries, or would like more information about joining/having a trial at either of the Clubs, please contact Miona Ikeda (miona-ikeda@hotmail.com).
+ Tuggeranong Junior Chess Club - ACTJCL affiliate + Where: in the downstairs Sports Bar, Tuggeranong Valley Amatuer Rugby Union (Vikings) and Sports Club, Ricardo Street, Wanniassa (opposite Erindale Shops) When: Saturdays from 10:20am until 12:30 Enquiries: Peter Simpson (psimpson@cyberone.com.au) or 6292 6603
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Private Coaching
Hi My name is Shannon Oliver and I am a WFM from Canberra and I am looking for private students. I am one of Australia's top female chess players with 12 years playing and 8 years coaching experience, including coaching the first ever ACT team to win an Australian Schools Championships, coaching for the ACT at the Australian Junior Chess Championhips, the ACTJCL Development Squad and numerous private students.
If you are interested in coaching either as an individual or in pairs, please feel free to contact me either by email shan_o_86@hotmail.com or mobile 0431894925.
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International Master David Smerdon is available for coaching. He is one of Australia's top players and has extensive coaching experience, including Head Coach for the Australian team at the 2007 World Youth Festival.
David has coached numerous Australian junior champions across age levels, as well as twice coach of the Australian junior team, coach of the ACT and QLD state teams, and coach of the ERGAS and NECG development squads.
He can be contacted on 0439 677 560 or via email smerds@hotmail.com.
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Hi, my name is Endre Ambrus.
I have been a professional chess player for more than 10 years (1991 - 2002), mostly playing in European tournaments such as the Romanian Super League. My current rating is 2378, although I have reached 2407 while I was playing in Russia.
I would like to start chess coaching, at the charge for $30 an hour. It would be preferable if there are 2-3 people per coaching session, as this makes more profoundly preparation possible during 2-3 hours for $30 from each person for this time.
Should you be interested, please contact me at endre.ambrus@gmail.com or on 0413 198 044.
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Hi, my name is Andras Toth. I am an International Master from Hungary. I have been working with a number of pupils including a few of the best ACT juniors for more than a year. I am looking to expend my involvement in ACT coaching and have room in my schedule for more private pupils. I am also available for teaching school groups on a term by term basis.
If you are interested, please feel free to contact me. Email: atothfadd@yahoo.com Phone: 6254 9137
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Hi, my name is Shaun Press.
While the Gungahlin Junior Chess Club will not be running for the moment, it will be replaced by small group coaching for interested students in the Gungahlin area. There will probably be 1-2 groups consisting of 4-6 students (ages between 8 and 14 years). If you are interested please contact me at Shaun.Press@apex.net.au to discuss suitable times etc.
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*Why take on a private coach?* - It’s really no different to your private lessons in music, tennis or ballet. One-on-one is a great way to learn, particularly if you have a good rapport with your teacher and really want to kick your game along. A coach will be able to analyze your games and spot your strengths and weaknesses. You (or your mum and dad) might see your losses as the result of careless play or lack of thought, whereas your coach may spot a gap in your knowledge of an opening line, or a tactical weakness, or inexperience in the endgame which can be easily remedied with some well planned lessons and a little homework practice.
Not everyone needs the "best coach" or the "best player" as their coach - please don't base your choice on rating alone (we have lots of good, older juniors who are very capable coaches for younger players). Make sure you find someone who has a great rapport with your child, prepares a lesson for your child (not just a generic lesson trotted out to all students) and don't be afraid to change coaches if things aren't working out or if your child (and they do!) catches up to their coach!
Note: ACTJCL does not promote or endorse individual coaches. All we do is provide the names of people interested in coaching. We do not provide names unless we know players to have sufficient understanding of the game, but schools & parents are expected to use their own procedures to vet candidates.
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Miona Ikeda Bulletin Keeper ACT Junior Chess League
