Juniors 2023 Winners

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Club ChampionshipOpenU12U10U8Girls
ChampionKiet Anh NguyenLucas ParkerRohan Ruayan/aClaire Marasinghe
Rohan MajetyMichael Huang
Shreyansh Annadasu
1st runner upElijah MorrisKabilan Shenbaga Pandian ShenbagarajTuan Kiet NguyenLamiah Husain
2nd runner upKai HockeyKrithvikKarthika NethiIris Bruno
Koshnitsky Juniors CupOpenU12U10U8Girls
ChampionKiet Anh NguyenTuan Kiet NguyenLucas ParkerJeremy BoClaire Marasinghe
1st runner upKrishna BodkeRohan MajetyKaiser BatyrbekovAidan BatyrbekovAnnika Annika
2nd runner upKai HockeyShubham DharMichael HuangAshwin RamanathanSrisakthi Shenbagakumar
Hobson Bay Juniors CupOpenU12U10U8Girls
ChampionKiet Anh NguyenShubham DharMichael HuangJeremy BoClaire Marasinghe
1st runner upKrishna BodkeRohan RuayaTuan Kiet NguyenRaghav VelkurDeepshika Karthick
2nd runner upKai HockeyGagan VelkurKrithvik GuggillaJamie BoSrisakthi Shenbagakumar
Western JuniorsOpenU12U10U8Girls
ChampionRohan RuayaAndrew WeiMichael HuangArjun Ashok
1st runner upAlfred MaKiet Anh NguyenArjun SahaDilesh Babu
2nd runner upChris MorrowShubham DharSrivetri Shenbagakumar
Purdy Juniors CupOpenU12U10U8Girls
ChampionAndrew WeiShrevin ChalamcharlaRiyan VaghArjun AshokSrisakthi Shenbagakumar
1st runner upAlfred MaAyush DasRohan RuayaRithvikAnnika Annika
2nd runner upMichael HuangJeremy BoJamie BoDeepshika Karthick
Honourable BobOpenU12U10U8Girls
ChampionJihu SongShubham DharRohan MajetyAnjana ReddyAbby Chan
1st Runner UpAlfred MaAndrew WeiSrivetri ShenbagakumarRithvik VijaykumarDeepshika Karthick
2nd Runner UpKenneth ScreiberArjun SahaYongjun LeeArjun AshokClaire Marashinge

Looking forward to 2024!

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Just a short note about the changes coming in 2024, following our recent Annual General Meeting.

Cheaper: Membership fees are reduced by $20 for adult and $25 for Juniors. Revised fees can be found on the membership page. Event entry fee is cheapest when paying online to Tornelo.

Names/rates: Blitz replaces Lightning (9 rounds of 5 minutes + 2 seconds per move); Rapid replaces Allegro (5 rounds of 15 minutes + 10 seconds per move).

Dates: The regular calendar has been updated here. Stay tuned for a revised junior calendar.

Chat: Results of our events and promotional material will be posted on chesschat.org so that a much wider audience can see what we are up to and participate.

Best: The Best in West will be returning on 31 Aug – 1 Sep: Our premier weekender event!

Honourable Bob Juniors 2023 Winners

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Congratulations to all the winners below. As announced, prize giving would be on 14th March 6:30 PM (before Round 1 Purdy Cup)

Open Category
ChampionJihu Song
1st Runner UpAlfred Ma
2nd Runner UpKenneth Screiber
Under 12 Category
ChampionShubham Dhar
1st Runner UpAndrew Wei
2nd Runner UpArjun Saha
Under 10 Category
ChampionRohan Majety
1st Runner UpSrivetri
2nd Runner UpYongjun Lee
Under 8 Category
ChampionAnjana Reddy
1st Runner UpRithvik Vijaykumar
2nd Runner UpArjun Ashok
Girls Category
ChampionAbby Chan
1st Runner UpDeepshika Karthick
2nd Runner UpClaire Marashinge

Honourable Bob standings after 3 rounds

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With 3 rounds played, 3 players are still undefeated.Round 4 pairing are below.

Round 4 pairings, provisional

  1 = Lacson,Joemar        3.0 Davis,Tony J      3.0 = 2- 4
  2 = Hari,Dhruv           2.5 Hibberd,Nathan    3.0 =13- 1
  3 = Matijas,Dejan        2.0 Beaumont,David    2.0 =17- 3
  4 = Katsouranis, George  2.0 Paul,Cijo         2.0 =33- 5
  5 = Enano,Ronald         2.0 Nowak,Ruben       2.0 = 7-14
  6 = Krishnan,Anirudh     2.0 Salanowski,Mark   2.0 = 9-12
  7 = McIntyre,Julian      2.0 Kirk,Ian          2.0 =11-15
  8 = Lingineni,Khushal    2.0 Yendru,Srikrishna 1.5 =18-39
  9 = Goh,Nicholas         1.0 Whitford,Matthew  1.0 =31- 8
 10 = Sharma,Annika        1.0 Paul,Nikash       1.0 =37-10
 11 = Richards,Derek       1.0 Clerk,Max         1.0 =43-27
 12 = Davis,Sophie         1.0 Campbell, Lachie  1.0 =16-28
 13 = Picone,James         1.0 Gupta,Nitish      1.0 =20-32
 14 = Vandenberg, Anders   1.0 Wilkinson,Greg    1.0 =38-22
 15 = Hogan,Steven         0.5 Kostakakis,Angelo 1.0 = 6-41
 16 = Pramod,Rishaan       0.5 Clerk,Felix       0.5 =24-26
 17 = Hibberd,Aaron        0.0 Di Pasquale, Tom  0.0 =23-30
 18 = Liu,Tina             0.0 ( bye )           0.0 =35
 19 = De Rooy,Jack         2.0 ( not paired )    0.0 =19
 20 = De Rooy,Samuel       1.0 ( not paired )    0.0 =21
 21 = Li, Nicholas         0.5 ( not paired )    0.0 =34
 22 = Hogg,Dean            0.0 ( not paired )    0.0 =42
 23 = Cox,Tyler            0.0 ( not paired )    0.0 =25
 24 = Cox,Aiden            0.0 ( not paired )    0.0 =29
 25 = Shah, Vihaan         0.0 ( not paired )    0.0 =36
 26 = Turner-Summerton,Ang 0.0 ( not paired )    0.0 =40

Western Summer Juniors 2023 Result @11th Feb 2023

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Congratulation to all the Western Summer Juniors 2023 winners

Open Category
Champion- Khushal Lingineni
1st  Runner Up- Liyuan Li
2nd Runner Up- Fergus Tang

Girls Category
Champion- Anjana Reddy Arumalla
1st Runner Up- Crystin Santoso
2nd Runner Up- Srisakthi Shenbagakumar

Under 12 Category
Champion- Dhruthin Reddy
1st  Runner Up- Rishaan Pramod
2nd Runner Up- Shrevin Chalamcharla

Under 10 Category
Champion- Aaron Zeng
1st  Runner Up- Andrew Wei
2nd Runner Up- Arjun Saha

Under 8 Category
Champion- Adidev Sheth
1st  Runner Up- Jeremie Bo
2nd Runner Up- Aidan Batyrbekov

  1. Rating- If you need to access the individual round result, please click on Tornelo link. Games have been submitted to Tornelo for rating purpose. Note that the final standing in Tornelo is slightly different from Vega. For the submission to Australia Chess Federation, we will be using Vega pairing software to tabulate the final and official result. https://tornelo.com/chess/orgs/hobsons-bay-chess-club/events/western-summer-juniors-championship-2023
  2. Livestream- Games for Board 1 are available here (all 5 rounds)
    https://view.livechesscloud.com/#d4e4e93f-18b2-4391-b169-0d02ff5edd4d
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Upcoming Juniors Tournament 11th February 2023

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Hobsons Bay Chess Club is proud to bring you Western Summer Juniors Chess Championship 2023

Venue: Seabrook Community Centre (Address: 15 Truganina Ave, Seabrook VIC 3028)
Date: 11th Feb 2023 (Saturday)
Date: Last day of Registration 6th Feb 2023 or earlier when capacity is reached.
Due to limited capacity of the venue, we reserved the right to stop accepting registration once capacity limit is reached.
Time Control: 20 minutes +5 seconds increment
Rounds: 5
Rated- ACF if we can get 30% rated players (and Tornelo rating)
Early bird Participation Fee – $30 for Hobsons Bay Chess Club members ($35 for non-members)
Late Registration after 31 January will be $35 (members), $40 (non-members)
Schedule:

Registration: 9.00 am-9:30 am
Round 1: 9:30 am -10.30am
Round 2: 10:30 AM-11:30 pm
Break: 11:30 – 12:15 PM
Round 3: 12.15-1.15pm
Round 4: 2.15-3.15pm
Round 5: 3:15- 4:15 PM
Prize Giving – 4:15- 4:40 PM
Prizes: Medals for top 3 for each age group category

Open:
Under 12:
Under 10:
Under 8:
Best Girls:

To register, click on this link
https://tornelo.com/chess/orgs/hobsons-bay-chess-club/events/western-summer-juniors-championship-2023

Upcoming Juniors Tournament

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Hi parents
Hobsons Bay Chess Club will be resuming our juniors tournament this coming Tuesday 31st Jan 2023. Tournament is open to kids below age of 16 and we have prizes for 5 categories (Under 8, Under 10, Girls, Under 12,Open)
If you are interested to enrol your child in our 5 rounds weekly tournament (Honourable Bob Juniors Cup), go to the link below
https://tornelo.com/chess/orgs/hobsons-bay-chess-club/events/honourable-bob-juniors

Upcoming Tournament: Honourable Bob 2023

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Where: Hobsons Bay Chess Club: 108 Queen Street Altona

When: Every Tuesday 7:30pm start, commencing Tuesday 31 January

Format: 5 round Swiss, 90 minutes plus 30 second increment per move. Up to 1 half point bye available in the first 3 rounds. Must be advised a week in advance.

DGT: Up to first 3 boards will be broadcast on DGT. Link for duration of the tournament will be posted below.

Cost: $20, payable at the club.

Entry: At the Club, from 7pm on the first evening of the event.

Ratings: FIDE and ACF rated.

Contact: Casey Goh (round 1 to 3) or Steven Hogan 0413 941 467 (from round 4)

2022 wrap up and looking forward to 2023

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From our President, Steven Hogan, following the recent AGM.

Firstly thanks to the many who attended presentation night (and well done to award winners) and also for those who contributed to the AGM. Pictures from presentations will shortly be on the facebook page.

The senior calendar for 2023 has been drafted, with chess to start back on 31 January.

 Significant outcomes from the AGM were as follows:

Commitee for 2023 is below. Great to see many people on board, and helping out with various aspects of an expanding club

  • Steve Hogan – President
  • Casey Goh – Vice President
  • Mark Salanowski – Secretary
  • Steve Hogan – Treasurer
  • Chris Ruaya – Juniors Treasurer
  • Casey Goh – Junior Director
  • Matthew Whitford – General Committee
  • Tony Davis – General Committee
  • Dejan Matijas – General Committee
  • Joemar Lacson – General Committee
  • Ashok Reddy Arumalla – General Committee (juniors)
  • Srikrishna Majeti – General Committee (juniors)
  • Brendan Chan – General Committee (juniors)
  • Grace Yong – General Committee (juniors)

Major AGM Decisions:

  • The club will incorporate itself as an incorporated association.
  • Best in the West likely for 2023. Tentative dates 2-3 September
  • If there are two joint winners in any qualification event, both will automatically qualify
  • Hobsons Bay Cup and Western Masters to swap places in the calendar.

Wishing you each a merry Christmas, thank you for 2022 and looking forward to the year ahead. Regards Steve