Over the weekend of the 23 and 24th of September the 2023 Tasmanian Junior Championships were held at Sacred Heart College in New Town Hobart. The event was organized and run by Blacksquare Chess, over 110 players competed for titles across five different age groups. The results: -

Under-8
1st - James Wang 7/7
2nd - Yien Zheng 5/7
3rd - Will Lockyer 5/7

1st Girl – Zoe Meredith 6/7
2nd Girl – Lottie Morgan 3.5/7
3rd Girl – Charlotte Bonde 3.5/7

Under-10
1st - Travis Liddell 7/7
2nd – Kyler Wang 6/7
3rd – Le Nguyen 5/7

Under 12
1st – Amartya Shenoy 7/7
2nd – Luca Giannakopolous 5.5/7
3rd – Angus Hewitt 5/7

1st Girl – Jessica Hu 5.5/7
2nd Girl – Carina Wu 3.5/7

Full player list and details - Tornelo 2023-tasmanian-junior-u8-10-12

L-R: Will Rumley, Khanh Nguyen, Himash Keerthiratne, Amartya Shenoy, Travis Liddell, James Wang, Zoe Meredith, Jessica Hu, Darcy Sutton

Under 14
1st - Himash Keerthiratne
2nd - Matthew Soriano
3rd - Lachlan Hughes

1st Girl – Darcy Sutton
2nd Girl – Nilu Jiang

Tasmanian Under14 Champs
New Town, Hobart, TAS - 23/09/2023, 24/09/2023

 Cross Table at round 7 sorted by score

Pos NAME                           Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6     7    |     BH   BH-C1 
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  1 Keerthiratne,Himash            1762     TAS  6.5 | +W11  +B12  +W5   +B2   +W6   =B4   +W7    |   28.5    25.5 
  2 Soriano,Matthew                 815     TAS  5.5 | +W18  +B16  +B13  -W1   =B7   +W8   +W4    |   26.0    24.5 
  3 Hughes,Lachlan                    0     TAS  5.0 | -W5   +B15  +W16  -B4   +W19  +B14  +B6    |   22.5    21.0 
  4 Prieto,Esteban                 1295     TAS  4.5 | -B12  +W11  +B8   +W3   +B5   =W1   -B2    |   31.5    28.5 
  5 Sutton,Darcy                    830     TAS  4.5 | +B3   +W19  -B1   +W12  -W4   =BYE  +B13   |   27.5    26.0 
  6 Sharma,Vihaan                   674     TAS  4.0 | +B9   =W8   =B7   +W13  -B1   +B17  -W3    |   29.0    26.5 
  7 Cassidy,Samuel                    0     TAS  4.0 | -W14  +B10  =W6   +B19  =W2   +B11  -B1    |   27.5    26.0 
  8 Wilkins,Luka                      0     TAS  4.0 | +W20  =B6   -W4   =B14  +W15  -B2   +W17   |   23.5    22.0 
  9 Medina,Xavier                     0     TAS  4.0 | -W6   +B20  -W12  -B11  +W18  +B15  +W14   |   18.5    17.0 
 10 Giannakopoulos,Alex               0     TAS  4.0 | -B13  -W7   -W15  +B18  +W16  +B20  +W11   |   18.0    16.5 
 11 England,Oscar                     0     TAS  3.0 | -B1   -B4   +W18  +W9   +B13  -W7   -B10   |   27.5    26.0 
 12 Fan,Wentong                       0     TAS  3.0 | +W4   -W1   +B9   -B5   -W14  -W13  +B19   |   27.0    25.5 
 13 Foster,Eric                     887     TAS  3.0 | +W10  +B14  -W2   -B6   -W11  +B12  -W5    |   27.0    24.0 
 14 Payne,Harrison                    0     TAS  3.0 | +B7   -W13  =B17  =W8   +B12  -W3   -B9    |   25.5    23.0 
 15 Crowley,Solomon                   0     TAS  2.5 | -B19  -W3   +B10  +W17  -B8   -W9   =B16   |   23.5    22.0 
 16 Skala,Maximilian                  0     VIC  2.5 | +B17  -W2   -B3   -W20  -B10  +W19  =W15   |   22.5    21.0 
 17 Cukier-O'Brien, Memphis           0     TAS  2.5 | -W16  +B18  =W14  -B15  +B20  -W6   -B8    |   19.0    17.5 
 18 Jiang,Nilu                        0     TAS  2.0 | -B2   -W17  -B11  -W10  -B9   +BYE  +W20   |   21.0    20.5 
 19 Skala,Ari                         0     VIC  1.5 | +W15  -B5   =W20  -W7   -B3   -B16  -W12   |   23.0    21.5 
 20 Dhakal,Deepansu                   0     TAS  1.5 | -B8   -W9   =B19  +B16  -W17  -W10  -B18   |   20.0    18.5 
 21 Capaci,Noah                (W)    0     TAS  0.0 |  --    --    --    --    --    --    --    |   17.5    16.5

Under-16
1st – Khanh Nguyen
2nd – Riley Bowden
3rd - Will Dunbabin

Under 18
1st – Will Rumley
2nd - Jonty Oud
3rd – Louise Ford

Tasmanian Junior Champs
New Town, Hobart, TAS - 23/09/2023, 24/09/2023

 Cross Table at round 7 sorted by score

Pos NAME                           Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6     7    |     BH   BH-C1 
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  1 Rumley,William             (W) 1900     TAS  6.0 | +W5   +B9   +W2   +B4   +W3   +B6    --    |   33.0    30.0 
  2 Nguyen,Khanh                      0     TAS  6.0 | +B3   +W8   -B1   +W7   +W4   +B5   +B11   |   29.5    26.5 
  3 Bowden,Riley                      0     TAS  5.0 | -W2   +B10  +W5   +B12  -B1   +W8   +W4    |   29.0    26.5 
  4 Oud,Jonty                      1362     TAS  4.0 | +B8   +W6   +B7   -W1   -B2   +W9   -B3    |   31.5    28.5 
  5 Dunbabin,William                  0     TAS  4.0 | -B1   +W11  -B3   +W6   +B7   -W2   +B13   |   29.5    28.5 
  6 Carlos,Quincy                     0     TAS  4.0 | +W10  -B4   +W9   -B5   +W12  -W1   +B8    |   26.0    23.5 
  7 Wells,Yung-Shin                1204     TAS  4.0 | +W13  +B12  -W4   -B2   -W5   +W14  +B10   |   20.5    20.5 
  8 Ford,Louise                       0     TAS  3.0 | -W4   -B2   +W14  +B10  +W9   -B3   -W6    |   25.0    25.0 
  9 Blain-Lawry,Wes                   0     TAS  3.0 | +B11  -W1   -B6   +W13  -B8   -B4   +W14   |   21.5    21.5 
 10 Robbie,Nicholas                   0     TAS  3.0 | -B6   -W3   +B11  -W8   +B14  +B13  -W7    |   20.0    20.0 
 11 Li,Tian                           0     TAS  3.0 | -W9   -B5   -W10  +B14  +W13  +B12  -W2    |   19.5    19.5 
 12 Burns,Jackson              (W)    0     TAS  2.0 | +B14  -W7   +B13  -W3   -B6   -W11   --    |   20.0    20.0 
 13 Joyce,Tobin                       0     TAS  1.0 | -B7   +W14  -W12  -B9   -B11  -W10  -W5    |   19.5    19.5 
 14 Norris,Tyler                      0     TAS  0.0 | -W12  -B13  -B8   -W11  -W10  -B7   -B9    |   19.5    18.5 
 15 Munnings,Daniel            (W)    0     TAS  0.0 |  --    --    --    --    --    --    --    |   17.5    16.5

Unfortunately, Will Rumley wasn’t able to play his round seven game because of a clash with a schools mathematics competition.