2009 Victorian Junior U18 ansd U12 Championships - Page 7 - OzChess

**Z&MLoh** · 07-02-2009, 11:50 PM

Under 12 Girls Champion: Chelsea Xu

**Z&MLoh** · 07-02-2009, 11:54 PM

Under 18 Girls Champion: Stephanie Gu

**Z&MLoh** · 07-02-2009, 11:57 PM

Nivedita Anguswamy (left) and Savithri Narenthran (right)

**Z&MLoh** · 07-02-2009, 11:59 PM

Charlotte Dilnutt

**Z&MLoh** · 07-03-2009, 12:06 AM

And finally, the stalwarts of Victorian Junior Chess, many thanks ...

**Z&MLoh** · 07-03-2009, 12:43 AM

All the games that came to you live from the Box Hill Chess Club website, including the upset win by the Fenguin.

**Lakshman** · 07-03-2009, 06:22 AM

Congratulations to all the winners. Well Done !!!

Excellent pics Mike !!!

**Lakshman** · 07-03-2009, 07:32 AM

Originally Posted by Z&MLoh

And finally, the stalwarts of Victorian Junior Chess, many thanks ...

Yes indeed !!!

Well organised event !!!

It would have not been possible without their support thoughout the tournament.

Ofcourse, we thank Marcus Raine for his role as an Arbiter.

**Simon** · 07-03-2009, 04:26 PM

Great pictures, is that Marcus Raine in the light blue shirt?

**Z&MLoh** · 07-03-2009, 04:35 PM

Originally Posted by Simon

Great pictures, is that Marcus Raine in the light blue shirt?

That's Leonid Sandler, Vice-President of Chess Victoria, giving away all the prizes.

**Fenguin** · 07-03-2009, 04:44 PM

Once again, Vic Juniors has been an enjoyable tournament, would've hoped to have a few more stronger players but then again, the standard of play was high! I still can't believe I beat FM Bobby!!!!!

Had heaps of fun, and like I did something productive in the holidays which is good

once again, great tournament, look forward to playing it in future years to come

**Z&MLoh** · 07-03-2009, 06:59 PM

Raelene and I have got together and decided that we will pool our photos and publish them together at MobileMe Gallery. Give us about a week or two to get them together. I'll post the link when we've got this done.

Mike

**Lakshman** · 07-03-2009, 07:05 PM

Originally Posted by Z&MLoh

Raelene and I have got together and decided that we will pool our photos and publish them together at MobileMe Gallery. Give us about a week or two to get them together. I'll post the link when we've got this done.

Mike

Brilliant Idea Guys !!!!

**MOZ** · 07-04-2009, 10:40 AM

Some debate above about the relative strength of fields.
You be the judge > 2008 field in rating order, followed by the 2009 field.

2008

Code:

1.	Schön, Eugene	u14		1960
2.	Cheng, Bobby	u14		1958
3.	Antolis, Cedric	u14		1800
4.	Vijayakumar, R	u16		1757
5.	Matheson, L	u14		1686
6.	Tang, Jason	u16		1647
7.	Sannidhanam, A	u14		1532
8.	Puppala, Nikhil	u16		1451
9.	Liu, Nicholas	u14		1428
10.	Chui, William	u16		1401
11.	Feng, Thomas	u14		1314
12.	Lai, Gene 	u14		1201
13.	Young, Jack	u16		1165
14.	Toper, David	u14		1160
15.	Balnionis, Alex	u16		1142
16.	Dalton, Micah	u14		1121
17.	Fan, Jenny	u14		1027
18.	Thavarajah, M          u16		1001
19.	Yuan, Daniel	u14		889
20.	Lin, Sean  	u14		683
21.	Lakshman, Vinay	u14		679
22.	Hayman, Adam	u14		651
23.	Tan, Jerome	u14		601
24.	Loh, Zachary	u14		551
25.	Arulprakasam, J	u14		536
26.	Yuan, David	u14		476
27.	Anguswamy, N	u16		451
28.	Anguswamy, M	u14		301
29.	Dilnutt, C	u14		301

2009

Code:

1.	Bobby Cheng	U14		2130
2.	Jason Tang	U16		1838
3.	Yilun Ding	U18		1801
4.	Isaac Ng  	U14		1669
5.	Simon Karumbi	U16		1601
6.	Frank Lekkas	U18		1601
7.	Gene Lai  	U16		1599
8.	Nicholas Liu	U14		1583
9.	Thomas Feng	U14		1524
10.	A Sannidhanam	U14		1516
11.	Anthony Harris	U18		1501
12.	Joshua Ng	U14		1321
13.	Jonathan Tang	U16		1291
14.	Vinay Lakshman	U16		1236
15.	Kyle Gibson	U14		1222
16.	David Toper	U14		1209
17.	Peter Wallmueller	U14		1201
18.	Deniz Tuncer	U14		1185
19.	Nathan Hibberd	U14		1111
20.	Adam Hayman	U16		1078
21.	Zachary Loh	U14		1068
22.	Michael Tanner	U14		1033
23.	Daniel Yuan	U14		954
24.	Manoj Anguswamy	U14		828
25.	Michael Addamo	U16		810
26.	Ollie Xue  	U16		701
27.	Joshua Devarajh	U14		673
28.	N Anguswamy	U16		661
29.	Savithri Narenthran	U14		546
30.	David Yuan	U14		535
31.	Mendel Castle-K	U14		501
32.	Harley Kemelfield	U14		501
33.	Euan Reid	U14		401
34.	Charlotte Dilnutt	U14		360
35.	David Cannon	U14		357
36.	Janaki Narenthran	U14		320
37.	Stephanie Gu	U14		303
38.	Karl Zelesco	U14		301

**Z&MLoh** · 07-04-2009, 11:55 AM

Mathematically speaking, the 2009 field is a bit lower in average ranking and median ranking than the 2008 field (about 5%). The standard deviation or spread of the ratings is almost identical.

2009
Average 1,054
Median 1,095
Standard Deviation 507

2008
Average 1,099
Median 1,142
Standard Deviation 506

But those are just the numbers. Out in the hall, did the higher-ranked players have to work any less hard for their wins? You'll have to ask the players that but my guess is that there was no less pressure. If the higher-ranked players were taking it easy, why were there upsets and "near-upsets". Using tennis as analogy, would you say that the 1985 Wimbledon finals was any less exciting because the world No.1 and 2 weren't in the finals? No, because that was the year Boris Becker won as an unseeded player over Kevin Curren (who beat John McEnroe #1 and Jimmy Conners #3 on the way to the finals). The important thing is that Becker grabbed the opportunity presented to him and the rest is history.

In conclusion, I agree that the Juniors this year could be more competitive given the number of Victorian Juniors doing great things out in the Australian chess landscape but are this year's winners any less worthy? The reply should be a resounding NO. I CHOOSE to look at the cup half full rather than the cup half empty. Having said that, we should continue to encourage ALL Victorian Juniors to compete in the Victorian Junior Championship and make it an even better competition year after year.

M

07-03-2009, 06:22 AM	#97 (permalink)
Lakshman Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Melbourne Posts: 329	2009 Victorian Junior U18 & U12 Championships Congratulations to all the winners. Well Done !!! Excellent pics Mike !!! __________________ God is Great

07-03-2009, 07:32 AM	#98 (permalink)
Lakshman Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Melbourne Posts: 329	Originally Posted by Z&MLoh And finally, the stalwarts of Victorian Junior Chess, many thanks ... Yes indeed !!! Well organised event !!! It would have not been possible without their support thoughout the tournament. Ofcourse, we thank Marcus Raine for his role as an Arbiter. __________________ God is Great

07-03-2009, 04:35 PM	#100 (permalink)
Z&MLoh Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Melbourne Posts: 279	Originally Posted by Simon Great pictures, is that Marcus Raine in the light blue shirt? That's Leonid Sandler, Vice-President of Chess Victoria, giving away all the prizes.

07-03-2009, 04:44 PM	#101 (permalink)
Fenguin BHCC/CJCC Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Mt Waverley Posts: 123 ICC Handle: Fenguins	Once again, Vic Juniors has been an enjoyable tournament, would've hoped to have a few more stronger players but then again, the standard of play was high! I still can't believe I beat FM Bobby!!!!! Had heaps of fun, and like I did something productive in the holidays which is good once again, great tournament, look forward to playing it in future years to come __________________ rawr

07-03-2009, 07:05 PM	#103 (permalink)
Lakshman Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Melbourne Posts: 329	Originally Posted by Z&MLoh Raelene and I have got together and decided that we will pool our photos and publish them together at MobileMe Gallery. Give us about a week or two to get them together. I'll post the link when we've got this done. Mike Brilliant Idea Guys !!!! __________________ God is Great

07-03-2009, 04:26 PM	#99 (permalink)
Simon Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 162	Great pictures, is that Marcus Raine in the light blue shirt?

07-03-2009, 06:59 PM	#102 (permalink)
Z&MLoh Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Melbourne Posts: 279	Raelene and I have got together and decided that we will pool our photos and publish them together at MobileMe Gallery. Give us about a week or two to get them together. I'll post the link when we've got this done. Mike

07-04-2009, 11:55 AM	#105 (permalink)
Z&MLoh Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Melbourne Posts: 279	Mathematically speaking, the 2009 field is a bit lower in average ranking and median ranking than the 2008 field (about 5%). The standard deviation or spread of the ratings is almost identical. 2009 Average 1,054 Median 1,095 Standard Deviation 507 2008 Average 1,099 Median 1,142 Standard Deviation 506 But those are just the numbers. Out in the hall, did the higher-ranked players have to work any less hard for their wins? You'll have to ask the players that but my guess is that there was no less pressure. If the higher-ranked players were taking it easy, why were there upsets and "near-upsets". Using tennis as analogy, would you say that the 1985 Wimbledon finals was any less exciting because the world No.1 and 2 weren't in the finals? No, because that was the year Boris Becker won as an unseeded player over Kevin Curren (who beat John McEnroe #1 and Jimmy Conners #3 on the way to the finals). The important thing is that Becker grabbed the opportunity presented to him and the rest is history. In conclusion, I agree that the Juniors this year could be more competitive given the number of Victorian Juniors doing great things out in the Australian chess landscape but are this year's winners any less worthy? The reply should be a resounding NO. I CHOOSE to look at the cup half full rather than the cup half empty. Having said that, we should continue to encourage ALL Victorian Juniors to compete in the Victorian Junior Championship and make it an even better competition year after year. M

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