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This past Sunday June 4th we had the 13th Annual Hong Kong TCA Scholastic Championships, hosted by The Chess Academy in cooperation with the Children’s Medical Foundation. 130 students from over 30 schools met in the beautiful Zetland Hall.
The tournament spread over 4 divisions, and consisted of 7 rounds of 10 minutes plus 5 second increment. ActiveKids Founder, Grace So commenced the event with positive opening remarks on hoping all the players to constantly improve oneself and to do good for the community. GM Andres’ gave the closing remarks on how well the players performed and that players should always challenge themselves to play at higher levels, then followed by CMF’s CEO Estella Huang Lung, who expressed the importance of not only physical wellbeing but also mental, fitting nicely with one of the benefits of playing chess. The tournament went very smoothly with a fun simul between 2 coaches and 12 players while the scores were being calculated at the end.
Division 1 included students under the age of 6, and for most this was their first competition. It’s always a joy witnessing as their coach and parent on how they will cope with the stress of competition; they all did great!
With 10 entrants in the section, this division was turned into a round-robin, meaning all would play all and would play 9 games instead of 7. Coach WIM Melissa handled the section.
Results: https://chess-results.com/tnr776330.aspx?lan=1 Age 6 winner: Diantong Xu (ISF)* 1st Female: Reina Wong (ISF)* 2nd Female: Lau Sze Ching (St. Catherine’s International Kindergarten)* 3rd Female: Kimmy Ho (QBS)*
1st Place: Micah Lin (CIS)* 2nd Place: Aquinas Tsai (FIS)* 3rd Place: Zayne Tong (Kennedy)* 4th Place: Evan Wong (CIS)* 5th Place: Nathaniel Li (ISF)* 6th Place: Otto Li (ISF)*
1st Team: ISF * 2nd Team: CIS* 3rd Team: FIS*
Division 2 included 45 players, and played over 7 rounds. A close battle at the front of the bracket, only 1 point separated 1st to 9th place. The eventual winner Luk, Jasper Marcus started his day with a loss in round 1 but strung out 6 consecutive wins to take the title in tie-breaks. Grace So and Estella Huang Lung presented the awards.
Age 7 winner: Charles Ke (ISF)* Age 8 winner: Liu Hoi Kei Andrew (SISHK) Age 9 winner: Wong Yin Ki Patrick (Kennedy)* 1st Female: Karis Huang (Kellett)* 2nd Female: Lakshika Jain (Kellett)* 3rd Female: Maeva Oleron (CIS)*
1st Place: Luk Marcus Jasper (SISHK) 2nd Place: Say Hoi Wang Isaac (Bradbury) 3rd Place: Zachary Tong (Kennedy)* 4th Place: Clayton Lau (Bradbury) 5th Place: Clement Lau (ISF)* 6th Place: Chan Ying Shue (ISF)*
1st Team: Kennedy School 2nd Team: ISF* 3rd Team: SISHK
Division 3 was the largest section with 47 players. In the end it was the Chiu brothers, David and Nathaniel that took first and second place with a runaway score of 6.5 points. They faced each other in round 6 but split half a point, both went undefeated in their remaining games. Awards were presented by coaches IM Carlo Vittorino and Christopher Masters.
Age 10 winner: Miles Chan (SIS) Age 11 winner: Choi Han (QBS)* Age 12 winner: James Trainor (ISF)* 1st Female: Chloe Lau (Bradbury)* 2nd Female: Elise Kelly (Marymount Primary School) 3rd Female: Kayley Ho (QBS)*
1st Place: Chiu David Zion (CIS)* 2nd Place: Chiu Silas Nathaniel (CIS)* 3rd Place: Oliver Tang (ISF)* 4th Place: Aragon Max Zeng (HKIS) 5th Place: Wong Sze Pok Ted (SPCCPS) 6th Place: Wang Zun Kui Randy (CDNIS)*
1st Place Team: CIS* 2nd Place Team: ISF* 3rd Place Team: HKIS
Division 4 was the strongest section of the tournament, with half of the players being FIDE rated. FIDE tournaments require a player to be affiliated to their respective federation, and it’s the first step to being rated worldwide.
The section was won by scholastic stand-out Jamison Kao, who has been dominating not only his age section, but also having great success playing against the top players in Hong Kong. He finished a clear 2 points ahead of the field with an overall performance of 1878. Behind at 5 points, in second place was Wong Chak Sum with a performance of 1355 and Su Bo Ruei with 1294. We expect a few players to receive their first published FIDE rating in next month’s list! Coaches GM Andres Gallego and FM Felipe Escobar presented the awards.
Age 13 winner: Sun Guangxi Lucas (ISF)* Age 14 winner: Qian Tsz Man Ryan (Island School)* Age 15 winner: So Adrian Tsz Yui (CDNIS)* Age 16 winner: Jaiman Gupta (HKIS) 1st Female: Zhong Jiadai (CIS)* 2nd Female: Renee Chen (CDNIS)* 3rd Female: Lam Tsz Yin (AIS)*
1st Place: Jamison Kao (HKIS) 2nd Place: Wong Chak Sum (CAIS) 3rd Place: Su Bo Rui Marcus (Island School) 4th Place: Tsang Aldrik Chun-Yin (NAIS) 5th Place: Leung Lachlan Hoi Jun (South Island) 6th Place: Ryan Chen (CDNIS)*
1st Team: Island School 2nd Team: CAIS 3rd Team: CDNIS
* Students/ Schools under TCA Coaching
Until the next TCA Scholastic Championship, we hope that all the players will continue to practice and enjoy the Great game of Chess. Have a wonderful summer everyone.
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