The Novice Tournaments took place over two Sundays, with the U7 and U9 sections played on Sunday the Nov 12th and U11 and U18 on Sunday the Nov 19th. The aim and goal of the Novice Tournament is to allow kids with no prior top 3 placement in a tournament to gain experience and compete in a tournament setting.
During the first weekend, a total of 52 players in two sections competed over 7 rounds of 10 minutes plus 5 second increment. For a lot of the kids, this was their first time using a chess clock, adding a bit more pressure to an already stressful game, part of the learning and improving experience. The second week, an additional 37 players showed up to test out their chess skills.
The U7 section was dominated by Wong Yue Hei with an undefeated score of 7 out of 7. Rounding out the next two places were Wilson Yeung with 6/7 points and Jonathan Huang with a score of 5 points and better tie-breaks. Female Champion Sabrina Kim.
Age 5 Winner – Tang, Christopher Constantine
Age 6 Winner – Le Tu, Kiet
Age 7 Winner – Wong, Yue Chun
First Place – Wong, Yue Hei
Second Place – Wilson Yeung
Third Place – Jonathan Huang
Female Champion – Sabrina Kim
Final Results: https://chess-results.com/tnr846265.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=7
The U9 section was also won with an undefeated score by Wu Haoyang. Rounding out the trophy places were Kao Jing Chun with 5.5 points and Xiao Yanda with 5 points and better tie-breaks over 3 other players. The Female Champion was decided over tie-breaks with Sherina Yip claiming the title.
Age 8 Winner – Signorotti, Elia
Age 9 Winner – Clovis Lun
First Place – Wu, Haoyang
Second Place – Kao, Jing Chun
Third Place – Xiao, Yanda
Female Champion – Sherina Yip
Final Results: https://chess-results.com/tnr846263.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=7
The U11 and U18 sections were contested on Sunday the Nov 19th. A total of 26 players participated in the U11 with the top 5 players playing each other on the last round for top honors. Lu Cheng came on top by winning his last round and clinching first place outright with 6/7 points. Close behind were four other players with 5 points each, tie-breaks decided the next two places.
Age 10 Winner – Kei, Ishida
Age 11 Winner – Liu, Tak Hin Matthew
First Place – Lu, Cheng
Second Place – Andrew Zhuang
Third Place – Liu Tak Hin Matthew
Female Champion – Lee, Seo Yoon Marissa
Final Results: https://chess-results.com/tnr851550.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=7
The Upper section consisted of 11 players. The section was closely contested throughout and at the end it was Joshua Fung who claimed first place undefeated with 6/7 points. Behind were Wang Tsun Tang in second place with 5.5 points and Haruto Inoue with 5 points. Kim Yein claimed the best Female place.
Age 12 Winner – Marcus Chan
First Place – Joshua Fung
Second Place – Wang Tsun Tang
Third Place – Haruto Inoue
Female Champion – Kim Yein
Final results: https://chess-results.com/tnr851553.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=7
Next up, End of Year tournament 2023 on Dec 10 / Winter Camps 2023 (Dec 18 – Jan 6)
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