2020 WA School Chess League Finals

The School Chess League Finals was held on Monday 9^th November at Perth Modern School. Seven Primary Schools and 3 Secondary Schools competed for the chance to become the WA School Champions for 2020. Congratulations to our winners: Nedlands Primary School and Perth Modern school.

The Primary School division was run as a round robin under a teams format. That means that the players from each school were ranked in approximate playing strength and each school’s board 1 played each other school’s board 1, board 2s played the other board 2s, and so on.

The competition was extremely close. Nedlands Primary School and Oberthur Primary School tied for first place on match points. Due to having a much higher team score, Nedlands Primary School was awarded the the title of 2020 WA Primary Interschool Champions. Third place went to Carmel Primary School, only half a point ahead of Victoria Park Primary School, who came fourth. Rosalie Primary School, Saint Paul’s Primary School and Christ Church Grammar School came in fifth, sixth and seventh place respectively.

The Secondary School Division was run as with Scheveningan Style format. The board 1s played the other board 1s, 2s and 3s. The board 2s played the other board 1s, 2s and 4s. The board 3s played the other board 1s, 3s and 4s. And the board 4s played the other board 2s, 3s and 4s.

Perth Modern School convincingly won the competition and were awarded the title of 2020 WA Secondary Interschool Champions. Second place went to Wesley College, with Corpus Christi College coming third.

List of prize winners:

Primary School first place trophies:

Issa Majidi, Emily Zhang, Nizam Majidi, Nithuli Liyanage, Olivia Hou

Primary School second place trophies:

Oscar Gao, Angus Chen, Francis Lopez, Adam Chung

Primary School third place trophies:

Aaron Levine, Daniel Levin, Kovi Lieb, Raphael Resnick, Ezra Levine

Secondary School first place trophies:

Jamie Laubaccher, Ben Hurst, Chas Underwood, Christopher Manasseh

Secondary School second place trophies:

Shannon Koh, Sean McGinty, James McEvoy, James Suvundra

Secondary School third place trophies:

Emmanuel Foo, Christopher Ng, Juan Selvan, Calos Escabar

Primary School Board 1 prize: Oscar Gao

Primary School Board 2 prize: Emily Zhang

Primary School Board 3 prize: Nizam Majidi

Primary School Board 4 prize: Kobe Wu

Secondary School Board 1 prize: Jamie Laubaccher

Secondary School Board 2 prize: Ben Hurst

Secondary School Board 3 prize: Chas Underwood

Secondary School Board 4 prize: Christopher Manasseh

Tournament results can be accessed at:

https://tornelo.com/chess/orgs/lakner-chess/events/2020-scl-finals/pairings

A special thank you should go to:

Perth Modern School for hosting the event.

Leanne Ensley, who did an amazing job securing us an excellent venue, and preparing the playing hall.

And also a big thank you to all the players, parents and school coordinators who helped set up at the start and pack away everything at the conclusion of the event.