Central Zone
The School Chess League Central Zone Competition was held on the 30th August at Carmel Primary School. The event attracted 52 players representing 18 different schools. As there were very few Secondary School students participating, the Primary and Secondary divisions were combined.
The competition was convincingly won by Eu Jin Khaw with a score of 6.5/7, who took the primary school division first place trophy. There was a tie for second place between Anthony Nguyen and Chas Underwood, both scoring 6/7. Anthony was awarded the Primary School second place trophy, with Chas receiving the Secondary School first place trophy. Eight players tied for fourth place with a score of 5/7: Shannon Koh, Aaron Levine, Daniel Levin, Ezra Levine, Heidi Gstaettner, Emily Zhang, Jayden Arav and Kovi Leib. Shannon was awarded the Secondary Schools second place trophy, Aaron was awarded the Primary School third place trophy, and Heidi was awarded the Secondary School third place trophy.
The winning Primary school was Carmel Primary School, finishing 4 points ahead of second placed Rosalie Primary School. Saint Paul’s Primary School finished third place, only half a point ahead Nedlands Primary School who came fourth. Perth Modern School was awarded first place in the Secondary division ahead of second placed Wesley College.
List of prize winners:
1st Primary Eu Jin Khaw – First place trophy.
2nd Primary Anthony Nguyen – Second place trophy.
3rd Primary Aaron Levine – Third place trophy.
1st Secondary Chas Underwood – First place trophy.
2nd Secondary Shannon Koh – Second place trophy.
3rd Secondary Heidi Gstaettner – Third place trophy.
Gold medals: Aaron Levine, Daniel Levin, Ezra Levine, Kovi Leib, Chas Underwood,
Heidi Gstaettner, Anoushka Gupta, Alexander Mills.
Silver Medals: Jeremiah Ng, Kobe Wu, Oliver Tran, Benjamin Tran, Paula Gruber,
Oscar Shiner, Baxter Shiner, Shannon Koh.
Bronze Medals: Darcy Jordan, Finian Jordan, Maxwell Castalanelli, Artem Akselrod,
Sana Khosraviani, Emily Zhang, Jayden Arav, Eu Ming Khaw.
Full tournament results can be accessed at:
https://tornelo.com/chess/orgs/lakner-chess/events/2020-wa-scl-central-zone/pairings
Up-to-date School Leaderboards can be viewed at:
https://sites.google.com/view/2020-wa-school-chess-league/leaderboards
A very special thank you should go to:
Carmel Primary School for hosting the event.
The Tran family for their help preparing the playing hall early in the morning.
Shai Levin for doing a fantastic job throughout the day operating the computer, arbitrating disputes, and many other countless different tasks.
Alan Wolstencroft for his help with both the prize giving and cleaning up after the event concluded.
And lastly, a big thank you to all the many generous parents and players who helped set up at the start and pack away everything at the conclusion of the event.