Junior Masters 2008

Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4

 

Term 4

The term 4 junior masters has resulted in another win for Daniel Ford. Daniel has competed in virtually every junior masters competition since its inception in 2003. His first win was in 2004, and this was his 6th win in his final event as a junior. Well done Daniel!

Second was Alex Stahnke, and third Daniel Lapitan. In the B Grade competition, Kees Huband-Lint came first on 6/7, with Jake Pyper second and Sam Mainwood third. There was a total of 31 players in the two competitions.

 
On the final night we held the usual lightning competition, open to all-comers. Sam Grigg and IM Peter Froehlich came first equal on 12/13, with Gene Nakauchi 3rd on 11. There were 25 players.
 
 
     
 
 
   

Term 3

 

Junior Masters A Junior Masters B Junior Masters Lightning - 15 Sept 08

 

 

 

Term 2

Junior Masters A Junior Masters B Junior Masters C Junior Masters Lightning B - final day

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Daniel Ford has won the term 2 junior masters by half a point from FM Gene Nakauchi, whom he defeated in round 3. Daniel has played in the junior masters every term bar one since the commencement in 2003. He has won the event on five occasions. Well played Daniel.

 
Jamie Cullen won the B Grade on countback from Matthew Pyper and Daniel Arase. C Grade was won by Jesse Payton with a picket fence from Isaac Deboer who was playing in his first junior masters.
 
The term 3 junior masters commences on Monday 21 July.

 

 Term 1

Junior Masters A Junior Masters B Junior Masters C

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FM Gene Nakauchi has won the term one junior masters with a perfect score of 7/7. Well done Gene! Second was Jonas Muller with 5, and third Sam Grigg with 4.5. Sebastian Jule continued his big improvement by defeating Jonas Muller in the last round. Martin Jack, fresh from his victory over Kevin Casey on Sunday, nearly defeated Sam Grigg, ending up with a very commendable draw. Both Martin Jack and Daniel Lapitan proved in this event that they are very big prospects.
 
In B Grade, Zac Clarkson, who has never even won C Grade, won the event with a win in every game he played. With the half point bye earlier in the event, he finished on 6.5/7. This was a great result by Zac, and demonstrates his considerable improvement in recent months. Well done Zac! Luke Toda finished second on 4.5, with several players finishing on 4.
 
In C Grade, Kees Huband-Lint was the very convincing winner on 6/5/7. Kees also has been a very big improver over the last few months. Well done Kees! Timothy Jo finished second on 5.5, with Sam Barrett third on 4.5.
 
In total, 41 students participated in the term one junior masters.

A big thank you to our coaches - Peter Froehlich, Nicole Kunze and Alex Jule - and to the patient parents who had some long waits for their kids!