Chess

ACC & State Chess

Mazenod Chess Captains 2020:

College Chess Captain ACC Captain (9-10)

Dylan Baptist Duleesha Gunaratne

Mazenod Chess Champions 2020: Open (7-12) Intermediate (7-10) Jackie Li Aston Pham

Mazenod House Champions 2020: Years 7-8 Cebula Years 9-10 Albini

Mazenod Chess Annual Trophy Winners 2020: ACC & States MVP Open Rising Star Duleesha Gunaratne Kevin Tran

ACC Results: Youhorn, Tristan Ho, Jonathan Vargas, Sean Ung, Vincent Smirnis-Parra, Nathan Carvahlo, Caelan Hwang, Yun (Brian)

Open Division 1 1 & 3 & 5 & 6 9-10 Division 1 1 & 2 & 4 ACC Captain (7-8)

Jackie Li

Junior (7-8) Anderson Gong

Years 11-12 Anthony

Junior Rising Star Chris Boey

7-8 Division 1

Year 7 Do, Khoi Boey, Chris Klonis, Patrick Susanto, Bradley Khosravi-Yazdi, Saum Nguyen, Hy Viet Goh, Joshua Thanabalasingham, Aariya Wirawan, William Liyanage, Jishan Fagan, Hugh Fischbacher, Alexander Verma, Ronit 1 & 3 & 4

Li, Clement Brijesh, Thejas Gokulnath, Anish Manavalan, Mathai Wadia, Mohan Thomas, Duan Nitharshan, Ajeeve Hendalage, Thushan Luu, Simon Kotha, Shanthanu

Year 8 Li, Jackie (Yuan Jie) Gong, Anderson Peiris, Ryan Hajduk, Peter Poppeliers, Luke Chan, Cyrus Perera, Ryan Morin, Noah Lopez, Bradley Bernardo, Marcus Newman, Lachlan Shalders, Lachlan Devaney, Jaden Roy

Year 9 Hermawan, Christopher Trkulja, Deni Mendes, Zane Boey, Cameron Mai, Quoc (Andy) Perera, Nikhil Caciolo, Nicholas Fischbacher, Herbert Dalle-Nogare, Lucas Kwan, James

Year 11 Ng, Elias Gurevich, Benjamin Trkulja, Darko Le, Danny Raymond, Liam Chen, James Pham -Huu, Quoc Bao (Kelvin) Dang, Raymond Ng Chit Wing, Timothy Le, Bradley

Year 12 Baptist, Dylan Pham, Philip Pham, Huy Middle Years ChessKids Captain (7-9) Christopher Hermawan

College Champion Cebula

Year 10 Gunaratne, Duleesha Pham, Aston Tran, Kevin Kim, Michael Hong, Sean Jomy, Sheon Poh, Sebastian Vu, Alan Nguyen, Jason Baptist, Jack Dang, Ryan Clado, Kurt

State Results: Open State Titles 1st

Open State Chess Team

Open State

Team Name Mazenod College De La Salle College St Michael’s Grammar

ACC & State Chess

Open National Titles TBC - December

Score 31.5 25.5 24.5 Ranking Gold Silver Bronze Middle Years State Titles 3rd 7-9 National Titles TBC - December

Back L to R: Mr Jenkinson, Jackie Li, Danny le, Darko Trkulja, Liam Raymond, Benjamin Gurevich, Christopher Hermawan, Chris Boey, Khoi Do, Duleesha Gunaratne, Mr Coghlan

Front L to R: Ryan Peiris, Sheon Jomy, Michael Kim, Anderson Gong, Elias Ng, Philip Pham, Deni Trkulja, Dylan Baptist (Capt), James Chen, Sean Hong, Kevin Tran

Absent: Sebastian Poh, Aston Pham

Player Jackie Li - Year 8 Duleesha Gunaratne - Year 10 Kevin Tran - Year 10 Elias Ng - Year 11 Christopher Hermawan - Year 9 Score 8.5 8.5 7.5 7 7

Middle Year State

Team Name Balwyn North Primary St Michael’s Grammer Mazenod College Score 26.5 25.5 25 Ranking Gold Silver Bronze Player Anderson Gong - Year 8 Christopher Hermawan - Year 9 Jackie Li - Year 8 Chris Boey - Year 7 Bradley Susanto - Year 7 Score 6.5 6.5 6 6 6

The Mazenod Chess team was highly successful this year and fortunately still able to compete and hold a number of tournaments, including some played remotely from home. The Mazenod Open tournament was won by Jackie Li in Year 8 in a competition against students from all year levels, while Alston Pham and Anderson Gong won the Intermediate and Junior divisions respectively. Cebula won the overall House tournament as well as the Junior division, with Anthony and Albini triumphing in the Senior and Intermediate divisions. Special congratulations to Kevin Tran for winning the Open Rising Star and Chris Boey for the Junior Rising Star trophy. The ACC and State Championships MVP went to Duleesha Gunaratne.

The ACC competitions were a success this year, as the Mazenod teams persevered and adapted to different tournament structures, with some competitions played from home and online due to quarantine. The Junior teams, led by Junior Captain, Jackie Li, played very well, coming 1st, 3rd and 4th overall. Similarly, the Intermediate Captain, Duleesha Gunaratne, led the Intermediate teams to victory, as they placed 1st, 2nd and 4th in their ACC tournaments. In the ACC Open tournaments, the teams led by College Chess Captain Dylan Baptist were also very strong, as they placed 1st, 3rd, 5th and 6th. The Years 7–9 team led by Christopher Hermawan placed very well in the Chesskids Middle Years State Championships, as they came 3rd in the tournament. Likewise, the Open team played amazingly this year, coming first in the State Open Championship for the first time ever. All teams look forward to competing in the National Championships in December and hope for continued Mazenod Chess success in 2021.