Proud chess coach today as one of my students finished second in his age group at the Australian National Junior Championship. I'm not sure Tasmania has ever won a medal at the Australian Junior Chess Championship before, let alone a silver.
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Hey @kevinbonham, do you have records of Tasmanian Australian Junior Chess medal winners?
Have there been any Champions over the years?
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@chestas Don't have full lists but there have been three Tasmanian Australian Girls (U18) Champions:
1980 Astrid Ketelaar
1986 Nga Phan (tie)
1987 Tam Nguyen
Yuvini Perera won GU8 twice, one was unopposed
Will Rumley won one of the problem solving comps.
I don't think there have been many 2nds and 3rds.
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Yusuf won the Under 8 Problem Solving and came equal first in the Under 8 Blitz but ended third on tiebreak.
Zoe Meredith came third in the Under 10 Girls blitz, but controversially, they only gave first and second in that division.
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@chestas @kevinbonham was it because she is a girl? ducks
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The girls tournaments get lower participation numbers so that will be an excuse for lower prizes, though of course, not justified
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@chestas @kevinbonham People who DON'T get an award because of such bollocks deserve one even more.
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