Australian Young Masters

Immediately after the Doeberl Cup last weekend, a bunch of chess-crazy Aussie juniors battled it out again in the Stratagem Masters tournaments. There are 3 sections: Juniors, Girls and the Young Masters.

After round 6, here are the top scorers:

Young Masters: T. Rej 5½, J. Ikeda 5, V. Suttor 3½
Junior Masters: T. Stevens 5, da Costa and Bo Wang 4
Girls Masters: D. Ng and J. Kinder 4½, T. Oliver and K. Smith 3½

2006 Australian Young Masters
Rej, Tomek
Suttor, Vincent

1. d4 b6 2. c4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Qc2 Bb4 5. e4 Nf6 6. Bd3 d5 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Nge2 O-O 11. O-O Nxc3 12. bxc3 Be7 13. Qc2 h6 14. f4 f6 15. Bd2 Na5 16. f5 c5 17. Nf4 c4 18. Ne6 cxd3 19. Qxd3 Qd7

After 20...Qd7

20. Bxh6 Rf7 21. Qg3 Bf8 22. Rf4 Re8 23. Nxf8 Kxf8 24. e6 Rxe6 25. fxe6 Qxe6 26. Re1 Qd6 27. Qg6 Qd8 28. Bxg7+ 1-0

In this all-sibling match up, there is no holding back. The powerful Gareth Oliver prevails over sister Shannon.

2006 Australian Young Masters
Oliver, Gareth
Oliver, Shannon

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 d5 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rc1 Ne4 12. Bg3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Nf6 14. Ne5 c5 15. Bb1 cxd4 16. exd4 Ne4 17. Re1 Nxc3 18. bxc3 g6 19. Qd3 Qd6 20. f4 Bc8 21. g4 Qf6 22. f5 g5 23. Qb5 Rd8 24. Nc6 a6 25. Nxe7+ Qxe7 26. Qc6 Bb7 27. Qxh6 Qf8 28. Qxg5+ Qg7 29. Qh4 Rd6 30. g5 Bc6 31. f6 Qh8 32. Qxh8+ Kxh8 33. Kf2 Re8 34. Rh1+ Kg8 35. Bh7+ 1-0

Sydneysider Robert Hvistendahl has been performing well recently with wins over stronger opposition. His Doeberl campaign last weekend went off to an excellent start when he vanquished Christopher Wallis in the first round. Two rounds later he overcame Aussie Olympiad rep WIM Laura Moylan. Robert is also a participant in the currently running City of Sydney championships.

But all this chess seems to be finally taxing his powers. After 6 rounds in Junior Masters section, Robert is placed last with the measly half-a-point.

2006 Australian Junior Masters
Guo-Yuthok, Sherab
Hvistendahl, Robert

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. f4 b5 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. d3 e6 6. Be2 d5 7. e5 h5 8. d4 g6 9. Be3 b4 10. Nb1 c4 11. c3 a5 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. O-O Nh6 14. Qe1 Nf5 15. Bd1 a4 16. Qf2 a3 17. b3 bxc3 18. Bxc3 Qb6 19. Bc2 Nfxd4 20. Nxd4 Bc5 21. Rd1 Nb4 22. Kh1 Nxa2 23. Rxa2 cxb3 24. Bxb3 Bxd4 25. Bxd4 Qxb3 26. Nc3 Bc6 27. Rb1 Qc4 28. Qd2 O-O 29. Rc1 Rfb8 30. Ne4 Qa4 31. Nf6+ Kg7

After 31...Kg7

32. f5! Bb5 33. Nxh5+! gxh5 34. Qg5+ Kf8 35. Bc5+ Ke8 36. Qe7# 1-0

2006 Australian Girls Masters
Ng, Deborah
Smith, Kayleigh

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Bg4 7. Nc3 Qd6 8. Be3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Qxd4 11. Qxb7 Rd8 12. Bb5+ Rd7 13. Qc8# 1-0

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