Canberra Juniors Win

A team of juniors from Australia's Australian Capital Territory, was victorious in the inaugural Australian Internet Junior Chess Championships. Led by the talented Junta Ikeda, who once defeated the mighty GM Ian Rogers, the juniors from the ACT bagged the price by the slim margin of 1.5 points. They finished on 46.5 points.

A team of juniors from the state of New South Wales took second place on 45 points.

Here are some nice games.

Australian Internet Junior Chess Championships
Alexandra Jule
Christopher Wallis
D02

1. Nf3 Alex Jule grabbed the headlines last January when she vanquished IM Russell Dive in round 5 of the Queenstown Chess Classic. 1...d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qc1 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. e3 Bf5 8. Nc3 e6 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Na4 Qa5 12. Nc5 Qb6 13. Na4 Qa5 14. Nc5 Rac8 15. a3 Qb6 16. Nh4 Na5 17. Nxf5 exf5 18. Qb1 Nb3 19. Nxb3 Qxb3 20. Qxf5 Qxb2 21. Bf3 Rfd8 22. Rfb1 Qd2 23. h3 Rc2 24. Bg3 Qc3 25. Kh2 b6 26. Bd1 Rb2 27. Rc1 Qa5 28. Rc7 Bf8 29. Bh5 b5 30. Bxf7+ Kh8 31. Rcc1 Qb6 32. Be5 Bd6 33. Rc8 Be7 34. Rxd8+ Qxd8 35. Rc1 g6 36. Qe6 Kg7 37. Rc8 Qb6 38. Qxe7 Rxf2 39. Rg8+ Kh6 40. Qf8+ Kg5 41. Bf4+ Kh5 42. Bxg6+ hxg6 43. Qh6# Black checkmated 1-0


Australian Internet Junior Chess Championships
Dusan Stojic
Vincent Suttor
B77

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Bc4 O-O 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. Bb3 Rc8 11. Nde2 Qa5 12. Bh6 Ne5 13. h4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. O-O-O b5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. h5 b4 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. Nd5 Qxa2 20. Qh6+ Kf7 21. Nxf6 Qa1+ 22. Kd2 Qxb2 23. Rc1 Qxf6 24. Rh4 Qg7 25. Qg5 Rc5 26. Qe3 Be6 27. Nd4 Bc4 28. Rch1 h5 29. g4 Rh8 30. f4 e5 31. Nb3 Bxb3 32. Qxb3+ Ke7 33. Qxb4 exf4 34. Qb7+ Kf8 35. Qb8+ Kf7 36. Qxa7+ Kg8 37. Qa2+ Kh7 38. gxh5 g5 39. R4h3 Rhc8 40. Rc1 d5 41. h6 Qd4+ 42. Rd3 Qf2+ 43. Kd1 f3 44. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 45. Kd2 dxe4 46. Qb2 e3+ 47. Kd3 White resigns 0-1

Australian Internet Junior Chess Championships
Junta Ikeda
Ronald Yu
B12

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nge2 Be7 6. Ng3 Bg6 7. f4 Nh6 8. Bd3 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. f5 Nxf5 11. Bxf5 Bxf5 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. Qxd5 Qb6 14. Bg5 Bf2+ 15. Ke2 O-O 16. Rhf1 Qxb2 17. Qd3 Bc5 18. Rab1 Qa3 19. Rb3 Qa6 20. Qxa6 Nxa6 21. Rxf5 b6 22. Ne4 Rfc8 23. Rg3 Kf8 24. e6 Rc7 25. Bf4 Rb7 26. Ng5 f6 27. Nxh7+ Ke7 28. Rxg7+ Kxe6 29. Rxf6+ Black resigns 1-0

More games and info can be found on the official site. Coming up next is the Adult competition. This next tournament is rather special. I'll be the official tournament blogger!