British Youth Championship 2011 Results

Tournament Name:

British Youth Go Championship

Tournament Date:

20 Mar

The 2011 Youth Championships had 24 competitors aged from 7 to 18, with strengths from 2 dan to 30 kyu. The new library block at Bloxham School served as a great venue.

Mazhar Warraich from Aston won the youth championship with 4 straight wins including beating Tian-Ren Chen from Loughborough. Silas Yufu Shi, 2 dan, from Loughborough was the strongest player taking part but he has Chinese nationality; his only loss was against Mazhar in a rematch of the first round. Prizes and places went to:

Overall winner: Mazhar Warraich (Aston) 2nd: Tian-Ren Chen (Loughborough)
U18: Mazhar Warraich (Aston) 2nd: Jamie Taylor (Leeds)
U16: Tian-Ren Chen (Loughborough) 2nd: Matei Mandache (Loughborough)
U14: Aidan Putman (Swindon) 2nd: Thomas Meehan (Solihull)
U12: Roella Smith (Cambridge) 2nd: Ibraheem Mustafa (Aston)
U10: Not contested
U8: Anthony Ghica (Newmarket)
Open/Handicap Winner: Silas Yufu Shi (Loughborough)
Castledine Trophy: Loughborough (beat Aston 3-0)

Handicap games are in red.

Posn	No	Name	Rank	Club	Cy	1	2	3	4	5	Wins	SOS
1	1	Silas Yufu Shi	2d	Loughborough	CN	2+	14+	7+	9+	2-	4	16
2	2	Mazhar Warraich	1k	Aston	UK	1-	7+	20+	14+	1+	4	14
3	3	Thomas Meehan	18k	Solihull	UK	21+	8+	6+	11-	22+	4	12
4	4	Matei Mandache	6k	Loughborough	UK	16+	15+	10+	7-	20+	4	11
5	5	Rony Ho Ming Cheng	12k	Loughborough	UK	9-	21+	23+	10+	8+	4	10
6	6	Adam Ratcliffe	24k	Aston	UK	19+	22+	3-	24+	16+	4	9
7	7	Tian-Ren Chen	1d	Loughborough	UK	17+	2-	1-	4+	14+	3	16
8	8	Arjun Rai	17k	Aston	UK	12+	3-	18+	22+	5-	3	14
9	9	Adan Mordcovich	6k	Wanstead	UK	5+	20+	14-	1-	17+	3	13
	10	Roella Smith	11k	Cambridge Chess-Go	UK	23+	16+	4-	5-	11+	3	13
	11	Aidan Putman	12k	Swindon	UK	13+	17-	21+	3+	10-	3	13
12	12	Abdul Aziz	24k	Aston	UK	8-	18+	15-	19+	24+	3	9
13	13	Owen Walker	13k	Cambridge Chess-Go	UK	11-	23+	17+	20-	15+	3	8
14	14	Jamie Taylor	2k	Leeds	UK	20+	1-	9+	2-	7-	2	15
15	15	Colin Putman	12k	Swindon	UK	18+	4-	12+	16-	13-	2	14
16	16	Ibraheem Mustafa	16k	Aston	UK	4-	10-	24+	15+	6-	2	13
17	17	Ed Murray	12k	Aston	UK	7-	11+	13-	23+	9-	2	12
18	18	Kiaran Ratcliffe	20k	Aston	UK	15-	12-	8-	21+	19+	2	11
19	19	Anthony Ghica	26k	Newmarket	UK	6-	24+	22+	12-	18-	2	10
20	20	Henry Clay	4k	Haywards Heath	UK	14-	9-	2-	13+	4-	1	16
21	21	Andrew Lawrence	16k	Aston	UK	3-	5-	11-	18-	23+	1	13
21	22	Tomas Keelan	27k	Aston	UK	24+	6-	19-	8-	3-	1	13
23	23	Sung Lee	13k	Bloxham School	UK	10-	13-	5-	17-	21-	0	13
24	24	Hugh Banes	30k	Bloxham School	UK	22-	19-	16-	6-	12-	0	12