MCK CHESS CLUB
McK CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
After 3 months of delay, the 2021 McK Chess Championship has finally come to a successful end on Friday 12 November 2021 when the beeps of the chess clock signaled the conclusion of the tightly fought contest between the eventual winner Anthony Duong (Year 10D) and runner-up Gregory Wen (Year 10M) in this year’s championship final.
The match was decided by blitz tiebreak after both players won one standard game each with the white pieces in the first two days of competition. One can relive all the excitement by visiting the official championship website where videos and scoresheets of the final match can be viewed.
The McK Chess Club would like to thank all participants and spectators from the preliminaries to the knockout stage for their enthusiasm and contribution.
The final standing:
2021 Champion Anthony Duong (Year 10D)
Runner-Up Gregory Wen (Year 10M)
3rd Place Timothy Nicolaides (Year 9G)
4th Place Aryan Jayanty (Year 10F)
Winner RK Anthony Duong Year 10
Runner-Up BP Gregory Wen Year 10
3rd Place BP Timothy Nicolaides Year 9
4th Place PN Aryan Jayanty Year 10
Winner RK Anthony Duong Year 10
Runner-Up BP Gregory Wen Year 10
3rd Place BP Timothy Nicolaides Year 9
4th Place PN Aryan Jayanty Year 10
Quarter finalist (5th-8th): Ben Green (Year 9A), Jonathan Kui (Year 9C), Alex Nguyen (Year 10I) and Sam Potter (Year 11J). To see the full results, click here.
Quarter finalist PN Alex Nguyen Year 10
Quarter finalist PN Sam Potter Year 11
Quarter finalist PN Ben Green Year 9
Quarter finalist PN Jonathan Kui Year 9
Quarter finalist PN Alex Nguyen Year 10
Quarter finalist PN Sam Potter Year 11
Quarter finalist PN Ben Green Year 9
Quarter finalist PN Jonathan Kui Year 9
Winner medals, prizes and certificates were given out in a short presentation ceremony on THU 18 Nov.
Presentation Ceremony
Presentation Ceremony
McK Chess Rating (Nov 2021 update)
After the completion of the 2021 McK Chess Championship, there was some significant movement in the ratings and a number of students earned a Grade and/or a McK Chess Player Title for the first time. These are important criteria for the selection into the school chess team to represent McKinnon in the state inter-school competitions in the future.
The full official listing of the McK Chess Rating can be accessed through this link. As of 11 November 2021, the Top 15 rated players at McKinnon and their McK ratings are:
- 1252 Anthony Duong (Year 10D)
- 1198 Timothy Nicolaides (Year 9G)
- 1187 Gregory Wen (Year 10M)
- 1151 Aryan Jayanty (Year 10F)
- 1121 Alex Nguyen (Year 10I)
- 1121 Sam Potter (Year 11J)
- 1118 Ben Green (Year 9A)
- 1115 Jonathan Kui (Year 9C)
- 1078 Aaron McCann (Year 11H)
- 1063 Matthew Day (Year 11C)
- 1061 Zac Sidley (Year 11L)
- 1059 Gregory Liarakos (Year 11H)
- 1052 Will Richter (Year 11K)
- 1042 Anh Quan (Alex) Do (Year 7E)
- 1029 Vibhan Jivanjee (Year 7E)
New McK Chess Club titles awarded: Anthony D. (Rook Class Player), Timothy N. (Bishop Class Player), Gregory W. (Bishop Class Player), Aryan J. (Pawn Class Player), Alex N. (Pawn Class Player), Sam P. (Pawn Class Player), Ben G. (Pawn Class Player), and Jonathan K. (Pawn Class Player).
Sandy Law
McK Chess Club