2014 Eastern Ontario Youth Chess Tournament Results

The 2014 EASTERN ONTARIO YOUTH CHESS TOURNAMENT, was held on Sunday March 30th at H.M.C.S. Cataraqui, the Naval Reserve training building in Kingston.

The tournament attracted 140 students, from the Kingston - Belleville - Ottawa area.

The medal winners were:

Grade 1

Gold          Reed Mastorakos                 Centennial P.S, Kingston

Silver        John Angus Davison             Rideau P.S., Kingston

Grade 2

Gold          Makaio Lieberman-Smith      École Madeleine-de-Roybon, Kingston

Silver        Darcy English                      Centennial P.S, Kingston

Siver         Aidon Neidbala                     Rideau P.S., Kingston

(Special circumstances)

   Bronze   Ayaan Ahmed                       Welborne Ave P.S., Kingston

   Bronze   Peter Brachman                    Rideau P.S., Kingston

   Bronze   Dante Law                            Rideau P.S., Kingston

Grade 3

Gold          Roger Ambrose                   Lancaster Drive P.S., Kingston

Silver        Rayleigh Cao                      Centennial P.S, Kingston

Grade 4

Gold          Lev Stefanovich-Thomson   Rideau P.S., Kingston

Silver        Sam Rayner                        Rideau P.S., Kingston

Grade 5

Gold          Lawrence Ju                       John Young E.S., Kanata

Silver        Arman Azroy                       Winston Churchill P.S., Kingston

Silver        Zachary Zoellner-Kraus       Welborne Ave P.S., Kingston

Bronze      Ben Konellos                       Lancaster Drive P.S., Kingston

Grade 6

Gold          Euan Hughes                      Winston Churchill P.S., Kingston

Silver        Andy Cai                             Welborne Ave P.S., Kingston

Grade 7

Gold          Terrence Ju                        Goulbourn Middle School, Kanata

Silver        Alex Chan                           Calvin Park P.S., Kingston

Grade 8

Gold          Nicholas Osanic                 Collins Bay P.S.

Silver        William Ilies                        Selby P.S.

Grade 9

Gold          Alex Beamish                     K.C.V.I., Kingston

Grade 10

Gold          David Chan                        K.C.V.I., Kingston

Grade 11

Gold          Jakob Crotty                      Q.E.C.V.I., Kingston

Grade 12

Gold          Bobby Mao                        Centennial S.S., Belleville.

The number of medal winners depended in part on the number of entries in each Grade.

The Gold and Silver medalists go on to compete in the ONTARIO CHESS CHALLENGE, which will be held in Toronto on Sunday April 13th. - The Provincial Champion in each Grade then plays in the CANADIAN CHESS CHALLENGE, which will be held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, at the end of May.

The tournament was organized by KINGSTON SCHOOLS CHESS, which is most grateful for the assistance given by HMCS CATARAQUI, Tim Hortons, many teachers and parents, and by volunteers from the KINGSTON CHESS CLUB who share their love of the game with younger players at this annual event.

For more information please call Chris Hargreaves at 613 389 8993.