British Youth Championship Results

Tournament Name:

British Youth Go Championship

Tournament Date:

18 Mar

The 2012 Youth Championships had 13 competitors aged from 6 to 18, with strengths from 2 dan to 30 kyu. The library block at Bloxham School, Oxfordshire, served again as a great venue.

Tian-Ren Chen from Loughborough regained the youth title, the previous year's winner not contesting it this year. Silas Yufu Shi, 2 dan, from Loughborough was the strongest player taking part, but he has Chinese nationality; he won all his games. Prizes and places went to:

Overall winner: Tian-Ren Chen (Loughborough), 2nd Adan Mordcovich
U18: Tian-Ren Chen (Loughborough), 2nd Adan Mordcovich
U16: Aidan Putman (Swindon)
U14: Thomas Meehan (Solihull), 2nd: Richard Showler (Bloxham)
U12: Dylan Zhu-Dong
U10: Anthony Ghica (Newmarket)
U8: Edmund Smith (Milton)
Open/Handicap Winner: Silas Yufu Shi (Loughborough)
Castledine Trophy: Loughborough (beat Bloxham 3-0)

Handicap games are in red. Adults Paul Smith and Bogdan Ghica played as ghosts.

No	Name	Rank	Club	Age	1	2	3	4	5	6	Wins	SOS
1	Silas Yufu Shi	2d	Loughborough	N/A	12+	14+	6+	13+	2+	10+	6	14
2	Tian-Ren Chen	1d	Loughborough	U18	13+	11+	12+	6+	1-	4+	5	18
3	Thomas Meehan	18k	Solihull	U14	14+	7+	15+	5+	6-	11+	5	13
4	Matei Mandache	5k	Loughborough	U18	6-	15+	10+	7+	13+	2-	4	14
5	Edmund Smith	25k	Milton	U8K	15+	8+	11+	3-	14+	...	4	11
6	Adan Mordcovich	1k	Wanstead	U18	4+	12-	1-	2-	3+	13+	3	23
7	Dylan Zhu-Dong	10k	Leamington	U12	10-	3-	13+	4-	9+	8+	3	18
8	Anthony Ghica	19k	Newmarket	U10	11+	5-	14+	15+	10-	7-	3	12
9	Bogdan Ghica	2k	Newmarket	Ad	...	...	...	10+	7-	...	1	5
10	Aidan Putman	11k	Swindon	U16	7+	13-	4-	9-	8+	1-	2	20
11	Richard Showler	27k	Bloxham School	U14	8-	2-	5-	14+	15+	3-	2	18
12	Paul Smith	2d	Cambridge	Ad	1-	6+	2-	...	...	...	1	14
13	Colin Putman	11k	Swindon	U18	2-	10+	7-	1-	4-	6-	1	23
14	Jackson Umlauf	28k	Bloxham School	U14	3-	1-	8-	11-	5-	15+	1	20
15	Hugh Banes	30k	Bloxham School	U14	5-	4-	3-	8-	11-	14-	0	19