British Youth Championship: 2009

Tournament Name:

British Youth Championship

Tournament Date:

22 March 2009

The 2009 Youth Championships had 39 competitors aged from 6 to 18, with strengths from 1 dan to 35 kyu, at King Edward VI School, Aston. Tian Ren Chen from Loughborough was the new youth champion with 5 straight wins including beating London's Michael Webster (4 kyu). Prizes and places went to:

Overall winner: Tian Ren Chen (Loughborough) 2nd: Michael Webster (London)
U18: Michael Webster (London) 2nd: Matthew Hathrell (Coventry)
U16: Mazhar Warraich (Aston) 2nd: Jamie Taylor (Leeds)
U14: Tian Ren Chen (Loughborough) 2nd: Jack Drury (Aston)
U12: John Cremin (Aston) 2nd: Thomas Meehan (Solihull)
U10: Roella Smith (Milton) 2nd: Marie-Clare Grant-Adamson (St. Albans)
U8: Sophie Broad (Surrey) 2nd: Kelda Smith (Milton)
Handicap Winner: Langdon Truscott (Cambridge)
Castledine Trophy: Loughborough (beat Aston 2-1)
Team with most wins: Weapon 'X' (Cambridge)
13x13 knockout: U18 Jamie Taylor (2nd Chun Ting Orr)
13x13 knockout: U16 Tian Ren Chen (2nd John Perkins)
13x13 knockout: U12 Peran Truscott (2nd Sophie Broad)
Puzzle competition: Wenxuan Ouyang (China)
Liar Dice: Matthew Hathrell

Posn	No	Name	Rank	Club	Country	1	2	3	4	5	Wins
1	1	Tian Ren Chen	3k	Loughborough	UK	32+	23+	12+	9+	3+	5
2	2	Langdon Truscott	24k	Cambridge	UK	11+	15+	33+	34+	16+	5
3	3	Michael Webster	4k	London	UK	23+	26+	9+	24+	1-	4
4	4	Stewart Smith	8k	Aston	UK	6+	12-	21+	27+	35+	4
5	5	Jamie Taylor	7k	Leeds	UK	9-	13+	32+	23+	26+	4
6	6	Hamzah Reta	9k	Aston	UK	4-	10+	39+	32+	21+	4
7	7	Peran Truscott	18k	Cambridge	UK	34+	36-	25+	35+	10+	4
8	8	Ghost	-	Adult	UK	24+	38+	40+	...	...	3
9	9	Mazhar Warraich	2k	Aston	UK	5+	32+	3-	1-	19+	3
10	10	Ismail Mustafa	10k	Aston	UK	20+	6-	35+	13+	7-	3
11	11	Joe Dugdale	29k	High Wycombe	UK	2-	14-	15+	18+	34+	3
12	12	Jack Drury	7k	Aston	UK	39+	4+	1-	19-	27+	3
13	13	Owen Walker	16k	Cambridge	UK	18+	5-	20+	10-	36+	3
14	14	Oliver Gerlach	27k	Cambridge	UK	15-	11+	31f	25-	17+	3
15	15	Jack Grant-Adamson	30k	St Albans	UK	14+	2-	11-	30+	40+	3
16	16	Sophie Broad	25k	Surrey	UK	30+	25+	24-	33+	2-	3
17	17	Chun Ting Orr	25k	Aston	UK	28+	31+	27-	29+	14-	3
18	18	Carn Truscott	30k	Cambridge	UK	13-	34+	29+	11-	28+	3
19	19	Bosco Leung	7k	Loughborough	UK	26-	27+	38+	12+	9-	3
20	20	Daniel Karandikar	11k	Aston	UK	10-	33+	13-	36+	24+	3
21	21	Danielle Ward	11k	Cambridge	UK	33+	39+	4-	38+	6-	3
22	22	Marie-Clare Grant-Adamson	30k	St Albans	UK	25-	37+	28-	40+	30+	3
23	23	Matthew Hathrell	4k	Leamington	UK	3-	1-	26+	5-	38+	2
24	24	John Cremin	14k	Aston	UK	8-	35+	16+	3-	20-	2
25	25	Roella Smith	22k	Milton	UK	22+	16-	7-	14+	33-	2
26	26	Tom Zhai	4k	Stowe	UK	19+	3-	23-	39+	5-	2
27	27	Yu Ching Chong	11k	Loughborough	UK	38+	19-	17+	4-	12-	2
28	28	Samuel Peh	30k	Loughborough	UK	17-	29-	22+	37+	18-	2
29	29	Ka King Mau	30k	Loughborough	UK	31-	28+	18-	17-	37+	2
30	30	Kelda Smith	35k	Milton	UK	16-	40+	37+	15-	22-	2
31	31	Ching Pang Yuen	27k	Nottingham	UK	29+	17-	14d	...	...	1
32	32	Wen Xuan Ouyang	1d	London	CN	1-	9-	5-	6-	39+	1
33	33	Ibraheem Hussain	20k	Aston	UK	21-	20-	2-	16-	25+	1
34	34	Van Xuan Nguyen	23k	Aston	UK	7-	18-	36+	2-	11-	1
35	35	Thomas Meehan	15k	Solihull	UK	36+	24-	10-	7-	4-	1
36	36	Sai Pandian	18k	Aston	UK	35-	7+	34-	20-	13-	1
37	37	David Taylor	30k	Leeds	UK	40+	22-	30-	28-	29-	1
38	38	Costas Televantos	9k	Aston	UK	27-	8-	19-	21-	23-	0
39	39	John Perkins	8k	Aston	UK	12-	21-	6-	26-	32-	0
40	40	Barney Shiu	35k	Bristol	UK	37-	30-	8-	22-	15-	0

The Adult Ghosts were Alex Eve, Simon Shiu and David Ward who played handicap teaching games.

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