British Youth Go Championship Results 2017

The 2017 British Youth Go Championship (BYGC) featured 46 competitors, aged from 7 to 18. Thanks to a large number of oriental players currently living in the UK, there were several dan-graded players (mostly in an Open group shown "*" against age group below) and, thanks to a new club at Harpenden Academy, a group of players around 40 kyu in strength. Grades shown are estimated grades on entry.

The venue this year was King Edward VI School in Aston, Birmingham.

Section Winners (runners-up)

U18: Zaki Betesh (Tom Bradbury)
U16: Jayden Ng (Luke Garner)
U14: Edmund Smith (Hilary Bexfield)
U12: Lueming Yang (Jan Kudla)
U10: Zoe Walters (Elliot Grose)
U8: George Han (Auden Oliviere)

Youth Champion: Jayden Ng (Zaki Betesh, Tom Bradbury)

Open Champion: Yueran Wang (Jayden Ng, Bill Shen tied with Daniel Yang)
Game Review of Open Final, Wang vs Ng, by Guo Juan, 5p

Winners of four games: Matthew Jackson, Luke Garner, Joab Isaac, Chun Yin Wong

Best School (for the Castledine Trophy): Cheadle Hulme School, beat Cambridge Chess and Go 2-1
(semi-finals Cambridge 2-1 Aston, Cheadle Hulme School 3-0 Letchworth)
Best Junior School: Harpenden Academy, beat James Gillespie's Primary (Edinburgh) 2-1

13x13 side event: 3/3 won Lueming Yang, 7 games played Velko Trifonov.
Fighting Spirit: Emily Oliviere (main event), Montgomery Ives O'Brien (13x13 side event).

Results table, sorted on number of wins (with one point for two byes)

The table shows details for each of the 5 rounds. Most games were played without handicap stones, on full-sized (19 by 19) boards. Per round, it shows the line number of the opponent, followed by a minus if the opponent won, or a plus if the opponent lost.

Emily Oliviere, Auden Oliviere and Benjamin Lindsey played all games 13x13, Isaac Vincent R1-R4, Elliot Grose, Monty Ives O'Brien R1-R2, Joab Isaac R1,2,5, Morgan Pittaway R1,2,4,5, and Elliot Barlow R4,5.