British Youth Go Championship Results: 2011
Tournament Name
British Youth Championship
Tournament Date
Sun, 20 Mar 2011
The 2011 Youth Championships had 24 competitors aged from 7 to 18, with strengths from 2 dan to 30 kyu. The new library block at Bloxham School served as a great venue.
Mazhar Warraich from Aston won the youth championship with 4 straight wins including beating Tian-Ren Chen from Loughborough. Silas Yufu Shi, 2 dan, from Loughborough was the strongest player taking part but he has Chinese nationality; his only loss was against Mazhar in a rematch of the first round. Prizes and places went to:
- Overall winner: Mazhar Warraich (Aston) 2nd: Tian-Ren Chen (Loughborough)
- U18: Mazhar Warraich (Aston) 2nd: Jamie Taylor (Leeds)
- U16: Tian-Ren Chen (Loughborough) 2nd: Matei Mandache (Loughborough)
- U14: Aidan Putman (Swindon) 2nd: Thomas Meehan (Solihull)
- U12: Roella Smith (Cambridge) 2nd: Ibraheem Mustafa (Aston)
- U10: Not contested
- U8: Anthony Ghica (Newmarket)
- Open/Handicap Winner: Silas Yufu Shi (Loughborough)
- Castledine Trophy: Loughborough (beat Aston 3-0)
Handicap games are in red.
| Posn | No | Name | Rank | Club | Cy | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Wins | SOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Silas Yufu Shi | 2d | Loughborough | CN | 2+ | 14+ | 7+ | 9+ | 2- | 4 | 16 |
| 2 | 2 | Mazhar Warraich | 1k | Aston | UK | 1- | 7+ | 20+ | 14+ | 1+ | 4 | 14 |
| 3 | 3 | Thomas Meehan | 18k | Solihull | UK | 21+ | 8+ | 6+ | 11- | 22+ | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | 4 | Matei Mandache | 6k | Loughborough | UK | 16+ | 15+ | 10+ | 7- | 20+ | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | 5 | Rony Ho Ming Cheng | 12k | Loughborough | UK | 9- | 21+ | 23+ | 10+ | 8+ | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | 6 | Adam Ratcliffe | 24k | Aston | UK | 19+ | 22+ | 3- | 24+ | 16+ | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | 7 | Tian-Ren Chen | 1d | Loughborough | UK | 17+ | 2- | 1- | 4+ | 14+ | 3 | 16 |
| 8 | 8 | Arjun Rai | 17k | Aston | UK | 12+ | 3- | 18+ | 22+ | 5- | 3 | 14 |
| 9 | 9 | Adan Mordcovich | 6k | Wanstead | UK | 5+ | 20+ | 14- | 1- | 17+ | 3 | 13 |
| 10 | Roella Smith | 11k | Cambridge Chess-Go | UK | 23+ | 16+ | 4- | 5- | 11+ | 3 | 13 | |
| 11 | Aidan Putman | 12k | Swindon | UK | 13+ | 17- | 21+ | 3+ | 10- | 3 | 13 | |
| 12 | 12 | Abdul Aziz | 24k | Aston | UK | 8- | 18+ | 15- | 19+ | 24+ | 3 | 9 |
| 13 | 13 | Owen Walker | 13k | Cambridge Chess-Go | UK | 11- | 23+ | 17+ | 20- | 15+ | 3 | 8 |
| 14 | 14 | Jamie Taylor | 2k | Leeds | UK | 20+ | 1- | 9+ | 2- | 7- | 2 | 15 |
| 15 | 15 | Colin Putman | 12k | Swindon | UK | 18+ | 4- | 12+ | 16- | 13- | 2 | 14 |
| 16 | 16 | Ibraheem Mustafa | 16k | Aston | UK | 4- | 10- | 24+ | 15+ | 6- | 2 | 13 |
| 17 | 17 | Ed Murray | 12k | Aston | UK | 7- | 11+ | 13- | 23+ | 9- | 2 | 12 |
| 18 | 18 | Kiaran Ratcliffe | 20k | Aston | UK | 15- | 12- | 8- | 21+ | 19+ | 2 | 11 |
| 19 | 19 | Anthony Ghica | 26k | Newmarket | UK | 6- | 24+ | 22+ | 12- | 18- | 2 | 10 |
| 20 | 20 | Henry Clay | 4k | Haywards Heath | UK | 14- | 9- | 2- | 13+ | 4- | 1 | 16 |
| 21 | 21 | Andrew Lawrence | 16k | Aston | UK | 3- | 5- | 11- | 18- | 23+ | 1 | 13 |
| 22 | Tomas Keelan | 27k | Aston | UK | 24+ | 6- | 19- | 8- | 3- | 1 | 13 | |
| 23 | 23 | Sung Lee | 13k | Bloxham School | UK | 10- | 13- | 5- | 17- | 21- | 0 | 13 |
| 24 | 24 | Hugh Banes | 30k | Bloxham School | UK | 22- | 19- | 16- | 6- | 12- | 0 | 12 |
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