British Youth Go Championship Results: 2012
Tournament Name
British Youth Championship
Tournament Date
Sun, 18 Mar 2012
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 |
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