British Youth Go Championship Results: 2013
The 2013 Youth Championships had 27 competitors aged from 7 to 18, with strengths from 1 dan to 35 kyu. King Edward VI (Aston) School, Birmingham, was a good central venue.
Tian-Ren Chen from Loughborough retained the youth title.
Age group winners determined by even games within that age group.
Prizes and places went to:
Overall winner: Tian-Ren Chen (Loughborough), 2nd Matei Mandache (Loughborough)
U18: Tian-Ren Chen (Loughborough), 2nd Matei Mandache (Loughborough)
U16: Melchior Chui (Cambridge), 2nd Peran Truscott (Cambridge)
U14: Hasan Nisar (Aston), 2nd: Hugh Banes (Bloxham)
U12: Dylan Zhu-Dong (Leamington), 2nd: Max Kirkham (Bloxham)
U10: Oscar Selby (Epsom), 2nd: Anthony Ghica (Newmarket)
U8: Edmund Smith (Cambridge), 2nd: Margot Selby (Epsom)
Castledine Trophy: Loughborough (beat Aston 2-1)
Best Primary School: Sandilands, Manchester
Fighting Spirit Prize: Lucas Samba Gray (Sandilands); special prize to Hugh Banes
Adult ghosts playing teaching games were Martin Harvey in R1 and R3, and Helen Harvey in R4. Alison Bexfield was ghost in R2 and R5.
Results table sorted on number of wins:
| No | Name | Rank | Club | Age | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Wins | SOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matei Mandache | 5k | Loughborough | U18 | 18+ | 7+ | 8- | 16+ | 3+ | 4 | 14 |
| 2 | Colin Putman | 9k | Swindon | U18 | 7- | 23+ | 9+ | 8+ | 10+ | 4 | 14 |
| 3 | Oscar Selby | 13k | Epsom | U10 | 20+ | 17+ | 12+ | 15+ | 1- | 4 | 13 |
| 4 | Melchior Chui | 12k | Cambridge Chess-Go | U16 | 16+ | 10+ | 19- | 7+ | 15+ | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | Adam Zaman | 22k | Aston | U18 | 9- | 24+ | 24+ | 21+ | 22+ | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | Lydia Adissu | 34k | Sandilands | U10 | 13- | 26+ | 28+ | 29+ | 11+ | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | Ravinder Hayer | 13k | Aston | U18 | 2+ | 1- | 17+ | 4- | 25+ | 3 | 15 |
| 8 | Tian-Ren Chen | 1d | Loughborough | U18 | 15+ | 18+ | 1+ | 2- | 23- | 3 | 14 |
| 9 | Ibraheem Hussain | 16k | Aston | U18 | 5+ | 13+ | 2- | 18- | 24+ | 3 | 14 |
| 10 | Peran Truscott | 13k | Cambridge Chess-Go | U16 | 25+ | 4- | 16+ | 19+ | 2- | 3 | 13 |
| 11 | Robbie Jesson | 32k | Sandilands | U10 | 14+ | 20- | 27+ | 13+ | 6- | 3 | 13 |
| 12 | Edmund Smith | 15k | Cambridge Chess-Go | U8 | 17+ | 14+ | 3- | 25- | 19+ | 3 | 12 |
| 13 | Andrew Coles | 32k | Loughborough | U18 | 6+ | 9- | 26+ | 11- | 27+ | 3 | 12 |
| 14 | Margot Selby | 35k | Epsom | U8 | 11- | 12- | 29+ | 27+ | 26+ | 3 | 9 |
| 15 | Dylan Zhu-Dong | 10k | Leamington | U12 | 8- | 19+ | 21+ | 3- | 4- | 2 | 15 |
| 16 | Aidan Putman | 9k | Swindon | U16 | 4- | 25+ | 10- | 1- | 18+ | 2 | 14 |
| 17 | Anthony Ghica | 19k | Newmarket | U10 | 12- | 3- | 7- | 20+ | 21+ | 2 | 14 |
| 18 | Hamzah Reta | 7k | Aston | U18 | 1- | 8- | 25+ | 9+ | 16- | 2 | 13 |
| 19 | Hasan Nisar | 17k | Aston | U14 | 24+ | 15- | 4+ | 10- | 12- | 2 | 13 |
| 20 | Hilary Bexfield | 26k | Letchworth | U10 | 3- | 11+ | 22- | 17- | 28+ | 2 | 12 |
| 21 | Max Kirkham | 24k | Bloxham School | U12 | 27+ | 22+ | 15- | 5- | 17- | 2 | 11 |
| 22 | Harry Upton | 24k | Aston | U12 | 28+ | 21- | 20+ | 24- | 5- | 2 | 10 |
| 23 | Alison Bexfield | 2d | Letchworth | Ad | ... | 2- | ... | ... | 8+ | 1 | 7 |
| 24 | Hugh Banes | 20k | Bloxham School | U14 | 19- | 5- | 5- | 22+ | 9- | 1 | 15 |
| 25 | Thomas Meehan | 15k | Solihull | U16 | 10- | 16- | 18- | 12+ | 7- | 1 | 13 |
| 26 | Lucas Samba Gray | 35k | Sandilands | U10 | 29+ | 6- | 13- | 28- | 14- | 1 | 12 |
| 27 | James Walker | 35k | Sandilands | U10 | 21- | 28+ | 11- | 14- | 13- | 1 | 12 |
| 28 | Shannon Decruz | 35k | Sandilands | U10 | 22- | 27- | 6- | 26+ | 20- | 1 | 10 |
| 29 | Some Adult | - | - | Ad | 26- | ... | 14- | 6- | ... | 0 | 8 |
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