A huge shout out to the Red Knight Juniors who dominated the Bangkok Patana Chess Championship, winning 25 out of 40 individual awards! An amazing result that makes us all proud.
The very competitive U18 age group in which out of 19 players, 14 were FIDE Rated, was almost entirely won by our players who took home 4 out of 5 awards. In a surprising turn of events, Nina snatched the first place in the last round by winning the big favorite Ian. The result left Ian at the second place, tied with Arush who got the third place trophy. The only player who disturbed the Red Knight players at the top was Valiliia from Phuket, who had achieved great progress lately. She got the 3rd Runner-up gold medal, while our Pine took the silver.
Nina, Winner U18
In the U14, Pac lifted the winners trophy, Jiajia got the 1st Runner-up trophy and Kate got the 3rd Runner-up gold medal.
Pac, Winner U14
The U12 age group was dominated by our young star Gavin, who moved up from the U10 age group in a search for challenge and won against higher rated and older opponents with a perfect 6/6 score! What a statement! In the same group, Leah got the 2nd Runner-up trophy.
Gavin, Winner U12
The U10 age group almost saw the same scenario, as Proud moved from the U9 group to find out if she can win against older opponents. She came super close, getting tied with the equally amazing Dariya with 5.5/6 points. The tie-break did not favor Proud and she lifted the 1st Runner-up trophy. Keith got the 2nd Runner-up trophy, while Lilih took the 3rd Runner-up gold.
In the U9 category Ava did not hold on until the end, having started with a perfect 4/4 score. The pressure in the last two rounds cost her a trophy, but she still did very well to win the 4th Runner-up silver medal.
Another raising star, Chin, won his third consecutive big tournament and again with a perfect 6/6 score! Panerai did very well to win the 3rd Runner-up gold medal.
Chin, Winner U08
In the U7 age group, Hero won the 2nd Runner-up trophy and Newyear won the 3rd Runner-up gold medal.
Finally, in the U6 age group, Ko and Gabriel won the gold and silver medals.
Congratulations to all! Hopefully this tournament will be an extra motivation to work even harder and to achieve even better results.
Congratulations also to all our other juniors who did not climbed the stage on Sunday, but they did their best as always. In a big tournaments such as this one it is not enough to play good, sometimes a little luck is needed too. Keep it up, and fight hard in the next tournament.
