Australian Juniors 2014/Puzzle 11

The Australian Juniors for this year is about to wrap up at Knox Grammar in Sydney. The Junior title has already been wrapped up with a round to spare by Anton Smirnov, who has so far produced a very dominant 7.5/8 to lead by a a full 1.5 points. The critical game against second seed Zelesco came as early as round 3 and went in favour of Smirnov, while Zelesco never really recovered and sits in third place with 5.5/8, having conceded 3 draws. Third seed Pengyu Chen also suffered a loss at the hands of Smirnov after losing a piece and a couple of draws sees him on 6/8 and in second place.

The U8s and U10s had already taken place and were fairly Victorian-dominated, with Jay Landau taking out the U8s (8/9 and 3-1 in the playoff), while there was a Victorian 1-2-3 in the U10s; Bobby Yu took it out with a perfect 9/9, while Cassandra Lim came second with 8 and brother Christopher 3rd with 7. The U12 is the closest contest, with 2 players on 6.5/8 and another 3 on 6, while in the U14s Rishi Dutta is a point clear with 7.5/8 and two chasers on 6.5. Finally, the U16 division has also been closely faught, with George Carolin-Unkovich on 7.5/8, Charles Tsai at 7 and Rowan Willathgamuwa on 6.5.

We'll take a look at Anton's title-winning tactic from round 8 against Victorian Max Chew Lee;

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