ACF Bulletin No. 1064 March 2001A very short issue this week. IN THIS ISSUE Oceanic Zonal, New strong player in South Australia, ACF Associated Body status, great insurance deal, 2001 Grand Prix, Statement from FIDE President, Correspondence.
OCEANIC ZONAL FIDE Oceanic Zone 3.2b has now got the go ahead to proceed. It is my responsibility as zone president to ensure that this event is completed by the end of April so we'll have to move fast. I hope to give full details of the tournament in next week's bulletin. In the absence of any other offers from experienced tournament organisers, it looks as though it will have to be held on the Gold Coast again. The new FIDE regulations give 10 places to the Asian Continental Championship which has to be held by the end of June and 9 places to the various Asian zones, of which zone 3.2b gets one. If we don't hold our zonal by 30 April then this one place reverts to the pool for the Asian Continental Championships. Under the new title regulations for zonals held under swiss rules, the maximum number of titles which may be awarded without involving the joint chairmen of the titles commission is one IM and two FM titles. In practice, once the field has been finalised, the joint chairmen will be contacted and they will determine the number to be awarded. It is hoped that their determination will be known early in the tournament. This zonal event is the only way of making certain that the Oceanic region has a qualifier for the World Championship finals. I hope the elite players of our region give it their support.
NEW STRONG PLAYER IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA JOE TANTI advises that the Asian Under 16 Girls Champion, THU GIANG NGUYEN, has moved to South Australia. This 2000+ player has enrolled at Glenunga International High, the same school that the LAUER-SMITH girls attend.
AUSTRALIAN CHESS FEDERATION - ASSOCIATED BODY STATUS At the national conference of the ACF held in Canberra on 7 January 2001, I'm pleased to say that delegates asked me to write to all junior chess leagues, the women's chess league and the correspondence chess league offering to take up 'Associated Body' status. The reason for this was that it was felt that these organisations were not involved enough in the decision-making process and in any case it was felt that a serious effort needs to be made to bring us all much closer together. I've now heard that the largest chess organisation in Australia, the NSW Junior Chess League, has voted to become an Associated Body and it is now hoped that the other junior chess leagues, the Australian Women's Chess League and the Correspondence Chess League of Australia will do likewise.
$10,000,000 PUBLIC LIABILITY INSURANCE FOR YOUR CLUB OR STATE? Did you know that if your club has less then 50 members, you can join the ACF policy for just $121 per annum? This is ridiculously inexpensive. Any club that does not have insurance is crazy and any club that is paying more than $121 is crazy! Any club that only has (say) $2,000,000 public liability insurance is probably under insured!
To take advantage of this special offer, all you need to do is email NORM
GREENWOOD
You will then be contacted directly by the insurer, CHRIS ZUCCALA, who will
advise you of the pro rata premium to pay to the common renewal date (31
August).
If you wish to contact Chris Zuccala direct please do so on email
2001 GRAND PRIX
Please support the two upcoming Grand Prix events, the Tasmanian
Championships being held in Hobart from 10-12 March and the South West Open
being held in Bunbury on the weekend of 17/18 March. Please note once again
that the new Grand Prix Supervisor is NORM BRAYBROOKE
I'm sure that he would love to hear from new
events. Norm's webpage is at: http://crcchess.topcities.com/GP2001.htm
Here are the 34 events for 2001:
3/4 Feb Newcastle Open NSW Cat 2 GEORGE LITHGOW
17/18 Feb Taree RSL Summer Open NSW Cat 1 ENDEL LANE 02 6559 9060
3/4 Mar Dubbo RSL Open NSW Cat 1 ALEXANDER AICH 02 6884 4561
10-12 Mar Tasmanian Championships TAS Cat 1 DAVID FERRIS 03 6225 1523
17/18 Mar South West Open WA Cat 1 ALAN PHILLIPS
13-16 Apl Doeberl Cup ACT Cat 3 ROGER MCCART 02-6251-6190
13-16 Apl Sydney Easter Cup NSW Cat ? PETER HANNA
20-22 Apl Univ of Qld QLD Cat 3 DAVID COWLAND-COOPER 0414 498556
5/6 May Hobson's Bay Open VIC Cat 1 PETER CAISSA 0411 710900
5/6 May Laurieton Open NSW Cat 1 ENDEL LANE 02 6559 9060
5-7 May Redcliffe Peninsula Open QLD Cat 1 MARK STOKES 07 3205 6042
19/20 May Adelaide Cup SA Cat 1 ROLAND EIME 08 8268 1374
19/20 May NSWCA Cat 1 ROBERT KEAST 02 9649 8614
8/10/11 June NSWCA Queen's Birthday Weekender Cat 1 ROBERT KEAST 02 9649
8614
9-11 June Queen's Birthday Weekender The Gap Open QLD Cat 1 ANDREW
ROBINSON
9/10 June Queen's Birthday Weekender SA Cat 1 ROLAND EIME 08 8268 1374
9-11 June Queen's Birthday Weekender TAS Cat 1 KEVIN BONHAM 03 6224 8487
23/24 June Taree RSL Open NSW Cat 1 ENDEL LANE 02 6559 9060
23/24 June Gold Coast Open QLD Cat 3 GRAEME GARDINER 07 5530 5794
30Jun/1Jul Suncoast Weekender QLD Cat 3 ROBERT HOCHSTADT 07 5447 5056
28/29 Jul ANU Open ACT Cat 3 SHAUN PRESS 02 6255 2040
4/5 Aug Mackay Open QLD Cat 1 STAN LONG HONG 07 4953 4573
4/5 August NSWCA Cat 1 ROBERT KEAST 02 9649 8614
25/26 August Launceston Weekender TAS Cat 1 LEO MINOL 03 6344 7472
22/23 Sep Gold Coast Classic QLD Cat 3 GRAEME GARDINER 07 5530 5794
29/30 Sep Lidum's Cup SA Cat 1 ROLAND EIME 08 8268 1374
29/30 Sep Redcliffe Challenge QLD Cat 1 MARK STOKES 07 3205 6042
13/14 Oct Tweed Heads Open QLD Cat 3 BRUCE PENNEFATHER 07 5536 9185
3/4 Nov Laurieton Open NSW Cat 1 ENDEL LANE 02 6559 9060
17-19 Nov Tasmanian Open TAS Cat 1 NEVILLE LEDGER 03 6431 1280
17/18 Nov Taree RSL Spring Open NSW Cat 1 ENDEL LANE 02 6559 9060
24/25 November NSWCA Cat 1 ROBERT KEAST 02 9649 8614
8/9 Dec Tuggeranong Vikings Weekender ACT Cat 1 LEE FORACE 02 9556 3960
15/16 December Melbourne Chess Club Christmas Swiss VIC Cat 2 MALCOLM PYKE
STATEMENT FROM THE FIDE PRESIDENT
Dear friends,
It has become necessary to address you in the face of the controversy
generated by the Presidential Board's decision to introduce the new time
control for all FIDE events and title tournaments from an average of six
hours to four hours for the playing session.
After reflection and consultations, I shall recommend to the next meeting
of
the Board in Cannes next month, to review its decision after hearing from
all interested parties.
I can see that some Federations are not yet prepared to accept the
inevitable changes that our sport must undergo, if it is to move with the
other sports of the modern era. Some Federations have stated that the
Presidential Board's action in respect of the time control should have been
limited to the World Championships, and not all FIDE events and title
tournaments. Therefore, I shall in the FIDE spirit, propose a further
compromise solution. I shall recommend to the Presidential Board to accept
the new time control as currently approved for the World Championships and
to make it recommendatory for other FIDE events and title tournaments,
subject to further review at our next Congress in September.
Regarding the use of the Continental Championships as basis for
qualification for the World Championship, I have requested Deputy President
Georgios Makropoulos to meet with the Continental Presidents, one day before
the Board's meeting in Cannes to put in place the right strategic plan to
realise our commercial objectives.
Gens Una Sumus.
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, President
CORRESPONDENCE
STEWART REUBEN:
Please bring to the attention of ZONG YUAN ZHAO that he is entitled to play
in the Smith & Williamson British Championship which will take place in
Scarborough for two weeks starting the end of July. The first prize is
A310,000.
Other players may not be aware that they are also entitled to play in this
giant congress as all the Championships are open to Commonwealth players.
It
is hoped to run the Commonwealth Championship in London at the end of August
as part of the Mind Sports Olympiad.
Very best wishes to all.
Graeme Gardiner
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