Oceanic Zonal, ACF Tournament Coordinator required, News on Queensland Women's chess, PM to Visit Gold Coast Primary Schools Chess Championship, 2001 Grand Prix, Darling Downs Open, Latest Grand Prix scores after four tournaments, Ballarat Begonia Open, 2001 Tasmanian Championships, Hervey Bay Open, The 2001 University of Queensland Chess Challenge, Chess in Egypt.
Early response to the Oceanic Zonal has been most encouraging with 30+ enquiries, including 8 from women.
Would those leading players wishing to be considered as Australia's seeds kindly email ROBERT JAMIESON auschess@iaccess.com.au as a matter of urgency and certainly no later that this Friday 23 March.
Enquiries regarding the zonal should be directed to myself <ggardiner@somerset.qld.edu.au> or phone 07 5530 3777 (W) 07 5530 5794 (H). I have mailed out a number of entry forms but there are many FIDE rated players in Australia and the Oceania region for whom I do not have addresses.
The only ACF position which is vacant at present is that of Tournament Coordinator. This role broadly involves taking bids for official ACF events, making sure that the bids comply with the ACF Handbook and making sure that a post event report is received also in accordance with the ACF Handbook. I would be interested to hear from anyone who feels that they would like to undertake this task.
I would like to advise of a new chess website <www.mowleschess.com>.
The aim of the website is to promote Women's and Girl's chess in Queensland as
well as provide a history of Queensland Women's and Girl's chess including state
tournament results, interstate records, games, player profiles etc. In addition
the site will provide Saint Stephen's College (Coomera, Gold Coast) and the
Coomera Junior Chess Club with a facility to view the years programme,
tournament results, history and games. Approximately 40 pages have been
completed and I anticipate over 120 pages in total, once all the data has been
compiled and uploaded.
PM TO VISIT GOLD COAST
PRIMARY SCHOOLS CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS
I recently spent an hour or so with ACF Patron
Tim Fischer when I picked him up and dropped him off at Coolangatta Airport for
the Somerset Literature
Festival. He gave me some useful advice including how
to get a one pager in front of the Prime Minister when he visits the Gold Coast
Primary Chess Championships this Wednesday. This is purely coincidental as the
PM will be addressing a community gathering at the Robina Town Centre Community
Hall which had already been pre-booked by the Gold Coast Chess Club. I expect to
get a couple of minutes with the PM (if I'm lucky).
Please note once again that the new Grand Prix Supervisor is NORM BRAYBROOKE <chessnut@windsor.net.au>. I'm sure that he would love to hear about new events. Norm's webpage is at: http://crcchess.topcities.com/GP2001.htm. We continue to appeal to chess organisers in Victoria and WA to give players in those states the opportunity to earn Grand Prix points.
Here are the 35 events for 2001:
| 3/4 Feb | Newcastle Open NSW Cat 2 | George Lithgow | <george.lithgow@bigpond.com> | |
| 17/18 Feb | Taree RSL Summer Open NSW Cat 1 | Endel Lane | 02 6559 9060 | <endel@fasternet.com.au> |
| 3/4 Mar | Dubbo RSL Open NSW Cat 1 | Alexander Aich | 02 6884 4561 | <sjaich@tpg.com.au> |
| 10-12 Mar | Tasmanian Championships TAS Cat 1 | David Ferris | 03 6225 1523 | <dcfer@netspace.net.au> |
| 17/18 Mar | South West Open WA Cat 1 | Alan Phillips | <alanglo@tpg.com.au> | |
| 13-16 Apl | Doeberl Cup ACT Cat 3 | Roger Mccart | 02-6251-6190 | <roger.mccart@anu.edu.au> |
| 13-16 Apl | Sydney Easter Cup NSW Cat ? | Peter Hanna | <rational@mpx.com.au> | |
| 13-15 Apl | Darling Downs Open QLD Cat 2 | Keven Duncan | <kevenduncan@telstra.com> | |
| 20-22 Apl | Univ of Qld QLD Cat 3 | David Cowland-Cooper | 0414 498556 | <uqchess@hotmail.com> |
| 5/6 May | Hobson's Bay Open VIC Cat 1 | Peter Caissa | 0411 710900 | <pcaissa@melbpc.org.au> |
| 5/6 May | Laurieton Open NSW Cat 1 | Endel Lane | 02 6559 9060 | <endel@fasternet.com.au> |
| 5-7 May | Redcliffe Peninsula Open QLD Cat 1 | Mark Stokes | 07 3205 6042 | <mstokes@bne.catholic.edu.au> |
| 19/20 May | Adelaide Cup SA Cat 1 | Roland Eime | 08 8268 1374 | <eimes@senet.com.au> |
| 19/20 May | NSWCA Cat 1 | Robert Keast | 02 9649 8614 | <rkeast@comtech.com.au> |
| 8/10/11 June | NSWCA Queen's Birthday Weekender Cat 1 | Robert Keast | 02 9649 8614 | <rkeast@comtech.com.au> |
| 9-11 June | Queen's Birthday Weekender The Gap Open QLD Cat 1 | Andrew Robinson | <Andrew.Robinson@ato.gov.au> | |
| 9/10 June | Queen's Birthday Weekender SA Cat 1 | Roland Eime | 08 8268 1374 | <eimes@senet.com.au> |
| 9-11 June | Queen's Birthday Weekender TAS Cat 1 | Kevin Bonham | 03 6224 8487 | <k_bonham@utas.edu.au> |
| 23/24 June | Taree RSL Open NSW Cat 1 | Endel Lane | 02 6559 9060 | <endel@fasternet.com.au> |
| 23/24 June | Gold Coast Open QLD Cat 3 | Graeme Gardiner | 07 5530 5794 | <ggardiner@somerset.qld.edu.au> |
| 30Jun/1Jul | Suncoast Weekender QLD Cat 3 | Robert Hochstadt | 07 5447 5056 | <toothfairy@spiderweb.com.au> |
| 28/29 Jul | ANU Open ACT Cat 3 | Shaun Press | 02 6255 2040 | <shaun.press@cs.anu.edu.au> |
| 4/5 Aug | Mackay Open QLD Cat 1 | Stan Long Hong | 07 4953 4573 | <computer5000@hotmail.com> |
| 4/5 Aug | NSWCA Cat 1 | Robert Keast | 02 9649 8614 | <rkeast@comtech.com.au> |
| 25/26 Aug | Launceston Weekender TAS Cat 1 | Leo Minol | 03 6344 7472 | <leominol@telstra.easymail.com.au> |
| 22/23 Sep | Gold Coast Classic QLD Cat 3 | Graeme Gardiner | 07 5530 5794 | <ggardiner@somerset.qld.edu.au> |
| 29/30 Sep | Lidum's Cup SA Cat 1 | Roland Eime | 08 8268 1374 | <eimes@senet.com.au> |
| 29/30 Sep | Redcliffe Challenge QLD Cat 1 | Mark Stokes | 07 3205 6042 | <mstokes@bne.catholic.edu.au> |
| 13/14 Oct | Tweed Heads Open QLD Cat 3 | Audie Pennefather | 07 5536 9185 | |
| 3/4 Nov | Laurieton Open NSW Cat 1 | Endel Lane | 02 6559 9060 | <endel@fasternet.com.au> |
| 17-19 Nov | Tasmanian Open TAS Cat 1 | Neville Ledger | 03 6431 1280 | <nlchess@tassie.net.au> |
| 17/18 Nov | Taree RSL Spring Open NSW Cat 1 | Endel Lane | 02 6559 9060 | <endel@fasternet.com.au> |
| 24/25 Nov | NSWCA Cat 1 | Robert Keast | 02 9649 8614 | <rkeast@comtech.com.au> |
| 8/9 Dec | Tuggeranong Vikings Weekender ACT Cat 1 | Lee Forace | 02 9556 3960 | <ljforace@hotmail.com> |
| 15/16 Dec | Melbourne Chess Club Christmas Swiss VIC Cat 2 | Malcolm Pyke | <dexter@labyrinth.net.au> |
The Darling Downs Open, which has been held at Toowoomba over Easter for many years, has been added to the Grand Prix list. This provides a very attractive alternative for those Queenslanders who are unable to travel to Canberra for the Doeberl Cup.
Details:
Friday 13/04/01 Rd 1 - 10am Rd 2 - 12.30pm Rd 3 - 4pm
Saturday 14/04/01 Rd 4 - 9am Rd 5 - 2.30pm
Sunday 15/04/01 Rd 6 - 9am Rd 7 - 2.30pm
Total Prizes $1600 Grand Prix Class 2
Enquires to: Toowoomba Chess Club 97 Tourist Rd Toowoomba 4350 Ph (07) 46351255
Email: <kevenduncan@telstra.com>
Entry fees: Seniors: $46 Concession: $36 Cadets: $31 Non-CAQ (or other state) members: +$10
Open
Wallace, John-Paul 24
Stead, Kerry 20
Duric, Stefan 16
Rej, Tomek
14
Bonham, Kevin 12
Under 2000
Stead, Kerry 38
Marshall, Brett 14
Bonham , Kevin 12
Bartlett ,
Stephen 9
Under 1600
Tan, Philip 19.5
Weltner, Michael 18.17
Norman, Brendon
12.5
Parsons, Colin 12.25
Dolezal, Arthur 12
Forace, Lee
10.5
Varela, Peter 10.5
Junior
Rej, Tomek 28
Shaw, Billy 12
Lip, Michael 10.5
Xie, George 10.5
Women
Lip, Catherine 16
Huddleston, Heather 12
Martin, Janice 12
Unrated
Mitchell, K 28
Dolezal, Arthur 12
Kershaw, Max 12
Whibley, Darren
10.5
Williams, Ben 10.5
He has done it again..! GM DARRYL JOHANSEN won the Ballarat Begonia long weekender for the 12th time. Very convincingly, he scored 6.5/7 allowing only a draw in the last round against joint runner-up IGOR BJELOBRK.
Although we were down on numbers (79) compared to last year, the top was very strong with 9 players above a 2000 rating including 3 (grand-) masters.
Again, the tournament proved very popular amongst the juniors.
In the third round proceedings were hotting up with a crushing win of Bjelobrk over Baron. The 4th round saw the match between defending champion, MIRKO RUJEVIC and Johansen, decided in favour of the latter, and a win by Bjelobrk over GUY WEST, who incidentally had a bad run. By round 5, most of the favourites had lost some (half) points with STEWART BOOTH in second spot. But he too was also rolled by Johansen in round 6, and a group including Bjelobrk, RUJEVIC, Booth, BARON, SANDLER, and ANDERSON were fighting for the runner-up prices. This was shared at the end by Bjelobrk, Rujevic (who won from Sandler in a tense battle), and Baron who beat Booth in a long, final game. CHRIS FENWICK had a good tournament and finished 5th on 5.5 points.
The B-group was won by local hero P. COOK (5), the C-group equally by D.SCHEPISI, A. GHOBRIAL and Z. LOJANICA (on 4) First prize of the D-group was equally split between the juniors D. LINDBERG and S. FERRIS.
1 JOHANSEN, Darryl 2528 6.5 36:W 21:W 13:W 3:W 6:W 11:W
2:D
2 BJELOBRK, Igor 1938 6 53:W 68:W 4:W 24:W 7:D 6:W 1:D
3 RUJEVIC,
Mirko 2326 6 55:W 30:W 23:W 1:L 15:W 9:W 7:W
4 BARON, Michael 2263 6 42:W
18:W 2:L 31:W 49:W 21:W 11:W
5 FENWICK, Christopher 1950 5.5 47:W 28:W 6:L
36:D 41:W 37:W 16:W
6 CHAPMAN, Mark 2335 5 63:W 15:W 5:W 8:W 1:L 2:L
21:W
7 SANDLER, Leonid 2390 5 41:W 33:W 14:W 11:D 2:D 12:W 3:L
8 LOJANICA,
Milenko 2017 5 56:W 10:W 29:W 6:L 21:L 30:W 27:W
9 DIZDAREVIC, Mehmedalija
1958 5 58:W 34:D 22:D 17:W 48:W 3:L 25:W
10 COOK, Patrick 1725 5 67:W 8:L
40:D 54:W 60:W 22:D 23:W
11 BOOTH, Stewart 2198 4.5 77:W 19:W 38:W 7:D 16:W
1:L 4:L
12 BEAUMONT, David 2032 4.5 27:W 29:L 42:W 25:W 23:W 7:L 20:D
13
ROZYCKI, Edyta 1992 4.5 48:W 25:W 1:L 19:D 22:D 49:W 15:D
14 STEAD, Kerry
1970 4.5 26:W 17:W 7:L 49:L 46:W 28:D 22:W
15 DRAGICEVIC, Domagoj 1833 4.5
79:W 6:L 26:W 47:W 3:L 48:W 13:D
16 ANDERSON, Alistair 1912 4.5 61:W 24:D
43:W 37:W 11:L 36:W 5:L
17 BOASMAN, Ian 1716 4.5 59:W 14:L 69:W 9:L 38:D 43:W
37:W
18 PARTSI, Dimitry 1817 4.5 75:W 4:L 47:L 53:W 55:W 26:D 36:W
19
McCART, Richard 1749 4.5 66:W 11:L 68:W 13:D 36:L 60:W 38:W
20 ALI,
Mosaddeque 1888 4.5 68:L 50:L 52:W 57:W 62:W 47:W 12:D
21 CHOW, Sam 1893 4
60:W 1:L 27:W 51:W 8:W 4:L 6:L
22 LOJANICA, Zdravko 1450 4 32:W 37:D 9:D 29:W
13:D 10:D 14:L
23 WILLS, Adrian 1948 4 57:W 49:W 3:L 62:W 12:L 29:W
10:L
24 WEST, Guy 2415 4 45:W 16:D 62:W 2:L 28:D 25:L 49:W
25 SZUVEGES,
Narelle 1758 4 72:W 13:L 61:W 12:L 39:W 24:W 9:L
26 GHOBRIAL, Adel 1618 4
14:L 67:W 15:L 69:W 31:W 18:D 35:D
27 SCHEPISI, David 1636 4 12:L 78:W 21:L
74:W 33:W 44:W 8:L
28 ZIVANOVIC, Rados 1708 4 76:W 5:L 70:D 40:W 24:D 14:D
32:D
29 SANTAVEC, Joe 1790 4 78:W 12:W 8:L 22:L 51:W 23:L 52:W
30
FLETCHER, Steven 1804 4 40:W 3:L 51:L 65:W 58:W 8:L 47:W
31 BERGMANIS,
Olgerts 1767 4 52:D 32:D 53:W 4:L 26:L 51:W 50:W
32 YANG, Song 1826 4 22:L
31:D 60:L 73:W 40:W 50:W 28:D
33 VAN RIEL, Bas 1873 4 39:W 7:L 48:L 64:W 27:L
57:W 56:W
34 COOK, Geoff 1744 4 71:W 9:D 37:L 39:D 47:L 53:W 48:W
35
FLUDE, David 1761 4 69:L 64:W 50:D 60:L 54:W 63:W 26:D
36 SHARMAN, Scot 1679
3.5 1:L 65:W 45:W 5:D 19:W 16:L 18:L
37 CHNG, Adrian 1917 3.5 65:W 22:D 34:W
16:L 63:W 5:L 17:L
38 TSAGARAKIS, Angelo 1920 3.5 50:W 70:W 11:L 48:L 17:D
41:W 19:L
39 LINDBERG, Douglas 1459 3.5 33:L 55:D 56:W 34:D 25:L 58:D
63:W
40 FERRIS, Shaun 1436 3.5 30:L 77:W 10:D 28:L 32:L 72:W 62:W
41
MOLLARD, Max 1651 3.5 7:L 60:D 73:W 70:W 5:L 38:L 61:W
42 ZIVANOVIC,
Andjelija 1639 3.5 4:L 75:W 12:L 61:D 56:D 68:W 44:D
43 SAHAR, Itshak 1775
3.5 54:D 69:W 16:L 50:L 66:W 17:L 65:W
44 FLITNEY, Adrian 1927 3.5 64:W 62:L
54:W 63:D 50:D 27:L 42:D
45 KABLE, John 1655 3.5 24:L 73:D 36:L 52:D 79:W
61:D 64:W
46 HEALEY, Leigh 1722 3.5 70:L 61:L 79:W 71:W 14:L 64:D 60:W
47
BOWEN, Leon 1588 3 5:L 59:W 18:W 15:L 34:W 20:L 30:L
48 DUNCAN, Jim 1630 3
13:L 72:W 33:W 38:W 9:L 15:L 34:L
49 GUTHRIE, Aaron 1709 3 74:W 23:L 71:W
14:W 4:L 13:L 24:L
50 VAN BEEK, Ralph 1522 3 38:L 20:W 35:D 43:W 44:D 32:L
31:L
51 BECKMAN, John 1577 3 0: 0:W 30:W 21:L 29:L 31:L 68:W
52 BROWN,
Cyril 1333 3 31:D 54:L 20:L 45:D 77:W 55:W 29:L
53 CZUCZMAN, Ken 1576 3 2:L
76:W 31:L 18:L 59:W 34:L 70:W
54 FORACE, Lee 1342 3 43:D 52:W 44:L 10:L 35:L
79:W 58:D
55 POWER, Paul 1639 3 3:L 39:D 66:D 68:W 18:L 52:L 71:W
56
BEKKER, Gary 1631 3 8:L 66:D 39:L 67:W 42:D 70:W 33:L
57 ABBOTT, William 1581
3 23:L 74:L 78:W 20:L 69:W 33:L 66:W
58 BROCKMAN, Roland 1606 3 9:L 71:L 75:W
76:W 30:L 39:D 54:D
59 DOUR, Nicolas 1100 3 17:L 47:L 65:L 0:W 53:L 78:W
75:W
60 O'HIGGINS, Niall 1495 2.5 21:L 41:D 32:W 35:W 10:L 19:L 46:L
61
PEDERSEN, Rune 1500 2.5 16:L 46:W 25:L 42:D 70:D 45:D 41:L
62 WILLIAMS, Matt
1700 2.5 73:W 44:W 24:L 23:L 20:L 65:D 40:L
63 LINDBERG, Gordon 1648 2.5 6:L
79:W 74:W 44:D 37:L 35:L 39:L
64 OGDEN, Marcus 1576 2.5 44:L 35:L 72:W 33:L
71:W 46:D 45:L
65 LEROY, Andrew 1514 2.5 37:L 36:L 59:W 30:L 74:W 62:D
43:L
66 TRUONG, Lance 1307 2.5 19:L 56:D 55:D 77:D 43:L 75:W 57:L
67
BEKKER, Josh 1190 2.5 10:L 26:L 77:D 56:L 75:L 0:W 76:W
68 PRILLELTENSKY,
Matan 1465 2 20:W 2:L 19:L 55:L 76:W 42:L 51:L
69 FINLAY, Colin 1325 2 35:W
43:L 17:L 26:L 57:L 74:L 79:W
70 JAGER, Jesse 1176 2 46:W 38:L 28:D 41:L 61:D
56:L 53:L
71 NAGAO, Daichi 1198 2 34:L 58:W 49:L 46:L 64:L 77:W 55:L
72
FRANGAKIS, John 1309 2 25:L 48:L 64:L 75:D 73:W 40:L 77:D
73 GANNON, Stan
1462 2 62:L 45:D 41:L 32:L 72:L 76:D 78:W
74 SMITH, Wendy 1076 2 49:L 57:W
63:L 27:L 65:L 69:W 0:
75 MACHET, Richard 1442 1.5 18:L 42:L 58:L 72:D 67:W
66:L 59:L
76 VAN DIJK, Marieke 883 1.5 28:L 53:L 0:W 58:L 68:L 73:D
67:L
77 DAVIS, Geoff 1637 1.5 11:L 40:L 67:D 66:D 52:L 71:L 72:D
78
BUCHALKA, Michael 1374 1 29:L 27:L 57:L 79:L 0:W 59:L 73:L
79 STEWART, Scott
1454 1 15:L 63:L 46:L 78:W 45:L 54:L 69:L
The 2001 Tasmanian Championships attracted a good field of 20 players including six of the state's best. KEVIN BONHAM won the event for the first time, with defending 3-times champion PAVEL SAKOV, 1995 champion ALIJA PREMILOVAC and 1991 champion MARCEL ROTHLISBERGER all tied for second a point back. MILAN MIHELCIC and DAVID MIDDLETON won the ratings prizes.
6.5/8 Kevin Bonham (1875)
5.5 Alija Premilovac (1862), Pavel Sakov (1962),
Marcel Rothlisberger (1855)
5 Peter Knight (1790), Arthur Dolezal (Unr),
Milan Mihelcic (1643)
4.5 Nigel Frame (1826)
4 Mike Stubbs (1739), Cameron
Harris (1738), Charles Chadwick (Unr), Ross George (1681), Lazar Divkovic
(1656)
3.5 David Middleton (1074), Janice Martin (f)(1466)
3 Thelston
Sturges (1366)
2.5 Graham Richards (1459), David Christian (1348), Leo Minol
(1291)
0.5 Billy Shaw (j)(Unr)
DAVID FERRIS from the Hobart International Chess Club was responsible for the good turnout. Full Report: http://www.auschess.org.au/tasch01.htm
1 SONTER, Matthew 1689 7/7
2 SOLOMON, Stephen 2418 6
3 SUMMERS, Paul
1769 5½
4 WELLER, Tony 1793 5
5 JEMPSON, Ross 1551 5
6 DAVISON, Wayne
1521 5
7 CRAVEN, Mark 1737 5
8 ELKINGTON, Derek 1613 5
9 MACLEOD, Keith
1723 5
10 MYERS, John 1994 4½
11 GOODWIN, Bob 1450 4½
12 HANCOCKS, Tony
1347 4½
13 KIRBY, Darryl 1273 4
14 HORWOOD, Melba 1547 4
15 MEHLTRETER,
Otto 1836 4
Full results at http://www.caq.org.au/htm/hbostd.htm
50 players
A Category 3 2001 Grand Prix event. Presented by the Queensland University Games Society in conjunction with the Australian Chess Federation and the Chess Association of Queensland. Supported by the UQ Union.
The revival of chess on campus at The University of Queensland is getting a kick start with the inaugural UQ Chess Challenge in April. Here are the details.
When: Saturday April 21 & Sunday April 22
Venue: The Holt Room, Union
Building, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia campus
Total Prize Money:
$2670
Prize List:
Open $500 $400 $300 $200 $100
U/2000 $200 $100 $75
U/1600 $200 $100 $75
Junior $100 $50 $30
Women $60 $40 $20
Unrated $60 $40 $20
Entry Fees: Standard - $70, Concession - $50, Junior - $40.
Entries received by Thursday 12th April 2001 will receive a discount on entry fees of $10. Members of the Queensland University Games Society will receive a further $5 discount. Otherwise, entries will be accepted up to 9:10am on Saturday 21st April 2001.
Format: Seven rounds, 60 minutes each way for all moves
Round Times:
Saturday: 9.30am, 12.00pm, 2.30pm, 5.00pm
Sunday: 9.30am, 12.00pm, 2.30pm
Presentations will be made at 5pm after the final round.
Enquiries:
By phone - DAVID COWLAND-COOPER 0414 498556
By e-mail - <uqchess@hotmail.com>
Light meals and coffee are available on campus. Accommodation is available on campus and in nearby Toowong and Brisbane City.
The Egyptian players who participated in the Australian Open at Canberra in January are offering strong Australian players the opportunity to visit Egypt for a couple of their big events.
4th Tanta Open 18-28 April, 2001
The tournament should be played in Tanta City about 90 km from Cairo-Egypt. It is Open for GM-IM-invited players then high ratings till it reaches 40 players.
Swiss System - 9 Rounds - 40 Players (5 GMs - 20 IMs) - 20 EGY players -
Time control 7 hours - Fischer system.
Arrival 17 April 2001 -1st round 18 April- last Round 27 April Closing Ceremony and departure 28 April. Play start at 4.pm daily.
Full Accommodation and 3 meals in 3 star Hotel - single Room for Invited GMs and double room for invited IMs
Free transportation inside Egypt, including from and to Airport; Free Tourist tours; Free entry fee for invited players
1st Prize US$750, 2nd $650, 3rd $600, 4th $550, 5th $500, 6th $450, 7th $400, 8th $350, 9th $300, 10th $250. We need only one player from each country
Our email is <ecf@idsc.net.eg< and <haskh@yahoo.com>
Hassan Khaled General Director Egyptian Chess Federation
My phone is +20-2-3378987 and Mobile:+20-10-5003063; Blitzin handle:haskd
Tournament Director: Refaat Raslan : Mobile :+20-12-3473891
Egyptian Chess Federation : Phone and Fax : +20-2-2604285
We will organize also 5th Golden Cleopatra Open with the same conditions from 2-12 May 2001. In Cairo Eastern Company Sports Club, about 5 kms from Pyramids but 10 Rounds without rest Day , 1st Round 2 May, last Round 11 May, Closing Ceremony 12 May.
And its prizes are : 1st US$1,000, then 2nd $800, 3rd $700, 4th $600, 5th $500, 6th $400, 7th $300, 8th $200, 9th $150, 10th 150.
So please who wants to participate in both or any of the two tournaments, contact me for any more details.
Graeme Gardiner