ACF Bulletin No. 109 - 25 March 2001
IN THIS ISSUE
Webpage, Oceanic Zonal, Corporate Sponsorship, News from South
Australia, 2001 Grand Prix, The Italo Australian Club 39th Doeberl Cup, Sydney
Easter Cup, Darling Downs Open, Public Liability Insurance for your state or
club.
WEBPAGE
PAUL
BROEKHUYSE has being doing a fantastic job on the webpage which is being
reflected in a greatly increased number of hits. His latest innovation is an
interstate teams internet match along the lines of the Kasparov v Rest of the
World internet match. Team moves will be voted upon. Visit the ACF webpage at
www.auschess.org.au to register for your state or
territory.
Another interesting part of the site is the bulletin board
where a series of interesting discussions take place. In recent days there have
been interesting debates on the new FIDE time controls and the statistical side
of the ratings system.
Amongst a host of other information are the weekly
chess columns of IAN ROGERS, PETER PARR and IAN MURRAY and a new 'Games Galore'
section.
Watch this space for more developments in the coming
weeks.
OCEANIC
ZONAL
Interest in the Oceanic Zonal, to be
held at the Radisson Palm Meadows, Gold Coast from 22-27 April, is
encouraging.
Confirmed entries to date:
Open: Wallace 2366,
Feldman 2399, Zhao 2396, Wastney (NZ seed) 2241, Tindall 2226, Jones (Brian)
2196, Jones (Lee) Unrated.
Women: Berezina 2295, Mills Unrated, Smith (NZ
seed) Unrated.
Interest:
Open: Stead 2183, Lukey 2234, PNG seed,
Kumar (Fiji seed) Unrated, Levi 2245, Allen 2255, Corker 2027, Reilly 2229,
Gluzman 2432, Ilic 2021, Smith (NZ) 2282, Sandler 2402.
Women: Koshnitsky
2156, Lip Unrated, Moylan 2121, Szuveges 2046.
Entry form with full
details at http://www.auschess.org.au/zBrochure.doc
The PNG seed will be
decided at the PNG Open being run by Gary Bekker over Easter.
CORPORATE
SPONSORSHIP
Former ACF President PETER
WALLMAN has kindly taken on the task of Corporate Relations. This is not an easy
job. In fact it is very challenging. Australian chess has never had a major
national sponsor. Whilst Cepacol and Mercantile Mutual did a good job
specifically on the Grand Prix for a few years, Peter will be endeavouring to
build a relationship with big business covering the whole of Australian
chess.
Whilst Peter has several very high level contacts in the Sydney
corporate sector, he would very much appreciate the names of any chess players
(especially in Sydney) who move in high level corporate circles. Please contact
Peter at peter.wallman@springglobal.com or myself at ggardiner@somerset.qld.edu.au
NEWS FROM SOUTH AUSTRALIA -
GEORGE HOWARD
JOSEPH TANTI is the new
Secretary of SAJCL having taken the place of EVELYN KOSHNITSKY who has retired.
Evelyn was nominated as the SAJCL patron and she gracefully accepted. Joe has
indeed big shoes to fill. ALAN GOLDSMITH was re-elected as President of
SAJCL.
2001 GRAND
PRIX
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.
The three upcoming events are the three Easter
weekenders: Doeberl Cup (Canberra), Sydney Easter Cup and the Darling Downs Open
(Toowoomba).
THE ITALO-AUSTRALIAN CLUB 39TH
DOEBERL CUP
A Class 3 ACF Grand Prix Event,
13-16 APRIL 2001, The Italo-Australian Club, 78 Franklin Street, Forrest,
Canberra ACT
Prizes $10,000
Open Division (FIDE-rated)
First $2200,
Second $1100, Third $600, Fourth $400, Fifth $300, Under 2150 $300, Best Junior
$200, Best Local $100
Major Division (Rated under 2000 only)
First
$1000, Second $700, Third $500, 1700-1799 $300, Under 1700 $250, Best Junior
$100, Best Local $100
Minor Division (Rated under 1600 only)
First
$600, Second $400, Third $300, 1350-1499 $250, Under 1350 $200, Best Unrated
$100
Program
April 13 (Good Friday): 12:00 noon Entries close 1:15 pm
Opening ceremony 1:30 pm Round 1 7:00 pm Round 2
April 14: 10:00am Round
3 - 3:00pm Round 4 - 7:30pm Lightning Tournament
April 15: 10:00am Round 5 - 3:00pm Round 6
April 16:
9:00am Round 7 - 1:45pm Presentations
Entry Fees:
Adult $90 (GMs, IMs
free). Under 18s $50. A $20 (Adult) /$10 (Under 18s) discount applies if entry
is received by 6 April 2001. A $35 surcharge applies for under 2000 non-FIDE
rated entries to Open Section. Players must be ACT or State Association
members.
Time Limits:
Digital clocks will be used. Open Section (FIDE
rated): 32 moves in 90 minutes, then 24 moves in 30 minutes, followed by 20
seconds per move until finish. Major/ Minor Sections: 40 moves in 90 minutes,
then 30 moves in 30 minutes, followed by 20 seconds per move until
finish.
Director of Play: SHAUN PRESS
Please make cheques payable
to ACTCA. ENTRIES TO: PAUL DUNN (Treasurer, Doeberl Cup) 20 Richmond St
Macquarie ACT 2614
Information:
ROGER McCART (Convener, Doeberl Cup)
Ph: 02-6251 6190 Email:
Roger.McCart@anu.edu.au
Accommodation:
Macquarie Private Hotel 18
National Cct Barton ph 02-6273-2325 Twinshare B&B $84 per night; Single
$48:50 to $60:50 per night Forrest Motor Inn 30 National Cct Forrest ph
02-6295-3433; www.forrestinn.com.au
Single/Double/Twinshare $105 per night Telopea Inn 16 New South
Wales Cres Forrest ph 02-6295-3722 Twinshare $99 per night; Family 4 + Kitchen
$150 per night Rydge's Capital Hill Cnr Canberra Ave & National Cct Forrest
ph 02-6295-3144 Double/Twinshare B&B $179 per night
ROGER McCART ph:
(02) 6125 2041 Fax: (02) 6247 4823 Email: Roger.McCart@anu.edu.au.
THE SYDNEY 2001 EASTER
CUP
STOP PRESS
Changes to venue and timetable of Sydney 2001 Easter
Cup
This comp will now be staged by the Parramatta RSL Chess Club,
located on corner of O'Connell and Macquarie Streets Parramatta. Run on
Easter Saturday and Sunday commencing 10am. Director of Play will be
Mr. Manny Rivera on (02) 9687-5278. Games of one hour each per player,
loss on flag fall.
First prize guaranteed of $150 minimun plus trophy.
Games to be rated.
Entry fees: standard $25, Concession $20, Juniors and
Students $10.
Note this will not take place at Canterbury Leagues
Club.
Peter Hanna: rational@mpx.com.au or Paul Sike 9533-1759
Postal address P.O. Box 274, Cabramatta 2166
DARLING DOWNS
OPEN
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
$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 <normg@bigpond.com.au> with the following details:
Name of club, number of current members, main meeting venue (if any),
incorporated or unincorporated, any previous liability incidents, contact
name/address/phone/fax/email, interested parties to be noted on policy (if
any).
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 <vicwide@hotmail.com> or phone 03 9569 1569 or fax 03 9569
1515.
Very best wishes to all.
Graeme Gardiner
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