ACF Bulletin No.114 – 29 April 2001
IN
THIS ISSUE
New email addresses for Graeme and Wendy, Oceanic
Zonal, Australian Coaching Association, 2001 Grand Prix, World Junior
Championships in Greece, Open letter from the three Ks,
Correspondence.
NEW EMAIL ADDRESSES FOR GRAEME AND
WENDY
Please note our new email addresses:
Graeme graemeg@bigpond.net.au
Wendy academic.editing@telstra.com
If you have sent us emails over the last few days
that have been unanswered, please resend them.
OCEANIC ZONAL
The Oceanic representatives for the upcoming World
Championships are Michael Gluzman and Ngan Phan-Koshnitsky.
Michael overcame a poor start during which he lost to Brett Tindall and
Leonid Sandler to defeat Mark Chapman in a play off. Mark had
looked the likely winner for much of the tournament. Ngan defeated Irina
Berezina in the penultimate round from a drawish looking position.
Congratulations to both our winners and to all the participants for giving us a
very enjoyable event.
Mark Chapman and Ngan Koshnitsky won the IM and WIM titles
respectively. New Zealander Scott Wastney earned the FM title. There is
debate over the other FM title with some believing that Lee Jones has
earned the title on tiebreak whilst others believe that Andrew Allen has
done likewise. I’m not at all sure that the FIDE statutes are clear on this so
I’ve asked for a ruling from the Joint Chairmen of the FIDE Titles
Commission.
Full details and games at Gary Bekker’s
webpage http://www.auschess.org.au/oceania/zonal.htm
Many thanks to Gary Bekker, Charles Zworestine and Allan Richards for a fine job in administering the event and providing (virtually) live coverage of the games.
AUSTRALIAN COACHING ASSOCIATION
Good early work has been done by Nik Stawski
and Brett Tindall on developing a national coaching association and
national accreditation scheme. Both Nik and Brett are very busy with university
studies.
Michael Gluzman has kindly agreed to take over this very important
task. Personally I think that it is very important that Australian chess coaches
are regarded as and feel as if they are truly professional. Like any other
profession, it is important that they have respect from the community and every
opportunity for professional advancement.
I appeal to the many professional (and amateur)
coaches around Australia to give Michael every support.
Brett will continue in his role as National Junior
Coordinator.
2001 GRAND
PRIX
The
Grand Prix Supervisor is Norm Braybrooke
<chessnut@windsor.net.au> http://crcchess.topcities.com/GP2001.htm
Please support the following three events in the Grand Prix which are being held on the weekend of 5/6 May:
|
5/6
May |
Hobson's Bay Open VIC
Cat 1 Peter Caissa 0411 710900
<caissa@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 Mark
Stokes 07 3205 6042
<mstokes@bne.catholic.edu.au> |
I
am advised by Robert Keast that the Sydney Easter Cup was not a
Grand Prix event.
I
have added an email address for the Tweed Heads Open.
Details
of the 36 events for 2001 are as follows:
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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< |
|
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
< |
|
13-15
Apl |
Darling
Downs Open QLD Cat 2 Keven Duncan < |
|
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 < |
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19/20
May |
NSWCA Cat
1 Robert Keast 02
9649 8614 < |
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8/10/11
June |
NSWCA
Queen's Birthday Weekender Cat 1
Robert Keast 02 9649 8614 < |
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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 < |
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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 < |
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7/8
July |
Adelaide
University Open Cat ?
Robin Wedding 08 8303 3029 <chess@smug.adelaide.edu.au>
|
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14/15
July |
Coal City
Open Cat ? George Lithgow < |
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28/29
Jul |
ANU Open
ACT Cat 3 Shaun Press 02 6255 2040 < |
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4/5
Aug |
Mackay
Open QLD Cat 1 Stan Long Hong
07 4953 4573 <> |
|
4/5
Aug |
NSWCA Cat
1 Robert Keast 02 9649 8614 < |
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25/26
Aug |
Launceston
Weekender TAS Cat 1 Leo Minol
03 6344 7472 < |
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22/23
Sep |
Gold Coast
Classic QLD Cat 3 Graeme Gardiner 07 5530 5794 < |
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29/30
Sep |
Lidum's
Cup SA Cat 1 Roland Eime 08 8268 1374 < |
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29/30
Sep |
Redcliffe
Challenge QLD Cat 1 Mark Stokes 07 3205 6042 < |
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13/14
Oct |
Tweed
Heads Open QLD Cat 3
Audie Pennefather 07 5536 9185 <pennefather@iprimus.com> |
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3/4
Nov |
Laurieton
Open NSW Cat 1 Endel Lane 02 6559 9060 < |
|
3-5
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
Nov |
NSWCA Cat
1 Robert Keast 02 9649 8614 < |
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8/9
Dec |
Tuggeranong Vikings
Weekender ACT Cat 1 Lee Forace 02 9556 3960 < |
|
15/16
Dec |
Melbourne
Chess Club Christmas Swiss VIC Cat 2 Malcolm Pyke <dexter@labyrinth.net.au> |
GREECE WILL HOST
THE 2001 WORLD JUNIOR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
The Municipality
of Peristeri in Athens, Greece will organize the 2001 World Junior Chess
Championship for boys & girls up to 20 years old.
The games will
be played during August 16-29 in the Exhibition Center of Peristeri, Athens. It
is the first major FIDE event to be organized in Greece after the 1998 Zonal
Tournament 1.5 in Panormo, Crete. It is also the first major chess event which
will be organized in Athens, the host city of the 2004 Olympic
Games.
The games will
be covered through the Internet by Greek Chess Online, the leading Greek Chess
Vortal at http://www.greekchess.com/pagosmio - the official
website.
OPEN LETTER TO
THE GLOBAL CHESS COMMUNITY FROM THE THREE Ks
The following
letter from Kasparov, Karpov and Kramnik has provoked much debate
around the world. What do you think?
“As the 12th,
13th, and 14th World Chess Champions, we are writing jointly to voice our
disagreement with recent statements and unilateral decisions made by FIDE, the
international chess federation. In particular, we are very concerned about
FIDE's policy changes regarding the official time controls, their treatment of
the history of the World Championship, and their open hostility toward the
organizers of traditional events.
The world's
chessplayers have been denied a voice in these matters, and we who represent
these conventions at the highest level see the need to set aside our differences
and speak out publicly in defense of the game that has brought us so much joy.
Many players and European chess federations are critical of FIDE's recent
actions and we hope to lend a powerful and unequivocal voice to this
protest.
The time honored
traditions and rules of classical chess are not to be toyed with and any changes
should be made only after such plans are studied and debated in an open forum.
Drastically shortening the amount of time available during a game is an attack
on both the players and on the artistic and scientific elements of the game of
chess itself. To implement these rules without an adequate period for
reflection, discussion, and review is foolhardy and cavalier.
Of greater
concern is the behavior of FIDE in regard to the prestige and tradition of the
World Chess Championship. FIDE's declaration in Tehran laid claim to a title
that existed long before FIDE was created and, we might say, will exist long
after it is gone. A century of tradition cannot be wiped away simply by saying
that it is so. The true tradition lives on in us and in the minds and memories
of millions of chess enthusiasts around the globe. It is unacceptable for FIDE
to claim rights to the World Chess Championship while at the same time working
to destroy the structures upon which the tradition was built.
Nor are the
traditional tournaments that have given so much to chess safe from FIDE. Their
threat to schedule FIDE events in competition with traditional ones is nothing
less than a direct attack on the organizers, players, and fans of events such as
Linares, Dortmund, and Wijk aan Zee.
Chess is not
FIDE's property to toss around like a bauble. The game belongs to the global
chess community.
Based on FIDE's
accompanying statements, these ill-advised measures have been taken in an
attempt to popularize the sport of chess. This is an admirable goal, but it is
impossible to achieve it by assaulting the very things that elevate the game
most of all: beautiful games of chess, traditional top tournaments, and the
quest for the World Championship.
The chess world
is depending on its leaders to provide a suitable and democratic solution to
this unsatisfactory state of affairs. We propose an open dialogue on these
matters between FIDE, the national federations of which it is composed, and the
players - professional and amateur alike - it was created to represent. In this
dialogue we will depend on the participation of the fans, organizers, and
sponsors to whom chess owes a great deal. We, who have both given to and
received so much from chess, look forward to being on the front lines in this
battle to protect the status and legacy of the game we
love.”
Anatoly
Karpov
Garry
Kasparov
Vladimir
Kramnik
CORRESPONDENCE
JAKUB
FUKSIK
I would like to
inform you about two our tournaments, which will take place during summer in
Olomouc (Czech Republic).
The most
important event will be traditional chess festival Olomouc Chess Summer 2001,
which will take place on August 1-9, 2001.
There will be organized several tournaments:
1) GM round
robin tournament, category 8-10 FIDE (10-12 players)
2) IM round
robin tournament, category 3-4 FIDE (10-12 players) - 2-3 groups
3) FIDE open - 9
rounds, 2/40+1 (August 2-9, 2001)
We are looking
for players for all our tournaments!
The second event
MLADI OPEN 2001 is a tournament for young players up to age of 20. It will take
place on June 24-28, 2001 in Olomouc as well. There will be 2
categories:
1) FIDE
open
2) national
open
For best players
are prepared many prizes. The most interesting will be probably 1st prize in
FIDE OPEN - free start in round-robin IM tournament of category 3-4 FIDE in
Olomouc (1.-9.8.2001).
If you are
interested in attendance at our competitions, please contact us at below address
and we will inform you about start conditions. Complete information about both
events are also published at our web site http://www.proclient.cz/a64 Email:
Information
about FIDE open in August are also published at Czech Tour series site http://www.proclient.cz/czechtour
JEAN CHRISTOPHE
PIRINI
I inform you
that this year the International Chess Tournament City of Cesenatico will be
played from the 9 to the 16 September.
From the end of April
on the WEB site www.antiquascom.it you will find the convention
hotel.
PETR
HEREJK
I would like to invite you to The 7th International Chess Festival "Festival Schneider Bohemia " Pilsen 2001, which will take place during 18th - 26th August 2001 at "Strelecky stadion" Pilsen Lobzy (The Czech Republik).
The main
tournament of this Festival is International Open Czech Championship. (1st prize
20 000 CZK, sum of prizes 81 000 CZK).
For detailed
information look at http://www.volny.cz/pmarik/ Atleticka 100/2, 160
17 Praha 6 - Strahov, The Czech Republik tel+fax.++42 2 57210981, e-mail: herejk@cstv.cz
With very best
wishes to all.
Graeme Gardiner
Phone/fax 07 5530 5794