ACF Bulletin # 158 - 1 April 2002
 
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 IN THIS ISSUE
 
 Doeberl Cup, Darling Downs Open, Oceanic Zonal, ACF Council Meeting, ACF
 Sponsorship Committee, ACF Ratings, World and Asian Junior Selections,
 National Teams Competitions, Sports Pages, 2002 Grand Prix, 2002 Corporate
 Charity Teams Challenge, Lindsay Knight Obituary.
 
 DOEBERL CUP
 
 IM David Smerdon caused something of a sensation at the Doeberl Cup by
 defeating IM Gary Lane, GM Ian Rogers and GM Darryl Johansen in successive
 rounds. David finished with a draw against Brett Tindall to score a
 memorable victory on 6.5/7.
 
 Open: 
 
 1st David Smerdon 6.5
 2nd Ian Rogers 5.5 
 3rd = Tomek Rej, Doug Hamilton, Brett Tindall, Gary Lane 5.0
 Best local player Vladimir Smirnov 4.5
 Best Junior Gareth Oliver, Svetozar Stojic 3.5
 
 Major:
 
 1st Ilya Zvedeniouk, Milenko Lojanica 6.0  
 3rd Oscar Oendy 5.5
 1700-1799 Tony Weller, Adrian De Noskowski, Gogulapati Ramakrishna 5.0
 Under 1700 Roland Brockman, Clive Lane, Philip Wen, Matthew Pakovic, Ewa
 Yap, Ian Dickson 4.0
 
 Minor:
 
 1st Shaun Ferris 6.5
 2nd John Baker, Tom McCoy, Arthur Hujah 5.5
 Under 1350 Nguyen Tran, Khoi Huang, 5.0
 Best unrated Tor Lattimore 4.5
 
 Smerdon 2326 Rogers 2555 B14 
 
 1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.cxd5 Bg7 7.Bb5+ Nbd7 8.d6
 exd6 9.Qe2+ Qe7 10.Bf4 Qxe2+ 11.Bxe2 Ke7 12.Bf3 Nb6 13.Nge2 h6 14.h4 Be6
 15.Rc1 Nfd5 16.Nxd5+ Nxd5 17.0-0 Kd7 18.Bxd5 Bxd5 19.Nc3 Bc4 20.Rfd1 g5
 21.hxg5 hxg5 22.Bxg5 Rh5 23.Be3 Rah8 24.f3 d5 25.b3 Ba6 26.Bf4 b6 27.Kf2
 Bf6 28.g4 Rh3 29.Nxd5 Bh4+ 30.Kg2 Be2 31.Kxh3 Bxf3 32.Be5 Rh6 33.g5 Bxg5+
 34.Kg3 Bxd5 35.Rc7+ Ke6 36.Kf2 Bh4+ 37.Ke3 Bg5+ 38.Ke2 f6 39.Bg3 Rh3
 40.Kf2 Be3+ 41.Kxe3 Rxg3+ 42.Kf4 Rf3+ 43.Kg4 f5+ 44.Kg5 Rg3+ 45.Kh4 f4
 46.Re1+ Kf6 47.Rc8 Rg2 48.Rf8+ Bf7 49.Re4 Kf5 50.Re5+ Kf6 51.Kh3 Rxa2
 52.Kg4 Kg7 53.Ra8 Bxb3 54.Kxf4 Kf6 55.Rf8+ Kg7 56.Rc8 Rf2+ 57.Ke3 Rf7
 58.d5 Rd7 59.Kd4 a5 60.Rc6 a4 61.Rxb6 Kf7 62.d6 Kf6 63.Re1 Bf7 64.Rf1+ Kg7
 65.Rf3 Bb3 66.Rc6 Kg6 67.Kc5 Be6 68.Rc7 Rd8 69.Ra7 Rc8+ 70.Kd4 Rd8 71.Ke5
 Bb3 72.d7 Bd1 73.Rg3+ Kf7 74.Kd6 1-0
 
 DARLING DOWNS OPEN
 
 1st John Myers 6/7
 2nd David Stephson 5.5
 3rd Matthew Sonter 5.5
 4th Keven Duncan
 5th Alain Pardoen
 6th John Walker
 Rating Group A Keith Macleod
 Rating Group B Joshua Stewart
 Best Downs Player Andrew Dewis
 Best Cadet Steven Cooke
 39 players
 
 OCEANIC ZONAL
 
 The official Australian representatives for the upcoming Oceanic Zonal to
 be held in Fiji from 6 to 11 May have been selected and are as follows:
 
 Open:
 
 1. GM Darryl Johansen
 2. IM Gary Lane
 Res. IM John-Paul Wallace
  
 Women:
 
 1. WIM Irina Berezina
 2. WIM Laura Moylan
 Res. WFM Narelle Szuveges
 
 Official representatives need to supply brief chess biodata and two
 photographs by Friday 12 April to Gary Bekker <gbekker@mira.net.
 
 Entries for non selected players close on Friday 19 April.
 
 A list of anticipated entries and all details is given at
 http://www.auschess.org.au/oceania/fzt.htm
 
 ACF COUNCIL MEETING
 
 At the ACF Council Meeting held last Monday, it was agreed that as the
 Melbourne Chess Club/Aust Champs organising committee had been unable to
 come to suitable terms with Johansen and Speck, the right to host the play
 off for the Australian Championships would be opened up. Bids are
 therefore requested for this event. Please contact the ACF Tournament
 Director Michael Baron <michael_baron@hotmail.com.
 
 At the meeting the right to host the upcoming Australian Juniors was
 awarded to the South Australian Chess Association.
 
 No formal bids have been received for the upcoming Australian Open. The
 ACF is concerned by this situation and encourages formal bids or
 registrations of interest as soon as possible. Please contact the ACF
 Tournament Director, Michael Baron <michael_baron@hotmail.com.
 
 ACF SPONSORSHIP COMMITTEE
 
 The ACF Sponsorship Committee have started meeting and are undergoing an
 ambitious task. The committee comprises Lloyd Suttor, Ashley Rambukwella,
 Peter Koshnitsky, Jason Lyons, Peter Wallman, Adam Spencer, John Baker and
 Ewa Soltsik.
 
 Firstly though, they wish to involve the Australian chess community by
 asking for as much help as possible with a series of questions as they
 endeavour to compile an important database. Over the next 4-5 weeks there
 will be 3 or 4 questions per week with which they would appreciate as much
 assistance as possible. Thanks are given to all those who have already
 assisted in these areas.
 
 Please reply to Peter Wallman <peter.wallman@springglobal.com.
 
 The first three matters the team would like assistance with are as
 follows:
 
 1. Players of history, eg Napoleon, Peter the Great.
 2. Current Global figures, eg Bill Gates, Lennox Lewis.
 3. Current global sponsors.
 
 The ACF is still awaiting statistics as requested from the states. These
 statistics would be helpful to the sponsorship committee as well as for
 the other reasons they are being collected.
 
 ACF RATINGS
 
 The new ACF Ratings List is out and includes new information regarding
 percentile bands. Go to http://www.auschess.org.au/ratings/acfrate.htm.
 
 WORLD AND ASIAN JUNIOR SELECTIONS
 
 My apologies for last week inadvertently including details from Brett
 Tindall which were out of date and had subsequently been amended by him. I
 understand that he has had some correspondence from players concerned that
 they were not on the list, or were down for the wrong event. I think that
 Brett has cleared this up during the week.
 
 NATIONAL TEAMS COMPETITIONS
 
 Clubs:
 
 I would like to push the idea of a national clubs teams competition. It
 seems to me that we should be doing a lot more to promote teams chess
 around Australia. How about the following for discussion:
 
 Teams events for Open, Under 1600 and Under 1200 sections. Teams of eight
 or ten. Under 1600 and Under 1200 must have at least two females (and
 perhaps two high schoolers?). Each state is free to choose its own format
 to decide state winners. National finals weekend is to be rotated around
 the nation. This does not necessarily have to be held on a calendar year
 basis. Could perhaps be held with the final each year in (say) June or
 September. For example, it might not be a good idea to hold the finals in
 Dec/Jan because of the schools finals and the Aust Champs/Aust Juniors and
 March might not be good because of the Doeberl Cup. Maybe the Queens
 Birthday weekend would be good or some other appropriate long weekend. The
 finals could be held over three days, six rounds with time controls of 120
 mins plus 30 seconds a move (Fischer). This type of event might attract
 reasonable sponsorship from venues needing to bring in business.
 
 Please email me with your ideas on this matter (unless you say otherwise,
 I will assume that I can publish your ideas in the correspondence section
 of this bulletin). Graeme Gardiner <ggardiner@auschess.org.au.
 
 Universities:
 
 Nick Kordahi is working, with Allan Richards assisting, in an endeavour to
 further develop the national universities teams competition commenced by
 Allan last year. Expressions of interest and/or assistance would be much
 appreciated by Nick <nickk@chan-naylor.com.au.
 
 SPORTS PAGES
 
 May I suggest that all clubs make it a priority to regularly report all
 club tournament results to the sports pages of the local newspaper. Chess
 the clever sport!
 
 2002 GRAND PRIX
 
 Organiser: Norm Braybrooke 19 Trafalgar Drive Kippa-Ring 4021 Email
 chessnut@windsor.net.au.
 Webpage http://crcchess.topcities.com/GP2002.html
 
 I understand that there are likely to be three more events from South
 Australia entered shortly. We would dearly love to have extra events,
 especially from Victoria and Western Australia.
 
 Remaining events in 2002:
 
 4/5 May Laurieton May Open NSW Cat 1 Endel Lane 02 6559 9060
 endel@fasternet.com.au
 
 4-6 May Redcliffe Peninsula Open QLD Cat 1 Mark Stokes 07 3205 6042
 mstokes@bne.catholic.edu.au
 
 18/19 May NSWCA Cat 1 Robert Keast 02 9649 8614
 robert.keast@didata.com.au
 
 8-10 June Tasmanian Championships Burnie TAS Cat 1 Neville Ledger
 nlchess@tassie.net.au ph 03 6431 1280
 
 8-10 June NSWCA Cat 2 Robert Keast 02 9649 8614
 robert.keast@didata.com.au
 
 22/23 June Taree RSL Open NSW Cat 1 Endel Lane 02 6559 9060
 endel@fasternet.com.au
 
 22/23 June Gold Coast Open QLD Cat 3 Graeme Gardiner 07 5530 5794
 ggardiner@auschess.org.au
 
 29/30 June Suncoast Open Chess Tournament Noosa QLD Cat 3 Robert Hochstadt
 07 5447 5056 robhoch@ozemail.com.au
 
 July (Date TBA) Fairfield Winter Cup NSW Cat TBA Rolando Atienza 0421
 379940 atienzarolando@hotmail.com
 
 13/14 July Adelaide University Open SA Cat 3 Robin Wedding 08 8303 3029
 chess@smug.adelaide.edu.au
 
 3/4 August NSWCA Cat 1 Robert Keast 02 9649 8614
 robert.keast@didata.com.au
 
 10/11 August Coal City Open NSW Cat 2 George Lithgow 02 4943 3862
 george.lithgow@bigpond.com
 
 7/8 September Launceston Weekender TAS Cat 1 Leo Minol 03 6344 7472
 leominol@bigpond.com
 
 14/15 Sept Hobsons Bay Open VIC Cat 1 Peter Caissa 0411 710900
 pcaissa@melbpc.org.au
 
 21/22 Sept Gold Coast Classic QLD Cat 3 Graeme Gardiner 07 5530 5794
 ggardiner@auschess.org.au
 
 5/6 Oct Redliffe Challenge QLD Cat 1 Mark Stokes 07 3205 6042
 mstokes@bne.catholic.edu.au
 
 5-7 Oct Koala Open NSW Cat 3 Brian Jones 02 9838 1529
 chessaus@chessaustralia.com.au
 
 12/13 Oct Tweed Heads Open QLD Cat 3 Audie Pennefather 07 5536 9185
 pennefather@iprimus.com
 
 2/3 Nov Laurieton Open NSW Cat 1 Endel Lane 02 6559 9060
 endel@fasternet.com.au
 
 3-5 Nov Tasmanian Open Hobart TAS Cat 1 Kevin Bonham  03 6224 8487
 k_bonham@tassie.net.au
 
 16/17 Nov Taree RSL Spring Open NSW Cat 1 Endel Lane 02 6559 9060
 endel@fasternet.com.au
 
 23/24 Nov NSWCA Cat 1 Robert Keast 02 9649 8614 robert.keast@didata.com.au
 
 December (Date TBA) Fairfield Winter Cup NSW Cat TBA Rolando Atienza 0421
 379940 atienzarolando@hotmail.com
 
 NSW 16, Qld 6, Tas 4, ACT 1, SA 1, WA 1, Vic 1.
 
 2002 CORPORATE CHARITY TEAMS CHESS CHALLENGE - HANNA GHARIB
 Date : Sunday, 16 June 2002
 Time : 10 a.m. to 4 p.m
 Venue : Lakelands Golf Course, Gold Coast, Queensland.
 The above Chess Challenge is an annual event organised by the Gold Coast
 Chess Club, a non-profit club solely run by volunteers; and this event
 serves not only to promote chess as a thinking sport but also as our means
 of contributing to the less fortunate in our society. All proceeds (less
 expenses) from this event will be donated to Paradise Kids, an
 organisation working with kids experiencing grief, loss and life-limiting
 illness .
 The Chess Challenge consists of teams of four members each competing
 against other teams based upon their level of performance. There are no
 eliminations; everyone plays in every round. There will be seven rounds (
 20 minutes a side) and the challenge will be run using the Swiss format.
 The Director of Play for this charity challenge will be Mr Graeme
 Gardiner, President of the Australian Chess Federation. Entry fees for the
 event will be $120 per team; with a simple BBQ lunch included; and drinks
 will be available at bar prices. Participants will have a fun day with
 time for socialising and networking etc. 
 Fortunately for us, Lakelands Golf Course has kindly given us their help
 and support by providing us with their great conference facilities. We
 still do however, need your help and support viz:
 *	Prizes : We are seeking prizes (goods, services etc) which we will
 offer as first, second, third and random door prizes to encourage/attract
 participants. 
 *	Teams : Our target is to attract at least thirty teams and to this
 effect, we hope that your organisation will be able to send in at least a
 representative team. All skill levels are catered for, therefore there is
 no minimum skill level required as the aim is to have fun, socialise and
 network. 
 *	Printing : Any donation towards the cost of promotional materials
 will be greatly appreciated. 
 *	Food : We would appreciate donations of meat (BBQ meat, sausages
 etc), bread rolls, salads, roast chickens, fried chickens, pizzas etc and
 are able to pick-up the items from your organisation.
 All support given will be fully acknowledged appropriately during our
 promotion of the event in the website we are creating or in notices; by
 prominently displaying the name of your organisation. 
 We would greatly appreciate any support and help your organisation can
 provide and do look forward to hearing from you soon. In the meantime, we
 do thank you for your time and should you require further information,
 please do contact me on 0402 119 822 or 07 5525 1822 or via email
 <hannag@iprimus.com.au.
 
 LINDSAY KNIGHT 12 JUNE 1951 - 7 MARCH 2002
 
 Obituary written by Lindsay's brother John.
 
 In 1958 Lindsay's brother John taught himself chess from the book "Teach
 Yourself Chess" by Garry Koshnitsky, and then taught his brothers in order
 to have opponents. The three boys and their mother used to play at home
 regularly.
 
 Lindsay's maternal grandfather Tom Hetherington was a very good chess
 player in Newcastle on Tyne in England, and the high point of his career
 was drawing with then world champion Capablanca at a simultaneous
 exhibition in the 1920s. John was chess champion of Mount Gravatt High
 each year until 1964 when all three brothers were at the school and Allan,
 John and Lindsay came first, second and third. In 1966 Allan was runner up
 in the Queensland under 16 chess championship. Allan's son Richard was
 Brisbane GPS under 16 chess champion in the 1990's.
 
 Lindsay left school after the Junior Public Examination and got a job as a
 storeman. When he turned 21 he was required to leave, and joined another
 company, which was wound up in the early 1980's.  After that he worked at
 occasional casual jobs.  In the last few years he suffered from the
 complications of diabetes.
 
 Lindsay was involved in running the Brisbane and QUT clubs for some years.
 
 Chess was Lindsay's main interest for 43 years, and he collapsed with a
 heart attack at around 5pm on March 6 just after finishing a game of
 chess. He died in the Mater Hospital on March 7 without regaining
 consciousness. 
 
 Lindsay's funeral will be at 2pm on Wednesday April 3, at the crematorium
 at the Mount Gravatt cemetery at Mains Road. 
 
 
 With very best wishes to all.
 
 
 Graeme Gardiner
 President Australian Chess Federation
 11 Hardys Road Mudgeeraba Queensland 4213
 Phone +61 7 5530 5794
 Mobile 0438 305797
 Fax +61 7 5530 6959
 Email ggardiner@auschess.org.au
 Chess - the Clever Sport! 
 
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