From: "Graeme Gardiner" To: "Graeme Gardiner" Subject: ACF Bulletin # 176 - 4 August 2002 Date: Sunday, 4 August 2002 8:53 PM ACF Bulletin # 176 - 4 August 2002 (If you do not wish to receive this bulletin, please email Graeme Gardiner ggardiner@auschess.org.au). Paid Advertisement Chess Kids is again seeking expressions of interest in full-time or part-time chess coaching positions available in Melbourne. This is a great life-style and an opportunity for a serious person to make a comfortable living. Chess Kids has started a chess library which currently has over 600 book titles and 1000 magazines and bulletins. We are seeking donations to expand this libary. The library will be made available to all chess-players free of charge! Eventually this will include software and computer database facilities as well as books. As recognition of generous support contributors will have their names engraved on a perpetual plaque. The library will be housed in the brand-new Chess Kids club rooms. These are located at 758 North Rd, Ormond, Victoria and will be open to the public from October 7th. Keep your eyes open here for further details of our Grand Opening and events that will be held at these premises. IN THIS ISSUE Bled Olympiad, ABC Radio National 'Perspective', Appeal Result, British Championships, ACF Communication, National Universities Teams Competition, World Youth Under 16 Olympiad, January 2004 Australian Championships, 2002 Grand Prix, North Queensland Open, Rooty Hill Open, ANU Open report, NSWCA Weekender results, Correspondence. BLED OLYMPIAD 25 OCTOBER TO 11 NOVEMBER John Paul Wallace has withdrawn from the Olympiad team and the first reserve, Michael Gluzman has replaced him. John-Paul is now the first reserve. I would like to thank ACF Selections Coordinator Gary Bekker, Selectors Andrew Allen, Kevin Bonham, Mark Chapman, Tim Reilly and Stephen Solomon and Appeal Tribunal Robert Colquhoun, Robert Jamieson and Peter Parr for their diligence during the selection process. These are never easy tasks. Please support our team! Chess is one of the few sports in Australia that does not receive Federal Government funding for the national team to attend the number one world competition in that sport. For the first time the ACF is able to offer credit card facilities. Please just provide your credit card number, expiry date, name of cardholder and amount of donation by email to the ACF Treasurer, Norm Greenwood at normg@bigpond.com.au. If you are concerned about the security of your credit card over the net, send your details by fax to Graeme Gardiner at 07 5530 6959. Alternatively please send your cheque payable to the Australian Chess Federation to Norm Greenwood at PO Box 1840 Hornsby Westfield NSW 1635. All donations will be acknowleged in this bulletin. ABC RADIO NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE - CHESS IS A SPORT ABC Radio National 'Perspective' producer Kyla Slaven gave me the opportunity to put the case for chess as a sport on this programme at 5.55pm on Friday. This is what I had to say http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/perspective/. APPEAL RESULT - KEVIN BONHAM In ACF Bulletin #169 I reported that Reg Harvey and Phil Donnelly had been warned by me after a conversation between them following an incident in their game in round 5 of the 2002 Tasmanian Championships caused distraction to another player. Phil Donnelly appealed his warning, and we agreed to refer this appeal to the ACF given the small-world nature of Tasmanian chess. It was ruled that the warning stands, but is downgraded to a "mild warning", meaning that a penalty will not automatically apply for a subsequent incident of the same nature. We both thank IA-Elect Charles Zworestine for hearing the appeal. BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIPS 28 JULY TO 10 AUGUST Australian IMs and Olympiad team members Alex Wohl and Gary Lane are both on 3/5 in the British Open. Follow the action at http://www.bcf.org.uk/events/bcf2002/british.htm. ACF COMMUNICATION The ACF webpage http://www.auschess.org.au/ now averages 3,000 hits per week. This is a tribute to ACF webmaster Paul Broekhuyse and his helper(s). It is full of interest and activity. This weekly email bulletin goes to over 1,400 players, administrators etc. I am always looking for more chess people to add to this list and would very much appreciate assistance with this matter. I am also looking for someone to put together a complete directory of clubs, leagues, states, commercial bodies etc involved in Australian chess. Much of this information is available by trawling the web and by links from the ACF webpage but it would be great to have it all brought together in directory format. Please let me know if you are prepared to provide this service for Australian chess. NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES TEAMS COMPETITION The ACF is seeking a coordinator from each state to join a committee charged each year with organising a national universities teams competition, preferably to coincide with the Inter Varsity Week, which this year is scheduled for Adelaide from 29 September to 4 October. Please let me know if you would be prepared to take on this task. WORLD YOUTH UNDER 16 OLYMPIAD KUALA LUMPUR 20 TO 28 AUGUST Participating teams are as follows: China (2 teams), India, Vietnam, South Africa, Tunisia, Australia (3 teams), Turkmenistan, USA, Uzbekistan, Zambia, England, Hong Kong (2 teams), Iran, Romania, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Singapore (2 teams), UAE, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia (3 teams), Philippines. JANUARY 2004 AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS The ACF has called for bids for the January 2004 Australian Championships. 2002 GRAND PRIX Organiser: Norm Braybrooke 19 Trafalgar Drive Kippa-Ring 4021 Email . Webpage http://crcchess.topcities.com/GP2002.html. A reminder that we welcome details of each event for publication in this bulletin. Remaining events in 2002: 10/11 August Coal City Open NSW Cat 2 George Lithgow 02 4943 3862 georgelithgow@idl.net.au 7/8 September Launceston Weekender TAS Cat 1 Leo Minol 03 6344 7472 leominol@bigpond.com 21/22 Sept Gold Coast Classic QLD Cat 3 Graeme Gardiner 07 5530 5794 gardiner@auschess.org.au 5/6 Oct Redliffe Challenge QLD Cat 1 Mark Stokes 07 3205 6042 mstokes@bne.catholic.edu.au 5/6 October Lidums Cup SA Cat 3 George Howard 08 8271 2757 georgeshoward@hotmail.com 6/7 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.au 19/20 Oct Gosford Open NSW Cat 1 Keith Farrell 02 4341 7864 kfarrell@ozemail.com.au 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 9/10 Nov Hobsons Bay Open VIC Cat 1 Peter Caissa 0411 710900 pcaissa@melbpc.org.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 7/8 December Tuggeranong Vikings Weekender ACT Cat 1 Ian Rout 02 6281 4501 IanandJan@netspeed.com.au 14/15 December Fairfield Winter Cup NSW Cat 2 Rolando Atienza 0421 379940 atienzarolando@hotmail.com NSW 17, Qld 8, Tas 4, SA 4, ACT 3, WA 1, Vic 1. Total 38 events. THE GREAT ICE CREAMERY NORTH QUEENSLAND OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP 10/11 AUGUST Venue: Kirwan State High School, Hudson Street, Kirwan. Prizes 1st $350, 2nd $250 3rd $150 plus four divisions with 1st $80 and 2nd $40 in each division. Total prizes $1,230. Sat 11 August 7.30am to 9am Registration 9am to 7pm Rounds 1-4. Sun 11 August 9am to 4.30pm Rounds 5-7, Presenations 5pm. Time Controls 60 mins a side. Seniors $45 Pensioners, Students, Unemployed, Juniors $30. Budget accommodation available. Enquiries: Graham Gordon 07 4773 2802, 0428 777901, Email glgordon@bigfoot.com.au ROOTY HILL OPEN 7 Round Open Swiss Tournament Venue: Rooty Hill RSL Club Sherbrooke Avenue, Rooty Hill Start: Monday 19th August, 2001 - 7.30pm each week Rate of Play: 40 moves in 90mins, then 15 mins to complete Entry Fee: $30 Rooty Hill RSL Chess Club Members $25 Prizes: 1st $250, 2nd $150 U1900 $100, U1700 $100, U1550 $100, U1400 $100 All other prizemonies dependant upon entries D.O.P Peter Cassettari email pcass@zeta.org.au ANU OPEN: YOUNG ORGANISERS DO WELL by DOP Charles Zworestine The pressure was on ANU students Nye Griffiths, Marija Jovanovic and Laura Moylan: they had never organised an event of this magnitude and significance before. How would the 2002 ANU Open go under their guidance? With the publicity for the event coming out rather late, there were concerns for the tournament right up to the start of the week before, when only 22 names had entered. How would we go compared to last year’s numbers? Would the venue (also booked rather late) be suitable, and would players support the tournament? Yet to be fair to our young team of 20 year-old organisers, they ended up coming good, and did a sterling job in the end. The venue was a good one, despite a booking misunderstanding causing a rather noisy Round 4. 53 players came and played, only 3 down on last year – more than satisfactory given the late notice. These were headed by GM Ian Rogers, still the top player in the country; and IM Stephen Solomon, a last minute entry but a most welcome one. A return to the old time controls of 1 hour each, followed by 10 seconds per move meant few disputes and problems; so the players were able to settle down to a most enjoyable, interesting and exciting tournament, as the following round-by-round report shows: Round 1 seemed about to get underway, when three more entries rocked up – and we had to start all over again! The usual printer troubles later, and we were ready to get started – only half an hour late. The round itself proved rather uneventful, with most of the top seeds winning quite convincingly. The exception was Vladimir Smirnov, who tried to blitz Sunny Yoon, dropped a piece and ended up having to settle for a draw. The only other major upset was caused by Leif Eldridge-Smith, rated 754: he beat Slavko Trkulja, who at 1721 was rated nearly 1000 points higher than him! Round 2 saw a guaranteed point for Rogers – we just needed to find out which one! Ian beat Cathy quite convincingly; and the other top seeds also won handily (down to Board 7). Roland Brockman held Peter Jovanovic to a draw on Board 8 (despite a pawn minus); the only other real upset was caused by Junta Ikeda, who at 901 would have been happy with a draw with Joe Marks (1530). Round 3 produced by far the biggest upset so far, when David Dick (2054) checkmated Stephen Solomon (2403) as White (see game below). Ian Rogers beat Joel Harp, while Brian Jones (over Lloyd Fell), Angelito Camer (over Nancy Lane) and Romeo Capilitan (over Ian Hosking) all won to join Rogers and Dick on 3/3. In more upsets Milan Grcic locked it up and forced a draw with Smirnov, while Leif Eldridge-Smith struck again: this time the player he beat, Roger McCart, was only 800 points higher rated than him… Dick, D (2054) – Solomon, S (2403) [B88] ANU Open, Canberra, 27/07/2002 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Qc7 8. Bb3 Nc6 9. 0-0 Be7 10. f4 Na5 11. f5 e5 12. Nde2 Nc4 13. Bg5 Nxb2 14. Qc1 Nc4 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Qc5+ 17. Kh1 Bd8 18. f6 g6 19. a4 Be6 20. Nec3 Ba5 21. Rb1 Bxc3 22. Bxc4 Qxc4 23. Nb6 Qxe4 24. Nxa8 Kd7 25. Rf3 Ba5 26. Nb6+ Kc7 27. Qb2 Qc6 28. c4 Bxb6 29. Rb3 Rb8 30. Rxb6 Qe4 31. Qb4 Qd4 32. Rxb7+ Rxb7 33. Qxb7+ Kd8 34. Qe7+ Kc8 35. Qe8+ Kc7 36. Qb8+ Kc6 37. Qb7+ Kc5 38. Qc7# 1-0 Round 4 was the noisy round; but conditions were the same for all, and to the players’ credit very few of them complained. They just stuck to playing chess, where 3 players got to 4/4: Ian Rogers (beat Camer), Brian Jones (d Capilitan) and David Dick (won a long ending over Grcic). Solomon rebounded against Peter Jovanovic (thus avenging his loss here last year), while Shannon Oliver drew a long and tough opposite coloured bishop ending against Lloyd Fell. Biggest upset was caused by Kayleigh Smith (302), who defeated Peter Murphy (1281). Round 5, the first of the Sunday rounds, saw Ian Rogers continue on his merry winning ways against David Dick. He was joined on 5/5 by Brian Jones, who ground down Camer in a long struggle. Solomon, Smirnov and Capilitan all had to fight hard as Black, but won to get to 4 points. Peter Jovanovic had insufficient time to convert his material advantage of queen and pawns for 3 minor pieces against John Redgrave and had to settle for a draw, as did Gareth Oliver when his endgame advantage was not quite large enough to win against Lloyd Fell. Junta Ikeda scored a good upset win over Khoi Hoang. Round 6 is always the long round, where some game seems to take forever! This time it was not on the top boards, where Ian Rogers beat Brian Jones to take the outright lead on 6/6, but Stephen Solomon retained a chance of catching him by winning a long game against Capilitan to get to 5 points. Nor was it Milan Grcic (who beat Redgrave to get to 4.5), nor David Dick (who blew an extra pawn and had to fight to draw a king and pawn ending against Smirnov); nor Gareth Oliver, convincing upset winner over Camer. No, this time it was Nancy Lane to blame: she just refused to draw with Roland Brockman… Her persistence was rewarded, as she eventually won rook versus bishop and pawn – but boy, did she take a long time to do it! Round 7 produced the match-up we had all been waiting for: Ian Rogers vs Stephen Solomon for first place. Only trouble for Solo was he had to win – as Black! This proved a bit too much for him, as Ian took advantage of his inevitable time trouble to beat him fairly convincingly. So Stephen finished out of the prizes, with equal second going to Brian Jones (who forced Smirnov to take a perpetual check) and Milan Grcic (who won a very quick game from Joel Harp). Gareth Oliver, Michael Wei, Jose Escribano and Sunny Yoon all scored upset wins to finish in the money, as did Junta Ikeda by drawing with Brockman. But the heartbreaker of the round was David Dick’s loss to Romeo Capilitan: in time pressure David overlooked that he could take Romeo’s queen, lost his own queen instead and then resigned when he was still winning: he could have got his queen back by promoting a pawn! So a welcome return to top form for Rogers, who was his old invincible self as he wracked up the sensational score of 7/7! A brief but efficient prize giving ceremony followed; and then Ian and all the other players were on their way home, all seeming happy with the way the event had gone. The juniors did particularly well, a fact which augurs well for our chess playing future. Even our organisers were only just out of the juniors – and they too did an excellent job for their first attempt. I can only hope they will do it again next year; I’m sure the event will be an even bigger and better one… Leading final scores/prizewinners: 1st Ian Rogers 7/7; 2nd/3rd = Milan Grcic, Brian Jones 5.5; 1st/2nd = Under 2100 and 1st = Under 1700 Romeo Capilitan, Gareth Oliver, Michael Wei 5; Best ANU Player Vladimir Smirnov 5; 2nd = Under 1700 and = Best ACT Player Jose Escribano, Ian Hosking, Sunny Yoon 4.5; 1st/2nd = Junior Khoi Hoang, Peter Jovanovic 4; 1st Unrated Jeremy Neeman 4; 1st Under 1300 Junta Ikeda 3.5. NSWCA WEEKENDER RESULTS Thanks to Bob Keast. 1 Wallace, John-Paul NSW 2462 open 6 24.0 33.5 26.0 2-6 Capilitan, Romeo NSW 1999 U2000 5.5 23.0 32.5 22.0 Reilly, Tim NSW 2244 open 5.5 23.0 32.0 22.0 Agulto, Edgardo NSW 2177 open 5.5 22.0 31.5 24.0 Bolens, Johnny NSW 2107 open 5.5 21.0 30.5 21.0 Hursky, Karel P NSW 1951 U2000 5.5 19.0 26.0 20.5 7-8 Castor, David NSW 1805 U2000 5 19.5 26.5 19.0 Trkulja, Slavko NSW 1680 U1800 5 17.5 24.5 18.0 9-14 Xie, George NSW 2097 open 4.5 23.5 32.5 23.0 Goris, Robert NSW 2123 open 4.5 23.0 30.5 22.0 Redgrave, John ACT 1746 U1800 4.5 21.5 28.5 18.5 Chan, Jason NSW 1802 U2000 4.5 21.0 30.0 20.0 Kordahi, Nicholas NSW 1802 U2000 4.5 21.0 29.5 19.5 Fell, Lloyd S NSW 1863 U2000 4.5 20.0 25.5 20.0 15-26 Camer, Angelito NSW 2086 open 4 22.5 32.0 20.0 Pilja, Djuro NSW 1833 U2000 4 22.5 28.5 19.0 Harp, Joel NSW 1899 U2000 4 20.5 28.5 19.0 Suttor, Vincent Juni 1718 U1800 4 20.5 28.5 16.5 Barakat, Martin NSW 1620 U1800 4 20.0 28.0 16.5 Lee, John L NSW 1757 U1800 4 19.5 27.5 18.0 Javor, Stephen NSW 1644 U1800 4 17.5 25.0 17.0 Watharow, Sean P NSW 1584 U1600 4 17.5 24.0 16.0 Clark, Dominic NSW 1555 U1600 4 16.5 24.0 13.0 Huang, Jim NSW 1502 U1600 4 16.0 24.0 12.0 Datuin, Marc NSW 4 16.0 23.0 15.5 Savelieff, Geoffrey NSW 1558 U1600 4 16.0 21.5 16.0 27-33 Banicevic, Roy NSW 1555 U1600 3.5 18.0 25.0 15.5 Escribano, Jose NSW 1636 U1800 3.5 18.0 24.5 15.0 Cronan, James Juni 1524 U1600 3.5 17.5 24.5 12.0 Reid, Vaness Juni 1144 U1200 3.5 17.5 24.5 11.0 Huddleston, Heather Juni 1462 U1500 3.5 16.0 22.5 12.0 Art, Carl NSW 1450 U1500 3.5 15.5 22.5 12.0 Katnic, Eddy NSW 1723 U1800 3.5 13.5 17.0 11.0 34-44 Bisson, Danny Wayne NSW 1438 U1500 3 18.5 26.5 13.0 Levin, Joshua Juni 1430 U1500 3 18.5 26.0 14.0 Hoving, Eliot Juni 1184 U1200 3 18.0 25.0 11.5 Harris, Rebecca Juni 1130 U1200 3 18.0 24.0 13.0 Canuto, Carlo NSW 3 17.0 21.5 12.0 Mandla, Blair Juni 1117 U1200 3 16.5 24.0 10.0 Soltysik, Chester NSW 1318 U1500 3 16.0 21.5 9.0 Young, Craig NSW 3 15.0 20.5 10.0 Greenwood, Norman NSW 1488 U1500 3 14.0 20.0 10.0 Jarek, Mariusz NSW 1914 U2000 3 12.5 20.0 11.0 Tidswell, Duncan NSW 1853 U2000 3 8.5 15.5 11.0 45-48 Forace, Lee ACT 1561 U1600 2.5 19.0 25.0 13.5 Soltysik, Adelaide Juni 1020 U1200 2.5 17.5 24.5 11.5 Sweeney, Matthew NSW 1068 U1200 2.5 16.0 21.5 8.0 Komljenovic, Stojan NSW 1210 U1500 2.5 13.5 18.5 8.0 49-53 Keuning, Anthony V NSW 1514 U1600 2 16.0 22.5 9.0 Stokes, Richard NSW 1423 U1500 2 15.5 22.0 9.0 Illingworth, Max Juni 850 U1200 2 13.5 17.5 6.0 Webster, David Juni 2 13.0 17.0 7.0 Darragh, Tim Juni 2 11.0 15.5 4.0 54-57 Parker, Trent NSW 988 U1200 1.5 16.0 22.5 7.0 Xu, William Juni 608 U1200 1.5 14.0 18.0 2.5 Huang, Justin Juni 1291 U1500 1.5 13.0 18.0 7.0 Talisayan, Samuel NSW 1118 U1200 1.5 11.5 16.5 5.5 58-60 Mitchell, Robert NSW 1190 U1200 1 14.5 20.0 1.0 Hoving, Marijke Juni 1 11.0 16.5 2.0 Harris, Benjamin Juni 1095 U1200 1 7.5 11.5 1.0 61 Willow, Max NSW 889 U1200 0.5 8.5 15.0 1.5 CORRESPONDENCE VLADIMIR FELDMAN Open letter to ACF council. Dear members of the ACF council. Your decision to select Jason Lyons as the captain of the Australian Women's team at the forthcoming World Chess Olympiad in Bled, Slovenia came to my great surprise as I thought I was much better equipped both as a chess coach and a chess player. This is not an appeal. It is just an attempt to understand how the system works and which criteria are used for these kinds of selections. Let’s look at the facts by comparing my statement against Jason’s: I am an IM with a FIDE rating of 2312; Jason does not have a FIDE rating at all. So he has no experience as a player on International level. My ACF rating is 2213 and Jason's 1749. I have a Degree in chess coaching and a Diploma in chess coaching of High Qualification, Jason does not mention his chess coaching abilities in his statement and his appointment surely has nothing to do with chess related skills. I have been working as a chess coach since 1978 full time, some of my students back in Ukraine are Grandmasters by now, and at least three of my students in Australia became Australian junior champions in their respective age groups. Jason's coaching experience is limited according to his statement to: "I teach at half a dozen schools". And if this was not enough I was selected by members of the team: "The players' preferences were two votes for you and two for Jason Lyons. Those who voted for you listed Jason as their last choice. One of those who voted for Jason listed you as their last choice, the other didn't. This meant that if only the preferential votes of the players were considered, you would have been selected as team captain." (Gary Bekker) Finally, two members or half of the team were strictly against Jason for reasons they told verbally to Gary Wastell and Graeme Gardiner. To my knowledge the applicants made a statement upon which the council made their decision. Based on the information that the ACF council has on each applicant it is inconceivable how the final outcome came about. This final point concludes my statement though I am left with this afterthought: which chess related skills are necessary to become the captain? Many Thanks, Vladimir Feldman 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!