ACF Bulletin #188, Monday October 28 ========== In this issue ========== * Olympiad update * Pal Dozsa misses World Senior * Professor Bernhard Neumann passes away * ABC TV MDA checkmate competition * US Chess Federation on drug testing * Australian Clubs Team Championships * Tournament results: * Queensland Schools Finals * Sunshine Coast school teams chess tournament * Box Hill Chess Club Rapid Play * George Xie 9/9 in NSW Championship * Gosford Open and NSW Country Championship * Letters: Fischer/Castro * Tourney ads: * Grand Prix * Laurieton November Open ======== Olympiad ======== In round 1, the Australian men's team beat British Virgin Islands 3-1 while our women won 3-0 against Zambia. In the men's top board GM Johansen was surprisingly beaten by FM Craig Van Tilbury. Round 2 saw Australia (ranked 46th) lose 1.5-2.5 to 16th seed Sweden, but Australian co-champion Nick Speck scored a welcome win over his much higher-rated opponent. The women's team (ranked 38th) lost to 10th seed Germany 2-1. Games and reports will be available on the ACF and SACA sites as they become available. ===================================== Illness keeps Paul Dozsa out of World Senior ===================================== Australian Senior Champion Paul Dozsa has missed the World Senior Championship in Germany after falling ill and being hospitalised for several days in Europe. However, Australian representatives Phil Viner and Les Kovacs are now playing in the tournament, which features some past giants of the game, such as Taimanov, Unzicker and Uhlmann. Pal says: "I arrived on Friday 6am to Vienna as scheduled. My connecting fight to Liepzig, Germany was at 17.10pm, eleven hours later. "I caught an airport bus to have a look at the city. "Around 1pm I felt suddenly sick and lost consciousness. I did wake up the next day in the intensive care unit of a hospital in Vienna. "They told me that I am suffering from a particularly unpleasant food poisoning, the probable result of the food that had been served after the Kuala Lumpur take off. "I discharged myself against doctors' advice on Tuesday this week. "By this time it was useless to try to go to Germany as by the time of my arrival 4-5 rounds would have been played. "Thanks for God that I had good travel insurance, as the cost of the hospital is around 500 Euros a day. "So I proceeded with the second part of my original plan and I have visited my family in Szeged, Hungary. "It is fantastic to see them as it is nearly 40 years since I have last meet them." Full details at http://www.seniorenschach.de/index.htm Six players - Taimanov, Karasev, Petkevitch, Kosanski, Khanukov and Unzicker - lead with 4.5/5. Australian entrants Phil Viner and Les Kovacs are on 3.0 and 1.5 respectively. ============================ Professor Bernhard Neumann RIP ============================ We're sad to report that one of Australia's oldest players, Professor Bernhard Neumann, passed away on Monday, October 21. I understand Professor Neumann was a Professor of Mathematics at the Australian National University in Canberra and still rode his bike to uni, 3km a day, well into his nineties. He was still playing in the Doeberl Cup until recently. Professor Neumann was a well-loved and well-respected man and the ACF extends its condolences to his family and friends. ======================================== Chess on TV: ABC's MDA checkmate competition ======================================== Viewers of the ABC's medical-legal drama "MDA" will know that two of the major characters play chess throughout the show. Now the program's website has a chess competition: check it out at http://abc.net.au/mda/checkmate/default.htm ====================================================================== Australian Clubs Team Championships (Caloundra, Sunshine Coast) - Change of Dates ====================================================================== In response to demand, we've moved the competition back a week so that it is now entirely within school holidays for all states/territories except Tasmania. The new dates are 29 September to 3 October 2003. Details of this inaugural FIDE rated event are as follows: This is an official Australian title event. Teams of 8, of which at least three must be female and three male. One of the aims of this competition is to promote the social side and family side of club chess. Players must play in board order of playing strength and keep in this order throughout the competition. Reserves may be freely substituted. Prizes: Trophies for the winning team and boards plus the title of Australian Clubs Team Champion. There are no cash prizes for this event. Just the glory! Entry Fee: $400 per team (no extra charge for reserves). Time Controls: 32 moves in 90 mins, 24 moves in 30 mins then 20 secs a move to finish (same as Doeberl Cup). Schedule: Sat/Sun 27/28 September (Optional) Redcliffe Challenge Grand Prix event Monday 29 September Rest Day Tuesday 30 September 2 Rounds 10am and 3pm Wednesday 1 October 2 Rounds 10am and 3pm Thusday 2 October 2 Rounds 10am and 3pm Friday 3 October Rest Day Sat/Sun 4/5 October (Optional) Tweed Heads Open (Grand Prix event) To be confirmed 4 teams: double round robin, 6 games 5 teams: 5 rounds, each team plays 4 games 6 teams: 5 rounds, 5 games 7 teams: 7 rounds, each team plays 6 games (a Friday morning round would be required) 8 teams: 7 rounds, 7 games (a Friday morning round would be required) 9+ teams: Swiss Draw, 6 games FIDE rated. Venue/Accommodation: Rydges Oasis Resort, Caloundra on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. This is a 4.5 star luxury resort, only a very short walk to the beach. It has recently won Queensland Catering and Restaurant Awards for Excellence, was a finalist in the Queensland Tourism awards and winner of the Skal International Sunshine Coast Best Restaurant award. Nevertheless, by staying in a three bed self catering apartment sleeping seven, you can stay for five days for a total of just $109 per person. You can stay for longer if you wish at the same rates. This luxury accommodation suits teams and families on a budget. There is a range of accommodation to suit all tastes. 5 Day Rates: Hotel Spa Room: $409 single or twin share. Two Bedroom Villa: $549 sleeps 2 to 4. Three Bedroom Villa: $614 sleeps 3 to 5 (Additional roll-away $15 each). Full details of this great holiday destination can be found at www.rydges.com/oasis. Obviously we as organisers are hoping that all competitors stay at this venue. There are very good reasons why you should: 1. Where else would you get 4.5 star accommodation at a rate of around $22 per person, per day? 2. To maximise the social interaction with your team and opposing team it is always better to stay at the same venue. 3. What a great place to mix a great holiday with serious chess. 4. Social events/dinners/BBQs will be organised. These will be optional at own cost. 5. 200 hotel rooms, suites and self-contained one, two and three bedroom apartments to suit the needs of every guest. All rooms feature free inhouse movies, Sky Channel, direct dial ISD data port telephones. Easy walking distance to the beach and shopping centre. The Deck Restaurant, specialising in fresh seafood and chargrilled steaks. Legends cocktail bar and lounge. Swimming pool and outdoor heated spa. Children's playground and babysitting service available. Golf putting green. Tennis court. 10 acres of tropical landscaped gardens and water lily lagoons. Comprehensive conference facilities for up to 250 people. 24 hour reception, tour desk. Takeaway meals available from the Restaurant. Games Room. Underwater World not far. Transport: The organisers will endeavour to facilitate transport from the Gold Coast to Caloundra for those players choosing to play in the Gold Coast Classic and from Caloundra to Redcliffe for those players choosing to play in the Redcliffe Challenge. Enquiries and Entries: Kerry Corker kppc@ausinfo.com.au and Graeme Gardiner ggardiner@gardinerchess.com. Accommodation Bookings: Rydges Oasis Resort rydges_caloundra@rydges.com with a copy to Kerry Corker please. The organisers and venue have stipulated that the event will definitely proceed if at least four clubs from at least three states have entered by 31 March 2003. Already it seems that entries are almost certain from the Gold Coast Chess Club, Club Bullwinkle (Jacob Edwards) and the Koala Club (Brian Jones). If you are keen for this tournament to thrive, please start putting your team together now (and let us know!). ============================== US Chess Federation on drug testing ============================== The following motion was passed during a conference call of the USCF Executive Board held on October 23, 2002. "The US Chess Federation officially adopts the following position statement: The US Chess Federation recognizes that Olympic affiliation for chess has various potential advantages, including eligibility for regional games such as the Asian Games, or local funding. The USCF also recognizes that some national federations may currently benefit financially from recognition by their National Olympic Committees, and the USCF does not wish to interfere with federations which may choose to pursue and maintain such benefits. The USCF also recognizes and supports the right of chess professionals and all players to choose to participate in events, and in doing so to choose to honor requirements for those events. Furthermore, the USCF recognizes that chess has many of the finest elements of sports, including the very important element of challenging the abilities of its participants to their maximum level. Strengthening of mind as well as body should be the goal of all sports, and mind-sports such as chess can benefit society as a whole. However, the USCF establishes the following principles and strongly urges their adoption by other federations: 1) Research does not support the conclusion that any substance produces measurable benefit to chess-playing. Even where research suggests that enhanced cognitive functioning may result from the use of substances, that research has not yet demonstrated that such effects impact the cognitive and perceptual skills that are particular to chess. Psychological studies of chess skill have demonstrated the dominant role of perceptual processes, which are enhanced and made much more efficient by specific learning, and the manner in which perceptions are organized and integrated by the player into a total reasoning process for a move choice. It can be argued from those psychological studies that the cognitive processes used in chess are not necessarily analogous to those employed in other activities that have been studied. Furthermore, the practical effects of such general factors as improved concentration on move-choice must be experimentally tested. It is evident that any such effects, if present at all, would almost certainly be much less than the effects of substances on more sensitive indicators, such as precise running time in a race. Furthermore, chess players at all levels have demonstrated an excellent record with regard to the absence of substance abuse. Complaints of this type are virtually non-existent in any chess competitions. The USCF believes that chess competitors have already set and maintained an exemplary standard in this area that is important to all sports. It is noted, furthermore, that anecdotal reporting by players suggests that use of any substances, including even ingestion of caffeine, may be more likely to have a detrimental effect, rather than a positive one, on chess performance for various reasons. Empirical demonstration of these effects on chess play must be established by experiments that are specific to chess performance and the cognitive processes most pertinent to that performance. 2) Pursuant to point (1), FIDE is urged to join with other mind-sports in petitioning the IOC and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to eliminate testing requirements that are inappropriate for mind-sports, until such time as adequate experimental evidence has been produced to support the need for such testing in mind-sports. Even prior to such experimentation, it should be immediately obvious that many substances on the WADA list are inappropriate for mind-sports. Allowing organized mind-sports to investigate and self-regulate in this area is a valid approach that is completely consistent with the goals of the IOC, considering the information described above in point (1). It is noted that WADA is reviewing its regulations and seeking input at this time. FIDE should work more closely with its federations, including the USCF, in coordinating contacts with Olympic officials who are sympathetic to the social and sporting benefits of chess in order to approach this goal. 3) Because of principle (1), there is great risk that sanctions may be inappropriately placed against players who had no intent of using any performance-enhancing substances. The USCF strongly opposes any and all penalties against any players until such time as the need for testing in chess has been experimentally demonstrated as indicated in point (1). The WADA sanctions are based on the assumption that substance use is an established problem in sports, but this has not been demonstrated to be the case in chess or other mind-sports. The USCF asserts that the imposition by FIDE of testing-based sanctions, fines, related penalties, and other reprisals against USCF players will be unacceptable to the USCF, until such time as the experimental need for testing in chess has been adequately demonstrated. 4) No federation should be required by FIDE to perform testing at its events. It is noted that the USCF Delegates passed a motion in 2001 that urged FIDE to limit testing to events where it is absolutely essential for qualification into the Olympic Games. By implication from the Delegate position and consistent with it, the Board considers it to be USCF policy that there be no mandatory testing in USCF-sanctioned events, unless such events are specially organized for the purpose of Olympic qualification or for qualification to Olympic-associated events such as regional games, and all requirements are advertised clearly in advance. 5) Testing should not occur at this time in any FIDE events that are not necessary for Olympic qualification or for associated events such as regional games, until such time as the need for such testing in chess has been demonstrated, or full acceptance into the Olympic movement has moved closer to reality. 6) Chess professionals and all players should be more adequately informed of the risks they may face resulting from positive tests, and of the nature of the banned substances, particularly where there has been no intent to enhance performance by any such use. The absence of any demonstrated or reported substance-use problem in chess makes it unlikely that players will be sufficiently aware of the risks they have from innocent use of substances such as caffeine. 7) Monetary fines should be immediately removed from FIDE regulations, as these appear not to be required under WADA regulations. 8) The USCF requests that it be allowed to nominate an appointment to the FIDE Medical Commission, with the objective of addressing the research and related issues involved in this area. 9) FIDE should address these issues actively with the IOC and WADA, and should take the lead in creating the necessary research to study the effects of substances in chess, while continuing to advocate for the positive place and role of chess as a sport in the sporting world. PASSED 6-0 Brady absent ========================================= Junior wins NSW Championship with perfect score ========================================= 16-year-old George Xie has won the title with a sensational 9/9. OPEN Place Name Loc Score 1 Xie, George 2097 9 2 Agulto, Edgardo 2177 7 3 Samar, Raul 2189 6.5 4 Stead, Kerry 1974 6 5-7 Goris, Robert 2123 4.5 Canfell, Gregory J 2256 4.5 Zirdum, Ivan 2050 4.5 8 Chambers, M 2075 4 9-10 Camer, A 2086 3.5 Capilitan, Romeo 1999 3.5 11-12 Harp, Joel 1899 3 Ginat, Michael B 2225 3 13 Safarian, Alek 1995 2.5 14 Cabilin, Jeff 2002 1.5 U/2000 Place Name Loc Score 1-3 Navarro, Sim 1964 6.5 Krejci, Stephen 1855 6.5 Lip, Catherine 1803 6.5 4-5 Attwood, Jim 1859 6 Reif, Josef F 1952 6 6-9 Bleicher, Horst 1739 5.5 Javor, Stephen 1644 5.5 Song, Angela 1230 5.5 Rewais, Sarwat 1693 5.5 10-13 Tulevski, Vasil G 1772 5 Pilja, Djuro 1833 5 Song, Raymond 1306 5 Carballo, Rick 1700 5 14-16 Molin, Sam 1723 4.5 Castor, David 1805 4.5 Cronan, James 1524 4.5 17-21 Lee, Edward 1886 4 Fell, Lloyd S 1863 4 Katnic, Eddy 1723 4 Borovnjak, Joze 1675 4 Clark, Dominic 1555 4 22 Baterowicz, Mark 1685 3.5 23-25 Gray, McClure 1749 3 Bautista, Elpidio 1643 3 Trkulja, Slavko 1680 3 26 Escribano, Jose 1636 2.5 27-28 Christensen, Joshua 1 O'Riordan, Bernard 1669 1 29 Winter, George 1846 0 U/1600 Place Name Loc Score 1 Lubarsky, Kostia 1592 8 2-3 Greenwood, Norman 1488 7 Tomac, Jack 1289 7 4 Chernih, Nicholas 6.5 5-8 Keuning, Anthony V 1514 6 Tracey, Michael J 1399 6 Bisson, Danny Wayne 1438 6 Huang, Jim 1502 6 9-12 Savelieff, Geoffrey 1558 5.5 Kresinger, Frank 1457 5.5 Canuto, Carlo 5.5 Miranda, Adrian 951 5.5 13-16 Tubic, Luka 1534 5 Rara, Henry 1548 5 Ivanovic, Radislav 1304 5 Tobin, Luke 1454 5 17-19 Wu, Edwin 1059 4.5 Walshe, Ian M 1321 4.5 Mann, Nicholas G 1249 4.5 20-26 Accola, Tom 1049 4 Chiara, Vince 1394 4 Huang, Justin 1291 4 Tse, Jeffrey 439 4 Nolan, Kenny 1306 4 Gonzales, Rolando 4 Talisayan, Samuel 1118 4 27-29 Huynh, Arthur 1456 3.5 Grbin, Tereza 1539 3.5 Szczesnik, Tomasz 3.5 30-34 Ergun, Senol 3 Laugery, Bernard A 1368 3 Xu, William 608 3 Marshall, Aaron 1438 3 Komljenovic, Stojan 1210 3 35 Cheers, Daniel 733 2 36 Fogarty, Gary 1085 1 37-39 Mitchell, Robert 1190 0 Bailey, Gregory 886 0 Parker, Trent 988 0 ======================= Queensland Schools Finals ======================= The finals of the Queensland Schools teams competition were held at the Russian Club in Brisbane last weekend. As usual, the event was organised by the very hard-working Ian Murray. For the first time, this was a truly statewide event with teams from Cairns, Innisfail and Townsville. Ian Murray can take full credit for this as for the last two or three years he has made an annual sojourn up to the north of the state to run qualifying events in the various regions. More importantly he has encouraged the locals to organise the events themselves, with great success. Well done Ian. Congratulations also to the Queensland qualifiers: Open High School Anglican Church Grammar School, Open Primary School Worongary State School, All Girls High Saint Stephens College, All Girls Primary Worongary State School. Full results at http://www.caq.org.au/htm/results.htm - Graeme Gardiner ======================================== Sunshine Coast School Teams chess tournament ======================================== The annual Sunshine Coast School Teams Chess Tournament was run on Sunday 27th October 2002. 172 enthusiastic students from 13 schools across the Sunshine Coast participated in the event. This year, separate events were run for the primary and secondary schools. A double Round-Robin event was played amongst the 5 secondary teams, while 38 teams battled it out in the primary event which used a Swiss draw. In some previous years, the secondary schools have played in the same event as the primary schools. "This apparently caused some concern, as a number of primary teams defeated the older teams!", Director-of-Play Paul Summers advised. The primary event had all categories (A, B, C and D) playing in the same event for the first time, where the D teams are very much novices. Despite this some of the D teams performed very creditably. In the Secondary category, the results from a possible 32 points were: First: Matthew Flinders Anglican College Buderim 24 (Tavis Knack, Tam Goh, Christopher Williams & Adam Brooks) Second: Nambour State High 1 Nambour 22.5 Third: Nambour State High 1 Nambour 18 In the Primary category, the results from a possible 28 points were: CATEGORY A First: Chevallum State Checkmates Chevallum 23.5 (Marcus Bleney, Alex Karpsten, Rhys Hulme & Ike Zanos) Second: Chancellor State 1 Chancellor Park 22.5 Third: Matthew Flinders Anglican College 1 Buderim 19.5 CATEGORY B First: Matthew Flinders Anglican College 2 Buderim 19.5 (Jack Huntley, Broderick Burgenhagen, Ellen Muir & Alexander Fisher) Second: Chevallum State Chiefs Chevallum 19 Third: Pacific Lutheran College B Nambour 15.5 CATEGORY C First: St Joseph's Bishops Nambour 17 (Joseph O'Hare, Mark Redfern, Mark Lincoln & Ryan Atkinson) Second: Chevallum State Knights Chevallum 16.5 =Third: Good Shepherd Lutheran Lions Noosaville 15.5 Matthew Flinders Anglican College 4 Buderim 15.5 CATEGORY D First: Tallara College 1 Caloundra 17.5 (Brock Ranger, Doug Alford-Jones, Brandon Smith & Mav Hurst) =Second: Nambour State White Chevallum 15.5 Chevallum State Champs Buderim 15.5 A full list of all results in each category is attached in a text format. Individual results are still under preparation, e-mail Rebecca Bleney at becharte@austarnet.com.au to obtain a copy when completed in a few weeks. - Paul Summers Suncoast Chess Club http://www.sunchess.aunz.org ==================================== Box Hill Chess Club Rapid Play, 20/10/2002 ==================================== Sixty-eight players participated in a 7 round Rapid Play tournament (20 minutes/player/game) sponsored by the Whitehorse Council as part of the Whitehorse festival. Total prize money was $600. The venue was exceptional: carpeted and air-conditioned. Players were able to enjoy the food stalls that were open all day as part of the festival. DOP was Gerrit Hartland and Computer Services were provided by Stephan Taylor, ensuring a dispute free event. 1st Erik Teichmann $120 2nd D Bourmistrov $70 3rd D Partsi, M Pyke, C Savige $21 ea. Best Senior D Flude $50 Best Junior M Lee $40 and trophy Best family J&R Lugo $50 U1600 M Burak $50 U1450 E Rice $50 Rookies 1st A Chee $30 and trophy Rookies 2nd J Carey $20 and trophy Queens Cup M Lee U11 K Nguyen trophy M Morris trophy U10 A Chee trophy J Carey trophy U9 S Dalton trophy Z H Gan trophy U7 J Lugo trophy - Trevor Stanning Treasurer, Box Hill Chess Club =========== Gosford Open =========== Three way tie for first place in the Gosford Open Tomek Rej, Lee Jones and Robert Goris all tied for first place with 5.5/7 followed by IM Gary Lane and George Xie on 5 points. The under 2000 prize was won by Milan Grcic from the ACT; second under 2000 was shared by John Nutter, Catherine Lip, David Castor and Thorin Munro. The under 1800 Prize was won by Mal Murrell; second under 1800 was shared by Ian Dickson and Jose Escribano. The under 1600 prize was won by Lee Forace with James Cronan and Anthony Keuning sharing second. The under 1400 prize was won by Gary Losh with Armando Rizzardini, Barry Shearwood and George Lithgow second. The under 1200 prize was won by Sebastion Jurd with Max Illingworth taking the under 1000 prize. George Xie took the prize for best junior. The NSW Country Championship was a three way tie between Sebastion Jurd, John Nutter and Mal Murrell. The winner by tie-break will be decided at the next meeting of the NSWCA council. Sebastion Jurd was the stand out performer winning the Junior Lloyd Fell shield for the best performance above his rating. Greg Bailey won the Senior Lloyd Fell Shield. - Rick Keuning Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score 1-3 Jones, Lee R NSW 2139 5.5 Rej, Tomek NSW 2032 5.5 Goris, Robert NSW 2123 5.5 4-6 Lane, Gary W NSW 2443 5 Xie, George NSW 2097 5 Grcic, Milan ACT 1803 5 7-13 Munro, Thorin J NSW 1913 4.5 Jurd, Sebastion NSW 1194 4.5 Lip, Catherine NSW 1803 4.5 Nutter, John NSW 1963 4.5 Castor, David NSW 1805 4.5 Murrell, Malcolm NSW 1777 4.5 Forace, Lee ACT 1561 4.5 14-19 Van Renen, M NSW 1962 4 Dickson, Ian C NSW 1665 4 Escribano, Jose NSW 1636 4 Cronan, James NSW 1524 4 Losh, Gary NSW 1320 4 Keuning, Anthony NSW 1514 4 20-22 Lane, Nancy L NSW 1824 3.5 Petersons, H ACT 1680 3.5 Pickering, A 3.5 23-30 White, Michael NSW 1623 3 O'Riordan, B NSW 1669 3 Robinson, Allen NSW 1571 3 Illingworth, Max NSW 850 3 Lithgow, George NSW 1327 3 Rizzardini, A NSW 1345 3 Shearwood, B NSW 1385 3 Fell, Lloyd R NSW 3 31-33 Yee, L NSW 2.5 Bailey, Gregory NSW 886 2.5 Robinson, A NSW 1288 2.5 34-37 Skulimovski, D NSW 1417 2 Keuning, Patrick J NSW 1154 2 Greenwood, N NSW 1488 2 Keaveney, J NSW 1315 2 38-40 Porter, L NSW 1088 1 Miranda, Adrian NSW 951 1 Longfield, Craig NSW 1422 1 ====== Letters ====== (Last week Lee Clough of the University of Newcastle asked Cuban leader Fidel Castro had ever beaten Bobby Fischer at chess. Here are the responses.) I am pretty certain they had what might euphemistically be called a 'sociable' game. I doubt Bobby would have allowed himself to lose, but a draw is quite likely. I never saw the TV programme post the 1972 match where Fischer was interviewed by Bob Hope. I seem to remember reading that fischer did 'lose' there. That was probably with jokey cheating. If I am right, somebody will remember that, also the Castro incident. By the way, surely sanctions were in place and Bobby could never have visited Cuba? He played in a tournament by Telex Ask Sam Sloan sloan@ishipress.com He will put it on his yahoo forum. But ask not to be put in the group unless you do not mind being bombarded with about 30 e-mails daily. - Stewart Reuben Hi Paul, Re Lee Clough's question. I do not know of Fisher versus Castro but one of Castro's close associates involved with his return to Cuba (Bay of Pigs invasion etc) was Che Guevera and I have a book which has a photo showing Che Guevera playing in a chess tournament presumably somewhere in Cuba. The photo shows a number of other unidentified players also. - Ian Lincoln Hi Ed I just happened to read this the day before I got the news letter - it may be no help what so ever to you. According to the "World of Chess" Fischer was invited to the Havana International Tournament in 1965 but the US denied him permission to go to Cuba. He decided to take part by teletype from New York and managed despite the handicap of playing twenty-one sessions of eight hours or more to tie for second. It said he exchanged sharp tactical moves by cable with Castro on the world political chessboard. They met for the first time the following year at the Havana Olympiad. The book doesn't say if they ever played or not. - Rebecca Bleney Dear Mr. Clough, Bobby Fischer never met Fidel Castro in an official game (reference "The Games of Robert J. Fischer" Wade & O'Connell). However they certainly met; at the Havana Olympiad in 1966 and possibly on other occasions. The book "A Picture History of Chess" (Dover 1981) has a picture of them having a chat during this event, page 172. It is quite possible that they had a friendly game at this event. My suggestion for further research would be to pass on a query to the other members of the American team at the 1966 Olympiad; Larry Evans, Robert Byrne & Pal Benko. Even if a game as such was never played there may well be some interesting anecdotes! The United States Chess Federation (USCF) might well be willing to pass on such a query to the above mentioned masters. Unfortunately I don't have an email address for them, but it wouldn't be too hard to find, they are bound to have a website. I hope the above is of some use. I wish you the best with your research. - With Regards Roland Brockman ===================== Changed email address? ===================== Many subscribers write in asking for email details to be changed. To facilitate this process, please ALSO include details of any email addresses to remove. ====================== Laurieton November Open ====================== Laurieton United Servicemen’s Club welcomes all Chess Players to the Class 1 Grand Prix event !!! 3rd annual ‘Laurieton November Open’ Saturday & Sunday 2 & 3 November 2002 Venue: Laurieton United Servicemen’s Club on the waterfront. Excellent playing conditions provided by our Major Sponsor L.U.S.C. Times: Sat: 10 am 12:30 pm 3:15 pm 5:45 pm. Sun: 10 am 12:30 pm & 3:15 pm. Presentation after round 7. Please be here before 10 am. on Saturday. Time Limit: 60 min. per player for game - G/60. Games Rated. Prizes: $ 150 First Prize. Divisional prizes determined by the number of entries. Players can only win one prize each. The decision of Tournament Directors will be final. Entry: $20 Seniors / $8 Juniors Tea/Coffee/Cordial supplied Free! Club Bistro open for lunch. This is a Non-Smoking event. Contact: Endel 6559 9060 Strahan 6585 1143. Enjoy a Weekend of Chess in Beautiful Laurieton ! ============== 2002 Grand Prix ============== Organiser: Norm Braybrooke 19 Trafalgar Drive Kippa-Ring 4021 Email chessnut@windsor.net.au. 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: 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 Best wishes till next time - Paul Broekhuyse