ACF Bulletin #202, February 3, 2003 ---------------------- In This Issue ---------------------- * Aussies rock in Gibraltar * NSW Australia Day Weekender * Australian Junior Championship Report * Chewing the Fat - media interview * Tournament results * Letters * Grand Prix 2003 * Upcoming tournaments ----------------------------------------- Aussies rock in Gibraltar ----------------------------------------- The Gibralta Chess Congress is also under way, featuring players such as Agdestein, Cherniaev, Epishin, McShane, Short, Speelman and Tiviakov - and Australian stars Darryl Johansen and Alex Wohl. Leading scores after 3 rounds: 3.0 Short 2.5 Luther, Hamdouchi, Kotronias, Tiviakov, Speelman, Sulskis, Korneev 2.0 Lalic, Campora, Epishin, Shaw, Palac, Barsov, Agdestein, McShane, Pavlovic, Gyimesi, Johansen, Reinderman, Wohl, Cherniaev, Plaskett, Baum, Schmitz, Zak Official site: http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/ View Games: http://www.chessnetwork.com/ncn/b/gibra03.htm [Event "Gibraltar Masters"] [Site "Catalan Bay GIB"] [Date "2003.01.28"] [Round "1"] [White "Vea,Odin Blikra"] [Black "Wohl,A"] [Result "0-1"] [BlackElo "2415"] [EventDate "2003.01.28"] [ECO "B06"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. f4 Nd7 6. Bc4 b5 7. Bd5 Rb8 8. Nf3 e6 9. Bc6 Ne7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. O-O Bb7 12. Qd3 O-O 13. Rad1 f5 14. e5 b4 15. Ne2 Be4 16. Qd2 Nd5 17. c4 bxc3 18. Nxc3 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Bxf3 20. Rxf3 Rxb2 21. d5 dxe5 22. fxe5 exd5 23. Nxd5 Qe6 24. Rh3 Bxe5 25. Qh6 Rf7 26. Rhd3 Bg7 27. Qh4 Qe4 28. Qd8+ Bf8 29. Qg5? Falling into a back-rank mate trap 29...Bc5+ 30. Kh1 Qxd3!! 31. Qd8+ Kg7 0-1 [Event "Gibraltar Masters"] [Site "Catalan Bay GIB"] [Date "2003.01.29"] [Round "2"] [White "Johansen,D"] [Black "Speelman,J"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2487"] [BlackElo "2583"] [EventDate "2003.01.28"] [ECO "A01"] 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. f3 Bh5 4. e3 c6 5. Ne2 f6 6. d4 e6 7. Qd2 Bd6 8. Nbc3 Ne7 9. O-O-O Nd7 10. h4 Qc7 11. g4 Bf7 12. h5 O-O-O 13. Kb1 Kb8 14. Bg2 a6 15. e4 e5 16. exd5 cxd5 17. dxe5 fxe5 18. Ne4 dxe4 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Kc7 21. Rhd1 Nc6 22. f4 Nd4 23. fxe5 Nxe2 24. e6 Bxe6 25. Rxe6 Nf4 26. Rxe4!? Now it gets interesting - Johansen forfeits the Bg2, but he has plans in mind ... 26...Nxg2 27. Re7 Rhg8 28. Be5+ Kc8 29. Bg3 The Ng2 is trapped, and white threatens R-d3-c3+ and possibly Rc7, regaining the piece. So Jonathon Speelman, the famed English combinatorial genius, makes a peace proposal. 29...Nf6 30. Rc7+ Kb8 31. Rcd7+ Kc8 32. Rc7+ Kb8 33. Rcd7+ 1/2-1/2 ----------------------------------------- Australia Day Weekender ----------------------------------------- - Report by the tournament arbiter, Jason Graham Lyons [International Arbiter & Australian Olympiad Captain] Denmark's Jesper Schultz-Pederson, aided by the withdrawal of Australian Open winner John-Paul Wallace on tournament eve, a first day capitulation by Greg Canfell, and Jes[er's courage under fire in difficult endgames, remained undefeated to take the $600 1st prize in the 2003 Australia Day weekender. Considered a smokey by some, Jesper had already indicated his ability at the recent Australian Open, where he scored a respectable 7/11, including wins over Australian IM Stephen Solomon, and German IM Peter Froehlich. His chances of victory were enhanced before a pawn was pushed with the withdrawal of Wallace, still drained from his Open victory. The customary late start gave way to a predictable 1st round, with most of the top seeds getting off the mark. Thereafter events took a more random turn, with time trouble cutting a swath through the best of positions. The first to feels its wrath was quadruple NSW State Champion Greg Canfell, who went down in a time scramble to promising junior Ronald Yu. Ronald has won several NSWJCL events recently and scored an excellent 4.5/7 during this event. A State Champion is a scalp to be savored. Worse was to come for Greg, whose round 4 loss to Rojas Aguirre killed off any lingering hope of victory. At the conclusion of Saturday's proceedings, three players stood atop the mountain on 4/4: Jesper Schultz-Pederson, Gareth Charles, and Karel Hursky. Gareth was the first to be eliminated, going down to Jesper on Sunday morning. Gareth's only loss for the event, here sat a young man who not only played excellent chess, but extricated himself out of more than one bout of time trouble: twice Gareth won games with less than 10 seconds remaining on his clock. The penultimate round highlighted Jesper's ability to hold his nerve and maintain an initiative in the face of adversity. Down two connected pawns in a rook ending against Karel Hursky, and in time trouble to boot, Jesper dealt with an inevitable queening of Karel's pawns by creating a perpetual check with seconds remaining. Going into the final round, Karel and Jesper held the lead on 5.5, with Gareth Charles and Duncan Tidswell leading the chasing pack. Jesper took care of Duncan in quick time, whilst next door Karel was in a dogfight against Gareth, with both players desperate for the win: Karel to join Jesper in 1st, Gareth hoping to secure 2nd place. The latter emerged victorious at the end of a two hour struggle, whilst Karel was joined by Joel Harp on 5 points, the two tieing for 3rd place. The field of 62 was a healthy when one considers the high number of juniors absent through their participation in the Australian Junior Championships in Adelaide. One junior mighty please to have stayed in Sydney was Kostia Lubarsky. His score of 5.5 not only gave him the u/1800 prize, it was also good enough to be =3rd overall, =1st in the u/2000 division, and best junior! Alas players are eligible for only one prize, or he may have earnt as much as the winner! In addition to the podium finishers, divisional prizes were awarded to the following players: u/2000: Joel Harp & Karel Hursky u/1800: Kostia Lubarsky u/1600: Andrew Chen. Norm Greenwood, Anthony Keuning u/1400: Michael Chan Junior: Kevin O-Chee & Ronald Yu It was pleasing to have a high number of unrated players compete, swelling the pool of tournament players. I look forward to their continued involvement in tournament chess, and hope to see them and many others at the City of Sydney Lightning Championships, at the Ryde-eastwood Leagues Club. ---------------------------------------- Australian Junior Report ---------------------------------------- (Corrections to last week's Bulletin: despite four players finishing on 8.5/11, only Rej and Bourmistrov contested the playoff. Also, the girls U/18 Champion, Angela Song, is 10, not nine years old. -Ed) Australian Junior Chess Championships, Adelaide 2003 - Report by Chief Arbiter Charles Zworestine The main events: 164 players. 45 from NSW, 45 from SA, 26 from Victoria, 21 from the ACT, 16 from QLD and 11 from WA. 20 more in the Evelyn Koshnitsky Open. (Sorry, you can tell I'm a mathematician/statistician...). Adelaide 2003 broke records. As far as numbers were concerned, no Australian Juniors has attracted more... But this event was a success from more than just the numbers standpoint. Many people were indeed there; but more importantly, many people enjoyed themselves. A lovely venue (Immanuel College), a beautiful city, lovely weather (albeit a bit too hot) - why else do we go to chess tournaments? And the Evelyn Koshnitsky Open, named after "the most loved person in Australian chess" (an entirely deserved award). It is only fitting that I begin by reporting on the event named after her... EK Open (20 players, 9 rounds) This event was meant for beginners or newcomers to tournament chess - people of the type Evelyn has been supporting for over half a century. Only 2 Interstate visitors played: Tad Nolan from NSW, and Josephine Ung from the ACT. The rest were locals, including top seed Milosh Ristic (rated 1082 - one of only three players with ACF ratings). Milosh won the event in the end with 8.5 out of 9, conceding only a draw (with Tad Nolan) - and he was every bit as excited about it as all the other "main event" winners. For the record, Joule Li came second with 7.5 (and was also very excited); Tad was third, and first Under 12 (7 points); and Matthew Chia scored 5 points to earn himself second place in the Under 12s. No Name Feder Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 Ristic, Milosh SA 1042 8.5 7:W 9:W 6:W 4:W 2:W 3:D 5:W 10:W 13:W 2 Li, Joule SA 7.5 5:W 3:D 13:W 6:W 1:L 14:W 4:W 8:W 7:W 3 Nolan, Tad NSW 618 7 14:W 2:D 4:L 9:W 8:W 1:D 13:W 5:W 6:W 4 Clark, Tyson Lionel SA 6 16:W 10:W 3:W 1:L 14:W 5:L 2:L 13:W 15:W 5 Babiszewski, Matt SA 5.5 2:L 19:W 15:W 8:D 7:W 4:W 1:L 3:L 14:W 6 Chia, Matthew SA 5 12:W 20:W 1:L 2:L 15:L 17:W 9:W 14:W 3:L 7 Eldridge, Toby SA 5 1:L 12:W 20:W 13:D 5:L 11:W 8:D 16:W 2:L 8 Ung, Josephine ACT 4.5 13:D 15:D 9:W 5:D 3:L 16:W 7:D 2:L 10:D 9 Dyer, Paddy SA 4.5 18:W 1:L 8:L 3:L 12:W 19:W 6:L 0:D 17:W 10 Minchenko, Joshua SA 4.5 17:W 4:L 14:L 20:W 11:L 18:W 15:W 1:L 8:D 11 Heitmann, Kaustubha SA 591 4.5 15:D 13:L 16:L 19:W 10:W 7:L 14:L 20:W 18:W 12 Ristic, Marko SA 4.5 6:L 7:L 17:W 15:L 9:L 20:W 19:+ 18:D 19:W 13 Du, Charles SA 4 8:D 11:W 2:L 7:D 16:W 15:W 3:L 4:L 1:L 14 Gilbert, James SA 4 3:L 18:W 10:W 16:W 4:L 2:L 11:W 6:L 5:L 15 Kartika, David SA 4 11:D 8:D 5:L 12:W 6:W 13:L 10:L 17:W 4:L 16 Suvorov, Arthur SA 4 4:L 17:W 11:W 14:L 13:L 8:L 18:+ 7:L 20:W 17 Bickley, Steven SA 3 10:L 16:L 12:L 18:W 19:W 6:L 20:+ 15:L 9:L 18 Vemana, Michael SA 2 9:L 14:L 19:D 17:L 20:W 10:L 16:- 12:D 11:L 19 Marro, Christopher SA 1.5 20:L 5:L 18:D 11:L 17:L 9:L 12:- 0:W 12:L 20 Vemana, Charles SA 1 19:W 6:L 7:L 10:L 18:L 12:L 17:- 11:L 16:L Under 12 Girls (15 players, 11 rounds) This event was dominated from the start by Adelaide Soltysik from NSW, who conceded just one draw (to Kayleigh Smith) for the outstanding score of 10.5 out of 11. While Adelaide dominated, top seed Rocheleh Ziffer struggled, recovering in the end from a poor start to snare third place on 7.5. Meanwhile, Diana Davidovic was SA's outstanding success story in this one, snaring second place on 8.5 after excellent upset wins over Natasha Lauder in Round 4, Rocheleh in Round 5 and Surabhi Heitmann in Round 7. Quite apart from her draw with Adelaide, Kayleigh Smith performed very well for the entire event; her final score of 6.5 was enough to earn her the title of Under 10 Girls Champion. Under 12 Open (52 players, 11 rounds) I was warned (by his coach, David Cordover): this young kid is good! He had apparently performed well in the Xmas Swiss in Victoria, so we gave him a provisional rating of 1500. This left him as Number 2 seed - not high enough. For indeed Jing Jia, a recent émigré from China, won the event with 9.5 out of 11. What's more, he did not lose a game - drawing just three and finishing a full point ahead of the field. As usual, this event featured much excitement, and fluctuating fortunes as far as the lead was concerned. There was also some good chess, although the youngsters have still yet to learn how to take their time! The upsets abounded, as top seed Joshua Levin lost in Round 4 to Junta Ikeda, in Round 6 to Ben Harris and in Round 8 to Jeffrey Tse, for example - all of these finishing high up in the placings. Round 3 already saw us with an outright leader on 3/3 (Junta Ikeda); but he lost to Daniel Anderson in Round 5, who thereby took over the outright lead on 4.5. But he lost to Jing Jia in Round 6, leaving a traffic jam of 3 leaders on 5/6 (Jing, Junta and William Xu). Jing and Junta both won in Round 7, and drew in Round 8 - they were neck and neck in the lead... But Round 9 saw Junta lose to Justin Huang - and thereafter Jing was never headed. Khoi Hoang snuck up on the field to claim outright second on 8.5, while Lin Zhigen won a playoff from Rengan Vijayakumar to be Under 10 Champion on 6.5. Under 18 Girls (17 players, 11 rounds) More excitement here - only this event was exciting from Round 1! There top seed Heather Huddleston had to meet Amy Evans - no easy pairing at all. Heather beat Amy, Kelly Cassidy, Angela Song and Rebecca Harris in the first four rounds to take the outright lead on 4/4 - no mean feat. But the effort wore her out, and she then lost to Casey Hickman in Round 5 before drawing with Winnie Chu and Sally-Anne Richter in Rounds 7 and 8. This enabled her to be caught by Angela Song and Rebecca Harris, the latter of whom was extremely lucky to win four lost games! This luck continued when Heather was stunned by Laura Morrissey in Round 9, while Angela had her share of luck in her Round 10 draw with Kelly Cassidy after blundering a piece in the opening. This turned out to matter when Rebecca's luck finally ran out: in a thrilling finish she lost to Miona Ikeda in the last round, enabling Angela Song (8.5/11) to become Under 18 Girls Champion at just 10 years old! Rebecca had to content herself with equal second with Heather (8/11); she then won a thrilling playoff to become Under 16 Girls Champion, while Heather had to content herself with being Under 14 Girls Champion. Under 18 Open (80 players, 11 rounds) My (not so bold) prediction before the start of this event: the winner would be one of the top five seeds! In order, these were George Xie (NSW), Denis Bourmistrov (VIC), Tomek Rej (NSW), Sam Chow (VIC) and Song Yang (SA). The latter of these in particular loomed as a "dark horse" for the title: a local favourite and clearly a very dangerous player, but nobody knew too much about him... Well, the cream indeed came to the top over the first 3 rounds, where the above five all scored 3/3. Then the first stunner in Round 4: from a fairly tame opening, George Xie played poorly and eventually fell for a simple tactic to lose to Sam Chow (the blitz and allegro champion). (This began a trend for poor George, who also lost to Denis and Song Yang to finish out of the main prizes). Meanwhile, a peaceful holiday in Round 5, with short draws between Tomek and Denis on Board 1, and Sam and Peter Jovanovic on Board 2. When Tomek beat Sam in Round 6, he and Denis shared the lead; when Dusan Stojic held Denis to a draw in Round 7, Tomek had the outright lead. He held this until Round 9, when he lost to George Xie; but Denis could only draw with Gareth Oliver after failing to refute an unsound piece sacrifice. Joint leaders on 7.5 out of 9 - a thrilling finish in prospect! When Tomek also lost to Ben Lazarus in Round 10, it seemed that Denis (who beat Peter Jovanovic) had the title sewn up. But no, a final twist: Sam Chow won his last round game from Denis in just over an hour! Tomek beat Aaron Yap, while Song Yang also won (over Lazarus). A four way tie for first on 8.5 out of 11! Sam and Song were the two unfortunate players to miss out on tiebreak (sum of progressive scores), while Denis and Tomek had two thrilling 15 minute playoff games. After Tomek won both of these, he was crowned Australian Junior Champion in the most exciting finish of recent years! Sam had to be content with being Under 16 Champion, while James Cronan (8/11) was a very worthy Under 14 Champion. ----------------------------------- Ballarat Begonia ------------------------------------ Bas Van Riel informs me that everything is in place and organised for the 37th Ballarat Begonia tournament on the weekend of 8-10 March. "All the necessary strings have been pulled, the tables set, the venue decorated, the DOP is already excited in anticipation, and the city of Ballarat is ready to welcome the honorable chess players," he says. More detailed information is available on the Ballarat website: http://www.auschess.org.au/ballarat/Begonia03entry.htm ... and details are also listed under upcoming tournaments, below. Remember - this is now a GP event. ---------------------------- The Fat interview ---------------------------- Jason Lyons advises that he will record an interview by Adam Spencer on ABC TV sports program The Fat on February 5 - although when the program will screen is unclear. Jason has been working tirelessly to promote chess in recent times, and deserves our thanks. -------------------------------------------- Australian Chess Directory -------------------------------------------- The new Australian Chess Directory is about to be issued. The deadline for inclusion, removal, and changes is Friday, 28th February 2003. You or your mob should consider being included in the Directory, as it will give you a higher profile. We would like to here from any Australasian: Association, League, Club, Retailer, Coach, Journalist or Promoter. See if you are correctly entered in the new Australian Chess Directory by emailing mhjs@bigpond.net.au to view the draft copy. - Matthew Sweeney ---------------------------------------- GP Co-ordinator needed ---------------------------------------- ... But while Victoria's revving up its engine for the GP, the ACF still needs someone to run the race. Norm Braybrook did a sterling job co-ordinating last year's epic - can you do likewise? If you've been looking for a way to get involved in Australian chess, this could be it. Think about it! ---------------------------------------------- ACF Bulletin: please register ---------------------------------------------- Another reminder to people to please register for this Bulletin at www.auschess.org.au I've adjusted the webpage so the large "Want to receive the ACF Bulletin" registration box should be a little easier to find. ------------ Letters ------------ Hi Paul, I notice in the ACF's Bulletin #200 that Peter Caissa, writing about the Australian Open, claimed " Chessplayers on-line knew who won the event while chess columns in major newspapers were telling us about the lead mid tournament!". If he had read my column in the Weekend Australian of Saturday January 11, the day after the tournament ended, he would have seen that its opening paragraph was "Former Australian champion John-Paul Wallace (NSW), the top seed, won the Australian Open Championship at Penrith in Sydney, with a quick draw in his final round game". Sincerely, - Phil Viner xxx Hi Paul, I was wondering if you could help me, or at least direct me to someone else that could help me with something. I'm not exactly a strong player when it comes to chess, infact I stink. I only recently moved to an area where there was a social chess club and have been one week so far, looking forward to many more. The problem is I really want to improve by means of getting a second hand chess computer. I recently purchased an old travel chess computer with the pegs you place in holes. The two problems with this computer were that I wanted a board at least a little bigger - sick of squinting; and the other was that it doesn't work properly. (i.e. I got a lemon) I'm on the Disability pension at the moment and, consequently, have only limited funds at my dispose. So I'm trying to find a place in Australia (Queensland would be better but not essential) that has a classifieds section for unwanted chess items. (chess computers, boards, books, etc.) I know there are places like ebay but you sometimes pay through the nose and besides which I just bided on an item set up by some individual who, by the looks of things, was hoping for a little bit more than expected, and because of which, seems to not be replying his emails, etc. There is no way I can afford the new computers out there and I have a couple of Chessmaster type programs I'm currently using though I don't seem to find them quite as tangible as having actual pieces in front of you that you can physically move. Anyway, if you could help me with this predicament, it would be greatly appreciated. Perhaps you may even like the idea of setting one up on your own website. Anyway, thanks for your patience and look forward to hearing from you soon. - Name Supplied (Can anyone help? Email me and I'll pass it on - Ed) xx Paul, Taking Feminism I, II and III (Re: last week's Bulletiin) makes you a lot braver than me. Although it is evident that certainly benefits accrue from such adversity. I fully agree with your assertion that if exclusion (of males) does not seriously disadvantage anybody, promote disharmony or some other nasty consequence, then the exclusion is not a problem. I further agree with your intimation that having women¹s chess does not disadvantage males or promote disharmony. However, I was suggesting that there maybe, as you put it, a "nasty consequence" ­ the tacit implication that women actually need there own category. I remain unconvinced that they do. Since I may be overstating my case ­ a bad habit of mine, I will continue to have a bet each-way and advocate a Women¹s Prize in tournaments. Perhaps all this chatter would be better had on a bulletin board, ay? - Matthew Sweeney xx Paul - On Rogers' 2 junior opponents at the Corus B tournament, it is worth pointing out that Acs is the 2001/2002 World Junior Champion. And Karjakin actually served as one of Ruslan Ponomariov's seconds in his 2002 World Championship campaign in Moscow. Two very tough foes indeed! - Amiel Rosario (I certainly don't think there's any shame in losing to Karjakin; after all, he beat Shirov the other day! - ed) ----------------------------------------- Upcoming tournaments ----------------------------------------- xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx City of Sydney 2003 Lightning Championship xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Venue: Ryde-Eastwood Leagues Club 117 Ryedale Rd, West Ryde (1 minute from West Ryde Station) Eleven Rounds Sunday 16th February 2002 Starting Time 2:00pm Registration 1:00pm - 1:30pm Entry Fee: $15.00 All entries must be on official entry form (or copy) Payment and entries accepted on the day before 1:30pm Or pre register via phone or email (details below) All NSW resident players must be members of NSWCA or NSWJCL. 1st Prize $160 **** 2nd $60 Rating prizes U2000, U1800, U1600 & U1400 $60.00 each Prize pool based on 40 entries. Players are eligible for only 1 prize. Please make all cheques payable to NSWCA Inc. Mail must be sent before 9th February 2003 To GPO Box 2418 Sydney 2001. Enquires - Pre registration: Peter Cassettari 9896 4224. pcass@zeta.org.au New South Wales Chess Association Inc. Website http://www.ozemail.com.au/~nswca/ Ph: 0403 775 476 G.P.O BOX 2418 SYDNEY 2001 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx The 37th Ballarat Begonia Open - The Jacques Engelander memorial tournament xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 8 to 10 MARCH 2003 FIDE Rated with Guaranteed Prizes in excess of $3,000 A Grand Prix Category 3 Event Invitations are extended for the 37th Ballarat Begonia Open to be conducted by the Ballarat Chess Club Inc. This year the tournament will be FIDE rated. It will be held at the regular venue, which offers excellent playing conditions and is located in the heart of the city close to all facilities. Date The Victorian Labour Day long weekend, Saturday 8 to Monday 10 March 2003. Venue Amenities Centre, Old Gaol Building, School of Mines, Lydiard St South, Ballarat. Schedule The tournament will be a 7 round Swiss starting at 1.30 pm Saturday with the final round on Monday at 2.00 pm. The rate of play will be 90 minutes plus 30 seconds per move increment from move 1. Entries $60.00 adult, $50.00 concession for pensioners and unemployed & $30 for juniors under 14 years of age. Prizes Outright prizes: First $1,000 Second $500 Third $300 Fourth $200 Three Rating Groups: First $250 Second $100 All prizes are guaranteed by the club. General Neat casual dress is considered desirable. The organising committee has pre- booked a limited quantity of budget accommodation, which will be allocated on first application basis, so if you are interested please contact us early. Contacts Telephone: Patrick Cook 03 5331 6658 or Bas van Riel 03 5331 6439 Postal:Box 1242, Ballarat Mail Centre Vic 3354 E-mail: bvanriel@ncable.net.au Web site: http://www.auschess.org.au/ballarat/bccindex.htm xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 2003 Taree Summer Open xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Chess Tournament - Class 1 Grand Prix event Saturday & Sunday 15 & 16 February at the Taree RSL & Golf Club on the waterfront in Pulteney Street 7 round Swiss - 4 Saturday & 3 Sunday Sat: 10:15 am., 1:00 pm., 3:30 pm., 6:00 pm. Sun: 10:00 am., 12:45 pm., 3:15 pm. Presentation of Prizes - after Round 7. Time Limit: 60 minutes per Player - G/60. First Prize - $ 150 - Divisional Prizes determined by the number of entries. Players can only win one Prize each. The decision of Tournament Directors is final. This is a Non-Smoking Tournament. Entry Fees: $ 20 Seniors - $ 10 Juniors. Contact: Phillip in Taree 6553 7764 or Endel in Laurieton 6559 9060 mailto:endel@fasternet.com.au xxxxxxxxxxx ChessWorld xxxxxxxxxxx ADULT CHESS CLUB & EVENTS Chess World Tournament Centre, 758 North Rd, Ormond 7.30pm -10.30pm Tuesday for ACF Rated Tournaments 8.00pm-9.30pm Wednesday for Social Club Night 8.00pm-9.30pm Thursday Night for Coaching - top class coaching every week Unlimited Membership $89 for 3 months or pay $7.70 casual attendance. If you are thinking of playing in the ANZAC day tournament a membership will save you $30 on your entry fee! Tuesday's starting February 11 - Chess World Rapid Championships (7 rounds, 60 minutes + 10 seconds per move) Confirmed entries: FM Depasquale, Hacche, FM Wastney and other strong players. Victorian Lightning Championships - Adults & Juniors Welcome Qualifying Round-Robin Tournaments every Saturday from Feb 8th All tournaments 11 rounds, round-robin. Start Saturday's 2pm... Confirmed entries from many players over 2100. $1500 cash prizes to be won! plus ... Ratings prizes, Lucky-loser prizes, Reserves tournament. email: cordover@chessworld.com.au for more details on any of these events. KIDS CLASSES & TOURNAMENTS Chess Kids Education Centre WE ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS AS NORMAL today onwards (30 January) Daily 3.00-6.30pm lessons & drop in chess Saturday 8am-2pm Speed Chess Tournament every Saturday 2pm RJ Shield Chess Tournament - Feburary 23rd - 1.00pm start (MAX 60 players - enter early) Chess Kids Education Centre, 758 North Rd, Ormond (see calendar for other dates) Sunday February 16th 1pm - "Star Wars" Movie night... 1pm-5pm ... watch Star Wars 1 & 2 or 4 & 5... and play chess of course. (all welcome) email: cordover@chessworld.com.au for more details on any of these events. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx City of Sydney Championships 2003 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx New South Wales Chess Association Inc. Website http://www.ozemail.com.au/~nswca/ G.P.O BOX 2418 SYDNEY 2001 Open Division will be FIDE rated Venue: Ryde-Eastwood Leagues Club 117 Ryedale Rd, West Ryde (1 minute from West Ryde Station) Registration Closes 1:00pm 23rd Feb ($10 penalty for late entries) Nine rounds - Sunday Afternoons From 23rd Feb to 27th April (Sundays) Starting Time 2.00 pm 20th April no play - Easter Weekend Rate of play 30 moves in 90 minutes, then 60 minutes to finish. Entry Fees: OPEN: Adult $90, Under 18 $80, Under 14 $50. U1700: Adult $70, Under 18 $60, Under 14 $40. $10 Discount for Registration by 17th Feb (Mail, phone or email and pay on the 23rd Feb) All players may register to play in Open Division. All NSW resident players must be members of NSWCA or NSWJCL. Minimum Prizes (based on 80 players) Division 1 - Open: 1st prize $500 Ratings and Junior Prizes based on Entries Division 2 - Under 1700: 1st prize $300 Ratings and Junior Prizes based on Entries Players are eligible for only 1 prize. Please make all cheques payable to NSWCA Inc. Mail entries to NSWCA GPO Box 2418 Sydney 2001. Email entries accepted: pcass@zeta.org.au Enquires Peter Cassettari 9896 4224 ------------------------------------------- International Tournaments ------------------------------------------- The Commonwealth Chess Championships scheduled to be held in Mumbai, India from 19-28 April 2003. The Asian Team Chess Championships is scheduled to be held at Abhay Days Hotel, Pawta Circle, Jodhpur, India from 7 to 17 April, 2003. Entry forms shall be submitted to: Mr. P.T. UMMER KOYA FIDE Vice President & Hon. Secretary, AICF Nallalam (P.O), Calicut - 673 027 Tel: (91) 495 - 2420227, 2420327. Fax: (91) 495 - 2421005 E-mail: chessindia@sancharnet.in ------------------------------------ ACF Grand Prix 2003 ------------------------------------ Full details online at http://crcchess.topcities.com/GP2003.html Please note that the Category status of new Victorian events - X-Mas Swiss Tournament (December 20-21) AND Father's Day Tournament - is not finally settled. Australia Day Weekender Category 2 NSW Jan 25-26 Contact P.Cassettari: pcass@zeta.org.au Newcastle Open 2003 Category 2 NSW Feb 8-9 For info phone (02) 4943 3862, (02) 4946 9627, (02) 4961 2223 Taree RSL Open Category 1 NSW Feb 15-16 Contact Endel Lane (02) 6559 9060 endel@fasternet.com.au Tasmanian Open Championship - Burnie Category 1 TAS Mar 8-10 Contact Neville Ledger (03) 6431 1280 nlchess@tassie.net.au Ballarat Begonia Weekend Tournament Category 3 VIC Mar 8-10 Contact B. van Riel bvanriel@ncable.net.au Dubbo RSL Open Category 1 NSW Mar 15-16 Contact Alexander Aich (02) 6884 4561 sjaich@tpg.com.au Doeberl Cup Category 3 ACT Apr 18-21 Contact Roger McCart 'phone (06) 6251 6190 Roger.McCart@anu.edu.au Chess World ANZAC Day weekender Category 2 VIC April 25-27 ChessWorld Tournament Centre Contact David Cordover (03) 957 6177 or 0411-877-833 email cordover@chessworld.com.au 37th. Peninsula Open Category 1 QLD May 3-5 Contact Mark Stokes (07) 3205 6042 markcstokes@hotmail.com Laurieton May Open Category 1 NSW May 3-4 Contact Endel Lane (02) 6559 9060 endel@fasternet.com.au NSWCA May Weekender Category 2 NSW May 17-18 Contact P.Cassettari pcass@zeta.org.au Tasmanian Chess Championship Category 1 TAS Jun 7-9 Contact K.Bonham (03) 6224 8487 k_bonham@tassie.net.au NSW Open Championship Category 3 NSW Jun 7-9 Contact: P.Cassettari pcass@zeta.org.au Taree RSL June Open Category 1 NSW Jun 14-15 Contact Endel Lane (02) 6559 9060 endel@fasternet.com.au Gold Coast Open (Gold Coast CC) Category 3 QLD Jun 21-22 Contact Graeme Gardiner ggardiner@gardinerchess.com (07) 5530 5794 Caloundra Open Category 3? QLD Jun 28/29 Contact Derrick Jeffries chesswis@australis.aunz.com University Open Category 3 SA JUL 12-13 chess@adelaide.edu.au ph (08) 8303 3029 or andrew.saint@adelaide.edu.au ph (08) 8332 3752 NSWCA August Weekender Category 2 NSW Aug 2-3 Contact P.Cassettari pcass@zeta.org.au Father's Day Tournament Category 2/3? VIC Sep 6-7 Contact: David Cordover (03) 9576177 or 0411-877-833 cordover@chessworld.com.au Gold Coast Classic (Gold Coast CC) Category 3 QLD Sep 20-21 Contact Graeme Gardiner ggardiner@gardinerchess.com (07) 5530 5794 12th. Redcliffe Challenge Category 2 QLD Sep 27-28 Contact Mark Stokes (07) 3205 6042 markcstokes@hotmail.com Tweed Open Category 3 QLD Oct 4-5 Contact Audie Pennefather pennefather@iprimus.com.au Koala Open Category 3 NSW Oct 5-6 Contact Brian Jones chessaus@chessaustralia.com.au Laurieton Open Category 1 NSW Nov 1-2 Contact Endel Lane (02) 6559 9060 endel@fasternet.com.au November weekender Category 1 TAS Nov 1-2 or 1-3 Contact K.Bonham (03) 6224 8487 k_bonham@tassie.net.au Gosford Open Category 2 NSW Nov 8-9 Contact Lachlan Lee I.yee@unsw.edu.au Taree RSL Spring Open Category 1 NSW Nov 15-16 Contact Endel Lane (02) 6559 9060 endel@fasternet.com.au NSWCA November Weekender Category 2 Nov 22-23 contact P.Cassettari pcass@zeta.org.au X-Mas Swiss Tournament Category 2-3? December 20-21 Contact David Cordover (03) 9576177 or 0411-877-833 cordover@chessworld.com.au Total 29 NSW 14 QLD 6 VIC 4 ACT 1 TAS 3 SA 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Best wishes till next time - Paul Broekhuyse