ACF Bulletin #212, April 14, 2003 ** Chess Today Daily Chess News - Annotated Games - Chess Lessons and Hints Interviews, reviews and more! Free trial - http://www.chesstoday.net ** Italo-Australian Club 41st Doeberl Cup Australia's premier weekend tournament! Canberra, 18-21 April - Total Prizes: $10,000 http://www.netspeed.com.au/ianandjan/IansPage/ ** University Open 2003 $4000 total prizes - Category 3 Grand Prix 12-13 July - Adelaide University, SA http://www.unichess.org ** Job Opportunity - Chess Kids, Melbourne A position as full-time Chess Coach is available with Chess Kids from the start of Term 2 (May 1st). Salary: $27,700 + super (9% of gross) Contact cordover@chessworld.com.au or David on 0411-877-833 for more details. IN THIS ISSUE * ACF Council Meeting * Dubbo open * Ruth Coxhill Memorial * A.C.T. Schools Competitions * Wyong Shire Cup * City of Sydney update * World News * Letters policy * Chess World Grand Prix 2003 * Upcoming tournaments QUICK LINKS ACF homepage: http://www.auschess.org.au Bulletins archive: http://www.auschess.org.au/bulletins Bulletin Board: http://www.auschess.org.au/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl International news and games: http://www.chessnetwork.com/ncn Feedback/contributions: broekhuysep@bigpond.com ACF COUNCIL MEETING The ACF Council meeting will be held tonight (Monday). Among the topics to be discussed are the Speck/Johansen Play-off from the 2001/2 Australian Championships, Australian Chess Directory, a proposal for a National Chess Coaching Accreditation System, and the ratings debate - Joseph Tanti DUBBO OPEN This tournament, now in its third year, was won by the player who won it in the first two years: IM John-Paul Wallace. John-Paul won his first five games and agreed a quick draw with Kerry Stead in the final round to finish on 5.5/6. David Castor was second on 5/6 and Stead finished third with 4.5 points. 19 players took part with entrants from Newcastle, Gosford, Gunnedah, Sydney, Canberra, Orange, and of course Dubbo itself. The players enjoyed a terrific dinner on the saturday night and a very enjoyable time was had by all. Thanks to the organisers from the Dubbo Chess Club http://users.tpg.com.au/trevbec1/ and hopefully more players will make the effort to attend the event next year. 5.5 Wallace 5.0 Castor 4.5 Stead 4.0 Van Der Wal 3.5 Press; Forace; Kershaw; Losh; Lithgow, Bemrose 3.0 Richards, Caton 2.5 Aich, Wilson, Dunn, Dennis 2.0 Bredin 1.0 Edwards, Yeong - Shaun Press NSW: CITY OF SYDNEY CONTINUES Round 7 games: Ralph Seberry-Andrew Bird 1. e2-e4 c7-c5 2. Ng1-f3 Nb8-c6 3. d2-d4 c5xd4 4. c2-c3 d7-d5 5. e4xd5 Qd8xd5 6. c3xd4 Bc8-g4 7. Bf1-e2 e7-e6 8. Nb1-c3 Bf8-b4 9. O-O Bb4xc3 10. b2xc3 Ng8-f6 11. Bc1-a3 Qd5-a5 12. Qd1-b3 Qa5-c7 13. Rf1-e1 Nf6-d5 14. Nf3-g5 Bg4xe2 15. Re1xe2 O-O-O 16. Ng5-e4 Nc6-a5 17. Qb3-a4 Kc8-b8 18. Re2-c2 Na5-c4 19. Ba3-c5 Nd5-b6 20. Qa4-b3 Qc7-c6 21. Ne4-g5 Rd8-d7 22. a2-a4 Nc4-a5 23. Qb3-a3 Nb6-c4 24. Qa3-c1 Na5-b3 25. Qc1-f4+ e6-e5 26. d4xe5 Nb3xa1 27. Rc2-c1 Qc6xc5 28. Ng5xf7 Rd7xf7 29. Qf4xf7 Nc4xe5 30. Qf7-a2 Ne5-d3 31. Rc1xa1 Rh8-f8 32. Ra1-f1 Nd3xf2 33. Qa2-e2 Nf2-d3+ 34. Kg1-h1 Rf8xf1+ 35. Qe2xf1 Qc5-f2 0-1 The clash of the top-performing juniors ended in a draw: George Xie-Ronald Yu 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. a3 a5 8. Qc2 h6 9. Bh4 Re8 10. h3 Na7 11. Be2 c6 12. c5 Bd7 13. Bg3 Nc8 14. O-O Nh5 15. Bh2 f5 16. b4 Nf6 17. Rfb1 b6 18. Ne5 Na7 19. Na4 b5 20. Nb6 a4 21. Nxa8 Qxa8 22. f3 Rf8 23. e4 fxe4 24. fxe4 Qe8 25. exd5 Nxd5 26. Bd3 Rf6 27. Bg6 Qd8 28. Rf1 Ne3 29. Bf7+ Rxf7 30. Nxf7 Nxc2 31. Nxd8 Nxa1 32. Rf7 Nc8 33. Be5 Nc2 34. Rxg7+ Kf8 35. Nf7 Ke8 36. Nxh6 Bf8 37. Rh7 Bxh6 38. Rxh6 Nxa3 39. Rh8+ Kf7 40. Rh7+ Ke8 41. Rh8+ Kf7 42. Rh7+ Ke8 43. d5 exd5 44. g4 Nc2 45. g5 d4 46. g6 a3 47. Bf6 Be6 48. Rh8+ Kd7 49. Rh7+ Ke8 50. Rh8+ Kd7 51. Rh7+ Ke8 1/2-1/2 (Draw by threefold repetition) NSW: WYONG SHIRE CUP Van Renen-Eves 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 e6 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. e3 Be7 7. Ne5 Nxe5 8. dxe5 Nd7 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. f4 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. a4 O-O-O 13. a5 h6 14. axb6 Qxb6 15. Ra4 Nb8 16. f5 Bg5 17. Qe2 Nc6 18. h4 c4 19. hxg5 cxd3 20. cxd3 hxg5 21. d4 Rh6 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Ba3 a5 24. Bc5 Qc7 25. Qg4 Nxe5 26. Qxg5 Nd3 27. Nf3 Rdh8 28. g3 Nxc5 29. dxc5 Qxc5 30. Nh4 Ba6 31. Rfa1 Rf8 32. Rxa5 Rf1+ 33. Rxf1 Qxa5 34. Rf8+ Kb7 35. Qxg7+ Kc6 36. Qxh6 Qe1+ 37. Kg2 Bd3 38. Qxe6+ Kc5 39. Qe7+ Kb5 40. Rb8+ 1-0 Curtis-Losh 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Qxc3 Re8 8. d4 Qc7 9. dxe5 Qxe5 10. Qxe5 Rxe5 11. Bf4 Re6 12. Nf3 d5 13. Nd4 Re8 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Bxb8 Rxb8 17. Rc1 Bh3 18. Kd2 Re7 19. Rc5 Rbe8 20. Rhc1 Bg4 21. Rxd5 g6 (21... Bxe2 $2 22. Re1 {and the bishop is lost}) 22. e3 a6 23. Rdc5 Rd8 24. R1c4 Bf3 25. Rc8 Red7 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Rc7 Kf8 28. Kc3 Bd5 29. g4 Ke8 30. f3 Rd7 31. Rc8+ Rd8 32. Rxd8+ Kxd8 33. e4 Ba2 34. b3 1-0 Skulimowski-Murrell 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d3 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 g6 6. Qb3 Na5 7. Qc2 Bg7 8. d4 O-O 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. O-O c4 12. Be2 b5 13. b4 Nc6 14. a4 Ng4 15. axb5 Nxb4 16. Qb2 Nd3 17. Bxd3 cxd3 18. Nd4 Qxh2# 0-1 QUEENSLAND: RUTH COXHILL MEMORIAL This FIDE Rated Tournament was held at the new Gardiner Chess Centre on the Gold Coast Final scores, 10 player round robin: 6.5 Andrew Allen 5.5 Matthew Sonter, Phachara Wongwichit, Jacob Edwards 5.0 Nik Stawski 4.5 Justin Pengelley, John Myers 3.5 Toshi Kimura 3.0 David Richards 1.5 Jonathan Lichter The six players without FIDE ratings are likely to receive FIDE ratings as follows: Matthew Sonter 2087 Phachara Wongwichit 2087 Justin Pengelley 2062 Toshi Kimura 1992 David Richards 1954 Jonathan Lichter 1811 Allen-Sonter 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Qa4+ Bd7 8. Qh4 Be7 9. Bg5 h6 10. O-O-O Kf8 11. Bxh6+ Kg8 Black seems to be in a mess, but how is the Bh6 going to get out alive? 12. Qf4 Ng4 13. Bg5 Nxf2 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Rg1 Nxd1 16. Kxd1 Na6 17. g4 Nc7 18. Bg2 Re8 19. e4 Kg7 20. g5 Nb5 21.Rf1 Nxc3+ 22. bxc3 f5 23. gxf6+ Qxf6 24. Qe3 Bg4 25. Kc1 Bxf3 26. Rxf3 Qe5 0-1 Sonter-Edwards 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Nxe5 dxe4 7. Qh5+ g6 8. Nxg6 Nf6 9. Qe5+ Kf7 10. Bc4+ Kg7 11. Bh6+!? Kxh6 12. Nxh8 Bb4+ 13. c3 Qxh8 14. h4 Kg7 15. Qxc7+ Nbd7 16. cxb4 Qf8 A wild ride! Maybe Black needs something more active here? 17. a3 Kh8 18. O-O Nb6 19. Bb3 Bd7 20. Rac1 Qh6 21. Qg3 Bc6 22. Rc5 Bd5 23. Bxd5 Nbxd5 24. Qg5 Qxg5 25. hxg5 b6 26. Rc6 Ng4 27. Re6 e3 28. fxe3 Ndxe3 29. Re1 Rd8 30. R6xe3 Nxe3 31. Rxe3 Rxd4 32. Re8+ Kg7 33. Re7+ Kg6 34. Rxa7 Rd2 35. Rb7 Rxb2 36. Rxb6+ Kxg5 The ending should be easy for white 37. Rb8 Ra2 38. Ra8 Rb2 39. Rf8 h5 40. Rf2 Rb3 41. Ra2 h4 42. a4 Kf4 43. Kh2 Rxb4 44. a5 Rb7 45. a6 Ra7 46. Kh3 Kg5 47. Ra4 Kh5 48. Ra5+ Kg6 49. Kxh4 Kh6 50. g4 Kg6 51. g5 Rh7+ 52. Kg4 Ra7 53. Ra4 Kg7 54. Kh5 Kh7 55. g6+ Kg7 56. Kg5 Kg8 57. Kh6 Kf8 58. Ra5 Kg8 59. Rb5 Ra8 60. a7 1-0 It is planned to hold another FIDE Rated event at the Gardiner Chess Centre commencing in July. Full details and all the games at www.gardinerchess.com AUSTRALIAN CLUBS TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIPS Caloundra, Sunshine Coast, 29 September to 3 October 2003 Rydges Oasis Resort We now have six confirmed teams for this inaugural event. They are St George (Sydney), Universities of Sydney, Canberra, Gold Coast, Bullwinkle (Brisbane) and Suncoast. I have particularly asked Box Hill and Adelaide to make every endeavour to send a team. Six is great, eight would be terrific. All other clubs are, of course, encouraged to send teams. Ten would be awesome for the first year! Full details at www.gardinerchess.com/AusClubsTeamChamps.htm - Graeme Gardiner ggardiner@gardinerchess.com A.C.T. SCHOOLS COMPETITIONS The ACTJCL has finished the first set of competitions to select our representatives for the Australian Schools Championships in WA. The Girls Primary Schools Championships experienced more than 50% growth this year, with nearly 300 girls participating across 2 zones. St Monicas's (Tamzin Oliver, Alexandra Humphrey, Marina Lovric and Lara Ong) were clear winners by 4½ points on long time rivals, Curtin and Chapman Primaries who tied for =2nd. The Girls High Schools Championships also experienced growth, with 34 girls participating - up on 24 last year. It is still very pathetic and if anyone can give me hints on how to keep girls participating at High School, I'll be glad to hear. Alfred Deakin High (Veronique Eldridge-Smith) came 1st, followed by Radford College and Belconnen High. Curtin and Chapman now have the right to challenge St Monica's to a playoff at long time controls, but on current indications they will not do so, leaving St Monica's as the ACT rep. Girls High Schools is more of a problem - it is unfortunately the case that any school, who can find 4 girls who are prepared to travel to WA, will be the rep. - Jenni Oliver WORLD NEWS The HUNGUEST HOTELS SUPER CHESS TOURNAMENT in Budapest features Leko, Polgar, Gelfand, Short, Almasi, Movsesian, Korchnoi, Lutz, Acs and new junior hope Ferenc Berkes (2570). Short-Lutz 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 b5 8. f3 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Ne7 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. Be3 Be7 12. h4 O-O 13. Kb1 Rb8 14. h5 b4 15. Nd5 exd5 16. exd5 b3 17. cxb3 Nb4 18. d6 Qa5 19. a3 Qf5+ 20. Ka1 Nc2+ 21. Ka2 Bf6 22. Ba7 Ra8 23. Bd3 Qe5 24. Qxc2 Rxa7 25. Rhe1 Qg5 26. Bxh7+ Kh8 27. Be4 Bb7 28. g4 a5 29. Qf2 Bxe4 30. Rxe4 Rb7 31. Qe2 Qb5 32. Rd3 Rbb8 33. f4 Kg8 34. g5 Bd8 35. Re5 Qa6 36. Qe4 Rb6 37. Red5 Rc6 38. h6 a4 39. hxg7 axb3+ 40. Kxb3 Kxg7 41. Rh3 Rg8 42. Rh7+ Kf8 43. Rxf7+ Kxf7 44. Qf5+ Kg7 45. Qxd7+ Kg6 46. Qe6+ 1-0 Korchnoi-Polgar 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Nh5 8. e3 Nxg3 9. fxg3 Bg7 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. O-O Qe7 12. a3 O-O-O 13. Rc1 h5 14. c5 g4 15. cxb6 gxf3 16. bxc7 Kxc7 17. d5 Qg5 18. dxc6 Qxe3+ 19. Kh1 fxg2+ 20. Kxg2 Bxc6+ 21. Be4 Bxc3 22. Bxc6 Qd2+ 23. Kh3 h4 24. Rxc3 hxg3+ 25. Kg4 Rhg8+ 26. Kf3 dxc6 27. Qxd2 Rxd2 28. hxg3 Rxb2 29. Ke4 f5+ 30. Ke5 Rg6 31. Rh1 Re2+ 32. Kf4 Re4+ 33. Kf3 Reg4 34. Kf2 e5 35. Rf3 Kd6 36. Rh7 a6 37. Ra7 Ra4 38. Rd3+ Ke6 39. Rc3 Kd5 40. Rd7+ Rd6 41. Rf7 f4 42. Rb7 Rc4 43. Rd3+ Kc5 44. Rdb3 Rd2+ 45. Kf3 fxg3 46. Kxg3 Rdc2 0-1 * Former world champion Anatoly Karpov crushed Polish GM Macieja in a RAPID MATCH in Warzaw. * US Grandmaster Nick De Firmian scored a great victory in Norway's GAUSDAL CLASSIC, thanks to five straight wins * Anand, Polgar and Karpov are set to "Basque" in glory next month in a NOVELTY TEAMS event in Santurtzi, a small Basque town near Bilbao in Spain. The Basque team of GM F. Izeta, GM J.L. Fernandez and GM M. Gomez will play a total of nine games (three blindfold, three advanced chess and three rapid] against them. * Russia's Alexander Rustemov beat early leader Vallejo Pons in a stirring game to take the lead in the DOS HERMANAS tournament, and held on to win the event with Dreev. Games, results and reports at www.chessnetwork.com/ncn LETTERS POLICY No letters this week, partly because the only correspondence received related to the ratings debate, and I've declared a halt to that debate here for a while. I did so for a couple of reasons: first, the letters tended to take up a huge amount of space, squeezing out other material; second, there seemed to be a bit of a personal edge developing in some letters, which is (a) absolutely inevitable in a long debate where there are strong feelings on both sides, but (b) inappropriate for an august publication like this one, and (c) not conducive to good debate; third, the ACF Bulletin Board already hosts a lively, detailed debate about these matters, running to dozens of posts, where all the minutiae can be examined in one place - in my view, a much more appropriate forum for such debates. I've directed the writers of letters about the ratings dispute to post their thoughts there. The Bulletin Board is at http://www.auschess.org.au/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl As for the letters policy, here are some guidelines for letter writers: 1. Letters should be no longer than 100 words. Longer letters should be posted to the Bulletin Board, and a 100-word summary supplied for the Bulletin. 2. Letter writers are asked not to get personal, as far as possible. Stick to the issue. Robust debate about *issues* is encouraged. 3. Letter writers are asked to make reasonable inquiries to ascertain the facts before making contentious claims. This does not mean, of course, that only "experts" are entitled to speak their minds. 4. Letters may now be edited. My practice so far has been to simply publish them verbatim, but this has led to some conflicts. Where possible (ie, where letters are received early enough), letter writers will be asked to themselves remove any unhappy personal references etc. If this is not possible, I may edit letters, though I'll try not to change any essential meanings. 5. Long and involved topics might be re-directed from the Bulletin to the Bulletin Board. - Paul Broekhuyse, editor UPCOMING LOCAL TOURNAMENTS THE ITALO-AUSTRALIAN CLUB 41ST DOEBERL CUP Class 3 ACF Grand Prix 18-21 April Italo-Australian Club, 78 Franklin Street, Forrest, Canberra, ACT. Total Prizes: $10,000 Time Limits: 90 minutes plus 30 seconds per move from the beginning. Entry Fees: Premier Division: Adult $100; U/18 $60 (GMs & IMs free, if entry received by 11-04-2003.) Major & Minor Divisions: Adult $90; U/18 $50 Discount: $20 (Adult) /$10 (U/18/) if entry by 11-04-2003. Entries to: Paul Dunn (Treasurer, Doeberl Cup) 20 Richmond St, Macquarie, ACT 2614 Please make cheques payable to ACTCA. Info: Roger McCart (Convener, Doeberl Cup) 02-62516190 Roger.McCart@anu.edu.au http://www.netspeed.com.au/ianandjan/IansPage/ SYDNEY EASTER CUP Cabra-Vale Diggers Club, 1 Bartley Street, Cabramatta Easter Saturday and Monday commencing at 9.30am. 7 rounds of 1 hour each per player, loss on flagfall. Entry fees: full $25, Concession $15, Junior $10. Contact: Ernest Dorm 9727-2931 CHESS WORLD ANZAC DAY WEEKENDER Victoria: Category 2 Grand Prix event April 25-27 ChessWorld Tournament Centre Contact David Cordover (03) 957 6177 or 0411-877-833 email cordover@chessworld.com.au 38th PENINSULA OPEN MAY 3-5 2003 D.O.P. Ian Murray Redcliffe State High School hall Cnr. Oxley Ave & Klingner Rd. Redcliffe Qld Mark Stokes 20 Melaleuca Drive Strathpine 4500 (07) 32056042 markcstokes@hotmail.com LAURIETON MAY OPEN Grand Prix Class 1 event. 3-4 May, Laurieton Services Club. 7 Rounds. Entry: $20/$8 Endel 6559 9060 endel@fasternet.com.au Strahan 6585 1143 2003 CITY OF SYDNEY RAPIDPLAY Sunday 11th May one-day event Low entry fee/$1250 in cash prizes [60% for rating divisions]. Ryde-Eastwood Leagues Club 117 Ryedale Rd, West Ryde (1 minute from West Ryde Station) 10am Registration Jason Lyons 0412 907 686 jasongraham@yahoo.com http://www.ozemail.com.au/~nswca/ INVITATION CHESS TOURNAMENT 7 round swiss John Edmondson V.C. Memorial Club, 185 George Street Liverpool 7 rounds, 12 May-30 June Three Divisions: 2050 - 1751 Entry Fee $40; 1750-1451 $30; 1451 & under $20 Cheque payable to JEVC Chess Club Liverpool Eddy Katnic, 02 9823 0163 Fax: 02 9823 0194 2003 QUEENSLAND WOMEN’S CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP May 24-25 Gardiner Chess Centre, 11 Hardys Road, Mudgeeraba 9am start both days Entry fee $40; Entries close noon Friday 23 May) CAQ membership fee $10 Pay QWCL C/- Russell Mowles 30-32 Enkleman Road Yatala 4207 (07) 3807 6278 Mob: 0408 785925 russellmowles@aol.com UNIVERSITY OPEN 2003 $4000 Total Prizes Category Three Grand Prix 12th & 13th July $35 Adult $25 Junior/Concession Adelaide University, SA Official site GREATER SYDNEY OPEN 4-6 October 2003 at Rooty Hill RSL. 7 round FIDE-rated event. Australian Grand Prix Category 3. Time limit 90 minutes plus 30 seconds/move. Public holiday weekend (Labour Day) in NSW, ACT and SA. - Brian Jones JUNIOR EVENTS: Asian Under 16 Championships 21 -30 April Fergana, Uzbekistan Asian Youth Championships (Under 10, 12 & 14) 6 - 14 June Mongolia World Junior & Girls Under 20 Championships 21 June - 4 July Nakhichevan, Azerbaijan World Youth Under 16 Olympiad 2 - 10 August Denizli, Turkey World Youth Championship 23 October - 2 November Halkidiki, Greece Email Kerry Stead with name, date of birth & events they are interested in playing in as soon as possible. Kerry Stead ACF Junior Co-ordinator kerrys@ihug.com.au WORLD JUNIOR & GIRLS CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS Olympic Center, Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan 21 June 2003 (arrival) to 4 July 2003 (departure) Only those born on or after 1st January 1983 are eligible. Registration Forms to Azerbaijan Chess Federation by 30 May. chessaz@azeurotel.com CHESS WORLD GRAND PRIX 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 0403 775476 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 0403 775476 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 Suncoast Caloundra Open Category 3 QLD Jun 28/29 Contact Bob Goodwin bobgoodwin@austarnet.com.au 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 0403 775476 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 Greater Sydney Open Category 3 NSW Oct 4-6 Contact: Brian Jones (02) 9838 1529 brian@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 Yee L.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 0403 775476 X-Mas Swiss Tournament Category 2-3? December 20-21 Contact David Cordover (03) 9576177 or 0411-877-833 cordover@chessworld.com.au xxxxx Best wishes till next time - Paul Broekhuyse broekhuysep@bigpond.com