ACF Bulletin #212, April 14, 2003
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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
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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