ACF Bulletin #214, April 28, 2003
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IN THIS ISSUE
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* SA Championship
* City of Sydney
* Australian Junior Masters and NSW Junior Masters
* Doeberl Cup
* Letters
* Chess World Grand Prix 2003
* Upcoming tournaments
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IN THIS ISSUE:
* WA: Midland Masters
* SA Championship
* NSW: City of Sydney
* Australian Young Masters and NSWJCL Masters
* Doeberl Cup report
* Letters
* Upcoming tournaments
* Chess World Grand Prix
SA CHAMPIONSHIP
Srbo Zaric & Bob Cowley tied for first with Srbo winning the playoff 1.5 to 0.5.
The SA Candidates was won by junior Ashwin Utturkar.
More details and games when they become available.
WA: MIDLAND MASTERS
WA's 1st FIDE rated event was a success thanks to the participation and
attitude of a strong turn-out.
There were no forfeits, disputes or unpleasantness!
Place Name Rtg Loc Score
1 Boyd, Tristan 2185 2127 7.5
2 Barber, Haydn 2290 2228 6
3-4 Lakner, Jay 1938 5.5
Horstmann, Michael 2212 5.5
5 Haasse, Adam 2104 5
6-7 Wilkins, Michael 2275 2074 4
Byrne, Stewart 2220 2212 4
8 Phillip, Stephen 1926 3
9 Partis, Mike 1990 2.5
10 Hardegen, Andrew 1838 2
Here is a quick victory by Midland Masters winner 18 year old Tristan Boyd -
his opponent Michael Wilkins (black) usually plays a lot more solidly.
1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. Nxb5 Re8 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Rxe4 13. Ng5 Rb4 14. Qf3
(its book until now) f6?? 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 Na6 17. e7 Qb8 18. Nxd6 Nc7
19. e8=Q+ 1-0
- Rob Maris
YU WHO?
Expect to hear a lot more about the latest sensational junior, Ronald Yu of NSW.
He's just won two tournaments: The Australian Young Masters and The City of Sydney
- see below:
AUSTRALIAN YOUNG MASTERS
The Australian Young Masters concluded on the weekend. The event was a 10 player
round robin for players under 20. Thanks to the sponsors of the event - NSWJCL,
ACF, NSWCA, Australian Chess Enterprises, Ian & Cathy Rogers & UNSW CATS.
The event finished in a tie between IM David Smerdon and Ronald Yu,
who has been having a fantastic few months (he finished =1st in the
City of Sydney on Sunday afternoon tied with Greg Canfell).
No Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total
1 Ronald Yu * 1 D 1 1 D D 1 1 D 7
2 David Smerdon 0 * 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7
3 George Xie D 1 * 0 1 D D D 1 1 6
4 Jonathan Humphrey 0 0 1 * D 1 1 D 0 1 5
5 Tomek Rej 0 0 0 D * 1 1 D 1 1 5
6 Justin Tan D 0 D 0 0 * D 1 1 1 4.5
7 Gareth Charles D 0 D 0 0 D * D 1 D 3.5
8 Laura Moylan 0 0 D D D 0 D * 0 1 3
9 Ilya Zvedeniouk 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 * 1 3
10 Leon Taylor D 0 0 0 0 0 D 0 0 * 1
Final results and last round games should be on the web page shortly:
http://www.nswjcl.org.au/Masters/2003/masters.htm
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[Event "Australian Young Masters"]
[Site "UNSW"]
[Date "2003.04.24"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Yu, Ronald"]
[Black "Smerdon, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2003.04.??"]
1. f4 e5!? 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nf3 g5 5. g3 g4 6. Nh4 Be7 7. Ng2 h5 8. d4
h4 9. Bf4 h3 10. Ne3 Nf6 11. Qd3 Nc6
As always in this line, White has to suffer quite a bit of discomfort in return for his
pawn advantage
12. c3 Be6 13. Nd2 Qd7 14. Nec4 Nh5 15. e3
Nxf4 16. exf4 O-O-O 17. Ne3 Bf6 18. d5!?
A bid for freedom, returning a pawn
18...Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Qxd5 20. Nxd5 Rhe8+
21.Kd1 Rxd5 22. Kc2 b5 23. Rd1 a5 24. Bd3 Re3 25. Ne4 Be7 26. Nf2 f5 27. Rhe1 Rf3
28. Rd2 Rc5 29. Kb1 b4 30. cxb4 axb4 31. Rc1 Kb7 32. Nd1 Nd4 33. Bc4 Bf6 34. b3
c6 35. Nb2 Nb5 36. Bxb5 Rxc1+ 37. Kxc1 cxb5 38. Kc2 Bc3 39. Re2 Bd4 40. Nd1 Bg1
41. Kd2 Rf1 42. Ne3 Rf2 43. Rxf2 Bxf2 44. Nxf5 Bg1 45. Ke2!
Now black can't harvest the h-pawn because the bishop gets trapped by Kf2.
Meanwhile, there's no way to defend Black's k-side pawns.
45...Kc6 46. Ne3 Kc5
47.Nxg4 Kd4 48. f5 Ke4 49. f6 Kf5 50. Kf3 Bd4 51. f7 Bg7 52. Nf2 Ke6 53. Nxh3 Kxf7
54. Ke4 Kf6 55. Nf4 Bf8 56. h4 Bc5 57. g4 Bf2 58. g5+ Kg7 59. h5 Be1 60. Kf5
Bd2 61. Ne6+ Kh7 62. Nd4 Kg7 63. Nxb5 Kh7 64. a3 Kg7 65. a4 1-0
Day 1 Summary
David Smerdon played some enterprising chess to come away with two wins
on the opening day. His game against Justin Tan was particularly entertaining.
Ronald Yu caused a stir by beating current Australian Junior Champion Tomek Rej,
while Jonathan Humphrey and George Xie also showed why they in the group of
players to beat.
In the Junior Masters, Junta Ikeda grabbed the opportunities presented to him
to win both his games. Jason Hu and James Watson also won both their games
on day 1 with their tactics hitting the mark. The top seeds met early in the event,
and draws resulted, so it will be interesting to see how they fare against the
lower rated players.
Day 2 Summary
The Australian Young Masters event has been given a huge shake up by
Ronald Yu! The 10th seed before the tournament, he showed no mercy after
David Smerdon turned down his draw offers and later blundered, dispatching
the favourite quite convincingly in the end. Leon Taylor missed a golden opportunity
against Laura Moylan to get off the mark, but instead of consolidating he pushed
for an attack that wasn’t there and lost.
The NSW Junior Masters has evened up again, with the leaders all dropping
points in round 4. The top seeds are also beginning to warm up, with the
top three all winning their first games for the event in round 4.
Day 3 Summary
We now have outright leaders in both tournaments, with Ronald Yu
leading the Australian Young Masters on 5.5/7 after scoring a win
and a draw today, while James Watson leads the NSW Junior Masters
on 5/7. Today both leaders will play their final games. If they win
them both, then they will win the tournament, but last rounds have
rules of their own!
The Young Masters event will be FIDE rated and for Ronald Yu it will
mean he will enter the international rating list as one of the highest
juniors in Australia!
Day 4 Summary
Ronald Yu secured first place with a solid draw against Leon Taylor,
and a crushing win over Ilya Zvedeniouk. David Smerdon kept in the
hunt with 2 wins, while George Xie finished with 6/9 after a quick draw
with Justin Tan.
James Cronan’s win over James Watson has thrown the Junior Masters
event wide open. It looked for a long while as though Watson would simply
cruise home to take first place, but now he may finish out of the places!
Any of 6 people can win the tournament now!
Day 5 Summary
(I'm not sure what happened here, except that the results are as described above! - paulb)
xxxxx
The supporting NSW JUNIOR MASTERS (under 18s - mostly) was won by
Vincent Suttor with 6/9 in a close contest. Vincent Suttor and James Cronan
were the top seeds. Vincent was the Australian Under 14 representative
last year and James is the current Under 14 champion, yet it is was the
experienced James Watson, young gun Junta Ikeda from the ACT and
Jason Hu who took the early lead! This tournament promised to be an
interesting tournament with players such as Girls Under 14 Champion
Heather Huddleston, Australian girls Champion Angela Song and
super young gun Raymond Song also playing!
Standings:
1 Vincent Suttor 6
2-5 Junta Ikeda 5.5
James Watson 5.5
James Cronan 5.5
Raymond Song 5.5
6-7 Peter Varela 4.5
Heather Huddleston 4.5
8 Jason Hu 4
9-10 Arthur Huynh 2
Angela Song 2
Thanks to arbiter Charles Zworestine and help provided by Michael Lip and Lee Forace.
All players seemd to think the idea was excellent, and the event went ahead
without too many problems. Hopefully this can become a regular event on
the Australian chess calendar, which will allow the top juniors from around
the country (NSW was fairly heavily represented this time, mostly due to the
short notice of the event) to get a solid tournament in before heading overseas,
so as to get them used to something like the things they will experience.
- Kerry Stead
CITY OF SYDNEY
There will be a play off between Greg Canfell and Ronald Yu over 2 games
both to be held at St George Leagues Club on Tuesday the 29th April and 6th May
Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1-2 Canfell, Gregory J NSW 2213 7.5 35.5 46.5 36.5
Yu, Ronald NSW 1720 7.5 35.5 46.0 34.5
3-4 Xie, George NSW 2186 6 39.5 51.0 35.0
Charles, Gareth NSW 2069 6 29.5 38.0 28.5
5-9 Seberry, Ralph B NSW 2237 5.5 40.0 51.5 31.5
Navarro, Sim NSW 1966 5.5 37.5 48.0 30.5
Bird, Andrew NSW 1956 5.5 34.5 45.5 30.5
Zvedeniouk, Ilya NSW 1875 5.5 31.0 41.5 27.0
Harp, Joel NSW 1908 5.5 28.0 36.5 21.5
10-12 Silver, Dmitri NSW 2024 5 35.5 47.0 27.0
Krejci, Stephen NSW 1893 5 33.0 43.5 25.5
Davies, Shaun NSW 1793 5 29.5 40.0 22.0
13-17 Fell, Lloyd S NSW 1823 4.5 35.0 44.5 28.0
Suttor, Vincent NSW 1760 4.5 32.5 41.5 23.5
Murray, Bruce D NSW 1960 4.5 29.0 39.5 24.0
Huddleston, Heather NSW 1522 4.5 28.0 35.5 19.0
Cronan, James NSW 1624 4.5 25.5 33.0 18.5
18-23 Hill, Ken J NSW 1912 4 36.5 48.0 23.5
Cabilin, Jeff NSW 1884 4 33.0 42.0 22.0
Javor, Stephen NSW 1731 4 31.5 40.5 20.5
Rara, Henry NSW 1512 4 31.0 41.0 16.5
Escribano, Jose NSW 1619 4 30.5 38.5 19.0
Esguerra, Danilo NSW 1643 4 27.0 35.0 15.5
24-25 Song, Raymond NSW 1537 3.5 32.0 42.5 19.5
Descallar, Levi NSW 1717 3.5 25.5 33.0 14.5
26-27 Perkovic, Matthew NSW 1639 3 28.5 36.0 18.5
Spirov, Tony NSW 1156 3 26.0 33.0 11.0
28-29 Tomac, Jack NSW 1721 2.5 25.0 33.0 9.5
Krishnakumar, Harsha NSW 2.5 24.0 31.5 12.5
Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 Wheeler, Tim NSW 1650 7.5 38.5 49.0 42.5
2-3 Bleicher, Horst NSW 1686 6.5 37.5 48.5 31.5
Hor, Stanton NSWj 1413 6.5 36.5 45.0 30.0
4-6 Kresinger, Frank NSW 1504 6 39.5 50.5 32.0
Yu, Colman NSW 1564 6 36.0 47.0 32.0
Lai, Roy NSW 1148 6 36.0 46.5 32.5
7-10 Kite, Ron W NSW 1626 5.5 39.0 50.0 33.0
Kovacs, Les NSW 1576 5.5 36.5 47.5 29.0
Keuning, Anthony V NSW 1517 5.5 35.0 45.0 23.5
Parker, Trent NSW 1102 5.5 30.5 40.0 22.0
11-15 Baterowicz, Mark NSW 1620 5 39.5 50.5 31.0
Savelieff, Geoffrey NSW 1566 5 34.0 44.0 26.0
Walshe, Ian M 1265 5 32.0 41.0 24.5
Bisson, Danny Wayne NSW 1455 5 30.5 40.5 25.0
Nguyen, Joseph NSW 1185 5 29.0 37.0 22.5
16 Tracey, Michael J NSW 1410 4.5 29.5 39.5 19.0
17-24 Greenwood, Norman NSW 1418 4 34.5 44.0 23.5
Art, Carl NSW 1450 4 32.0 40.5 24.0
Lo, Michael NSW 1432 4 29.0 37.5 19.5
Laugery, Bernard A 1280 4 28.5 37.5 20.0
Steinitz, Steven NSW 1370 4 28.0 35.0 14.0
Fell, Lloyd R NSW 1076 4 27.5 34.5 17.0
Morales, Raul NSW 4 27.0 35.0 17.0
Mann, Nicholas G NSW 1265 4 25.5 32.5 17.5
25 Miranda, Adrian NSWJ 1115 3.5 29.5 37.5 18.0
26-27 Chan, Andrew NSW 1527 3 29.5 38.5 20.0
Accola, Tom NSW 1102 3 26.5 34.5 12.0
28 Baker, John A NSW 1414 2.5 27.5 35.0 16.0
29-30 Borovnjak, Joze NSW 1613 2 23.0 31.5 12.0
Talisayan, Samuel NSW 1113 2 22.0 28.5 9.0
31 Pearson, Alexandra NSW 415 1.5 25.5 33.0 6.5
Some more interesting games from the tournaments:
[Date "13/4/2003"]
[White "Greg Canfell"]
[Black "George Xie"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6
4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 dxe4 6. dxe4 Bc5
7. Bg2 e5 8. O-O O-O9. h3 a5
10. a4 Qe7 11. c3 b6 12. Re1 Rd8
13. Qc2 Ba6 14. Bf1 Bxf1 15. Nxf1 Rd7
16. Be3 Rad8 17. Kg2 Rd3 18. Rad1 Rxd1
19. Rxd1 Nd7 20. Bg5 f6 21. Bc1 Nf8
22. Ne3 Bxe3 23. Bxe3 Ne6 24. Rd5 Qe8
25. Qb3 Kf7 26. Nd2 Ne7 27. Rxd8 Qxd8
28. Qc4 Qd6 29. b4 axb4 30. cxb4 Nc6
31. Qd5 Nxb4 32. Qxd6 cxd6 33. Bxb6 Ke7
34. h4 Kd7 35. Kf3 Kc6 36. Ba7 Nd8
37. Kg4 d5 38. f4 dxe4 39. fxe5 fxe5
40. Nxe4 Kd5 41. Kf3 Ndc6 42. Bb6 h5
43. Nf2 g644. a5 Nd4+ 45. Bxd4 exd4
46. Kf4 Kc4 47. Kg5 Kc3 48. Kxg6 Kd2
49. Kxh5 Ke2 50. Ne4 Ke3 51. Nc5 Na6
52. Nd7 Nb8 53. Ne5 Ke4 54. Nc4 d3
55. Kg4 Nc6 56. Nb2 d257. a6 Kd4
58. Kf3 Kc3 59. Nd1+ Kc2 60. Nf2 Ne5+
61. Kg2 Nd3 62. a7 Nxf2 63. a8=Q d1=Q
64. Qa2+ Kc1 65. Qxf2 Qd5+ 66. Qf3 Qd2+
67. Kh3 Qd7+ 68. Qg4 Qe7 69. Qg5+ 1-0
[Date "13/4/2003"]
[White "Ronald Yu"]
[Black "Andrew Bird"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Bxf6 Qxf6
4. Nf3 d6 5. e3 Bd7 6. c4 c5
7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Qd2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4
10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. exd4 g6 12. O-O-OBg7
13. Be2 Rc8 14. Kb1 f5 15. f4 Kf7
16. c5 dxc5 17. Bb5 Rhd8 18. dxc5 Ke7
19. Rxd7+ Rxd7 20. Bxd7 Kxd7 21. Na4 e5
22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. h3 Ke6 24. Rd1 Rc7
25. Rd8 Rd7 26. Ra8 a627. c6 Rd2
28. cxb7 Rxg2 29. Re8+ Kd7 30. Rxe5 Kc7
31. Re7+ Kb8 32. Nc5 1-0
[Date "13/4/2003"]
[White "Frank kresinger 1504"]
[Black "Tim Wheeler 1650"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d2-d4 g7-g6 2. e2-e4 Bf8-g7 3. Bf1-c4 d7-d6
4. Nb1-c3 a7-a6 5. a2-a4 Nb8-d7 6. Ng1-f3 Ng8-f6
7. e4-e5 d6xe5 8. d4xe5 Nf6-g4 9. Bc4xf7+ Ke8-f8
10. Nf3-g5 Ng4xe5 11. Ng5-e6+ Kf8xf7 12. Ne6xd8+ 1-0
- Peter Cassetari
NSW: WYONG SHIRE CUP
After seven rounds John Curtis and John Nutter are equal 1st with 6.5/7 - well done!
Mike Van Renen and Dennis Ward are equal third on 5 points. Barry Shearwood
won Division 1 with 4.5 followed by Gary Losh and Harvey Adams on 4. Division 2
was won by Les Porter on 4 with Ken Morgan and Rosa Pritchard on 3.5 points
equal second. Well done to all the prize winners. You can download all the games in
PGN (portable game notation) from the Mingara CC website www.users.bigpond.com/murrell
The tournament has been divided into 3 sections for the distribution of trophies
(1st, 2nd and 3rd in each).
- Mal Murrell
Cross Table
No Name Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1. John Curtis 2325 6.5 13:W 8:W 4:W 2:D 6:W 10:W 5:W
2. John Nutter 1993 6.5 14:W 7:W 5:W 1:D 3:W 8:W 4:W
3. Mike Van Renen 1889 5 15:W 10:W 11:W 4:W 2:L 7:W :L
4. Malcolm R Murrell 1737 4 16:W 9:W 1:L 3:L 21:W 11:W 2:L
5. Ivan Kodzoman 1706 4 17:W 12:W 2:L 10:L 20:W 6:W 1:L
6. John L Pascoe 1546 3 19:W 11:L 13:W 15:W 1:L 5:L 20:L
7. Anthony Eves 1480 4 20:W 2:L 15:L 12:W 22:W 3:L 14:W
8. Dennis Ward 1477 5 21:W 1:L 16:W 22:W 11:W 2:L 10:W
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9. Keith R Farrell 1446 2.5 22:W 4:L 17:D 11:L 16:W 13:L 23:-
10. Gary Losh 1356 4 23:W 3:L 20:W 5:W 17:W 1:L 8:L
11. Don Skulimowski 1350 3 24:W 6:W 3:L 9:W 8:L 4:L 15:L
12. Barry Shearwood 1327 4.5 25:W 5:L 18:D 7:L 15:W 17:W 13:W
13. Ern Svendsen 1233 3.5 1:L 21:W 6:L 16:D 18:W 9:W 12:L
14. Kevin Wills 1227 3 2:L 20:- 23:+ 20:L 25:W 22:W 7:L
15. Harvey Adams 1210 4 3:L 23:W 7:W 6:L 12:L 21:W 11:W
16. Brett Doering 1205 2.5 4:L 24:W 8:L 13:D 9:L 20:L 25:W
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17. Ken Morgan 1189 3.5 5:L 19:W 9:D 18:W 10:L 12:L 24:W
18. Rosalinda Pritchard 1172 3.5 :D :D 12:D 17:L 13:L 24:W 19:W
19. Sidonia Klemmens 1098 2 6:L 17:L 22:L 21:L 23:W 25:W 18:L
20. Leslie Porter 1045 4 7:L 14:+ 10:L 14:W 5:L 16:W 6:W
21. Ib Frandsen 1018 2 8:L 13:L 24:W 19:W 4:L 15:L 22:L
22. Bill Hoseman 983 3 9:L 25:W 19:W 8:L 7:L 14:L 21:W
23. Patrick Langstone 966 3 10:L 15:L 14:- 24:W 19:L :W 9:+
24. Barry Maddy 946 1 11:L 16:L 21:L 23:L :W 18:L 17:L
25. Scott McClelland 730 1 12:L 22:L :W :L 14:L 19:L 16:L
[Event "Wyong Shire Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.04.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nutter, John"]
[Black "Murrell, Mal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[PlyCount "55"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. c3 d5 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Rxe5
Bf6 15. Rf5 Ne7 16. Rc5 c6 17. d4 Ng6 18. Be3 Qd7 19. Nd2 Rd8 20. Qh5 Re8 21.
Qf5 Qe7 22. g3 Qa7 23. Ne4 Bd8 24. Nd6 Rf8 25. Nxf7 Rxf7 26. Qc8 Qa5 27. Qd7
Be7 28. Qe8+ 1-0
And some games from the players at the recent Doeberl Cup:
[Event "Doberl Cup Minor 2003"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.04.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Losh, Gary"]
[Black "Carballo, Rick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "1363"]
[BlackElo "1598"]
[PlyCount "138"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bf4 a6 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. h3 e6
9. Bd3 Qe7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. c5 Ne8 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bh4 e5 14. Bc2 e4 15. Nd2 g5
16. Bg3 f5 17. Qe1 f4 18. Bh2 Bh6 19. Bd1 Ndf6 20. Be2 Qg7 21. Kh1 Kh8 22. Rg1
Rg8 23. Bf1 g4 24. exf4 Nh5 25. Qe3 g3 26. fxg3 Nxg3+ 27. Qxg3 Qxd4 28. Qe1 Qf6
29. g3 Nc7 30. Bg2 Nb5 31. Nxb5 axb5 32. Rc2 Rxa2 33. Qb1 Ra7 34. Re1 Bd7 35.
Qd1 Ra2 36. Nxe4 Qg7 37. Nd6 Rxb2 38. Rxb2 Qxb2 39. Re7 Ra8 40. Re1 (40. Nf7+
Kg7 41. Nxh6+ Kxh6 42. Be4 {Black has to give up
his queen or get mated according to Fritz} 42... Ra1 43.
Rxh7#) 40... Ra2 41. Rg1 Bxh3 42. Qf1 Kg8 43. Nxb7 Bg7 44. Bxd5+ cxd5 45. Qxh3
Bd4 46. Qg2 (46. Re1 Ra1 47. Qe6+ Kh8 48. Qe8+ Kg7 49. Nd6 Rxe1+ 50. Qxe1 {
white stands 7 pawns better[fritz]}) 46... Qb3 47. Qh3 Qf3+ 48. Rg2 Ra1+ 49.
Bg1 Rxg1+ 50. Kh2 Qxg2+ 51. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 52. Kxg2 b4 53. c6 Bb6 54. c7 Bxc7 55.
Nc5 Bb6 56. Nb3 Kf7 57. Kf3 h5 58. Kg2 Ke6 59. Kh3 Kf5 60. Kh4 Bf2 61. Nd2 Be1
62. Nb3 Bf2 63. Nd2 Be3 64. Nb3 Bxf4 65. gxf4 Kxf4 66. Kxh5 Ke3 67. Na1 Kd3 68.
Kg4 Kc3 69. Kf3 Kb2 0-1
[Event "Doberl Cup Major 2003"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.04.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Murrell, Mal"]
[Black "Davies, Shaun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "1735"]
[BlackElo "1849"]
[PlyCount "53"]
1. b4 e6 2. Bb2 b6 3. e3 Bb7 4. Nf3 f5 5. Be2 Nf6 6. b5 c5 7. c4 Bd6 8. h3 Bc7
9. a4 O-O 10. Qc2 d5 11. d3 Nbd7 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. Rg1 Qe7 14. O-O-O e5 15. g4
f4 16. e4 d4 17. Rg2 Rfd8 18. g5 Ne8 19. Rdg1 Nf8 20. h4 Nd6 21. Nh2 Ra8 22.
Ng4 Bc8 23. Nf6+ Kh8 24. Nd5 Qf7 25. Nf3 Ne8 26. g6 hxg6 27. Ng5
{blacks queen is lost in all continuations} 1-0
- Mal Murrell
VICTORIA: BOX HILL CHESS CLUB
TUESDAY APRIL ALLEGRO
The Box Hill Chess Club's 2003 Tuesday April Allegro has been
won by Derek Parker.
12 players participated in a 5 round SWISS played at 10 minutes
plus 5 seconds per move on Tuesday evening since 22/4/2003.
Derek won with a score of 4.5/5 from Trevor Stanning on 4/5.
The final round scheduled the two prize winners together and
Derek made good his threat to play the Polish Opening on the
rationale that his opponent would squander time working out how to respond.
- Trevor Stanning
BOX HILL CHESS CLUB
NEW SEASON SWISS
The Box Hill Chess Club's 2003 Tuesday New Season Swiss has been
won by Peter Froehlich.
23 players participated in a 9 round SWISS played at 60 minutes plus
30 seconds per move each Tuesday evening since 11/2/2003.
Peter won with a score of 7.5/8 from Marcus Raine on 6.5/9.
The best player in the bottom half of the field was Bruce Simpson
who scored a prize with 6/9.
The event proceeded with Gerrit Hartland as DOP, and Phillip O'Connor
as the computer pairings officer.
ACT: REPORT ON THE 41ST DOEBERL CUP
by DOP Charles Zworestine
"Good players make their own luck" - I know, it's been said before.
But there's a reason for clichés like this one! Even the winner himself
admitted at the closing ceremony: "I don't recall ever having been so
freakishly lucky in the last round of a Doeberl Cup before". Then again,
he's won it before. From which I'm sure you can all guess
(if you don't already know) who the winner was; but if not, read on to find out…
Right from the start it was clear that this was going to be an interesting
Doeberl Cup. The 210 players across the three events (a record!) ensured
a fantastic tournament atmosphere, while the 72 who played in the Open
(also a record?) could expect many tough contests - especially from the
2 GMs, 6 IMs and 24 juniors in the event! Two visiting Malaysian juniors
(the Shafruddin brothers) added even more spice to what already promised
to be an intriguing tournament. And it did not disappoint: even in the first round,
second seed John-Paul Wallace was held to a draw by local Ian Rout.
This was perhaps the biggest surprise among many upset first round results,
which included draws in Catherine Lip versus Arianne Caoili, Michelle Lee
versus Denis Bourmistrov and Angela Song versus Joel Harp; Michael Wei
beating Achim Gunter Hoffmann (those juniors sure can cause chaos!);
Angelo Tsagarakis defeating Brian Jones; and Stephen Myers winning
against David Hacche.
Round 2 saw Danny Dwyer have a long and tough game with fifth seeded
IM Peter Froehlich. Noteworthy was Froehlich's reaction when he was
eventually offered a draw: "I'll tell you when it's drawn!". The game was
drawn a few moves later. Jonathan Humphrey won against George Xie
in the biggest remaining upset of Round 2. A much bigger shock in
Round 3, as defending champion Smerdon miscalculated against Ed Agulto,
losing a piece and eventually the game. Another recent Australian Junior Champion,
Justin Tan, scored a good win over IM Guy West; while the current
Australian Junior Champion Tomek Rej drew with Froehlich.
With results being more predictable in Round 4, the cream had risen to the top
by the time we got to Sunday. GMs Rogers and Johansen had both won their
first four games on the Friday and Saturday to set up a Sunday morning showdown,
while Gary Lane was also on 4/4 and Wallace was on 3.5. Darryl seemed to
have a slight plus against Ian (at least to a novice like me!), but could not
convert and had to settle for a draw; while Lane got to the outright lead on 5/5
by beating Wallace. The other noteworthy result was Ayvazyan's win over
West to get him to 4.5; unfortunately, he got his comeuppance in the next round
against Darryl.
[Event "Doeberl Premier"]
[Site "Canberra"]
[Date "2003.04.20"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Ayvazyan, Armin"]
[Black "West, Guy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A32"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2003.04.18"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.19"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 b6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5
a6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Na3 f5 11. Nd5 Bg7 12. Qa4+ b5 13. Nxb5 O-O 14. Nbc3 Be6
15. e3 Nd7 16. Be2 e4 17. O-O Bxd5 18. cxd5 Nc5 19. Qc2 Qh4 20. f4 Kh8 21. Qd2
Rab8 22. Rab1 Rfc8 23. Rfc1 Qf6 24. Nd1 a5 25. Qxa5 Ra8 26. Qe1 Na4 27. Rxc8+
Rxc8 28. Bb5 Nc5 29. b4 Nd3 30. Qd2 Qh4 31. Bxd3 exd3 32. g3 Qg4 33. Qxd3 h5
34. Kg2 h4 35. Nf2 Qg6 36. g4 h3+ 37. Kf1 Rc3 38. Qxf5 Qxf5 39. gxf5 Rxe3 40.
f6 Bxf6 41. Ng4 Rf3+ 42. Ke2 Ra3 43. Nxf6 Rxa2+ 44. Kf3 Rxh2 45. Rg1 1-0
Meanwhile, Rogers played his best game of the tournament to defeat Lane in Round 6,
finishing him off neatly after converting the advantage of the two bishops in an open position.
[Event "Doeberl Premier"]
[Site "Canberra"]
[Date "2003.04.20"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Lane, Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2003.04.18"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.19"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. d5
Nc5 9. Qc2 a5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 b6 12. Nd2 Bg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. Rfb1 Nh5 15. Bf1
f5 16. b3 Nf6 17. a3 fxe4 18. Ndxe4 Ncxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. fxe4 Qh4 21. b4
axb4 22. axb4 Bf6 23. g3 Qh5 24. Be2 Qh3 25. Qd2 g5 26. Qd1 Be7 27. Rc1 Kg7 28.
c5 bxc5 29. bxc5 Kg6 30. c6 Rxa1 31. Rxa1 Bc8 32. Ra7 Bd8 33. Bf1 Qg4 34. Qxg4
Bxg4 35. Bd2 Kf7 36. Kf2 Ke8+ 37. Ke1 Bf3 38. Bd3 Rf7 39. Ra4 Ke7 40. Be2 Bg2
41. h4 gxh4 42. gxh4 Rh7 43. Kf2 Bh3 44. Kg3 Bc8 45. Kh2 Rf7 46. Be3 Rg7 47.
Bxh6 Rg6 48. Bg5+ Ke8 49. Bh5 1-0
Smerdon survived Solomon's attack material ahead and went on to win
the ending, setting up a mouth-watering final round showdown with Rogers.
With the scores going in to the final round being Rogers and Johansen 5.5
and Smerdon, Froehlich and Lane 5, this promised much excitement, and
delivered: it was almost as good as last year! With Darryl unable to
make any progress against Froehlich and eventually agreeing to a draw,
Ian was happy with a draw; but Smurf wasn't! Indeed Ian offered David a
draw 3 times, and was turned back every time; so he just fought on until
eventually he reached the following position: Smurf (White) to move had
pawns on e4, g2 and h2, king on e2 and bishop on e8, while Ian had
pawns on a4, f6 and h6, king on d4 and knight on a3. In this position,
instead of taking on a4, David fell for the only trap in the position, cunningly
set by the wily GM: after protecting his e-pawn with Kf3, he was shocked by Nb5!,
and had to resign some moves later. So Ian won the Doeberl Cup outright for
the tenth time: how many more to come, I wonder?
[Event "Doeberl Premier"]
[Site "Canberra"]
[Date "2003.04.21"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Smerdon, David"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2003.04.18"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.19"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Qd8 9. dxc5 O-O 10. a3 a5 11. Nc3 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Nd7 13. Na4 Nxc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5
15. Bf4 f6 16. Bd6 Bxd6 17. Rxd6 e5 18. c5 Rd8 19. Rad1 Bf5 20. Bb5 Rxd6 21.
Rxd6 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Nxd8 23. Nd2 Bc2 24. Bd7 Kf8 25. Nc4 Ke7 26. Bc8 a4 27. Nd6
b6 28. Nf5+ Bxf5 29. Bxf5 g6 30. Bc2 b5 31. Bd3 Ne6 32. Bxb5 Nxc5 33. f3 Kd6
34. Bc4 e4 35. fxe4 Ke5 36. Kf2 Kd4 37. Bg8 h6 38. Ke2 Nd3 39. Bh7 Nxb2 40.
Bxg6 Nc4 41. Be8 Nxa3
42. Kf3?? Nb5!!
The trap: Rogers preserves his a-pawn, because after 43.Bxa4 a3 the bishop can't cover a2 in time.
43. Kf4 a3 44. Bf7 Kc3 45. Ke3 Nd4 46. Ba2
Kb2 0-1
No Name Feder Rtg Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 Rogers, Ian NSW 2553 2544 6.5 41:W 24:W 9:W 7:W 2:D 3:W 6:W
2 Johansen, Darryl K VIC 2503 2408 6 43:W 23:W 11:W 19:W 1:D 12:W 5:D
3 Lane, Gary W NSW 2399 2354 6 56:W 51:W 31:W 18:W 4:W 1:L 11:W
4 Wallace, John-Paul NSW 2405 2484 5.5 21:D 44:W 32:W 14:W 3:L 28:W 12:W
5 Froehlich, Peter VIC 2425 2399 5.5 59:W 48:D 10:D 23:W 18:W 25:W 2:D
6 Smerdon, David C QLD 2433 2414 5 64:W 30:W 18:L 13:W 10:W 7:W 1:L
7 Solomon, Stephen J QLD 2351 2306 5 38:W 35:W 16:W 1:L 20:W 6:L 19:W
8 West, Guy VIC 2381 2375 5 20:W 45:W 19:L 34:W 12:L 23:W 15:W
9 Hamilton, Douglas G VIC 2275 2185 5 42:W 29:W 1:L 20:L 43:W 31:W 24:W
10 Rej, Tomek NSW 2220 2090 5 39:D 66:W 5:D 63:W 6:L 42:W 25:W
11 Reilly, Tim NSW 2292 2263 4.5 26:W 34:W 2:L 31:D 33:W 19:W 3:L
12 Ayvazyan, Armen NSW 2300 4.5 63:D 58:W 48:W 22:W 8:W 2:L 4:L
13 Jackson, Ralph E NSW 2169 4.5 36:W 27:D 57:W 6:L 22:W 15:L 32:W
14 Caoili, Arianne B OS 2293 2296 4.5 44:D 21:W 27:W 4:L 31:D 45:W 16:D
15 Jones, Brian A NSW 2184 2177 4.5 22:L 50:D 37:W 57:W 21:W 13:W 8:L
16 Shafruddin, Fariz OS 2120 2120 4.5 65:W 47:W 7:L 26:L 56:W 41:W 14:D
17 Hacche, David J VIC 2192 2123 4.5 68:L 37:D 39:W 21:L 47:W 57:W 35:W
18 Agulto, Edgardo NSW 2202 2117 4 37:W 68:W 6:W 3:L 5:L 27:D 21:D
19 Tan, Justin NSW 2259 2162 4 46:W 49:W 8:W 2:L 26:W 11:L 7:L
20 Chan, Jason NSW 1863 4 8:L 69:W 30:W 9:W 7:L 24:L 45:W
21 Rout, Ian C ACT 1911 4 4:D 14:L 50:W 17:W 15:L 51:W 18:D
22 Tsagarakis, Angelo VIC 1757 4 15:W 32:D 40:W 12:L 13:L 29:D 49:W
23 Charles, Gareth NSW 2160 2029 4 53:W 2:L 56:W 5:L 44:W 8:L 41:W
24 Salter, Michael NSW 2070 4 54:W 1:L 43:W 42:W 25:L 20:W 9:L
25 Xie, George NSW 2228 2200 4 33:W 31:L 64:W 41:W 24:W 5:L 10:L
26 Zvedeniouk, Ilya NSW 1799 4 11:L 55:W 45:W 16:W 19:L 32:D 28:D
27 Wright, Ian D VIC 2152 1930 4 60:W 13:D 14:L 46:D 52:W 18:D 40:D
28 Bourmistrov, Denis VIC 2195 2086 4 58:D 63:D 59:W 33:D 36:W 4:L 26:D
29 Quick, Simon NSW 2216 1954 4 72:W 9:L 46:D 36:L 66:W 22:D 42:W
30 Viner, Phillip J NSW 2197 2056 4 71:W 6:L 20:L 56:L 61:W 44:W 43:+
31 Humphrey, Jonathan QLD 2230 1957 3.5 61:W 25:W 3:L 11:D 14:D 9:L 33:D
32 Shafruddin, Hafiz OS 2101 2101 3.5 50:W 22:D 4:L 38:D 63:W 26:D 13:L
33 Xie, Ken NSW 1776 3.5 25:L 61:W 35:W 28:D 11:L 34:D 31:D
34 Pecori, Ascaro VIC 2218 2001 3.5 55:W 11:L 47:W 8:L 46:D 33:D 36:D
35 Wright, Neil S NSW 2156 1965 3.5 67:W 7:L 33:L 53:D 37:W 46:W 17:L
36 Oliver, Gareth ACT 1967 1752 3.5 13:L 60:D 67:W 29:W 28:L 49:D 34:D
37 Suttor, Vincent NSW 2005 1740 3.5 18:L 17:D 15:L 70:W 35:L 62:W 57:W
38 Jovanovic, Peter ACT 2077 1823 3.5 7:L 67:D 58:W 32:D 45:L 52:D 60:W
39 Szuveges, Narelle S VIC 1958 1720 3.5 10:D 57:L 17:L 67:W 64:D 48:D 56:W
40 Hoffmann, Achim Gunter NSW 2216 3.5 47:L 65:W 22:L 59:W 41:L 63:W 27:D
41 Flitney, Adrian SA 1914 3 1:L 54:W 68:W 25:L 40:W 16:L 23:L
42 Van Der Wal, Fritz W NSW 1775 3 9:L 72:W 49:W 24:L 48:W 10:L 29:L
43 Stawski, Nik V QLD 2055 1888 3 2:L 53:W 24:L 69:W 9:L 58:W 30:-
44 Lip, Catherine NSW 2035 1818 3 14:D 4:L 60:W 48:D 23:L 30:L 66:W
45 Safarian, Alek NSW 2072 2003 3 69:W 8:L 26:L 65:W 38:W 14:L 20:L
46 Stojic, Dusan VIC 1997 1751 3 19:L 62:W 29:D 27:D 34:D 35:L 48:D
47 Wei, Michael ACT 1787 3 40:W 16:L 34:L 51:D 17:L 67:W 52:D
48 Dwyer, Danny WA 2146 2051 3 70:W 5:D 12:L 44:D 42:L 39:D 46:D
49 Malik, Hani NSW 1944 3 62:W 19:L 42:L 68:D 50:W 36:D 22:L
50 Cronan, James NSW 1734 3 32:L 15:D 21:L 55:W 49:L 66:D 64:W
51 Stead, Kerry NSW 2141 2007 3 52:W 3:L 63:L 47:D 68:W 21:L 54:D
52 Perkovic, Matthew NSW 1644 3 51:L 56:L 72:W 64:W 27:L 38:D 47:D
53 Zivanovic, Andjelija VIC 2003 1650 3 23:L 43:L 62:W 35:D 57:L 64:D 65:W
54 Stojic, Svetozar VIC 2012 1686 3 24:L 41:L 69:L 60:W 59:W 56:D 51:D
55 Lazarus, Benjamin QLD 1603 3 34:L 26:L 71:D 50:L 72:W 65:D 63:W
56 Klimenko, Veronica NSW 2101 1832 2.5 3:L 52:W 23:L 30:W 16:L 54:D 39:L
57 Harp, Joel NSW 2095 1918 2.5 66:D 39:W 13:L 15:L 53:W 17:L 37:L
58 Lee, Michelle VIC 1861 1693 2.5 28:D 12:L 38:L 61:D 69:W 43:L 59:D
59 Edwards, Jacob A QLD 2093 1875 2.5 5:L 70:W 28:L 40:L 54:L 69:W 58:D
60 Huddleston, Heather NSW 1471 2.5 27:L 36:D 44:L 54:L 70:W 68:W 38:L
61 Bekker, Gary D VIC 1569 2.5 31:L 33:L 70:D 58:D 30:L 71:D 68:W
62 Oliver, Shannon ACT 1542 2.5 49:L 46:L 53:L 72:W 65:D 37:L 67:W
63 Moylan, Laura A ACT 2089 1821 2 12:D 28:D 51:W 10:L 32:L 40:L 55:L
64 Rippis, Theos NSW 2083 1909 2 6:L 71:W 25:L 52:L 39:D 53:D 50:L
65 Kordahi, Nicholas NSW 2008 1749 2 16:L 40:L 66:W 45:L 62:D 55:D 53:L
66 Song, Angela NSW 1394 2 57:D 10:L 65:L 71:W 29:L 50:D 44:L
67 Song, Raymond NSW 1587 1.5 35:L 38:D 36:L 39:L 71:W 47:L 62:L
68 Myers, Stephen P VIC 1750 1.5 17:W 18:L 41:L 49:D 51:L 60:L 61:L
69 Savelieff, Geoffrey NSW 1629 1.5 45:L 20:L 54:W 43:L 58:L 59:L 72:D
70 Brockman, Roland VIC 1660 1.5 48:L 59:L 61:D 37:L 60:L 72:D 71:D
71 Zivanovic, Rados VIC 1685 1.5 30:L 64:L 55:D 66:L 67:L 61:D 70:D
72 Keast, Robert NSW 1560 1 29:L 42:L 52:L 62:L 55:L 70:D 69:D
The Major (Under 2000) saw shocks on the even boards in Round 1:
second seed Quentin Reitmans drew with Mark Roberts, fourth seed
Malcolm MacMillan drew with Brian Butler, and sixth seed Milenko Lojanica
lost to Ivor Montague. Several draws at the top in Rounds 2 and 3 saw
Oscar Oendy outright leader on 3/3 by the end of Round 3: a lead he never
relinquished. He drew in Round 5 with Milan Grcic, but was still half a point
in front after more draws on lower boards; then a win over Reitmans in Round 6
had him going in to the last round a full point in front. He duly drew his
last round game with Michael Dunn to guarantee himself outright first on 6/7.
Lojanica beat Ballarat stalwart Bas van Riel in the last round to claim
outright second on 5.5; and several more draws resulted in a traffic jam
for third place on 5/7.
No Name Feder Rtg Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 Oendy, Oscar NSW 1917 6 15:W 24:W 34:W 7:W 16:D 6:W 8:D
2 Lojanica, Milenko VIC 1916 5.5 27:L 50:W 14:W 17:W 10:W 4:D 12:W
3 Roberts, Mark S VIC 1724 5 6:D 28:W 12:W 5:L 48:W 11:W 4:D
4 Dizdarevic, Mehmedalija VIC 1878 5 41:W 25:W 16:D 11:W 5:D 2:D 3:D
5 De Noskowski, Adrian ACT 1820 5 47:W 27:D 29:W 3:W 4:D 8:D 7:D
6 Reitmans, Quentin NSW 1974 5 3:D 32:W 26:D 18:W 9:W 1:L 17:W
7 Aguirre, Rojas NSW 1871 5 30:D 21:W 19:W 1:L 25:W 29:W 5:D
8 Dunn, Michael NSW 1932 5 37:W 17:D 35:D 46:W 34:W 5:D 1:D
9 Peters, Duncan NSW 1829 5 31:L 45:W 47:W 35:W 6:L 13:W 16:W
10 Hursky, Karel P NSW 1975 4.5 13:W 18:D 17:D 24:W 2:L 15:D 29:W
11 Korda, Augustin ACT 1765 4.5 21:D 30:W 33:W 4:L 23:W 3:L 18:W
12 Van Riel, Bas VIC 1805 4.5 45:W 14:D 3:L 32:W 36:W 16:W 2:L
13 Wen, Phillip VIC 1727 4.5 10:L 52:W 23:D 19:W 26:W 9:L 33:W
14 Holt, Kenneth P VIC 1685 4.5 22:W 12:D 2:L 28:D 24:D 35:W 34:W
15 Redgrave, John ACT 1711 4.5 1:L 23:L 52:W 47:W 49:W 10:D 26:W
16 Grcic, Milan ACT 1791 4 52:W 31:W 4:D 26:W 1:D 12:L 9:L
17 Yu, Ronald NSW 1774 4 42:W 8:D 10:D 2:L 51:W 34:W 6:L
18 Fell, Lloyd S NSW 1774 4 36:W 10:D 27:D 6:L 46:W 20:W 11:L
19 Yap, Aaron NSW 1773 4 39:D 54:W 7:L 13:L 41:W 23:D 37:W
20 Schilter, David NSW 1448 4 25:L 41:W 46:L 30:W 35:W 18:L 40:W
21 Ferris, Shaun VIC 1534 4 11:D 7:L 37:D 41:D 38:D 48:W 43:W
22 Winter, George NSW 1838 4 14:L 47:L 50:W 23:L 44:W 46:W 36:W
23 Ikeda, Junta ACT 1460 3.5 24:L 15:W 13:D 22:W 11:L 19:D 25:D
24 Voon, Richard VIC 1747 3.5 23:W 1:L 31:W 10:L 14:D 36:D 32:D
25 Sonter, Matthew QLD 1738 3.5 20:W 4:L 36:D 39:W 7:L 28:D 23:D
26 McCart, Richard VIC 1794 3.5 43:W 38:W 6:D 16:L 13:L 31:W 15:L
27 Montague, Ivor NSW 1701 3.5 2:W 5:D 18:D 34:L 28:D 33:L 46:W
28 Macmillan, Malcolm NSW 1918 3.5 32:D 3:L 42:W 14:D 27:D 25:D 30:D
29 Murrell, Malcolm R NSW 1735 3.5 49:D 39:W 5:L 38:W 33:W 7:L 10:L
30 Ramakrishna, Gogulapati ACT 1699 3.5 7:D 11:L 54:D 20:L 43:W 39:W 28:D
31 McGregor, Allan NSW 1670 3.5 9:W 16:L 24:L 37:W 40:D 26:L 42:W
32 Butler, Brian J ACT 1713 3.5 28:D 6:L 43:W 12:L 39:D 38:W 24:D
33 Davies, Shaun NSW 1849 3.5 46:W 35:D 11:L 51:W 29:L 27:W 13:L
34 Castor, David NSW 1821 3 50:W 51:W 1:L 27:W 8:L 17:L 14:L
35 Rewais, Sarwat NSW 1737 3 44:W 33:D 8:D 9:L 20:L 14:L 49:W
36 Escribano, Jose NSW 1579 3 18:L 48:W 25:D 40:W 12:L 24:D 22:L
37 Bristina, Husein NSW 1715 3 8:L 42:D 21:D 31:L 47:W 49:W 19:L
38 Arocha, Leandro NSW 1640 3 48:W 26:L 40:D 29:L 21:D 32:L 51:+
39 Egan, Bill ACT 1550 3 19:D 29:L 53:W 25:L 32:D 30:L 48:W
40 Bergmanis, Olgerts VIC 1762 3 54:D 49:D 38:D 36:L 31:D 51:W 20:L
41 Boardman, Jeffery NSW 1700 2.5 4:L 20:L 44:W 21:D 19:L 42:L 53:W
42 Lattimore, Tor ACT 1557 2.5 17:L 37:D 28:L 43:L 50:W 41:W 31:L
43 Davidson, Nathan P QLD 1629 2.5 26:L 53:D 32:L 42:W 30:L 47:W 21:L
44 Yoon, Sunny ACT 1363 2.5 35:L 46:L 41:L 45:W 22:L 50:D 52:W
45 Nichas, John NSW 1636 2.5 12:L 9:L 48:L 44:L 55:W 53:W 50:D
46 Barakat, Martin NSW 1691 2 33:L 44:W 20:W 8:L 18:L 22:L 27:L
47 Dickson, Ian C NSW 1646 2 5:L 22:W 9:L 15:L 37:L 43:L 55:W
48 Nicholson, Scott NSW 1815 2 38:L 36:L 45:W 54:W 3:L 21:L 39:L
49 Sweeney, Matthew NSW 1169 2 29:D 40:D 51:L 53:W 15:L 37:L 35:L
50 Connolly, David NSW 1666 2 34:L 2:L 22:L 52:W 42:L 44:D 45:D
51 Hoholis, Harry VIC 1680 2 53:W 34:L 49:W 33:L 17:L 40:L 38:-
52 Ogden, Marcus W VIC 1625 1.5 16:L 13:L 15:L 50:L 53:D 55:W 44:L
53 Wright, Cameron NSW 1834 1 51:L 43:D 39:L 49:L 52:D 45:L 41:L
54 Brown, Kevin M VIC 1463 1 40:D 19:L 30:D 48:L 0: 0: 0:
55 Boyd, Ian ACT 0 0: 0: 0: 0: 45:L 52:L 47:L
The Minor (Under 1600) was the biggest tournament, with 84 players
comprising literally half a field full of 42 juniors! They made an impression
even in Round 1, with Zhigen Lin drawing with 3rd seed Clive Lane and
Jesse Maguire drawing with 4th seed David Jaksic; although an even
bigger upset was the loss by second seed Andrew Fitzpatrick to John Humphrey
(father of recent ex-junior Jonathan Humphrey!) on Board 2. With top seed Rick
Carballo starting with 2/2 and then losing five in a row (!), it was left to some
lower seeds to make the pace. Mind you, the juniors were still always going
to be the most dangerous: Sherab Guo-Yuthok (1338) beat Roy Lai (1553) in
Round 2, for example. But it was two players not so far out of the juniors,
Lee Forace and Chris Skulte, who were equal leaders with Robert Hvistendahl
(another junior!) on 4/4 after the first two days: an interesting finish was in prospect…
Forace and Skulte drew on top board in Round 5, thus maintaining
the equal lead after Hvistendahl drew with Luke Tobin on Board 2.
They were joined on 4.5 by another junior, Jason Hu, who beat tournament
veteran Anthony Keuning. When Hu put paid to Forace's chances in a
long (but not drawn!) opposite coloured bishop ending in Round 6,
he was on 5.5 out of 6 and his prospects looked good; but Skulte
and Hvistendahl (who drew on Board 2) were breathing down his neck on 5,
having been joined there by Arthur Huynh and Luke Tobin.
In the thrilling final round, Huynh made things really interesting by
defeating Hu on top board; Skulte joined him in equal first on 6/7 by
winning the exchange and slowly grinding down Tobin, while Hvistendahl
had to content himself with equal third (with Hu and Guo-Yuthok) on 5.5
after drawing with Forace.
No Name Feder Rtg Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 Skulte, Christopher NSW 1458 6 37:W 20:W 73:W 28:W 9:D 3:D 7:W
2 Huynh, Arthur NSW 1564 6 71:W 68:W 3:L 48:W 24:W 6:W 4:W
3 Hvistendahl, Robert QLD 1439 5.5 56:W 25:W 2:W 14:W 7:D 1:D 9:D
4 Hu, Jason NSW 1463 5.5 80:W 16:D 52:W 30:W 8:W 9:W 2:L
5 Guo-Yuthok, Sherab ACT 1338 5.5 66:W 42:W 7:D 8:L 62:W 19:W 17:W
6 Hoang, Khoi ACT 1395 5 78:W 15:W 10:W 9:L 13:W 2:L 23:W
7 Tobin, Luke NSW 1473 5 50:W 47:W 5:D 16:W 3:D 23:W 1:L
8 Keuning, Anthony V NSW 1535 5 34:W 53:W 11:D 5:W 4:L 36:D 26:W
9 Forace, Lee ACT 1565 5 74:W 67:W 27:W 6:W 1:D 4:L 3:D
10 Jurd, Sebastian NSW 1553 5 26:W 21:W 6:L 41:L 74:W 33:W 15:W
11 Huang, Justin NSW 1313 5 75:W 17:W 8:D 24:L 54:W 12:D 28:W
12 Meyer, Bob ACT 1469 5 45:W 31:W 14:L 44:W 41:D 11:D 36:W
13 Marks, Joe ACT 1454 5 23:L 58:W 33:W 73:W 6:L 25:W 24:W
14 Tran, Christopher ACT 1041 4.5 57:W 18:W 12:W 3:L 17:L 30:D 41:W
15 Mendes da Costa, Alex NSW 4.5 49:W 6:L 31:W 35:D 42:W 41:W 10:L
16 Clark, David ACT 1253 4.5 69:W 4:D 43:W 7:L 39:W 17:L 46:W
17 Greenwood, Norman NSW 1481 4.5 83:W 11:L 74:W 34:D 14:W 16:W 5:L
18 Reading, Jeremy ACT 1402 4.5 61:W 14:L 26:D 79:W 32:D 37:W 20:D
19 Fitzpatrick, Andrew ACT 1583 4.5 63:L 56:W 20:W 27:D 47:W 5:L 32:W
20 Hickman, Casey VIC 1276 4.5 51:W 1:L 19:L 66:W 65:W 44:W 18:D
21 Tran, Nguyen ACT 1351 4.5 55:W 10:L 48:L 40:D 64:W 39:W 45:W
22 Baker, John A NSW 1357 4.5 70:D 52:L 51:W 62:L 78:W 43:W 40:W
23 Eldridge-Smith, Veronique ACT 925 4 13:W 27:L 53:W 42:W 28:W 7:L 6:L
24 Sike, Paul NSW 1375 4 82:W 43:D 46:W 11:W 2:L 26:D 13:L
25 Reid, Vaness NSW 1238 4 40:W 3:L 29:D 64:W 35:W 13:L 27:D
26 Evans, Amy L QLD 1158 4 10:L 55:W 18:D 67:W 27:W 24:D 8:L
27 Tracey, Michael J NSW 1404 4 58:W 23:W 9:L 19:D 26:L 51:W 25:D
28 Hoole, Jeyaranjan ACT 1416 4 65:W 63:W 35:W 1:L 23:L 34:W 11:L
29 Jaksic, David QLD 1570 4 32:D 33:D 25:D 63:W 36:L 47:W 30:D
30 Harris, Benjamin NSW 1315 4 64:W 54:W 39:D 4:L 34:D 14:D 29:D
31 Harris, Rebecca NSW 1308 4 62:W 12:L 15:L 50:W 52:W 40:D 35:D
32 Maguire, Jesse ACT 1187 4 29:D 39:L 70:W 46:W 18:D 53:W 19:L
33 Zhigen, Lin VIC 1203 4 39:D 29:D 13:L 60:W 73:W 10:L 58:W
34 Tse, Jeffrey NSW 1107 4 8:L 81:W 68:W 17:D 30:D 28:L 57:W
35 Huang, Jim NSW 1496 4 76:W 59:W 28:L 15:D 25:L 62:W 31:D
36 Neeman, Jeremy ACT 1277 4 43:L 82:W 75:W 39:D 29:W 8:D 12:L
37 Beltrami, Matthew ACT 960 4 1:L 40:D 69:D 57:W 59:W 18:L 53:W
38 Murphy, Peter R ACT 1219 4 73:L 78:W 42:L 75:W 44:L 65:W 52:W
39 Lane, Clive D NSW 1576 3.5 33:D 32:W 30:D 36:D 16:L 21:L 64:W
40 Went, Lindsay NSW 3.5 25:L 37:D 45:W 21:D 49:W 31:D 22:L
41 Losh, Gary NSW 1363 3.5 60:W 73:L 71:W 10:W 12:D 15:L 14:L
42 Lai, Roy NSW 1553 3.5 79:W 5:L 38:W 23:L 15:L 50:D 62:W
43 Mi, Xin NSW 3.5 36:W 24:D 16:L 47:L 68:W 22:L 67:W
44 Charles, Jeremy NSW 3.5 59:L 50:W 80:W 12:L 38:W 20:L 0:D
45 Johnson, Harry ACT 987 3.5 12:L 51:D 40:L 70:W 67:W 54:W 21:L
46 Ivanov, Nikola VIC 1438 3.5 52:D 70:W 24:L 32:L 56:W 55:W 16:L
47 Roberts, Jamie NSW 1290 3.5 84:W 7:L 64:D 43:W 19:L 29:L 66:W
48 Martin, Richard VIC 1073 3.5 54:L 66:W 21:W 2:L 53:L 73:W 49:D
49 Laugery, Bernard A NSW 1284 3.5 15:L 61:W 62:D 52:D 40:L 60:W 48:D
50 Xu, William NSW 1009 3.5 7:L 44:L 72:W 31:L 81:W 42:D 69:W
51 Taylor, Stephen VIC 3.5 20:L 45:D 22:L 83:W 79:W 27:L 63:W
52 Beltrami, Michael ACT 888 3 46:D 22:W 4:L 49:D 31:L 59:W 38:L
53 Wilkie, Mary E NSW 1324 3 81:W 8:L 23:L 71:W 48:W 32:L 37:L
54 Aich, Alexander NSW 1511 3 48:W 30:L 63:D 65:W 11:L 45:L 55:D
55 Allerton, Luke ACT 623 3 21:L 26:L 58:D 80:W 63:W 46:L 54:D
56 McDougall, Edward NSW 916 3 3:L 19:L 77:W 68:W 46:L 57:L 73:W
57 Nater, Carl VIC 1500 3 14:L 65:L 84:W 37:L 77:W 56:W 34:L
58 Zaja, Tomislav NSW 810 3 27:L 13:L 55:D 81:D 75:W 74:W 33:L
59 Galli, Karl ACT 1308 3 44:W 35:L 65:L 82:W 37:L 52:L 75:W
60 Van Dijk, Marieke VIC 729 3 41:L 74:L 83:W 33:L 82:W 49:L 76:W
61 Lauder, Natasha VIC 808 3 18:L 49:L 66:L 77:L 83:W 81:W 74:W
62 Hogan, Terry NSW 2.5 31:L 83:W 49:D 22:W 5:L 35:L 42:L
63 Humphrey, John QLD 1208 2.5 19:W 28:L 54:D 29:L 55:L 72:W 51:L
64 Brown, Andrew ACT 571 2.5 30:L 76:W 47:D 25:L 21:L 71:W 39:L
65 Ikeda, Miona ACT 835 2.5 28:L 57:W 59:W 54:L 20:L 38:L 68:D
66 Reading, Michael ACT 619 2.5 5:L 48:L 61:W 20:L 71:D 79:W 47:L
67 Jochimsen, Erik ACT 1362 2.5 72:W 9:L 79:D 26:L 45:L 70:W 43:L
68 Behne-Smith, David NSW 1351 2.5 77:W 2:L 34:L 56:L 43:L 82:W 65:D
69 Topfer, Nick ACT 2.5 16:L 0:D 37:D 74:L 76:D 78:W 50:L
70 Oliver, Tamzin L ACT 681 2.5 22:D 46:L 32:L 45:L 84:W 67:L 82:W
71 Lamberts, Gunars ACT 1172 2.5 2:L 72:W 41:L 53:L 66:D 64:L 78:W
72 Heath, Sophie ACT 683 2.5 67:L 71:L 50:L 76:D 80:W 63:L 79:W
73 Carballo, Rick NSW 1598 2 38:W 41:W 1:L 13:L 33:L 48:L 56:L
74 Hopf, Lorna VIC 1182 2 9:L 60:W 17:L 69:W 10:L 58:L 61:L
75 Lauder, Chloe VIC 295 2 11:L 0:W 36:L 38:L 58:L 80:W 59:L
76 Ashworth, Neil NSW 1039 2 35:L 64:L 82:L 72:D 69:D 77:W 60:L
77 Behne-Smith, Sarah NSW 654 2 68:L 79:L 56:L 61:W 57:L 76:L 84:W
78 Behne-Smith, Jonathan NSW 768 1.5 6:L 38:L 81:D 84:W 22:L 69:L 71:L
79 Smith, Wendy VIC 1142 1.5 42:L 77:W 67:D 18:L 51:L 66:L 72:L
80 Kilgallin, Bryan ACT 972 1.5 4:L 84:D 44:L 55:L 72:L 75:L 0:W
81 Lloyd, Aidan ACT 608 1.5 53:L 34:L 78:D 58:D 50:L 61:L 83:D
82 Smith, Kayleigh ACT 739 1 24:L 36:L 76:W 59:L 60:L 68:L 70:L
83 Grenfell, Regina QLD 1012 1 17:L 62:L 60:L 51:L 61:L 84:D 81:D
84 Jakab, Gyula VIC 1 47:L 80:D 57:L 78:L 70:L 83:D 77:L
Games from the tournament can be seen at bhttp://www.chessnetwork.com/ncn/b/doeb03.htm
ACF SELECTION CO-ORDINATOR SOUGHT
The ACF has a vacancy for the position os ACF Selection Co-Ordinator (seniors).
The duties are to select players/teams to represent Australia in
International Events as per the ACF Selection By-Laws (available on the
ACF web site).
Interested persons should contact Robert Jamieson
(auschess@ozemail.com.au).
JUNIOR SELECTION APPLICANTS
Could players listed please confirm that they have been listed for the
correct event and inform me of any changes. Those who have yet to apply have
until May 7 to do so.
Players listed in order of application
Further details for most events available at
http://www.fide.com/calendar/fidecalendar.phtml or feel free to contact me
by email: kerrys@ihug.com.au
Please note dates and venue have just been announced for Asian Junior
Championships in Sri Lanka
Asian Youth Championships (Under 10, 12 & 14)
6 - 14 June Mongolia
No applications
World Junior & Girls Under 20 Championships ... 83 or later
21 June - 4 July Nakhichevan, Azerbaijan
Open
Denis Bourmistrov
Andrew Hardegen
George Xie
Girls
Catherine Lip
Asian Junior Under 20 Championships ... 83 or later
18 - 27 July Negombo Sri Lanka
***dates Just Announced***
No applications
World Youth Under 16 Olympiad ... 87 or later
2 - 10 August Denizli, Turkey
Michelle Lee
Sebastian Jurd
Ken Xie
World Youth Championship ... 85 or later
23 October - 2 November Halkidiki, Greece
Under 10 Open ... 93 or later
Raymond Song
Zhigen Lin
William Xu
Under 10 Girls
Kayleigh Smith
Under 12 Open ... 91 or later
Junta Ikeda
Jing Jia - eligibility to be checked
Under 12 Girls
Angela Song
Tamsin Oliver
Diana Davidovic
Under 14 Open ... 89 or later
Dusan Stojic
Under 14 Girls
Heather Huddleston
Michelle Lee
Under 16 Open ... 87 or later
Gareth Oliver
Samuel Chow
Sebastian Jurd
Ken Xie
Peter Jovanovic
Under 16 Girls
Heather Huddleston
Under 18 Open ... 85 or later
Tomek Rej
Denis Bourmistrov
George Xie
Under 18 Girls
Catherine Lip
Shannon Oliver
- Regards,
Kerry Stead
ACF Junior Co-ordinator
AUSTRALIAN CLUBS TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Caloundra, Gold 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
LETTERS
Hello, my name is Banda Dagher, and I am looking for some chess books or
websites in the Arabic language (preferably Lebanese) that I can get my
hands on to aid my wife in the game. We live in Melbourne, and any help you
may be able to give me would be much appreciated.
Kind regards,
--Banda Dagher
banda@deryan.com.au
xxxxx
The practice of giving cash prizes to juniors ought to be reviewed. Perhaps
it is sending all the wrong messages, i.e. "Money is the Only Reward" and
"We applaud of the Trickle-Up Effect and the Winner Takes All philosophies".
Then again, it would be the height of hypocrisy to disallow it for juniors
while retaining it for seniors.
I propose that event organisers and promoters give some thought to
Gift-Voucher prizes with big retailers or brand names. This could be used to
squeeze out some sponsorship.
For example: The "Tandy Chess Challenge".
--Matthew Sweeney
xxxxx
Analysis of Rating Performance from The Gold Coast Classic Tournament
Background
There has been much debate recently about the relative merits of the Glicko
and ELO rating systems. Despite strong claims and assertions, little critical
analysis has been presented to support either side of the debate.
This paper is an attempt to analyze the effect of the ratings system from
results of The Gold Coast Classic Tournament. This tournament was chosen
because of the availability of the relevant data, and it was possible to
obtain information from the 2002, 2001, 2000 and 1995 tournaments for comparison.
The initial analysis is a direct comparison of the ELO and Glicko systems,
in particular how they reflect adult and junior performance. Comparison
was also made of the adult and junior performance in relation to their
outcomes predicted by their ratings, and how this has changed historically.
Finally, the issue of adult participation rate was considered.
The data is limited and serves as a pilot study. Nevertheless, it provides
useful information on how juniors are being treated by the rating system
and may help to identify ways in which improvements may be made in the future.
Methodology
Comparisons of junior and adult rating changes generated by the Glicko
and ELO rating systems were made using the Glicko calculator on the
web site http://www.netspeed.com.au/ianandjan/IansPage/ . Unfortunately
the rating stability of the players 9/2002 was not available and so current
stability was used to calculate Glicko performance. Although this is a potential
source of bias it is unlikely that this would substantially alter the results
of the survey. Juniors below 1000 were not included in this part of the
study as the process was time consuming and it was felt little additional
information would be obtained.
The value of RD used in the calculation was as follows;
!! 30
! 70
blank 130
? 240
?? 360
No players in the analysis were found to have ? or ?? ratings.
To compare adult and junior performances relatively and historically,
the rpfm indicator in the Swiss Perfect program was used as a point
of reference, and variations from predicted performance was recorded.
Although a more sophisticated mechanism for comparison may be
considered, this technique was simple (given the resources) and it
was not felt to be a significant source of bias.
Comparisons were made through the following rating groups;
+1700
1400-1699
1000-1399
<1000
In the 1995 survey the rating group 1000-1299 was used in order to
distribute participants more evenly. This would make little difference
to the overall results. In some rating groups numbers were small,
and this probably represents the main source of bias.
A small number of participants were unknown to the authors, especially in the
1995 tournament, and these participants were omitted from the study. These
were few in number and were unlikely to affect the overall results significantly.
In some situations, junior participants were recorded using their Queensland
Junior Ratings rather than ACF ratings. It was not possible to identify these
players and may represent a source of bias. As most juniors have Queensland
Junior Ratings generally much higher than the ACF list, this would tend to
raise the expected performances of some juniors.
Results
Table 1. Comparison of Glicko and ELO systems
average rating changes in players rated > 1000
Numbers
Glicko
ELO
Adult
27
-6.26
-4.72
Junior
27
+1.0
+2.15
Table 2. Junior-Adult Differentials Gold Coast Classic 1995
Comparison with predicted performance
RatingGroup
Adult Performance
Junior Performance
Differential junior-adult
>1700
-144
-178.5
-34.5
1300-1699
+102
+8.6
-93.4
1000-1299
+21
-2.6
-23.6
<1000
+271
+75
-196
Overall
-49
+25
+75
Table 3. Junior-Adult Differentials Gold Coast Classic 2000
Comparison with predicted performance
RatingGroup
Adult Performance
Junior Performance
Differential junior-adult
>1700
-175
-168
+7
1400-1699
-92
+157
+249
1000-1399
+14
+166
+152
<1000
+75
-20
-196
Overall
-102
+78
+180
Table 4. Junior-Adult Differentials Gold Coast Classic 2001
Comparison with predicted performance
RatingGroup
Adult Performance
Junior Performance
Differential junior-adult
>1700
-225
+23
+248
1400-1699
-54
+94
+148
1000-1299
-64
+134
+198
700-999
+22
<700
+255
Overall
-121
+123
+244
Table 5. Junior-Adult Differentials Gold Coast Classic 2002
Comparison with predicted performance
RatingGroup
Adult Performance
Junior Performance
Differential junior-adult
>1700
-286
-89
+197
1400-1699
-149
+105
+254
1000-1299
-32
+19
+51
700-999
+191
<700
+80
Overall
-184
+120
+304
Table 6. Adult Participation Rates 1995-2002
Year
1995
2000
2001
2002
% Adult Players
41%
55%
49%
29%
Graph 1. Junior-Adult Performance Differential 1995-2002
Table 7.
Year
1995
2000
2001
2002
Differential
75
180
244
304
Discussion
Table 1 is a direct comparison of the rating changes generated by the
Glicko and ELO systems, from the results of the 2002 Gold Coast Classic
Tournament for players rated over 1000. From the results, both the
adult and junior populations are treated far better in the ELO system
than the Glicko System. For every rating point a junior gained an
adult lost 2.2 pts in the ELO system but 6.26 pts in Glicko.
Although the average rating points gained by the junior population
under the Glicko system was 1.0, one junior player received 113
rating points – the remaining 26 juniors on average lost 3.2 pts.
In both systems the rating points lost by the adults was greater than
that gained by the juniors rated >1000. This occurred because these
juniors were generally represented with very stable ratings on the
ACF list. In addition, junior participation was over 70% and “compaction”
is occurring about a much lower mean. It is possible that juniors
rated < 1000 with little rating history may have been beneficiaries.
Tables 7 & Graph 1 are an attempt to compare adult and junior
performance historically, using the Swiss Perfect rpfm indicator simply
as a point of reference. Deviation from expected rating performance
is recorded through ratings groups.
It is clear that for any given rating, juniors are out-performing adults.
This was a consistent trend seen through all the tournaments analysed
and through all rating groups. In 1995 the performance differential
was 75pts overall, in 2000 it had increased to 180pts and last year
was 300pts, indicating significant deterioration of junior ratings
relative to their performance.
It is clear from the results that juniors are being consistently under-rated
by the ACF (and probably Queensland Junior) rating list in comparison
to their adult counterparts and the gap has been widening dramatically
in recent years. In most rating groups (table 2-5) it would now appear the
differential is currently at least 200 points. Only in the 1000-1399 group
was the differential less, and this may have been due to the small number
of adults represented in the sample. Only 4 adults in the 2002 tournament
were able to perform above their rating. Given the rate of differential
change it is likely that the situation continue to deteriorate.
The comparison of the ELO and Glicko systems suggest that both rating
systems fall well short of representing this dynamic change. The junior
participation rate in the 2002 Gold Coast Classic was over 70%, compared
to the Australian average of 27%. In this situation, to use the language
of the ACF rating committee, “compaction” is occurring around a much
lower mean, and as adult participation declines (table 6) so the problem
becomes intractable.
Little evidence was found to support Professor Glickman’s intuition
that the predictability of rating performance was increased in those
players with more stable ratings (see footnote). In fact players
performed more closely to their predicted ratings around the population
mean, which is simply a consequence of the Bayesian methodology
used. The dynamic effect of RD had little relevance to players rated
over 1000 because they were generally seasoned players with
stable ratings. Players with lower ratings and limited chess histories
may have been beneficiaries, but there may be better ways introduce
them into the rating system without risking destabilizing the ratings
of seasoned players.
Conclusion
Given the high rate of junior participation at ACF tournaments held on
the Gold Coast, our analysis suggests they are unlikely to be treated
fairly in the ACF rating system. Indeed it would seem that the only way
our juniors are likely to be rewarded is to travel to tournaments where
junior participation rates are much lower!
The Gold Coast is currently a dynamic and vibrant centre for junior
chess, but we been struggling to maintain this interest into teenage
years, and our adult club has been in decline over the last few years.
With the opening of the Gardiner Chess centre, we have a golden
opportunity to recapture our adult base and provide the structure
for our junior to continue their competitive chess.
To help realize our ambitions we need a rating system that is
permissive, rewards effort and is above all fair!
- David Richards
UPCOMING LOCAL TOURNAMENTS
BOX HILL FIDE-RATED EVENT
April 29, May 6, 13, 20, June 3, 17, July 1.
10 player round robin
Player selection by invitation following expressions of interest
gbekker@mira.net
RIPPONLEA CHESS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP
Starts May 1, 7.30pm, 7 rounds
Chess Ideas, level 1, 83 Glen Eira Rd. Ripponlea.
Entry fee: $40. IM Michael Gluzman can go through the game with you afterwards.
Details: www.chessideas.com.au/i_clubs.html
EMMANUEL BASTA MEMORIAL - 7 round open swiss
May 3-4; entries close 9.30am May 3
Melbourne Chess Club, 66 Leicester Street, Fitzroy
40 minutes + 30 seconds a move
Entry Fees: $50 Full/$40 Concession/$5 discount for MCC members
Malcolm Pyke,12 Woorilla Court, Frankston, 9789 9727 or 0408 150196
dexter@labyrinth.net.au
Club rooms: 9416 3149
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)
1pm 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
NSW MAY WEEKENDER
Category 2 Grand Prix
Rose Bay RSL Club
New South Head Road [cnr Vickery St]
From the city, you can catch the 324 or 325 buses to the door
May 17-18
Details: Jason Lyons 0412 907 686
jasongraham@yahoo.com
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~nswca/
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
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~nswca/
NSW Open Championship 2003
Queens Birthday Weekend, May 7-9
Ryde-Eastwood Leagues Club
117 Ryedale Rd, West Ryde (1 minute from West Ryde Station)
Cat 3 GP event, FIDE rated, Guaranteed prize pool $2500
Seven Rounds
Registration 12:00am - 1:00pm 7th June.
Round Times
Saturday Sunday Monday
Entries Close 1:00pm Rd 3 10:10am Rd 6 10:10am
Rd 1 1:30pm Rd 4 2:40pm Rd 7 2:40pm
Rd 2 6:00pm Rd 5 7:10pm Presentation 7:30pm
Entry Fees: Adult $70.
Juniors U18 $50, U15 $40
All entries must be on official entry form (or copy)
Payment and entries accepted on the day
Or pre register via phone or email and save $10 (details below)
All NSW resident players must be members of NSWCA or NSWJCL.
FIDE time control is 90 minutes + 30 seconds per move from the start
1st $800 * 2nd $500 * 3rd $200
U2000 1st $200 * 2nd $100, U1800 1st $200 * 2nd $100, U1600 1st $200 * 2nd $100,
U1400 1st $200 * 2nd $100, 1st Junior $100,
Players are eligible for only 1 prize.
Please make all cheques payable to NSWCA Inc.
Mail must be sent by the 30th May 2003
to GPO Box 2418 Sydney 2001.
Enquires pre registration - pay on the day
0403 775 476
pcass@zeta.org.au
New South Wales Chess Association
New South Wales Open Championship 2003
Queens Birthday Weekend
UNIVERSITY OPEN 2003
$4000 Total Prizes
Category Three Grand Prix
12th & 13th July
$35 Adult $25 Junior/Concession
Adelaide University, SA
Official site
CALOUNDRA OPEN
Grand Prix class 3
June 28-29, Caloundra RSL, $2600 cash plus other prizes
Details: http://www.sunchess.aunz.org
INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENTS
Andorra Open
July 5-13
Nine round Swiss
Government's Pavilion in Andorra La Vella, Plaça del Poble.
Players entered so far include Khenkin, Volkov, Nisipeau, Avrukh,
Delchev, Eljanov, Pavlovic, Ivanisevic, Marin, Psakhis, De la Riva,
Cheparinov, Galego, Narciso, Paunovic, Comas
Details: www.feva.ad
Bangkok Chess Club Open
Top registered player is GM Ruslan Pogorelov from Ukraina, followed by 7 IMs.
We want some players from Australia also!
Kind Regards, Kai Tuorila
Details: www.bangkokchess.com
XXXVII CHESS TOURNAMENT "VILLA DE MISLATA"
9 rounds, Mislata Sports Pavillion, www.viamichelin.com
STANDARD CHARTERED BANK SCHOOL CHESS TOURNAMENT
July 2-10, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Bangladesh Chess Federation invites two school students (one boy & one girl)
from Australia to participate in the above event. We will provide free food and
accommodation to your players during the tournament.
Kindly confirm us participation of your players on or before 5th June 2003.
- Syed Shujauddin Ahmed
General Secretary
Fax No: 880-02-9666766
E-mail: bcf@bdonline.com
Festival Schneider Bohemia
Czech Republic - includes Czech Men's Championship
Aug 16-24
Details: http://www.volny.cz/pmarik/
CHESS WORLD GRAND PRIX
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
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Best wishes till next time
- Paul Broekhuyse
broekhuysep@bigpond.com