ACF Bulletin #215, May 5, 2003
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IN THIS ISSUE
* Peninsula Open
* Laurieton May Open
* City of Sydney playoffs
* SA Championship results
* April chess directory released
* Letters
* Chess World Grand Prix 2003 - new Category 1 tournaments for Wollongong, Adelaide
* Upcoming tournaments
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QUEENSLAND: 38TH PENINSULA OPEN
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49 players travelled to Redcliffe for this ACF Grand Prix tournament over
the Labor Day Weekend 3-5 May, top seeds being IM Stephen Solomon, David
Stephson and WIM Anastasiya Sorokina. One player was from NSW, Bill Ross
of Coffs Harbour.
Rd. 1 Results were to plan (higher rated winning) except for Junior Sam
Long (Redcliffe Club) who played Tony Weller (Redcliffe Club), 300 rating
points higher and won.
Rd 2. Upset wins to Paul Horwood (1015) against Bob Goodwin(1437), and
draws by Michal Szabo (1486)against Jacob Edwards (1875) and Sam Long
(1397) against Leo Wilkinson (1619) (or perhaps Leo did well being a piece and
pawns down at one stage).
Rd. 3 . New to over the board, Agus Daryando (unrated, has internet rating
1250) beat Mark Stokes (1551), Ryan Sullivan (1161) beat Mike Dyer (1551) and
draws were obtained by Juniors on boards 1 & 2, where Phacara Wongwichit
(1671) drew with Stephen Solomon (2306) and Casey Barnard (1623) drew with
Anastasiya Sorokina (2197). Lower down Nick Kospartov (1401) drew with Wayne
Davidson (1604) Kelvin Finke (1123) drew with Sam Constantin (1513) and
unrated Rishabh Bhandari drew with Regina Grenfell (1012).
David Stephson and Alaun pardon won their games to lead the field on 3/3.
Rd.4. David Stephson won the Board 1clash to go clear of the field on 4/4
chased by Stephen Solomon Phacara Wongwichit (who beat Anastasiya
Sorokina (2197) and Jacob Edwards 3.5/4. Mid field ross Mills (1310)
defeated Wayne Davidson (1604) with draws to Anthony Solomon (802) against
Sam Constantin, Kelvin Finke (1123) against Michael Szabo (1486) and Mark
Stokes (1551) was lucky to escape with a draw against Hans Maul (1120).
Stephson v Solomon and Wongwicht V Edwards in Rd.5 will change the leader
board.
Rd. 5. A draw on board 1 and a win to Edwards on Board 2 sets up Edwards vs
Stephson to give us a winner, a draw and wins to Alain Pardoen, Tony
Weller, and Casey Barnard gives us 2 on 5.5/5 and 4 on 4/5 which should set
up an interesting rds 5 and 6 on the top boards. Still we have upsets Robert
Hvistendahl (1439) beating Keith Macleod (1482).
Rd.6 Heading for the winning post Stephson leads on 5.5 from Barnard and
Solomon on 5 with Barnard v Stephson on Board 1 and Sorokina v Solomon on
Board 2. Behind them are Wonwichit, Edwards and Hvistendahl on 4.5
striving for a final 5.5 and a share of the cash . Sam Long contines to
upset his club mates with a won against Mark Stokes and young Kelvin
Finke showed agin he is better than 1123 rating with a win against Wayne
Davison 1604.
Rd.7 David Stephson won a hard battle against young Casey Barnard to take
1st place 6.5/7 with Stephen Solomon 2nd 6/7 and Jacob Edwards 3rd. 5.5/7.
Final standings will be posted on the Redcliffe web page later this week
http://crcchess.topcities.com/CRCC.html . The best performance of the
unrated players (i.e without an ACF rating or no known overseas rating)
was Agus Daryando on 3.5/7 .
Best Regards - Norm Braybrooke
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NSW: LAURIETON MAY OPEN
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No Name Feder Rtg Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1. Stead, Kerry NSW 6 12:W 8:W 4:D 2:W 6:D 3:W 10:W
2. Varela, Peter NSW 4 13:W 7:W 5:L 1:L 14:W 9:L 12:W
3. Dickson, Ian C NSW 5 14:W 10:W 6:L 4:W 11:W 1:L 5:W
4. Steer, Ian NSW 4.5 15:W 9:W 1:D 3:L 12:W 5:D 7:D
5. Forace, Lee ACT 4 16:W 21:W 2:W 6:D 10:L 4:D 3:L
6. Brown, Phillip NSW 5 17:W 11:W 3:W 5:D 1:D 10:D 9:D
7. Keuning, Anthony V NSW 4.5 18:W 2:L 14:W 10:L 24:W 11:W 4:D
8. Tan, Philip NSW 4 19:W 1:L 13:W 11:L 15:W 12:D 14:D
9. Canfell, Mike J NSW 4.5 20:W 4:L 16:W 12:L 13:W 2:W 6:D
10. Olesen, Esper NSW 4.5 23:W 3:L 15:W 7:W 5:W 6:D 1:L
11. Lukic, Mick NSW 4 24:W 6:L 20:W 8:W 3:L 7:L 15:W
12. Weltner, Michael NSW 3.5 1:L 17:W 21:W 9:W 4:L 8:D 2:L
13. Lane, Endel NSW 4 2:L 18:W 8:L 17:W 9:L 16:W 20:W
14. Vidler, Peter J NSW 3.5 3:L 19:W 7:L 18:W 2:L 24:W 8:D
15. Dunn, Paul ACT 3 4:L 24:W 10:L 20:W 8:L 17:W 11:L
16. Gilchrist, Ben NSW 2.5 5:L 23:W 9:L 21:W 22:D 13:L 17:L
17. Soltysik, Adelaide NSW 3 6:L 12:L 22:W 13:L 21:W 15:L 16:W
18. Parr, Bruce NSW 2 7:L 13:L 23:W 14:L 20:L :W 21:L
19. Wilks, Eric NSW .5 8:L 14:L 24:L 23:D : : :
20. Northover, Shane NSW 3 9:L 22:W 11:L 15:L 18:W 23:W 13:L
21. Wells, Leslie NSW 3 :W 5:L 12:L 16:L 17:L 22:W 18:W
22. Northover, Matthew NSW 2 :D 20:L 17:L 24:L 16:D 21:L 23:W
23. Avery, Pierce NSW 1.5 10:L 16:L 18:L 19:D :W 20:L 22:L
24. Riordan, Simon NSW 3 11:L 15:L 19:W 22:W 7:L 14:L :W
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SOUTH AUSTRALIA CHAMPIONSHIP
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The results are in for some important South Australian events, and there are games to view at www.chessnetwork.com/ncn/b/sausch03.htm:
No Name Feder Rtg Total 1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Zaric, Srboljub SA 3.5 * .5 .5 1 .5 1
2. Rigo, Bernard SA 1.5 .5 * .5 .5 0 0
3. Djelaj, Pasko SA 3 .5 .5 * 1 0 1
4. Riches, L John SA 1.5 0 .5 0 * 1 0
5. Cowley, Robert SA 3.5 .5 1 1 0 * 1
6. Townsend, Ralph SA 2 0 1 0 1 0 *
As reported last week, Zaric won the playoff 1.5-0.5:
[Event "SA Championship Match"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2003.04.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cowley, Robert"]
[Black "Zaric, Srboljub"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2123"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[Annotator "Anderson-Smith,William"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2003.04.01"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8.
Nf3
cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Re1 Bd7 14. a3
14...
Rae8 {French Defence: Tarrasch Variation:} 15. Be3 Qd8 16. h3 Re7 17. Qd2
Qe8
18. Bf4 Ne4 19. Rxe4 dxe4 20. Bxd6 exf3 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Be4 fxg2 23. Bxg2
Qh4
24. Rd1 e5 25. dxe5 Bxh3 26. Qe3 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Rf5 28. Ne4 Qg4+ 29. Ng3
Rxf2+
30. Kxf2 Qxd1 31. e6 Qd4 32. b4 Kf8 33. Nf5 Qxe3+ 34. Kxe3 g6 35. Nd6 Ke7
36.
Nxb7 Kxe6 37. b5 Ne7 38. Ke4 Nf5 39. Nd8+ Kd7 40. Nf7 Nd6+ 41. Nxd6 Kxd6 0-1
[Event "SA Championship Match"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2003.04.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zaric, Srboljub"]
[Black "Cowley, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2178"]
[BlackElo "2123"]
[Annotator "Anderson-Smith,William"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2003.04.01"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Be2 Nc6 5. O-O {Colle System:} 5... e6 6.
Nbd2
Be7 7. a3 a5 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Bf1 Qc7 12. Rc1 Rfd8 13. c4
dxc4 14. bxc4 Bd6 15. Qc2 a4 16. h3 Ne7 17. Qb1 Ng6 18. Qa1 Be7 19. Bd3 Bc6
20.
Qb1 Qb7 21. dxc5 Bxc5 22. Red1 Rd7 23. Be2 Rad8 24. Qa1 Be7 25. Nf1 Rxd1 26.
Rxd1 Rxd1 27. Qxd1 b5 28. cxb5 Bxb5 29. Bxb5 Qxb5 30. Qa1 h6 31. N1d2 Ne8
32.
Qc1 Nd6 33. Qc2 Nf5 34. Ne4 Ngh4 35. Nxh4 Nxh4 36. f3 Nf5 37. Kf2 f6 38. g4
Nd6
39. Nxd6 Bxd6 40. h4 Bc5 41. h5 Qb6 42. Bc1 Qd6 43. Kg2 Bxa3 44. Bxa3 Qxa3
45.
Qc8+ Kf7 46. Qd7+ Kf8 47. Qd8+ Kf7 48. Qd7+ 1/2-1/2
SA CANDIDATES
No Name Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 Utturkar, Ashwin 1286 5.5 2:L 18:W 10:W 5:D 9:W 4:W 7:W
2 Thiyagarajah, Prak. 1533 5 1:W 8:D 3:W 6:W 4:L 5:D 9:W
3 Amini, Amir 1667 5 11:D 10:W 2:L 12:D 15:W 6:W 4:W
4 Anderson-Smith, W 1639 4.5 15:W 7:D 6:W 8:W 2:W 1:L 3:L
5 Short, Andrew 1587 4 14:W 6:L 7:W 1:D 8:D 2:D 16:D
6 Paprzycki, Eryk 1452 4 17:W 5:W 4:L 2:L 11:W 3:L 18:W
7 Peake, Michael 1534 4 19:W 4:D 5:L 11:D 10:W 13:W 1:L
8 Dakovic, Goran 1637 4 18:W 2:D 11:W 4:L 5:D 9:L 15:W
9 Haydn, Gavin 1436 4 16:D 12:D 17:W 13:W 1:L 8:W 2:L
10 Schoech, Franz 1129 4 12:W 3:L 1:L 19:+ 7:L 14:W 17:W
11 Cooke, Tristrom 1380 3.5 3:D 16:W 8:L 7:D 6:L 18:W 12:D
12 Kramer, Warren 1405 3 10:L 9:D 16:W 3:D 13:L 15:D 11:D
13 Eckermann, And. 1268 3 0:L 19:+ 15:W 9:L 12:W 7:L 14:L
14 Turcaj, Pavel 1327 3 5:L 17:L 18:L 0:W 16:W 10:L 13:W
15 Atrens, Karlis 1100 2.5 4:L 0:W 13:L 17:W 3:L 12:D 8:L
16 Hill, Steven 1245 2.5 9:D 11:L 12:L 18:D 14:L 17:W 5:D
17 Townsend, Kevin 1250 2 6:L 14:W 9:L 15:L 18:W 16:L 10:L
18 Maksimovic, Mir. 1333 1.5 8:L 1:L 14:W 16:D 17:L 11:L 6:L
19 Ribic, Rade 1300 1 7:L 13:- 0:W 10:- 0: 0: 0:
20 Corti, Mario 1344 1 0:W 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 0:
SOUTH AUSTRALIA: APRIL ALLEGRO
No Name Loc Id Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5
1 Cowley, Robert 5191166 2036 5 6:W 8:W 4:W 3:W 2:W
2 Amini, Amir 5203345 1749 4 16:W 10:W 9:W 7:W 1:L
3 Djelaj, Pasko 5191435 1777 4 21:W 18:W 5:W 1:L 8:W
4 Short, Andrew 5195532 1688 3.5 22:W 7:W 1:L 9:W 5:D
5 Townsend, Kevin 1350 3.5 12:W 13:W 3:L 18:W 4:D
6 Paprzycki, Eryk 5194493 1426 3.5 1:L 14:W 18:D 11:W 12:W
7 Srdic, Goran 5203708 1967 3 11:W 4:L 10:W 2:L 15:W
8 Lutley, Philip 5204423 1605 3 14:W 1:L 17:W 13:W 3:L
9 Ivkovic, Novica 5205331 3 20:W 12:W 2:L 4:L 13:W
10 Haydn, Gavin 5206355 1442 3 15:W 2:L 7:L 19:W 14:W
11 Maksimovic, Mirjan 5205191 1405 2.5 7:L 22:D 19:W 6:L 18:W
12 Townsend, Ralph 1820 2 5:L 9:L 20:W 17:W 6:L
13 Riches, L John 5198225 1732 2 17:W 5:L 15:W 8:L 9:L
14 Atrens, Eduard 5205924 1054 2 8:L 6:L 16:W 21:W 10:L
15 Choudhury, Saayan 2 10:L 16:W 13:L 22:W 7:L
16 Colliver, Scott 5204192 1207 2 2:L 15:L 14:L 20:W 19:W
17 Eckermann, Andrew 5205062 1203 2 13:L 20:W 8:L 12:L 21:W
18 Peake, Michael 5194552 1595 1.5 19:W 3:L 6:D 5:L 11:L
19 Atrens, Karlis 5205563 960 1 18:L 21:W 11:L 10:L 16:L
20 Corti, Mario 5191155 1411 1 9:L 17:L 12:L 16:L 22:W
21 Hill, Steven 5204456 1288 1 3:L 19:L 22:W 14:L 17:L
22 Schoech, Franz 5204170 1154 .5 4:L 11:D 21:L 15:L 20:L
SA ANZAC ALLEGRO
No Name Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Zaric, Srboljub 2154 5.5 11:W 5:W 9:W 2:W 4:W 3:D
2 Cowley, Robert 2036 5 16:W 7:W 3:W 1:L 9:W 6:W
3 Freytag, Justin 1989 4.5 13:W 4:W 2:L 6:W 7:W 1:D
4 Mathews, Peter 1656 4 19:W 3:L 16:W 10:W 1:L 9:W
5 Amini, Amir 1749 4 17:W 1:L 6:L 16:W 10:W 11:W
6 Anderson, Kim 1756 3.5 15:D 14:W 5:W 3:L 8:W 2:L
7 Hester, David 1730 3.5 21:W 2:L 11:W 8:D 3:L 13:W
8 Peake, Michael 1595 3.5 12:W 9:L 13:W 7:D 6:L 14:W
9 Srdic, Goran 1967 3 10:W 8:W 1:L 18:W 2:L 4:L
10 Maksimovic, Mirjan 1405 3 9:L 12:W 14:W 4:L 5:L 17:W
11 Kramer, Warren 1427 3 1:L 19:W 7:L 17:W 18:W 5:L
12 Chesney, David 1071 3 8:L 10:L 17:L 21:W 16:W 18:W
13 Ivcovic, Novica 2.5 3:L 17:W 8:L 15:W 14:D 7:L
14 Giminez, Simeon 1473 2.5 18:W 6:L 10:L 19:W 13:D 8:L
15 Campbell, Paul 1382 2.5 6:D 16:L 18:L 13:L 21:W 19:W
16 Paprzycki, Eryk 1426 2 2:L 15:W 4:L 5:L 12:L 21:W
17 Colliver, Scott 1207 2 5:L 13:L 12:W 11:L 19:W 10:L
18 Davidovic, Diana 859 2 14:L 21:W 15:W 9:L 11:L 12:L
19 Schoech, Franz 1154 1 4:L 11:L 21:W 14:L 17:L 15:L
20 Corti, Mario 1411 1 0:W 0: 0: 0: 0: 0:
21 Eckermann, Andrew 1203 0 7:L 18:L 19:L 12:L 15:L 16:L
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VICTORIA NEWS:
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The FINALS for the Victorian Lightning Championships have been postponed to allow more players to qualify. There will be another 8 qualifying events at Chess World on Saturday afternoons (2pm start) with the Finals re-scheduled for Saturday July 19th (weekend after the Australian Masters finish). All other details remain the same.
CLUB NIGHT
The Chess World Championships will be starting Tuesday 6th May, entry fee $50, 7 round swiss played over 9 weeks (2 flexi-rounds). Strong players include Rujevic, Depasquale, Bjelobrk, Wastney and Levi. (membership not required). Prize fund determined after numbers of entries are confirmed (likely $500+). So far 16 confirmed entries, various abilities, from beginners to International Masters...All are invited for free coaching after games, free tea/coffee during games and of course the best venue in Melbourne!
- David Cordover
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CITY OF SYDNEY PLAYOFF
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The first game was drawn. The second will be played on Tuesday.
[Event "City of Sydney Playoff Game 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Canfell, Greg"]
[Black "Yu, Ronald"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2003.04.30"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. h5 Bh7 8. Nf3
Nd7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc7 11. Bd2 e6 12. O-O-O Ngf6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4
O-O-O 15. g3 Bd6 16. c4 c5 17. d5 Nf6 18. Qc2 exd5 19. cxd5 Kb8 20. Bc3 Rhg8
21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qh7 Qa5 23. Kb1 c4 24. Qc2 Rc8 25. Rh4 c3 26. b3 Rge8 27. Ra4
Qb6 28. Rd3 Ka8 29. g4 a6 30. Rad4 Qb5 31. a4 Qa5 32. Re3 Red8 33. Ree4 Bf8 34.
Re3 Bd6 1/2-1/2
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ACF SELECTION CO-ORDINATOR SOUGHT
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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).
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GOLD COAST OPEN
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Sat/Sun 21/22 June
Venue Robina Town Centre Community Centre (New, large, comfortable, quiet,
carpeted, air-conditioned). Onsite snack bar. Large shopping centre with
restaurants and cafes nearby.
We are very pleased that once again GM Ian Rogers will be participating in
the Gold Coast Open, as he has done every year for the last ten years. Ian
has won the event four times, Stephen Solomon three and Predrag Nikolic,
Alex Wohl and David Smerdon once each.
For the second year running, the tournament is being split into open and
under 1600 sections. This worked very well last year.
Time Controls: 60 mins a side plus 10 secs a move from the start (Fischer).
Sat: Registration 8am to 9.15am, Round One 9.30am, Round Two 12 noon, Round
Three 2.30pm, Round Four 5pm. Happy hour with complimentary refreshments at
7pm.
Sun: Round Five 9.30am, Round Six 12 noon, Round Seven 2.30pm, Presentations
and Random Draw Prizes approx 5.15pm.
Entry Fees: Open Adult $55, Concession $45, Junior $35. Under 1600 Adult
$45, Concession $35, Junior $25. Add $10 if not a member of CAQ or state
association. Late entry fees on the day add $20 (this includes those who
phone/email/fax through to say that they will be playing).
Payment by cheque to Gold Coast Chess Club and mailed to Gardiner Chess 11
Hardys Road Mudgeeraba 4213. By credit card (mastercard, visa, bankcard)
supply account number, expiry date, name on card and signature. Online at
www.gardinerchess.com. Direct to the Gold Coast Chess Club bank account with
Heritage Building Society BSB 638-070 A/C 5260396.
Prizes total $3,000. Open Section 1st $750 2nd $500 3rd $250 1st Under 2000
$300 2nd Under 2000 $200 3rd Under 2000 $100. Under 1600 Section 1st $300
2nd $200 3rd $100 Rating Groups 4 x $150. Players can only win one prize. In
the event of a tied win, the money will be shared. In the event of a tie for
the title only, $100 will be awarded to the winner of a three-game lightning
play-off. Random Prizes of chess sets or books will be drawn at the
presentations on Sunday at 5.15pm - but you have to be present to win.
The arbiter is IA Charles Zworestine.
Enquiries:
Graeme Gardiner
Phone 5522 7221
Fax 5522 7760
Email ggardiner@gardinerchess.com
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AUSTRALIAN CLUBS TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIPS
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Caloundra, Sunshine Coast,
29 September to 3 October 2003
Rydges Oasis Resort
Full details at www.gardinerchess.com/AusClubsTeamChamps.htm
- Graeme Gardiner
ggardiner@gardinerchess.com
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Australian Chess Directory - April
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April edition has been released and will be on the webpage at www.auschess.org.au/ausdir03.htm soon
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LETTERS
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We are not going to waste the time of readers nor take up significant space
refuting the claims of David Richards in the previous Bulletin by
responding in detail.
However all of the following issues raise significant concerns regarding
his methodology.
1) The number of times he says one of his assumptions is a source of bias
is a concern.
2) If he was so good as to use Ian Routs spreadsheet it was a shame he
didn't use the RD values suggested on Ian's web page.
3) Use of the rpfm indicator from Swiss Perfect is a major problem since it
can be significantly wrong as a performance indicator and therefore
introduce errors in subsequent calculations.
E.g. A 2400 rated player draws with another 2400 player and beats a 1000
rated player. Swiss Perfect says this is an rpfm of 1893 when in reality
the rating performance is 2400.
4) Given the 1995 tournament was well before the Glicko system was
introduced it would be interesting to know how he calculated the Glicko RD
values. Given previous discussions with him and his understanding of the
Glicko system this raises serious doubts that they are suitable and are
therefore highly questionable.
However of most concern is his mixture of ratings from various rating
systems such as the ACF and QJRL ratings. Only Glicko ratings should be
used for the calculation of Glicko performance, just as only ELO ratings
should be used to calculate ELO performance. Given that the ELO system
would have allocated significantly lower ratings to the juniors, the
expected scores would have differed significantly. To arbitrarily assign
ratings from various systems as he does proves absolutely nothing, except
his lack of understanding of the fundamentals of rating systems.
We could list other problems but the above makes all his calculations and
conclusions highly questionable and pretty much worthless.
As Paul previously suggested the ratings discussion should be taken up on
the ACF Bulletin Board instead of taking up space in the Bulletin.
Bill Gletsos & Graham Saint
ACF Rating Officers
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UPCOMING LOCAL TOURNAMENTS
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BOX HILL CHESS CLUB WINTER SWISS
Visitors welcome.
Super accelerated ratings based swiss in two divisions.
Clocks start 7:30pm.
Rate of play: 60 minutes plus 30 seconds per move from move one.
ACF rated.
Entry fee $15.
Visitors fee $15 for non BHCC or WJC members.
8 rounds. Tuesdays 6/5,13/5, 20/5, 27/5, 3/6, 10/6, 17/6, 24/6
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.
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
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
CHESS WORLD GRAND PRIX
THREE NEW CATEGORY 1 EVENTS!!!:
* Wollongong Open - Grand Prix Category 1
(30 minutes south of Waterfall in Sydney)
***100% of entry fees go to prizes***
3 equal sized rating divisions with
1st $200 2nd $100 for each.
(plus special division prizes on numbers)
28/29 June 2003, 7 round swiss, 60 mins + 10sec
Starts Saturday 9:30 sharp. Ends Sunday 3:30pm
$40 entry, Juniors and card holders $20
Contact Matthew Sweeney 4229 9107
email: mhjs@bigpond.net.au
website: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~jmazz/chess/wgong.htm
Venue: Collegians Leagues Club, Cnr Princes HYW and Charlotte St,
Wollongong
* Adelaide Cup
Weekend Chess Tournament
Saturday 17th and Monday 19th of May 2003
The Chess Centre of South Australia 10 Ranelagh St , Adelaide
Seven Rounds , Swiss Draw
Saturday : 12.30pm, 3.05pm,6.10pm, 8.45pm
Monday : 10.00am, 1.10pm ,and 3.45pm
Fischer Rapid - 60 minutes plus 10 secs a move
First Prize $150 guaranteed Minimum - other prizes and junior trophies as determined by number of entries.
* Queen's Birthday
Weekend Chess Tournament
Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th of June 2003
The Chess Centre of South Australia
10 Ranelagh Street , Adelaide
Saturday : 12.30pm, 3.05pm, and 5.40pm
Sunday : 12.30pm, 3.05pm, and 5.40pm
Six rounds , Swiss Draw
Fischer Rapid - 60 minutes plus 10 secs per move
First Prize Guaranteed $150 - other prizes and junior trophies as determined by entries
Enquiries to George Howard 0414 841 575
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
Coal City Open
Category 2
NSW
Aug 9-10
Contact georgelithgow@idl.com.au
49433862
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