ACF Bulletin #227, July 28, 2003 ** Chess Today Daily Chess News - Annotated Games - Chess Lessons and Hints Interviews, reviews and more! Free trial - http://www.chesstoday.net ** Australian Chess magazine - keep up with the news Subscribe at http://www.chessaustralia.com.au/index.cfm IN THIS ISSUE * Junior Selections decision * ANU Chess Festival: Computer Championship * Junior leads ACT Championship * Rogers for Aust Championships * Lane wins in NZ * Wohl wins his weight in wine? * NSW news * Chess World Grand Prix 2003 * Upcoming tournaments ACF JUNIOR SELECTIONS Appeals against selections for the World Junior age championships Sam Chow v Ronald Yu - Under 16 boys Jing Jia v Junta Ikeda - Under 12 boys The ACF Council - NOTING that - a. reservations have been expressed about the validity of the ACF Appeals Tribunal's decision in the above appeals; b. ACF action to implement the decision may therefore also be invalid; and c. the Tribunal's recognition that the two selected players and the two appellants would be very worthy selections; RESOLVES, despite anything to the contrary in the ACF Selection Procedures By-law: 1. That both Ronald Yu and Sam Chow be selected to represent Australia in the Under 16 Boys division; 2. That both Junta Ikeda and Jing Jia be selected to represent Australia in the Under 12 Boys division; and 3. That the four selected players be treated equally in the matter of financial and any other assistance as if each was the only selected player in his division." ACF President George Howard writes: All selectors, ACF Council, Appeal Committee and Kerry Stead are thanked for their efforts and patience in this matter. All persons concerned have learnt things about ACF by-laws and the Selection Appeal system. Changes will be made by the ACF Council to the by-laws to better reflect the new sentiment expoused by this decision. Us administrators are here for the purpose of fostering chess in all its facets for YOU, the chess players of Australia. George Howard - President ACF IKEDA LEADS ACT CHAMPS Meanwhile, the abovementioned Junta Ikeda - jointly selected for the world under-12s - is leading the ACT **adult** championship with 4.5/5. Leading scores: 1 Junta Ikeda 1569 4.5 48.6 2 Ian Rout 1923 4 -9.7 3 Roger Farrell 1996 4 -17.2 4 Tor Lattimore 1567 4 0.0 5 Michael Wei 1799 3.5 -11.2 6 Ramakrishna 1646 3.5 22.0 7 Andrey Bliznyuk 1970 3.5 -30.4 8 Robert Riggs 1212 3.5 42.0 9 Gareth Oliver 1769 3.5 -18.5 10 Jey Hoole 1342 3.5 9.2 11 Jeremy Reading 1420 3.5 3.7 12 Nguyen Tran 1384 3.5 -26.6 13 Peter Jovanovic 1837 3.5 0.9 Ikeda held top-ranked Roger Farrell (1996) to a draw in this game: Ikeda-Farrell 1/2-1/2 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Nbd7 4. b3 e6 5. Bb2 Ne4 6. Bd3 f5 7. a3 Bd6 8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qe2 a5 11. h3 Qe7 12. Bxe4 fxe4 13. Nd2 Qh4 14. Rf1 b6 15. Qg4 Qe7 16. Qe2 Ba6 17. f3 Qh4+ 18. Kd1 e5 19. fxe4 exd4 20. exd4 Rxf1+ 21. Qxf1 Rf8 22. Nf3 dxe4 23. Nxh4 Rxf1+ 24. Ke2 Rxa1 25. Bxa1 Bxa3 26. Nxe4 a4 27. bxa4 Bxc4+ 28. Kd2 Bb3 29. Nf5 g6 30. Ne3 Bxa4 31. d5 cxd5 32. Nxd5 Bc6 33. Nef6+ Nxf6 34. Nxf6+ Kf7 35. g4 h6 36. Ke3 Bc1+ 37. Kd3 g5 38. Ne4 Bf4 39. Bc3 Bb5+ 40. Kd4 Bf1 41. Nf2 Bg3 42. Ne4 Bh2 43. Kd5 Bxh3 44. Nf2 Bg2+ 45. Kc4 Bf1+ 46. Kd5 Be2 47. Kc6 b5 48. Kc5 Bg1 49. Bd4 Bxf2 50. Bxf2 Bxg4 51. Kxb5 Ke6 52. Kc4 Ke5 53. Kd3 Kf4 54. Bc5 h5 55. Kd2 Bf3 56. Ke1 h4 57. Kf2 Bc6 58. Bd6+ Kg4 59. Be7 Kh5 60. Bd6 g4 61. Be5 Kg6 62. Bd6 Kf5 63. Bc7 Ba8 64. Bb8 Ke4 65. Bc7 Bd5 66. Bd6 Kf5 67. Bc7 Kg6 68. Bd6 Kg5 69. Bc7 Bf3 70. Bd6 Bc6 71. Bc7 Kf5 72. Bb8 Ke4 73. Bc7 Kd3 74. Bd6 Be4 75. Bc7 Bf5 76. Bd6 Be4 77. Bc7 Bf5 78. Bd6 Ke4 79. Bc7 1/2-1/2 And he beat a 1979-rated player in this one: Bliznyuk-Ikeda 0-1 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 f5 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nge2 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. d4 Bb6 9. Rb1 Ne7 10. b4 c6 11. Ba3 e4 12. h4 h6 13. c5 Bc7 14. cxd6 Bxd6 15. b5 Be6 16. Nf4 Bc4 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Re1 Rf7 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Bf1 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 g5 22. Ng2 Rg7 23. h5 f4 24. exf4 gxf4 25. Qe1 Nxh5 26. Nxe4 Qe6 27. f3 fxg3 28. Qe2 0-1 {White's time expired as he played his move but the position appears lost anyway, for instance: 28... Qh3 29. Ne3 Nf4 30. Qd2 g2 31. Rfc1 (interpolating a check on f6 at some point in this sequence doesn't help) 31... Qh1+ 32. Kf2 Qh4+ 33. Kg1 Nh3+ 34. Kh2 g1=B+ 35. Rxg1 Nxg1# - Notes by Ian Rout} Also doing well in the ACT Champs is another well-known junior, Gareth Oliver: Oliver-Jaksa 1-0 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 e6 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 c4 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. Be2 Bd6 8. Bg5 b5 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. e4 Nxg3 13. fxg3 f6 14. Qc2 Rg8 15. Rae1 Ne7 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Qh7 Rf8 18. Ne5!! (Bh5+ is coming) 1-0 ACT JUNIOR The very same Gareth Oliver recently won the ACT Junior Championship: Leading final scores: 1 Gareth Oliver 1769 o + 20 n + 14 o + 9 n + 6 o = 4 n + 2 o = 3 n + 13 o = 7 7.5 -0.7 2 Michael Wei 1799 n + 11 o + 7 n + 12 o + 3 n + 13 o - 1 o + 4 n + 6 n - 5 7 -17.2 3 Tor Lattimore 1567 o + 29 n + 5 o + 10 n - 2 o = 6 n + 9 n = 1 o = 4 n + 12 6.5 18.7 4 Shannon Oliver 1530 n + 21 o + 30 n + 8 o + 12 n = 1 o + 10 n - 2 n = 3 o = 6 6.5 25.1 5 Thomas Ung 922 n + 24 o - 3 n + 15 o + 28 n = 7 n - 6 o + 11 n + 10 o + 2 6.5 56.8 6 Junta Ikeda 1569 n + 15 o + 23 n + 13 o - 1 n = 3 o + 5 n + 12 o - 2 n = 4 6 1.5 7 Kishore Sreetharan 1081 o + 31 n - 2 o = 29 n + 16 o = 5 n + 15 n = 10 o + 23 n = 1 6 13.0 8 Jeremy Neeman 1346 o + 27 n + 18 o - 4 n + 11 o - 10 n = 14 o + 20 n = 9 o + 13 6 -2.0 9 Khoi Hoang 1400 n + 33 o + 17 n - 1 o = 23 n + 20 o - 3 n + 21 o = 8 n + 14 6 -12.1 ANU CHESS FESTIVAL - NATIONAL COMPUTER CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP (Report adapted from remarks on the website) The 2003 Australasian National Computer Chess Championships (NC3 for short) was held on July 22 as part of the Australian National University Chess Festival. This online event has been run since 1998 and has provided the impetus for the development of a number of strong chess programs in Australia and New Zealand. The event was hosted on chess.tridgell.net - a chess server maintained by Andrew Tridgell. "Entrants" - or their minders - connected to it using FICS-compliant clients such as Xboard. The 5-round swiss had a G/20 time limit with a 10s per move increment. Standard FIDE rules of chess applied but there were also some special rules: * Manually operated programs allowed a 20s per move increment * Programs were allowed 1 restart within the first 5 moves of the game if they suffered technical or other difficulties * If a program disconnected or crashed it hads 5 minutes to re-establish the connection and resume the game. This could occur twice in a single game. Any further disconnections resulted in a loss * Operators were allowed to offer and accept draws on behalf of their programs, or resign, and operators could flag if the other program ran out of time. As usual, ANU computer boffin Shaun Press ran the event. Shaun is a former ACF President, frequent tournament organiser, and the brains behind the set-up of the ACF Bulletin Board, among other things. "warp" - rated well ahead of its opponents at 2400 - won the event with 4.5/5 but was surprisingly held to a draw by "bodo" in the last round. The wide disparity in strength - more than 2000 points!! - produced some great howlers and some entertaining chess. Score Rating Perfrm Upset Results Name 4.5 1 2400 1715 0000 +08w +11w +03w +02w =04b warp 4.0 2 1879 1549 0000 +10w +05b +11w -01b +03w KnightCap 3.0 3 1416 1478 0000 +09w +04w -01b +06w -02b tracex 3.0 4 1400 1306 0500 =06w -03b +05w +07b =01w bodo 3.0 5 0518 1301 1397 +07b -02w -04b +12w +10w vchess 3.0 6 0400 1325 2212 =04b =07w +08b -03b +09b spotato 2.0 7 1400 0645 0000 -05w =06b +09b -04w =12b kanguruh 2.0 8 1100 1002 0081 -01b +12w -06w -10b +11w kchess 2.0 9 0912 1006 0390 -03b +10b -07w +11b -06w decapod 1.5 10 1033 0801 0067 -02b -09w =12b +08w -05b bchess 1.0 11 1181 1097 0000 +12w -01b -02b -09w -08b BlackKnight 1.0 12 0396 0806 0820 -11b -08b =10w -05b =07w awesome Note: The ratings attached to the programs were pre tournament estimates only. Some games from the event: KnightCap-bchess: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Qd6 4. e3 b5 5. a4 c6 6. Nc3 Bd7 7. Ne5 Nf6 8. Qf3 bxa4 9. Bxc4 Be6 10. Nb5! Qb4+ {...cxb5 11.Bb5+ and Qxa8} 11. Bd2 Qxb2 12. Nc7+ Kd8 13. Nxe6+ fxe6 14. Ba5+ Ke8 15. Bxe6!! {a la Adolph Anderssen, threatening Bf7#} Qxa1+ 16. Qd1 Qc3+ 17. Bxc3 Nbd7 18. Qxa4 Rc8 19. Bf7+ Kd8 20. Qa5+ Nb6 21. Qxa7 Nfd5 22. Bxd5 Rc7 23. Qxb6 e6 24. Nf7+ Ke8 25. Qxc7 cxd5 26. Ne5 Bc5 27. Qf7+ Kd8 28. Qd7# 1-0 warp-kchess: 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d6 5. e3 Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. exd4 O-O 8.Be2 Bf5 9. d5 Ne5 10. Nd4 Bg4 11. O-O c5 12. dxc6 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 bxc6 14. f4 Ng6 15. Nxc6!? (A Blunder??} Qb6+ 16. Nd4!! Qxd4+ 17. Be3! (Winning the queen??} Nxf4! (Nup!} 18. Rxf4 Qe5 {Black survives but White's better} 19. Qf2 Qe6 20.Bd4 Ng4 21. Qg3 f5 22. Re1 Qf7 23. Nd5 Bg5 24. Rff1 Rac8 25. b3 h5 26. Qxd6 Kh7 27. h3 Nh6 28. Qg3 Bd8 29. Re6 Rg8 30. Rfe1 a5 31. Re7!! f4 {If Black takes White has a nasty Nf6+ coming} 32. Qg5 Rb8 {The Re7's pinned} 33. R1e6 Bxe7 34. Rxe7 Rb7 {...Qf8 35.Nf6+ Kh8 36.Qxh6+!! gh6 37.Rh7#} 35. Rxf7 Rxf7 36. Ne7 Rxe7 37. Qxe7 Nf5 38. Qf7 Nh6 39. Qxf4 1-0 warp-BlackKnight: 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 Nf6 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Rb8 9. Rb1 Qd6 10. Qb3 Na5 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Ba3 Qd5 14.c4 Qe4 15. O-O a6 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Qb4 Kd8 18. Qe7+ Kc8 19. Qxf7 Qxb1? {Black's position is awful but I don't understand this} 20.Rxb1 Re8 21. Ne5 Ba4 22. Be7 a5 23. c5 h6 24. Bd6 cxd6 25. cxd6 Nd5 26. Rc1+ Kd8 27. Qd7+!! Bxd7 28. Nf7# {A pretty finish} 1-0 bodo-vchess: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Qe7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Be2 Qxe4 6. Nc3 Qb4 7. O-O Bc5 8. a3 Qg4 9. h3 Qf5 10. d4 Bb6 11. Nh4 Qa5? 12. d5 Nd4 13. b4 (Ouch!) Nxd5 14. bxa5 Nxc3 15. Qd3 Ncxe2+ 16. Kh1 Bxa5 17. Bb2 c5 18. Qe3+ Kf8 19. c3 Nxc3 20. Bxc3 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 b6 22. Nf5! Nxf5 23. Qf3 Rb8 24. Qxf5 f6 25. Rae1 Ba6 26. Qxd7 Bb5 27. Qd6+ 1-0 kchess-Small Potato 0.6.0: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nxe5 Nxe4 7. Qe2 Qh4 8. d3 Bxf2+ 9. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 10. Qxf2 Nxf2 11. Kxf2 O-O 12. Nc3 Re8 13. Nf3 Bg4 14. Be3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 a5 16. Rg1 b5 17. Bd4 g6 18. Ne4 Red8 19. Nf6+ Kg7 20. Ne8+ Kg8 21. Nxc7 Rab8 22. Bf6 Rd7 23. Na6 Ra8 24. Re1 Rd6 25. Nc7 Rc8 26. Ne8 Re6 27. Rxe6 fxe6 28. Nd6 Rf8 29. Be5 g5 30. Ke3 h6 31. Ke4 a4 32. Bg3 h5 33. h4 gxh4 34. Bxh4 Kh7 35. f4 Rg8 36. Bg5 a3! 37. b3 h4! 38. Kf3 h3! 39. Kg3 e5! 40. Kxh3 exf4! 41. Bxf4 Rg1! {Now Black's on top} 42. c4 b4 43. Ne4 Ra1 44. Nf6+ Kg6 45. Ng8 Kf7 46. Nh6+ Ke6 47. Bd2 c5 48. Be3 Rxa2 49. Bxc5 Rb2 50. Bd4 Rxb3 51. Kg4 Rxd3 52. Nf5 b3 0-1 vchess-bchess 1-0: 1. Nc3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 a6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Nxd5 exd5 9. d4 Bf5 10. c3 h6 11. Be3 c4 12. Ne1 Qb6 13. b3 Ba3 14. Nc2 Be7 15. bxc4 Qb2 16. cxd5 Bxc2 17. Qd2 Ba3 18. Rae1 Be4 19. Qxb2 Bxb2 20. dxc6 Bd3 {Now an interesting sequence} 21. Rb1 Bxc3 22. Rb3 Bxf1 23. cxb7 Rb8 24. Kxf1 Ba1? {Interesting to see White win with three pawns for a rook} 25. Rb1 Bc3 26. Rb3 Ba5 27. d5 Bc7 28. d6 Ba5 29. Ba7 Kd7 30. h4 Kc6 31. Bxb8 Rxb8 32. Ra3 Bb6 33. Rc3+ Kxb7 34. Rf3 Rf8 35. e6 f6 36. e7 Re8 37. Rb3 Ka7 38. Rxb6 Kxb6 39. d7 Rxe7 40. d8=Q+ Rc7 41. f4 Kc6 42. Ke2 Kb6 43. Kd3 Kc6 44. Ke4 Kb6 45. Qb8+ Kc6 46. Qe8+ Kb7 47. Qe6 Ka7 48. f5 Kb7 49. a4 Rc1 50. Qd5+ Kc7 51. Qf7+ Kc6 52. Qxg7 Re1+ 53. Kd3 Rd1+ 54. Kc4 Rc1+ 55. Kb3 Kd5 56. Qd7+ Ke4 57. Qe6+ Kf4 58. Qxf6 Rh1 59. a5 Kg3 60. Qc3+ Kxh4 61. f6 Rb1+ 62. Kc2 Rb5 63. f7 Rb8 64. Qe5 Rc8+ 65. Kb3 Rf8 66. Qe7+ Kg3 67. Qxf8 h5 68. Qd6+ Kf2 69. f8=Q+ Kxg2 70. Qd2+ Kg3 71. Qff4+ Kh3 72. Qdh2# 1-0 bodo-warp 1/2-1/2: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 g6 8.Bb5+ c6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. e4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. O-O c5 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Be3 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Rd8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qb3 Qe7 18. Rfd1 Nd7 19. Qc4 Nc5 20. Bc2 f5 21. exf5 Bxf3 22. gxf3 exf5 23. Qf4 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Qxd8 26. Kf1 Qf6 27. Qd4 Kf7 28. Ke2 Qe6+ 29. Kd2 h5 30. a4 Qc6 31. Ke2 Qc8 32. Kd2 Qb7 33. Ke2 Qe7+ 34. Kd2 Kg8 35. Qd5+ Kh7 36. f4 Kh6 37. Qe5 Qd8+ 38. Ke3 a5 39. Qd4 Qf8 40. Kd2 Kh7 41. f3 Qe7 42. Qe5 Qd8+ 43. Ke2 Qd7 44. Ke3 Qa7 45. Qe8 Qg7 46. Qe5 Qd7 47. h3 Qd8 48. Ke2 Kg8 49. Qd4 Qe8+ 50. Kd2 Qc6 51. Ke3 Kf7 52. Ke2 Qe6+ 53. Kd2 Qe7 54. Qd5+ Kf8 55. Qd4 Kg8 56. Qd5+ Kh7 57. Qe5 Qb7 58. Ke3 Qd7 59. Qd4 Qa7 60. Kd2 Qc7 61. Qe5 Qf7 62. Ke3 Qb7 63. Qd6 Qa7 64. Qd4 Qe7+ 65. Qe5 Qh4 66. Ke2 Qd8 67. Qd4 Qf8 68. Kd2 Kg8 69. Qd5+ Kg7 70. Qe5+ Kh6 71. h4 Qd8+ 72. Qd4 Qe8 73. Qd6 Qe6 74. Qc7 Qd5+ 75. Ke3 Nd7 76. Qd8 Qe6+ 77. Kd2 Kg7 78. Bb3 Qxb3 79. Qxd7+ Kh6 80. Qd4 Qg8 81. Qxb6 Qa2+ 82. Ke3 Qxa4 83. Qd8 Kh7 84. Qe7+ Kg8 85. Qe6+ Kg7 86. Qd5 Qe8+ 87. Kd3 a4 88. Qd6 Kh6 89. Kd2 Qc8 90. Qe7 Qc4 91. Qg5+ Kg7 92. Qe7+ Kg8 93. Qe8+ Kh7 94. Qe7+ Kg8 95. Qe8+ Kg7 96. Qe7+ Kh6 97. Qg5+ Kh7 98. Qe7+ Kh8 99. Qe8+ Kh7 100. Qe7+ Kh6 {Game drawn by repetition} 1/2-1/2 Looking through the games, I was particularly taken by one little gizmo called "awesome" whose play swung wildly between "awful" and "not bad" and had, it must be said, a certain personality and independence of spirit. Round 1: BlackKnight-awesome 1-0 1. e3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 Qd7 6. Nf3 e6 7. Ne5 Qc8 8. O-O {Black resigned} 1-0 Resigned? On a point of principle perhaps? Not since Carmen Lawrence's do-it-yourself demise have I seen such behaviour! Or perhaps it was in protest over the tournament conditions? Dusty power-points, perhaps? Did someone trip over the power cord? Or is this an example of super-human insight, a prophylactic gesture, because it sees a mate in 623 moves? Either way, awesome followed up with this sterling effort: Round 4: vchess-awesome 1-0 1. Nc3 Nf6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 Nfd7 4. d4 c5 5. Bb5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 e6 7. Nf3 Problem: find self-mate in three for Black :) Ke7!! 8. O-O Nc5!!! 9. Qxc5+ {Black resigned!!!! 9...Qd6 10.Qxd6#} 1-0 I like that: awesome's playing to its own rules, shifting the paradigm. And one can discern real progress: there seems good grounds for Black's resignation in round 4. Strangely enough, ornery awesome managed to chalk up some draws in other games against opponents rated much higher and to play some good chess. Go figure! (Only joking folks. I'm not worthy to carry the mousepad of chess programmers, and much admire and enjoy their work - more powerpoints to them). Official site: http://www.syseng.anu.edu.au/~shaun/chess/NC3_Index_Page.html View games at http://www.chessnetwork.com/ncn/b/nc303.htm SOMETHING TO DO WITH COMPUTERS ... SOUNDS IMPORTANT ... For those who understand such things: New Programming Protocol addresses CHESS in programs: Introduction To APE (Architectural Programming Environment) The Introduction to APE is now available online at http://www.enticypress.com Through the evaluation of chess, a chess application is detailed in the APE protocol. APE is the software protocol of Brain Dynamics applied in two online 'brains', the IQ Test (worth taking), and the ROACH download PC game. APE is an efficient protocol able to be utilized in any programming language. For more information access: http://www.enticypress.com lee kent hempfling http://www.enticypress.com http://www.iggit.com iggit@iggit.com ROGERS TO PLAY AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS The organising committee of the Lidums/Adelaide Uni Australian Chess Championships to be held in Adelaide 29th Dec - 10 Jan is pleased to announce that Grandmaster Ian Rogers has agreed to play this tournament. George Howard Chairman - organising committee! LANE WINS IN NEW ZEALAND IM Gary Lane won both the North Island Chess Championship and Rapid (30/30) North Island Championship held in Hamilton, NZ from 13th - 19th July. The former event was FIDE rated. Gary won both events with a perfect score: the main event with 8/8 and the rapid with 6/6. His wife Nancy also played in the Rapid and scored 3.5/6. The North Island title went to the highest resident North Island player, and was won in a major upset by Jesse Wilson, a former NZ Junior champion with 6.5/8, losing only to Lane and drawing with second seed Graeme Spain. - Paul Spiller MISSING PERSON In my haste to get the scores in the ANU Open formatted last week a name dropped off the list: Peter Frost, who scored 4.5/7. NSW NEWS - thanks to Peter Parr's SMH column IM Alex Wohl has returned to Sydney after finishing equal first in the 96 player Medoc Wine International in France. Apparently the prize was "your weight in wine" but I suspect the evidence is fast disappearing. Pilgaard,K (IM Denmark) v Wohl,A (IM Australia) [B06] 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 a6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.Be3 b5 7.e5 Nb6 8.Bf2 Nh6 9.Bf3 Rb8 10.Qe2 0-0 11.0-0-0 b4 12.Nd5 (dubious) Nxd5 13.Bxd5 c6 !! Playing for the initiative 14.Bxc6 Qa5 15.Qc4 Ng4 16.Nh3 dxe5 17.dxe5 Be6 18.Bd5 Bf5 19.Qe2? (better was 19.Qb3 Rbc8) 19...Rfc8 20.Bb3 Bxc2 21.Bxc2 Nxf2 22.Nxf2 Qxa2 23.b3 Qa1+? (23...a5,threat a4!) 24.Kd2 Qc3+ 25.Kc1 Qxb3 26.Rd8+ Bf8 27.Rxc8 Rxc8 28.Kd1 He can run, but he cannot hide! 28...Rd8+ 29.Nd3 Qa2 30.Ke1 b3 31.Bd1 Qb1 32.Nb2 e6 33.Nc4 b2 34.Nxb2 Bb4+ 35.Kf1 Rd2 36.Qxa6 Qxb2 0-1 Dr Shabier Bhawoodien(South Africa) won the World Amateur Championship in Pretoria (South Africa). David Dick (NSW) started well with 5.5/7 but lost the last two rounds. NSW JUNIOR: Australian Junior Champion Tomek Rej has recaptured the NSW Junior Championship title which he won in 2000 and 2001. The 2002 champion George Xie, who last year also won the NSW adult Championship finished half a point behind in second place. The current City of Sydney adult champion Ronald Yu, who is also City of Sydney Junior co-champion,tied for third place with Kevin O'Chee. Leading final scores NSW Under 18 (40 players, 9 rounds) Tomek Rej 8,George Xie 7.5, Ronald Yu and Kevin O'Chee 6.5 each. The NSW Under 12 Championship (48 players,10 rounds) resulted in a tie for first place between Max Illingworth and Edwin Wu each scoring 8 points. A play-off is to be held to decide the title. Adrian Miranda, Benjamin Harris, Jeffrey Tse, Nathan Adler and Luke Lazarus each scored 7 points. NSW Champion George Xie won the 55 player Fairfield RSL Winter Cup scoring 5.5/6. Edgardo Agulto and Ruhul Kabir were equal second with 5 points. LIVE CHESS Hardys FIDE Rated Classic, a 10 player round robin on nine Mondays finishing on 15 September, features live chess each Monday evening from 6.30pm Qld time: Go to www.gardinerchess.com and hit the ‘live chess’ button. AUSTRALIAN CLUBS TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIPS Rydges Oasis Resort, Caloundra, Sunshine Coast, 29 September to 3 October 2003. Full details at www.gardinerchess.com/AusClubsTeamChamps.htm - Graeme Gardiner ggardiner@gardinerchess.com UPCOMING LOCAL TOURNAMENTS LAJOS STEINER CENTENARY (Cat 2 GP event, Guaranteed prize pool $1500) Rose Bay RSL Club, New South Head Road (cnr Vickery Ave) Seven rounds 2-3 August 60 minutes per player per game Entry Fees: $60, U18 $50, U15 Juniors $40 $10 discount for Early Notification - before 26th July Rd 1 Saturday 11:00am 1st Prize $500 Email: pcass@zeta.org.au Enquires 9533-1759 NSW RAPID PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP Sunday 17th August, Registration 10am Starting Time 10.30am Ryde Eastwood Leagues Club, 117 Ryedale Road West Ryde Club Dress regulations apply: (Smart casual, collar and enclosed footwear for men) Food and drink must not be taken into the club premises but may be purchased from the Club Juniors are welcome but the DOP must be informed if a supervising adult will not be present. Six rounds Rate of play 20 minutes plus 10 seconds per move. Entry Fee Adult $30, Concession $25. Junior U15 - $20 Pre register via phone or email before 8th August and save $5 D.O.P. Jason Lyons 0412 907 686 jasongraham@yahoo.com ROOTY HILL OPEN 7 Round Open Swiss Rooty Hill RSL Club Sherbrooke Avenue, Rooty Hill Starts Monday 18 August, 7.30pm each week Every Monday for seven weeks. Entry Fee: $30/ Members $25 Prizes: $250/$150 Divisions: $100 D.O.P Peter Cassettari 9896 4224 after 7pm email pcass@zeta.org.au CHESSWORLD Sunday 27th July - RJ Shield CANCELLED Apologies for the inconvenience Next RJ Shield - Sunday 31st August Chess Kids Education Centre, 758 North Rd, Ormond 1pm – 5pm Northern Zone RJ Shield - Sunday 14th September Ivanhoe Girls Grammar 1pm-5pm Transfer Chess RJ Shield – Sunday 28th September Chess Kids Education Centre, 758 North Rd, Ormond Toddler Chess Starting From next week Chess Kids will be offering programs for kids aged 3-5 who are not yet at school. Times available: Monday 2-3pm Thursday 9.30-10.30am Friday 9.30-10.30am or 11.00-12.00 Book quickly by ringing George on 9578 6203 or 9576 8143. Only 6 children will be accepted into each group ------------------------------------------------ CHESS WORLD GRAND PRIX ------------------------------------------------ Co-ordinator: ChessWorld/David Cordover cordover@chessworld.com.au 0411 877 833 NEW GRAND PRIX EVENTS: Mackay Open chess tournament Category 1 Aug 2-3 Harryp Park country club Contact stanthechessman@optusnet.com.au Tuggeranong Vikings chess weekender December 6-7 Tuggeranong Valley Rugby Union and Amateur Sports Club Michael Whitely - 02 62929937 John Peterson 62965135 xxxxx NSWCA August Weekender Category 2 NSW Aug 2-3 Contact P.Cassettari pcass@zeta.org.au 0403 775476 Mackay Open chess tournament Category 1 Aug 2-3 Contact stanthechessman@optusnet.com.au 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 07 55369185 Pennefather@iprimus.com.au Tweed Heads Civic Centre. cr. Wharfe St and Brett St Tweed Heads. $2500 total prizes, 1st $750 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? 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