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Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score Buch. Progr.
1 Seberry, Ralph B NSW 2121 8 43.0 38.5
2 Canfell, Gregory J NSW 2286 2157 7.5 42.5 37.0
3 Xie, George NSW 2240 2168 7 45.0 37.0
4 Bird, Andrew NSW 1977 5 43.0 22.0
5-8 Charles, Gareth NSW 2171 2045 4.5 47.0 28.0
Zvedeniouk, Ilya NSW 2123 1891 4.5 43.0 20.5
Stead, Kerry NSW 2135 1977 4.5 36.0 16.0
Cabilin, Jeff NSW 2031 1889 4.5 33.0 16.5
9-11 Agulto, Edgardo NSW 2216 2122 4 48.0 23.0
Capilitan, Romeo NSW 2010 4 42.5 25.5
Muljadi, Haris NSW 2198 1902 4 36.0 19.0
12-13 Ayvazyan, Armen NSW 2334 3.5 38.0 17.0
Yu, Ronald NSW 2265 2057 3.5 36.5 16.5
14 Nanavati, Minir NSW 2134 2134 3 35.0 15.0
15-16 Harp, Joel NSW 2076 1879 2 36.0 10.0
Dick, David W NSW 1942 2 29.5 10.0
17 Samar, Raul NSW 2284 2177 0 10.0 0.0
No Name Rtg Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 Seberry, Ralph B 2121 8 6:W 2:D 12:W 14:W 3:D 9:W 4:W 5:W 10:W 2 Canfell, Gregory J 2286 2157 7.5 7:W 1:D 9:W 3:D 13:W 14:W 5:W 10:D 11:W 3 Xie, George 2240 2168 7 4:W 13:W 10:W 2:D 1:D 5:D 11:W 9:W 6:D 4 Bird, Andrew 1977 5 3:L 8:W 14:L 9:D 12:W 10:W 1:L 6:D 5:W 5 Charles, Gareth 2171 2045 4.5 12:L 11:W 6:W 13:W 10:W 3:D 2:L 1:L 4:L 6 Zvedeniouk, Ilya 2123 1891 4.5 1:L 7:W 5:L 8:+ 9:L 13:D 15:W 4:D 3:D 7 Stead, Kerry 2135 1977 4.5 2:L 6:L 8:D 15:L 16:W 0:D 13:W 12:W 9:D 8 Cabilin, Jeff 2031 1889 4.5 13:L 4:L 7:D 6:- 15:W 0:W 14:+ 11:L 16:W 9 Agulto, Edgardo 2216 2122 4 11:W 12:D 2:L 4:D 6:W 1:L 10:D 3:L 7:D 10 Capilitan, Romeo 2010 4 17:W 14:W 3:L 12:W 5:L 4:L 9:D 2:D 1:L 11 Muljadi, Haris 2198 1902 4 9:L 5:L 17:W 16:W 14:L 12:W 3:L 8:W 2:L 12 Ayvazyan, Armen 2334 3.5 5:W 9:D 1:L 10:L 4:L 11:L 16:W 7:L 15:W 13 Yu, Ronald 2265 2057 3.5 8:W 3:L 16:W 5:L 2:L 6:D 7:L 15:W 0: 14 Nanavati, Minir 2134 2134 3 16:W 10:L 4:W 1:L 11:W 2:L 8:- 0: 0: 15 Harp, Joel 2076 1879 2 0: 0: 0: 7:W 8:L 16:W 6:L 13:L 12:L 16 Dick, David W 1942 2 14:L 17:W 13:L 11:L 7:L 15:L 12:L 0:W 8:L 17 Samar, Raul 2284 2177 0 10:L 16:L 11:L 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 0:
Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1-2 Krejci, Stephen NSW 1882 7 38.0 48.5 34.5
Winter, George NSW 1829 7 37.5 48.5 34.0
3 Navarro, Sim NSW 1971 6.5 36.0 45.5 30.0
4 Suttor, Vincent NSW 1808 6 39.0 50.5 36.0
5-7 Tobin, Luke NSW 1521 5.5 33.0 43.0 25.5
Fell, Lloyd S NSW 1768 5.5 30.5 41.0 24.5
Song, Raymond NSW 1612 5.5 27.5 36.5 22.0
8 Javor, Stephen NSW 1691 5 36.5 47.0 27.0
9-16 Baterowicz, Mark NSW 1619 4.5 34.5 43.5 24.0
Plaza, Francisco NSW 1797 4.5 33.0 43.0 27.5
Bautista, Elpidio NSW 1639 4.5 32.5 42.5 28.0
Pilja, Djuro NSW 1833 4.5 32.0 41.0 26.0
Arocha, Leandro NSW 1607 4.5 31.0 40.0 21.5
Rewais, Sarwat NSW 1736 4.5 29.5 38.5 22.0
Bleicher, Horst NSW 1683 4.5 24.5 32.0 18.5
Huang, Justin NSW 1477 4.5 22.5 32.5 13.0
17-21 Mendes Da Costa, Alex NSW 1443 4 28.5 36.0 20.0
Clark, Dominic NSW 1608 4 28.0 35.0 17.0
Hamilton, Ross A NSW 1726 4 27.5 38.0 21.5
Savelieff, Geoffrey NSW 1608 4 26.5 36.5 18.0
Wheeler, Tim NSW 1713 4 23.5 34.0 18.0
22-25 Rara, Henry NSW 1585 3.5 31.0 39.5 20.5
Song, Angela NSW 1463 3.5 26.5 36.5 14.0
Korbe, Heinrich NSW 1496 3.5 26.5 35.0 8.5
Muller, Hans P NSW 1754 3.5 18.5 28.5 13.5
26-27 Escribano, Jose NSW 1574 3 30.5 39.0 20.0
Chiara, Vince NSW 1345 3 27.0 34.5 11.0
28-29 Hor, Stanton NSW 1454 2.5 28.0 36.5 9.0
Spirov, Tony NSW 1207 2.5 23.5 30.0 12.0
30 Tizhahmmandoa, Shahin NSW 1706 2 19.0 27.0 11.5
No Name Rtg Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 Krejci, Stephen 1882 7 7:W 21:L 5:W 20:W 25:W 4:W 2:D 3:D 8:W 2 Winter, George 1829 7 4:L 16:W 9:W 19:W 3:W 12:W 1:D 8:W 6:D 3 Navarro, Sim 1971 6.5 9:L 24:W 8:W 14:W 2:L 10:W 4:W 1:D 11:W 4 Suttor, Vincent 1808 6 2:W 8:W 21:W 11:W 10:W 1:L 3:L 7:L 9:W 5 Tobin, Luke 1521 5.5 8:L 27:W 1:L 0:+ 14:W 11:W 9:D 6:L 10:+ 6 Fell, Lloyd S 1768 5.5 22:D 23:D 7:L 13:W 9:D 14:D 20:W 5:W 2:D 7 Song, Raymond 1612 5.5 1:L 28:W 6:W 23:D 26:D 0:D 12:W 4:W 0: 8 Javor, Stephen 1691 5 5:W 4:L 3:L 18:W 20:W 17:W 21:W 2:L 1:L 9 Baterowicz, Mark 1619 4.5 3:W 14:L 2:L 28:W 6:D 22:W 5:D 11:D 4:L 10 Plaza, Francisco 1797 4.5 13:D 26:W 30:W 12:W 4:L 3:L 16:L 22:W 5:- 11 Bautista, Elpidio 1639 4.5 18:W 25:W 14:W 4:L 12:L 5:L 17:W 9:D 3:L 12 Pilja, Djuro 1833 4.5 28:W 30:D 13:W 10:L 11:W 2:L 7:L 19:L 18:W 13 Arocha, Leandro 1607 4.5 10:D 15:W 12:L 6:L 23:W 16:L 26:W 18:L 22:W 14 Rewais, Sarwat 1736 4.5 24:W 9:W 11:L 3:L 5:L 6:D 22:L 27:+ 19:W 15 Bleicher, Horst 1683 4.5 29:D 13:L 24:W 26:L 16:L 19:D 27:W 23:D 28:W 16 Huang, Justin 1477 4.5 25:L 2:L 27:W 0:D 15:W 13:W 10:W 0: 0: 17 Mendes Da Costa, Alex 1443 4 21:L 18:W 25:L 29:+ 19:W 8:L 11:L 24:L 29:W 18 Clark, Dominic 1608 4 11:L 17:L 28:W 8:L 30:D 29:W 19:D 13:W 12:L 19 Hamilton, Ross A 1726 4 23:D 22:W 20:D 2:L 17:L 15:D 18:D 12:W 14:L 20 Savelieff, Geoffrey 1608 4 0:D 29:W 19:D 1:L 8:L 30:+ 6:L 26:+ 0: 21 Wheeler, Tim 1713 4 17:W 1:W 4:L 25:L 22:W 26:W 8:L 0: 0: 22 Rara, Henry 1585 3.5 6:D 19:L 29:W 30:W 21:L 9:L 14:W 10:L 13:L 23 Song, Angela 1463 3.5 19:D 6:D 26:L 7:D 13:L 0:D 30:+ 15:D 0: 24 Korbe, Heinrich 1496 3.5 14:L 3:L 15:L 27:L 28:L 0:W 29:D 17:W 26:+ 25 Muller, Hans P 1754 3.5 16:W 11:L 17:W 21:W 1:L 0:D 0: 0: 0: 26 Escribano, Jose 1574 3 0:D 10:L 23:W 15:W 7:D 21:L 13:L 20:- 24:- 27 Chiara, Vince 1345 3 30:L 5:L 16:L 24:W 29:L 28:W 15:L 14:- 0:W 28 Hor, Stanton 1454 2.5 12:L 7:L 18:L 9:L 24:W 27:L 0:W 29:D 15:L 29 Spirov, Tony 1207 2.5 15:D 20:L 22:L 17:- 27:W 18:L 24:D 28:D 17:L 30 Tizhahmmandoa, Shahin 1706 2 27:W 12:D 10:L 22:L 18:D 20:- 23:- 0: 0:
Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 Katnic, Eddy NSW 1585 8 36.5 47.5 36.5
2 Trkulja, Slavko NSW 1541 7 36.5 48.5 36.0
3-4 Huang, Jim NSW 1491 6 35.0 46.5 31.5
Art, Carl NSW 1394 6 33.5 45.0 28.0
5-6 Tse, Jeffrey NSW 1196 5.5 38.0 50.0 32.5
Keuning, Anthony V NSW 1550 5.5 32.5 42.0 26.5
7-11 Kresinger, Frank NSW 1470 5 35.0 44.0 30.0
Greenwood, Norman NSW 1467 5 35.0 44.0 29.0
Bisson, Danny Wayne NSW 1401 5 33.5 43.5 26.0
Xu, William NSW 1096 5 32.5 44.5 21.5
Carballo, Rick NSW 1528 5 31.0 42.5 25.0
12-17 Miranda, Adrian NSW 1305 4.5 35.0 45.5 22.5
Sike, Paul NSW 1373 4.5 32.5 40.0 24.0
Wu, Edwin NSW 1145 4.5 30.5 38.5 21.0
Schuetz, Fred NSW 1162 4.5 28.5 37.5 21.5
Lau, Tony NSW 4.5 28.0 35.0 17.5
Talisayan, Samuel NSW 1005 4.5 26.0 32.0 18.5
18-20 Laugery, Bernard A NSW 1267 4 34.5 41.5 23.0
Steinitz, Steven NSW 1171 4 33.0 42.0 19.0
Fell, Lloyd R NSW 1148 4 29.5 37.5 17.0
21 Baba, John NSW 3.5 31.0 39.0 20.5
22-24 Walshe, Ian M NSW 1361 3 31.0 39.5 21.5
Accola, Tom NSW 1057 3 27.5 33.5 14.0
Lau, Joshua NSW 3 27.0 32.5 10.0
25 Tracey, Michael J NSW 1348 2 14.0 20.5 5.0
26 Drewett, Ryan NSW 1 27.5 34.5 4.0
No Name Rtg Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 Katnic, Eddy 1585 8 12:D 10:D 15:W 4:W 2:W 8:W 3:W 5:W 11:W 2 Trkulja, Slavko 1541 7 19:W 9:W 7:D 5:W 1:L 22:+ 8:W 4:W 3:D 3 Huang, Jim 1491 6 14:W 18:D 12:W 7:L 21:W 5:W 1:L 9:W 2:D 4 Art, Carl 1394 6 18:L 16:W 20:W 1:L 19:W 12:W 6:W 2:L 8:W 5 Tse, Jeffrey 1196 5.5 25:W 8:W 11:W 2:L 7:W 3:L 9:W 1:L 6:D 6 Keuning, Anthony V 1550 5.5 10:D 12:L 16:W 25:W 18:D 7:W 4:L 13:W 5:D 7 Kresinger, Frank 1470 5 23:W 17:W 2:D 3:W 5:L 6:L 14:W 11:L 13:D 8 Greenwood, Norman 1467 5 26:W 5:L 19:W 13:W 22:W 1:L 2:L 15:W 4:L 9 Bisson, Danny Wayne 1401 5 15:W 2:L 10:W 22:L 13:W 18:W 5:L 3:L 14:W 10 Xu, William 1096 5 6:D 1:D 9:L 14:D 16:W 13:L 21:+ 12:D 19:W 11 Carballo, Rick 1528 5 20:W 13:D 5:L 21:D 12:L 19:W 18:W 7:W 1:L 12 Miranda, Adrian 1305 4.5 1:D 6:W 3:L 18:D 11:W 4:L 13:L 10:D 23:W 13 Sike, Paul 1373 4.5 24:W 11:D 18:D 8:L 9:L 10:W 12:W 6:L 7:D 14 Wu, Edwin 1145 4.5 3:L 25:L 24:W 10:D 15:W 21:W 7:L 20:W 9:L 15 Schuetz, Fred 1162 4.5 9:L 26:W 1:L 20:W 14:L 23:W 22:W 8:L 17:D 16 Lau, Tony 4.5 22:D 4:L 6:L 23:W 10:L 20:W 19:L 26:W 21:W 17 Talisayan, Samuel 1005 4.5 0:W 7:L 22:L 19:L 20:L 24:W 26:W 18:W 15:D 18 Laugery, Bernard A 1267 4 4:W 3:D 13:D 12:D 6:D 9:L 11:L 17:L 26:+ 19 Steinitz, Steven 1171 4 2:L 23:W 8:L 17:W 4:L 11:L 16:W 22:W 10:L 20 Fell, Lloyd R 1148 4 11:L 24:W 4:L 15:L 17:W 16:L 23:W 14:L 0:W 21 Baba, John 3.5 0:D 22:D 25:W 11:D 3:L 14:L 10:- 24:W 16:L 22 Walshe, Ian M 1361 3 16:D 21:D 17:W 9:W 8:L 2:- 15:L 19:L 24:- 23 Accola, Tom 1057 3 7:L 19:L 26:W 16:L 24:W 15:L 20:L 0:W 12:L 24 Lau, Joshua 3 13:L 20:L 14:L 26:W 23:L 17:L 0:W 21:L 22:+ 25 Tracey, Michael J 1348 2 5:L 14:W 21:L 6:L 26:W 0: 0: 0: 0: 26 Drewett, Ryan 1 8:L 15:L 23:L 24:L 25:L 0:W 17:L 16:L 18:-
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Open - 10 rounds 9.0 Johansen 7.0 Depasquale 6.5 Smerdon 5.0 Froehlich 4.5 Sandler 4.0 Aghamalyan, Chow, Hamilton, Levi, Rujevic 3.0 Hacche Reserves - 10 rounds 7.5 Skiotis 7.0 Nemeth 6.5 Dragicevic 5.5 Dizdarevic, Pecori 4.5 Stojic 4.0 Lojanica, Pyke, Raine 3.5 Rikalo 3.0 Kildisas Qualifying Tournament No 1 - 10 rounds 8.5 Belletty 7.5 Frost 7.0 Stojic 6.5 Vijayakumar 6.0 Lugo 5.0 Matelan 4.0 Soesanto 3.5 Ghobrial 2.5 Beckman, Kara 2.0 Stanisheff Qualifying Tournament No 2 - 8 rounds 7.5 Wallis 7.0 Nikolayevsky 6.5 Bearup 4.0 Nicholson 3.0 McKenzie, Vijayakumar 2.0 Ivanov, Zivkovic 1.0 Renzies
The CVCC was once again successfully held at the Bendigo Chess Club with a good turn-up of both old and new faces. Unfortunately a few regulars were missing including Bas van Riel and the 2002 champ Stewart Booth. Stewart was unfortunately laid up in hospital which is just about what it takes to stop him winning the event. As far as I know none of us had anything to do with him being there and all participants wish him a speedy recovery. In Stewart's absence Nigel Barrow took first prize with a very solid performance, not dropping one game. In fact Nigel is showing a Petrosianesque ability to avoid loss these days which should inspire us all to lift our game. A loss to Jon Daivis in round 3 proved costly for Scott Stewart who came clear second with 4.5. He played with his usual tactical alertness as he put paid to Patrick Cook's efforts to join the leaders in the last round. Another to fall on his own sword was Leigh Healey who could only draw a Q vs K+P endgame against Ali Al-Amein (who played a touch above his rating of 1350!) in spite of the assembled kibitzers telepathically shouting the winning move.
Jing Jia once again impressed all and will no doubt star in much bigger arenas in the years to come. Actually, nearly all, Bill Stokie found the youthful ebullience a little hard to take as he went down to Jing in round 2. Of the others David Lumsden made a convincing return to chess with a solid 4/6 and will doubtless improve as the rust falls away. As to the efforts of the top seed...one of the advantages of writing the tournament notes is that you can ignore your own mediocrity, so I will.
N Gibson - C Stewart 1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3= (Not the most ambitious scheme against the Dutch where white usually fights to play e4 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5 Na6 9. Nd4 Bd7 10. Rb1 c6 11. dxc6 = 3. Bg5 e6 4. Nbd2 d5 = 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 = 3. Nc3 =) 3... g6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 Qe8 8. c3 e5 (Black's thematic break, he should be doing OK here) 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. e4 Nbd7?+2.24|d10 Tiger 14.0 (Leads quickly to disaster, 10...f4, keep the center under tight control and maybe a later K-side push seemed better 10... f4 11. b3 b6 12. Ba3 c5 13. b4 Ba6 14. Nc4 Nfd7 15. Nd6 +0.56|d10 Tiger 14.0) 11. exf5 Nc5? +3.74|d12 Tiger 14.0 (11... gxf5 12. Bxf5 Kh8 13. Bd3 b6 14. Nc4 e4 15. Bf4 Nc5 16. Bc2 Be6 +1.90|d10 Tiger 14.0) 12. Bc4+ (12. Rxe5 Nxd3 13. Rxe8 Nxe8 14. fxg6 hxg6 15. Ne4 Nxc1 16. Qd5+ Rf7 17. Rxc1 c6 18. Qc5 +3.74|d12 Tiger 14.0) 12... Kh8 13. Nxe5 Bxf5? +3.36|d11 Tiger 14.0 (13... Nce4 14. Nf7+ Rxf7 15. Bxf7 Qxf7 16. fxg6 Qxg6 17. Nxe4 Bg4 18. f3 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Qxe4 +2.83|d11 Tiger 14.0) 14. Nf7+ 1-0 Game sourced from the Bendigo Chess Club site which has more information about the tournament.
We tried a faster time limit than normal (G60) and cutting breaks between some rounds to produce an event similar to the 2-day 7-game format often used in other states. A straw poll taken before round 7 showed that most of the juniors loved the format, while most of the adults thought it had its place, but alongside events with longer time limits. Certainly time pressure was a factor in a large number of games, with numerous losses on time and Article 10.2 rearing its head a few times (indeed some 10.2 claims were so optimistic that they were actually rejected outright). Some very complex positions clearly couldn't be done justice in a G60 game but nonetheless there was plenty of good chess played.
An Accelerated Swiss was used due to the very wide range of player strengths through the field. With acceleration there were several good games in round 1 but no actual upsets. Swiss Perfect was used, but overridden in round 2 because of accelerated pairings configuration issues and again in round 6 because of the common B3/C13 prioritisation problem.
No-one was surprised that Lim Yee Weng ran away with the event, 1.5 points up before taking a last-round draw with Glen Gibbs. Resistance to the top seed varied in quality with Nigel Frame and Chadwick causing trouble (before rushing a drawn rook ending and missing an unclear tactic in time trouble respectively) but Bonham and Slidizunas both losing quickly. Many games between the top locals were drawn, especially those involving Glen Gibbs, who despite being no fan of the faster time control managed a very dignified +3=4-0.
The ratings divisions were changed to U1600 and U1400 due to entry numbers. Milutin Ivkovic won the former and Joe Basic won the latter with another excellent performance including 2.5/3 against players from the division above. The junior prize went down to the wire after the favourite Thomas Hendry got massively swindled while several pieces up against Billy Shaw in round 6. Billy's luck ran out when the Swiss system sent him to board 2, and a last-round win for Thomas saw Thomas win the prize by half a Bucholz point.
6.5 Lim Yee Weng (FIDE 2274)
5.5 Kevin Bonham 1908
5.0 Glen Gibbs 1842, Charles Chadwick 1756
4.5 Joe Basic 1251, Milutin Ivkovic 1467, Nigel Frame 1758, John Slidziunas
1603
4.0 Billy Shaw 1010, Mike Cooper 1426, David Christian 1346, Thomas Hendry
1294, Cameron Harris 1584
3.5 Zachary Frame 805, Janice Martin 1351, Tony Sturges 1313, Noel O'Mara
1450
3.0 Evyonne Ken Shien Yen (UNR), Graham Richards 1420, Neil Thornton 1228, Leo
Minol 1166, John O'Mara 1280
2.5 Alex Shaw (UNR), Cath Shaw (UNR), Richard McAllister (UNR)
2.0 Erin Frame (UNR), Aaron Hooper (UNR), James Briant (UNR)
1.5 Tim Hooks (UNR), Megan Briant (UNR)
C Shaw received a 1-point bye, M Briant received a half-point bye.
- Kevin Bonham.
We are publishing these changes no so that players can see the effect plus be able to see the change between these and the December 2003 ratings that will be realeased by the end of November.
Note the following:
a) No additional tournaments have been processed since the September 2003
ratings.
b) The changes effect ACT adults as well as juniors.
c) Changes also were made for members of the Gold Coast chess club.
d) All players outside of these areas whose ratings were effected were
changed even if the change was only 1 point.
e) No players rating based on the above was reduced.
f) The modification we implmented in September that affected players rated
over 2200 has been changed as further study showed we were too generous.
The new implmentation is statistically better than our original
implementation. This change caused some players ratings to increase and
some players ratings to decrease.
Now overall the details are:
203 ACT players(or players who used to be ACT players) had their ratings changed. Another 24 who have yet to have a published rating had their internal rating changed.
74 Gold Coast players had their ratings changed. One other player had their internal rating changed.
Another 1413 players had their ratings changed. Another 276 had their internal ratings changed.
Of these 1690 players with published ratings only 96 had their ratings decrease.
The reason these 96 had a decrase was due either to correction of a previouly reported incorrect result or due to the change in the handling of players rated over 2200.
Of these 96 there were 54 who changed by less than 5 points, another 18 by less than 10 points. Only 14 are by more than 20 points. 32 of the 96 were rated above 2200 of which 10 changed by more than 20 points . For those rated below 2200 only 6 went down by more than 10 points.
Changes were also made to rapid ratings.
These ratings come into effect from November 1st. The files report.zip and reprap.zip conatin updated reports. Note there are no bussiest or topimp lists are these are irrlevant under the circumstances.
Regards, Bill Gletsos Ratings Officer
Meanwhile, please enjoy the reviews by India's Professor Nagesh Havanur and Queenslander Bruce Littleboy.
Solution next week
Last Week's Solution:
Mate in 2 - Andy Sag
Solution: 1.Re5 (Threat 2.Nd3) 1 dc 2.Qf6 1 de 2.Qh6 1 Kxe5 2.Qxd6 1 Nc1 2.Bg3 1 Bxe5 2.Bd2 Comments: Economical setting with sacrificial "give & take" key (allows flight-capture Kxe5 in exchange for Kg5). Threat and 5 defensive variations. Technically a "Meredith" (less than 12 pieces).
Contributions are most welcome to this section!
The 2003 world champions Boys 18 Shakhiriyaz Mamedyarov GM AZE 10 pts Girls 18 Nana Dzagnidze WGM GEO 9 pts Boys 16 Borki Predojevic BIH 9 pts Girls 16 Polina Malysheva RUS 8½ pts Boys 14 Sergei Zhigalko BLR 9 pts Girls 14 Valentina Gunina WFM RUS 9 pts Boys 12 Chenpeng Wei CHN 10 pts Girls 12 Ding Yixin CHN 10 pts Boys 10 Sanan Sjugirov RUS 9½ pts Girls 10 Hou Yifan CHN 9½ pts Under-18 Open Top Scorers 1 GM Shakhriyaz Mamedyarov AZE 2595 10 11 64 2 IM Alexandr Kharitonov RUS 2439 8 11 49,5 3 GM Tomi Nyback FIN 2497 8 11 49 4 FM Aaron Pixton USA 2445 8 11 48 5 IM Valeriy Aveskulov UKR 2428 7½ 11 46,5 6 IM Jan Smeets NED 2511 7½ 11 45 7 Zbigniew Pakleza POL 2345 7½ 11 41,5 8 IM Andrey Zhigalko BLR 2478 7 11 48,5 9 FM Adam Popovics HUN 2431 7 11 47,5 10 FM Joshua E Friedel USA 2328 7 11 46 11 FM Pablo Lafuente ARG 2424 7 11 45,5 12 IM Konstantine Shanava GEO 2423 7 11 44,5 13 GM Igor Kurnosov RUS 2527 7 11 44,5 14 IM Grzegorz Gajewski POL 2462 7 11 43,5 15 FM Shay Porat ISR 2360 7 11 42,5 16 IM Bartlomiej Heberla POL 2420 7 11 42,5 17 IM Davorin Kuljasevic CRO 2429 7 11 42,5 18 IM Anatoliy Polivanov UKR 2393 7 10 41 19 Lawrence Trent ENG 2326 7 11 41 20 Oliver Barbosa PHI 2293 7 11 38,5 21 IM Alexey Palekha UKR 2439 7 10 35,5 Final placings - Australians Under 10 boys (out of 132) Raymond Song 8 = 6th Under 10 girls (out of 82) Kayleigh Smith 5 = 47th Under 12 boys (out of 127) Jing Jia 6 =39 th Justin Huang 6 =39th Junta Ikeda 5.5 = 57th Under 12 girls (out of 85) Adelaide Soltysik 6 = 25th Angela Song 5 = 46th Tamzin Oliver 4 = 72nd Under 14 Boys (out of 126) Michael Wei 6 = 36th Dusan Stojic 5.5 = 59th James Cronan 4.5 = 89th Under 14 girls (out of 91) Michelle Lee 6 = 25th Under 16 Boys (out of 106) Sam Chow 5.5 = 47th Ronald Yu 4.5 = 77th Gareth Oliver 4.5 = 77th Peter Jovanovic 4 = 88th Under 16 girls (out of 70) Heather Huddleston 5 = 41st Under 18 boys (out of 100) Tomek Rej 6 =29th Under 18 girls (out of 61) Shannon Oliver 4.5 =44thJenni OIiver writes:
As always we have done best in the younger age groups, where natural talent can make up for a lot!
Raymond finished = 6th, but the bizarre second countback system saw him pushed into 7th place by a boy he beat. A bit of hassling looks like seeing him get a trophy. (medals for top 3 and trophies for 4, 5 and 6)
The place is now going wild, as a 1,000 children let off steam. 11 rounds without a rest day has been grueling and saw a bit of fading in the last rounds.
Thank-you to our hard working coaches - Ian Rogers, Manuel Weeks and Kostas Moutossis. Although Ian was a private coach, he also put in a large amount of extra time helping the team generally.
Also thanks to Cathy Rogers - she was working as an arbiter and it was good to have a friendly person inside.
The Greeks have been very friendly and we are looking forward to 2004 in Heraklion in Crete.
Here the new junior champion dispatches two of his major rivals in fine style:
[Event "WYCC 2003 - B18"]
[Site "Halkidiki"]
[Date "2003.10.26"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Kharitonov, Alexandr"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyaz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "E91"]
[EventDate "2003.10.23"]
[PlyCount "70"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Bg4!?
{An unusual line}
7.O-O Nfd7 8.Be3 c5!?
{Not the usual ...e5 treatment. Black goes for long diagonal pressure}
9.d5 Na6 10.Qd2 Re8
{Preparing to open the e-file}
11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3
{White has the two bishops, but Bf3's not so flash with all those
pawns on white squares}
12...Nc7 13.Be2 a6 14.a4 e6
15.Rab1 exd5 16.exd5 Qh4!?
{An oomphy move by the queen, since it's difficult to chase away. Bg5
is met by ...Bxc3! and ...Rxe2!!}
17.Bg4!?
{But now Bg5 is a real threat}
( 17.Bg5 Bxc3! 18.bxc3 Rxe2! 19.Qxe2 Qxg5 20.Rxb7 Rc8 {and Black has
two pieces for the rook} )
17...Rxe3!?
{A startling sacrifice which removes a key defender and leaves white's
kingside vulnerable}
18.Qxe3
( 18.Bxd7 Re7 19.Bg4 f5 20.Be2 {looks good for black} )
( 18.fxe3!? f5 19.Be2 Be5!? {seems to give black good attacking
chances, as in the game}
( 19...Bh6!? 20.Rf3 Ne5 )
)
18...Bd4 19.Qd2 f5 20.Be2 Ne5 21.b4
{White's only active possibility}
21...Ne8 22.a5?!
{I don't see much point in this, especially when black has a fairly
clear-cut attack happening on the other side. Better bxc5 immediately}
22...Nf6!
{No time to lose}
23.bxc5 Bxc5 24.Rxb7
( 24.Na4!? {doesn't help much because of} 24...Ne4 25.Qe1 Bd4 {as in
the game} )
24...Rf8
{Black is fully mobilised now and there are not many useful targets
for white}
25.Rb3
{It's hard to think of much better. Black plans to ram his g-pawn
through to g4 and there's not much to be done. One possibility is }
( 25.Rc7!? Bd4!? )
25...g5! 26.Na4 Ne4! 27.Qe1 Bd4 28.Bf3
{It's hard to think of an alternative}
28...Ng3!
{Black can regain the exchange but he wants more}
29.Qd2 g4! 30.Bd1
( 30.Qxd4 Nxf3+ 31.gxf3 Ne2+ -+ )
30...gxh3! 31.gxh3
( 31.Qxd4 h2# {is a picturesque conclusion} )
31...Kh8
( 31...Qxh3?? 32.Qg5+ {would be unfortunate} )
32.Kg2 Qe4+!
{Forcing a further weakening}
33.f3 Qh4 34.Re1
( 34.f4!? {seems a tougher test} 34...Rg8 35.fxe5 Ne4+ -+ )
34...Rg8 35.Kh2 Nf1+!!
( 35...Nf1+ 36.Rxf1 Qg3+ 37.Kh1 Qxh3+ 38.Qh2 Qxf1+ 39.Qg1 Qxg1# )
0-1
[Event "WYCC 2003 - B18"]
[Site "Halkidiki"]
[Date "2003.10.27"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyaz"]
[Black "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "A46"]
[EventDate "2003.10.23"]
[PlyCount "73"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.c3 cxd4 5.cxd4 Qb6 6.Qc2 Nc6 7.Bxf6 gxf6 8.e3
d5 9.Nc3 Bd7 10.a3 Rc8 11.Bd3 Na5 12.Nd2 f5 13.O-O Bd6 14.f4
{Confining both of black's bishops}
14...a6 15.b4 Qc7
( 15...Nc4!? )
16.Rfc1 Nc4 17.Nd1 Nxd2 18.Qxd2 Qb6 19.Rxc8+ Bxc8 20.Nb2
{Heading for c5}
20...Bd7 21.Bc2 Ke7 22.Nd3 Bb5 23.Nc5 Qa7 24.a4 Bc4 25.a5
{Fixing the pawns}
25...b6 26.axb6 Qxb6 27.Bd3 Bxd3 28.Nxd3 Rb8 29.Qe1!
{A sudden shift in direction}
29...Bxb4 30.Qh4+ Ke8 31.Rb1
{An annoying pin}
31...a5 32.Qxh7 Qc7 33.Ne5 Rc8 34.Qg8+ Bf8 35.h4! Qe7 36.h5! f6 37.h6!!
{The pawn is unstoppable}
( 37.h6 fxe5 38.h7 +- )
1-0
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Finals 3rd November 2003
Anand, Viswanathan - Topalov, Veselin
Semi-Finals 2nd November 2003
Topalov, Veselin - Shirov, Alexei 2.5-1.5
Anand, Viswanathan - Grischuk, Alexander 1.5-0.5
Quarter-Finals 2nd November 2003
Topalov, Veselin - Gurevich, Mikhail 1.5-0.5
Gelfand, Boris - Grischuk, Alexander 0.5-1.5
Lautier, Joel - Anand, Viswanathan 0.5-1.5
Shirov, Alexei - Karpov, Anatoly 3.5-2.5
Grischuk, Alexander - Radjabov, Teimour 4.0-2.0
Van Wely, Loek - Karpov, Anatoly 0.5-1.5
Gurevich, Mikhail - Sasikiran, Krishnan 1.5-0.5
Topalov, Veselin - Motylev, Alexander 2.0-0.0
Aronian, Levon - Gelfand, Boris 1.5-2.5
Tkachiev, Vladislav - Shirov, Alexei 2.0-4.0
Lautier, Joel - Epishin, Vladimir 2.0-0.0
Cebalo, Miso - Anand, Viswanathan 0.5-1.5
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Scores after 4 rounds:
3.5 Nikolic
3.0 Malakhov, Vallejo Pons, Sokolov
2.5 Bologan
2.0 Fressinet
1.0 Thorhallsson, Rowson, Stefansson
0.0 De Firmian
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Leading scores after 7 rounds:
5.5 Granda Zuniga, Gulko, Greenfeld
5.0 Huebner, Ehlvest, Shabalov, Timman
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Earlier, Kramnik continued his superb form with a 2-0 demolition of Grischuk, who had no answer to the World Champion's solid positional play in both games. Anand and Svidler drew their two games, but the Indian won the blitz playoff, setting the stage for a last-round showdown with Kramnik.
At the start of the playoffs Kramnik beat Polgar and Anand triumphed over Ponomariov in the first knockout matches. Grischuk and Bacrot drew their two games but the Russian won a blitz play-off 2-0, and Svidler beat Topalov.
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Most of the world's best players - Kramnik, Anand, Bareev, Shirov, Topalov, Grischuk, Adams, Svidler, Leko, Polgar, Ponomariov, Gelfand, Azmaiparashvili, Karpov, Lautier and Bacrot - competed in this 25 minutes + 10 seconds rapid event.
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NSW Rapid Play Championship 2003 Venue: St George Leagues Club 124 Princes Highway, Kogarah. Nine rounds over 3 Wednesday nights 12th, 19th & 26th of November 2003 Registration 7:00 pm 12th November Starting Time 7.30 pm all 3 nights Rate of play 20 minutes plus 10 seconds per move. Entry Fee Adult $30, Concession $25. Junior U15 - $20 1st Prize $300 **** 2nd $150 **** 3rd $50 U2000 1st $100 * 2nd $50, U1800 1st $100 * 2nd $50, U1600 1st $100 * 2nd $50, U1400 1st $100 * 2nd $50 1st Junior $100 ************* Prize pool based on 60 entries. Players are eligible for only 1 prize. Only NSWCA or NSWJCL members eligible for Title Please make all cheques payable to NSWCA Inc. Mail must be sent before 30th October 2003 to GPO Box 2418 Sydney 2001. D.O.P. Charles Zworestine Pre register via phone or email before 30th October and save $5 Enquires Paul Sike 9533 1759 Pre registration - pay on the day pcass@zeta.org.au xxx NSW Chess Association November Weekender (Cat 2 GP event, Guaranteed prize pool $1500) November 22-23 North Sydney Leagues Club, Abbott St Cammeray; Note: Club Dress regulations apply Juniors welcome but DOP must be informed if a supervising adult will not be present. Six rounds Registration 9:00 am on Saturday / Entries close 9:45am Rounds: Sat 10am, 12.30pm, 3pm/ Sun 10am, 1pm, 4pm Presentation Sunday 7pm 60 minutes plus 10 secs a move - per player per game. Entry Fee Adult $60, Concession $50, Juniors (U15) $40. (Early Entry Discount $10 if advised via email or phone by Friday 21st ) All NSW resident players must be members of NSWCA or NSWJCL. 1st Prize $500/2nd $250/3rd $200 U2000 1st $200 * U1800 1st $200 * U1600 1st $200 * U1400 1st $200 *1st Junior $100 (Prizes based on 60 entries) Players are eligible for only 1 prize. Please make all cheques payable to NSWCA Inc. Enquiries: 9533 1759 pcass@zeta.org.au XXX Fairfield RSL Memorial Club Summer Cup 14 Anzac Ave Fairfield (next to Railway Station) NSW 2165 December 23-14 9am - 6pm Saturday and Sunday Cat 3 Grand Prix Event (all games rated) Entry Fees: $50/$40 Pensioner/Student/$30 Junior U18/$25 Junior U15 Fairfield RSL Chess Club Members $10 Discount Entry fee to be paid in cash only at 9am Saturday 13th Dec Entries Limited to the first 80 Round Times Saturday/Sunday 9:30am/12.00pm/14.30pm Presentation Sunday 17:00pm PRIZE POOL = $2500* 1st $800 2nd $400 3rd $200 plus Best in Divisions A, B, C, D Best Fairfield Chess Club Member Best Junior U18 years Juniors U15 years 1st - 4th Lucky door prize All Places will be determined by tie break (based on 60 entries) Players only eligible for a single prize (**except door prize) Players must be present at presentation to claim prize DOP: Robert Keast (on behalf of the Fairfield RSL Chess Club) Enquiries/Entries:rkeast@didata.com.au (ph:0417-497-258) xxx We welcome all Chessplayers to our 5th annual 2003 Taree Spring Open including Phillip Brown Memorial Tournament * and 7th Mid North Coast Championship & 5th Mid North Coast u18 Championship * This Class 1 Grand Prix event will be on Saturday & Sunday 15 & 16 November at the Taree RSL & Golf Club on the waterfront in Pulteney St. Sat: 10:15, 1:00, 3:30, 6:00 pm., Sun: 10:15, 12:45, 3:15. 60 minutes per player - G/60. First Prize: $ 100. Divisional Prizes determined by the number of entries. Only one Prize per Player. The decision of Tournament Directors is final. Entry: $ 20 Seniors - $ 10 u18. * MNC Players only * Contact: endel@fasternet.com.au 6559 9060 ~ Mike 6553 7047. In the Spirit of Things * We would like to dedicate this Tournament to the memory of Phillip Brown. Phillip was the President of Taree Chess Club for many years, and twice Club Champion. Phillip will be long remembered for his keen participation and support for Junior Chess. And a good friend to all of us. Taree Chess Club.ChessWorld
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