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No. 260, April 7, 2004
In this issue:
Doeberl Cup: Australia's top weekender starts this Friday! $10,000 in prizes. Full details here
Easter Sale - 20% off all stock
2000 book titles - all sets, boards, clocks, computers, software etc.
All orders less 20% Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon by phone messages, Fax, or email.
Note shop will not be open.
Wholesale orders during Easter Sale extra 5% discount on all stock.
Sale ends Monday Midnight 12 April. Peter Parr (OAM)
Chess Discount Sales
ACF News:
Wanted: Olympiad Appeal Co-ordinator: The Co-ordinator must fulfil or arrange to have fulfilled the ACF Olympiad By-Laws, specifically para 2. Resources will be allocated to assist the occupant. The ACF Treasurer will assist with accounting tasks if required. Persons interested should not hesitate to send applications to email ACF President George Howard or call me on 0414841575 for a confidential discussion.
Grand Prix 2003 Prizes: All Grand Prix 2003
prizewinners should email ACF President George Howard with their name and address so that he can send them their cheques.
ACF Administrative Workshop: The ACF will be holding a special event on the day before the Doeberl Cup to brainstorm some ideas.
The Workshop starts at 10.00am on April 8 and
finishes at 5.00pm. It will be followed by the ACF Council Meeting held at 6.30pm Canberra
Time. The Italo-Australian Club has kindly
given the ACF the use of a room for the Workshop and Council Meeting.
ACF President George Howard writes: "All members of ACF Council are asked to attend as we haven't had an
opportunity like this before and we need to make the most out of it. If
states'/territories' Council Representatives cannot attend but they have
someone else from their team available to make a contribution, that would be
much appreciated. Could all states/territories please give me names
and numbers of attendees now - it is actually the third time I have asked as
we need to cater for lunch, coffees etc."
City of Sydney Championship:
Former NSW Champion George Xie won the City of Sydney Championship
scoring 8 points - 7 wins and 2 draws (9 rounds, 44 players). Four-time
former NSW Champion Greg Canfell and sixteen-year-old Jason Hu were
equal 2nd with 7/9. Sydney lightning (32 players, 11 rounds) G.Xie
9.5, E.Agulto, J.Bolens 8, R.Yu, R.Song 7.5
Belconnen Open, ACT:
12-year-old Junta Ikeda scored one of the best results of his career in
winning the 2004 Belconnen Open, with another junior Kishore Sreetharan
taking second place.
1.J.Ikeda 6.5/9;
- Ian Rogers
FIDE Ratings: The April 2004 list is now out. The major change is that Anand has overtaken Kramnik to claim No.2 spot.
Top players: G.Kasparov (Rus) 2817, V.Anand (IND) 2774, V.Kramnik (Rus) 2764, P.Leko
(Hun) 2741, V.Topalov (Bul) 2737, P.Svidler (Rus) 2733, A.Morozevich
(Rus) 2732, M.Adams (Eng) 2731, J.Polgar (Hun) 2728, R.Ponomariov (UKR)
2722.
Leading Australians (World ranking in brackets): I.Rogers GM 2582 (162),
D.Johansen GM 2489 (692), G.Lane IM 2449 (1086), T.Tao - 2421, J.P.
Wallace IM 2410, S.Solomon IM 2404, M.Gluzman IM 2403, A.Wohl IM 2399,
D.Smerdon IM 2393, L.Sandler IM 2390, M.Chapman IM 2388, Z.Zhao IM 2386.
Leading countries (average rating of top 10 active players) Russia
2721 (4846 players, 132 GM, 337 IM, 448 FM), Ukraine 2625, England, Hungary
2614, France 2609, USA 2606. Australia 2434 is ranked 50th (183 players, 2
GM,13 IM,19 FM). New Zealand 2310 is 76th.
The Australian Open in Mt Buller, to be run from December 28, 2004 to January 9, 2005, is shaping up as a big deal. Organiser David Cordover reports that some well-known overseas GMs have agreed to play in the event:
GM Shabalov, Alex (2636 - USA)
And he hopes there will be many many more to come. See www.mindsports.com.au for more details.
World Champion in Australia:
Dr Fritz Baumbach, the 11th World
Correspondence Chess Champion, is just completing a 16-day tour of Australia (Adelaide, Melbourne, Canberra and
Sydney). He and his wife return to Berlin on Thursday.
A chemist by profession, Dr Fritz Baumbach won the 11th World
Correspondence Chess Championship (1983-88). Dr Baumbach, 68, was
also a Secretary of the ICCF (International Correspondence Chess Federation).
Peter Parr reports that Dr Baumbach and his wife visited his Sydney shop yesterday, speaking to Parr and Stephen Kerr - one of
Baumbach's current correspondence opponents. Baumbach competed in five World
Championship finals and still competes at the highest level.
- Thanks to Peter Parr for the information.
World Youth Festival - Heraklion, Crete, Greece:
Applications are now open for the World Youth Championship 2004, to be held in Heraklion, Crete, Greece in November. The dates are November 3-14. The event has 10 tournaments, Open and Girls sections in the following divisions: U10, U12, U14, U16, U18. Australia can send one selected player in each age division who receives free accommodation, and others may also go, subject to ACF approval, who need to meet their own costs. Formal applications will be called for when more details are known about the event.
All applications should be in accordance with the ACF Selection Procedures By-law, which can be found at http://www.auschess.org.au/constitution Paragraph 5 of the by-laws is as follows:
5. Applications for Selection
The timetable of when matters regarding selections are to be done is as follows:
5 April - ask for applications
Applications close on Monday April 26.
Kerry Stead
Milov wins Dos Hermanas: Leading final scores, 9 rounds: Milov 8.0; Karjakin, Matamoros, Paunovic, Fernandez Romero 7.0; Epishin, Borovikov, Cheparinov, Palac, Cifuentes Parada, Teran Alvarez, Franco Ocampos, Del Rio De Angelis, Lopez Martinez 6.5 ...
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Bangladesh Championships:
Scores after 8 rounds: 1. Rahman, Ziaur g BAN 2492 7.0; 2. Murshed, Niaz g BAN 2436 6.5; 3. Abdulla, Al-Rakib m BAN 2417 6.0; 4. Hossain, Enamul m BAN 2446 6.0; 5. Ahmed, Sk. Nasir f BAN 2280 5.0; 6. Reefat, Bin-Sattar m BAN 2459 4.5; 7. Hasan, Mehdi BAN 2224 3.5; 8. Hossain, Pollab Sawkat H BAN 2258 3.0; 9. Mohammad, Javed BAN 2150 3.0; 10. Abdul, Maleq BAN 2250 2.5; 11. Uddin, Saif BAN 2254 2.5; 12. Chatterjee, Devraz BAN 2175 2.5; 13. Alam, Md. Monjur BAN 2182 2.0; 14. Islam, Aminul Polash BAN 2149 2.0
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Iceland Championships:
Players include Hannes Stefánsson.
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Kosteniuk Euro Women's Champ: Alexandra Kosteniuk beat Zhaoqin Peng in a play-off for the title. Leading final scores after 12 rounds:
Peng Zhaoqin, Kosteniuk 9.5; Stefanova, Slavina, Zhukova, Dzagnidze 8.5 ...
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Playoff games
Copa Entel: Final scores, 11 rounds:
1. Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2581 9.5; 2. Leitao, Rafael g BRA 2566 8.0; 3. Vasquez, Rodrigo g CHI 2523 7.5; 4. Rodriguez, Andres g URU 2485 7.5; 5. Zambrana, Oswaldo f BOL 2404 6.5; 6. Cubas, Jose Fernando m PAR 2394 5.5; 7. Panno, Oscar g ARG 2485 5.0; 8. Valenzuela Fuentealba, Luis m CHI 2418 4.5; 9. Rojas, Luis m CHI 2408 4.5; 10. Llorens, Marcelo f CHI 2384 3.0; 11. Arancibia, Eduardo CHI 2405 2.5; 12. Velasquez, Cesar f CHI 2359 2.0.
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Pinamar: Final scores, 9 rounds:
1. Hellsten, Johan m SWE 2548 8.5; 2. Lafuente, Pablo f ARG 2424 8.5; 3. Ricardi, Pablo g ARG 2540 7.0; 4. Giardelli, Sergio C m ARG 2445 6.0; 5. Tempone, Marcelo m ARG 2438 5.5; 6. Larsen, Bent g DEN 2470 5.5; 7. Lopez Silva, Hugo CHI 2353 5.0; 8. Soppe, Guillermo m ARG 2435 5.0; 9. Szmetan, Ricardo f BAR 2311 4.5; 10. Marques, Vinicius m BRA 2403 4.0; 11. Garcia Palermo, Carlos g ARG 2443 4.0; 12. Rodi, Luis Ernesto ARG 2243 2.5.
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Morozevich, Kramnik win Amber: Morozevich and Kramnik won the overall event with 14.5/22. Morozevich narrowly edged out Kramnik in the blindfold section, while Anand won the rapid.
Blindfold standings (11 rounds): 1. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2732 8.5; 2. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2777 8.0; 3. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2716 7.0; 4. Leko, Peter g HUN 2722 6.5; 5. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2766 6.0; 6. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2736 6.0; 7. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2747 5.5; 8. Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2714 5.5; 9. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2735 4.5; 10. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2617 3.5; 11. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2709 3.0; 12. Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2663 2.0.
The Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament in Monaco is one of the year's most interesting tournaments. The world's best rapid player (Anand) and the best blindfold (Kramnik) head a stellar line-up: Bareev, Gelfand, Ivanchuk, Leko, Morozevich, Shirov, Svidler, Topalov, Vallejo and Van Wely. Kasparov is missing as usual - he has not played this event for many years.
The event was sponsored by Dutch millionaire J.J. van Oosterom, and offered 193,250 euros in prizes. Each day featured two rounds - one rapid, one blindfold. For the latter, the players had to make a move on a blank computer screen.
Ruth Coxhill Memorial
Amber Rapid
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Na4 Nd4 8.Nxc5 Nxb5
9.a4 Nd4 10.Nxd4 dxc5 11.Nb5 Ne8 12.f4 c6 13.Nc3 exf4 14.Bxf4 Nc7 15.Be3 Ne6
16.Ne2 Nd4 17.Bxd4 cxd4 18.Qe1 Qd6 19.Qh4 Qe5 20.Rf3 Bd7 21.Raf1 c5 22.b3 Rae8
23.Nf4 f6 24.Nh5 Rf7 25.Ng3 Qd6 26.Nf5 Bxf5 27.Rxf5 Rfe7 28.Rh5 h6 29.Qg4 Kh8
30.Qg6 b6 31.Rxf6!!
Amber Rapid
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. h3 Nd4 8.
Nxd4 cxd4 9. Ne2 Qa5 10. Bc4 d5 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bg5 h6 14.
Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 f5 16. c3 f4 17. Bh2 dxc3 18. Nxc3 e6 19. Qb3 Nxc3 20. bxc3
Kh8 21. Kh1 e5 22. Bd5 Bf5 23. c4 Qd7 24. f3 Rae8 25. a4 Be6 26. Be4 Bf5
27. a5 h5 28. Rab1 Rf7 29. Qb5 Bxe4 30. dxe4 g4 31. Rfd1 Qc8 32. Rd6 Ref8
33. c5 gxf3 34. gxf3 Qxh3 35. Qf1 Qxf1+ 36. Rxf1 Rf6 37. Bg1 Kg8 38. Rfd1
a6 39. Rb6 R8f7 40. Rdb1 Rxb6 41. axb6 Rf6 42. Rd1 Bf8 43. Rd8 Rf7 44. c6!
{White will win with Bc5, exchanges, and a pawn push} 1-0
European Women's Championship
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qd3 O-O 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. exd4 Nb4 12. Qe2 b6 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Ra3 Nbd5
15. Rb3 Qc7 16. Bg5 Rfe8 17. Re1 Bd6 18. h4 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Ne4 Bc7 21.
Ra1 Qc6 22. Bd3 f5 23. Rc1 Qxa4 24. Ra3 Qd7 25. Nc3 Nf4 26. Bxf4 Bxf4 27. Rd1
b5 28. Raa1 Qc6 29. d5 exd5 30. Qf1 d4 31. Nxb5 Qf6 32. Bc4+ Kh8 33. Nxd4 Qxh4
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Games annotated by PaulB ... comments are meant to be suggestive, not authorative! :)
Upcoming tournaments
The Italo-Australian Club 42nd Doeberl Cup:
A Class 3 ACF Grand Prix Event
9-12 April 2004.
Location: The Italo-Australian Club,
78 Franklin Street, Forrest, Canberra, ACT.
Total Prizes: $10,000.
Premier Division (FIDE-rated;
Rated over 1600 only): First $2200
Full details
Hakoah Cup. Monday May 3rd - Monday July 5th. The Hakoah Club, 61 Hall Street Bondi, NSW 2026. 9 round Swiss on consecutive Monday evenings, commencing at 7.30 p.m. Time Limit: Open: 40 moves in 90 minutes, an additional 30 minutes is then added, followed by 10 second increments to finish the game. Under 1700: 90 minutes per player per game. Entries: pre-registration is crucial to ensure a smooth event and the booking of the venue please contact the DOP by emailing to vfeldman@bigpond.net.au. Entries close at 7:15pm on Monday, 3 May.
Fees: $30 Hakoah Chess Club Members (Hakoah Chess Club Membership is $30 for a year). $40 Non-Members.
$20 Juniors (Under 18).
Prizes: Open: 1st - $300.
2nd, 3rd and rating prizes will be announced on the day and depend on the number of entries.
Under 1700: 1st - $200.
2nd, 3rd, rating prizes and the best junior prize (under 18) will be announced on the day and depend on the number of entries.
Players will only be eligible for one prize
Enquiries: Vladimir Feldman DOP 0414798503
Or visit Hakoah Chess Club web page: http://hakoahchessclub.freeservers.com
Victorian junior chess championships:
These Championships are organised by Whitehorse Junior Chess inc. on behalf of Chess Victoria.
Victorian Chess Championships:
This tournament is presented on behalf of Chess Victoria by the Box Hill Chess Club Inc. and Whitehorse Junior Chess Inc.
Field limit: 120
Dates: The Queens Birthday weekend June 12, 13, and 14
Venue: Box Hill Chess Club, 79 Carrington Road, Box Hill
Entry conditions: Open to all members from CV affiliated clubs, Interstate, and
international visitors and non members of affiliated clubs prepared to pay
a $10 registration fee.
Tournament details: A 7 round swiss tournament accelerated at the arbiter’s discretion
Rate of Play: 90 min. per player per game plus 30 seconds / move from move one
Ratings: Nationally rated and FIDE rated
Entry Fees: $60 less $15 early bird discount if paid by May 30.
Free entry for Grand Masters and International Masters provided their
entries are received during the early bird entry period
Prize Fund: A prize pool of $3000 minimum including a $1000 first prize will be offered. There will be ratings prizes in eight[!] divisions.
Playing schedule:
Saturday June 12: Round 1: 12.00 Round 2: 16.30
Sunday June 13: Round 3: 10.00 Round 4: 14.30 Round 5: 19.00
Monday June 14: Round 6: 10.00 Round 7: 14.30 Prizes 18.00
Payments: Cash, or cheques to the Box Hill Chess Club Inc.
Entries: by mail to the address below or in person at the Box Hill Chess Club.
Enquiries: Gerrit Hartland, tournament organiser Telephone 9878 3163.
E-mail: gnandjfhartland@bigpond.com
postal address: 6 Andrew Street, Forest Hill Vic 3131
Visit the web site at www.vicchess.netfirms.com
University Open:
10th & 11th of July
4th Floor Union Building, Adelaide University
$4000 Prizes, $1000 first
A Category Three Grand Prix event
Entry Fees: $40 Adult, $30 concession
GM Ian Rogers is a confirmed entrant
Details
World Youth Under-16
Chess Olympiad
Calicut (Kozhikode), Kerala, India
July 1-9
10 Round Swiss.
4-player teams
90 minutes/30 seconds increment
Free board and lodging to a team of 4 players and
the official, for nine days from 1st July to 9th July.
For further details, please contact:
P.T. Ummer Koya,
Organising Secretary and
Secretary General, AICF and
Vice President FIDE,
Chessindia Complex, Meenchanda,
Post Nallalam, Calicut – 673 027,
INDIA
Phone : (91) 495 – 2420327, 2420727
Fax : (91) 495 – 2422033, 2421005
Email
Website
ASEAN Masters Chess Congress:
Organised by the ASEAN Chess Academy under the auspices of the ASEAN Chess Confederation as a continuous series of tournaments throughout a calendar year. Tournaments (IM or GM) will be held over a duration of 10 days. The first tournaments will be held from 4 to 11 June; 13 to 20 June and 22 to 29 June. Subsequently, from July onwards, all new tournaments will commence on every 1st, 11th and 21st days of the month.
Time Control 90 minutes / game ( 30 seconds bonus per move ) Category The minimum category of these titled tournaments shall be of average rating 2251 (IM tournament) and 2401 (GM tournament). No prize money nor prizes shall be awarded. For any enquiry, please contact :- Mr. Thomas Hoe Tel : (65) 96934049 Fax : (65) 63581483 Email: intchess@pacific.net.sg 10. Congress Director : IA Maung Maung Lwin (Vice-President, ACC)
2004 GP website: http://www.loganarts.com/gp2004/gp2004.htm
T1 NSW 3 24 / 25 Jan Australia Day Weekender North Sydney Leagues Club Ralph Seberry 040-399-1730 http://www.nswca.org.au
The Italo-Australian Club 42nd Doeberl Cup
Laurieton 'May Open' Grand Prix tournament.
Saturday & Sunday - 1 & 2 May 2004.
Excellent playing conditions are provided.
Venue: Laurieton United Servicemen's Club.
4 rounds Saturday: 10:30 am, 1 pm, 3.30 pm, 6 pm.
3 rounds Sunday: 10:15 am, 12.45 pm, 3.15 pm.
Time Limit: G/60 - 60 min. per player. Games Rated.
Primary & High School Students most welcome.
$ 150 First Prize. Divisional Prizes subject to entries.
The decision of Tournament Directors is final.
Entry: $ 22 Seniors ~ $ 8 for players under 18.
Free Refreshments. Club Bistro open for Lunch.
$ 4 meal specials every day. Non-smoking event.
Contact: Endel 6559 9060 endel@fasternet.com.au
Gold Coast Open
Gold Coast Classic
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