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South Australian Championship:
CJS Purdy Memorial:
A series of tournaments to honour the late, great CJS Purdy has begun at the NSW Bridge Centre in the
Sydney CBD. Eight players including 3 masters are competing in the round robin NSW
Masters event. Here's a first-round clash:
Canfell, Greg - Feldman, Vladimir
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.0-0 Be7 8.Bb3 b5
9.f4 0-0 10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 Bc5 12.Be3 Nfd7 13.Ne4 Qc7? {13...Bxd4 followed
by ...Nc6 was necessary} 14.Qh5 Bxd4 15.Bxd4 Nc6 16.Ng5! h6 17.Rxf7!!
Also in NSW, the 7th annual Laurieton May Open was contested by 22 players from Sydney, Newcastle, Coffs Harbour, Armidale etc. 1st Place with 6.5/7 was secured by Oskar Hellman (1705), 2nd to Mike Canfell (1616) 5.5, 3rd Gary Losh (1520) 5, 4= Lee Forace, Milorad Lukic, David Mearns, Doug Carey, Michael Weltner. 9= Anthony Keuning, Mary Wilkie, 11. Graeme Deacon, 12= Endel Lane, Bill Ross, George Lithgow, Matthew Northover, Shane Northover, Leslie Wells, 18= Bruce Parr, Logan McArthur, Michael Eyles, 21= Joshua Arthur, Alex Momot. DOP was Lee Forace - Thank you!
All players enjoyed the Weekend of Chess in Laurieton and we hope to see them again for our 'Mid North Coast Open GP' - June 19-20.
- Endel Lane.
FIDE world championships: There's been another torrid week of claim and counter-claim. First up, FIDE insisted that all players - including those from Israel, a country not recognised by Libya - would be welcome to play in its world championship knockout event in the African nation. Then Israel's top players, along with some others, declared they would not play there anyway, because of security concerns. Then the son of Libyan leader Colonel Muamar Gadaffi was widely reported as saying that "Zionists" (Israelis) were not, in fact, welcome in Libya. Then FIDE claimed that Gadaffi's son had been misquoted. We all await the next exciting episode.
And in a separate twist, just days after FIDE shifted the women's championship from a troubled province of Georgia to the relative calm of Kalmykia, there came news that the rebels in Georgia had fled - perhaps making the move unnecessary after all.
More details at the FIDE website. Also check out the FIDE bulletins.
New websites: Ballarat Chess Club has set up a new website at http://www.ballaratchess.goldlinksweb.com/. Bas Van Riel's well-known Ballarat site will continue at http://www.auschess.org.au/ballarat/bccindex.htm. And Sydney player Jonathan Adams also has a new website.
Sponsor a GM for the Australian Open:
Australian Open organiser Chess World is seeking your support to increase the number of GMs at Mt Buller this year. Chess World is inviting donations to help pay for transport and accommodation costs - and offering various benefits in return. Full details in ACF Newsletter No. 263.
Olympiad selections:
36th Chess Olympiad, Calvia, Majorca, Spain, October 14th-31st.
Applications are now open for the Australian Open and Womens Olympiad Teams
for the 36th Chess Olympiad to be held in Calvia, Majorca, Spain from
October 14th-31st 2004. (Event website:
http://www.36chessolympiad.com/uk/index.php).
Those wishing to be considered for selection as official playing
representatives must apply, in writing or by email, as per the ACF Selection
Procedures By-Laws, by Friday 18th June 2004. Please refer to item 5 of the
ACF Selection By-Laws before applying and for details of material required
in an application (see below). The full Selection By-Laws are available at
http://www.auschess.org.au/constitution/con7.htm .
Full details on the upcoming tournaments page
- Kevin Bonham
Mind Games Festival at Surfers Paradise:
Fri to Sun 26-30 May
The Surfers Paradise Management Association in Association with the Queensland Events Corporation are running the inaugural Mind Games Festival from 26 to 30 May. The events include Chess, Bridge, Euchre, 500 and Scrabble.
Gardiner Chess has been asked to run the chess part of the festival. Whilst the other four events will be held indoors in five star hotels, we are delighted that chess will be given a very high profile in, and around, Cavill Avenue.
Full details: upcoming tournaments page
Chess Oscar for Anand: Indian GM Viswanathan Anand has won the Chess Oscar for the third time. Anand finished well clear of Svidler in second place. Chess journalists and writers vote for the award.
Results: 1 Anand, Viswanathan India 4150 232 61 36 12 7 1 2; 2 Svidler, Peter Russia 2575 35 96 33 41 32 28 18 16 11 6; 3 Kramnik, Vladimir Russia 2518 20 64 81 55 32 23 23 8 6 5; 4 Kasparov, Garry Russia 2262 38 53 49 39 37 23 15 16 7 12; 5 Leko, Peter Hungary 1867 3 17 57 70 41 38 24 23 15 7; 6 Polgar, Judit Hungary 1528 7 21 19 36 38 40 44 34 28 21; 7 Morozevich, Alex. Russia 1381 3 16 30 28 39 29 41 33 20 18; 8 Bologan, Viorel Moldova 1359 12 16 28 30 32 33 21 19 25 17; 9 Short, Nigel England 539 1 3 7 10 8 15 26 22 20 27; 10 Bareev, Evgeny Russia 535 4 6 14 24 20 23 39 26; 11 Shirov, Alexei Spain 485 1 3 4 15 23 13 28 24 30; 12 Topalov, Veselin Bulgaria 392 1 2 3 10 18 22 14 22 18; 13 Grischuk, Alexander Russia 311 1 1 3 9 11 8 23 21 18; 14 Radjabov, Teimour Azerbaijan 278 2 1 2 4 7 10 6 10 18 13; 15 Malakhov, Vladimir Russia 238 3 5 9 17 14 9 14.
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Polish Championships
A remarkable stoush
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4 f6
9.exf6 Nxf6 10.Nf3 Bd6 11.O-O O-O 12.Bf4 Bxf4 13.Nxf4 Ne4 14.Ne2 Rxf3!?
Seen before, but always interesting 15.gxf3 Ng5! One of the points is
that f3 is hard to defend without moving the Ne2 - but then d4's en prise
16.Kh1 e5! Development is paramount 17.dxe5 Nxf3 18.Bxh7+!? A tactical
trick, but leaving a piece en prise has disadvantages! 18...Kh8! ( 18...
Kxh7 19.Qd3+! Wins black's main attacking piece: a bad swap! ) 19.Ng1!?
White has to do something about ...Qh4 and mate 19...Ncd4!!
Sensational, but still not new! Black renews the threat of ...Qh4
12th Sigeman & Co Tournament
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bf5 7. f3 Nbd7 8.
g4 Be6 9. Nd3 Nb8 10. Be3 Bc8 11. Bg2 e6 12. Qd2 Be7 13. Rc1 Nfd7 14. O-O
a5 15. Na4 b5 16. Nc3 b4 17. Nd1 Ba6 18. N1f2 Bc4 19. f4 Na6 20. Ne5 Nxe5
21. fxe5 Bxa2 22. Nd3 Qc7 23. Nf4 O-O-O 24. Qd3 Qb7 25. b3 a4 26. bxa4 b3
27. Qc3 b2 28. Rb1 Bxb1 29. Rxb1 Rd7 30. Rxb2 Qa8 31. Nd3 Bd8 32. a5 Nc7
33. Rb6 Nb5 34. Qb4 Ra7 35. Bd2 Bc7 36. e4 Rd8 37. exd5 exd5 38. g5 Kd7
12th Sigeman & Co
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bf4 Nbd7?! 8.
Nb5!
French Teams Championship
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 c6 6.Bc4 Nd7 7.Nf3 e6 8.O-O b5
9.Bd3 a6 10.b3 Be7 11.c4 N5b6 12.Nc3 b4 13.Ne4 Nf6 14.Qc2 Bb7 15.Bf4 Nxe4
16.Bxe4 g5?! Interesting but too aggressive 17.Be5! f6 18.Bxh7!! Black
has weakened his position too much 18...g4!?
( 18...fxe5 19.Nxe5! will win quickly, eg 19...Bf6 20.Qg6+ Ke7 21.Qf7+ Kd6 22.c5+ Kd5 23.cxb6 +- )
19.Ng5!!
French Teams Championship
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.c3 b6 4.Bg5 Bb7 5.e3 e6 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.Bd3 d5 8.Ne5 Nfd7
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.f4 Nxe5 11.fxe5 Qh4+ 12.g3 Qh6 13.Qf3 Nc6 14.Qf4 Qxf4 15.
gxf4 f5 16.dxc5 bxc5 17.Bb5 Rb8 18.Nb3 Ba8 19.Bxc6+ Bxc6 20.Nxc5 Rxb2 21.
Nxe6 # White wins a pawn but black gets counterplay 21...d4! 22.Rg1 d3!
French Teams Championship
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nd5 8.g3
Nb4 9.e4 Bg4!? 10.Be2 ( 10.Qxg4 Nc2+ 11.Kd1 Nxa1 and the Na1 is hard to
catch ) 10...Bh3 11.f4 e6 12.Bf3 Be7 13.Kf2 Nf6 14.Be3 h5 15.Ne5 Bd6 16.
a5 Qe7 17.Qb3 Rd8 18.Na4 Bxe5 19.fxe5 Nd7 ( 19...Ng4+ 20.Bxg4 hxg4 and
it's hard for the Qe7 or Rh8 to join the attack ) 20.Bg2 Bxg2 21.Kxg2
Nxe5!!
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3 Rb8 7.Qd2 b5 8.Nge2 b4 9.Nd1
Nd4 10.Nc1 Bg4 11.O-O Nf3+ 12.Bxf3 Bxf3 13.Ne2 e5 14.h3 h5 15.Kh2 Nf6 16.Qe1
Ng4+!
Grand Prix tournaments:
These details are provisional. For up-to-date details of these events, please visit the Grand Prix website
May Weekender NSW; May 15-16; Rose Bay; Ralph Seberry 040-399-1730 Website
Full details - see upcoming tournaments on the website.
Queensland Women’s Champs: May 22-23. Gardiner Chess Centre. website Email.
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Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score
1 Zaric, Srboljub SA 2157 9
2 Cowley, Robert G (Bob) SA 2022 7
3 Hoile, Robert SA 1758 5.5
4 Rigo, Bernard SA 1755 4.5
5 Djelaj, Pasko (George) SA 1738 3
6 Utturkar, Ashwin SA 1487 1
South Australian Candidates:
1 Takos, Adam SA 1583 8
2 Short, Andrew SA 1482 6.5
3-4 Amini, Amir SA 1751 6
Garcia-Blanco, Miguel SA 1671 6
5-9 Atrens, Eduard SA 1307 5
Maksimovic, Mirjan SA 1362 5
Cooke, Tristrom SA 1486 5
Turcaj, Pavel SA 1395 5
Peake, Michael R SA 1467 5
10-11 Paprzycki, Eric SA 1530 4.5
Thiyagarajah, Prakash SA 1513 4.5
12-13 Haydn, Gavin SA 1434 4
Hill, Steven SA 1278 4
14 McKechnie, Andrew SA 3.5
15 Sag, Andrew QLD 1370 3
16-17 Schoech, Franz SA 1143 2.5
Hendrick, Geoff 2.5
18 Atrens, Karlis SA 979 1.5
19 Aktapoda, John SA 0
South Australia: April Rapid
Place Name Feder Rtg Score
1 Srdic, Goran SA 5.5
2 Freytag, Justin B SA 5
3-4 Juszczynski, Mathew SA 4
Short, Andrew SA 4
5 Dakovic, Goran SA 3.5
6-8 Maksimovic, Mirjan SA 3
Turcaj, Pavel SA 3
Paprzycki, Eric SA 3
9-10 Peake, Michael R SA 2.5
Atrens, Eduard SA 2.5
11-12 Amini, Amir SA 2
Harrison, Richard SA 2
13 Schoech, Franz SA 1.5
14 Atrens, Karlis SA 0.5
hxg5 (
17...Rxf7 18.Qxf7+ Kh8 19.Qe8+ ) ( 17...Nxd4 18.Qg6 Nf3+ 19.Kh1 Qxe5 20.Qh7#
) 18.Bxe6 Nd8 ( 18...Rxf7 19.Qxf7+ Kh7 20.Qh5# ) ( 18...Nxd4 19.Rxf8+ Kxf8
20.Qf7# ) ( 18...Nf6 19 Rd7+!! {P.Halpin} ) 19.Rxf8+ Kxf8 20.Bd5! 1-0 {notes by
Greg Canfell}
ACF Olympiad Selections Co-Ordinator.
Sigeman 2004: 13-year-old Magnus Carlsen - the world's youngest GM after securing his third norm at Dubai recently - performed very well to finish third in a strong event. Final scores, 9 rounds:
1. Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2628 6.0; 2. Hansen, Curt g DEN 2635 6.0; 3. Carlsen, Magnus m NOR 2552 5.5; 4. Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2667 5.0; 5. Rozentalis, Eduardas g LTU 2619 4.5; 6. Hector, Jonny g SWE 2512 4.5; 7. Agrest, Evgenij g SWE 2601 4.0; 8. Hillarp Persson, Tiger g SWE 2513 3.5; 9. Aagaard, Jacob m DEN 2400 3.0; 10. De Firmian, Nick E g USA 2542 3.0.
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NAO wins French Teams Championships:
Final scores: 1 NAO 30 46 49 3 2 Monaco 28 40 49 9 3 Cannes 26 31 39 8 4 Clichy 24 17 34 17 5 Montpellier 23 13 32 19 6 Gonfreville 20 -9 22 31 7 Nice 19 0 24 24 8 Mulhouse 19 -1 22 23. Players included Vladimir Kramnik, Michael Adams and Peter Svidler (all in the NAO team).
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Macieja wins Polish Championship: Final Scores, 13 rounds: 1. Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2633 9.0; 2. Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2609 8.5; 3. Kempinski, Robert g POL 2586 8.5; 4. Gdanski, Jacek g POL 2529 8.5; 5. Miton, Kamil g POL 2563 8.0; 6. Jakubiec, Artur g POL 2532 8.0; 7. Cyborowski, Lukasz g POL 2565 8.0; 8. Markowski, Tomasz g POL 2605 6.5; 9. Jaracz, Pawel g POL 2539 6.0; 10. Socko, Bartosz g POL 2579 5.5; 11. Jakubowski, Krzysztof f POL 2492 5.5; 12. Murdzia, Piotr m POL 2455 4.5; 13. Lagowski, Patryk m POL 2425 3.0; 14. Mista, Aleksander g POL 2517 1.5.
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Annotated games:
Lots of interesting games lately from Sigeman event and some strong national championships in Europe. View some games with light commentary:
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Bulgarian Champs games
Cheparinov wins Bulgarian Champs:
Final Scores, 13 rounds: 1. Cheparinov, Ivan m BUL 2555 9.5; 2. Chatalbashev, Boris g BUL 2543 8.5; 3. Radulski, Julian m BUL 2497 7.5; 4. Bratanov, Zsivko m BUL 2427 7.0; 5. Genov, Petar g BUL 2483 7.0; 6. Rusev, Krasimir BUL 2395 7.0; 7. Spasov, Vasil g BUL 2542 6.5; 8. Dimitrov, Vladimir g BUL 2459 6.5; 9. Nikolov, Momchil BUL 2364 6.5; 10. Georgiev, Krum g BUL 2461 5.5; 11. Kolev, Atanas g BUL 2540 5.5; 12. Grigorov, Grigor BUL 2275 5.0; 13. Iotov, Valentin BUL 2342 5.0; 14. Dochev, Dimitar m BUL 2359 4.0.
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Murdzia, P - Jakubiec, A
20.Re1
Makes room for the king to flee if necessary. 20.Nxf3 Bg4!! 21.Qxd4
Bxf3+ 22.Kg1 Qg5+ 23.Qg4 Qxg4# is one way to lose quickly. 20...Bg4!! (
20...Nxe1 21.Qxd4 kills black's attack or 21.Qh5!? is pretty scary
21.Re3 Qh4!! 22.Nxf3 ( 22.h3 Qxf2! 23.Nxf3
Bxf3+ 24.Rxf3 Nxf3 -+ ) 22...Qxf2!! Another hammer-blow!
23.Rc3 ( 23.
Qxd4?? Bxf3+ 24.Rxf3 Qxd4 -+ loses, or 23.Nxd4 Bxd1 24.Rxd1 Qxe3 -+ ) 23...Qxb2
!! Black's a whole rook down, but white has three pieces en prise.
Besides the simple ...Qxc3, he threatens multiple exchanges on f3 followed
by grabbing the Ra1. 23...Bxf3+ didn't work because 24.Rxf3 Nxf3 25.Qc2 avoids mate ) 24.
Qc1 ( 24.Qxd4?? Bxf3+! 25.Rxf3 Qxd4 -+ )
24...Qxc3!! The fireworks never
stop! 25.Qxc3 Bxf3+ 26.Qxf3 ( 26.Kg1 Ne2+ 27.Kf2 Nxc3 -+ ) 26...Nxf3 27.
Bc2 Nxe5 And when all's said and done, black has a winning ending. Wow!
28.Rd1 Rd8 29.Be4 d4 30.Bxb7 g5 31.Kg1 Kg7 32.Be4 Kf6 33.Kf2 Ng4+ 34.Kg3
Ne3 35.Rb1 d3 36.Bf3 d2 37.Bd1 0-1
Nielsen, PH - Agrest, E
39.
Bxd5 cxd5 40. Qxb5+ Ke7 41. Nb4 Kf8 42. Nc6 Qc8 43. Qb4 Qg4+ 44. Kf2 Qh4+
45. Ke2 Qg4+ 46. Kd3 Raa8 47. Nxd8 Rxd8 48. Rb7 Rc8 49. a6 Qe6 50. a7 Qa6+
51. Qb5 Qg6+ 52. Kc3 Ra8 1-0
Nielsen,PH - Hansen,Cu
dxc4 9. Bxc7 Qe8 10. Nd6 Bxd6 11. Bxd6 b5 12. g3 Bb7 13. Bg2 Nb6 14.
O-O Rd8 15. Bxf8 Kxf8 16. Rfd1 Be4 17. Qd2 Na4 18. Ne5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qe7
20. f3 Qd6 21. e4 Ne8 22. Qc2 f6 23. Nxc4! Rc8 24. Qxa4! 1-0
Kasimdzhanov, R - Brochet, P
fxe5 20.Nxe6! Qd6 21.Bg6+ Kd7 22.c5!! Qxe6 23.Bf5 +- # Black gets
three pieces for the queen but he's too exposed and unco-ordinated 23...
Nd5 24.Rfe1 Rag8 25.Bxe6+ Kxe6 26.Rxe5+ Kd7 27.Rae1 Rg7 28.Qf5+ Kd8 29.
Rxe7!? Nxe7 30.Qf6 Rhh7 31.Qd6+ Kc8 32.g3 Ba8 33.Re4 Bb7 34.d5! cxd5 35.c6
! Bxc6 36.Rxe7 Rxe7 37.Qxc6+ Kb8 38.Qxd5 Re1+ 39.Kg2 Rhe7 40.Qg8+ Kb7 41.
Qxg4 a5 42.h4 R1e2 43.Qf3+ Ka7 44.h5 Rxa2 45.h6 Ra3 46.Qf6 Rb7 47.Qd4+ Ka6
48.h7 Rxh7 49.Qd3+ Kb6 50.Qxh7 Rxb3 51.Qg6+ Kb5 52.Qe8+ Kc4 53.Qc6+ Kd4
54.Qb6+ Kc3 55.Qc5+ Kd2 56.Qxa5 Rb1 57.g4 Kc2 58.Qc5+ Kd2 59.Qd4+ Kc2 60.
Qc4+ Kd2 61.g5 b3 62.g6 b2 63.Qd4+ Kc2 64.Qe4+ 1-0
Kallai, G - Gharamian, T
23.Rd1 ( 23.Nxg7+ Kf7 24.Nxf5 d2+ 25.Kd1 Bf3# ) 23...Re2+ 24.Kf1 Be4 25.
Rxg7 Rxh2 26.Nc5 Rh1+ 27.Rg1 Rxg1+ 28.Kxg1 Rg8+ 29.Kf1 Rg3 30.Nxd3 Rxe3
31.Nf2 Rf3 32.Rd4 Rxf4 33.Ke2 Rf3 34.Nxe4 fxe4 35.c4 Ra3 36.Rxe4 Ke7 37.c5
Rc3! 38.Rh4 Rxc5 39.Rxh7+ Ke6 40.Rxa7 Kxe5 1/2-1/2
Bologan, V - Sokolov, I
22.dxe5 Rd3 23.Qc4 Rxe3 24.Nc5! Trapping the Nb4 24...Qg5!? Black tries a piece sac since 24...Na6 25.Nxa6 bxa6 26.Qxc6+ Qd7 27.Qa8+ Qd8
28.Qxd8+ Kxd8 29.Rhd1+ Ke7 30.Rac1 looks strong for white ) 25.Rhf1 (
25.Qxb4 Re2+ 26.Kf1 Qe3 -+ ) 25...h4 26.Rxf7!! Besides a brilliant
attack, white makes room on f1 for the king
26...Qg4 Defence and attack,
minding e6 while targetting e2 ( Not 26...Kxf7 27.Qxe6+ Kf8 28.Nd7# ) 27.Raf1
Nd5!! 28.Rxb7 Rxg3+!!
29.Kh1! ( 29.hxg3 Ne3+ ) 29...Rg1+!!
30.Rxg1 Qf3+ 31.Rg2 Qd1+ 32.Rg1 Qf3+ 33.Rg2 h3 34.Rb8+ Kf7 35.Rb7+ Kf8 (
35...Kg8 36.Rxg7+ Kf8 37.Nxe6+ Ke8 38.Qxc6# ) 36.Rb8+ Kf7 1/2-1/2
French Teams Championship
Perez, Fl - Flear, C
17.Kg1 h4! 18.hxg4 Qd7! 19.Nf4 Qxg4 20.Bxc5 exf4 21.e5 dxc5 0-1
NSW Open Championship NSW; 3; June 12-14; Sydney - Ryde Eastwood, Ralph Seberry 040-399-1730 or Charles Zworestine Website
Mid North Coast June Open NSW; 3; June 12-13; Laurieton; Endel Lane 02-6559-9060
Darling Downs Open QLD; 2; June 12-14; Toowoomba; Ross Andrew Mills 07 46340875/0405 382 324. Email
Tasmanian Open 1; June 12-14; Hobart; Kevin Bonham k_bonham@tassie.net.au
Gold Coast Open QLD; 3; June 26-27; Robina Town Centre; Graeme Gardiner 07-5522-7221 Email
Caloundra Open QLD; July 3-4; Caloundra Powerboat Club; Bob Goodwin
Fairfield Winter Cup NSW; July 10-11; Fairfield; Rolando Atenzia
University Open SA; 3; July 10-11; Adelaide University; Andrew Saint 08-83323752 Website Email
Queensland Open QLD; 2; July 17-18;
Gardiner Chess Centre; Graeme Gardiner 07 5522 7221
Email
ANU Open ACT; 3; July 24-25; Canberra
Coal City Open NSW; 3; Aug 7-8; Newcastle; George Lithgow 02-4943-3862
August Weekender NSW; July 31-August 1; Rose Bay; Ralph Seberry 040-399-1730 Website
Gold Coast Classic QLD; 3; September 18-19; Somerset College; Graeme Gardiner 07-5522-7221 Email
Ryde Eastwood Open NSW; 3; October 2-4; Ryde Eastwood; Ralph Seberry 040-399-1730 Website
Redcliffe Challenge QLD; October 2-3; Rothwell Grace Lutheran College? Website
Tweed Heads Open NSW; October 16-17; Tweed Heads Civic Centre; Audie Pennefather
Laurieton Open NSW; 1; October 30-31; Laurieton; Endel Lane 02-6559-9060
Coffs Harbour Inaugural Open NSW; 2; November 13-14; Coffs Harbour Catholic Club; Bill Ross 02-6651-8855 Email
November Weekender NSW; November 20-21; North Sydney Leagues Club; Ralph Seberry 040-399-1730 Website
Fairfield Summer Cup NSW; 3; December 10-11; Fairfield; Rolando Atenzia
Mind Games Festival:
26-30 May. Surfers Paradise, Simuls by GM Johansen and IM Solomon. Rapid Tournament, Fischerandom, Social Family Event
Victorian junior champs:
May 22-23 and 29-30. Carrington Centre, 79 Carrington Road Box Hill. Email website
Victorian Open Championship:
June 12-14. Box Hill Chess Club, 79 Carrington Road. 7 round swiss. $3000 in prizes. Email website
Mingara May Major: May 29-30. Under 2000. Contact Mal Murrell 02 43923873/0408495323 email or
Joe Keaveney 0243322023.
ASEAN Masters Chess Congress:
Several tournaments. Thomas Hoe Tel : (65) 96934049 Fax : (65) 63581483 Email
World Youth Under-16
Chess Olympiad, India. July 1-9.
10 Round Swiss.
4-player teams.
Contact: P.T. Ummer Koya, Phone : (91) 495 – 2420327, 2420727
Fax : (91) 495 – 2422033, 2421005.
Email
Website
Best wishes till next time
- Paul Broekhuyse
broekhuysep@bigpond.com
19 Gill Avenue, Avoca Beach, NSW 2251
02 4382 4525
0408 824525
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