ANU Open - July 24-25 - Category 3 Grand Prix Event - over $3000 in prizes part of the 12th ANU Chess Festival which also includes blindfold and simul displays, a computer chess championship, primary and schools competitions and other board games: Go, Backgammon, Othello. More...
We've had too much news this week! Because there's a 40kb limit on emails sent through the system we use, part two of this bulletin will be sent tomorrow night - Ed.
In this issue:
Olympiad appeals
Statistics
Rogers leads GP
SACA President steps down
ANU Chess Festival under way
Warp wins National Computer Chess Championships
Rogers wins Adelaide University Open
Adelaide Winter Rapid
Smerdon wins Queensland Open
Australian Clubs Teams Championships - starts soon!
Notices
World News: Fischer arrested, Morozevich plays Biel
Games
Upcoming Tournaments
Grand Prix 2004
Wallace, Dekic appeal Olympiad selections: Appeals concerning the Olympiad selections have been lodged by John-Paul Wallace (Open) and Biljana Dekic (Women's). An appeals committee will be formed as soon as practicable and a decision can be expected within about two weeks, depending on how long the committee requires to resolve the appeals.
ACF Council voting on captaincies will be conducted as soon as the selections have been absolutely finalised.
- Kevin Bonham
ACF Olympiad Selections Co-Ordinator 2004.
Support the Team!
All Aussie chess lovers are asked to donate to the 2004 Olympiad Appeal - don't leave it to the last minute!
Cheques/money orders should be made out to "Australian Chess Federation" and sent to:
ACF Treasurer Norm Greenwood
P.O. Box 1840
Westfield Hornsby Post Office 1635
Corporations or business sponsors please call George Howard on 0414 841575
George Howard
President ACF
Facts and figures: Gary Bekker has compiled some useful statistics on the number of FIDE-rated players in Oceania countries.
GP Update: Ian Rogers has a healthy lead so far in the Open Division with 90.5 points, ahead of David Smerdon 65.5; George Xie 54.7; and Stephen Solomon 37.25. Full details
- Garvin Gray
Howard departs: George Howard will be leaving temporarily his position as SACA president in order to move to Mount Buller and organise the many chess events this December/January. (George Howard is also ACF President). Michael Peake will be SACA President in his absence. In other moves, David Cordover has resigned as Chess Victoria's ACF delegate.
Warp wins National Computer Chess Championships: The 2004 Australasian National Computer Chess Championships (NC3 for short) took place on July 20 as part of the Australian National University Chess Festival. This 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 held online - hosted on chess.tridgell.net - a chess server maintained by Andrew Tridgell which you can connect to it using any FICS complient client (such as Xboard) via port 5000.
Warp (created by Peter McKenzie of NZ) successfully defended its title as the strongest chess playing program in Oceania, but only after a 3 way blitz playoff against Desperado (David Blackman, Qld) and Knightcap (Andrew Tridgell, ACT).
Name Rating Score Perfrm Upset Results
----------------- ------ ----- ------ ------ -------
1 -warp [2388] 4.0 [2247] [ 0] +12w +05w -03b +07w +04b
2 -desperado [2200] 4.0 [2216] [ 0] +10w +07w -04w +09b +05w
3 +KnightCap [2050] 4.0 [2272] [ 338] +06w +12b +01w -04b +08w
4 -tracex [2100] 3.5 [2255] [ 100] +09w =08w +02b +03w -01w
5 -bodo [2000] 3.0 [2092] [ 0] +14w -01b +08b +12w -02b
6 +vchess [1800] 3.0 [1829] [ 135] -03b +14w -07b +11w +12b
7 -SEE [1950] 2.5 [1899] [ 0] +11w -02b +06w -01b =09w
8 -spotato [1940] 2.5 [1618] [ 80] +13w =04b -05w +10w -03b
9 -awesome [1900] 2.5 [1572] [ 25] -04b +13w +14b -02w =07b
10 -fencer [1930] 2.0 [1379] [ 0] -02b +11w -12w -08b +13w
11 +BlackKnight [1210] 2.0 [1378] [ 390] -07b -10b +13w -06b +14w
12 -kanguruh [1935] 1.0 [1793] [ 0] -01b -03w +10b -05b -06w
13 +dubya [ 10] 1.0 [1476] [1590] -08b -09b -11b +14w -10b
14 -bimbo [1600] 0.0 [ 984] [ 0] -05b -06b -09w -13b -11b
PlayoffWarp 2.0
Desperado 1.0
Knightcap 0.0
Site | View games - Shaun Press
Adelaide University Open: GM Ian Rogers (6.5/7) has won the 2004 University Open National ahead of Leonid Sandler, Mark Chapman and Ronald Scott.
No Name Feder Loc Title Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 Rogers, Ian NSW 2646 gm 6.5 63:W 41:W 49:W 4:W 3:W 6:W 2:D 2 Sandler, Leonid VIC 2331 im 6 51:W 15:W 9:W 7:D 8:W 5:W 1:D 3 Chapman, Mark SA 2381 im 6 55:W 14:W 11:W 10:W 1:L 24:W 8:W 4 Scott, Ronald NSW 2221 6 52:W 37:W 16:W 1:L 18:W 11:W 12:W 5 Zaric, Srboljub SA 2243 5.5 86:+ 34:W 13:W 6:D 17:W 2:L 10:W 6 Anderson, Kim SA 1886 5.5 60:W 19:W 29:W 5:D 7:W 1:L 34:W 7 Lojanica, Milenko VIC 2023 5.5 56:W 28:W 26:W 2:D 6:L 17:W 24:W 8 Goldsmith, Alan D SA 2132 5 50:W 27:W 25:W 12:W 2:L 13:W 3:L 9 Szuveges, Narelle S VIC 1787 wfm 5 45:W 33:W 2:L 20:W 14:W 12:L 30:W 10 Yang, Song SA 1985 5 67:W 30:W 18:W 3:L 26:W 16:W 5:L 11 Juszczynski, Mathew SA 1738 5 80:W 23:W 3:L 42:W 34:W 4:L 28:W 12 Tao, Trevor SA 2439 5 87:+ 43:W 24:W 8:L 25:W 9:W 4:L 13 Stevens, Tristan SA 1706 5 64:W 35:W 5:L 19:W 30:W 8:L 31:W 14 Thiyagarajah, Prakash SA 1561 5 44:W 3:L 51:W 22:W 9:L 35:W 29:W 15 Peake, Michael R SA 1550 5 61:W 2:L 0:D 0:D 50:W 48:W 33:W 16 Rogers, Cathy L NSW 1727 4.5 70:W 38:W 4:L 48:W 27:W 10:L 20:D 17 Short, Andrew SA 1643 4.5 46:W 40:D 31:W 49:W 5:L 7:L 47:W 18 Hester, David SA 1693 4.5 74:W 48:W 10:L 50:W 4:L 19:D 40:W 19 Wedding, William SA 1478 4.5 54:W 6:L 45:W 13:L 57:W 18:D 49:W 20 Turcaj, Pavel SA 1472 4.5 85:W 24:L 64:W 9:L 53:W 26:W 16:D 21 Hill, Roderick 1900 4.5 58:W 31:D 40:D 28:L 52:W 27:D 42:W 22 Hill, Steven SA 1381 4.5 84:W 25:L 54:W 14:L 40:D 46:W 41:W 23 Foord, Justin SA 1417 4.5 75:W 11:L 74:W 26:L 70:W 41:D 43:W 24 McColl, Kevin S QLD 1872 4 57:W 20:W 12:L 33:W 41:W 3:L 7:L 25 Vosvotekas, Ross SA 1700 4 66:W 22:W 8:L 47:W 12:L 42:D 27:D 26 Garcia-Blanco, Miguel SA 1671 4 53:W 59:W 7:L 23:W 10:L 20:L 51:W 27 Ross, Bill NSW 1518 4 62:W 8:L 60:W 29:W 16:L 21:D 25:D 28 Campbell, Paul SA 1499 4 69:W 7:L 80:W 21:W 32:D 31:D 11:L 29 Wei, Wang 4 81:W 32:W 6:L 27:L 55:W 37:W 14:L 30 Haydn, Gavin SA 1501 4 76:W 10:L 56:W 40:W 13:L 49:W 9:L 31 Barber, Geoffrey QLD 1486 4 77:W 21:D 17:L 53:W 43:W 28:D 13:L 32 Cooke, Tristrom SA 1614 4 0:D 29:L 36:W 38:W 28:D 33:L 52:W 33 Ivkovic, Novica SA 1465 4 79:W 9:L 59:W 24:L 44:W 32:W 15:L 34 Utturkar, Ashwin SA 1538 4 73:W 5:L 52:W 71:W 11:L 58:W 6:L 35 Saint, Alexander SA 1390 4 65:W 13:L 61:W 41:L 54:W 14:L 58:W 36 Kramer, Warren SA 1398 4 0:D 42:L 32:L 73:W 0:D 74:W 54:W 37 Giminez, Simeon SA 1533 4 72:W 4:L 50:L 74:W 56:W 29:L 60:W 38 Heitmann, Gordon SA 1403 4 71:W 16:L 53:L 32:L 73:W 70:W 50:W 39 Han, Tianchen SA 850 4 49:L 54:L 76:W 83:W 42:L 72:W 67:W 40 Mesbah, Jaleel 3.5 42:W 17:D 21:D 30:L 22:D 55:W 18:L 41 Finney, John NSW 1588 3.5 68:W 1:L 63:W 35:W 24:L 23:D 22:L 42 Eckermann, Andrew SA 1497 3.5 40:L 36:W 57:W 11:L 39:W 25:D 21:L 43 Thorne, Richard SA 1579 3.5 78:W 12:L 55:W 0:D 31:L 67:W 23:L 44 Cooney, Mattew 3.5 14:L 55:L 75:W 45:W 33:L 57:W 48:D 45 Pedersen-Lee, Lachlan QLD 847 3.5 9:L 85:W 19:L 44:L 65:W 71:W 0:D 46 Kenmure, Jamie VIC 446 3.5 17:L 51:L 85:W 63:W 47:D 22:L 70:W 47 Evans, George SA 1467 3.5 82:W 49:L 70:W 25:L 46:D 62:W 17:L 48 Heitmann, Syamanandra SA 1382 3.5 83:W 18:L 84:W 16:L 71:W 15:L 44:D 49 Mathews, Peter SA 1832 3 39:W 47:W 1:L 17:L 60:W 30:L 19:L 50 Chia, Nicholas SA 1089 3 8:L 73:W 37:W 18:L 15:L 66:W 38:L 51 Brown, Cyril D SA 1308 3 2:L 46:W 14:L 0:D 72:D 64:W 26:L 52 Chesney, David SA 1147 3 4:L 78:W 34:L 61:W 21:L 59:W 32:L 53 Fong, Calvin SA 457 3 26:L 65:W 38:W 31:L 20:L 56:D 62:D 54 Milton, Anthony SA 3 19:L 39:W 22:L 80:W 35:L 81:W 36:L 55 Sag, Andrew QLD 1318 3 3:L 44:W 43:L 64:W 29:L 40:L 73:W 56 Heitmann, Surabhi SA 1060 3 7:L 62:W 30:L 59:W 37:L 53:D 61:D 57 Mitra, Druva SA 872 3 24:L 77:W 42:L 66:W 19:L 44:L 72:W 58 Chaudhary, Shreyas SA 941 3 21:L 69:D 81:W 72:W 0:D 34:L 35:L 59 Griggs, James SA 708 3 88:+ 26:L 33:L 56:L 77:W 52:L 71:W 60 Lin, Rui SA 884 3 6:L 76:W 27:L 78:W 49:L 75:W 37:L 61 Davey, Timothy 3 15:L 81:W 35:L 52:L 0:D 80:W 56:D 62 Huynh, Andy 3 27:L 56:L 67:D 69:W 63:W 47:L 53:D 63 Whitney, Garth SA 1340 3 1:L 68:W 41:L 46:L 62:L 77:W 74:W 64 Selvanderan, Shane SA 723 3 13:L 75:W 20:L 55:L 78:W 51:L 76:W 65 Selvanderan, Kendra 3 35:L 53:L 73:L 0:W 45:L 78:W 80:W 66 Eustace, Sophie SA 682 3 25:L 71:L 77:W 57:L 83:W 50:L 75:W 67 Zulfic, Fedja SA 1020 2.5 10:L 72:L 62:D 76:W 68:W 43:L 39:L 68 Avina, Peter 2.5 41:L 63:L 82:W 0:D 67:L 73:L 81:W 69 Liu, Fulei 2.5 28:L 58:D 71:L 62:L 75:L 85:W 82:W 70 Le, Tony SA 821 2 16:L 79:W 47:L 84:W 23:L 38:L 46:L 71 Sadras, Francisco SA 2 38:L 66:W 69:W 34:L 48:L 45:L 59:L 72 Harrison, Richard SA 2 37:L 67:W 0:D 58:L 51:D 39:L 57:L 73 Farrier, Robert 2 34:L 50:L 65:W 36:L 38:L 68:W 55:L 74 Heitmann, Kaustubha SA 506 2 18:L 83:W 23:L 37:L 84:W 36:L 63:L 75 Qian, Dennish 2 23:L 64:L 44:L 85:W 69:W 60:L 66:L 76 Liebhardt, Matthew SA 2 30:L 60:L 39:L 67:L 79:W 84:W 64:L 77 Milton, Tom 2 31:L 57:L 66:L 79:W 59:L 63:L 85:W 78 Cheong, Leo 2 43:L 52:L 79:W 60:L 64:L 65:L 83:W 79 Perks, Hugh 2 33:L 70:L 78:L 77:L 76:L 0:W 84:W 80 Morrissey, Kate SA 838 1.5 11:L 82:W 28:L 54:L 0:D 61:L 65:L 81 Morrissey, Laura SA 1065 1.5 29:L 61:L 58:L 82:W 0:D 54:L 68:L 82 Odhavji, Vishal SA 1.5 47:L 80:L 68:L 81:L 0:D 83:W 69:L 83 Selvanderan, Timothy 1 48:L 74:L 0:W 39:L 66:L 82:L 78:L 84 Soang, Duncan 1 22:L 0:W 48:L 70:L 74:L 76:L 79:L 85 Moore, Valerie SA .5 20:L 45:L 46:L 75:L 0:D 69:L 77:L 86 Clark, David ACT 1148 0 5:- 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 87 McKenchie, Andrew SA 1332 0 12:- 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 88 Hoholis, Harry VIC 1701 0 59:- 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 89 Nguyen, Giang SA 2033 0 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 0:Also in South Australia, Bob Cowley and CCIM Srbo Zaric took out first place in this year's Winter Rapid. 3rd place was won by Andrew Short while Philip Lutley went home with the door prize.
No Name Loc Id Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Zaric, Srboljub 5196976 2170 5.5 9:W 4:W 3:W 2:D 11:W 10:W 2 Cowley, Robert G (Bob) 5191166 2092 5.5 20:W 11:W 7:W 1:D 10:W 4:W 3 Short, Andrew 5195532 1827 4.5 21:W 14:W 1:L 10:D 12:W 7:W 4 Ivkovic, Novica 5205331 1596 4 15:W 1:L 20:W 12:W 8:W 2:L 5 Zulfic, Fedja 2073343 1119 4 10:L 13:W 11:L 20:W 18:W 9:W 6 Maksimovic, Mirjan 5205191 1467 4 18:L 8:L 22:+ 19:W 14:W 11:W 7 Amini, Amir 5203345 1763 3.5 17:W 18:W 2:L 8:W 9:D 3:L 8 Lutley, Philip 5204423 1714 3.5 13:W 6:W 10:D 7:L 4:L 16:W 9 Vosvotekas, Ross 5206930 1372 3.5 1:L 22:W 14:W 16:W 7:D 5:L 10 Srdic, Goran 5203708 1963 3 5:W 12:W 8:D 3:D 2:L 1:L 11 Paprzycki, Eryk 5194493 1516 3 19:W 2:L 5:W 18:W 1:L 6:L 12 Atrens, Eduard 5205924 1514 3 22:W 10:L 19:W 4:L 3:L 18:W 13 Glascott, Brenton 5204720 3 8:L 5:L 17:D 15:D 19:W 20:W 14 Harrison, Richard 5207313 2.5 16:W 3:L 9:L 17:W 6:L 15:D 15 Davey, Timothy 2.5 4:L 16:D 18:L 13:D 21:W 14:D 16 Corti, Mario 5191155 1409 2.5 14:L 15:D 21:W 9:L 20:W 8:L 17 Eustace, Sophie 2073262 627 2.5 7:L 20:L 13:D 14:L 0:W 21:W 18 Huynh, Andy 2 6:W 7:L 15:W 11:L 5:L 12:L 19 Millhouse, Kim 5206996 2 11:L 21:W 12:L 6:L 13:L 0:W 20 Schoech, Franz 5204170 1193 1 2:L 17:W 4:L 5:L 16:L 13:L 21 Atrens, Karlis 5205563 997 1 3:L 19:L 16:L 22:W 15:L 17:L 22 Jothibabu, Anandaram 0 12:L 9:L 6:- 21:L 0: 0:
Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 Smerdon, David C VIC 2389 6.5 23.5 31.0 27.5
2 Wongwichit, Phachara QLD 1937 1798 6 23.5 32.5 24.0
3-4 Koeller, Oliver GER 2225 2225 5.5 23.5 33.5 22.5
Weller, Tony QLD 1725 5.5 20.0 28.0 21.0
5-10 Pengelley, Justin QLD 1905 5 23.5 33.0 23.0
Kimura, Toshi QLD 1813 1730 5 22.0 31.5 22.0
Lester, George E QLD 1855 5 21.5 31.5 22.0
Davidson, Nathan P QLD 1649 5 20.0 29.0 20.5
Ly, Moulthun QLD 1939 1838 5 20.0 28.5 22.0
Edwards, Jacob A QLD 615 2041 5 19.0 25.5 20.0
11-14 Bowen, Leon VIC 1710 4.5 22.5 32.5 22.5
Humphrey, Jonathan QLD 2094 4.5 22.0 29.0 19.5
Selnes, Hamish QLD 1830 4.5 20.5 29.0 18.5
Blundell, Jian QLD 1301 1094 4.5 19.0 26.0 16.0
15-24 Lam, Anthony QLD 1637 4 22.0 30.0 19.0
Hardy, Christopher QLD 1682 1631 4 20.5 29.0 18.0
Mills, Ross QLD 1328 4 19.0 26.0 16.0
Webb, Nicholas QLD 1204 1003 4 19.0 25.0 15.5
Stokes, Mark C QLD 1610 4 18.5 26.0 16.5
Hvistendahl, Robert NSW 1556 4 18.5 25.5 16.0
Jule, Alexandra QLD 1479 1411 4 18.5 24.5 16.5
Russell, Luthien QLD 1175 1108 4 18.0 25.0 16.0
McIntyre, Brock QLD 1064 4 16.0 23.5 14.0
Deuble, Mark QLD 1186 4 16.0 21.5 15.0
25-35 Alkin, John QLD 1686 3.5 22.0 30.0 18.5
Finke, Kelvin QLD 1521 1461 3.5 20.0 28.0 15.5
Fisher, Jayden QLD 1310 1094 3.5 18.5 27.0 14.5
Fisher, Nathan QLD 1237 981 3.5 18.0 25.5 14.5
Williams, Paul JAM 1459 1459 3.5 17.5 25.5 15.0
Bender, Peter G QLD 1251 3.5 17.0 25.0 13.5
Grigg-Tondeleir, Samuel QLD 1354 1129 3.5 16.0 21.0 14.5
Underwood, Sean QLD 1172 991 3.5 15.5 23.5 12.5
Jule, Sebastian QLD 1010 804 3.5 15.5 22.0 11.5
McCarthy, Oliver QLD 1073 767 3.5 14.5 20.0 10.5
Curtis, Shaun QLD 1122 650 3.5 14.0 18.5 10.5
36-45 Kaspar, Ric QLD 1444 1473 3 20.5 27.5 16.0
Hodges, Noel J QLD 1561 3 19.0 27.0 13.5
Adams, Zane QLD 1221 990 3 18.5 25.5 13.0
Underwood, Scott QLD 1119 905 3 18.0 22.5 12.5
Ford, Daniel QLD 1409 1068 3 17.5 24.5 12.0
Soul, David NSW 908 3 16.0 22.0 10.0
Chynoweth, Ashley QLD 1205 1053 3 15.0 21.0 11.0
Fisher, Ashley QLD 1113 948 3 14.5 20.0 10.0
McGarity, Liam QLD 760 3 14.0 18.5 7.0
McGarity, Molly QLD 957 254 3 12.5 18.5 8.0
46-48 Muller, Jonas QLD 993 491 2.5 15.0 20.0 10.0
Yang, James QLD 913 618 2.5 13.5 18.5 8.0
Gray, Garvin QLD 1133 2.5 7.0 12.5 9.0
49-56 Van De Graaff, Nell QLD 1071 2 16.5 24.0 10.0
Russell, Allan QLD 2 16.5 22.5 10.0
Hoens, Scott QLD 1057 2 16.0 21.5 6.5
Grenfell, Regina QLD 1102 2 15.0 22.5 7.0
Pedersen-Lee, Lachlan QLD 1119 847 2 15.0 21.0 9.0
Messenger, Jordan QLD 839 2 14.5 18.5 5.0
Toda, Luke QLD 722 2 14.0 18.5 5.0
Webb, Christina QLD 988 610 2 13.5 17.5 7.0
57-58 Erikssen, Caleb QLD 608 1 14.5 19.5 5.0
Curtis, Kristen QLD 801 479 1 11.5 16.0 2.0
59 Lachica, Saniata PHI 0.5 12.5 17.0 2.5
60 Hunter, Shane QLD 1081 990 0 5.0 5.0 0.0
12th ANU Chess Festival 2004
Tuesday 20 July: Computer Chess Championship (RISE)
Friday 23 July: Simul/Blindfold Chess Demonstration by GM Ian Rogers (Noon-3pm in front of "King O'Malley's", Garema Place, Civic)
Saturday 24 & Sunday 25 July: 12th ANU Open Chess Championship (Saturday 10.00am - 8.00pm; Sunday 9.30am - 5.00pm at School of Art)
Saturday 24 & Sunday 25 July: ACT Go Championship (Saturday 10.00am - 8.00pm; Sunday 9.30am - 5.00pm at School of Art)
Saturday 24 July: Othello Tournament (1.00pm - 5.00pm at School of Art)
Sunday 25 July: Backgammon Tournament (10.00am - 5.00pm at School of Art)
Monday 26 July: ANU Primary Schools Championship (9.15am - 3.15pm at Great Hall, University House)
Tuesday 27 July: ANU High Schools/Colleges Championship (9.15am - 3.15pm at Great Hall, University House)
Details: http://www.netspeed.com.au/ianandjan/IansPage/
For further information, contact: Shun Ikeda, Co-ordinator, 12th ANU Chess Festival 2004, on 02-6125-4030 (bh); Email
12th ANU Open chess championship 2004
Category 3 Grand Prix Event - over $3000 in prizes - part of the 12th ANU Chess Festival 2004.
GM Ian Rogers will be defending his title.
Where: School of Art Building, ANU, Acton, ACT
Baldessin precinct, Western end of Childers Street
(Please see map at http://campusmap.anu.edu.au/default.asp? and click on grid EF32.
Free car parking on campus on Saturday and Sunday.)
When: Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 July 2004
DOP: Charles Zworestine [International Arbiter]
Time Control: 60 minutes plus 10 seconds per move from the start (Fischer)
Entry fees:
Adult: $70 Junior & Concessions: $50
Register by Friday 16 July for $10 discount (e-mail or ring, details below).
Entry is free for GMs, WGMs, IMs & WIMs.
Entries will be accepted and will close at 9.30am on Saturday 24 July.
Registration: 8.30 - 9.30am Saturday 24 July
Schedule:
Saturday 9.45am Opening Ceremony Sunday
24 July 10.00am Round 1 25 July 9.30am Round 5
12.30pm Round 2 12.00noon Round 6
3.00pm Round 3 2.30pm Round 7
5.30pm Round 4 5.15pm Presentation
Prizes: Open: 1st $1000 and Ian Chubb Cup, 2nd $600, 3rd $300
Under 2000: 1st $250, 2nd $150
Under 1600: 1st $200, 2nd $100
Under 1200: 1st $150, 2nd $75
Under 800: 1st $100
Best Junior: $100
Best ANU player: $100
Prize fund based on 80 entries. $3000 is guaranteed by the "12th ANU Chess Festival 2004" Organising Committee. Players are eligible for only 1 prize.
For further information, contact Shun Ikeda by telephone [02-6125-4030 (bh), e-mail Shun.Ikeda@anu.edu.au, or visit the website: http://www.netspeed.com.au/ianandjan/IansPage
Australian Clubs Teams Championships: This is proceeding at Caloundra, Sunshine Coast from Monday to Friday 27 Sept to 1 Oct. The event is being held at the Oasis Resort. Three bedroom villas sleeping 7 cost only $675 for 5 nights. That’s around $100 per person! And some of the Virgin/Jetstar prices are pretty good as well. The entry fee is $400 per team of 8 (min 3 females), that is only $50 per player for a week long tournament. More teams are most welcome. Perhaps a good opportunity for uni students? Contact Graeme Gardiner on 07 5522 7221 ggardiner@gardinerchess.com
World Youth Chess Championships Iraklion, Crete; November. Besides the 10 selected children, other other Australian Juniors can play but must be ratified by the Australian Chess Federation. Interested parents please email Jenni Oliver immediately.
2004 Australian Masters Melbourne; August 3-14; FIDE-rated, category 4 event likely; Email Nick Speck
Fischer arrested, seeks political asylum: Bobby Fischer, via his Japanese website, has declared himself a political prisoner and is seeking asylum in a "friendly third country". He also claims to have been 'viciously attacked, brutalised, seriously injured and very nearly killed' during his arrest.
Fischer was detained by Japanese immigration officials while trying to catch a plane to the Philippines. He may now be deported to the US, where he faces charges relating to a $US3.5 million match with Boris Spassky held in war-torn Yugoslavia in 1992, in breach of UN sanctions and a US embargo. If convicted he could face fines of $US50,000 and up to 10 years in jail.
Biel: Scores after 2 rounds: Morozevich 2.0; Ponomariov 1.5; Sasikiran, Pelletier 1.0; Bacrot 0.5; McShane 0.0. Site | View games
Short leads Tai Yuan GM: Scores after 4 rounds: Short 3.0; Bu Xiangzhi 2.5; Xie Jun, Lputian, Dreev, Xu Jun, Lautier, Ni Hua 2.0; Zhang Zhong 1.5; Ye Jiangchuan 1.0. Site | View games
Amsterdam: Leading scores after 2 rounds: Van Wely, Ami, Kuzmin, Krasenkow, Stellwagen, Gagunashvili, Michiels, Ganguly, Nijboer, Bezemer, Sayed, Sandipan. Site | View games
World news including games updated daily at NetChessNews.
Morozevich, A (2743) -- Bacrot, E (2712)
It (2) Biel SUI
2004.07.20 1-0 C77
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3!? b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.c3 O-O 8.
Nbd2 d5 9.O-O Bb7 10.Re1 dxe4 11.dxe4 Bc5 12.h3 Nh5 13.Bd5!
- This proves an annoying pin, as there is no comfortable way to break it
- Now pressure on the a-pawn further discourages breaking the pin by ...Nd8
- threatening to win the Nc6
- Morozevich makes it look easy
Morozevich, A (2743) -- McShane, L (2643)
It (1) Biel SUI
2004.07.19 1-0 B25
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.h3!?
- Morozevich often seems to play like this, avoiding main lines with suss-looking moves
- ( 17...Qxg5?? 18.Nf5+!! +- )
- ( 18...Qxb2 19.e5! +- )
- ( 32...Bxc4!? )
- ( 34...Rxd4 35.Kxd4 Nc2+ 36.Rxc2 bxc2 37.Kc3 +/- )
- oops
- ( 42.c7 Rxb5 43.c8=Q Ne2+ 44.Kc4 Rxb2 45.Qd7+ Kg8 +- )
Short, N (2684) -- Lputian, S (2634)
Sanjin Hotel Cup (2) Taiyuan CHN
2004.07.18 1-0 C18
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.h4!?
- The fashion
- Opening lines for the bishops
- Bringing the rook into play
1-0
Diep -- Deep Junior
WCCC 2004 (3) Ramat-Gan
2004.07.06 0-1 D20
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Be3 Nb4 8.Be4 f5 9.exf6 exf6 10.a3 f5 11.axb4 fxe4 12.Nc3
- ( 12.Qh5+!? g6!? 13.Qe5+ Qe7 14.Qxh8 Qxb4+ 15.Nc3 Qxb2 16. Rc1 Nc4 )
23...Re5!! 24. Ra1
- ( 24.gxf3?? exf3 25.Qxe5 Qg2# )
- ( 27.Kh2 Nxh3 28.gxh3 Rxh3+ 29.Qxh3 Rxf2+ -+ )
0-1
Akesson, Joel -- Ong, Kezli
Swedish Championship (1) Goeteborg
2004.07.11 0-1 E14
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Bb7 7.e3 Ne4
8.Qc2 O-O 9.b4 d6 10.Bb2 Nd7 11.Be2 f5 12.O-O Rf6 13.d5 Rh6 14.dxe6 Nf8
15.c5!? bxc5 16.bxc5 Nxc5 17.Qxf5 Nfxe6 18.Qc2 Ng5 19.Qc4+ Kh8 20.Nxg5
Qxg5 21.g3 Rf8 22.Rad1 Be4! 23.Rd4
Qh4!! 24.Bh5 Qxh2+!! 25.Kxh2 Rxh5+ 0-1
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Mackay Open Qld; 1; July 31-August 1; Harrup Park Cricket Club; Stan Long Hong 07 4953 573 Noel Olsen
Coal City Open NSW; 3; Aug 7-8; Newcastle; George Lithgow 02-4943-3862
August Weekender NSW; July 31-August 1; Rose Bay; Website
Nell Van De Graaff Classic (includes a teams event) QLD; 3; September 18-19; Somerset College; Graeme Gardiner 07-5522-7221 Email Website
Ryde Eastwood Open NSW; 3; October 2-4; Ryde Eastwood; Website
Redcliffe Challenge QLD; October 2-3; Rothwell Grace Lutheran College? Website
Laurieton Open NSW; 1; October 30-31; Laurieton; Endel Lane 02-6559-9060
Coffs Harbour Inaugural Open NSW; 3; November 13-14; Coffs Harbour Catholic Club; Bill Ross 02-6651-8855 Email
November Weekender NSW; November 20-21; North Sydney Leagues Club; Website
Fairfield Summer Cup NSW; 3; December 10-11; Fairfield; Rolando Atenzia
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Laurieton One Day Chess July 25; Laurieton United Servicemen's Club; Contact: Endel - 6559 9060.
Hakoah Chess Club Championships July 26-September 20; 61 Hall Street Bondi; Email.
Vladimir Feldman 0414 798503Website
North Queensland Open Qld; August 7-8;
Townsville; Darren Napier 0412 606213
Website
Festival Schneider Bohemia - Pilsen 2004; August 14-22; Czech Republic; website.
International Chess Festival - Open Highlands 18-26 September; Havlickuv Brod, Czech Republic. Website
ASEAN Masters Chess Congress:
Several tournaments. Thomas Hoe Tel : (65) 96934049 Fax : (65) 63581483 Email
Cesenatico (Italy) Open International September 4-12; Fax +3954786331 Phone +39335.6615956.
Website
Email
Open Dutch Youth Chess Championships - "Stork": August 9-14; Hengelo, the Netherlands. Website. Participants. Email.
Malbork Castle Cup:
18-19 September; Poland. Website. Email
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