In this issue:
Ly, 13, wins Australian Junior
Grand Prix review
Chess music
Rogers in Europe
Checkers program
New Croydon club in Melbourne
Fairfield CC website
Letters
World News: Corus
Games
Notices
Grand Prix Tournaments
Other Events
International Tournaments
13-year-old Ly wins Hospitality Textiles Tony Colyer Pty Ltd Australian Junior: Queensland's Moulthun Ly, aged 13 years and two months, has become the youngest ever Australian Junior (Under 18) Champion. Ly tied with Victoria's Sam Chow and NSW's Vincent Suttor on 9/11 in the tournament at Mt Buller, but went on to beat Suttor 2-0 in a play-off. Suttor had led for the first 10 rounds befored losing to Wei in the final round. Sam Chow tied for first place for the second year running, but missed the play-off match due to a lower countback.
2005 Australian Junior, Mt Buller, 86 players, 11 rounds:
9.0 Ly (Qld), Suttor (NSW), Chow (Vic) ... Play-off: Ly 2.0 - Suttor 0.0
8.0 Wei
7.5 J. Ikeda, Yu, Obst, Kimura, G Viswanath
7.0 G Oliver, Hu, R Lugo, D Stojic, Lattimore, Wang, Jovanovic
6.5 Wallis, Donaldson, Stevens, Huang, Levin, Lin, Muthusamy, Tran, Wu, S Guo-Yuthok, Chu
6.0 Berggren, ijayakumar, Van Heerden, Lindberg, Berggren, Harris, Neeman, Sreetharan, Berggren, Choong, Parravicini, Van Dijk
5.5 Illingworth, Jager, Maguire, Anderson, Humphries, Hoang, Kaspar, Behne-Smith, Kerksal, D Yu, Rice, Joel
5.0 Brown, Bennett, Ung, Glenton, Beltrami, Eldridge-Smith, Lloyd, McGuirk, Priestley, Gregoric
4.5 Schon, Tse, Hendrey, Priestley, Dyer, Lucas
4.0 M Kimura, Redpath, Setiabudi, Taylor, Letcher, Slack-Smith, Zulfic, Dalton, Barrett, Ng
3.5 Brown, Kenmure, Smith
3.0 Boleson-Robinson, D Jones
2.5 Ho, Lau
2.0 Griffiths
1.5 Ung
The Girls Under 18 (17 players) was won by Rebecca Harris (NSW) on 10/11, well ahead of Alexandra Jule (Qld) 8.0 and Vaness Reid (NSW) 7.5.
The Under 12 Open (59 players) was won by Rengan Vijayakumar (Victoria) on 8/9, followed by William Xu (NSW) and James Morris (VIC) on 7.0.
Queensland's Molly McGarity won the Girls Under 12 with 8/10, ahead of Emma Guo (ACT) on 7/10.
The 64-player Australian Junior Rapid-Play resulted in a triple-tie between Sam Chow, Moulthon Ly and Junta Ikeda (ACT) on 6/7.
And new junior champion Moulthun Ly also won the Australian Junior Lightning with 9.5/11, ahead of Ronald Yu 9.0; S Chow 8.5; Ikeda, Hu, R Vijayakumar and Stevens 8.0.
See the Mt Buller website for more details. All available games from the junior tournament can be viewed here. And Jonathon Paxman has kindly published the full results for the Australian Championships (adult and junior) at http://members.ozemail.com.au/~paxmans/, using his SP2html tool.
U18 Girls Crosstable after Round 11 Rank Name Rtg 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pts 1 Harris, Rebecca 1612 W7 + B10 + W2 + B3 = W4 = B5 + W6 + B11 + B14 + W8 + W9 + 10 2 Jule, Alexandra 1562 B15 + W14 + B1 - W6 + W3 = B9 + W4 = B5 + W10 = B11 + B7 = 8 3 Reid, Vaness 1671 B9 + W5 + B6 = W1 = B2 = B4 - W11 - W14 + B13 + B10 + W17 + 7.5 4 Ng, Deborah 1230 W12 - B8 + W13 + B7 + B1 = W3 + B2 = W6 = W5 = B9 = W10 = 7 5 Oliver, Tamzin L 1182 W16 + B3 - W12 + B10 + W6 = W1 - B7 + W2 - B4 = bye + B15 + 7 6 Ikeda, Miona 1298 W8 + B17 + W3 = B2 - B5 = W7 + B1 - B4 = W11 = W15 + B13 + 7 7 Smith, Kayleigh 1075 B1 - W15 + B11 + W4 - B14 + B6 - W5 - bye + W16 + B17 + W2 = 6.5 8 Behne- Smith, Sarah 953 B6 - W4 - bye + B12 + W13 + B11 - W9 + B10 - W17 + B1 - W16 + 6 9 Rozenblat, Vanja 1100 W3 - B16 + W17 + B11 = W10 + W2 - B8 - B15 + bye + W4 = B1 - 6 10 Kinder, Jessica 1209 B13 + W1 - B14 + W5 - B9 - W16 + B12 + W8 + B2 = W3 - B4 = 6 11 Eldridge- Smith, Veronique 1266 B14 - B12 + W7 - W9 = B15 + W8 + B3 + W1 - B6 = W2 - bye + 6 12 Sheng, Susan 815 B4 + W11 - B5 - W8 - bye + B17 = W10 - B16 + W15 + W13 - B14 + 5.5 13 Chibnall, Alana 683 W10 - bye + B4 - W15 + B8 - W14 - B16 + W17 + W3 - B12 + W6 - 5 14 Yu, Sally 857 W11 + B2 - W10 - B17 + W7 - B13 + bye + B3 - W1 - B16 + W12 - 5 15 Wang, Shuyu 955 W2 - B7 - W16 + B13 - W11 - bye + B17 + W9 - B12 - B6 - W5 - 3 16 Briant, Megan 0 B5 - W9 - B15 - bye + W17 + B10 - W13 - W12 - B7 - W14 - B8 - 2 17 McGuirk, Savannah 402 bye + W6 - B9 - W14 - B16 - W12 = W15 - B13 - B8 - W7 - B3 - 1.5 U12 Open Crosstable after Round 9 Rank Name Rtg 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts 1 Vijayakumar, Rengan 1239 B47 + W22 + B43 + W2 = B7 + W15 + B13 + W6 + B3 = 8 2 Xu, William 1502 W39 + B17 + W10 + B1 = W6 + B5 + W3 - B18 + W7 = 7 3 Morris, James 1534 B28 + W11 = B33 + W4 + B15 - W24 + B2 + W7 + W1 = 7 4 Dalton, Samuel 1239 W30 + B20 = W29 + B3 - W19 + B14 = W33 + B10 = W15 + 6.5 5 Grigg, Sam 1220 W49 + B21 = W20 + W13 + B23 + W2 - B6 - B14 + W18 + 6.5 6 Yuan, Yi 1241 B38 + W32 + B15 = W24 + B2 - W8 + W5 + B1 - W10 = 6 7 Chow, Justin 1249 W37 + B29 = W25 + B19 + W1 - B43 + W15 + B3 - B2 = 6 8 Somaskanthan, Aingaran 1199 B46 + W33 = B24 - W20 + W22 + B6 - B32 + W12 = W25 + 6 9 Lugo, Jerome 993 B26 - W56 + B38 + W43 - B41 + W12 - B50 + B33 + W20 + 6 10 Xing, Edward 913 B27 + W26 + B2 - W25 + B18 + W13 - B35 + W4 = B6 = 6 11 Lee, Leoma 876 W53 + B3 = W14 - B21 - W48 + B22 + W43 + B24 = W26 + 6 12 Brash, Noah 845 W55 + B13 - W49 + W18 - B51 + B9 + W14 = B8 = W24 + 6 13 Tang, Jason 1333 B50 + W12 + W19 = B5 - W21 + B10 + W1 - B15 - W28 + 5.5 14 Lei, Yitao 1288 B24 = W34 + B11 + W15 - B26 + W4 = B12 = W5 - B29 + 5.5 15 Jule, Sebastian 768 B44 + W23 + W6 = B14 + W3 + B1 - B7 - W13 + B4 - 5.5 16 Ren, Jonathan 1012 B25 - W24 - B57 + W36 + B50 + W26 - B51 + W21 = B22 = 5 17 Qian, Dennish 855 B57 + W2 - B46 + W26 - B24 - W27 + B25 - W38 + B42 + 5 18 Russell, Luthien 1289 W51 + B19 - W21 + B12 + W10 - W31 + B26 + W2 - B5 - 5 19 McCook, Jake 845 B59 + W18 + B13 = W7 - B4 - W28 + B24 - W34 + B21 = 5 20 Matheson, Laurence 824 B52 + W4 = B5 - B8 - W49 + W25 = B42 + W23 + B9 - 5 21 Redpath, Michael 805 B54 + W5 = B18 - W11 + B13 - W29 + B31 = B16 = W19 = 5 22 Feng, Thomas 798 W41 + B1 - W40 + W35 = B8 - W11 - B37 + B45 + W16 = 5 23 Nguyen, Van 1056 W58 + B15 - W51 + B32 + W5 - B33 - W39 + B20 - W36 + 5 24 Bhattacharya, Devraj 0 W14 = B16 + W8 + B6 - W17 + B3 - W19 + W11 = B12 - 5 25 Harrison, Nick 0 W16 + W31 + B7 - B10 - W32 = B20 = W17 + W35 + B8 - 5 26 Ivancic, Fabian 0 W9 + B10 - W39 + B17 + W14 - B16 + W18 - W31 + B11 - 5 27 Murdock, Themis 0 W10 - B39 - W55 + B51 - W44 + B17 - W56 + W50 + B35 + 5 28 Balnionis, Alexander 598 W3 - B53 + W41 + W31 - B42 + B19 - W45 = W32 + B13 - 4.5 29 Baines, Casey 842 W40 + W7 = B4 - W33 - B34 + B21 - W41 + B43 + W14 - 4.5 30 Christensen, Jared 0 B4 - W54 + B31 - W42 - B40 + W41 = B38 - W49 + W45 + 4.5 31 Baker, Brendan 958 W56 + B25 - W30 + B28 + W43 = B18 - W21 = B26 - W33 = 4.5 32 Jones, Benjamin 815 W48 + B6 - W36 + W23 - B25 = B37 + W8 - B28 - W46 + 4.5 33 Tsui, Edison 755 W45 + B8 = W3 - B29 + B35 = W23 + B4 - W9 - B31 = 4.5 34 Nowak, Francis 0 bye= B14 - B45 + W39 - W29 - B49 + W40 + B19 - W43 + 4.5 35 Behne- Smith, Jonathan 1002 W36 + B43 - W37 + B22 = W33 = B39 + W10 - B25 - W27 - 4 36 Horton, Vincent 0 B35 - W42 + B32 - B16 - W55 + B45 - W48 + W51 + B23 - 4 37 Briant, James 0 B7 - W52 + B35 - W40 = B54 + W32 - W22 - B41 = W48 + 4 38 Brownrigg, Sam 0 W6 - B48 + W9 - B45 - W56 - B55 + W30 + B17 - W52 + 4 39 Jones, Craig 432 B2 - W27 + B26 - B34 + W45 + W35 - B23 - W42 - B47 + 4 40 Sitch, William 0 B29 - W50 + B22 - B37 = W30 - W54 + B34 - W47 = B51 + 4 41 Teichert, Ian 0 B22 - W47 + B28 - W58 + W9 - B30 = B29 - W37 = B50 + 4 42 Young, Jack 0 W43 - B36 - W53 + B30 + W28 - B56 + W20 - B39 + W17 - 4 43 Anderson, Todd 732 B42 + W35 + W1 - B9 + B31 = W7 - B11 - W29 - B34 - 3.5 44 Thornley, Max 0 W15 - B49 - B56 - W53 = B27 - W58 + B47 - B57 + W54 + 3.5 45 Wicks, Michael 0 B33 - B58 + W34 - W38 + B39 - W36 + B28 = W22 - B30 - 3.5 46 Gesundheit, Zac 0 W8 - B55 + W17 - B48 - W52 - B47 = B53 + W54 + B32 - 3.5 47 Dalton, Micah 0 W1 - B41 - W48 - B52 - B53 + W46 = W44 + B40 = W39 - 3 48 Stocky, Nick 0 B32 - W38 - B47 + W46 + B11 - W50 - B36 - W56 + B37 - 3 49 Duniam- Douglas, Ethan 0 B5 - W44 + B12 - W54 = B20 - W34 - B52 + B30 - W57 = 3 50 Xing, Benjamin 349 W13 - B40 - W52 + B56 + W16 - B48 + W9 - B27 - W41 - 3 51 Clark, Tim 255 B18 - W57 + B23 - W27 + W12 - B52 + W16 - B36 - W40 - 3 52 Sitch, Joe 0 W20 - B37 - B50 - W47 + B46 + W51 - W49 - B55 + B38 - 3 53 Parker, Lloyd 0 B11 - W28 - B42 - B44 = W47 - B57 - W46 - B58 + W55 + 2.5 54 Tan, Sean 0 W21 - B30 - W58 + B49 = W37 - B40 - W57 + B46 - B44 - 2.5 55 Tomson, Qin 0 B12 - W46 - B27 - W57 + B36 - W38 - B58 + W52 - B53 - 2 56 Jolly, Jackson 0 B31 - B9 - W44 + W50 - B38 + W42 - B27 - B48 - W58 - 2 57 Pope, Oliver 0 W17 - B51 - W16 - B55 - B58 = W53 + B54 - W44 - B49 = 2 58 Harrison, Sam 0 B23 - W45 - B54 - B41 - W57 = B44 - W55 - W53 - B56 + 1.5 59 Settle, Jon 0 W19 - 0 Girls U12 Div 1 Crosstable after Round 3 Rank Name Rtg 1 2 3 Pts 1 McGarity, Molly 782 B3 + W4 + W2 = 2.5 2 Guo, Emma 1060 B4 - W3 + B1 = 1.5 3 Ong, Lara 843 W1 - B2 - W4 + 1 4 Eustace, Sophie 951 W2 + B1 - B3 - 1 Girls U12 Div 2 Crosstable after Round 3 Rank Name Rtg 1 2 3 Pts 1 Setiabudi, Megan 0 W2 + W4 + W3 + 3 2 Kanagarajah, Abbie 323 B1 - W3 + B4 + 2 3 Knapp, Katrina 0 B4 + B2 - B1 - 1 4 Behne- Smith, Elizabeth 0 W3 - B1 - W2 - 0 Girls U12 Prelim Crosstable after Round 7 Rank Name Rtg 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pts 1 Guo, Emma 1060 B8 + W4 + B6 + B3 - W5 + B7 + W2 = 5.5 2 McGarity, Molly 782 W5 + B7 + W3 + W8 + B4 - W6 + B1 = 5.5 3 Ong, Lara 843 B7 + W6 - B2 - W1 + B8 + W5 + B4 + 5 4 Eustace, Sophie 951 W6 = B1 - W5 + B7 + W2 + B8 + W3 - 4.5 5 Knapp, Katrina 0 B2 - W8 + B4 - W6 + B1 - B3 - W7 + 3 6 Kanagarajah, Abbie 323 B4 = B3 + W1 - B5 - W7 - B2 - W8 + 2.5 7 Setiabudi, Megan 0 W3 - W2 - B8 + W4 - B6 + W1 - B5 - 2 8 Behne- Smith, Elizabeth 0 W1 - B5 - W7 - B2 - W3 - W4 - B6 - 0 Junior Rapid Crosstable after Round 7 Rank Name Rtg 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pts 1 Chow, Samuel 2068 B39 + W15 + B8 + W21 + B6 + W9 = B2 = 6 2 Ikeda, Junta 1811 B35 + W17 + B13 + W16 + B9 = W5 + W1 = 6 3 Ly, Moulthun 1811 W36 + B16 - W31 + B32 + W13 + B23 + B9 + 6 4 Berggren, Jonathan 1713 W53 + B25 - W44 + B57 + B19 + W6 = B12 + 5.5 5 Obst, James 1828 W44 + B29 + W16 - B14 + W21 + B2 - W23 + 5 6 Oliver, Gareth 1798 B52 + W22 + B25 + W46 + W1 - B4 = W7 = 5 7 Huang, Justin 1774 B30 + W24 + B9 - W25 + B16 = W18 + B6 = 5 8 Donaldson, Thomas 1755 W27 + B18 + W1 - B38 + W22 - B46 + W29 + 5 9 Hu, Jason 2105 W54 + B20 + W7 + B23 + W2 = B1 = W3 - 5 10 Yuan, Yi 894 W14 - B43 + W18 = B54 + W31 + B16 + W11 = 5 11 Neeman, Jeremy 1834 B49 + W32 + B21 - W22 = B35 + W12 = B10 = 4.5 12 Wang, Zhengbo 1798 W37 + B38 + W46 - B24 + W20 + B11 = W4 - 4.5 13 Wallis, Christopher 1646 W41 + B57 + W2 - B56 + B3 - W25 + B19 = 4.5 14 Berggren, Marcus 1519 B10 + W19 - B52 + W5 - B49 + W26 + B17 = 4.5 15 Berggren, Patrik 1489 W48 + B1 - W36 = B18 - W57 + B51 + B27 + 4.5 16 Jule, Alexandra 1441 B50 + W3 + B5 + B2 - W7 = W10 - B30 + 4.5 17 Wu, Edwin 1405 W55 + B2 - W56 - B36 + W44 + B21 + W14 = 4.5 18 Lei, Yitao 1232 B58 + W8 - B10 = W15 + B33 + B7 - W32 + 4.5 19 Stevens, Tristan 1846 W43 + B14 + W23 - B29 + W4 - B22 + W13 = 4.5 20 Stojic, Dusan 1631 B28 + W9 - B35 + W26 + B12 - W27 - B40 + 4 21 Viswanath, Ganesh 1647 B40 + W26 + W11 + B1 - B5 - W17 - B35 + 4 22 Yu, Derek 1290 W63 + B6 - W53 + B11 = B8 + W19 - B28 = 4 23 Lugo, Ruperto 1743 B56 + W47 + B19 + W9 - B46 + W3 - B5 - 4 24 Chu, Louis 1223 W59 + B7 - W41 + W12 - B40 - B57 + W45 + 4 25 Tse, Jeffrey 1223 B61 + W4 + W6 - B7 - W37 + B13 - W46 + 4 26 Behne- Smith, David 1142 W51 + B21 - W45 + B20 - W56 + B14 - B42 + 4 27 Lee, Leoma 968 B8 - W58 + B32 - B47 + W38 + B20 + W15 - 4 28 McGarity, Molly 907 W20 - B54 = W43 - B50 + W36 + B38 + W22 = 4 29 Lin, Zhigen Wilson 1482 B34 + W5 - B30 + W19 - B52 + W40 + B8 - 4 30 Eldridge- Smith, Veronique 972 W7 - B59 + W29 - B45 + W32 = B31 + W16 - 3.5 31 Grigg, Sam 1295 B62 = W42 + B3 - W49 + B10 - W30 - B52 + 3.5 32 Parravicini, Matthew 1469 W60 + B11 - W27 + W3 - B30 = W41 + B18 - 3.5 33 Glenton, Alan 1301 W46 - B41 - W63 + B53 + W18 - B56 + W34 = 3.5 34 Lugo, Jerome 844 W29 - B44 - W64 + B37 - W63 + B54 + B33 = 3.5 35 Yu, Sally 1044 W2 - B55 + W20 - B60 + W11 - B43 + W21 - 3 36 Baker, Brendan 1022 B3 - W50 + B15 = W17 - B28 - W62 + B39 = 3 37 Tang, Jason 992 B12 - W45 - B58 + W34 + B25 - W42 - B59 + 3 38 Bennett, Calvin 1362 B45 + W12 - B40 + W8 - B27 - W28 - B57 + 3 39 Schon, Eugene 1177 W1 - B48 + W57 - B41 = W51 - B53 + W36 = 3 40 Guo, Emma 958 W21 - B64 + W38 - B43 + W24 + B29 - W20 - 3 41 Somaskanthan, Aingaran 947 B13 - W33 + B24 - W39 = W54 + B32 - W44 = 3 42 Van Heerden, Daniel 1631 W57 - B31 - W55 - W59 + B60 + B37 + W26 - 3 43 Ung, Thomas 1131 B19 - W10 - B28 + W40 - B55 + W35 - W51 + 3 44 Jule, Sebastian 1049 B5 - W34 + B4 - W48 + B17 - W52 = B41 = 3 45 Xing, Edward 755 W38 - B37 + B26 - W30 - B48 + W49 + B24 - 3 46 McCook, Jake 676 B33 + W62 + B12 + B6 - W23 - W8 - B25 - 3 47 Xing, Benjamin 400 W64 + B23 - B49 - W27 - B62 - W60 + W56 + 3 48 Wang, Shuyu 868 B15 - W39 - B59 + B44 - W45 - W58 + B49 = 2.5 49 Kinder, Jessica 1058 W11 - B60 + W47 + B31 - W14 - B45 - W48 = 2.5 50 Ong, Lara 775 W16 - B36 - W51 = W28 - B59 - B64 + W61 + 2.5 51 Behne- Smith, Jonathan 1012 B26 - W56 - B50 = W62 + B39 + W15 - B43 - 2.5 52 Ren, Jonathan 1012 W6 - B63 + W14 - B55 + W29 - B44 = W31 - 2.5 53 Barrett, Daniel J (Somerset) 962 B4 - W61 + B22 - W33 - B58 = W39 - B62 + 2.5 54 Ikeda, Miona 1188 B9 - W28 = B62 + W10 - B41 - W34 - B58 = 2 55 Baines, Casey 773 B17 - W35 - B42 + W52 - W43 - B61 - W64 + 2 56 Brown, Andrew 964 W23 - B51 + B17 + W13 - B26 - W33 - B47 - 2 57 Smith, Kayleigh 896 B42 + W13 - B39 + W4 - B15 - W24 - W38 - 2 58 Jones, Craig 457 W18 - B27 - W37 - B64 + W53 = B48 - W54 = 2 59 Eldridge- Smith, Leif 422 B24 - W30 - W48 - B42 - W50 + B63 + W37 - 2 60 Kimura, Mikio 802 B32 - W49 - B61 + W35 - W42 - B47 - W63 + 2 61 Qin, Tomson 0 W25 - B53 - W60 - B63 - W64 + W55 + B50 - 2 62 Bhattacharya, Devraj 491 W31 = B46 - W54 - B51 - W47 + B36 - W53 - 1.5 63 Kanagarajah, Abbie 473 B22 - W52 - B33 - W61 + B34 - W59 - B60 - 1 64 Behne- Smith, Elizabeth 0 B47 - W40 - B34 - W58 - B61 - W50 - B55 - 0 Junior Lightning Crosstable after Round 11 Rank Name Rtg 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pts 1 Ly, Moulthun 1881 B79 + W47 + B17 + W30 + B11 - W10 + B15 + W2 = W3 + B8 + B5 + 9.5 2 Yu, Ronald 2092 W63 + B23 + W6 + B8 + W4 + B11 + W3 - B1 = W14 = B7 + W12 + 9 3 Chow, Samuel 2199 B68 + W22 + B15 + W5 - B30 + W18 + B2 + W11 = B1 - B14 + W8 + 8.5 4 Ikeda, Junta 1916 W74 + B32 + W27 + B7 + B2 - W16 + B21 = B14 - W23 + W11 = B20 + 8 5 Hu, Jason 1873 W80 + B26 + W35 + B3 + W14 - B7 + W11 - B27 + W12 + B21 + W1 - 8 6 Vijayakumar, Rukman 1768 B44 + W19 + B2 - W25 + B34 + W21 - B10 + B24 + W7 - B39 + W14 + 8 7 Stevens, Tristan 1753 B52 + W36 + B14 + W4 - B24 + W5 - B57 + W34 + B6 + W2 - B11 + 8 8 Lugo, Ruperto 1845 B61 + W71 + B10 + W2 - B17 = W47 + B18 + W21 + B11 + W1 - B3 - 7.5 9 Lin, Zhigen Wilson 1819 B49 + W33 + B24 + W11 - B10 - W50 + B34 - W44 + B17 = W43 + B27 + 7.5 10 Muthusamy, Reubban 1627 W56 + B43 + W8 - B28 + W9 + B1 - W6 - B31 + W16 + B27 = W21 + 7.5 11 Obst, James 1942 W40 + B31 + W16 + B9 + W1 + W2 - B5 + B3 = W8 - B4 = W7 - 7 12 Oliver, Gareth 1931 B59 + W25 = B13 + W21 - B26 = W71 + B35 + W30 + B5 - W17 + B2 - 7 13 Donaldson, Thomas 1755 W41 = B67 + W12 - B63 + W59 + B25 = W27 - B56 + W24 = B45 + W15 = 7 14 Stojic, Dusan 1984 W48 + B39 + W7 - B31 + B5 + W15 = B17 + W4 + B2 = W3 - B6 - 7 15 Huang, Justin 1747 W53 + B77 + W3 - B32 + W39 + B14 = W1 - B47 + B21 - W25 + B13 = 7 16 Rice, Edward 1746 B54 + W51 + B11 - W26 + B66 + B4 - W24 - W33 + B10 - W36 + B38 + 7 17 Anderson, Daniel C 1673 W72 + B28 + W1 - B38 + W8 = B20 + W14 - B45 + W9 = B12 - W39 + 7 18 Kimura, Toshi 1843 W43 - B41 + W29 + B45 + W35 + B3 - W8 - B25 - W48 + B33 + W24 + 7 19 Yu, Derek 1388 W73 + B6 - W53 + B27 - W56 - B59 - W65 + B74 + W44 + W37 + B30 + 7 20 Wallis, Christopher 1944 B29 + W24 - B25 - W54 + B40 + W17 - B38 + W71 + W35 = B23 + W4 - 6.5 21 Wei, Michael 2043 B38 + W34 + B30 - B12 + W27 + B6 + W4 = B8 - W15 + W5 - B10 - 6.5 22 Harris, Benjamin 1588 B62 + B3 - W59 = B42 + W25 - W36 - B66 + W57 + B43 - W67 + B40 + 6.5 23 Guo- Yuthok, Sherab 1578 B78 + W2 - B79 + W66 = B47 - B56 + W59 + W36 + B4 - W20 - B43 + 6.5 24 Jule, Alexandra 1562 W58 + B20 + W9 - B43 + W7 - B74 + B16 + W6 - B13 = W35 + B18 - 6.5 25 Brown, Andrew 1521 W46 + B12 = W20 + B6 - B22 + W13 = B30 - W18 + B37 + B15 - W28 = 6.5 26 Behne- Smith, David 1420 B82 + W5 - B54 + B16 - W12 = W62 + B36 - W43 - B55 + W71 + B47 + 6.5 27 Van Dijk, Devrim 1680 B66 + W42 + B4 - W19 + B21 - W33 + B13 + W5 - B34 + W10 = W9 - 6.5 28 Chu, Louis 1300 B76 + W17 - B73 + W10 - B52 + W30 - B58 + W37 - B57 + W34 + B25 = 6.5 29 Chow, Justin 1249 W20 - B58 + B18 - W70 + B78 + W34 - B37 - W72 + B71 + W47 = W45 + 6.5 30 Berggren, Jonathon 1713 W64 + B50 + W21 + B1 - W3 - B28 + W25 + B12 - W39 - B51 + W19 - 6 31 Berggren, Markus 1519 B70 + W11 - B49 + W14 - B61 + W57 - B79 + W10 - B42 + W38 - B50 + 6 32 McGuirk, Michael 1475 B84 + W4 - B52 + W15 - B49 - W54 + B44 - W79 + B40 - W53 + B55 + 6 33 Parravicini, Matthew 1469 W81 + B9 - W67 = B56 = W72 + B27 - W41 + B16 - W49 + W18 - B60 + 6 34 Wu, Edwin 1584 W57 + B21 - W74 + B40 + W6 - B29 + W9 + B7 - W27 - B28 - W48 + 6 35 Van Heerden, Daniel 1631 B55 + W86 + B5 - W36 + B18 - B38 + W12 - W49 + B20 = B24 - W42 = 6 36 Ung, Thomas 1348 W69 + B7 - W64 + B35 - W42 = B22 + W26 + B23 - W47 = B16 - W49 + 6 37 Wang, Zhengbo 1798 W67 - B72 + W40 - B80 + W74 - B52 + W29 + B28 + W25 - B19 - W51 + 6 38 Schon, Eugene 1279 W21 - B57 + B86 + W17 - B58 + W35 - W20 - B53 + W56 + B31 + W16 - 6 39 Morris, James 1534 B65 + W14 - B61 + W78 + B15 - W49 - B48 + W55 + B30 + W6 - B17 - 6 40 Yuan, Yi 1241 B11 - W65 + B37 + W34 - W20 - B55 - W81 + B58 + W32 + B59 + W22 - 6 41 Guo, Emma 1060 B13 = W18 - B62 - W68 = B84 + W70 + B33 - W51 - B65 + W75 + B67 + 6 42 Jule, Sebastian 768 W45 + B27 - B51 + W22 - B36 = W43 + B47 - B59 + W31 - W62 + B35 = 6 43 Kinder, Jessica 1209 B18 + W10 - B71 + W24 - W45 = B42 - W64 + B26 + W22 + B9 - W23 - 5.5 44 Rozenblat, Vanja 1100 W6 - B82 + W45 - B81 + W50 - B65 + W32 + B9 - B19 - W58 = B62 + 5.5 45 Humphries, Ryan 1495 B42 - W55 + B44 + W18 - B43 = W66 + B49 + W17 - B62 + W13 - B29 - 5.5 46 Sheng, Susan 815 B25 - W59 - B75 + W61 - B68 - W86 + B77 = W63 = B79 = W66 + B64 + 5.5 47 Choong, Yita 1501 W60 + B1 - W80 = B67 + W23 + B8 - W42 + W15 - B36 = B29 = W26 - 5.5 48 Eldridge- Smith, Veronique 1266 B14 - W78 - W56 - B87 + W60 + B72 + W39 - B54 + B18 - W52 + B34 - 5 49 Somaskanthan, Aingaran 1199 W9 - B81 + W31 - B60 + W32 + B39 + W45 - B35 - B33 - W57 + B36 - 5 50 Tang, Jason 1333 B75 + W30 - B78 - W65 + B44 + B9 - W55 - W52 - B64 + B56 + W31 - 5 51 Glenton, Alan 1301 W83 + B16 - W42 - B72 - W67 + B53 + W56 - B41 + B52 + W30 - B37 - 5 52 Ren, Jonathan 1012 W7 - B87 + W32 - B73 + W28 - W37 - B70 + B50 + W51 - B48 - W75 + 5 53 Behne- Smith, Jonathan 1002 B15 - W75 + B19 - W86 + B71 - W51 - B84 + W38 - W73 + B32 - W76 + 5 54 Vann, Patrick 1001 W16 - B69 + W26 - B20 - W82 + B32 - W73 + W48 - B75 - B81 + W74 + 5 55 Behne- Smith, Sarah 953 W35 - B45 - W81 - B69 + W73 + W40 + B50 + B39 - W26 - B74 + W32 - 5 56 Xing, Edward 913 B10 - W68 = B48 + W33 = B19 + W23 - B51 + W13 - B38 - W50 - B71 + 5 57 Yu, Sally 857 B34 - W38 - B84 + W79 + B63 + B31 + W7 - B22 - W28 - B49 - W77 + 5 58 Baines, Casey 842 B24 - W29 - W87 + B77 + W38 - B61 + W28 - W40 - B63 + B44 = W59 = 5 59 Vijayakumar, Rengan 1239 W12 - B46 + B22 = W62 + B13 - W19 + B23 - W42 - B68 + W40 - B58 = 5 60 McGarity, Molly 782 B47 - W79 - B76 + W49 - B48 - W69 - B83 + W84 + B61 + W68 + W33 - 5 61 Slack- Smith, Blair 1218 W8 - B85 + W39 - B46 + W31 - W58 - B62 - B81 + W60 - B73 + W69 + 5 62 Lee, Leoma 876 W22 - B63 = W41 + B59 - W80 + B26 - W61 + B67 + W45 - B42 - W44 - 4.5 63 Lei, Yitao 1288 B2 - W62 = B68 + W13 - W57 - B67 - W80 + B46 = W58 - B65 = W78 + 4.5 64 Lugo, Jerome 993 B30 - W76 + B36 - W71 - B86 + W68 = B43 - W69 + W50 - B77 + W46 - 4.5 65 Barrett, Daniel J (Somerset) 828 W39 - B40 - W69 + B50 - W76 + W44 - B19 - B82 + W41 - W63 = B79 + 4.5 66 Baker, Brendan 958 W27 - B83 + W77 + B23 =W16 - B45 - W22 - W68 - B78 + B46 - W81 + 4.5 67 Taylor, Paul 1178 B37 + W13 - B33 =W47 - B51 - W63 + B68 + W62 - W77 + B22 - W41 - 4.5 68 Ikeda, Miona 1298 W3 - B56 =W63 - B41 =W46 + B64 =W67 - B66 + W59 - B60 - W80 + 4.5 69 Bhattacharya, Devraj 0 B36 - W54 - B65 - W55 - W75 + B60 + W78 =B64 - B80 + W79 + B61 - 4.5 70 Feng, Thomas 798 W31 - B74 - W83 + B29 - W77 + B41 - W52 - B75 - W81 - B87 + W82 + 4 71 Berggren, Patrrik 1489 W85 + B8 - W43 - B64 + W53 + B12 - W74 + B20 - W29 - B26 - W56 - 4 72 Wang, Shuyu 955 B17 - W37 - B85 + W51 + B33 - W48 - W82 + B29 - W74 - B76 - W87 + 4 73 Xing, Benjamin 349 B19 - bye + W28 - W52 - B55 - W85 + B54 - W86 + B53 - W61 - B84 + 4 74 Ng, Deborah 1230 B4 - W70 + B34 - W82 + B37 + W24 - B71 - W19 - B72 + W55 - B54 - 4 75 Nowak, Francis 0 W50 - B53 - W46 - W85 + B69 - B81 - bye + W70 + W54 + B41 - B52 - 4 76 Young, Jack 0 W28 - B64 - W60 - bye + B65 - W84 - B85 - W83 +B86 +W72 +B53 - 4 77 Bennett, Calvin 1362 B87 +W15 - B66 - W58 - B70 - B80 +W46 =W78 +B67 - W64 - B57 - 3.5 78 McCook, Jake 845 W23 - B48 +W50 +B39 - W29 - W79 - B69 =B77 - W66 - W84 +B63 - 3.5 79 Eldridge- Smith, Leif 1228 W1 - B60 +W23 - B57 - W81 +B78 +W31 - B32 - W46 =B69 - W65 - 3.5 80 Grigg, Sam 1220 B5 - W84 +B47 =W37 - B62 - W77 - B63 - B87 +W69 - W83 +B68 - 3.5 81 Chibnall, Alana 683 B33 - W49 - B55 +W44 - B79 - W75 +B40 - W61 - B70 +W54 - B66 - 3 82 McGuirk, Savannah 402 W26 - W44 - bye + B74 - B54 - W83 +B72 - W65 - B84 - W86 +B70 - 3 83 Qin, Tomson 0 B51 - W66 - B70 - W84 - bye + B82 - W60 - B76 - W87 +B80 - W86 +3 84 Kimura, Mikio 732 W32 - B80 - W57 - B83 +W41 - B76 +W53 - B60 - W82 +B78 - W73 - 3 85 Anderson, Todd 732 B71 - W61 - W72 - B75 - W87 +B73 - W76 +2 86 Kanagarajah, Abbie 323 bye + B35 - W38 - B53 - W64 - B46 - W87 =B73 - W76 - B82 - B83 - 1.5 87 Behne- Smith, Elizabeth 0 W77 - W52 - B58 - W48 - B85 - bye + B86 =W80 - B83 - W70 - B72 - 1.5
Grand Prix review: The Australian Chess Federation (ACF) intends to review all aspects of the Grand Prix (GP) to make it a competition that is most beneficial to Australian chess players.
The ACF currently runs the GP, with an ACF Office bearer responsible for the supervision of the GP. The aim of the GP is to provide a nationwide competition encouraging participation of entrants from all states and territories by linking events to a single series, and encouraging all levels of playing skills to participate and enjoy the best of rated competition.
The ACF now invites submissions from applicants interested in running the 2006 GP on behalf of the ACF. In their submissions, applicants are strongly advised to specify how they would run the 2006 GP, including any suggestions that they may have to change the format, structure and rules of the GP,remuneration proposals, success criteria etc.
Please send your submission for the 2006 ACF Grand Prix by 01 March 2005 to Jey Hoole, ACF Secretary, PO Box 308 Strathfield NSW or electronically to jeydh4@hotmail.com. Electronic submissions will be acknowledged within 2 business days. If you have any questions, please contact the ACF President, Denis Jessop, on (02) 6288 1935 or mobile 0418 278324.
Chess music? Click here too listen to a chess-inspired album on the net.
GM Ian Rogers (2594) has finished second in a Category 8 round robin GM Tournament in Augsburg, Germany. Rogers was equal second with GM Suat Atalik half a point behind GM Eduardas Rozentalis. And Rogers is seeded 12th in the Gibraltar Masters International starting tomorrow. Nicholas Speck of Melbourne (2371) is seeded 42nd.
Checkers program: Those who like that other board game might want to check out Capers. It's a free program that rovides a visual interface to checkers engines that search a given board for the best move. Capers can be used to play draughts against the computer and to study draughts games from PDN files.
New club in Melbourne - Croydon Chess: The latest addition to the Melbourne chess scene, Croydon Chess, will open its doors on Thursday, 10th February 2005. Players of all strengths are welcome! Junior sessions (lesson and competitive game) commence at 6:00pm. Senior players start from 7:30pm (both casual play and tournament games). Come and experience one of the best chess venues Melbourne has to offer ... chess "cafe style"! For more details visit http://www.croydonchess.com
Maroondah Festival Chess Championship - Free tournament entry
To celebrate the opening of Croydon Chess the club has teamed up with Maroondah City Council to organise the inaugural Maroondah Festival Chess Championship on Sunday, 20th February 2005. Entry is Free but is limited to 40 participants across 3 categories: Open, Under 18 and Under 12. 5 round swiss Allegro format (all moves in 15 minutes). For more information visit http://www.croydonchess.com ... tournament entry via website only!
Fairfield Chess Club now has its own web page on www.fairfieldchess.org.
Hi Paul,
Firstly, let me say how much I appreciate all the work you put into the newsletter. It's certainly a highlight of my week when I receive it.
I read the article about Anand in the SMH. It appears to be an article by Peter Roebuck, not Peter Fitzsimmons, and based on an interview by another journalist. Perhaps you should contact Peter Roebuck and ask him to publicize chess activities, as he certainly seems to be interested in chess!
Finally, can you tell me when the next Australian Open/Championship is taking place? Same time this year, or is it every 2 years? I was unable to attend at Mt Buller, but hope to play next time.
Keep up the great work
Regards,
David Creedon
Thanks David. The "closed" and "open" Australian Championships are held in alternate years - so since 2005 had the "open", 2006 will be a "closed" championship. (Please note that there are various ratings-based divisions to accommodate players of all skill levels.) - PaulB
Topalov, Leko lead Corus supertournament: Official Site | View games - A | B games | C games | Rounds 1-2 annotated
Scores after 9 rounds: Topalov, Leko 6.0; Adams, Anand 5.5; Kramnik 5.0; Grischuk, Ponomariov, Bruzon 4.5; Van Wely, Polgar, Svidler, Short 4.0; Morozevich 3.0; Sokolov 2.5.
B scores after 9 rounds: Mamedyarov 7.0; Karjakin 6.5; Cheparinov, Stellwagen 5.5; Smeets, Carlsen 5.0; P.H. Nielsen, Stefanova, Onischuk 4.5; Kosteniuk 4.0; Nikolic, Ramirez 3.0; Nijboer, Ernst 2.5.
C scores after 9 rounds: Alekseev, L'Ami, Georgiev 7.0; Korotylev, Zhukova 6.5; Jonkman 4.5; Bosboom, Bosboom-Lanchava 4.0; Muhren, Spoelman, Negi 3.5; Mamedjarova 2.5; Pliester 2.0; Wempe 1.5.
Judit Polgar, returning to chess after having a baby last year, beat Peter Svidler in round 1 after he allowed his bishop to become trapped. Topalov accepted Ponomariov's pawn sacrifices and won the ending. In the B tournament, Kosteniuk won a great game against Onischuk, beginning with a striking sacrificial attack and ending with rook and bishop triumphing over rook (theoretically drawn, but difficult to draw in practice).
Bulgaria's Veselin Topalov crushed world champion Vladimir Kramnik in just 20 moves in round 2. Kramnik snatched a pawn early, but then found himself tied in knots as he tried to save his embattled queen. In other surprises, Leko beat world No 2 Anand. Adams beat Morozevich while Ponomariov beat Polgar.
Round 3 saw Leko beat Svidler, while Sokolov lost to Ponomariov, and Morozevich fell to Grischuk. Polgar and Kramnik had an exciting draw.
Adams scored an impressive positional win over Topalov in round 4, as Kramnik caught Sokolov in a mating net and Svidler was lucky to escape against Anand. Morozevich lost again, this time to Short.
Morozevich slumped to 0.5/5 after losing to Anand in round 5, while Bruzon beat Short to move into joint third position and other games were drawn.
And Morozevich blundered to lose to Bruzon as Kramnik beat Svidler, Anand beat Ponomariov and Topalov beat Short in round 6.
In round 7 Anand beat Bruzon to join the leaders, while Svidler beat Van Wely. In the B tournament, Mamedyarov reached 6/7.
A fine win over Bruzon in round 8 propelled Topalov into the sole lead. Short beat Sokolov, while Morozevich, who has suffered appalling form, scored his first win - over Polgar.
Topalov and Leko shared the lead after Topalov and Anand made a quick draw in round 9 while Leko caught up by beating Nigel Short. Morozevich seemed to have receovered form, scoring his second win, this time over Sokolov, and Svidler beat Grischuk.
This tournament in Wijk Aan Zee, The Netherlands, is probably the strongest event of the year. Only Kasparov is missing from the line-up, which includes Anand, Topalov, Kramnik, Leko, Morozevich, Adams, Svidler, Polgar, Grischuk, Ponomariov, Sokolov, Van Wely, Short and Bruzon. It's a Category 19 event with an average rating of 2721.
Mustany, R -- Ly, M
Under 18 Open (2.12) 2005.01.12 0-1
A45
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 c6
- Allows for Qb6, exploiting the Bc1's departure, but maybe ...c5's more active
- This leaves black with a stronger kingside than after ...Bxd3
- It's dangerous too risk the knight being exchanged, since the Bd3 is very limited by the pawns
- ( 35.Qg2?? Rd2 -+ )
Ly, M (1881) -- Chow, S (2192)
Under 18 Open (3.1) Mt Buller
2005 0-1
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Nc3 Nd7 7.Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O
- White has a big space advantage in return for the two bishops
Bc3!! 34.Rf1
- ( 34.bxc3 bxc3+ -+ )
- Black wins another piece
Viswanath, Ganesh (1647) -- Ly, Moulthun
(1881)
Under 18 Open (4.12) MyTown
2005.01.13 0-1 E30
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 c5 5.d5 d6 6.e3 Qe7 7.Bd3 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 e5 11.h4 g4
- Black strives to keep the position closed
- A highly commital decision that limits the Bd3's scope, but it does stop ...e4 and ..Ne5
- An intriguing manoeuvre!
- ( 17.Qc2 Rg5!? )
- ( 17...Nxe4?? 18.f3 gxf3 19.gxf3 f5 20.fxe4 +- )
19.Rxb7!?
- A promising sacrifice
- Protecting the Nh5 against Be7+
- Simply castling leaves white with a big edge
- Threatening death and destruction with ...Rxe2+!! and ...gxf3+
Ly, Moulthun (1881) -- VanDijk, Devrim (1682)
Under 18 Open (5.9) 2005.01.15 1-0
A12
1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.b3 Bg4 5.Bg2 Bxf3 6.Bxf3 dxc4 7.bxc4 Qd4 8.Qb3 Qb6
- ( 8...Qxa1 9.Qxb7 )
- ( 19.Qxa7+ Kxa7 20.Ra3+ Qa5 21.Rxa5# looks stronger! )
- ( 21...Qb7 22.Bxc6!! Qxc6 23.Rxa7# )
Wei, M (2043) -- Ly, M (1881)
Under 18 Open (6.3) Mt Buller
2005 0-1
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bc4 b5!? 5.Bb3 a5!? 6.a4 bxa4 7.Bxa4 Nxd5
- Black gets his pawn back, but his pawns are weakened
- ( 14.c3 Bxc3! 15.bxc3 Nxc3 )
- ( 16.c3 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Qxb3 )
- Black seizes the initiative
Nb4! -+ 23.Qb5 Rab8 24.Qxa5 Nxa2 25.Qxa2 Ra8 26.Qb1 Rxa1 27.Qxa1 Ra8 28.Qb1 Rb8 29.Nd2 Qxb2 30.Qxb2 Rxb2 31.Kf1 Rc2 32.c4 Bb4 33. Ke2 Bxd2 34.Bxd2 Rxc4 35.Kd3 Ra4 36.f3 f6 37.Ke3 Kf7 38.h3 e5 39.Be1 Ke6 40.g4 g6 41.h4 f5 42.gxf5+ Kxf5 43.Bg3 e4 44.fxe4+ Rxe4+ 45.Kf3 Rb4 46.Be1 Rb3+ 47.Kg2 Kg4 48.Bf2 Rb2 0-1
The world's strongest tournament - Corus at Wijk aan Zee in The Netherlands - has produced some great games. Leko and Topalov have dominated the event, while Morozevich and Kramnik have bounced back from poor starts:
Morozevich, A (2741) -- Anand, V (2786)
Corus A (5) Wijk aan Zee NED
2005.01.20 0-1 A46
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e3 h6 5.Bh4 cxd4 6.exd4 b6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6
8.g3 Nc6 9.c3 g5 10.Nbd2 Bb7 11.Bg2 O-O-O 12.a4 h5 13.a5 Nxa5 14.b4 Nc6
15.Nc4 b5 16.O-O!?
- White gets a strong attack for the piece - but is it enough?
Kramnik, V (2754) -- Svidler, P (2735)
Corus A (6) Wijk aan Zee NED
2005.01.21 1-0 B41
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 d6 10.O-O Ne5 11.f4 Nxd3 12.Qxd3 e5 13.fxe5 dxe5 14.Bg5!
h6
- ( 14...exd4 15.e5 h6 16.exf6 hxg5 17.fxg7 Rg8 18.Qh7 +- )
Ponomariov, R (2700) -- Kramnik, V (2754)
Corus A (7) Wijk aan Zee NED
2005.01.22 1/2-1/2 B33
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6
8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Bg5 12.Nc2 O-O 13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 a5
15.Bc4 Rb8 16.Ra2 Kh8 17.Nce3 g6 18.h4 Bxh4 19.g3 Bf6 20.b3 Bg7 21.f4 exf4
22.gxf4 Re8 23.Qf3 Kg8 24.Rah2 h5
25.Rxh5!? gxh5 26.Qxh5 Re6 27.Qh7+ Kf8 28.Rg1 Rg6 29.Rxg6 fxg6 30.f5!?
- It's hard to believe white has enough for the rook here, but his attack persists ... The game move allows for Nd5-f4-g6
- ( 32...Nxg6 33.Qg8+! Ke7 34.Qxg7+ Kd8 35.Qg8+ Kc7 36.Nd5+ Kb7 37.Qf7+ +- )
- Threatening Bh3
- Perpetual check
Bruzon, L (2652) -- Topalov, V (2757)
Corus A (8) Wijk aan Zee NED
2005.01.23 0-1 B40
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.c3 Nge7 7.O-O O-O 8.
Re1 e5 9.Na3 d6 10.Be3 b6 11.Qd2 Bg4 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Qd7 14.Bg2 f5 15.
exf5 gxf5 16.f4 Rad8 17.Re2 Qe6 18.Qc2 Qg6 19.Kh2 Kh8 20.Qa4 d5 21.fxe5
Bxe5 22.Bf4 Qf6 23.Bxe5 Nxe5 24.d4 N5g6 25.dxc5 bxc5 26.Rf1 f4 27.gxf4 Nf5
28.Qxa7 Qh4 29.Qxc5 Nxf4 30.Rd2
Nxh3!! 31.Qc7 Rd6 32.Nc2 Qg3+ 33.Kh1 Rh6! 0-1
Sokolov, I (2685) -- Morozevich, A (2741)
Corus A (9) Wijk aan Zee NED
2005.01.25 0-1 D08
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 Nge7 6.Nb3 Nf5 7.a3 Be7
8.g3 a5 9.Qd3 a4 10.Nbd2 h5 11.Bh3 g6 12.Ne4 h4 13.Bf4 hxg3 14.hxg3 Ng7
15.Bg2 Rxh1+ 16.Bxh1 Bf5 17.Nfg5 Na5 18.Qf3 Ne6 19.Nh7 Bxe4 20.Qxe4 c6 21.
e3 Nb3 22.Rd1 Qa5+ 23.Ke2 Nec5 24.Qg2 Qa6 25.Kf1 Qxc4+ 26.Kg1 Qc2 27.Qf3
d3 28.Bg5
Ne4! 29.Bxe7 Nxf2!! 30.Qxf2 Qxd1+ 31.Kg2 Qc2 32.Bd6 O-O-O 33.Kg1 Rh8 0-1
Olympiad Appeal - donations needed
The ACF Council encourages and urges chess players in Australia to donate to the Olympiad Appeal. 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 ACF President George Howard on 0414 841575.
Australia Day Open: Victoria; details
NSWCA January Weekender: January
29-30; North Sydney Leagues Club; Category 2; $2,300 in prizes; Phone Trent Parker 0419 469764; Email pcass@zeta.org.au; Website
Dubbo RSL Open: Class 1 GP; NSW; March 12-13; Dubbo RSL Club, Corner Brisbane and Wingewarra Streets; $325 first prize; Entry fees:
Adults $40, Concession $30, Juniors $20; Contacts:
Alexander Aich 02 6884 4561;
Trevor Bemrose 02 6882 2725.
Doeberl Cup: Category 3 GP; March 25-28; Italo-Australian Club, 78 Franklin Street, Forrest, Canberra, ACT;
$10,000 in prizes; Entry Fees: Premier $100/$60; Major/Minor $90/$50. Discount for early entry. Entries to:
Paul Dunn (Treasurer, Doeberl Cup), 20 Richmond St, Macquarie, ACT 2614. Please make cheques payable to ACTCA. Contact Roger McCart (Convener, Doeberl Cup) 02 6251 6190 Roger.McCart@anu.edu.au
Details, entry form, accommodation info
2005 Open - Tasmania: June 11-13; Burnie Chess Club; Room 25, Portside Building, Spring Street, Burnie. Contact: Neville Ledger, P.O. Box 837, Burnie, Tasmania 7320. Email
NSWCA Open: June 11-13; Ryde-Eastwood Leagues Club, 117 Ryedale Rd, West Ryde; Category 3; $5000 in prizes; Open & U1600 divisions; Early Entry Fees: $80/$60 else $100/$70. Prizes: $1200/$700/$500/$400/$300. U2000 1st $250 2nd $150, U1800 1st $250 2nd $150. U1600 1st $750 2nd $500 3rd $350,
U1500 1st $250 2nd $150, U1400 1st $250 2nd $150, U1300 1st $250 2nd $150, Email Website
Port Macquarie PCYC Weekender: July 2-3; Cat 3; Four Points By Sheraton hotel, 2 Hay Street, Port Macquarie, NSW; Les Wells 0403 860100
Hakoah Chess Club events:
Hakoah Club, 61 Hall Street Bondi, NSW; Allegro - January 10; Lightning - January 17; Allegro January 24; Henry Greenfield Cup - February 7; Vladimir Feldman 0414 798503;Website
2005 Oceania Zonal: Jan 30 - Feb 4, 2005; Auckland, NZ, Details.
- Paul Spiller, Zonal organiser
Toukley U2000 Tournament: 19-20 February, Toukley RSL Club,
Holmes Avenue, Toukley, NSW, 7 rounds, Details: Brian Jones 02-9838-1529.
Peninsula Open: April 30-May 2, Queensland; Mark Stokes (07) 3205 6042
Website
Redclffe Challenge: October 15-16, Queensland; Mark Stokes (07) 3205 6042
Website
Hamarat versus The World: ICCF World Champion Tunc Hamarat - a player who has never lost a single game with White - has challenged the "Rest of the World" to a friendly 2-game match. He will have White in both games.
The games (one started with 1.e4 and one with 1.d4) will be played on the ICCF Webserver and started on 10th February 2005 with the rule "10 moves/70 days".
The players on the "Rest of the World" team will vote on each move. The move receiving the most votes will be selected. Should 2 or more moves receive the same number of votes, the "Rest of the World" will be given 2 more voting days to decide between the tied moves.
Participation in this event is open to all players who pay an entry fee of 5 EUR or $7.00 US dollars via their National CC Federation or the ICCF Direct Entry (DE) option.
All fees collected will be transferred to the ICCF Development Fund. The money will be used primarily for development and system support of the ICCF WebChess Server.
It will be possible to join the "Rest of the World" team at any stage of the game.
The games may be seen "live" by all players and other observers at www.iccf-webchess.com
Each player who voted for the selected move will receive 1 point per move.
The player(s) with the most points at the end of the games will receive an ICCF Gold Book.
The list of all entrants will be published on the ICCF webpage. - M. Samraoui
7th United Insurance & United Leasing Grandmasters Chess Tournament Dhaka, Bangladesh; 28th January to 7th February; GM, IM and +2300 rated players invited. $US500 GM appearance money; Free food & accommodation. Email. Details
The 5th BCC Open is coming soon! It will be held May 19-23 at Regent Cha-Am Resort (www.regent-chaam.com) approx 200km from Bangkok. All tournament details can be seen in our website www.bangkokchess.com. You can register by using the online registration form, and a list of already-registered players will be on the website soon.
Best wishes till next time
- Paul Broekhuyse
broekhuysep@bigpond.com
19 Gill Avenue, Avoca Beach, NSW 2251
02 4382 4525
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