In this issue:
Oceania Zonal
Newcastle Open
NSWCA January Weekender
Summer Open
NECG junior chess squad
Championships - Call for Bids
Letters
World News
Games
Grand Prix Tournaments
Other Events
International Tournaments
Oceania Zonal: IMs Gary Lane and Irina Berezina-Feldman have qualified for the World Championship knock-out tournament by winning the Oceania Zonal Tournaments (open and women's) in Waipuna, New Zealand.
Both were undefeated in the keenly contested events that featured large numbers of Aussies.
And six new titles should be awarded as a result of the competition:
IM: Paul Garbett (NZ)
FM: Jonathon Humphrey (QLD) and I.Bjelobrk (NZ/Vic)
WIM: Narelle Szuveges (Vic)
WFM: Angela Song (NSW, aged 12) and Shannon Oliver (ACT)
The open had 60 players including 3 rated above 2400.
Some facts and figures on the Zonal organisation from Peter Parr's SMH column: "There are 17 countries in zone 3.2 (Asia) with 43 players rated above 2450 and 3 open qualifying places. Two players qualify from Zone 3.2a (13 countries with 41 players above 2450) and one player qualifies from the sub-zone 3.2b (Oceania) with 4 countries (AUS, NZL, FIJ, PNG) and 2 players above 2450 (Rogers world no.150 and Johansen world no.898).Lane 2439 is ranked 1308. There are 1160 players rated above 2450 (216 from Russia)."
The games were broadcast live via the web page at http://www.auschess.org.au/oceania/zonal/tfd.htm. Further information, pairings, results and archived games are available from the main site at http://www.globalchessenterprises.co.nz/. Games can also be seen in a single file at NetChessNews
Oceania Zonal Open - 9 Rounds
Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Title Score Progr. Buch.
1 Lane, Gary AUS 2439 im 7 35.5 49.0
2-5 Garbett, Paul NZL 2312 fm 6.5 37.0 52.0
Xie, George AUS 2359 fm 6.5 34.0 50.5
Johansen, Darryl AUS 2471 gm 6.5 33.5 52.0
Humphrey, Jonathan AUS 2150 6.5 28.5 44.0
6-10 Wohl, Alex AUS 2378 im 6 34.5 50.0
Canfell, Greg AUS 2361 fm 6 33.0 49.5
Feldman, Vladimir AUS 2300 im 6 32.5 46.0
Smith, Bob NZL 2233 fm 6 28.0 42.5
Lukey, Stephen NZL 2281 fm 6 27.5 40.0
11-19 Bjelobrk, Igor NZL 2377 5.5 35.0 51.0
Rujevic, Mirko AUS 2260 im 5.5 29.5 47.5
Depasquale, Chris AUS 2333 fm 5.5 29.5 47.0
Reilly, Tim AUS 2302 fm 5.5 29.5 47.0
Guthrie, Aaron AUS 2170 5.5 29.5 45.0
Nokes, Roger NZL 2329 fm 5.5 29.0 44.0
Wang, Puchen NZL 2218 5.5 27.0 41.0
Steadman, Michael NZL 2222 5.5 26.0 44.0
Ker, Anthony NZL 2327 im 5.5 25.5 42.5
20-24 Solomon, Stephen AUS 2426 im 5 29.5 49.0
Charles, Gareth AUS 2178 5 26.5 46.5
Green, Peter NZL 2258 fm 5 26.0 41.0
Sonter, Matthew AUS 2206 5 25.5 44.0
Mistry, Prashant NZL 2017 5 21.0 36.5
25-34 Kulashko, Alexei NZL 2377 fm 4.5 28.0 48.0
Jones, Brian AUS 2168 fm 4.5 26.0 43.5
McLaren, Leonard NZL 2247 4.5 25.0 48.0
Watson, Bruce NZL 2286 fm 4.5 24.0 37.0
Stojic, Dusan AUS 2036 4.5 23.0 45.0
Jones, Lee AUS 2199 fm 4.5 22.5 38.0
Safarian, Alek AUS 2092 4.5 20.5 38.5
Stuart, Peter NZL 2146 4.5 20.0 42.5
Wallis, Chris AUS 2051 4.5 20.0 37.0
Song, Raymond AUS 2063 4.5 19.0 38.5
35-44 Spain, Graeme NZL 2192 4 23.5 43.0
Lin, Zhigen AUS 1819 4 23.0 44.5
Cronan, James AUS 2053 4 20.5 43.0
Oliver, Gareth AUS 2000 4 20.0 38.0
Goodhue, Nathan NZL 2092 4 19.0 39.0
Krstev, Antonio NZL 2132 4 18.5 38.0
Benson, Chris NZL 2049 4 17.5 34.0
Gibbons, Bob NZL 2075 4 17.5 33.5
Bennett, Hilton NZL 2079 4 16.0 35.5
Kalisch, Tom AUS 1876 4 16.0 32.5
45-52 Perry, Roger NZL 2186 3.5 19.0 37.0
Donaldson, Bruce NZL 2002 3.5 18.5 34.5
Wheeler, Bruce NZL 2139 3.5 17.5 40.5
Chan, Jason AUS 2140 3.5 16.5 35.5
Davis, Tony AUS 1788 3.5 16.0 38.0
Van Renen, Mike AUS 2060 3.5 15.5 33.5
Thornton, Gino NZL 1995 3.5 13.5 30.5
Stone, Andrew NZL 1695 3.5 11.0 29.0
53-54 Goffin, Peter NZL 2154 3 18.0 37.0
Stojic, Svetozar AUS 1992 3 15.0 37.0
55-58 Maroroa, Temu NZL 1239 2.5 11.5 28.0
Booth, Tony NZL 1735 2.5 11.0 26.5
Prasad, Calvin FIJ 1788 2.5 10.5 30.5
Maroroa, Andrew NZL 1026 2.5 9.0 33.0
59-60 Hair, Philip NZL 2036 2 11.0 32.0
Cheng, Bobby NZL 1168 2 3.0 31.0
Oceania Zonal Womens - 9 Rounds
Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Title Score Progr. Buch.
1 Berezina-Feldman, Irina AUS 2275 im 8.5 41.5 47.0
2 Sorokina, Anastasia AUS 2223 wim 8 39.0 47.5
3 Szuveges, Narelle AUS 1901 wfm 6 33.0 45.0
4-9 Song, Angela AUS 1826 5 26.5 45.0
Reid, Vaness AUS 1671 5 25.0 43.5
Oliver, Shannon AUS 1963 5 25.0 42.5
Charamova, Evgenia NZL 2067 5 25.0 40.0
Chen, Eachen NZL 1194 5 22.5 41.5
Mararoa, Sue NZL 1501 5 22.0 37.0
10-12 Zivanovic, Andjelija AUS 2025 4.5 25.0 46.5
Fairley, Natasha NZL 1426 4.5 23.0 42.0
Smith, Vivian NZL 1600 4.5 19.0 38.5
13 Gao, Judy NZL 1117 4 21.0 38.5
14-16 Wu, Shirley NZL 1337 3 17.0 39.0
Liu, Cecily NZL 883 3 16.0 35.5
Oliver, Tamzin AUS 1184 3 14.5 36.5
17 Antrea, Frentina FIJ 1350 2 10.0 34.0
Newcastle Open: A 7-round Swiss held on the February 5-6 weekend at the Panthers Club in Newcastle, NSW.
Place Name Feder Loc Score
1 Ti'doy, Peter 2200 6.5
2-3 Scott, Ronald NSW 2264 5.5
Illingworth, Max NSW 1839 5.5
4-6 Jurd, Sebastian NSW 1731 5
Bautista, Edgar 1870 5
Yu, Michael NSW 1859 5
7-10 Moylan, Laura NSW 1985 4.5
Tan, Justin NSW 2257 4.5
Mendes da Costa, Alex NSW 1877 4.5
Bird, Andrew NSW 2176 4.5
11-15 Zvedeniouk, Ilia NSW 1978 4
Wright, Neil S NSW 1996 4
Bautista, Elpidio NSW 1850 4
Greenwood, Norman NSW 1518 4
Russell, Luthien QLD 1289 4
16-19 Behne-Smith, David NSW 1420 3.5
Phillips, Andrew NSW 3.5
Weltner, Michael NSW 1432 3.5
Deacon, Graeme NSW 1434 3.5
20-27 Bonjekovic, Tom NSW 1497 3
Tan, Philip NSW 1514 3
Redgrave, John NSW 1790 3
Dickson, Ian C NSW 1560 3
Reynolds, Paul J NSW 1636 3
Escribano, Jose NSW 1611 3
Rowston, Bruce VIC 1316 3
Losh, Gary NSW 1524 3
28-30 Robinson, Andrew NSW 1388 2.5
Keuning, Anthony V NSW 1600 2.5
Lithgow, George NSW 1400 2.5
31-33 Marshall, Aaron NSW 1466 2
Hendry, Ian L NSW 1494 2
Whiteside, Ben 2
34-35 Behne-Smith, Sarah NSW 953 1.5
Koutnik, Matthew NSW 888 1.5
36 Behne-Smith, Jonathan NSW 1002 1
The NSWCA January Weekender had a record attendance of 77 players. The 7 round event resulted in a triple tie for first place between FM Erasmus Gerigk (GER 2288), Pedroy Tidoy (PHI 2226) and Ronald Yu 2092 each scoring 6/7. Gerigk won his first six games but lost to Tidoy in the final round. Tomek Rej, Jason Hu and Edgar Bautista were 4th - 6th equal with 5.5 points.
Place Name Rtg Loc Score
1-3 Gerigk, Erasmus 2280 6
Tidoy, Pedro 2226 6
Yu, Ronald 2092 6
4-6 Rej, Tomek 2225 5.5
Hu, Jason 1873 5.5
Bautista, Edgar 1870 5.5
7-14 Tan, Justin 2257 5
Zvedeniouk, Ilia 1978 5
Yap, Aaron 1892 5
Murray, Bruce D 1990 5
Fitzpatrick, Brian 1927 5
O'chee, Kevin 1983 5
Mendes Da Costa, Alex 1877 5
Suttor, Vincent 1904 5
15-19 Stojic, Danny 1968 4.5
Hoole, Jeyaranjan 1524 4.5
Wu, Edwin 1584 4.5
Adler, Nathan 1263 4.5
Grcic, Milan 1841 4.5
20-37 Chan, Owen 1835 4
Illingworth, Max 1839 4
Bautista, Elpidio 1850 4
Ali, Mosaddeque 1734 4
Guo-Yuthok, Sherab 1578 4
Escribano, Jose 1611 4
Yu, Michael 1859 4
Paxman, Jonathan 1790 4
Bolens, Johny 2109 4
Tse, Jeffrey 1729 4
Redgrave, John 1790 4
Dunn, Michael Gl 1832 4
Slidziunas, John 1737 4
Bollaart, Jeroen 1801 4
Wong, Yan 4
Kresinger, Frank 1489 4
Reynolds, Paul J 1636 4
Pickering, Anthony 1657 4
38-43 Keuning, Anthony V 1600 3.5
Doan, Peter 1772 3.5
Descallar, Levi 1757 3.5
Mandla, Blair 1614 3.5
Whiteside, Benjamin 3.5
Rachmadi, Herman 1665 3.5
44-57 Low, Frank 1609 3
Kordahi, Nicholas 1741 3
Losh, Gary 1524 3
Dickson, Ian C 1560 3
Troshenkova, Irina 1573 3
Sewell, Rob 1511 3
Forbath, Alex 1633 3
Tracey, Michael J 1454 3
Nichas, John 1595 3
Adler, David 1397 3
Cohn, Jason 1362 3
Phillips, Andrew 3
Parker, Trent 1367 3
Guo, Emma 1060 3
58-63 Greenwood, Norman 1518 2.5
Boyce, Jamie 1547 2.5
Soltysik, Adelaide 1215 2.5
Schuetz, Fred 1260 2.5
Zaja, Tomislav 938 2.5
Ross, Bill 1482 2.5
64-71 Korbe, Heinrich 1489 2
Wills, Colin 1424 2
Szeto, Jonathan 1484 2
Beaven, Dieter 2
Ungureanu, Emil 2373 2
Parsons, Colin J 1381 2
Mccormack, Daniel 2
Baldwin, A(Tony) C 1413 2
72-73 Tsui, Edison 755 1.5
Karayi, Valsalan 1426 1.5
74-76 Frerer, Samantha 941 1
Soltysik, Sebastian 840 1
Nicholson, Scott 1649 1
77 Exler, Rudolf 1323 0.5
Lloyd Fell (aged 86!) and Adrian Rose tied for first place with 6/7 in the 39 player Summer Open Tournament at St. George Leagues Club.
The ACF Council has unanimously approved some changes to the NECG junior chess squad arrangements. NECG (National Economics Consulting Group) generously sponsors chess training camps for top juniors. The changes are designed to finetune the training schedules.
Australian Championships 2005/2006 - Junior Championships 2006 - Call for Bids
In April 2004 the ACF Council called for bids for the Australian Championships 2005/2006 and associated events, the Australian Junior Championships 2006 and the Australian Schools Teams Championships 2005.
The only bid received was from the NSWCA/NSWJCL for the Australian Schools Teams Championships 2005. That bid was accepted at the ACF Council meeting on 11 October 2004.
This leaves the other events without a formal bid. I am anxious to ensure that we have the situation clarified and any bids in a state suitable for acceptance at the next ACF Council meeting to be held at Easter. By then there will be only 9 months' lead time for the events.
The purpose of this notice is to call formally (again) for bids for the Australian Championship 2005/2006 and/or the Australian Junior Championships 2006.
Bids are to be submitted in writing (includes email) by 5pm on Thursday 10 March 2005 to Jey Hoole, ACF Secretary
A form of application (in either PDF or Word format) that covers the matters required by the ACF By-laws to be addressed is available by e-mail from me.
Should not all the required information be available by the deadline, as much as is available should be supplied.
If any bid is submitted on the basis of the ACF running the event direct, rather than granting its running upon application by a State Association, attention is drawn to By-law 14 of the By-laws for ACF Tournaments which provides that "the Council shall determine the State where a tournament will be held with the approval of the State Association of that State". Any such application should also give particulars of the proposed organising committee as it is not to be assumed that the ACF would undertake that task.
Denis Jessop
ACF President
We had quite a response to Joe Cummins' letter last week. Joe wrote: "I used to know an ingenious chess problem, there are only a few pieces and the main feature was that white has to mate in four moves. The mate is effected with white's (only?) remaining man, a mere pawn ... Do you know the position/solution?" Here are the answers - Ed
....
Hi Paul,
Re letter from Joe Cummins re mate in 4 with one pawn: Could Joe be recollecting the Mate in 5 position by W. Hagemann in 1939 in which White starts as Goliath and ends as David?
Solution: 1.Kf6 h6 2.Rg5 hxg5 3.Kf5 g4 4.Kf4 g3 5.hxg3 mate. Note that 1.Kf5? is a blunder. School kids might enjoy this pleasant little miniature anyway.
Meanwhile keep up the great work with the newsletter.
Kind regards,
Julian Painter
Bunbury WA
Hi Paul,
I know that puzzle!!!
I goes something like .....
White: Kb3 Rh4 Pa3
Black Ka5 Pa6 Pb5 Pb6
White forces mate in 4
Answer: 1.Ra4+!! bxa4+ 2.Kc4 b5+ 3.Kc5 b4 4.axb4 mate
Trent Parker
Paul,
Re Joe Cummins letter in bulletin 304. This may be the postion that Joe has in mind:
White: K on g2, R on b3, P on h2
Black: K on h4, P's on g5, h5, g4
White wins by 1. Rh3+! gxh3+ 2.Kf3 g4+ 3.Kf4 g3 4. h x g3 mate
I found this position in "Winning Chess Tactics Illustrated" by I.A. Horowitz. It is more likely to be a composed position than from an actual game, however Horowitz does not quote a source.
Best Regards
Roland Brockman
Uproar in India: Indian chess is in turmoil. The All India Chess Federation (AICF) last week named D.V. Sundar as its interim secretary to replace P.T. Ummer Koya, who has been restrained by a Madras High Court order from officiating or interfering with the day-to-day affairs of the federation in any capacity. Story
Correspondence champion: Joop van Oosterom from the Netherlands - the wealthy sponsor of the Monaco blitz/lightning events - has just become the 18th correspondence chess world champion, scoring 11 points from 14 games (8 wins and 6 draws). ICCF
Bermuda International: This year the tournament features the exciting young Ukrainian player Volokitin. Leading scores after 7 rounds: 1. Vescovi, Giovanni g BRA 2645 4.0; 2. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2696 4.0; 3. Harikrishna, P g IND 2632 4.0; 4. Dominguez, Lenier g CUB 2661 3.5; 5. Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2618 3.0; 6. Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2685 2.5. Site : View games
Fajr Open, Iran: A 9-round swiss in Tehran with $10,000 prize money. Leading scores after 4 rounds: GM Petrosian, GM Gleizerov 3.0; GM Agamaliev, GM Kunte, Moradiabadi, GM Ghaem Maghami, Paridar 2.5; Sharbaf, Mahjoob 2.0; Darban 1.0; GM Asanov 0.5; Pourkashiyan 0.0. Site : View games
Hit Open: Leading scores after 9 rounds: Azmaiparashvili 7.0; Kozul 6.5; Miezis, Delchev, Nevednichy, Markus, Godena 6.0; Cebalo, Mihalcisin, Kovacevic, Burmakin, Lenic 5.5. Site : View games
Five-way tie in Gibtele.com Masters: Leading final scores after 10 rounds: Aronian, Efimenko, Georgiev, Shirov, Sutovsky 7.5; Areshchenko, Gormally, Kotronias, Nakamura, Sargissian 7.0; Avrukh, Dreev, Erenburg, Mcnab, Spraggett, Wells 6.5; Al Sayed, Arakhamia, Cmilyte, Cramling, Del Rio, Hamdouchi, Hebden, Howell, Jasim, Pert, Postny, Radziewicz, Rendle, Rogers, Sasikiran, Shaw, Skripchenko, Speelman, Thorfinnsson, Tissir, Tregubov, Ward 6.0. Site | View games
Canfell, Greg (2361) -- Wohl, Alex (2378)
Oceania Zonal Championship (8.2) Auckland
2005.02.03 1-0 C00
1.e4 e6 2.d4 b6 3.Nf3 Bb7 4.Bd3 Ne7 5.O-O d6 6.c4 Nd7 7.Nc3 h6 8.Be3
a6 9.b4 g5 10.d5 Ng6 11.Nd4 Qf6 12.Be2 Bg7 13.Bg4 Nf4 14.g3 h5 15.gxf4!?
hxg4 16.fxg5 Qe5 17.f4 gxf3 18.Rf2 O-O-O 19.Rc1 exd5?! 20.cxd5 Qe8 21.Qc2
Kb8 22.Nc6+
...Ka8
- ( 22...Bxc6 23.dxc6 Ne5 24.Bxb6!! Ng4!? ( 24...cxb6 25.c7+! Kb7! 26.cxd8=Q Qxd8 27.Qd2 Rh5!? doesn't look entirely clear to me ( 27...Ng4!? ) ) 25.Rxf3 cxb6!? 26.c7+ Kb7! 27.cxd8=Q Bd4+ 28.Kf1 Qxd8 29.Rxf7+ Ka8 )
Kalashko, Alexei (2377) -- Humphrey, Jonathon
(2150)
Oceania Zonal Championship (8.5) Auckland
2005.02.03 0-1 B40
1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 e6 3.b3 b6 4.Bb2 Bb7 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 a6 8.
Nxc6 dxc6 9.Bd3 e5 10.Qg4 Ne7 11.O-O-O Qc7 12.h4 h5 13.Qh3 Ng6 14.g3 Bc5
15.f4 exf4 16.Ne2 f3 17.Nd4 Ne5 18.Ne6?!
Nxd3+ 19.Rxd3 fxe6 20.Qxe6+ Qe7 21. Qg6+ Qf7 22.Qxf7+ Kxf7 23.Rd7+ Ke6 24.Rxb7 Be3+ 25.Kb1 Rad8 26.Bc1 Bc5 27. Bf4 Rd4 28.Rf1 f2 29.Rxg7 Rhd8 0-1
Solomon, Stephen (2426) -- Safarian, Alek
(2092)
Oceania Zonal Championship (8.8) Auckland
2005.02.03 1-0 B33
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bf4 e5
8.Bg5 a6 9.Na3 b5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nd5 Bg7 12.g3 O-O 13.Bg2 Ne7 14.c3 Be6
15.O-O Nxd5 16.exd5 Bf5 17.Nc2 a5 18.Ne3 Bg6 19.h4 h6 20.h5 Bh7 21.Bh3 f5
22.Bxf5 Bxf5 23.Nxf5 Qf6 24.Qg4 Rac8 25.Rae1 Rc5 26.Rd1 Rc4 27.f4 Rd8 28.
Rde1 exf4 29.Rxf4 Rxf4 30.gxf4 Kh7 31.Re3 Bh8 32.Rg3 b4
33.Nxd6!! bxc3 34. bxc3 Bg7 35.Ne4 Qb6+ 36.Kh2 Rg8 37.d6 Qd8 38.c4 1-0
Sonter, Matthew (2206) -- Reilly, Tim (2302)
Oceania Zonal Championship (8.10) Auckland
2005.02.03 0-1 B08
1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Be3 a6 5.a4 Nf6 6.h3 O-O 7.Nf3 b6 8.Bd3
Bb7 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Qe2 e5 11.Rad1 exd4 12.Nxd4 Ne5 13.f3 Nxd3 14.Qxd3 Re8
15.Rfe1 d5 16.exd5 Nxd5 17.Nxd5 Qxd5 18.c3 Rad8 19.Qc2?
Rxe3!! 20.Rxe3 c5! 21.Red3 cxd4 22.cxd4 Rc8 23.Qe2 Bf6 24.Kh1 Kg7 25.Rc3 Rd8 26.Rc7 Rd6 27. Qe8 Bc6 28.Qb8 Bxa4 29.Re1 Qxd4 30.Rc8 0-1
Lane, Gary (2439) -- Canfell, Greg (2361)
Oceania Zonal Championship (9.1) Auckland
2005.02.04 1-0 B81
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 h6 7.h4 Nc6 8.
Rg1 h5 9.gxh5 a6 10.Be2 Bd7 11.Bg5 b5 12.a3 Be7 13.Nb3 Ne5 14.Qd4 Rc8 15.
O-O-O Qc7 16.f4 Nc6 17.Qd2 b4 18.axb4 Nxb4 19.Kb1 Bc6 20.Qd4 Qb8 21.h6!
e5
- ( 21...gxh6 22.Bxf6 )
Nxc2!? 25.Kxc2 Ba4! 26.Kb1 Qxb3 27.Bxf6! Bxf6 28.Rdf1! Rb8
- ( 28...Qc2+!? 29.Ka1 Rxc3!? 30.bxc3 ( 30.Qxc3 +- Qxc3 31.bxc3 Bxh4 ) 30...Bb3 )
Humphrey, Jonathan (2150) -- Bjelobrk, Igor
(2377)
Oceania Zonal Championship (9.4) Auckland
2005.02.04 1-0 B48
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.O-O-O Bb4 9.f3 Na5 10.Nb3 d5 11.Kb1 Nxb3 12.axb3 dxe4 13.Nb5! axb5 14. Qxb4 exf3?!
- ...Qa5!?
16.Rxd7!! Nxd7 17.Bb6!!
- A beautiful finish - bravo!
- ( 17.Bb6 Qe5 18.Rd1 Rd8 19.Bxd8 +- )
Rujevic, Mirko (2260) -- Stojic, Dusan (2036)
Oceania Zonal Championship (9.12) Auckland
2005.02.04 1-0 B23
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 e6 6.O-O Nge7 7.Qe1 O-O 8. d3 d5 9.Bb3 Na5 10.Bd2 Nxb3 11.axb3 b6 12.Nd1 Bb7 13.Bc3 d4 14.Bd2 a5 15. Qh4 Qd7 16.Ne5 Qc7 17.Rf3 f5
- ( 17...Bxe5 18.fxe5 Qxe5?? 19.Qxe7 )
31.Rxg6+!! Kh7 32.Rg7+! Kxh6 33.Rxe7 1-0
Macieja, B (2618) -- Vescovi, G (2645)
It (5) Bermuda BER
2005.02.03 1-0 A14
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 c5 7.Bb2 Nc6 8.e3
d4 9.exd4 cxd4 10.Re1 Ne8 11.d3 Nc7 12.Na3 f6 13.Nc2 e5 14.Nh4 g5 15.Nf3
Be6
16.Nfxd4!! exd4 17.Rxe6!! Nxe6 18.Bd5 Kh8 19.Bxe6 Bc5 20.Bf5 Qc7 21.a3 a5 22.Rb1 Rad8 23.Ba1 Bd6 24.b4 axb4 25.axb4 Be5 26.b5 Ne7 27.b6 Qd6 28. Be4 Rd7 29.Rb5 f5 30.Bxb7 f4 31.Bg2 fxg3 32.fxg3 Nf5 33.b7 Re7 34.Qf3 Qh6 35.Qxf5 Rxf5 36.Rxe5 Rxb7 37.Rxf5 Rb1+ 38.Rf1 Rxf1+ 39.Bxf1 Kg8 40.Bxd4 Qh5 41.Ne3 Qg6 42.Nd5 Kf7 43.Nf6 Qf5 44.Ne4 Kg6 45.Be3 h6 46.c5 Qf7 47.Bf2 Qb7 48.Nd6 Qf3 49.Nc4 Kf6 50.d4 Ke7 51.Ne3 1-0
Ballarat Begonia Open: March 12--14; Class 3 GP; Details: Patrick Cook
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
Toukley U2000 Tournament: 19-20 February, Toukley RSL Club,
Holmes Avenue, Toukley, NSW, 7 rounds, Details: Brian Jones 02-9838-1529.
Laurieton One Day Chess: February 27, 10.30am, Laurieton Services Club, NSW
Contact: Endel - 6559 9060
Peninsula Open: April 30-May 2, Queensland; Mark Stokes (07) 3205 6042
Website
Redclffe Challenge: October 15-16, Queensland; Mark Stokes (07) 3205 6042
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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
0408 824525
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