Australian Chess Federation newsletter

Igor Bjelobrk -- Ian Rogers
NSW Open (7) Sydney
2005.06.13 1-0 E81d
Annotations by Igor Bjelobrk

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nge2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Ng3 exd5 9.cxd5 a6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.Be2 h5 12.Bg5 Qa5 13.Qc1 Re8 14.O-O Nh7 15. Bh4 Ne5?!

Lea, Tom (1796) -- Tang, Jason (1298)
2005 Victorian Open Championship (1.26) Box Hill
2005.06.11 0-1 C13

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 h6 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Bd3 a6 9.Qg4 O-O 10.Rh3 Kh8 11.O-O-O c5 12.Rg3 Rg8 13.Nf3 c4 14.Be2 Nf8 15.Nxd5?? exd5 16.Qxc8 Ne6!

IM Peter Froehlich (2374) -- Adrian Flitney (1954)
2005 Victorian Open Championship (3) Box Hill
2005 0-1

Here tournament stalwart Adrian Flitney nicely demonstrates the attacking resources of the Tarrasch Defence 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.a3 a6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.b4 Bd6 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O Bc7 12.Bb2 Qd6 13.g3 Bh3 14.Re1 Rad8 15.b5 Ne5 16.Nxe5 Qxe5 17.Na4 Qf5 18.b6 Ne4!! 19.Bf3

Top seeds Kevin Bonham and Nigel Frame have tied for the 2005 Tasmanian Open title. Frame, the reigning state champion, was in very impressive form throughout the event while Bonham pulled off increasingly unlikely escapes in the final four rounds. It was Frame's second win of the Open (both ties) while Bonham has won it outright twice.

Held at the Burnie club's excellent new venue at the Portside Online Centre, the event attracted 35 players (most for any Tasmanian weekender since 1988) including nineteen junior and six females (both Tasmanian records). The prize pool was up and included U18, U15 and U12 junior prizes and (a first for the state) an U18 girls prize.

With such a wide spread of player strengths an Accelerated Swiss seemed inevitable, but the decision to accelerate the top half for the first round only was somewhat surprising given that one-round acceleration normally more or less swaps the round 1 and round 2 pairings, while accelerating for more than one round reduces mismatching to some small degree. Indeed, round 2 featured massive mismatches on many boards (the sole scalp for the underdogs being junior Jackson Jolly getting a free rook from John Adams and closing out the game quickly - although some other adults had to win from embarrassing positions) but the one-round acceleration did have two very useful benefits. Firstly it sorted out the many underrated players better by pairing them against low-rated opponents, and secondly it ensured that those juniors fed to the very top seeds in round 2 had a win under their belt first.

The first round had already created chaos with three upsets - Thomas Hendrey over Glen Gibbs (15-move smash in a Classical French after White 0-0-0d into terminal danger), John O'Mara over Charles Chadwick and Leo Minol over the unpredictable Milutin Ivkovic. Eight players entered round 3 tied for the lead. Bonham beat Hendrey from a poor position after forgetting his theory beyond move 3 (!), Frame beat O'Mara, Ledger drew with Stephen Ferris and fast-improving junior Alistair Dyer defeated Phil Donnelly (a 658-point rating difference). The latter had been a showy tactical struggle with Dyer attacking two pawns down - Donnelly missed a crushing intermediate Nh6+ and had to drop a piece.

The top two seeds drew their round 4 game after Bonham scrambled to recover a pawn dropped during a failed minority attack, while Alastair Dyer became both the youngest and the lowest-rated player to ever lead a Tasmanian open event outright with a strong win over Stephen Ferris. This set up a great stoush on board 1 where Dyer played more like an equal than a 900-point underdog as he threw everything he had at Kevin Bonham and was better to winning for most of the game before succumbing to smothered mate and back rank threats scrambled together in wild tactical time trouble. Frame had little resistance from Ivkovic on board 2, and Chadwick moved back into the picture with a win over Janice Martin.

Into the final round Frame and Bonham led Chadwick and Dyer by half a point. Frame was better out of the opening and was eventually too good for Dyer, although the latter went fairly close to drawing. The other three top board games ended in dramatic swindles: Glen Gibbs claimed third prize by beating John O'Mara from the exchange and a pawn down, while Neville Ledger with 15 minutes on his clock to Thomas Hendrey's one could not tie Gibbs by converting a won position before his own (!) flag fell, netting Hendrey a draw as Hendrey had only his king left. On board 1, Bonham hideously botched the opening after mixing up lines (again!) and wound up in a crushingly lost position. The first swindle attempt failed leaving Chadwick queen for rook and pawn up and still attacking, but another swindle won a rook. Way ahead on the clock, the top seed, perhaps now winning, walked into a counter-swindle exposing his king. A draw offer by Bonham with two and a half minutes on Chadwick's clock was declined, and Chadwick nicely forced the win of both rooks for a bishop, then offered a draw himself with one or two seconds on his clock queen for bishop up. Bonham declined and Chadwick, forgetting he could claim a 10.2 (and perhaps lacking time to do so), lost on time.

Alastair Dyer took home the U1700 ratings prize (one of four he was eligible for), and Graham Richards picked up the U1500 after beating another regular U1500 contender, Janice Martin, in the final round. Thomas Hendrey won the U18 as Dyer, who was ahead of him on countback, had won a more lucrative prize. Vincent Horton, also eligible for the U12, incredibly won the U15 despite missing the first two rounds, the U12 cascaded down to Jackson Jolly, and Megan Briant won the U18 Girls on countback.

A very well run tournament and the signs for Tasmanian chess are very positive. Games coming on Burnie Chess Club site (http://www.keypoint.com.au/~phild707/). Tournament booklet will be available from the organisers for a small charge.

5.5/6 Kevin Bonham 1932, Nigel Frame 1831
4.5 Glen Gibbs 1794
4.0 Alastair Dyer 1056 (j), Thomas Hendrey 1501 (j), Neville Ledger 1599, Russell Horton UNR#, Charles Chadwick 1771, Graham Richards 1401, Leo Minol 1169
3.5 John O'Mara 1484, Phil Donnelly 1714, Stephen Ferris UNR, Vincent Horton 589 (j)#
3.0 Milutin Ivkovic 1593, Janice Martin 1535 (f), Charlie Smith 777 (j), Nigel Lewis 1583, Sam McNeair UNR (j), Jackson Jolly UNR (j), John Adams 1342
2.5 Kevin Hendrey UNR (j)*, Persa Divkovic 1046 (f), Mark Ferris UNR (j)
2.0 Harrison Briant UNR (j)*, Megan Briant 504 (fj), Joanna Ferris UNR (j)*, Ethan Duniam-Douglas 183 (j), James Briant 788 (j), Nina Horton UNR (fj)#, Daniel Carew UNR (j)
1.0 Billy Taylor UNR (j), Jacinta Chatwin (fj), Christopher Vaughan UNR (j), Zachary Frame 985 (j)*

* = includes bye
# = Horton family approved absence for rounds 1 and 2 and awarded no points for these rounds.

Gibbs, Glen (1794) -- Hendrey, Thomas (1501)
Tasmanian Open (1.3) Burnie
2005.06.11 0-1 C11

Two impressive juniors caused all sorts of havoc in this year's Tassie blitz title with defending co-champions Bonham and Frame losing to Alistair Dyer (1046) and James Briant (788) respectively, and Mile Pavicic (1957) losing to both! Milutin Ivkovic, noted for strength at short time limits, escaped the menace unscathed to win his first Tas Lightning title. Dyer defeated James Briant in a one-game playoff for the junior prize.

9.5/11 Milutin Ivkovic, 8.5 Nigel Frame, 8 Kevin Bonham, 7.5 Nigel Lewis, 7 James Briant, Mile Pavicic, Alastair Dyer, 4.5 Phil Donnelly, 4 Charlie Smith

NECG Training Squad renamed: NECG was taken over/merged late last year with an American company Charles River Associates. As such NECG will not be continuing with the sponsorship of the Training Squad - previously $7000 per annum.

However, Mr Henry Ergas, one of the principals of NECG, is continuing with the sponsorship out of his personal funds.

The squad is thus being renamed the "Ergas Australian Elite Training Squad. "

Thank-you also to Ian Rogers, Ian Rout, Gary Lane and Darryl Johansen who are all taking on a homework assignment for the Ergas Squad, to Stephen Solomon for giving me some reading material ideas, to Kerry Lyall and Gerrit Hartland for all the work they are doing for the Melbourne Camp and to Graeme Gardiner for helping with the June Mini-squad in Queensland.

My Scottish counterpart George Pyrich has challenged the CCLA to a 15-20 board friendly match on the ICCF Webserver along with 3 or 4 postal boards for those that like to indulge in this quaint old custom. The start date would probably be early September and the suggestion was to use a time control of 10/40 instead of 10/60 (on the server), however I am open to your ideas on this.

As the match would be held on the Webserver we also have to make a decision whether we have live transmission (with 3 move delay) for spectators. I would be interested on your feedback on this as well.

Presently there is no charge to play on the Webserver for friendly matches so I think it would be a great opportunity for those players who havn't yet used this new format to give it a try and experience the great benefits of the server.

The Australian Championship, with a history dating back to 1885, is the most important event on the Australian chess calendar. This year it is being combined with the Australian Junior Championships, with the juniors starting at 9am daily, and the adults at 3pm. The organising committee is Ian Murray, John Humphrey and Graeme Gardiner. The venue for the event is the five star Carlton Crest in Brisbane. It will be the first time that the Australian Championships have been held in Brisbane since 1967. The Australian Juniors were last held in Brisbane in 1989.

This is a rare opportunity to bring together the entire adult and junior chess communities of Australia and we aim to make it one of the best chess events held in this country. We appeal strongly to the Brisbane and Queensland chess communities to get right behind the event. Please particularly be aware that neither the Australian Championships nor the Australian Junior Championships is restricted to �lite players, and both events cater for players of all standards. Part of the fun is to be in the company of the top players, and simply to enjoy the atmosphere of top class chess. But we emphasise that adults and juniors of all standards can participate.

So please plan your Christmas holidays around participating in the Australian Championships. For those who cannot commit themselves to 13 days of chess, the Australian Minor runs from 3 to 9 January.

Full details are available at www.ozchess2006.com. This webpage includes an online entry form and the ability to enter and pay securely online. Ian Murray has done most of the work involved in putting up such a comprehensive webpage, with considerable input from Wendy Gardiner and Jonathan Paxman.

This event is rated by our national magazine 'Australian Chess' as Australia's third most important weekender after the Doeberl Cup and Ballarat Begonia. Reigning champion, Grandmaster Ian Rogers will be playing, as he has done for the last 12 years. He is unlikely to get it all his own way as our visiting GM from Germany, Roland Schmaltz is very likely to be playing. And of course our local star IM Stephen Solomon never lets the GMs get off easily. WIM Arianne Caoili, who lives at Robina, is also an almost certain entrant.

In recent years we have had sufficient players and playing strength to split the event into open and under 1600 sections. This has worked very well, with a lot of much closer games and less mis-matches. We very much hope to get a good turnout of adults in addition to the strong contingent of juniors who always gain much from the experience.

The Gold Coast Chess Club looks forward to welcoming you all to its flagship tournament. An entry form can be found at the Gardiner Chess webpage (what's coming up soon), and entry can be made using your credit card via 'pay online' at www.gardinerchess.com.

Hi Paul , The Redcliffe Chess Club has decided to dedicate their October 2005 weekender to the memory of Wendy Terry. The tournament name has changed from Redcliffe Challenge to Wendy Terry Memorial Chess Tournament. Best Regards
Norm Braybrook

Timman - Bruzon Match: Timman won the rapid 3.5-0.5. Classical games follow. Site : View games

Marx Gy�rgy: Round 3 Standings: 1. Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2619 2.5; 2. Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2665 2.0; 3. Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2628 2.0; 4. Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2642 1.0; 5. Acs, Peter g HUN 2525 1.0; 6. Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2617 0.5. Site : View games

Anand wins Ciudad de Leon: Leon, Spain. Kasimdzhanov scored a big win over Shirov in the first match. Next up, Anand beat Magnus Carlsen. In the final, Kasimdzhanov beat Anand in game 1, but eventually went down 2.5-1.5. Kasimdzhanov 3-1 Shirov; Anand 3-1 Carlsen; Anand 2.5-1.5 Kasimdzhanov Site : View games

Magistral Huila: Neiva, Colombia Leading final scores after 9 rounds: Tiviakov 8.0; Korneev 7.0; Dobrov 6.5; Granda Zuniga ... 5.5. Site : View games

Ukrainian Grandmaster Vladimir Savon (1940-2005) has died in Kharkov at the age of 64. Savon played in 10 USSR Championships winning in 1971 scoring 15/21 (undefeated) ahead of Grandmasters Tal, Smyslov, Karpov, Balashov, Stein, Bronstein, Polugayevsky, Taimanov etc. This result was sensational as Savon only held the IM Title at the time of his victory. Savon scored 87% at the 1972 Olympiad helping the USSR to win the gold medals.

Savon,Vladimir A (2570) - Dzindzichashvili,Roman (2480) [B81] URS-ch39 Leningrad (13), 03.10.1971 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 h6 7.Rg1 Nc6 8.Be3 a6 9.h3 Bd7 10.f4 Qc7 11.Qd2 b5 12.Bd3 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Bc6 14.Qe2 e5 15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.exd5 Bxd5 17.fxe5 0-0-0 18.0-0-0 Qc6 19.Rgf1 dxe5 20.Bxe5 f6 21.Bf5+ Kb7 22.Rxd5 Rxd5 23.Be4 Bc5 24.Rd1 Ka7 25.Bxd5 Qe8 26.Be6 fxe5 27.Qxe5 1-0

Savon,Vladimir A - Bobotsov,Milko G [B45] Albena, 1973 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 Bb4 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.a3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 0-0 12.Bd3 Qa5 13.Qd2 e5 14.h4 Nh7 15.hxg5 hxg5 16.Rxh7 Kxh7 17.Qxg5 f6 18.Qh5+ Kg7 19.Kd2 Rh8 20.Qg4+ Kf7 21.f4 exf4 22.e5 Qxe5 23.Qg6+ Kf8 24.Re1 fxg3 25.Rxe5 fxe5 26.Qf6+ Kg8 27.Qd8+ Kg7 28.Qe7+ Kh6 29.Qf6+ Kh5 30.Be2 mate 1-0

- Peter Parr

Grand Prix tournaments:

Gold Coast Open June 18/19 Cat 3 Robina Town Centre Community Centre (Gold Coast Chess Club)
Caloundra Open: June 25-26; Cat 3. http://www.sunchess.aunz.org/ Email Bob Goodwin, Suncoast Chess Club
Port Macquarie PCYC Weekender: July 2-3; Cat 3; the venue has changed to: Quality Resort Sails, 20 Park Street, Port Macquarie, NSW; Les Wells 0403 860100
Adelaide Uni Open: July 9-10; Uni of Adelaide Union Building; Cat 3; $4000 in prizes; Entry Fees: $50/$40 for the Open, $40/30 for the U/1600 event. Live music entertainment, cinema, table tennis and a canteen that serves lunch. Contact Alex Saint; http://www.unichess.org/
Fairfield RSL Winter Cup: July 16-17; 14 Anzac Avenue Fairfield Sydney; Cat 3; 7 Round Swiss; 1 hour + 10 seconds a move; Registration 9.15-9.45am Saturday; Entry Fees $50 Adults, $40 Pension/ Students, $35 Juniors. Email. Website
ANU Open: July 23-24; Category 3 GP; Australian National University, Acton, ACT; $3000 in prizes, first $1000; $70/$50 entries. Contact Shun Ikeda 02 6125 4030 Email; Website.
Nell Van De Graaff Classic Sept 10-11; Cat 3; Somerset College Sports Pavilion (Gold Coast Chess Club).
Hobart Weekender: Sep 10-11, Migrant Resource Centre, 49 Molle St, Hobart. Contact: Kevin Bonham email k_bonham@tassie.net.au
Geelong Open: October 1-2. Geelong Chess Club.

Other events:

Coal City Open: August 6-7; Newcastle Bridge Club, Young Road, Broadmeadow, 100 Metres from the Railway Station; 6 Round Swiss; $50/$35 - $10.00 discount before July 24. Advance entries to Colin Parsons, 14 Wyndham Way, Eleebana. 2282. For information ring 49469267, 49433862, 49612223. E-mail glithgow@bigpond.net.au or dougrany@aol.com

Blackwater Chess Club Queens Birthday tournament and workshop (Queensland): All players will be separated into grades. Salvation Army Hall. Email or contact Craig on 49 861 687. Workshop June 8th 5-9pm, 10th 7-9:30pm, 11th 5-9pm. Tournament June 12-14 9am.

Wendy Terry Memorial Chess Tournament (formerly called the Redclffe Challenge): October 15-16, Queensland; Mark Stokes (07) 3205 6042 Website
The Best in the West: November 5-6; Contact Grant Bultman Email 0422744743 Website

International events:

Czech Tour - International Chess Festivals Series - http://www.czechtour.net

Queenstown Chess Classic: Jan 15-24, 2006 with Rapid and Lightning events on Jan 25-26. Total prizefund over $NZ35,000. www.queenstownchess.com Confirmed entries from GM's Rogers and Chandler. NZ's largest ever chess event anticipated.

The International Chess Festival "M. Sadoveanu" 20th Edition, Jassy 20 - 26.08.2005; home.dntis.ro ; Manole Vasile: phone nr. 0040740/277850 ; Fax: 0040232/204454. e-mail: iasitel@yahoo.com . Ungureanu Vlad: phone nr. 0040741/665384 e-mail: iasitel@yahoo.com

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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