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No. 329, August 3, 2005
In this issue:
The ACF is seeking a naming rights sponsor for the 2006 Australian Chess Grand Prix, which covers some 40 separate chess tournaments held throughout Australia. The sum required is $10,000.
The money would be used to provide prizes for chess players, and the successful spoonsor would receive significant publicity in all states of Australia.
If you are interested in this olpportunity to be associated with chess and reach many thousands of chess enthusiasts and their families, please contact
2006 ACF Grand Prix Director Brian Jones
WIM Biljana Dekic is the only applicant to represent Australia at the Womens
World Seniors and is therefore selected unopposed as Australia's
representative for this position. My thanks to Biljana on behalf of the ACF
for her interest in representing Australia at this event.
- Kevin Bonham
Malaysia Open - special prize for Aussies:
2nd Dato Arthur Tan Malaysia Open Chess Championship, Kuala Lumpur
World Youth Championships corrected results:
U18 Open: 5.5 Vincent Suttor (N); 4 Gareth Oliver (A), Peter Jovanovic (A).
Click here for details.
Aussies Overseas:
IM Aleks Wohl (NSW), seeded 23rd, finished
11th-20th equal in the Biel Masters in Switzerland with 7/11. Aaron Guthrie (SA) scored 5
points. The 100 player event was won by GM M .Kobalia (RUS 2614) scoring 8.5
followed by GM E. Alekseev (RUS 2625) on 8 points. - Peter Parr
WA Championship - Leading standings after round 5:
Barber, Choong 4.5; Kueh, Viswanath, Leonhardt, Hare, Kurniawan, Maris, Dunlop 3.5.
View games at theWACA site.
WA Midland Masters:
Midland Challengers
Metro Open
Because of a clash with another function, the Wendy Terry Memorial tournament in Queensland will need
to be rescheduled to either Oct 29/30 or Nov 19/20. Will confirm ASAP. Check the Redcliffe club webpage at http://www.crcchess.com/index.html . - Norm Braybrooke
Australian Championships and Australian Junior Championships, 28 Dec 2005 to 9 Jan 2006
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 élite 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.
Junior age groups are under 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18.
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.
Nice Open: Players include Tkachiev, Maksimenko and Siebrecht.
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European Team Championship: Round 2 saw Azerbaijan draw 2-2 with Russia, while Hungary lost 1.5-2.5 to Israel Ukraine lost by the same margin to the Netherlands. In round 1 Croatia lost 1˝ - 2˝ to Russia, Israel 3˝ beat Slovenia 1/2; and Spain lost 1-3 to Ukraine, while Armenia and Lithuania drew 2-2. British Championship: Leading scores after 2 rounds: Jones, Woodward, Jessel, Pert, Mason, Gordon, Sowray 2.0. Dutch Open: Leading scores after 5 rounds: Nijboer, Turov 4.5. Czech Open: Leading final scores after 9 rounds: Kovalev 7.5; Potkin, Azarov, Kharitonov, Najer 7.0;
Henrichs, Shalimov, Oleksienko,
Zubarev, Fridman, Sandipan, Grachev,
Sundararjan, G.Gutman, A.Zhigalko,
Comas Fabrego, Anisimov, Petrik,
Kabanov, Szoen, Visser, Krivoruchko 6.5. Kobalia wins Biel Master Tournament: Leading final scores after 11 rounds: Kobalia 8.5; Alekseev 8.0; Tseshkovsky, Kritz, Milov, Golod, Bocharov, Roiz, Pavlovic, Sriram 7.5;
Cvitan, Nemet, Raetsky, Ulibin, Costa, Wohl, Sutter, Klovans, Rukavina, Masserey 7.0 ... Guthrie 5.0. FIDE Championship website: The event starts September 27 in Argentina. Kasimdzhanov, Adams, Leko, Anand, Topalov, Morozevich, Svidler and Polgar are playing.
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The website is publishing brief interviews with the players. Here are some questions and answers for Vishy Anand:
1) What are your expectations about this important competition?
2) How do you evaluate the way of play of this competition? (Double round-robin)
3) Which are your favourite players among your seven opponents? And who will be the toughest?
4) How are you preparing yourself for the WCC Argentina 2005?
5) Do you think that you will be coming being in your best competition level?
6) Which will be the "tips" to win the competition?
7) Will this tournament be very different from all the others you have already played?
8) Will the spectators be seeing "new things" in the way of playing?
9) Why should spectators don’t miss this championship?
10) Name the first things that come in to your mind when you think of Argentina.
Source: Press Office of the WCC San Luis 2005
Mamedyarov, S (2646) -- Kristjansson, St
(2459) 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O Nb6
8.Nc3 Nc6 9.d5 Na5 10.Qc2 Bd7 11.Rd1 Qc8 12.b3 c6 13.d6 exd6 14.Ba3 c5 15.
Rxd6 Re8 16.Rad1 Bf5 17.Qc1 c4 18.b4 Nc6 19.b5 Ne5 20.Nxe5 Bxe5 21.R6d2 a6
22.bxa6 Rxa6 23.Bb2 Ra5
Grant, J (2273) -- Palo, D (2519) 1.c4 e5 2.g3 c6 3.Nf3 e4 4.Nd4 d5 5.cxd5 Nf6 6.Nc3 cxd5 7.Qb3 Bc5 8.
Qb5+ Nbd7 9.Nb3 a6 10.Qa4 Ba7 11.Bg2 O-O 12.O-O Ne5 13.d3 b5 14.Qa3 exd3
15.Nd2 Rb8 16.b4 d4 17.Ncb1 dxe2 18.Re1 d3 19.Nf3 Bxf2+!! 20.Kh1 Bb7 21.
Nxe5 Qd5!! 22.Rg1 Qxg2+!! 23.Rxg2 e1=Q# 0-1
Gormally, D (2557) -- Wagener, Cl (2273) 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O
8.Ne2 c5 9.Be3 Nc6 10.O-O Bd7 11.Rb1 a6 12.dxc5 Qc7 13.Nd4 Ne5 14.Be2 h5
15.Qb3 Rab8 16.f4 Ng4 17.Bxg4 hxg4 18.f5 Qxc5 19.fxg6 Be6 20.Qb6 Qxb6 21.
Rxb6 Bxa2
Megaranto, Susanto (2499) -- Van Leent, Dimitri
(2261) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Bc5 5.d3 d6 6.Be3 Bb6 7.Nbd2 O-O
8.a4 Nd4 9.Bxd4 Bxd4 10.Nxd4 exd4 11.h3 d5 12.e5 a6 13.exf6 Qxf6 14.Qf3
Qxf3 15.Nxf3 c5 16.b4
Hall, Je (2487) -- Akopian, Vl (2705) 1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Ngf3 b6 5.c3 c5 6.Be2 Qc7 7.O-O Nc6 8.
Re1 Bd6 9.a3 O-O 10.b4 dxe4 11.dxe4 Ne5 12.Nc4 Nxc4 13.Bxc4
Janjgava, L (2472) -- Sakalauskas, V (2473)
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O Nb6
8.Nc3 Nc6 9.e3 e5 10.d5 Na5 11.e4 c6 12.Bg5 f6 13.Be3 cxd5 14.Bxb6 Qxb6
15.Nxd5 Qd8 16.Rc1 Nc6 17.Qb3 Rf7 18.Rfd1 Be6 19.h4 Kh8 20.Kh2 Rd7 21.Bh3
Bxh3 22.Kxh3 Ne7
Antoniou, A (2198) -- Kozul, Z (2585) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9.f4 b5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Qe1 h5 13.Kb1 h4 14.f5 Qe7 15.fxe6 fxe6 16.Ne2 Qg7 17.Nd4 Bd7 18.Qa5 Rh5 19.a4 Rb8 20.Qxa6 bxa4 21. Bc4 Re5 22.Rhf1 Be7 23.Nc6 Bxc6 24.Qxc6+ Kf7 25.Rxd6 Qg4 26.Qc7 Re8 27.Rb6 Qxe4 28.Rb7 Qxg2 29.Rd1 Qg5 30.Rd7 Re1+ 31.Ka2 f5 32.Qa5 Rh1 33.Rdc7 a3! 34.Bb5
34...Ra1+!! 35.Kb3 axb2 36.Bxe8+ Kf8!! 0-1
Karlsson, L (2472) -- James, Dav (2213) 1.g3 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.c4 Be7 5.b3 O-O 6.Bb2 c5 7.e3 Nc6 8.O-O
b6 9.Qe2 Bb7 10.d3 Qc7 11.Nbd2 Rad8 12.a3 dxc4 13.Nxc4 Nd7 14.Rac1 Qb8 15.
Rfd1 Bf6 16.d4 cxd4 17.exd4 Ne7 18.Ne3 Rc8 19.Nc4 Rfd8 20.h4 Bd5 21.Nfe5
Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Nd5 23.Re1 b5
Bakalarz, M (2423) -- Godena, M (2522) 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.g3 Bxc3 4.bxc3 d6 5.Bg2 Ne7 6.d3 O-O 7.e4 Nbc6
8.Rb1 b6 9.Ne2 Qe8 10.O-O f5 11.f3 Bd7 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.g4 Be6 14.h3 Rd8
15.f4 exf4 16.Nxf4 Bf7 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.cxd5 Ne5 19.Bg5 Rd7 20.d4 Ng6 21.Qd3
h6 22.Rbe1! Qa8
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. North Queensland Open Championships: August 6-7; Townsville City Council Chambers, 103 Walker St; Prizes: $500/$350 and rating prizes; Entry Fee $70/$60 or $50/$40 early bird. GMs, IMs, WGMs, WIMs free; Players must be CAQ members. Non-members must pay 10% annual membership fee with entry. Contact Darren Napier, PO Box 313, Aitkenvale QLD 4814, Ph: 0412606213. Email: darrennapier@bigpond.com 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. Details and entry form at http://users.bigpond.net.au/newcastle_chess/index.htm NSW Rapid Play: 20 minutes plus 10 seconds per move. Ryde-Eastwood Leagues Club, 117 Ryedale Rd, West Ryde (1 minute from West Ryde Station); Sunday 14 August, from 11am until 7.30pm. (Registration closes 10.30 a.m.) 7 rounds Swiss; Entry $25; 1st $300. Email trentthechessnut@yahoo.com.au. Website: http://www.nswca.org.au/ or phone Trent Parker on 0419 469 764. Rooty Hill Open: 7-round Swiss over seven weeks, commencing Monday, August 15, 7.30pm. Entry fees: $25 members, $30 non-members. Prizes: 1st $250, 2nd $150. Division prizes of $100 each for U1900, U1700, U1550, U1400. http://www.rootyhillchess.org/open.html NSW Championships: Ryde-Eastwood Leagues Club, 117 Ryedale Rd, West Ryde (1 minute from West Ryde Station); 21st August to 30th October (9 Sundays, excluding the Sept 18th and the long weekend on October 2nd). Start 2pm; 90 min + 30 seconds per move from the start; Three divisions: Championship restricted to the top 10 players who apply by 9th August. Reserves and U1600. Email trentthechessnut@yahoo.com.au. Website: http://www.nswca.org.au/ or phone Trent Parker on 0419 469 764. Ford Memorial: North Sydney Leagues Club, Abbott & Palmer Streets, Cammeray; Tuesdays from 30 August - 15 November, 7.30pm-11.30pm; Over $1,900 Guaranteed Prize Money; Handicap/upset/senior/junior prizes; Entry Fee: Juniors $10; NSLC Chess Club Members $20; Non-members $30. Contact Norman Greenwood, 15/208 Pacific Highway, Hornsby 2077, or at Club meetings on Tuesdays. Wendy Terry Memorial: (formerly called the Redcliffe Challenge); Dates to be determined, either Oct 29-30 or Nov 19-20; Grace Lutheran College, Buchanan Rd. Rothwell, Qld. 1st $600. Entries $50/$45/$40/$30. $10 late fee. Entries/enquiries Mark Stokes, 20 Melaleuca Drive, Strathpine 4500, Tel: 32056042, email: markcstokes@hotmail.com. Website
The Best in the West: November 5-6; Contact Grant Bultman Email 0422744743 Website 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 GMs 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
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