Ryde Eastwood Open, NSW:

Scores after 7 rounds:

6.0 Bjelobrk, Ayvazyan
5.0 Bolens, Pickering, Harp
4.5 Raymond Song, Mendes da Costa, Lloyd S Fell, Morris, Rachmadi, Ingram
4.0 Kevin O'Chee, Venclovas, Escribano, Tse, Hoving
3.5 Chan, Cox, Xu, Miranda, Ali, Bisson, Law
3.0 Brown, Greenwood, Watson, Tracey, Lo, Parker
2.5 Barisic, Ren
2.0 Zhang, Wilkie, Bogdanoski, C Zhang, Sugiono
1.0 Chiddy

Victorian Championship: Progress scores after 6 rounds:

5.0 West, Froehlich, Pyke
4.5 Raine
4.0 Ivanov, Kara, Hislop, Ly, Beattie
3.5 Beaumont, Zileski
3.0 Skiotis, Voon, Davenport, Ghobrial, Kovacevic, Papadinis, Fortin
2.5 McCart, Fry, Brooking, Lovegrove, Kaplan, Knox, Doon, Ruzeu, Watson
2.0 Wojnar, Henzgen
1.5 Cutting, Smith, Tambasco
0.5 Beckman

Forty-eight girls contested this year's NSW Girls Championships, more than twice as many as last year. The new NSW Girls Champion is 16-year-old Rebecca Harris, the current Australian Girls Champion. Harris suffered one loss in the six-round event - to 13-year-old Deborah Ng. The NSW Girls Under 12 Championship was won by Karishma Kumar with a clean score. Leading final scores: Under 18 (16 players, 6 rounds): Rebecca Harris 5, Sarah Behne-Smith and Emma Storey 4.5 each, Deborah Ng and Adelaide Soltysik 4 each; Under 12 (32 players, 11 rounds): Karishma Kumar 11, Michel Lu and Charmian Zhang 9 each. - Peter Parr

George Xie will represent Australia at the 2005 World Junior in Istanbul, Turkey. George is the reigning NSW and City of Sydney Champion and has a rating of 2364 FIDE and 2321 ACF.

Seniors shine: Australian representatives Phil Viner and S. Zaric have scored 2.5/4 in the World Senior Championship in Lignano, Italy. GMs Vasiukov and Hecht lead with 4/4. And Australia's IWM Biljana Dekic is just half a point behind the leaders after 3 rounds of the World Seniors Womens Championship.

Site : View games

The next ACF Council Meeting will be held on October 10. Topics for discussion include details of next year's Grand Prix and Vacant ACF positions. A new website www.chessaustralia.com.au/grandprix for the 2006 GP is being set up.

The NZ Women's Championship has been won by teenager Evgenia Charamova with a score of 6.5/7 followed by Viv Smith on 5/7. The Championship was held from Sept 26 - 29 in Auckland.

And in other Kiwi news, GM Nigel Short will make a brief tour of New Zealand in late November to play 4 or 5 simultaneous exhibitions. More details should soon be available on the NZ Chess Federation website or my Global Chess website. - Paul Spiller

Australian Championships and Australian Junior Championships 28 December 2005 to 9 January 2006

Entries are coming in steadily for these important events being held at the five star Carlton Crest Hotel in Brisbane. A full list of participants can be found at the official website www.ozchess2006.com This webpage includes an online entry form and the facility to enter online.

This will be the first time that the Australian Championships have been held in Brisbane since 1967, and the Australian Juniors were last held in Brisbane in 1989. Already a host of GMs and strong IMs have confirmed their entry.

If you wish to take advantage of the fantastic accommodation deal being offered by the Carlton Crest, you need to get in quick because it closes this Friday 30 September. The deal is $119 per room per night (accommodating a family of 2 adults and 2 kids - or 3 adults). This price then reverts to the still very special price of $129 per night.

For those intending to enter the Australian Major, this will be FIDE rated.

If you would like a hard copy entry form, or have an enquiry not covered by our webpage, please contact Ian Murray chessqld@optusnet.com.au phone 3349 2745.

Cheers Graeme Gardiner
Email ggardiner@gardinerchess.com
Webpage www.gardinerchess.com

Chess Kids is staging its own

National Open Schools Championships

Eligibility is limited to 5 schools from Victoria (host state), 3 from NSW, QLD and TAS, 2 from ACT and SA, 1 from each of NT and WA.
The top team entered from each State receives FREE accommodation, food and coaching at the Finals (for 5 players and 1 adult supervisor).
Great prizes; everyone wins something.
Winners represent Australia at the Oceania Schools Championships
4 free high-level chess coaching sessions with International Master players
All players receive free Private Tuition after their games with Master Coaches
Friendly social atmosphere; BBQ, transfer chess and movie on Saturday night.
Can your school become involved? Find out how; contact Chess Kids on interschool@chesskids.com.au or (03) 9578 6203.
Held in 3 divisions; Open Secondary, Junior Secondary and Primary

(Please note: the above is a privately run event and not to be confused with the ACF's Australian Schools Teams Championships. - Ed)

Bids invited for 2007 Australian Open/Juniors/Girls Championships and 2006 Australian Schools Teams Championships:

The Australian Chess Federation (ACF) is calling for bids for the above Championships, in accordance with the ACF's procedures for allocating ACF tournaments. These rules are viewable at http://www.auschess.org.au/constitution/Proc_for_Allocatg_ACF_Tourns.txt. Potential bidders are advised to refer to these rules and the general by-law for Australian championship events at http://www.auschess.org.au/constitution/By-laws_for_ACF_Tournaments.txt, which also applies to the events concerned.

In addition, there are by-laws that apply to specific events. These are listed (bracketed) on the list of events below, for which bids are now invited.

Australian Open Championships (http://www.auschess.org.au/constitution/By-laws_for_ACF_Tournaments.txt ref clause 7) comprising: Australian Open Championship, Australian Open Rapid-play Championship, Australian Open Lightning Championship, and incorporating the Australian Women’s Open Championships (http://www.auschess.org.au/constitution/By-law2.txt)

Australian Junior and Girls Championships (http://www.auschess.org.au/constitution/By-law3.txt) comprising: Australian Junior Championship (Under-18), Australian Under-16, Under-14, Under-12 and Under-10 Championships, Australian Girls Championship (Under-18), Australian Girls Under-16, Under-14, Under-12 and Under-10 Championships, Australian Junior Rapid-play Championship, Australian Girls Rapid-play Championship, Australian Junior Lightning Championship and Australian Girls Lightning Championship

Australian Schools Teams Championships (http://www.auschess.org.au/constitution/By-law4.txt) comprising: Australian Primary Schools Open Championship, Australian Primary Schools Girls Championship, Australian Secondary Schools Open Championship and Australian Secondary Schools Girls Championship

The deadline for submission of the bids is cob 30 November 2005.

Bids from persons other than State Associations should be made through, and with the consent of, the relevant State Association. Your State Association representative will have a copy of the application form that will need to be used when submitting a bid

The ACF Council will consider all bids during it's January meeting, and it is envisaged that the decision on the venue of the next Australian championship will be announced at the conclusion of the 2006 Championship in Brisbane.

If you have any queries, please contact the ACF President, Denis Jessop on (02) 6288 1935 or mobile 0418 278324

- Jey Hoole
ACF Secretary

World News:

Topalov 2 points ahead in FIDE World Championship: Bulgaria's Veselin Topalov has set a cracking pace, opening up a sensational 2-point lead in the double round-robin event. Round 6 saw Topalov beat Polgar with black, while Anand and Svidler drew. In round 5 Topalov beat Svidler, other games drawn. In round 4, Leko recovered from a poor start to beat Polgar; Kasimdzhanov upset Anand; Topalov beat Adams and Morozevich continued his disastrous form with a loss to Svidler. Round 3 saw Anand-Adams 1-0; Svidler-Leko 1-0; and Polgar-Kasimdzhanov 1-0, while Morozevich-Topalov was 0-1. All round 2 games drawn. Anand, Topalov, Morozevich, Adams, Leko, Kasimdzhanov, Svidler and Polgar ared playing.
Round 6 Standings: Topalov 5.5; Svidler, Anand 3.5; Kasimdzhanov 3; Leko 2.5; Polgar 2.0; Adams, Morozevich 1.5.
Site : View games

Karabakh International: A strong and controversial tournament being played in a disputed region between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Scores after 3 rounds: Anastasian, Bu Xiangzhi 2.5; Aronian, Asrian, Ivanchuk, I.Sokolov 1.5; Bologan, Dreev, Macieja, Nakamura 1.0. Site : View games A : : View games B

Open Dutch Rapid: A very convincing victory for the young German star. Leading final scores after 9 rounds: Naiditsch 8.0; Van Wely, Glek, Seirawan and Van den Doel 6.5. View games

Internacional Governador Mario Covas: Players include Vescovi, Milos, Leitao, Felgaer, Granda Zuniga and Rodriguez. Site : View games A

FIDE Ratings: Kramnik has fallen further in the October list, sinking to seventh place. 1 Kasparov 2812; 2 Anand 2788; 3 Topalov 2782; 4 Leko 2751; 5 Ivanchuk 2748; 6 Svidler 2740; 7 Kramnik 2739; 8 Polgar 2735; 9 Bacrot 2725; 10 Aronian 2724. Site

World Seniors: Leading scores after rounds: Vasiukov, Hecht 4.0. Site : View games

Bulgarian Team Championship: 14 GMs and 25 IMs are playing. Site

Monarch Assurance Open: Areshchenko and Shabalov won the event with 7/9. Final scores: Areshchenko, Shabalov 7.0; Galkin, Kobalia, Korneev 6.5; Brodsky, David, Epishin, Erenburg, Gormally, Ikonnikov, Klenburg, Kuzubov, Mikhalevski, Neubauer, Yakovich 5.5. Site : View games

Games:

The FIDE World Championship Tournament under way in Argentina has featured some spectacular games:

Anand, V (2788)    --    Adams, Mi (2719)
WCh-FIDE  (3)   San Luis ARG
2005.09.30     1-0     C92

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a4 h6 13.Bc2 exd4 14.cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5 16.d5 Nd7 17.Ra3 c4 18.axb5 axb5 19.Nd4 Qb6 20.Nf5 Ne5 21.Rg3 g6 22.Nf3 Ned3

( 23...Nxe1 24.Nxh6+ ( 24.Nxe1!? contains the material losses and leaves white with a strong attack. Also, the Nb4 is on. For example, 24...Na6 25.Nxh6+ Kg7 26.Qc3+ Kh7 27.Nxf7 Bg7 28.Qf3 looks winning for white ) 24...Kh7 25.Nxf7 Nxf3+ 26.gxf3 )

24.Nxh6+ Bxh6 25.Qxh6 Qxf2+ 26.Kh2 Nxe1 27.Nh4!! Ned3

28.Nxg6!! Qxg3+ 29. Kxg3 fxg6 30.Qxg6+ Kf8 31.Qf6+ Kg8 32.Bh6

( 32.Bh6 Ra7 33.Qg6+ Kh8 34.Qxe8+ +- )

Polgar, Ju (2735)    --    Kasimdzhanov, R (2670)
WCh-FIDE  (3)   San Luis ARG
2005.09.30     1-0     B90

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4 e5 8. Nf5 g6 9.g5!

White has little choice, since Nf5-anywhere loses the g-pawn. White gets a very strong attack for the piece.

( 10.gxf6 f4!? looks good for black )

Active defence. Rather than retreating the Nf6, Black counterattacks by threatening ...d4

This time it's only a pseudo-sac, since white can recover the piece

( 14...Ng8 15.Re4+ Be7 16.f6 )

( 15...Ng8 16.f6 doesn't help much )

I don't understand this

( 18...Bxf6 19.Nd5 )

There's no time to lose! Morphy would be proud.

( 21...Be6 22.Rxa8 )

( 21...Be5 22.f4 Bxf4 23.Rxe8+!! )

Confining the king

Threatening Nb4+

( Not 42.c8=Q Bxc8 43.Nxc8 Kxf5 with a draw likely )

( 42.Kc5 Kxf4 43.Kd6 )

Kasimdzhanov, R (2670)    --    Anand, V (2788)
WCh-FIDE  (4)   San Luis ARG
2005.10.01     1-0     B90

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Bg7 10.h3 Ne5 11.Nf5 Bxf5 12.exf5 Nbc6 13.Nd5 e6 14.fxe6 fxe6 15.Ne3 O-O 16.Be2 Qe7 17.O-O Rad8 18.Bh5 Kh8 19.Re1 d5 20.a4 Nc4 21.Nxc4 dxc4 22.Qg4 Qb4 23.Qxe6 Rd2

( 23...Qxb2 24.Rab1 Qxc2 25.Rxb7 )

( 24...Rxc2 25.Rd7 threatening Rxg7, Qg6+ etc )

25.Qe4 Nf5 26.Be5

Rxf2!? 27.Bf3

( 27.Kxf2 Nd6+ )

Prevents Qb6+

Svidler, P (2738)    --    Topalov, V (2788)
WCh-FIDE  (5)   San Luis ARG
2005.10.03     0-1     B90

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Bg7 10.h3 Ne5 11.Nf5 Bxf5 12.exf5 Nbc6 13.Nd5 e6 14.Ne3 Qa5+ 15.c3

Amazing

( 18.Ke2 Nd4+ )

( 18.Kc1 Bxb2+ 19.Kxb2 Qb4+ 20.Kc1 Nd4 21.Qd1 Rc8+ 22.Bc4 Qc3+ 23.Kb1 Rc6 24.Qa4 b5 )

Australia's top player, GM Ian Rogers, recently competed in the Malaysian Open, and although he missed out on first, he played some spectacular games. The tournament was won in sensational fashion by Chinese teenager Wang Hao, who seems destined for even bigger things.

Situru, N (2382)    --    Rogers, I (2569)
2nd Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysian Open  (4)   Kuala Lumpur MAS
2005.08.21     0-1     B37

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Nc2 d6 7.Be2 Qb6 8. Nc3 Bxc3+!? 9.bxc3 Qa5 10.Bd2 Nf6 11.f3 Be6 12.Nd4 Qc5 13.Nxe6 fxe6 14.Rb1 O-O!? 15.Rb5 Qa3 16.Qc2 b6 17.f4 Rac8 18.h4 e5 19.O-O Qa6 20.f5?

Wang Hao (2512)    --    Torre, E (2535)
2nd Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysian Open  (5)   Kuala Lumpur MAS
2005.08.22     1-0     C45

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bb4+ 5.c3 Bc5 6.Be3 Bb6 7.Qg4 Qf6 8.Qg3 Qg6 9.Qf4 Qf6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Nd2 d6 12.Bd3 Qxf4 13.Bxf4 Ne7 14.a4 a5 15.Nc4 Rb8 16.e5 d5 17.Nxb6 cxb6 18.e6 Rb7 19.exf7+ Kxf7 20.O-O-O Bf5 21.Rhe1 Bxd3 22.Rxd3 Rd8 23.Rf3 Rdd7 24.Bg5+ Kg8 25.Re6 Rbc7 26.Bf4 Rc8 27.Be3 b5 28.Bc5 Ng6 29.Rfe3 Kf7 30.g3 bxa4 31.f4 Rcc7 32.f5 Ne7 33.g4 Ng8 34.Re8 Ne7 35.Rh8 h6 36.Re6 Rb7

( 43...Kxg7 44.Rg6+ Kf8 45.Rh8+ Ke7 46.Rh7+ +- )

( 44...Rxg5 45.hxg5 Kxg7 46.Rxc6 )

( 47.Kd1 Rbb2 48.Rg7+ Kf8 49.Rd7+ Kg8 50.Re8# )

Antonio, R (2513)    --    Rogers, I (2569)
2nd Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysian Open  (6)   Kuala Lumpur MAS
2005.08.23     1-0     C16

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Qe7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 b6 7.Qg4 f5 8. Qh5+ Qf7 9.Qd1 Ba6 10.Bxa6 Nxa6 11.a4 Nb8 12.a5 Nc6 13.axb6 cxb6

The open a-file is a nice asset, but black already has a passed pawn

... and play on the white squares

Standard Winawer play to weaken the kingside dark squares

It's good to get rid of the Nc4

Totally changing the flavour of the game

A daring king charge

Trying to tempt white into a mating net?

Threatening Rbe7 mate

Black can't move!

A picturesque conclusion. Black's entangled in a web partly of his own making

( 58.b5+ Kb7 59.Rxa7+ Kc8 60.Ra8+ Kc7 61.R5a7# )

Situru, N (2382)    --    Wang Hao (2512)
2nd Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysian Open  (9)   Kuala Lumpur MAS
2005.08.24     0-1     C12

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 g6 9.h4 c5 10.Bd3 Nxd2 11.Kxd2 Bd7 12.h5 g5 13.f4 Nc6 14.fxg5 Qa5 15. gxh6 O-O-O 16.Qf4 Nxd4 17.g4 Nb5 18.Bxb5 Bxb5 19.g5 d4 20.Rh3 dxc3+ 21.Ke1 Rd4 22.Qf6 Rhd8 23.h7

( 24.h8=Q Re4+ 25.Kf2 Qd4+ 26.Kg3 Rg4+ 27.Kh2 Qd2+ 28.Kh1 Qg2# )

Rogers, I (2569)    --    Torre, E (2535)
2nd Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysian Open  (10)   Kuala Lumpur MAS
2005.08.25     1-0     D17

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 a5 9.f3 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.e4 Bg6 12.Be3 e6 13.Bc4 Bd6 14.Qd2 Qc7 15.Qf2 O-O 16.g3 Kh8 17.O-O Rae8 18.Rac1 Qb8 19.Rfd1 f6 20.Bf1 Bf7 21.Bh3 Rd8 22.Kh1 Rfe8 23.Bg2 Bc7 24.f4 Bh5 25.Rd2 Bb6 26.g4!! Bf7

( 26...Bxg4 27.Qh4 f5 28.h3 +- )

( 36...hxg6 37.hxg6 and Qh4+ )

Black's Bg8 is restricted

41...Qc7 42.Nf4! Bf7 43.Rdf2 Qc4

44.Ng6+!! hxg6

( 44...Bxg6 45.hxg6 hxg6 46.Rh2+ Kg8 47.Qh3 )

( 46.R7f4 Qxb2 47.hxg6 Kg8 48.Qh3 )

Rogers, I (2569)    --    Wang Hao (2512)
2nd Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysian Open  (11)   Kuala Lumpur MAS
2005.08.26     0-1     A28

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Qc2 d6 6.a3 Bxc3 7.Qxc3 e4 8. Ng1 Ne5 9.b4 b6 10.f4?!

( 15.Kd1 Qxf3+ )

( 16.Qxe4+ Qxe4+ 17.Kxe4 Bb7+ -+ )

Reminiscent of the Andersen double rook sacs of old

17.Qxh8+ Ke7 18.Qg7 Rg8!! 19.Qxg8

Nf6+

( 19...Nc5+!! 20.Kc3 Na4+ 21.Kb3 Qd1+!! 22.Ka2 Qc2+ 23.Bb2 Qxb2# was quicker )

( 27...Qe2+ 28.Kb1 Bf5 )

Grand Prix tournaments:

Coffs Harbour Open: Incorporating the NSW Country Championship; Cat 3; 1st $750; November 12-13; DOP: Charles Zworestine; Assistant DOP: John Maddix; Coffs Harbour Catholic Club, 61a West High Street, Coffs Harbour.

Central Coast Leagues Chess Club Weekender/Gosford Open: November 5-6, 10am start; Central Coast Leagues Club, Dane Drive, Gosford; www.GosfordChess.com; 60min + 10s/move; Estimated Prizes $325; $175; $100 plus rating prizes. Entry $45; $35; $30; $10 off before Oct 30; Post entries to Allen Robinson, CCLCC Treasurer, 25 Wildrose Street, Kellyville 2155; Enquiries : Allen on 0412 607 207 OR Keith Farrell (02) 4341 7864; Keith@GosfordChess.com

Other events:

Berger Cup: Monday nights, 17 October-12 December; Hakoah Club, 61 Hall Street Bondi, NSW; 9 round Swiss; Open/Under 1700; 7.30pm start; Registration by emailing vfeldman@bigpond.net.au. $40/$30/$20 entry; Vladimir Feldman 0414798503; http://hakoahchessclub.freeservers.com

Melbourne Cup Weekender: MCC; Oct 29-Nov 1; 7 Round Swiss; 90 min + 30s a move; entries close 11am; Entry$60/$50/$5 off for for MCC members MCC.

Wendy Terry Memorial: (formerly called the Redcliffe Challenge); Oct 29-30 - dates now confirmed; 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

Laurieton Spring Open: October 29-30; $300 First Prize; Entry: $25 Seniors; $12 u/18. Contact: Endel 6559 9060 endelinn@yahoo.com.au

The Best in the West: November 5-6; Hobsons Bay - Yarraville Chess Club 135 Stephen Street Yarraville; Contact Grant Bultman Email 0422744743 Website

MCC Christmas Swiss Weekender: Dec 17-18 from 11am; 60 min + 30s/move; Entry $50/$40/$5 off for MCC members.

International events:

Bangladesh Chess League: Nov 12-27. Details.

Open Liberec: Oct 22-29; Liberec, Czech Republic; http://www.czechtour.net j.mazuch@avekont.cz

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

6th Bangkok Chess Club Open: April 11-16; www.bangkokchess.com

Singapore Masters: For more details, click here.

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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