1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 d6 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Bf5 8. Ne1 Qc8 9.e4 Bh3 10.Nc2 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 e5 12.d5 Ne7 13.b4 a5 14.a3 Nd7 15. Rb1 axb4 16.axb4 f5 17.f3 Kh8 18.Be3 b6 19.Qe2 Ng8 20.Ra1 Ngf6 21.Bg1 fxe4 22.fxe4 h5 23.Nb5 Qb7 24.Rfb1 Rxa1 25.Rxa1 Ne8 26.Ne1 Bh6 27.Be3 Bxe3 28. Qxe3 Kg7 29.Nf3 Ndf6 30.h3 Nh7 31.Ra7 Qb8 32.Ra2 Rf7 33.Na7 Qa8 34.Ra3 Qd8 35.Nc6 Qc8 36.Nd2 Nef6 37.c5 bxc5 38.bxc5 Ne8 39.Rb3 Qa6 40.Nd8 Re7 41. Ne6+ Kg8 42.Rb8 Nf6 43.Qh6 Rxe6 44.Qxg6+ Kf8 45.dxe6 Qe2+ 46.Kg1 Qd1+ 47. Nf1 Qd4+ 48.Kg2 Qxe4+ 49.Qxe4 Nxe4 50.cxd6 Nxd6 51.Nd2 Ke7 52.Kf3 Nf6 53. Nf1 Kxe6 54.Ne3 Nf7 55.Rc8 Kd7 56.Ra8 Ng5+ 57.Kg2 Nf7 58.g4 hxg4 59.hxg4 Ne4 60.Kh3 Ke6 61.Kh4 Neg5 62.Ra6+ Kd7 63.Kh5 Ne6 64.Kg6 Nd6 65.Nf5 Ne4 66.Ra4 Nf2 67.Ne3 Nd3 68.Kf6 Ndc5 69.Ra1 e4 70.g5 Kd6 71.Rd1+ Nd3 72.g6 c5 73.Ra1 Nb4 74.Ra8 Nc6 75.Re8 1-0

Aussies overseas: Aussie GM Ian Rogers and FM Manuel Weeks (2273) played in the 100-player Reykjavik Open, Iceland. The top seed was World Junior champion Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE 2709). Junior sensation Magnus Carlsen led for much of the event but faltered in the final round.

Final standings: Sargissian, Adly, Mamedyarov, Nataf, Harikrishna 7.0; Carlsen, I.Sokolov, Ward, Galego 6.5; Kveinys, Stefansson, Ivanisevic, Brynell, Ian Rogers, Ehlvest 6.0.

Women's International Master Laura Moylan has taken the sole lead in the City of Sydney championship by defeating fourth seed Johny Bolens in the third round. NSW Champion Andrew Bird drew with top seed FM George Xie and the postponed game between Angela Song and Raymond Song was agreed drawn. Leading scores after round 3 (23 players, 9 rounds) L.Moylan 3, G.Xie, A.Bird, R.Song 2.5. - Peter Parr

Rej, Tomek    --    Pickering, Anthony
City of Sydney 2006  (3)   Sydney
2006.03.16     0-1     A57w

1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.c4 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.Nc3 axb5 6.e4 b4 7.Nb5 d6 8.Bf4 g5 9.Bxg5 Nxe4 10.Bf4 Nf6 11.Bc4 Bg7 12.Qe2 O-O 13.Nf3 Nbd7 14.O-O Nb6 15. a4 Nfxd5 16.Bxd5 Nxd5 17.Qe4

( 19...Qg4 20.Nd2 )

Bolens, Johny    --    Moylan, Laura
City of Sydney 2006  (3)   Sydney
2006.03.16     0-1     A00e

1.a4 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c3 e6 4.b4 Bd6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Na3 c6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Bxg3 10.hxg3 Ne4 11.Qc2 g4 12.Nh4 Qg5 13.e3 Ndf6 14.Bd3 O-O 15. O-O-O b6 16.Kb2 c5 17.Rh2 cxb4 18.cxb4 Bd7 19.Rdh1

Swiss Perfect files are now available on the the ACF website

The application form for the World Junior is now online

Applications will close on the 2nd of April.

Due to changes to the ACF by-law all children wishing to play at the World Youth need to go through the selection process and only juniors who are announced after the selection process as being selected will form part of the team. - Brett Tindall
sydneyacademy@iprimus.com.au

Turkey is proposing to hold the 2006 World Youth Chess Championships in Kemer, Antalya.

Australian Junior Internet matches: The final game from the Round 3 Match between Victoria versus Tasmania has finally finished and the final scores are:

Vic 10.5 ... Tas 1.5
ACT 6 ... NSW 6
Qld 6 ... SA 6

The ACT is leading with 27.5 points, just ahead of NSW on 26.5 with Victoria coming 3rd on 22 points.

The games are conducted on the Internet Chess Club on Sunday nights. Full details www.ausnetchess.org

- Alan Goldsmith

Ergas Junior Training Squad selected: It is always extremely hard to select this squad as Australia has so many talented Juniors. It was particularly hard this year, as there was fierce competition for the last few places. Normally the host state fills any free places that become available for the Camp in October. However this year the selectors have created a reserves list and places will first be filled from there and then go to the host state to fill. It was felt that the Juniors on the reserves list were so close to getting in, that it was only fair that they be given first option to attend the camp.

Thank-you to our hard working selectors and to all the Juniors and parents!

And of course last but I am sure with enormous appreciation from everyone. Thank-you to Mr Henry Ergas, without whose sponsorship this squad would not exist.

The 2006 Ergas Australian Elite Junior Chess Training Squad is

Girls
Under 10 Megan Setiabudi ACT
Under 12 Emma Guo ACT
Under 14 Sarah Behne-Smith NSW
Sophie Eustace SA
Molly McGarity QLD
Deborah Ng NSW
Luthien Russell QLD
Kayleigh Smith ACT
Under 16 Jessica Kinder QLD
Tamzin Oliver ACT

Open
Under 10 Vincent Horton TAS
Alexander Stahnke QLD
Laurence Matheson U10 VIC
Under 12 Justin Chow ACT
Liam McGarity QLD
James Morris VIC
Edward Xing ACT
Yi Yuan ACT
Under 14 Daniel Anderson QLD
Andrew Brown ACT
Samuel Dalton VIC
Sam Grigg QLD
Ben Harris NSW
Edwin Wu NSW
Under 16 Thomas Donaldson WA
Sherab Guo-Yuthok ACT
Justin Huang NSW
Junta Ikeda ACT
Ben Lazarus QLD
James Obst SA

Reserves
Fedja Zulfic U14 SA
Yitao Lei U14 QLD
Joshua Lau U10 NSW
Douglas Lindberg U18 VIC
Jonathan Ren U12 NSW

- Jenni Oliver

2nd World Schools Teams Championships 2006: Read details about this event here

Tasmanian Championships - Report by Kevin Bonham

The 2006 Tasmanian Championships, held at the Portside Online Centre, Burnie, featured four-hour playing sessions for the first time in ten years, and the use of incremental time controls (90 mins plus 25 seconds per move) for the first time ever. The event was, as generally expected, easily won by the state's top-rated player, Tony Dowden.

While there were less juniors playing (five) than expected, they made their presence felt in the first round with Kevin Hendrey turning the obligatory Reg Harvey kingside smash attempt on its head and trapping Harvey's queen, and Zachary Frame picking up a soft-ish middlegame draw from Neville Ledger. In round two, 2005 champion Nigel Frame blew a winning position against Thomas Hendrey (who played 2...h6 after Frame's 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4). Five players (Tony Dowden, Kevin Bonham, Glen Gibbs, Phil Donnelly and Thomas Hendrey) shared the lead after two rounds, but Dowden ground down Gibbs to take the sole lead after three rounds as Bonham and Donnelly drew and Hendrey lost to Ledger.

A potentially interesting top-board exploration of the 4...Ne4 sideline in the French Two Knights was cut short when Bonham threw away the exchange and a pawn on move 12, giving Dowden a one-point lead. Dowden didn't even have to think about taking it easy in round 5 as Donnelly also messed up the opening. A shortish draw with Ross George in the final round was enough for Dowden to win the title outright. Gibbs was a worthy runner-up, coming home with three wins in a row including an emphatic win against Nigel Frame in the final round.

Thomas Hendrey set up another U18 prize by beating Charles Chadwick in a round 4 80-mover which went slightly overtime. While 3/4 became 3/6 when he came unstuck in the endgame while very short of time against Gibbs and Bonham in the last two rounds, Thomas had already done enough. He was joined on 3 by brother Kevin, who upset strong junior Alastair Dyer in the final round to claim the U15 prize. Graham Richards recovered from 0/2 with three wins and a final-round draw with Ledger to claim the U1500 prize, while Ross George scored the U1700 after a classy swindle against Milutin Ivkovic in round 5.

For the most part the use of increments ran smoothly and was welcomed by many players, but there were four cases of the DGT XL timers resetting to a flashing "00" midgame for no obvious reason, and one case where a clock was discovered to be giving no increments mid-game (blamed on players borrowing the clock to play blitz). An unusual and somewhat contentious "sudden death clause" allowing the organisers to remove the increments after four hours if games running overtime threatened to disrupt the event, was not actually used - although it could have been had the T. Hendrey - Chadwick game occured in a morning session or had some other games threatening to go for 100+ moves not been curtailed by errors.

It is great for Tasmanian chess to have a champion of Tony Dowden's strength and experience at a time when a new wave of juniors are breaking through.

5.5/6 Tony Dowden 2160
5.0 Glen Gibbs 1746
4.5 Ross George 1693, Kevin Bonham 1938
4.0 Reg Harvey 1649
3.5 Phil Donnelly 1744, Nigel Lewis 1551, Neville Ledger 1563, Milutin Ivkovic 1554, Nigel Frame 1807, Graham Richards 1356
3.0 Thomas Hendrey 1594j, Kevin Hendrey 967j, John O'Mara 1559, Charles Chadwick 1709
2.5 Dylan Kuzmic 916*, Zachary Frame 809j*, Tony Sturges 1418
2.0 Alastair Dyer 1383j, Leo Minol 1201*, Janice Martin 1459f*
1.0 Jackson Jolly 725j*, Merran Dyer UNRf*

U1700 prize: George, U1500 prize: Richards, U18 prize: Thomas Hendrey U15 prize: Kevin Hendrey. Cheese hampers donated by Lactos and awarded to the players scoring the biggest upset in rounds 1-3 and 4-6 were won by Kevin Hendrey and Thomas Hendrey.

Several games can be viewed at the TCA's new website http://www.chesstasmania.org.au/, and here's one of mine that could have gone either way.

Ross George    --    Kevin Bonham
Tasmanian Championships   Burnie
2006.03.16     0-1     D30s

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.e3 c6 5.Be2 dxc4 6.Bxc4 b5 7.Bd3 a6 8. Ne5 Bb7 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Qc2 c5 11.Nxd7 Qxd7 12.dxc5 Qc6 13.f3 Bxc5 14.Nc3 Qb6 15.Re1 Rc8 16.Kh1 O-O 17.a3 Rc7 18.e4 e5 19.Qe2 Rd8 20.Bg5 Bd4 21.Bd2 Rcd7 22.Red1 Bc5 23.Bg5 Bd4 24.Rac1 Rc8 25.Bd2 Rc6 26.Bb1 Nh5 27.g3 Rcd6 28.Ba2 Kh8 29.Bd5 h6 30.Bxb7 Qxb7 31.Rc2 Qa7 32.Nd5 Nf6 33.Bb4 Nxd5 34. Bxd6 Ne3 35.Rc8+ Kh7 36.Bb8 Qb7 37.Rdc1 Nc4 38.Re8 Bxb2 39.Rd1 Qc6 40.Rd8 Rxd8 41.Rxd8 Bxa3 42.Qd3 Qb6 43.Qd7 b4

44.Rc8! forces a draw

47.Qxb3! Qxd7 48.Qxc4 leaves Black a pawn up with a lot of work to do.

47...b2 48.Qc2

Nd2!?

Black's 48th as played is showoff material and had White responded with 49.Bxe5! (threatening Rxg7+ drawing) Black would have had to find 49...Kg8 to ensure the win.

Ballarat Begonia Open: This big event had a healthy 116 entries and a three-way tie for first. More details next week.

Cross Table (round 7)
No Name Feder Loc Club Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 David SMERDON VIC 2456 A 6 36 : W 20 : W 10 : W 18 : W 9 : W 3 : L 14 : W
2 Leonid SANDLER VIC 2306 A 6 37 : W 5 : L 38 : W 68 : W 36 : W 10 : W 8 : W
3 Darryl JOHANSEN VIC 2444 A 6 58 : W 19 : D 51 : W 54 : W 25 : W 1 : W 4 : D
4 Guy WEST VIC 2376 A 5.5 21 : D 44 : W 5 : D 53 : W 16 : W 7 : W 3 : D
5 Dusan STOJIC VIC 1995 B 5.5 31 : W 2 : W 4 : D 7 : L 66 : W 29 : W 33 : W
6 Peter FROST VIC 1764 B 5.5 7 : D 22 : W 12 : L 75 : W 38 : W 20 : W 18 : W
7 Christopher WALLIS VIC 2077 A 5 6 : D 39 : W 15 : W 5 : W 27 : W 4 : L 17 : D
8 George XIE NSW 2336 A 5 61 : W 14 : W 18 : L 19 : W 13 : W 11 : W 2 : L
9 Mirko RUJEVIC VIC 2252 A 5 35 : W 13 : W 49 : D 66 : W 1 : L 19 : W 12 : D
10 James OBST SA 2065 A 5 47 : W 34 : W 1 : L 103 : W 54 : W 2 : L 35 : W
11 James HISLOP VIC 2058 A 5 38 : W 15 : D 21 : D 70 : W 37 : W 8 : L 45 : W
12 Milenko LOJANICA VIC 2021 A 5 39 : D 57 : W 6 : W 90 : W 33 : D 18 : D 9 : D
13 Leon KEMPEN VIC 1903 B 5 112 : W 9 : L 42 : W 40 : W 8 : L 41 : W 37 : W
14 Richard VOON VIC 1910 B 5 42 : W 8 : L 68 : W 73 : W 41 : W 33 : W 1 : L
15 Zhigen LIN VIC 1904 B 5 80 : W 11 : D 7 : L 52 : W 69 : W 26 : D 40 : W
16 Svetozar STOJIC VIC 1895 B 5 24 : W 49 : L 76 : W 65 : W 4 : L 43 : W 34 : W
17 Ascaro PECORI VIC 2056 A 5 50 : L 67 : W 43 : W 69 : D 51 : W 34 : W 7 : D
18 Malcolm PYKE VIC 2080 A 4.5 45 : W 23 : W 8 : W 1 : L 35 : W 12 : D 6 : L
19 Mariusz PECAK OS 1919 B 4.5 82 : W 3 : D 26 : W 8 : L 90 : W 9 : L 57 : W
20 Kerry STEAD NSW 2019 A 4.5 63 : W 1 : L 50 : D 57 : W 39 : W 6 : L 55 : W
21 Thai LY VIC 1852 B 4.5 4 : D 52 : W 11 : D 56 : D 49 : D 67 : W 25 : D
22 Andre FISCHER OS 2183 A 4.5 44 : D 6 : L 53 : W 55 : D 85 : W 27 : W 28 : D
23 Victor KILDISAS VIC 1917 B 4.5 43 : W 18 : L 24 : W 67 : W 34 : L 77 : W 30 : D
24 David FLUDE VIC 1651 C 4.5 16 : L 40 : W 23 : L 102 : W 73 : W 36 : W 26 : D
25 Ralph JACKSON SA 2020 A 4.5 86 : W 50 : W 33 : D 71 : W 3 : L 28 : D 21 : D
26 Mehmedalija DIZDAREVIC VIC 2023 A 4.5 51 : D 55 : W 19 : L 74 : W 50 : W 15 : D 24 : D
27 Alex KAPLAN VIC 1606 C 4.5 109 : W 58 : D 61 : W 49 : W 7 : L 22 : L 50 : W
28 Alistair ANDERSON VIC 1855 B 4.5 52 : D 51 : L 78 : W 109 : W 56 : W 25 : D 22 : D
29 Marcus RAINE VIC 1874 B 4.5 48 : W 33 : L 90 : D 91 : W 71 : W 5 : L 53 : W
30 Nigel BARROW VIC 1801 B 4.5 33 : L 62 : D 91 : W 59 : D 68 : W 81 : W 23 : D
31 David LUMSDON VIC 1683 B 4.5 5 : L 70 : L 72 : W 46 : D 87 : W 96 : W 49 : W
32 Gareth CHARLES NSW 2077 A 4.5 34 : L 66 : D 52 : L 80 : W 92 : W 59 : W 51 : W
33 Stewart BOOTH VIC 2137 A 4 30 : W 29 : W 25 : D 92 : W 12 : D 14 : L 5 : L
34 Andrew FITZPATRICK VIC 1794 B 4 32 : W 10 : L 73 : W 94 : W 23 : W 17 : L 16 : L
35 Joe SANTAVEC VIC 1838 B 4 9 : L 59 : W 70 : W 64 : W 18 : L 42 : W 10 : L
36 Tristan STEVENS SA 1855 B 4 1 : L 77 : W 56 : W 76 : W 2 : L 24 : L 67 : W
37 Tony DAVIS VIC 1838 B 4 2 : L 79 : W 60 : W 95 : W 11 : L 54 : W 13 : L
38 Nick KORDAHI NSW 1724 B 4 11 : L 65 : W 2 : L 101 : W 6 : L 73 : W 81 : W
39 Howard LISTON VIC 1704 B 4 12 : D 7 : L 92 : W 78 : W 20 : L 66 : D 79 : W
40 Eric STAAK SA 1339 D 4 105 : W 24 : L 86 : W 13 : L 103 : W 58 : W 15 : L
41 Jesse MAGUIRE ACT 1633 C 4 78 : W 75 : D 58 : D 60 : W 14 : L 13 : L 74 : W
42 Paul BEARUP VIC 1667 C 4 14 : L 83 : W 13 : L 99 : W 76 : W 35 : L 69 : W
43 Andrew BROWN ACT 1672 B 4 23 : L 93 : W 17 : L 104 : W 70 : W 16 : L 85 : W
44 Tom KALISCH VIC 1807 B 4 22 : D 4 : L 66 : L 48 : D 99 : W 71 : W 77 : W
45 Jimmy PAPADINIS VIC 1796 B 4 18 : L 69 : W 54 : L 83 : W 79 : W 74 : W 11 : L
46 Sally YU VIC 1264 D 4 84 : W 53 : L 67 : L 31 : D 83 : W 52 : D 66 : W
47 George ZILESKI VIC 1760 B 4 10 : L 68 : L 93 : W 72 : L 89 : W 70 : W 56 : W
48 Scott STEWART VIC 1650 C 4 29 : L : D 71 : L 44 : D 113 : W 104 : W 72 : W
49 Denis BOURMISTROV VIC 2035 A 3.5 97 : W 16 : W 9 : D 27 : L 21 : D 55 : D 31 : L
50 Richard McCART VIC 1710 B 3.5 17 : W 25 : L 20 : D 62 : W 26 : L 91 : W 27 : L
51 James MORRIS VIC 1705 B 3.5 26 : D 28 : W 3 : L 96 : W 17 : L 90 : W 32 : L
52 Matthew POTTER VIC 1637 C 3.5 28 : D 21 : L 32 : W 15 : L 94 : W 46 : D 64 : D
53 Patrick COOK VIC 1632 C 3.5 101 : W 46 : W 22 : L 4 : L 60 : D 61 : W 29 : L
54 Laurie DALTON VIC 1233 D 3.5 85 : W 88 : W 45 : W 3 : L 10 : L 37 : L 63 : D
55 Gary BEKKER VIC 1672 B 3.5 : D 26 : L 62 : W 22 : D 65 : W 49 : D 20 : L
56 Alexander BUDA VIC 1379 C 3.5 107 : W 63 : W 36 : L 21 : D 28 : L 82 : W 47 : L
57 David STIMSON VIC 1656 C 3.5 : D 12 : L 75 : W 20 : L 109 : W 60 : W 19 : L
58 Bas VAN RIEL VIC 1853 B 3.5 3 : L 27 : D 41 : D 93 : D 62 : W 40 : L 90 : W
59 Chris POTTER VIC 1485 C 3.5 95 : W 35 : L 98 : D 30 : D 63 : D 32 : L 94 : W
60 Joshua DALTON VIC 1369 C 3.5 110 : W 82 : W 37 : L 41 : L 53 : D 57 : L 91 : W
61 Angelo TSAGARAKIS VIC 1849 B 3.5 8 : L 91 : D 27 : L 88 : W 93 : W 53 : L 96 : W
62 Fedja ZULFIC SA 1463 C 3.5 74 : W 30 : D 55 : L 50 : L 58 : L 98 : W 95 : W
63 Werner DOBLIES TAS 1683 B 3.5 20 : L 56 : L 101 : W 100 : W 59 : D 69 : D 54 : D
64 Sophie EUSTACE SA 1195 D 3.5 79 : L 108 : W 77 : W 35 : L 67 : L 103 : W 52 : D
65 Samuel DALTON VIC 1440 C 3.5 111 : W 38 : L 102 : W 16 : L 55 : L 94 : D 97 : W
66 Derek YU VIC 1582 C 3 96 : W 32 : D 44 : W 9 : L 5 : L 39 : D 46 : L
67 John BECKMAN VIC 1552 C 3 100 : W 17 : L 46 : W 23 : L 64 : W 21 : L 36 : L
68 Alexander LAU VIC 1450 C 3 99 : W 47 : W 14 : L 2 : L 30 : L 95 : D 75 : D
69 Joel BEGGS VIC 1454 C 3 102 : W 45 : L 114 : W 17 : D 15 : L 63 : D 42 : L
70 Robert BAILEY VIC 1417 C 3 113 : W 31 : W 35 : L 11 : L 43 : L 47 : L 100 : W
71 Steven DOON VIC 1326 D 3 115 : W 78 : D 48 : W 25 : L 29 : L 44 : L 84 : D
72 Phillip DREW VIC 1313 D 3 116 : L 89 : W 31 : L 47 : W 77 : L 86 : W 48 : L
73 James ELDRIDGE VIC 1355 C 3 114 : W 80 : W 34 : L 14 : L 24 : L 38 : L 99 : W
74 Brandon LOW SA 1040 D 3 62 : L 112 : W 85 : W 26 : L 84 : W 45 : L 41 : L
75 Peter MIITEL VIC 1271 D 3 81 : W 41 : D 57 : L 6 : L 82 : L 107 : W 68 : D
76 Dennis AU VIC 1422 C 3 106 : W 97 : W 16 : L 36 : L 42 : L 84 : D 82 : D
77 Stephen WERTHEIM VIC 1524 C 3 104 : W 36 : L 64 : L 106 : W 72 : W 23 : L 44 : L
78 John KABLE VIC 1634 C 3 41 : L 71 : D 28 : L 39 : L 110 : W 93 : W 87 : D
79 Nikola IVANOV VIC 1496 C 3 64 : W 37 : L 94 : L 114 : W 45 : L 102 : W 39 : L
80 Roland BROCKMAN VIC 1660 C 3 15 : L 73 : L 96 : D 32 : L 88 : D 113 : W 102 : W
81 Geoff DAVIS VIC 1553 C 3 75 : L 92 : L 113 : W 89 : W 95 : W 30 : L 38 : L
82 Eugene SCHON VIC 1675 B 3 19 : L 60 : L 109 : D 111 : W 75 : W 56 : L 76 : D
83 Tim COMMONS VIC 1352 D 3 108 : W 42 : L 97 : L 45 : L 46 : L 114 : W 106 : W
84 Jamie BROTHERIDGE VIC 1539 C 3 46 : L 99 : W 95 : L 98 : W 74 : L 76 : D 71 : D
85 Max MOLLARD VIC 1510 C 3 54 : L 111 : W 74 : L 112 : W 22 : L 100 : W 43 : L
86 Serif TUGLACI VIC 1703 B 3 25 : L 90 : L 40 : L 108 : W 106 : W 72 : L 104 : W
87 Matthew SWEENEY NSW 1294 D 3 91 : L 110 : W 103 : L 97 : D 31 : L 92 : W 78 : D
88 Daniel POTTER VIC 1273 D 3 103 : D 54 : L 100 : L 61 : L 80 : D 105 : W 107 : W
89 Michael WICKS VIC 786 D 3 90 : L 72 : L 115 : W 81 : L 47 : L 112 : W 101 : W
90 Cameron BEET VIC 1431 C 2.5 89 : W 86 : W 29 : D 12 : L 19 : L 51 : L 58 : L
91 Adel GHOBRIAL VIC 1563 C 2.5 87 : W 61 : D 30 : L 29 : L 98 : W 50 : L 60 : L
92 William STOKIE VIC 1464 C 2.5 94 : D 81 : W 39 : L 33 : L 32 : L 87 : L 109 : W
93 Michael POTTER VIC 1374 C 2.5 98 : W 43 : L 47 : L 58 : D 61 : L 78 : L 110 : W
94 Rob LOVEBAND VIC 1100 D 2.5 92 : D 103 : D 79 : W 34 : L 52 : L 65 : D 59 : L
95 Jean WATSON VIC 1103 D 2.5 59 : L 115 : W 84 : W 37 : L 81 : L 68 : D 62 : L
96 Serge CORBEIL VIC 1300 D 2.5 66 : L 113 : W 80 : D 51 : L 97 : W 31 : L 61 : L
97 Itshak SAHAR VIC 1708 B 2.5 49 : L 76 : L 83 : W 87 : D 96 : L 109 : W 65 : L
98 Jeremy PASCOE VIC 550 D 2.5 93 : L 100 : W 59 : D 84 : L 91 : L 62 : L 113 : W
99 Oliver LEMMEL VIC 844 D 2 68 : L 84 : L 107 : W 42 : L 44 : L 111 : W 73 : L
100 William COUTTS VIC 1265 D 2 67 : L 98 : L 88 : W 63 : L 114 : W 85 : L 70 : L
101 Anthony SPENCER VIC 1325 D 2 53 : L 106 : W 63 : L 38 : L 107 : L 108 : W 89 : L
102 David TOPER VIC 892 D 2 69 : L 105 : W 65 : L 24 : L 112 : W 79 : L 80 : L
103 Ken CZUCZMAN VIC 1561 C 2 88 : D 94 : D 87 : W 10 : L 40 : L 64 : L :
104 Aaron HARBOUR VIC 1250 D 2 77 : L 114 : L 108 : W 43 : L 115 : W 48 : L 86 : L
105 Michael STEPHENS VIC 450 D 2 40 : L 102 : L 106 : L 107 : L : W 88 : L 114 : W
106 Katrina KNAPP SA 718 D 2 76 : L 101 : L 105 : W 77 : L 86 : L 115 : W 83 : L
107 Josh PETRACCA VIC 573 D 2 56 : L 109 : L 99 : L 105 : W 101 : W 75 : L 88 : L
108 Carla DE GOEDE VIC 489 D 2 83 : L 64 : L 104 : L 86 : L 111 : W 101 : L 115 : W
109 John FRANGAKIS VIC 1305 D 1.5 27 : L 107 : W 82 : D 28 : L 57 : L 97 : L 92 : L
110 Tully McCART VIC 506 D 1.5 60 : L 87 : L 111 : D 113 : L 78 : L : W 93 : L
111 Alan GRAY VIC 804 D 1.5 65 : L 85 : L 110 : D 82 : L 108 : L 99 : L 112 : W
112 Micah DALTON VIC 222 D 1 13 : L 74 : L : W 85 : L 102 : L 89 : L 111 : L
113 Marieke VAN DIJK VIC 646 D 1 70 : L 96 : L 81 : L 110 : W 48 : L 80 : L 98 : L
114 Ken STUYT VIC 500 D 1 73 : L 104 : W 69 : L 79 : L 100 : L 83 : L 105 : L
115 Jonah FUNG VIC 400 D 1 71 : L 95 : L 89 : L : W 104 : L 106 : L 108 : L
116 David SCHEPISI VIC 1614 C 1 72 : W : : : : : :

Letters

Dear Chessfriends,

I would like to let you know the new team at Chess Academy started on December 2005. We offer chess lessons for all levels. Please have a look at our website: www.chessacademy.com.au

- WIM Anastasia Sorokina

Aronian wins Linares: Aronian beat Leko with black in the final round to take the title after the other games were drawn. Leko had led throughout the event, but lost his last two games. The win is a sensational breakthrough for Aronian, a 23-year-old Armenian who only recently made the top 10. Aronian performed consistently throughout the event, usually in second place behind Leko.

Round 1 began sensationally with world champion Topalov beaten by Svidler. Vallejo Pons lost to Leko and Aronian beat Radjabov. Topalov lost again in round 4 to Radjabov and was sharing last place, while Leko and Svidler led on 3.5/4 - 1.5 points ahead of the field! Topalov finally won in round 5 - against Ivanchuk - while Svidler was stopped by Aronian. In round 6, Ivanchuk smashed Svidler and Radjabov beat Bacrot while Vallejo Pons beat Topalov. Aronian beat Bacrot in the only decisive game of round 7, which ended the Mexican leg of the tournament. Play resumes in Linares, Spain, on March 3.

Topalov beat Svidler and Ivanchuk lost on time to Bacrot in round 8, as the games moved to Linares in Spain. Topalov beat Bacrot with black in round 9 to move into third place. The Bulgarian world champion scored his third straight win in round 10, beating Aronian to move into equal second - but Leko still leads by a full point. Aronian beat Vallejo in the only decisive game of round 11, thereby regaining sole second spot. Round 12 was four draws. Topalov beat Leko to join the leaders in round 13, with just 1 round to go - a sensational recoovery from a disastrous start. Radjabov beat Svidler while Ivanchuk downed Vallejo Pons. Four lead going into the final round: Topalov, Radjabov, Leko and Aronian.

Final Round 14 Standings: 1. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2752 8.5; 2. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2700 8.0; 3. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2801 8.0; 4. Leko, Peter g HUN 2740 7.5; 5. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2729 6.5; 6. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2765 6.5; 7. Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2717 6.0; 8. Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2650 5.0.
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FIDE Women's World Championship: In Russia.
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Onischuk wins US Championship: Alexander Onischuk beat Yury Shulman in the men's final. Anna Zatonskih defeated Rusadan Goletiani 1.5-0.5 in the women's. The favourite Nakamura had a disastrous start, losing two games. GpA Round 9 Standings: Onischuk 7.0; Ibragimov, Stripunsky 6.5; Nakamura 6.0; Gurevich, Akobian, Fernandez, Kudrin, Finegold 5.5; Friedel, Serper, Stein, Kraai, Goldin, Goletiani 5.0; De Firmian, Benjamin, Schneider, Dlugy, Schneider 4.5; Tate, Florean, Lenderman, Ross 4.0; Gonzalez, Bercys, Baginskaite, Epstein, Vicary 3.5; Zenyuk; 3.0; Kleiman 1.5; Cottrell-Finegold 0.0. GpB Round 9 Standings: Shulman, Kamsky, Christiansen 6.5; Fishbein 6.0; Novikov, Shabalov, Perelshteyn, Yermolinsky, Ivanov, Wojtkiewicz, Kaidanov, Zatonskih, Kreiman, Browne 5.0; Gulko, Kriventsov, Becerra, Milman, Lugo, Ippolito, Fedorowicz, Muhammad 4.5; Ginsburg, Sarkar, Abrahamyan, Vigorito 4.0; Tuvshintugs, Liu, Airapetian, West 3.5; Itkis 1.5; Christiansen 0.5.
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Reykjavik Open: Leading Final Round 9 Standings: Sargissian, Adly, Mamedyarov, Nataf, Harikrishna 7.0; Magnus Carlsen, Sokolov, Galego, Ward 6.5; Kveinys, Stefansson, Ivanisevic, Brynell, Ian Rogers, Ehlvest 6.0.
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Almasi wins Hungarian Championship: Final Standings, 9 rounds: 1. Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2646 6.5; 2. Gyimesi, Zoltan g HUN 2602 5.5; 3. Balogh, g HUN 2561 5.5; 4. Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2597 5.0; 5. Ruck, Robert g HUN 2540 5.0; 6. Cao, Sang g HUN 2543 5.0; 7. Sax, Gyula g HUN 2539 4.5; 8. Szabo, Krisztian1 m HUN 2447 3.0; 9. Portisch, Lajos g HUN 2533 2.5; 10. Horvath, Adam1 g HUN 2532 2.5.
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Bartel wins Polish Championship: Final Standings, 12 rounds: 1. Bartel, Mateusz g POL 2524 8.5; 2. Socko, Bartosz g POL 2610 7.0; 3. Wojtaszek, Radoslaw g POL 2605 7.0; 4. Bobras, Piotr g POL 2531 7.0; 5. Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2585 7.0; 6. Czarnota, Pawel m POL 2497 6.5; 7. Heberla, Bartlomiej m POL 2487 6.0; 8. Dziuba, Marcin m POL 2491 5.5; 9. Gajewski, Grzegorz m POL 2486 5.5; 10. Markowski, Tomasz g POL 2565 5.5; 11. Kempinski, Robert g POL 2619 5.0; 12. Grabarczyk, Miroslaw g POL 2479 4.0; 13. Warakomski, Tomasz f POL 2430 3.5.
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Russian Under-20 Championship: Round 10 Standings: 1. Grachev, Boris m RUS 2510 6.5; 2. Vitiugov, Nikita RUS 2573 6.0; 3. Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2586 6.0; 4. Savchenko, Boris m RUS 2569 6.0; 5. Nepomniachtchi, Ian m RUS 2506 6.0; 6. Lysyj, Igor m RUS 2523 5.5; 7. Kharitonov, Alexandr m RUS 2535 5.0; 8. Maletin, Pavel m RUS 2538 5.0; 9. Khairullin, Ildar m RUS 2533 4.5; 10. Geller, Jakov m RUS 2505 3.5; 11. Iljin, Artem m RUS 2510 3.5; 12. Safronov, Andrey G f RUS 2314 2.5.
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Nakamura, H (2644)    --    Friedel, J (2455)
ch-USA GpA  (1)   San Diego USA
2006.03.02     0-1     A11

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 e6 4.Qc2 Bd6 5.Nc3 f5 6.h3 Nf6 7.g4 O-O 8.gxf5 exf5 9.b3 Qe7 10.Bb2 Na6 11.Rg1 Bd7 12.cxd5 Nb4 13.Qb1 cxd5 14.a3 Nc6

Onischuk, Al (2650)    --    Florean, A (2426)
ch-USA GpA  (1)   San Diego USA
2006.03.02     1-0     E94

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Nbd7 8. O-O Re8 9.d5 Nh5 10.g3 Bf8 11.Ne1 Ng7 12.Nd3 f5 13.f3 Be7 14.b4 Rf8 15.c5 Nf6 16.Rc1 h5 17.Nf2 h4 18.g4 f4 19.Bd2 dxc5 20.Nd3 cxb4 21.Nb5 c6 22.d6 Qb6+ 23.Kh1 Bd8

De Firmian, N (2547)    --    Kleiman, J (2279)
ch-USA GpA  (1)   San Diego USA
2006.03.02     1-0     B40

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.g3 b5 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.d3 d6 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 Nf6 9.a4 b4 10.Nb1 Nfd7 11.d4 cxd4 12.Qxd4 Nf6 13.Qxb4

Gurevich, D (2503)    --    Epstein, E (2178)
ch-USA GpA  (1)   San Diego USA
2006.03.02     1-0     E48

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Ne2 Re8 8.O-O c6 9.f3 h6 10.a3 Ba5 11.b4 Bc7 12.e4 dxe4 13.fxe4 Bg4 14.e5 Nd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16.h3 Bxe2 17.Qxe2 Bb6 18.Be3 a6 19.Qg4 Qc8 20.Qg3 Qd7 21.Kh1 Kf8

( 22...gxf6 23.exf6! )

Zenyuk, I (2194)    --    Baginskaite, C (2299)
ch-USA GpA  (2)   San Diego USA
2006.03.03     0-1     D27

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 dxc4 6.Bxc4 a6 7.O-O b5 8. Be2 Bb7 9.a4 b4 10.Nbd2 cxd4 11.exd4 Be7 12.a5 O-O 13.Nc4 Nc6 14.Bf4 Nd5 15.Bg3 Rc8 16.Qd2 f6 17.Bd3 f5 18.Qe2 Rf6 19.Rfe1 b3 20.Bh4

Pavlovic, Milo (2494)    --    Thorfinnsson, Bj (2337)
XXII Open  (4)   Reykjavik ISL
2006.03.09     1-0     A07

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 Be7 4.c4 c6 5.O-O h5 6.d4 h4 7.Ne5 hxg3 8. fxg3 Nf6 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nc3 Nbd7 11.Bf4 g5 12.Bxg5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Qxd1 14. Raxd1 Ng4 15.Nxe4!? Bxg5 16.Nxg5 Nxe5 17.b3 Ke7 18.Rde1 f6

( 20...Kd6 21.Ne4# )

( 22...Rf8 23.Nd6+ Kd8 24.Nxb7+ Kc7 25.Nc5 Rad8 26.Nxe6+ )

Gunnarsson, J (2421)    --    Weeks, Ma (2273)
XXII Open  (5)   Reykjavik ISL
2006.03.10     1-0     C54

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.c3 d6 6.Bb3 a6 7.h3 O-O 8. Nbd2 Ba7 9.Nf1 d5 10.Qe2 d4 11.Ng3 Qd6 12.O-O Be6 13.Nh4 Ne7 14.c4 b5 15. Bg5 Ne8 16.Nhf5 Bxf5 17.exf5 Nf6 18.Rfe1 Nc6

and white wins a piece

Pavlovic, Milo (2494)    --    Carlsen, M (2625)
XXII Open  (6)   Reykjavik ISL
2006.03.11     0-1     C78

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.d4 Bb6 9.a4 Bg4 10.axb5 axb5 11.Rxa8 Qxa8 12.h3 Bh5 13.Qd3 exd4 14.Bg5 Bxf3 15.Bxf6 Bxg2! 16.Kxg2 gxf6 17.Qxb5 Ke7 18.Kh2 Ne5 19.f4

Topalov, V (2801)    --    Leko, P (2740)
XXIII SuperGM  (13)   Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP
2006.03.10     1-0     E32

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.Nf3 d6 9.Nd2 Nbd7 10.f3 d5 11.cxd5 exd5 12.e3 Re8 13.Be2 Rc8 14.O-O Qe7 15.Bb5 c6 16.Ba4 h6 17.Bxf6 Nxf6 18.Rfe1 b5 19.Bc2 c5 20.Bf5 Rc7 21.dxc5 Rxc5 22.Qd4 a6 23.a4 bxa4 24.Rxa4 Rc6 25.b4 Qe5 26.Qxe5 Rxe5 27.Bd3 Rb6 28.Kf2 Bc8 29.Rb1 Bf5 30.Bxf5 Rxf5 31.Ra5 g6 32.Ke2 h5 33.g3 Kg7 34.h3 Nd7 35.g4 hxg4 36.hxg4 Re5 37.Kf2 Rc6 38.Rb3 Rb6 39.f4 Ree6 40.g5 Red6 41.e4 Rb5 42.Rxb5 axb5 43.Rd3 Nb6 44.Nb1 Rc6 45.exd5 Rc4 46.Kf3 Rxb4 47.Nd2 f6 48.Ne4 fxg5 49.Nxg5 Kf6 50.Kg4 Nc4 51.Ne4+ Ke7 52.d6+ Kd8 53.Kg5 Nb2 54. Re3 Rd4

With the double threat of Ne8+ and Rxb2

Grand Prix tournaments:

Full details at the 2006 Grand Prix site

Dubbo Open: NSW 25-26 March Details

Doeberl Cup: ACT 14-17 April Details

Queensland Open Championship: Category 2; Assembly Hall, The Gap State High School, Brisbane; 15-17 April, 7 round Swiss. Details at www.caq.org.au or phone Garvin Gray on 0422-993-062.

41st Peninsula Open: Cat 2; 7 round Swiss; Sat 29 April to Mon 1 May; E-Block, Grace Lutheran College, cnr Buchanan St, Rothwell Qld. www.caq.org.au . Mark Stokes Phone (07) 3205-6042 or email tournament@crcchess.com.

Other events:

Queensland Women's Chess Championship: 8-9 April; Contact: Gail Young; 3372-8077 email: qwcl@hotmail.com Entry Fee: $45 plus $10 CAQ Fee. Post Entries To: Gail Young P.O.Box 9 Inala Qld 4077

Sydney Easter Cup: Cabravale Diggers Chess Club; Easter Saturday April 15th and Easter Monday April 17th. Contact Ernest Dorn 0419 260 240. http://www.cabravale.com/

Wellington Open (New Zealand): FIDE Rated. Easter weekend Friday 14 April to Sunday 16 April: Details

Australian Games Expo: Albury, NSW; June 10-11; Albury Convention & Performing Arts Centre, Swift Street, Albury. Details

Hobsons Bay - Yarraville Chess Tournament: May 27-28; 5 Round Swiss; Entry $50/$40/$30; 1st $500 2nd $250; 3rd $120; plus rating prizes; http://hobsonsbaychess.info/idx.htm Contact Grant Bultman; President Hobsons Bay Yarraville Chess Club; grantbultman@hotmail.com 0422 744 743

International events:

World University Chess Championship: Details here

Hungarian events:
1. 23rd until 31st of March, Budapest Spring Festival, 9 rounds Swiss,
2. 1st-14th of April GM-IM-FM closed tournaments, cat.IX and cat.VII. Budapest
3. 15th-23rd of April IM tmt Kecskemet,
4. 6th-18th of May GM-IM-FM Budapest,
5. 20th-30th of May, Elekes memorial GM-IM-FM - Budapest.

Nagy Laszlo, International Chess Organizer, e-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net website

Znojmo Open: 13-21 May; Czech Republic; Dr. Jan Mazuch j.mazuch@avekont.cz

Zemplin Tower FIDE Open: Slovakia; May; e-mail radoslavo@yahoo.com. Details

2nd World School Chess Teams Championship: U12, U14 and U16. Teams need national federation endorsement. 12-20 July. Entries close on 1 July. Part of the 17th International Festival of Chess, Bridge and Games at Pardubice, Czech Republic.

RC Sport Open: http://sachy.rcsport.info

Politiken Cup: Copenhagen, 22-30 July; 9 round swiss with more than 200 participants. Details

3rd South Wales International: 8-13 July; 9 round FIDE rated event. http://www.southwaleschess.co.uk/SWI

Battle of Senta Open: July 21. http://www.chess-senta.org.yu/

Penang International Open: Website

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

6th Bangkok Chess Club Open: April 11-16; Century Park Hotel; www.bangkokchess.com; Email: Kai Tuorila

Singapore Masters: For more details, click here.

Correspondence chess players over the board: July 1-9; Karviná, Silesian University, Czech Republic; Preliminary applications to: Ing. Petr BUCHNÍCEK, Svážná 22, CZ-634 00 Brno, Czech Republic. Phone: 605 578 666. Email: buchnicek@skscr.cz

Best wishes till next time
- Paul Broekhuyse
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