No. 372, May 31, 2006
Appeal
ACF Olympiad Appeal: Please donate to support our teams ... it's not too late
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Olympiad:
Australia's teams have fought valiantly against some very tough opposition in the past week at the Olympiad in Turin, Italy. After 9 rounds our Open team, which was ranked 50th, is in 54th position with 19.5/36. After a heavy loss to Denmark we bounced back to trounce South Africa. Then came a narrow loss to Albania, a narrow win over Luxembourg, another narrow loss to Qatar - whose team has been bolstered by the addition of GM Zhu Chen, who is married to one of Qatar's players. In round 9 we lost narrowly to Egypt.
Our women's team suffered some heavy defeats, losing 3-0 to Slovenia, Vietnam and Kyrgyzstan, but scored wins over Algeria and Guatemala. It is now in 53rd spot.
Women's captain Leonid Sandler writes:
Hello from Torino,
That's all at the moment,
Australia's open team (Rogers, Smerdon, Zhao, Lane, Wohl, Speck) has an average rating of 2479 and is seeded 50th.
In the women's, Australia (Berezina, Moylan, Caoili, Phan-Koshnitsky) average 2210 is seeded 37th.
Official Site :
Results :
Men's scores after 9 rounds:
Round 2: Australia-Romania 3-1
Round 3: Australia-Uzbekistan 0.5-3.5
Round 4: Denmark 3˝-˝ Australia
Round 5: South Africa ˝-3˝ Australia
Round 6:
26.4 Speck Nick 2389 - FM Rama Lorenc 2313 0 - 1
Round 7:
Round 8:
Round 9:
Women's:
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Smerdon, D (2460) -- Solomon, K (2323) 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be3 cxd4 7.cxd4 e6
8.a3 Be7 9.Nc3 Qd6 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O Rd8 12.Qe2 Bd7 13.Rad1 Be8 14.Bg5 g6
15.Rfe1 Nd5 16.Bc4 Nxc3 17.bxc3 Na5 18.Ba2 Ba4 19.Rb1 Bxg5 20.Nxg5 Bc6 21.
Qd3 Qf4 22.Ne4 Bxe4 23.Rxe4 Qd6 24.c4 Rac8 25.Rh4 Nc6 26.Rd1 Ne5 27.Qe3 h5
28.c5 Qe7 29.Re4 Ng4 30.Qf3 b6 31.Rde1 Qc7 32.h3 Nh6 
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After the worst two rounds in our women's chess Olympic history - zero points out of 6 games - our team recovered, winning against Guatemala, which sounds a very easy opponent, but in reality I can tell you that general level of chess around the world is much higher than, let's say, 10-15 years ago. Again Ngan shined, winning her game with black pieces. Irina outplayed her opponent in very professional manner, and Laura played very actively indeed but her opponent found a series of strong defensive moves and managed to get half a point. Final scored 2.5-0.5 returned us to 50 percent score. I believe that draw for round 10 was a bit unkind to ladies team - we are playing very powerful team of Moldova comprising an IM and 3 WGM. Irina, Arianne and Ngan hopefully will be able to produce a good outcome. Tomorrow will be a rest day before the so-called business end of the Olympiad.
There's not a lot I can add to discussions about our men's team. Just a few thoughts. In yesterday's match Alex Wohl shined again, winning his fourth game in a row - fantastic effort. Bravo Alex!
Yuan somehow missed excellent chances to win the game, but his performance
overall so is very impressive indeed. I did not see Gary's or Nick's games.
From Torino,
Leonid Sandler
View men's games - round 1-2 :
3-4 :
5-6 :
7-8 :
9 :
Women rounds 1-3 :
4-6 :
7-9
1 3 Armenia ARM 9 8 1 0 26.5 194.5 17
2 12 China CHN 9 6 1 2 25.5 191.0 13
3 5 France FRA 9 6 3 0 24.0 188.5 15
4 1 Russia RUS 9 5 2 2 23.5 201.5 12
5 7 USA USA 9 7 2 0 23.5 192.5 16
6 4 Ukraine UKR 9 6 2 1 23.5 190.0 14
7 20 Czech Republic CZE 9 5 4 0 23.0 191.0 14
8 18 Cuba CUB 9 6 1 2 23.0 189.0 13
9 32 Slovenia SLO 9 6 2 1 23.0 185.5 14
10 30 Uzbekistan UZB 9 4 3 2 22.5 190.5 11
11 2 India IND 9 5 2 2 22.5 187.5 12
12 14 Germany GER 9 5 0 4 22.5 185.5 10
13 25 Denmark DEN 9 6 1 2 22.0 193.5 13
14 22 Greece GRE 9 6 0 3 22.0 184.5 12
15 6 Israel ISR 9 5 3 1 22.0 183.0 13
16 28 Croatia CRO 9 5 2 2 22.0 181.0 12
17 23 Moldova MDA 9 5 1 3 22.0 179.5 11
18 17 Georgia GEO 9 7 0 2 21.5 196.0 14
19 51 Iran IRI 9 4 1 4 21.5 187.5 9
20 24 Norway NOR 9 7 1 1 21.5 184.5 15
21 31 Sweden SWE 9 4 3 2 21.5 184.0 11
22 16 Hungary HUN 9 5 2 2 21.5 179.0 12
23 9 Azerbaijan AZE 9 5 2 2 21.5 178.0 12
24 62 Colombia COL 9 5 1 3 21.5 175.0 11
25 34 Turkey TUR 9 4 2 3 21.5 174.5 10
26 8 Netherlands NED 9 5 1 3 21.0 201.0 11
27 10 Bulgaria BUL 9 4 2 3 21.0 190.5 10
28 19 Belarus BLR 9 6 0 3 21.0 189.5 12
29 36 Slovakia SVK 9 6 0 3 21.0 185.0 12
30 26 Brazil BRA 9 5 2 2 21.0 184.5 12
31 21 Poland POL 9 5 0 4 21.0 182.5 10
32 13 England ENG 9 5 2 2 21.0 177.5 12
33 37 Vietnam VIE 9 4 3 2 21.0 176.5 11
34 45 Indonesia INA 9 4 3 2 21.0 176.5 11
35 11 Spain ESP 9 4 3 2 20.5 186.5 11
36 35 Philippines PHI 9 3 4 2 20.5 182.5 10
37 33 Serbia & Montenegro SCG 9 4 1 4 20.5 181.0 9
38 40 Bosnia Herzegovina BIH 9 5 2 2 20.5 180.5 12
39 15 Romania ROM 9 4 2 3 20.5 177.0 10
40 41 FYROM MKD 9 5 3 1 20.5 175.5 13
41 56 Egypt EGY 9 6 1 2 20.5 173.0 13
42 75 Venezuela VEN 9 5 0 4 20.5 171.0 10
43 83 Malaysia MAS 9 6 0 3 20.5 169.5 12
44 44 Bangladesh BAN 9 5 1 3 20.5 167.0 11
45 64 Paraguay PAR 9 3 2 4 20.0 176.5 8
46 38 Argentina ARG 9 5 0 4 20.0 175.0 10
47 55 Mexico MEX 9 4 1 4 20.0 171.0 9
48 46 Estonia EST 9 4 1 4 20.0 167.0 9
49 27 Iceland ISL 9 4 1 4 19.5 177.5 9
50 29 Switzerland SUI 9 3 3 3 19.5 176.5 9
51 49 Scotland SCO 9 5 1 3 19.5 175.0 11
52 66 Peru PER 9 3 4 2 19.5 175.0 10
53 48 Portugal POR 9 5 0 4 19.5 171.0 10
54 50 Australia AUS 9 5 0 4 19.5 169.5 10
Round 1: Macau-Australia 0-4
Silveirinha Jose 2126 - IM Smerdon David 2460 0-1
Celis Solomon Bernardino III 2079 - IM Lane Gary 2440 0-1
Mak Keng Kei 2040 - IM Wohl Aleksandar 2432 0-1
Ho Cheng Fai 2023 - Speck Nick 2389 0-1
GM Rogers Ian 2564 - GM Istratescu Andrei 2621 1-0
IM Smerdon David 2460 - GM Marin Mihail 2538 ˝-˝
IM Zhao Zong-Yuan 2452 - GM Vajda Levente 2511 1-0
IM Lane Gary 2440 - GM Parligras Mircea 2543 ˝-˝
IM Smerdon David 2460 - GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2673 ˝-˝
IM Zhao Zong-Yuan 2452 - GM Gareyev Timur 2522 0-1
IM Wohl Aleksandar 2432 - IM Filippov Anton 2497 0-1
Speck Nick 2389 - IM Kayumov Sergey 2426 0-1
23.1 GM Nielsen Peter Heine 2646 - GM Rogers Ian 2564 1 - 0
23.2 GM Hansen Sune Berg 2555 - IM Smerdon David 2460 ˝ - ˝
23.3 GM Hansen Lars Bo 2560 - IM Lane Gary 2440 1 - 0
23.4 GM Schandorff Lars 2521 - Speck Nick 2389 1 - 0
36.1 IM Kobese Watu 2390 - GM Rogers Ian 2564 ˝ - ˝
36.2 IM Solomon Kenny 2323 - IM Smerdon David 2460 0 - 1
36.3 FM Van Der Nat Nicholas 2296 - IM Zhao Zong-Yuan 2452 0 - 1
36.4 Cawdery Daniel 2235 - IM Wohl Aleksandar 2432 0 - 1
Bo. 50 Australia (AUS) Rtg - 58 Albania (ALB) Rtg 1˝ :2˝
26.1 IM Smerdon David 2460 - GM Dervishi Erald 2506 ˝ - ˝
26.2 IM Zhao Zong-Yuan 2452 - IM Shytaj Luca 2433 ˝ - ˝
26.3 IM Lane Gary 2440 - Mehmeti Dritan 2378 ˝ - ˝
Bo. 50 Australia (AUS) Rtg - 63 Luxembourg (LUX) Rtg 2˝ :1˝
30.1 GM Rogers Ian 2564 - GM David Alberto 2580 ˝ - ˝
30.2 IM Smerdon David 2460 - IM Bakalarz Mieczyslaw 2421 ˝ - ˝
30.3 IM Zhao Zong-Yuan 2452 - IM Berend Fred 2368 ˝ - ˝
30.4 IM Wohl Aleksandar 2432 - Weber Jean-Marie 2262 1 - 0
Bo. 52 Qatar (QAT) Rtg - 50 Australia (AUS) Rtg 1˝ :2˝
27.1 GM Al-Modiahki Mohammed 2579 - IM Smerdon David 2460 ˝ - ˝
27.2 IM Al Sayed Mohammed 2479 - IM Zhao Zong-Yuan 2452 0 - 1
27.3 GM Zhu Chen 2483 - IM Lane Gary 2440 1 - 0
27.4 IM Nezad Husain 2345 - IM Wohl Aleksandar 2432 0 - 1
Bo. 56 Egypt (EGY) Rtg - 50 Australia (AUS) Rtg 2˝ :1˝
25.1 GM Adly Ahmed 2448 - IM Zhao Zong-Yuan 2452 ˝ - ˝
25.2 IM El Taher Fouad 2468 - IM Lane Gary 2440 1 - 0
25.3 IM Abdelnabbi Imed 2461 - IM Wohl Aleksandar 2432 0 - 1
25.4 IM Ezat Mohamed 2414 - Speck Nick 2389 1 - 0
Round 9 Women's Standings:
Rk. SNo Team Team Games + = - TB1 TB2 TB3
1 2 Ukraine UKR 9 9 0 0 21.0 146.5 18
2 1 Russia RUS 9 6 2 1 20.5 149.5 14
3 3 Georgia GEO 9 6 3 0 19.0 144.5 15
4 6 China CHN 9 5 2 2 18.5 151.0 12
5 10 Bulgaria BUL 9 6 3 0 18.5 146.0 15
6 7 Armenia ARM 9 6 2 1 18.0 141.5 14
7 5 USA USA 9 6 2 1 17.5 155.0 14
8 11 Romania ROM 9 6 1 2 17.5 145.5 13
9 15 France FRA 9 5 1 3 17.5 142.5 11
10 13 Lithuania LTU 9 6 0 3 17.0 141.0 12
11 14 Greece GRE 9 6 2 1 17.0 136.5 14
12 36 Croatia CRO 9 5 2 2 17.0 131.5 12
13 4 Hungary HUN 9 5 0 4 16.5 156.5 10
14 9 India IND 9 5 2 2 16.5 147.0 12
15 17 Slovenia SLO 9 4 2 3 16.5 140.0 10
16 29 Mongolia MGL 9 6 0 3 16.5 139.5 12
17 23 Vietnam VIE 9 4 2 3 16.5 139.0 10
18 20 Israel ISR 9 6 1 2 16.5 138.0 13
19 32 Belarus BLR 9 4 2 3 16.0 140.0 10
20 8 Germany GER 9 4 3 2 16.0 136.5 11
21 12 Poland POL 9 6 0 3 15.5 140.0 12
22 31 Kazakhstan KAZ 9 5 0 4 15.5 140.0 10
23 34 Estonia EST 9 4 1 4 15.5 138.5 9
24 24 Spain ESP 9 4 3 2 15.5 137.5 11
25 26 Cuba CUB 9 5 2 2 15.5 133.5 12
26 18 Netherlands NED 9 4 2 3 15.5 132.5 10
27 22 Czech Republic CZE 9 5 0 4 15.5 127.0 10
28 37 Iran IRI 9 3 2 4 15.5 126.5 8
29 25 Latvia LAT 9 5 1 3 15.5 125.5 11
30 40 Sweden SWE 9 5 1 3 15.5 117.5 11
31 46 Colombia COL 9 6 0 3 15.5 114.5 12
32 16 Slovakia SVK 9 5 1 3 15.0 145.5 11
33 19 Serbia & Montenegro SCG 9 3 3 3 15.0 135.0 9
34 44 Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH 9 4 3 2 15.0 129.5 11
35 47 Mexico MEX 9 5 0 4 15.0 126.0 10
36 51 Canada CAN 9 4 1 4 15.0 119.5 9
37 27 Ecuador ECU 9 4 2 3 14.5 135.0 10
38 41 Turkey TUR 9 4 3 2 14.5 131.5 11
39 28 Argentina ARG 9 4 2 3 14.5 131.5 10
40 60 Philippines PHI 9 4 2 3 14.5 130.5 10
41 45 Kyrgyzstan KGZ 9 5 0 4 14.5 122.5 10
42 39 Uzbekistan UZB 9 4 1 4 14.5 122.0 9
43 33 Switzerland SUI 9 3 2 4 14.5 122.0 8
44 68 Indonesia INA 9 3 3 3 14.0 130.0 9
45 42 Norway NOR 9 4 1 4 14.0 125.0 9
46 63 El Salvador ESA 9 5 1 3 14.0 124.0 11
47 30 Moldova MDA 9 2 4 3 14.0 123.0 8
48 48 FYROM MKD 9 4 1 4 14.0 119.0 9
49 65 Albania ALB 9 4 2 3 14.0 117.5 10
50 43 Turkmenistan TKM 9 3 0 6 13.5 136.5 6
51 71 Venezuela VEN 9 4 2 3 13.5 129.5 10
52 35 England ENG 9 3 2 4 13.5 129.5 8
53 38 Australia AUS 9 5 0 4 13.5 124.0 10
Round 1
Libya-Australia 0-3
Eman Ali-IM Berezina Irina 2281 0-1
Elnami Safa-WIM Moylan Laura 2127 0-1
Wafa Mohamed-WIM Caoili Arianne 2169 0-1
Australia-Romania 0.5-2.5
IM Berezina Irina-IM Peptan Corina Isabela 2408 0 - 1
WIM Moylan Laura-IM Foisor Cristina Adela 2392 0 - 1
WIM Phan-Koshnitsky Ngan-WGM Bogza Adina Maria 2297 0.5-0.5
Luxembourg-Australia 0.5-2.5
Steil-Antoni Fiona 1968 - IM Berezina Irina 0.5-0.5
Boyarchenko Marie-WIM Caoili Arianne 0-1
Bakalarz Janet-WIM Phan-Koshnitsky Ngan 0-1
Bo. 38 Australia (AUS) Rtg - 19 Serbia & Montenegro (SCG) Rtg 2 : 1
16.1 IM Berezina Irina 2281 - IM Maric Alisa 2415 ˝ - ˝
16.2 WIM Caoili Arianne 2169 - WGM Chelushkina Irina 2320 1 - 0
16.3 WIM Phan-Koshnitsky Ngan 2181 - WGM Benderac Ana 2293 ˝ - ˝
Bo. 17 Slovenia (SLO) Rtg - 38 Australia (AUS) Rtg 3 : 0
12.1 WGM Muzychuk Anna 2418 - IM Berezina Irina 2281 1 - 0
12.2 WIM Krivec Jana 2323 - WIM Moylan Laura 2127 1 - 0
12.3 WFM Novak Ksenija 2182 - WIM Caoili Arianne 2169 1 - 0
Bo. 38 Australia (AUS) Rtg - 87 Algeria (ALG) Rtg 3 : 0
23.1 IM Berezina Irina 2281 - WIM Toubal Wissam 1963 1 - 0
23.2 WIM Moylan Laura 2127 - Toubal Hayet 0 1 - 0
23.3 WIM Phan-Koshnitsky Ngan 2181 - Boudechiche Maroua 0 1 - 0
Bo. 23 Vietnam (VIE) Rtg - 38 Australia (AUS) Rtg 3 : 0
12.1 WGM Nguyen Thi Thanh An 2317 - WIM Moylan Laura 2127 1 - 0
12.2 WFM Le Thanh Tu 2239 - WIM Caoili Arianne 2169 1 - 0
12.3 WFM Pham Bich Ngoc 2080 - WIM Phan-Koshnitsky Ngan 2181 1 - 0
Bo. 38 Australia (AUS) Rtg - 45 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) Rtg 0 : 3
25.1 IM Berezina Irina 2281 - Tilenbaeva Janyl 2051 0 - 1
25.2 WIM Moylan Laura 2127 - Samaganova Alexandra 2087 0 - 1
25.3 WIM Caoili Arianne 2169 - WIM Ostry Irina 2182 0 - 1
Bo. 66 Guatemala (GUA) Rtg - 38 Australia (AUS) Rtg ˝ :2˝
35.1 WIM Martinez Porras Ingrid Lorena 1911 - IM Berezina Irina 2281 0 - 1
35.2 WIM Mazariegos Kummenfeld Silvia Ca 2118 - WIM Moylan Laura 2127 ˝ - ˝
35.3 Castillo Melendez Dina Lissette 2060 - WIM Phan-Koshnitsky Ngan 2181 0 - 1
37th Olympiad (5) Turin ITA
2006.05.25 1-0 B22
33.Rxe6!! fxe6 34.
Rxe6!! Kh8 35.Rxg6 Qh7 36.Qf6+ 1-0
Van der Nat, N (2296) -- Zhao Zong Yuan (2452)
37th Olympiad (5) Turin ITA
2006.05.25 0-1 B80
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Qe2 b5 8.
O-O-O b4 9.Nb1 Bb7 10.Nd2 Nbd7 11.f4 Rc8 12.Kb1 Qc7 13.Rc1 Be7 14.Bf2 Nc5
15.e5 dxe5 16.fxe5 Nfe4 17.Be1 O-O 18.N2f3 Bd5 19.Qe3 a5 20.Be2 Rb8 21.h4
Rfc8 22.Rf1 Qd7 23.Qf4 Qa4 24.Nb3
Nc3+!! 25.bxc3 Nxb3!! 26.c4
- ( 26.axb3 ( 26.cxb3 Bxb3 27.Qd2 bxc3 28.Rxc3 Bc2+!! ) 26...Bxb3!! 27.cxb3 Qxb3+ 28.Ka1 bxc3 )
Wohl, A (2432) -- Nezad, H (2345)
37th Olympiad (8) Turin ITA
2006.05.29 1-0 C78
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3 Bc5 8.
a4 d6 9.Nc3 b4 10.Nd5 Na5 11.Nxf6+ Qxf6 12.Ba2 Bc8 13.Bg5 Qg6 14.Be3 Bxe3
15.fxe3 O-O 16.Qe1 Rb8 17.Nh4 Qh6 18.Nf5 Bxf5 19.Rxf5 b3 20.cxb3 Nxb3 21.
Rd1 Kh8 22.d4 exd4 23.exd4 c5 24.Bxb3 Rxb3 25.dxc5 dxc5 26.Rxf7!! Rg8 27.
Qf2 Qe6 28.Rf8 h6 29.Rdd8
Rxf8 30.Qxf8+ Kh7 31.Re8 Qd7 32.Qg8+ Kg6 33.Re6+
Kg5 34.Re5+ Kf4 35.Rd5 Qe7 36.Rf5+ Kxe4 37.Qd5+ 1-0
Abdelnabbi, I (2460) -- Wohl, A (2432)
37th Olympiad (9) Turin ITA
2006.05.30 0-1 B30
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d3 g6 4.g3 d5 5.Nbd2 b6 6.Bg2 dxe4 7.Nxe4 Bb7 8.
a4 Bg7 9.O-O Nh6 10.Bd2 Nf5 11.Bc3 Nfd4 12.a5 Rc8 13.axb6 axb6 14.Ned2 O-O
15.Re1 Qc7 16.Nc4 Rfd8 17.Nxd4 cxd4 18.Bd2 e5 19.f4 f6 20.fxe5 fxe5 21.h4
Rf8 22.Be4 b5 23.Na3 Qb6 24.h5 Ne7 25.Bb4 Rf7 26.hxg6 Nxg6 27.Qg4 Re8 28.
Rf1 Rc7 29.Rf2 Bh6 30.Kh2 Be3 31.Rf3 Rg7 32.Raf1
Nf4! 33.Qh5!? Re6!
- ( 33...Nxh5 34.Rf8+ Rxf8 35.Rxf8# )
Speck, N (2389) -- Ezat, M (2414)
37th Olympiad (9) Turin ITA
2006.05.30 0-1 B17
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6
8.Qe2 h6 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Nf6 11.Qh4 Rg8 12.Qh3 Qc7 13.O-O b6 14.Re1 Bb7
15.Ne5 O-O-O 16.Bf4 Kb8 17.Bg3 h5 18.Nf3 g5 19.Bxd6 Rxd6 20.Qg3 h4 21.Qe5
Nd5 22.Bh7 f6 23.Qxd6!? Qxd6 24.Bxg8 Nf4 25.g3 hxg3 26.hxg3 Qd5! 27.Re3
Nh3+ 28.Kh2 g4 29.Bxe6 Qh5 30.Nh4 Ng5 31.Kg1 c5 32.d5 Nh3+ 33.Kf1 Bxd5 34.
Rd1 Bc6 35.c4 Ng5 36.Bd5 Bd7 37.Bg2 Be6 38.b3 Qh7 39.Bd5 Qc2 40.Red3 Bxd5
41.cxd5 Ne4 0-1
Mingara Major, NSW: Players from Sydney, Newcastle, Canberra and Norway vied for around $1500 in prize money in the Mingara May Major on the weekend of May 27th & 28th. Five times Central Coast District Champion John Nutter was the top seed in the tournament and Gareth Charles was the second seed so it was fitting than they met in the last round. John needed a win in the the last round to tie with Gareth who had won all his games to that point. The game finished in a draw. Gareth Charles was1st in the tournament with an undefeated 5.5 points from 6 games. Max Illingworth was second with 5 points. followed by Johny Bolens, John Nutter and Ian Dickson all on 4.5 points
Prizes
1st Gareth Charles
2nd Max Illingworth
=3rd Johny Bolens,
John Nutter,
Ian Dickson
Under 1800
1st Benjamin Harris
=2nd Christian Sloper, Raj Ramachandran
Under 1600
1st Ian Dickson
2nd Zach Berry-Porter NSW
Under 1400
1st Joseph Keaveney
2nd Luthien Russell
Under 1200
1st John Kadlubek
=2nd Hughie Winsor, Prem Rajendran (Best Junior prize)
1 Gareth Charles NSW 2077 5.5
2 Max Illingworth NSW 1840 5
3-5 Johny Bolens NSW 2023 4.5
John Nutter NSW 2078 4.5
Ian C Dickson NSW 1571 4.5
6-7 Benjamin Harris NSW 1661 4
Zach Berry-Porter NSW 1544 4
8-12 Joseph Keaveney NSW 1368 3.5
Christian Sloper OS 1692 3.5
Trent Parker NSW 1453 3.5
Anthony Giles NSW 1465 3.5
Raj Ramachandran NSW 1624 3.5
13-16 Angelito Camer NSW 2036 3
Herman Rachmadi NSW 1659 3
Gary Losh NSW 1495 3
Jeffrey Young NSW 1595 3
17-18 George Lithgow NSW 1406 2.5
John Kadlubek NSW 977 2.5
19-23 Norman Greenwood NSW 1434 2
Luthien Russell ACT 1324 2
Michael J Tracey NSW 1471 2
Prem Rajendran NSW 674 2
Hughie Winsor NSW 1046 2
24 Graeme Deacon NSW 1369 1.5
25-27 Alex Momot NSW 916 1
David Kerr NSW 1253 1
Paul J Reynolds NSW 1590 1
- Mal Murrell
The 2006 Central Coast Teams was won by Mingara Chess Club in a close-fought competition. Mingara A finished on 10.5 points from 16 games closely followed by Gosford and Toukley both on 9 points. Standout individual performances were Mal Murrell 4/4, Gary Losh 4/4, Bruno Kronental 2.5/3, Keith Farrell 3.5/5, Zach Berry-Porter 3/4 and John Kadlubeck who was undefeated on 3/4 and had a performance rating of 1349 which is 372 points above his rating. For full details visit http://www.nswca.org.au/06ccteams.htm - Mal Murrell
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World Youth u16 Chess Olympiad
Agri, Turkey. 5-13 August 2006
1.Christopher Wallis 2.Zhigen Wilson Lin 3.Rukman Vijayakumar 4.Ben Harris 5.Derek Yu 6.Jessica Kinder 7.Deborah Ng 8.Susan Sheng 9.Sanesh Ranit Kumar World Junior Championships (u20) Yerevan, Armenia 2 - 17 October 2006 1.Tomek Rej 2.Christopher Wallis 3.Denis Bourmistrov 4.Zhigen Wilson Lin 5.Rukman Vijayakumar 6.Nick Chernih 7.Douglas Lindberg 8.Brayden Kent John Soo 9.Derek Yu 10.Sanjesh Ranit Kumar World Junior Championship Girls (u20) Yerevan, Armenia 12 – 17 October 2006 1.Shannon Oliver 2.Jessica Kinder 3.Sally Yu 4.Susan Sheng World Youth Championships Batumi, Georgia 20 – 31 October 2006 Under 18 Boys 1.Gareth Oliver 2.Christopher Wallis 3.James Cronan 4.Zhigen Wilson Lin 5.Max Illingworth 6.Rukman Vijayakumar 7.Devrim van Dijk 8.Derek Yu 9.Sanesh Rajit Kumar Under 18 Girls 1.Alex Jule 2.Jessica Kinder 3.Sally Yu 4.Susan Sheng Under 16 Boys 1.James Obst 2.Christopher Wallis 3.Justin Huang 4.Zhigen Wilson Lin 5.Max Illingworth 6.Rukman Vijayakumar 7.Derek Yu 8.Sanesh Ranjit Kumar Under 16 Girls 1.Jessica Kinder 2.Deborah Ng 3.Sally Yu 4.Tamzin Oliver 5.Susan Sheng 6.Karisma Davina Kumar Under 14 Boys 1.Zhigen Wilson Lin 2.Max Illingworth 3.Andrew Brown 4.Ben Harris 5.Edwin Wu 6.Derek Yu 7.Jason Tang 8.Alan Glenton Under 14 Girls 1.Angela Song 2.Sally Yu 3.Karishma Davina Kumar Under 12 Boys 1.Raymond Song 2.Eugene Schon 3.Alexander Stahnke Under 12 Girls 1.Sally Yu Under 10 Boys 1.Laurence Matheson 2.Joshua Lau 3.Oscar Wang 4.Alex Grossman 5.Cedric Koh Under 10 Girls 1.Megan Setiabudi 2.Clarise Koh 3.Hannah Jordan Triscott 4.Alannah Stevenson Byrne
Notes
The number 1 selection in each category qualifies for the free food and accommodation that is provided by the host country under FIDE requirements. In the case of the Under 16 Olympiad Team, this benefit applies to the selections numbered 1 to 4 inclusive as the team comprises 4 players.
In the Under 18 Boys, James Obst was the number 1 selection but has opted to play in the Under 16 category in which he was also selected number 1.
The remaining players are listed in order of selection. They are all selected in that the ACF will endorse their entry but they will have to pay their own way if they choose to attend. The ranking order is shown because it is relevant for players in deciding whether to exercise their right of appeal.
The selectors were GM Ian Rogers, GM Darryl Johansen, IM Gary lane, IM Zhao Zong-Yuan and Geoff Saw.
I mention that the ACF Selection Procedures By-law provides for applicants for selection to be excluded if they are considered to be not strong enough. No applicant was excluded for that reason on this occasion.
Denis Jessop
ACF President
for the Selection Co-ordinator (Brett Tindall)
The Sydney University Chess Club and Stratagem Computer Contractors Pty Ltd invite you to participate in: Australian Universities Rapid Championships 2006
Dates: Wednesday 12th - Thursday 13th July 2006
Venue: Level 4, Wentworth Building, Sydney University
Corner of City Road and Butlin Avenue, Darlington, NSW
Tournament Format: Open Swiss
Time Limit: 20 minutes per side + 10 seconds per move from move 1.
Format: Universities may send as many players as they like. (Bona fide under graduate and post graduate students). The player finishing first will be the Australian Universities Rapid Champion and receive a trophy. There will be trophies for second and third place as well.
Any university is eligible for the Team prize. However the best 3 scores will be added together to determine the Australian Universities Rapid Team Champion. There will be trophies for the teams finishing first, second and third.
Social Evening: A social get-together will be held after the first day. The emphasis is on the social side as well as the chess for this competition! There will be pizza, beer and soft-drinks and will start immediately after the last round on the 12th. There is no cost involved and all entry fees after the trophies and incidental costs will be added to the sponsorship and put towards the social evening.
Entry fee: $10 per person, payable on the day.
Director of Play: International Arbiter Dr Charles Zworestine.
Website: http://www.cs.usyd.edu.au/~jchan3/succ/index.html
Main Organiser: Jenni Oliver. Phone (02)6253 2848 (all reasonable hours) or
Email: jenni@stratagemcc.com.au
Sydney University Chess Club contact: Jason Chan.
Email: su_chess_club@student.usyd.edu.au
Details
Dear Sir/Madam,
My three boys and I love to play chess both on computer and live. I would love to watch a Grand Master Match on line in real time. Do you know which sites would cover some of the big tournaments especially if there was an online commentary as well.
Thanking you
Geoff Keiller
The Olympiad site at http://www.chessolympiad-torino2006.org/ has live games. Otherwise, the ICC at www.chessclub.com or FICS at www.freechess.org both feature grandmaster games, but you'll need to download software to view them. ICC has its own free Blitzin software, whereas for FICS I recommend BabasChess (google it). Hope that helps - Ed
Ivanchuk, V (2731) -- Georgiev, Ki (2677)
37th Olympiad (5) Turin ITA
2006.05.25 1-0 B80
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3 b5 8.
Qd2 Bb7 9.g4 Nfd7 10.O-O-O Nc6 11.h4 Be7 12.g5 O-O 13.a3 Nde5 14.Nxc6 Bxc6
15.f4 Nc4 16.Bxc4 bxc4 17.Qd4 Qc7 18.h5 Rfb8 19.h6 Bf8 20.Qxc4 Qb7 21.b3
g6 22.Rh2 Re8 23.Kb2 a5 24.Rhd2 Rad8 25.Qd4 Rc8 26.Rd3 e5 27.fxe5 dxe5 28.
Qc4 Re6 29.Rd8 Rxd8 30.Rxd8 Qe7 31.Rc8 Qb7
32.Rxf8+!! Kxf8 33.Qc5+ Ke8 34.
Nd5! Bxd5 35.exd5 Ra6 36.Qc3! f6
- ( 36...Qb8 37.Bf4!! exf4 38.Qh8+ )
Rublevsky, S (2687) -- Nijboer, F (2584)
37th Olympiad (6) Turin ITA
2006.05.27 0-1 B30
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.c3 a6 6.Ba4 b5 7.Bc2 Bb7 8.
Qe2 Ng6 9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 Be7 11.Nc3 O-O 12.g3 Rc8 13.Rd1 Na5 14.Bd3 f5
15.d5 Qe8 16.exf5 exf5 17.Nd4 Bc5 18.Nxf5 Qxe2 19.Nxe2 Ne5 20.Ne3 Nac4 21.
Bxc4 bxc4 22.b4 Ba7 23.Bb2
Rxf2!! 24.Kxf2 Ng4+ 25.Ke1 Nxe3 26.Nc3
- ( 26.Rd2 Bxd5 27.Nc3 Bc6 leaves black with strong compo )
Petkov, V (2500) -- Hillarp Persson, T (2524)
37th Olympiad (6) Turin ITA
2006.05.27 0-1 D93
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Bf4 O-O 7.e3 c5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9.Nd2 dxc4 10.Nxc4 Qxc5 11.a3 Be6 12.b4 Qc8 13.Rc1 Nc6 14.b5 Nd4
15.Qa4 Nf5 16.Be2 Bxc4 17.Bxc4 Nh5 18.Ne2 Nxf4!? 19.Bxf7+ Kxf7 20.Rxc8
Nxg2+ 21.Kf1 Ngxe3+ 22.fxe3 Raxc8 23.Qb3+ Ke8 24.Kg2
Rc3!! 25.Nxc3 Nxe3+
26.Kg3 Be5+ 27.Kh4 Rf4+
- ( 27...Rf4+ 28.Kg5 Rg4+ 29.Kh6 Rh4+ 30.Kg5 Bf6# )
Eljanov, P (2665) -- Sharbaf, M (2362)
37th Olympiad (6) Turin ITA
2006.05.27 1-0 E12
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 b6 5.a3 Be7 6.d4 Bb7 7.e4 d5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9.e5 Ne4 10.Bd3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Qd7 12.O-O Bc8 13.Re1 Qc6 14.a4 a6
15.e6 Bxe6 16.Ne5 Qb7 17.Bxh7 Nc6
18.Ng6!! Rxh7 19.Nxe7 Rh5 20.Rxe6!! fxe6
21.Qg6+ Kd7 22.Qxh5 Nxe7 23.Qf7 Qc8 24.Qxg7 Qg8 25.Qxg8 Rxg8 26.f3 Ng6 27.
Kf2 c5 28.Be3 Rc8 29.g4 cxd4 30.cxd4 Rc2+ 31.Kg3 Rc3 32.Re1 b5 33.axb5
axb5 34.h4 b4 35.h5 Ne7 36.Bd2 Rc4 37.Rb1 Rxd4 38.Bxb4 Rd3 39.Bxe7 Kxe7
40.g5 e5 41.h6 Rc3 42.Rb7+ Ke6 1-0
Sokolov, Iv (2676) -- Aronian, L (2756)
37th Olympiad (7) Turin ITA
2006.05.28 0-1 E35
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 c5 7.dxc5 h6
8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Ne4 10.Bxb8
Qf6!! 11.Bg3 Nxc3 12.a3 Bf5! 13.Qd2 Ba5 14.b4
Ne4 15.Qc1
Rc8!! 16.Ra2
- ( 16.bxa5 Rxc5 and white loses his queen, because if 17. Qd1 Qc3+ )
Qc6!!
- Sensational
- ( 19...Kd7 20.e3 Rc1+ 21.Ke2 Bg4+ 22.f3 Qc4# )
Sargissian, G (2612) -- L'Ami, E (2565)
37th Olympiad (7) Turin ITA
2006.05.28 1-0 D80
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 dxc4 7.e3 Be6 8.Rb1 b6 9.Nh3 Bh6 10.e4 O-O 11.Ng5 Bxg5 12.Bxg5 c6 13.g4 f6 14.Bh6 Re8 15.Bg2 Bf7 16.f4 Nd7 17.O-O b5 18.f5 Kh8 19.Qe2 gxf5 20.exf5 Rc8 21.g5 fxg5 22.Bxg5 Nf6 23.Rbe1 Qd6 24.Qe5 Qxe5 25.dxe5 Nd5 26.e6 Bh5 27.Bxd5 Rg8 !?
- ( 27...cxd5 28.Bxe7!? ( 28.f6 exf6 29.Bxf6+ Kg8 30.Re5 Bg6 31.h4 ) 28...Rxe7 29.f6 Rb7 30.Re5 Bg6 31.Rxd5 looks strong for white )
29.f6!? exf6
- ( 29...cxd5 ( 29...hxg5 30.f7 Rgf8 31.Bg2 gxh4 32.Re5 Bg6 33.Rf4 ) 30.f7 Rgf8 31.Bxe7 )
- Zugzwang
Godena, M (2537) -- Fernando, D (2467)
37th Olympiad (7) Turin ITA
2006.05.28 1-0 B22
1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bc4 b6 6.O-O Bb7 7.d4 Be7 8.
dxc5 bxc5 9.Nbd2 f5 10.exf6 gxf6 11.Ne4 O-O 12.Bh6 Rf7 13.Nh4 Na6 14.Qh5
Bf8 15.Rad1 Nac7 16.Rd3 Bxh6 17.Qxh6 Rg7 18.Bxd5 Nxd5 19.Rxd5 Bxd5 20.
Nxf6+ Kf7 21.Nxd5 exd5 22.Nf5 Rg5 23.Qxh7+ Kf6
24.f4!! Rxf5 25.g4!!
- A nice way to catch a rook
Mikhalevski, V (2566) -- Laznicka, V (2551)
37th Olympiad (7) Turin ITA
2006.05.28 0-1 E11
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.Bg2 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8. Be3 O-O 9.Qc2 exd4 10.Bxd4 b6 11.Nh4 Ra7 12.Nc3 Bb7 13.e4 Bc5 14.Rfd1 Bxd4 15.Rxd4 Re8 16.Rad1 Nc5 17.Nf5 g6 18.Ne3 Ra8 19.b3 Ne6 20.R4d2 Nc5 21.Rd4 Ne6 22.R4d2 Nc5 23.f3 h5 24.a3 Qe7 25.b4 axb4 26.axb4 Ncd7 27.Ncd5 Bxd5 28.cxd5 Ra7 29.Bf1 Ne5 30.Bg2 h4 31.Nf1 h3 32.Bh1 b5! 33.Re2 Rea8 34.Ne3 Ra3 35.f4 Neg4 36.Nxg4 Nxg4 37.Qd2 Qf6 38.e5 dxe5 39.d6 cxd6! 40.Bxa8 Rxa8 41.Qd3
- ( 41.Qxd6 Qxd6 42.Rxd6 Ra1+ )
Ne3+ !! 47.Qxe3 Qg2+ 48.Ke1 h2 0-1
Paragua, M (2617) -- Stefansson, H (2579)
37th Olympiad (7) Turin ITA
2006.05.28 1-0 C78
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.c3 Nxe4 8.
d4 Na5 9.Nxe5 Nxb3 10.Qxb3 Nd6 11.c4 f6 12.c5 fxe5 13.cxd6 cxd6 14.Re1 Be7
15.dxe5 dxe5 16.Rxe5 Qc7 17.Bf4 Qc6 18.Qg3 h6
19.Rxe7+ Kxe7 20.Qxg7+ Ke6
21.Nd2 Kd5 1-0
Sargissian, G (2612) -- Moiseenko, A1 (2662)
37th Olympiad (9) Turin ITA
2006.05.30 1-0 E13
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.Nd2 h6 7.Bh4 Nc6 8.
e3 Ne7 9.f3 Ng6 10.Bf2 e5 11.a3 Be7 12.d5 c6 13.Qb3 O-O 14.Bd3 cxd5 15.
cxd5 Bc5 16.O-O Ne7 17.e4 d6 18.Bxc5 dxc5 19.a4 Ng6 20.Rfd1 Nh5 21.Nf1 Qg5
22.Qc2 Nh4 23.Kh1 Rad8 24.Qf2 Bc8 25.g3 Ng6 26.Ne3 Ne7 27.a5 Kh8 28.axb6
axb6 29.Nc4 Bh3 30.Qe3 Qg6 31.Nxe5 Nxg3+ 32.hxg3 Qxg3 33.Rd2 f5 34.Rh2
fxe4 35.Bxe4 Qxe5 36.Rxh3 Nf5 37.Qf2 Nd6 38.Qh2 Qf6 39.Rg1 Nxe4 40.Nxe4
Qf5 41.Rg5 Qf7 42.Qe5 Kh7 43.Rhg3 Rd7 44.Rg6 c4
45.Nf6+!!
- ( 45.Nf6+ gxf6 46.Rxh6+!! Kxh6 47.Qf4+ Kh5 48.Qg4+ Kh6 49. Rh3+ )
Fressinet, L (2633) -- Rublevsky, S (2687)
37th Olympiad (9) Turin ITA
2006.05.30 1-0 B48
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bd3 Qc7
8.O-O Ne5 9.h3 Bc5 10.Kh1 d6 11.f4 Ng6 12.Qe1 Bd7 13.f5 Ne5 14.Nce2 Qb6
15.Qg3 O-O 16.Qh4 Rfe8 17.b4 Qxb4 18.Rab1 Qa4 19.fxe6 fxe6 20.Rxb7 Rab8
21.Rxb8 Rxb8 22.Qg3 Rf8 23.Nxe6 Bxe6 24.Bxc5 Nxd3 25.Bxd6 Rf7 26.Qxd3 Nxe4
27.Nd4 Rxf1+ 28.Qxf1 Bf7 29.Be5 Bxa2 30.Qf4 Bd5
31.Bxg7!! Kxg7 32.Qe5+ Nf6
33.Nf5+ Kf7 34.Nd6+ Kg6 35.Qf5+ Kg7 36.Qg5+ 1-0
Jobava, Ba (2646) -- Bu Xiangzhi (2640)
37th Olympiad (9) Turin ITA
2006.05.30 0-1 D15
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Bf5 6.Bf4 Nbd7 7.h3 e6 8.e3 Be7 9.Bd3 Qc8 10.O-O O-O 11.b4 b6 12.g4 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 a5 14.a3 Re8 15.Rab1 axb4 16.axb4 bxc5 17.bxc5 Bxc5 18.g5 Nh5 19.dxc5 e5 20.Nxe5 Rxe5!! 21.Rfc1
- ( 21.Bxe5 Nxe5 22.Qe2 Qxh3 23.f4 Ng3 )
Dominguez, L (2647) -- Jussupow, Ar (2608)
37th Olympiad (9) Turin ITA
2006.05.30 1-0 C18
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbc6 9.Bg5 Qa5 10.Ne2 Ng6 11.O-O c4 12.Bxg6 fxg6 13.a4 Qc7 14.Bc1 Qf7 15.Ng3 Bd7 16.f3 Rfc8 17.h4 Be8 18.Kf2 Ne7 19.Rh1 Nf5 20.Ne2 Rc6 21.Qh3 Ra6 22.g4 Ne7 23.a5 Nc6 24.h5 Rxa5 25.Rxa5 Nxa5 26.h6 Ba4 27.hxg7 Qxg7 28. Bg5 Bxc2 29.Nf4 Re8 30.Bf6 Qd7 31.Qh6 Nc6 32.Nh5!! Rf8
- ( 32...gxh5 33.gxh5 and Rg1+ )
36.Qxg6+!! 1-0
Nisipeanu, LD (2695) -- Paragua, M (2617)
37th Olympiad (9) Turin ITA
2006.05.30 1-0 B86
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Nbd7
8.Bg5 Qa5 9.Bxf6 Nxf6 10.O-O Nd7 11.f4 Nc5 12.f5 Nxb3 13.axb3 Qe5 14.b4!?
Be7 15.fxe6 fxe6 16.Ndb5!? Kd7 17.Na3!? Bf6
18.Rxf6!! Qxf6 19.Nc4 Rf8 20.
Nb6+ Kc6 21.Nxa8 Qf2+ 22.Kh1 b5 23.Qd3 Qf6 24.Rd1
- ( 24.Rd1 Qe7 25.Qd4 )
Full details at the 2006 Grand Prix site
Foundation Day Open: WA; June 3-5; Cat 1; Details
NSW Open: 10-12 June; Cat 5; Total prizes of $9000 with $7500 guaranteed. Open and U1600; Hakoah Club; 61-67 Hall Street, Bondi. Register by 12:30pm; 1st $1200; U1600 $900. Contact: Brett Tindall 8756 5974, email tournaments@nswca.org.au. http://www.nswca.org.au/
NSW Minor: 10-12/06; Cat 5; http://www.nswca.org.au/
Victorian Open: 10-12/06; Cat 4; http://www.dandychess.org.au/
SA Queen's Birthday Weekender: 10-11/06; Cat 1; http://www.sachess.org/
Tasmanian Open: 10-12/06; Cat 1; http://www.tased.edu.au/tasonline/taschess
Gardiner Chess Gold Coast Open: June 24-25. One of only three Category 5 GP events. $4000 prize money for Open. Supporting U1600 event with 1st and 2nd for 5 divisions. Some free accomodation available. New venue at Carrara Community Centre, Neilsons Road, Carrara. contact Outreachchess@bigpond.com or Peter Bender 07 5556 0434. Please visit www.nationalrides.com.au and click on the Outreach Chess label for an electronic entry form.
ANU Open: July 22-23; Cat 3; 7 round Swiss, 1hr + 10s/move; Total prizes: $3000; First $1000. $70/$50 entry fee. Details
The Hobsons Bay /Yarraville Open weekender tournament has been cancelled
Australian Games Expo: Albury, NSW; June 10-11; Albury Convention & Performing Arts Centre, Swift Street, Albury. Details
Queensland Champs: Two sections: Round robin for the top eight seeds/open Swiss for everyone else. Round robin starts 9th June at 7pm. Championship 9-12 June; Reserve 10-12 June; School Hall, Ferny Grove State School, Finvoy St, Ferny Grove. www.caq.org.au Tel: 3411 3445 Fax: 3349 2745 Mobile: 0412 717 053 email: caq@optusnet.com.au
Queensland Girls' Championship: 8-9 July; 7 Round Swiss; Chancellor College, Secondary Campus, Sippy Downs Drive, Sippy Downs. Details/ Entry form
Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival: 12-21 Aug. Details
World University Chess Championship: Details here
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
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
broekhuysep@bigpond.com
19 Gill Avenue, Avoca Beach, NSW 2251
02 4382 4525
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