No. 374, June 23, 2006
Tasmanian Open
Songs moving
Xie wins NSW Open
MCC City of Melbourne Open
Foundation Day - WA
Queensland Championship
Aussies Overseas
Uni Rapid
Letters
World News
Games
Grand Prix
Other Events
International
ACF Olympiad Appeal: Please donate to support our teams ... it's not too late
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Sorry for the delay ... There was no newsletter last week because my laptop stopped working, and it has taken the best part of a week to transfer the data to a new machine. - Ed
Tasmanian Open, Hobart, 10-12 June 2006
This year's Tasmanian Open, hosted by the Hobart International Chess Club as a 6xG90 Swiss, attracted 25 players of whom six were playing their first rated tournament. In the absence of top seed and state champion Tony Dowden, who withdrew at the last moment because of an airline schedule issue, the field was headed by locals Kevin Bonham and Nigel Frame.
Even with rating differences of several hundred points, Tasmanian tournaments often produce keenly contested first rounds and this was no exception, with promising junior Jamie Briant (821) having the better end of a draw with John Slidziunas (1636) and unrated Geoff Russell from Huonville winning his first ever tournament game in comprehensive fashion against Milutin Ivkovic (1563). Kevin Hendrey (1097) also put up a good fight against Nigel Frame (1783) before succumbing to a tactic:
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 d6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.0-0 Nf6 7.Re1 e6 8.Nc3 Be7 9.f4 0-0 10.e5 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Bxb5 12.exd6 Bxd6 13.Nxb5 Be7 14.Be3 a6 15.Nc3 Rc8 16.Rad1 Qxd4 17.Bxd4 Rfd8 18.f5? missing a pinning tactic 18...Rxd4! 19.Rxd4 Bc5 20.Nb5 axb5 21.c3 Bxd4+ 22.cxd4 and black won
In round 2, Michael Schmidt played well against Bonham on top board, swapping off to an ending where his sole disadvantage was an isolated pawn before making a touchmove error under pressure. Sturges-Chadwick went to a predictable time scramble but Chadwick's play at the end was far stronger and he won. Another good result for a junior with Nina Horton (676) drawing with Leo Minol (1181).
Beating Janice Martin earned Russell Horton a round 3 shot at top board, where he played well before running out of compensation for a pawn conceded in the opening. Thomas Hendrey's opponent in this brevity conceded rather more inside the first dozen moves:
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 e5 7.Nf5 g6 8.Ne3 h5 9.g5 Ng4 10.Ned5 Be7 11.Nxe7 Qb6 12.Qf3 Kxe7 13.Nd5+ 1-0.
Kevin Hendrey had Schmidt in trouble before losing his way on the clock, while Dylan Moores put up a great fight to just lose a heavy piece endgame vs Richards. The last finish this round was rather controversial: Charles Chadwick had been crushing Nigel Frame out of the opening after Frame unwisely accepted a second pawn in a Staunton Gambit, but Frame escaped exchange for pawn down. Chadwick turned down a draw offer and made prolonged attempts to win the resulting endgame before offering a draw, which was rejected. With the position as follows and with at most thirty seconds on his clock Chadwick (White) claimed a draw by 10.2 in this position: (White Kc3, Ra2, Pc4, Black Kc6, Nd4, Pa3, a4, c5). The arbiter in charge of the game (KB) postponed his decision (when he should have simply disallowed the claim since White needed to claim on rather than after his move) and there followed 60...Kb6 61.Rxa3 Ka5 62.Ra1 Ne2+ and White's flag fell although the players quickly repeated moves 63.Kd3 Nf4+ 64.Kc3 Ne2+ before the game was stopped. The final position is either won or drawn for White with best play but was not considered unwinnable for Black "by normal means" so Black won on time. Chadwick wished to appeal the decision but was unable to because the Laws of Chess do not allow appeals against 10.2s.
Round 4 produced the following top-board clashes:
Frame - T Hendrey
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 c5 3.e3 g6 4.c3 Bg7 5.Be2 Qb6 6.Qb3 d6 7.Nd2 Be6 8.Qxb6 axb6
9.a3 Nc6 10.h3 Bd5 11.Ngf3 cxd4 12.exd4 Ne4 13.0-0 Nxd2 14.Nxd2 Na5 15.Rfe1
Kd7 16.Bd3 Rac8 17.Re2 Nc4 18.Nxc4 Bxc4 19.Bxc4 Rxc4 20.Rae1 e5 21.Bd2 exd4
22.b3 Rc7 23.Re7+ Kc6 24.c4 Be5 25.Rxc7+ Kxc7 26.f4 Bf6 27.g4 h6 28.Kg2 Kd7
29.Kf3 Re8 30.Rxe8 Kxe8 31.Ke4 Ke7 32.Kd5 g5 33.f5 Be5 and Black is a pawn
up but helpless and soon lost. 1-0
Slidziunas - Bonham
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b5 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.0-0 e6 5.d4 c5 6.c3 Qb6 7.Be3 Nc6 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.Bxc5 Qxc5 10.Nbd2 0-0 11.Nb3 Qh5 12.Nbd4 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 a6
15.e3 Qc5 16.Qf3 d5 17.Rfd1 Ne4 18.Nb3 Qe7 19.Qe2 Rfb8 20.f3 Nd6 21.Rd4 a5
22.Rad1 a4 23.Nc1 Nf5 24.Rb4 Qc5 25.Rd3 Re1 was safer. 25...Nd6 26.e4 dxe4
27.fxe4 Nc4 28.b3? (28.Rf3 was necessary and this now loses the exchange)
Ne5 29.Re3 Nc6 30.bxa4 Nxb4 31.Nb3 Qc4 32.cxb4 Qxe2+ 33.Rxe2 bxa4 34.Nc5
Rxb4 35.Kf3 Rc4 36.Nd7 Rd4 37.Ne5 f6 0-1
The clash of the top seeds in round 5 was a fizzer - Bonham played a lacklustre opening but won a pawn against the run of play on move 14 and Frame then made a series of errors. Thomas Hendrey - Sturges was much tougher with the underdog finding some nice tactical resources before finally being outgunned. Slidziunas (who seemed to have an exciting game every round) had a strong attacking win against George, and Vincent Horton played well to draw an OCB ending vs Schmidt.
Into the last round then and Bonham needed only a draw for outright first, achieved with a narcoleptic 20-move French Exchange against Thomas Hendrey. The board 2 game between Frame and Slidziunas was more exciting - Slidziunas caught Frame in a nasty pin and won queen for rook and piece, but it got better than that as this led directly to the win of a pawn and a subsequent quick promotion. Chadwick cleaned up Richards with a Greek Gift while Janice Martin and Vincent Horton (another great result for Tassie's only Ergas Squad member) scored wins that put them in the money.
While this is the fourth time (a record, surprisingly) that Bonham has won this event, it is the first time he has done so in a solid fashion rather than relying on outrageous swindles from completely lost positions in key games.
5.5 Kevin Bonham 1941
4.5 John Slidziunas 1636, Charles Chadwick 1688#, Thomas Hendrey 1607j
4 Nigel Frame 1783, Milutin Ivkovic 1563, Janice Martin 1414f
3.5 Ross George 1745#, Michael Schmidt 1389, Graham Richards 1380, Vincent
Horton 976j
3 Tony Sturges 1364, Russell Horton 1220, Geoff Russell UNR, Kevin Hendrey
1095j, Dallas Fry 1304
2.5 Leo Minol 1181, Jamie Briant 821j*, Owen Short UNRj
2 Rhys Kilpatrick UNRj*, Nina Horton 675fj, Dylan Moores UNRj, Harrison
Briant 377j*
1 Jem Thain UNRj*, Ella Thain UNRj*
U1700 prize pooled with 2nd-3rd. U1500 prize: Martin U18 jnr prize: V Horton U12 jnr prize: J Briant. * = inc. 1 point bye #= inc. 1/2 point bye
More games and comments at http://chesschat.org/showthread.php?t=4146 - games will be added as available.
Tasmanian Lightning Championships
This year's Tas Lightning was an extremely successful event with a record field of 20 players headed by state champion Tony Dowden contesting an 11-round swiss. After Frame and Bonham drew a good game ending in a messy rook ending with passed pawns on either side, Dowden led by half a point. The Bonham-Dowden game was quite a good one, with Bonham having the good fortune to lose the exchange, soon acquiring a massive attack which Dowden had to sacrifice a lot of things to get out of. In the end Bonham was queen for rook up but had to settle for a draw to avoid losing on time. In the next round Dowden beat Frame easily and from that point on the two leaders won all their games. (Bonham was extremely lucky to beat Chadwick on time with only a few pawns left against a queen and knight and pawns.) In the final round Dowden offered Fry a draw after miscalculating but it was declined and Dowden went on to win the game.
In 110 games of lightning, a few funny things were bound to happen and the juniors were certainly on their toes. Zachary Frame claimed a win by illegal move after his high-rated opponent confused his queen for his king and attempted to castle using it, while Vincent Horton claimed another after another leading light played Qf8-b3, pressed the clock, then tried to adjust it to its intended square, a3. Worse still, a point was scored by a ridiculous opening known in the murky alleyways of chesschat.org as The Possum (1.e4, any, 2.f3)
10.5 Tony Dowden 2168
10 Kevin Bonham 1941
7.5 Nigel Frame 1783
7 Thomas Hendrey 1605j, Vincent Horton 975j (tied for junior prize)
6.5 Ross George 1745
6 Allan Richards 1690, Dallas Fry 1304
5.5 Charles Chadwick 1668, Russell Horton 1220
5 Kevin Hendrey 1095j, Milutin Ivkovic 1563, Zachary Frame 841j, Jamie
Briant 821j, Nina Horton 675fj, Graham Richards 1380
4 Ella Thain UNRfj
2.5 Harry Briant 375j
2 Jem Thain UNRj
0 Jessica Lee UNRf
- Kevin Bonham
Songs moving: Twelve-year-old Raymond Song, the Men's Champion of Sydney, and his sister fourteen-year old Angela Song, the Australian Junior (Under 18) Champion, are moving to Shanghai with their parents for the next two years.
Twenty-year-old George Xie won every game in the NSW Open Grand Prix weekender at Hakoah Club,Bondi. Xie won the NSW Championships in 2002 and 2004 scoring 9/9 on each occassion. He was also Sydney Champion in 2004 and 2005. Xie has a World Rating of 2376 and he will be an International Master when his rating reaches 2400. - Peter Parr
Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score
1 Xie, George NSW 2376 2316 7
2-5 Rej, Tomek NSW 2264 2209 5
Charles, Gareth NSW 2196 2062 5
Song, Raymond NSW 2195 5
Mendes da Costa, Alex NSW 2064 1909 5
6-10 Wright, Neil S NSW 2163 2108 4.5
Bjelobrk, Igor NSW 2404 2369 4.5
Ikeda, Junta ACT 2089 2066 4.5
Ayvazyan, Armen NSW 2265 2194 4.5
Oliver, Gareth ACT 2120 2048 4.5
11-17 Bird, Andrew NSW 2099 4
Chernih, Nicholas NSW 1855 4
Bolens, Johny NSW 2223 1992 4
Huynh, Arthur NSW 1842 4
Moylan, Laura A NSW 2127 2054 4
Guo-Yuthok, Sherab ACT 1882 1716 4
Chan, Jason NSW 2147 1992 4
18-27 Hu, Jason NSW 2073 2020 3.5
Toth, Andras OS 2439 3.5
Atzmon-Simon, Barak NSW 2103 2081 3.5
Ingram, Ben W NSW 2046 1948 3.5
Illingworth, Max NSW 1915 1880 3.5
Brown, Andrew ACT 1846 1702 3.5
Phillips, Andrew NSW 1644 3.5
Pickering, Anthony NSW 2003 1747 3.5
Oliver, Shannon ACT 1956 1778 3.5
Plaza, Francisco NSW 1841 3.5
28-31 Grcic, Milan ACT 1768 3
Levin, Joshua NSW 1708 3
Alkin, John QLD 1677 3
Rewais, Sarwat NSW 1813 3
32-38 Petersons, Haralds ACT 1609 2.5
Redgrave, John NSW 1757 2.5
Escribano, Jose NSW 1894 1656 2.5
Tankel, Alan NSW 1779 2.5
Reid, Vaness NSW 1899 1672 2.5
Zirdum, Ivan NSW 2081 1945 2.5
Rout, Ian C ACT 2001 1777 2.5
39-41 Saksena, Kaushik NSW 1677 2
Rachmadi, Herman NSW 1827 1679 2
Harp, Joel NSW 1804 2
42-44 Szuveges, Narelle S VIC 1885 1730 1.5
Miranda, Adrian NSW 1674 1.5
Fell, Lloyd S NSW 1961 1723 1.5
Under 1600
Place Name Feder Loc Score
1-2 To, Anthony NSW 1560 6
Lam, David NSW 1488 6
3-8 Trkulja, Slavko NSW 1588 5
Plant, Rod NSW 1573 5
Jeffreys, Roger NSW 1397 5
Cohn, Jason NSW 1524 5
Greenwood, Norman NSW 1467 5
Parker, Trent NSW 1493 5
9-10 Keuning, Anthony V NSW 1585 4.5
Bisson, Danny Wayne NSW 1383 4.5
11-19 Guo, Emma ACT 1247 4
Tracey, Michael NSW 1415 4
Cheung, Benjamin NSW 1225 4
Ikeda, Miona ACT 1267 4
Bourke, Phil NSW 1501 4
Barker, Mitchell NSW 1420 4
Christensen, Joshua NSW 1554 4
Leung, Nicholas NSW 1121 4
Law, Evan NSW 1587 4
20 Kamaras, Con NSW 1323 3.5
21-29 Reese, Peter NSW 1185 3
Wilkie, Mary NSW 1248 3
Kresinger, Frank NSW 1466 3
Burgess, Shane NSW 1434 3
Dickson, Ian NSW 1579 3
Art, Carl NSW 1453 3
McGowan, Daniel NSW 1277 3
Wan, Dennis NSW 1582 3
Nguyen, Peter NSW 1544 3
30-35 Henzgen, Ben VIC 1262 2.5
Papantoniou, John NSW 813 2.5
Bleicher, Horst NSW 1515 2.5
Russell, Luthien ACT 1284 2.5
Lau, Tony NSW 1268 2.5
Lau, Joshua NSW 1150 2.5
36-37 Wan, Kinto NSW 651 2
Ren, Jonathan NSW 1181 2
38-39 Davis, Greg NSW 1225 1
Swords, Chester NSW 515 1
40 Perera, Pasan NSW 882 0.5
No Name Feder Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 West, Guy VIC 2376 6.5 35:W 32:W 6:D 2:D 15:W 3:W 7:D 8:W 4: 2 Rujevic, Mirko VIC 2252 6 19:W 9:W 7:D 1:D 6:W 5:W 3:W 4:L 10: 3 Voon, Richard VIC 1910 6 22:W 18:W 12:W 5:W 13:W 1:L 2:L 6:W 11: 4 Gorka, Carl VIC 2124 6 12:L 29:W 8:D 35:W 32:W 13:W 5:D 2:W 1: 5 Pyke, Malcolm L VIC 2080 5.5 21:W 14:W 10:W 3:L 9:W 2:L 4:D 7:W 6: 6 Raine, Marcus VIC 1874 5 27:W 16:W 1:D 7:W 2:L 8:D 14:W 3:L 5: 7 Hogg, Dean VIC 1862 5 28:W 15:W 2:D 6:L 23:W 12:W 1:D 5:L 9: 8 Soesanto, Romy VIC 1699 5 34:W 10:L 4:D 38:+ 26:W 6:D 9:W 1:L 18: 9 Wyss, Felix VIC 1742 5 20:W 2:L 28:W 12:W 5:L 15:W 8:L 19:W 7: 10 Papadinis, Jim VIC 1796 5 31:W 8:W 5:L 13:L 21:D 35:W 17:W 11:D 2: 11 Fitzpatrick, Andrew VIC 1794 5 33:L 24:D 17:W 14:D 16:W 19:D 18:W 10:D 3: 12 Chmiel, Rad VIC 1572 4.5 4:W 38:W 3:L 9:L 30:W 7:L 32:W 21:D 13: 13 Ly, Thai VIC 1852 4.5 24:D 33:W 23:W 10:W 3:L 4:L 19:D 16:D 12: 14 Kovacevic, Paul VIC 1720 4.5 36:W 5:L 25:D 11:D 22:W 26:W 6:L 15:D 17: 15 McCart, Richard VIC 1710 4.5 37:W 7:L 40:W 24:W 1:L 9:L 28:W 14:D 16: 16 Lycett, Garry VIC 1705 4.5 25:W 6:L 31:W 26:D 11:L 32:D 20:W 13:D 15: 17 Doon, Steven VIC 1326 4.5 32:L 35:D 11:L 36:W 25:W 23:W 10:L 28:W 14: 18 Yako, Tony VIC 1732 4.5 30:W 3:L 24:L 27:D 40:+ 21:W 11:L 26:W 8: 19 Kaplan, Alex VIC 1606 4 2:L 20:D 29:D 25:W 31:W 11:D 13:D 9:L 22: 20 Henzgen, Ben VIC 1262 4 9:L 19:D 38:L 34:W 24:W 22:D 16:L 30:W 23: 21 Ghobrial, Adel VIC 1563 4 5:L 36:W 26:L 29:W 10:D 18:L 33:W 12:D 25: 22 Omeragic, Jusuf VIC 1555 4 3:L 30:L 37:W 40:W 14:L 20:D 35:+ 23:D 19: 23 Podvorac, Zeljko VIC 1696 4 39:W 26:W 13:L 32:D 7:L 17:L 31:W 22:D 20: 24 Renzies, Elliott VIC 1481 4 13:D 11:D 18:W 15:L 20:L 28:L 36:W 31:W 26: 25 Garrido, Gabriel 4 16:L 27:W 14:D 19:L 17:L 33:D 29:W 34:W 21: 26 Kalisch, Thomas VIC 1807 3.5 40:W 23:L 21:W 16:D 8:L 14:L 27:W 18:L 24: 27 Wertheim, Stephen VIC 1524 3.5 6:L 25:L 39:W 18:D 35:L 29:W 26:L 36:W 37: 28 Ivanov, Nikola VIC 1496 3 7:L 37:W 9:L 30:L 34:W 24:W 15:L 17:L 36: 29 Brooking, Robert VIC 1456 3 38:D 4:L 19:D 21:L 37:W 27:L 25:L 39:W 30: 30 Tambasco, Jean-Luc VIC 1137 3 18:L 22:W 35:L 28:W 12:L 31:L 37:W 20:L 29: 31 Ruzeu, Emanuel VIC 1355 3 10:L 34:W 16:L 33:W 19:L 30:W 23:L 24:L 39: 32 Wolf, Peter VIC 1750 3 17:W 1:L 33:W 23:D 4:L 16:D 12:L 0: 0: 33 Knox, Alec VIC 1531 3 11:W 13:L 32:L 31:L 36:D 25:D 21:L 37:W 34: 34 Niemann, Judd 2.5 8:L 31:L 36:D 20:L 28:L 0:W 39:W 25:L 33: 35 Elias, Nawzad VIC 1609 2.5 1:L 17:D 30:W 4:L 27:W 10:L 22:- 0: 0: 36 Watson, Jean VIC 1103 2 14:L 21:L 34:D 17:L 33:D 39:W 24:L 27:L 28: 37 Cymons, Albert VIC 1021 2 15:L 28:L 22:L 39:W 29:L 40:+ 30:L 33:L 27: 38 Malitis, Edwin VIC 1812 1.5 29:D 12:L 20:W 8:- 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 39 Prasad, Darryl 1 23:L 40:L 27:L 37:L 0:W 36:L 34:L 29:L 31: 40 Nash, Chris F VIC 1436 1 26:L 39:W 15:L 22:L 18:- 37:- 0: 0: 0:
Crosstable (Average Rating: 1688) Player Rtng Score 1 2 3 4 5 Perf 1: Ellis, D 1954 4.0 / 5 7b+ 2w= 3b= 4w+ 5b+ 2022 2: Barber, H 2142 3.5 / 5 4w+ 1b= 5w+ 8b+ 3w- 1975 3: Dunlop, G 1802 3.5 / 5 8w+ 5b- 1w= 6b+ 2b+ 1888 4: Tomic, N 1665 3.0 / 5 2b- 6w+ 7b+ 1b- 8w+ 1724 5: Pavlovic, M 1697 2.5 / 5 6b= 3w+ 2b- 7w+ 1w- 1747 6: Laugery, B 1264 2.0 / 5 5w= 4b- 8w= 3w- 7b+ 1492 7: Booth, G 1587 1.0 / 5 1w- 8b+ 4w- 5b- 6w- 1351 8: Donaldson, G 1393 0.5 / 5 3b- 7w- 6b= 2w- 4b- 1234
1 Solomon, Stephen 2399 7 2 Truscott, Tony 1945 4.5 3 Lazarus, Ben 1914 4 4 Casey, Kevin 2087 4 5 Weller, Tony 1782 3.5 6 Selnes, Hamish 1767 2 7 Lovejoy, David 1814 1.5 8 O'Brien, John 1892 1.5
Reserve Championship 1 Stokes, Mark 1607 6.5 2 Kinder, Jessica 1401 5.5 3 Duggan, Howard 1437 5 4 Al Zaher, Louay 1629 5 5 Mcgarity, Liam 1199 5 6 Grigg, Sam 1417 5 7 Nakauchi, Gene 1357 5 8 Stahnke, Alexander 1283 5 9 Wilkinson, Leo 1740 4.5 10 Mcgarity, Molly 1184 4.5 11 Liu, Yi 1106 4.5 12 Chelebichanin, Nenad 1544 4 13 Korenevski, Oleg 1641 4 14 Waters, Mick 1220 4 15 Buciu, Vasile 1255 4 16 Booy, Peter 1327 4 17 Hunter, Shayne 1464 4 18 Mclean, Matthew 1170 4 19 Erickson, Sean 1300 3.5 20 Gilpin, Matthew 1427 3.5 21 Karibasic, Amir 1334 3.5 22 Beeley, Robert 1162 3.5 23 Fisher, Jayden 1322 3.5 24 Beilby, Kieton 969 3.5 25 Leggett, Brandon 930 3.5 26 De Vere, Cameron 1116 3.5 27 Renton, Andy 1535 3 28 Pedersen-Lee, Lachlan 1158 3 29 Louie, Ryan 443 3 30 Van Den Bergh, Lachlan 1053 3 31 Menham, Allan 1012 3 32 Loweke, Kevin 0 3 33 Eriksson, Caleb 911 3 34 Rogers, Jim 744 2.5 35 Miles, Alex 641 2.5 36 Leggett, Callum 612 2 37 Blackwell, James 0 2 38 Markson, Ellis 1002 2 39 Roberts, Kieran 0 2 40 Leskiewicz, Lech 1206 2 41 Kendall, Alexander 321 1.5 42 Morrison, Andrew 306 1.5 43 Karibasic, Sabin 557 1.5 44 Feria, Antolin 1563 0
Aussies Overseas: Brazilian Grandmaster Henrique Mecking (2554) won the 71 player Lodi, Italy International scoring 7/9 half a point ahead of Grandmasters S.Fedorchuk (UKR 2576), E.Postny (ISR 2572) and L.Vajda (ROM 2511). Australian Olympians IM Aleks Wohl (NSW 2432) scored 5.5 points and WIM Arianne Caoili (QLD 2169) 4.5 points - both improving their ratings. - Peter Parr
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
Sir
I would like to Know whether there is any employment oppurtunities in your country as a chess coach or any chess related work. My current fide rating is 2135 and previously 2260 and taken part in more than 150 tournaments and Right now i am engaged in training nearly 200 children in chennai (India) I am interested to come to your country for a short period or long period Please let me know.
Thanks
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Hi Paul,
I'd like to congratulate our Olympiad team on one of their best results to date. I'd also like to commend whoever (Brett?) made the arrangements for the daily blogs from the team members. They were always interesting, notwithstanding the melange of styles. I look forward to the early release of the Bermuda Days video; it should enable ACF to recoup all outstanding expenses.
Best regards,
Bob Krstic
Hi Paul,
I appreciate your hard work on the Chess News site. The information that you post has been excellent. I have spent many hours on your site.
I have an admittedly silly question for you. In going through the games of the recent Chess Olympiad in Turin, I noticed that the Honduras women’s team member, Barahona, did not make a move in any of the games that I looked at and her score was (0) on the chart. I assume that she didn’t make the trip to Turin. Do you know the back story on this? Does she really exist? Is she a good chess player? Was there a passport problem? Was there a financial problem?
Just curious.
-- Don Hahn
don.hahn@coloradovnet.com
Does anyone know? _ Ed
Foros Tournament: Round 6 Standings: 1. Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2687 4.5; 2. Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2666 4.0; 3. Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2660 3.5; 4. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2719 3.5; 5. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2731 3.5; 6. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2699 3.0; 7. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2699 3.0; 8. Harikrishna, P g IND 2680 2.5; 9. Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROM 2695 2.5; 10. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2661 2.0; 11. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2738 2.0; 12. Areshchenko, Alexander g UKR 2660 2.0
Dutch Championship: Round 5 Standings: 1. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2669 4.0; 2. Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2676 3.5; 3. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2655 3.5; 4. Stellwagen, Daniel g NED 2543 3.0; 5. Werle, Jan g NED 2529 2.5; 6. Nijboer, Friso g NED 2584 2.5; 7. Van der Wiel, John g NED 2511 2.5; 8. L'Ami, Erwin g NED 2565 2.5; 9. Smeets, Jan g NED 2535 2.0; 10. Timman, Jan H g NED 2616 1.5; 11. Visser, Yge m NED 2480 1.5; 12. Bosch, Jeroen m NED 2465 1.0
Visser, Y (2480) -- Timman, J (2616)
ch-NED (1) Hilversum NED
2006.06.17 1-0 B30
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bf1 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5
8.d4 Be7 9.c4 Nf6 10.Be3 O-O 11.Nc3 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Bd7 13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.Qxd8
Rfxd8 15.a3 a5 16.Rad1 Rd7 17.f3 h6 18.Bd3 Bd6 19.Bf2 Bf4 20.Bb6 a4 21.Na2
Bc7 22.Bf2 Rdd8 23.Nb4 Be8 24.Bc2 Rdc8 25.Bd4 Ba5 26.Bd3 Nd7 27.Bf1 Bb6
28.Bxb6 Nxb6 29.Rc1 Nd7 30.Rc3 Nc5 31.Nd3 Kf8 32.Nxc5 Rxc5 33.Kf2 Ke7 34.
Bd3 Rd8 35.Rd1 f5 36.Be2 Rdc8 37.f4 g5 38.Rh3 gxf4 39.Rxh6 Bc6 40.g3 fxg3+
41.hxg3 Rg8 42.Rd4 b6 43.Rf4 Be4 44.g4 b5 45.cxb5 Rc2 46.Ke3 Rxb2 47.Bc4
Rb3+!? 48.Bxb3 axb3 49.Rh2 Kd6 50.Rb2 Bc2 51.gxf5 exf5 52.Rc4 Ra8 53.Kd2
Rxa3 54.b6 Ra8 55.b7
- ( 55.b7 Rb8 56.Rc8!! Rxb7 57.Rcxc2! )
Sokolov, Iv (2676) -- Smeets, J (2535)
ch-NED (1) Hilversum NED
2006.06.17 1-0 D10
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 Bf5 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.Qxd3 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9.e4 b5 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.e5 Nfd7 12.a4 bxa4 13.Nxa4 Nc6 14.Bd2 Qb8
15.Rfc1 Qb7 16.Rc3 Nb4 17.Qb1 Rc8 18.Raa3 Rc4 19.Rxc4 dxc4 20.Rc3 Qb5 21.
b3 cxb3 22.Rc8+ Bd8 23.Nc3 Qb7 24.Ne4! O-O 25.Nd6 Qb6 26.Qxb3 Nd5 27.Qc2
h6 28.Rc6 Qa7 29.Qe4 Nb8 30.Rc1 Qd7 31.Qg4 f5 32.Qg6 Ne7 33.Qg3 Kh7 34.h4
Nbc6 35.h5 Bc7 36.Bf4 a5 37.d5! exd5 38.Nh4 Nd4 39.Qd3 Bxd6 40.exd6 Nec6
41.Be3 Ne6 42.Ng6 Rf6 43.Qxd5 Nb4 44.Qa8 Rxg6
45.Rc8!! 1-0
Van der Wiel, J (2511) -- Van Wely, L (2655)
ch-NED (3) Hilversum NED
2006.06.19 0-1 B42
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.Qg4 g6 8.
Qe2 d6 9.Be3 Nf6 10.N1d2 Nc6 11.Nc4 Nd7 12.a4 d5 13.exd5 exd5 14.Ncd2 O-O
15.Nf3 Re8 16.O-O Bd6 17.Bg5 f6 18.Be3 Nde5 19.h3 Bc7 20.Nfd4 Nb4 21.Bf4
Qd6 22.Bg3 Bd7 23.Qd2 Nbxd3 24.cxd3 Bb6 25.Rfc1
Bxh3!! 26.gxh3 Nf3+!! 27. Kg2!?
- ( 27.Nxf3 Qxg3+! 28.Kf1 Qxf3 -+ )
- ( 33.Rxc1 b3!! 34.Nxb6 b2 -+ )
L'Ami, E (2565) -- Sokolov, Iv (2676)
ch-NED (4) Hilversum NED
2006.06.20 0-1 D32
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.e3 Nf6
8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Bxc5 10.b3 a6 11.Bb2 Ba7 12.Qd3 Be6 13.Rfd1 Qe7 14.Rd2
Rad8 15.Rad1 Bg4 16.Qb1 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 d4 18.exd4 Nxd4 19.Ne4 Nxf3+ 20.gxf3
Nxe4 21.Qxe4 Qg5+ 22.Qg4
Bxf2+!! 23.Kf1
- ( 23.Kxf2 Rxd2+ 24.Rxd2 Qxd2+ with check! )
Werle, J (2529) -- Smeets, J (2535)
ch-NED (4) Hilversum NED
2006.06.20 1-0 D17
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6
8.Ne5 a5 9.g3 e6 10.Bg2 Bb4 11.O-O O-O 12.e3 h6 13.g4 Bh7 14.f4 Nfd5 15.
Ne4 Nd7 16.Nd3 Qe7 17.Nxb4 Nxb4 18.b3 Bxe4 19.Bxe4 f5 20.Bg2 Qh4 21.gxf5
exf5 22.Ba3 Rfe8 23.Bxb4 axb4 24.Qd3! Qf6 25.d5! Nb8 26.Qc4 Qf7 27.Rfd1
Rxe3 28.dxc6 Qxc4
29.Rd8+! Kh7 30.bxc4 bxc6 31.Bxc6 Nxc6 32.Rxa8 Re2 33. Rd1 b3 34.Ra6 b2 35.Rxc6 Rc2 36.Rb6 Rc1 37.Rf1! 1-0
Rublevsky, S (2687) -- Mamedyarov, S (2699)
Aerosvit GM (1) Foros UKR
2006.06.17 0-1 C48
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4!? 5.Ba4 c6 6.Nxe5 d5 7.d3 Bd6
8.f4 Bc5 9.exd5 O-O 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.dxe4 Qh4+ 12.g3 Qh3 13.Be3 Qg2 14.Rg1
Qxe4 15.Kf2 Re8 16.Qd3
Rxe5!? 17.fxe5 Qf3+ 18.Ke1 Bf5 19.Rf1 Bb4+!? 20.c3 Bxd3 21.Rxf3 Nxf3+ 22.Kf2 Nxh2 23.cxb4 Ng4+ 24.Kf3 Nxe5+ 25.Kf4 Ng6+ 26. Kf3 cxd5 -+ 27.Rc1 Ne5+ 28.Kf4 Ng6+ 29.Kf3 b5 30.Bb3 Bc4 31.Bc2 Ne5+ 32. Kf4 f6 33.Rd1 Bxa2 34.b3 Rc8 35.Bc5 a5 36.Bf5 Bxb3 37.Rb1 Bc2!! 38.Be6+
- ( 38.Bxc2 axb4 and black regains the piece )
- ( 43...Nxa6 44.Rxa6 Rb8 )
Rublevsky, S (2687) -- Ponomariov, R (2738)
Aerosvit GM (3) Foros UKR
2006.06.19 1-0 C45
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Ba6 9.b3 O-O-O 10.g3 g5 11.Bb2 Bg7 12.Nd2 Rhe8 13.O-O-O Nb6 14.f4 gxf4 15.gxf4 f6 16.exf6 Bxf6 17.Qxe7 Bxb2+ 18.Kxb2 Rxe7 19.Bh3 Rf8 20.Rhe1 Rxe1 21.Rxe1 Kd8
- ( 21...Rxf4 22.Re8+ Kb7 23.c5 Nd5 24.Bxd7 Rf2 25.Bc8+ Kb8 26.Bxa6# )
- ( 25...Bxf5 26.Rf1 )
- The point!
- ( 32...Nb6 33.Re6# )
- Again threatening Re6 mate
Areshchenko, A (2660) -- Mamedyarov, S (2699)
Aerosvit GM (3) Foros UKR
2006.06.19 0-1 C24
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O d6 6.c3 O-O 7.Bb3 Qc7 8.
Re1 Nbd7 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.Bc2 Ne6 11.Nf1 Re8 12.Ng3 Bf8 13.h3 g6 14.d4 Bg7
15.Be3 Bd7 16.Qd2 Rad8 17.Rad1 Bc8 18.Qc1 c5 19.d5 Nf8 20.Ba4 Bd7 21.Bxd7
Qxd7 22.b3 Kh8 23.Nd2 h5 24.a4 N8h7 25.Ngf1 Re7 26.Qc2 Ng8 27.Nc4 Bh6 28.
Qd2 Kg7 29.Bxh6+ Nxh6 30.Nfe3 Rf8 31.b4 cxb4 32.cxb4 f5 33.exf5 Nxf5 34.
Nxf5+ Rxf5 35.b5 Ref7 36.Qb4 R7f6 37.Re2 Rf4 38.Qb3 Ng5 39.Nd2 Qf5 40.Rf1
Rd4! 41.a5 Rd3! 42.Qb2 Qf4 43.Rc1
Nxh3+!! 44.gxh3 Qg5+ 45.Kf1
- ( 45.Kh2 Rxh3+!! 46.Kxh3 Qg4+ 47.Kh2 Qxe2 48.Rf1 Rf4 Threatening both ...Rh4+ and ...Qg4 mate as well as ...Rd4 )
Mamedyarov, S (2699) -- Ivanchuk, V (2731)
Aerosvit GM (4) Foros UKR
2006.06.20 0-1 D46
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.
O-O dxc4 9.Bxc4 a6 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.Qxe4 Qe7 12.Bb3 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nd4
c5 15.Nf5 Bxf5 16.Qxf5 c4 17.Bc2 g6 18.Qe4 Rfd8 19.f4 Nd3 20.Qxc4 Nxc1 21.
Raxc1 Qxe3+ 22.Kh1 Rac8 23.Qb3 Qd2!
- Ties up the Qb3, Rc1 and Bc2
Nisipeanu, LD (2695) -- Rublevsky, S (2687)
Aerosvit GM (4) Foros UKR
2006.06.20 0-1 B83
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 d6 7.Be3 Bd7 8. a4 Nf6 9.Nb3 Na5 10.O-O Be7 11.Nd2 O-O 12.f4 Bc6 13.Bd3
- ( 13.b4!? )
- ( 30.Rxe2 Bd4+ 31.Kf1 Nc1 32.Rd2 Be3 )
30...Nc1!!
- ( 30...Nc1 31.Rxc1 Bd4+!! 32.Rxd4 Rxc1+ 33.Kf2 e1=Q+ )
Rublevsky, S (2687) -- Volokitin, And (2660)
Aerosvit GM (5) Foros UKR
2006.06.21 1-0 B23
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nge2 Nf6 4.g3 b5 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.d4 b4 7.Nd5 Nbd7 8.
O-O e6 9.Nxf6+ Nxf6 10.d5 exd5 11.exd5 Be7 12.h3 O-O 13.g4 Nd7 14.Ng3 g6
15.Bh6 Re8 16.Re1 Bf6 17.Rxe8+ Qxe8 18.Ne4 Be5 19.Qd2 f5 20.Ng5 Bxb2 21.
Re1 Ne5 22.Qf4 Bc3 23.Re2 Ba6 24.Re3 Bd2 25.Ne6 Bxe3 26.Qxe3 Qf7 27.gxf5
gxf5 28.Bf4 Re8 29.Qg3+ Ng6 30.h4 Kh8 31.Bxd6 f4 32.Qg5 f3 33.Bh3 h6 34.
Qxh6+ Qh7 35.Qg5 Rg8 36.h5 Nf4 37.Be5+ 1-0
Full details at the 2006 Grand Prix site
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.
CJS Purdy Centenary: 1st-2nd of July; Category 4 GP; $3,900 in prizes. Norths (formerly North Sydney Leagues Club) 12 Abbott Street Cammeray NSW 2062. 10am-10:45am Registration. Open: 1st $700 2nd $400 3rd $350 4th $300 5th $250; Rating Prizes. 60 min plus 10 sec per move. Entry Fees: Adult: $60.00 Junior [U18]: $48.00 If registered by June 27th; Adult: $80.00 Junior [U18]: $64.00 If registered after June 27th. For further information contact Brett Tindall by telephone on 8756 5974, email tournaments@nswca.org.au ANU Open: July 22-23; Cat 3; 7 round Swiss, 1hr + 10s/move; Total prizes: $3000; First $1000. $70/$50 entry fee. Details
Common Man Wollongong Open: 24/25 June; 1st Open $500 Guaranteed; rating prizes etc; 7 round Swiss, 60 minutes + 10 seconds from the start. Entry: Employed players $30; Not employed $20. Collegians Balgownie, Balgownie Rd (western end). Find a map at: http://www.street-directory.com.au/ Round 1 at 10 am; 4 rounds Saturday; 3 rounds Sunday; prizes at 5pm. Bring your digital clock (Just in case, thanks). Contact: Matthew Sweeney mhjs@bigpond.net.au Tel 02 4229 9107, Mob 04 0240 7873
Queensland Girls' Championship: 8-9 July; 7 Round Swiss; Chancellor College, Secondary Campus, Sippy Downs Drive, Sippy Downs. Details/ Entry form
Medal event, Sunday 9th July, 9.30am Start, 10 Round Swiss, Computer Draw. Chancellor College, Secondary Campus, Sippy Creek Rd, Sippy Creek, 4553, Qld. All rounds 30 minutes total. DOP: Bill Powell. This event is for boys and girls, unrated or with a junior rating of less than 1000. Entry Fee: $10 or $20 Family (at same address). Rapid rated. Medallions, Ribbons and Incentive Awards dependant on entries. Entries to: Gail Young, PO Box 9, Inala, 4077. 3372 8077. e-mail: qwcl@hotmail.com. Or Tony Powell, 636 Glenview Rd, Mooloolah, 4553. 5494 7586. e-mail: lateknights@westnet.com.au
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
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