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Australian Chess Federation newsletter No. 375, June 28, 2006
Important junior chess matters
ACF Olympiad Appeal: Please donate to support our teams ... it's not too late
The ACF Olympiad Appeal Organiser is Brett Tindall. Individual donations may
be made to the Appeal Fund by cheque made payable to the Australian Chess
Federation and posted to Brett at: Olympiad Appeal, PO Box 463 Strathfield NSW 2135. Please indicate if you want your donation to
be anonymous.
Important junior chess matters:
1, World Youth Championships - Batumi, Georgia - 20-31 October 2006
(a) Who is going?
(b) An under 8 category
(c) A Team Manager
2. Ergas Junior Development Squad
Thanks to generous sponsorship from Mr Henry Ergas, the ACF has been successfully running the Junior Development Squad for several years. It is a most important activity and experience for those who participate.
Jenni Oliver has been the Manager/Organiser of the squad for the duration of its existence. She has decided to give up that activity. Consequently the ACF urgently needs a Manager/Organiser for the squad. Many arrangements for this year have already been made and are under way but someone needs to ensure that everything runs smoothly. Jenni will be available to brief her successor on the arrangements and the way the squad operates.
Could anyone interested in taking this on please contact me urgently, say, by 14 July or the earlier, the better.
For any of the above, I can be contacted by e-mail at denis.jessop@netspeed.com.au or by phone at (02) 6288 1935.
- Denis Jessop
Gold Coast Open and Under 1600:
Ian Rogers continued his recent domination of the Gold Coast Open, winning this 26-player event for the fifth time in a row with his third picket fence score in the last 4 years. His toughest game was against Stephen Solomon, who sacrificed a rook (at one stage he was a rook and a piece down) for distinct compensation; as a result he gave Ian grave difficulties, and Ian suffered several anxious moments before eventually winning. Peter Froehlich also gave him a really tough game: Ian himself sacrificed a piece there for long-term compensation as Black, offered a draw at one point which was declined before Froehlich realised there was compensation, and then Ian won in Peter's time pressure. Apart from that only Dusan Stojic, having a great year, might have drawn but ended up losing in a long ending. Dusan ended up equal second with Solo and Froehlich on 5/7. In the Under 1600 event, a close finish saw leader Shayne Hunter (5.5/6) sadly move his queen en prise to lose to junior Yitao Lei in the last round; this left Yitao equal first with Tyson Walker on 6/7, with Shayne having to content himself with equal third on 5.5/7 with two more rapidly improving juniors, Leoma Lee and Sam Grigg.
- Charles Zworestine, DOP.
The CJS Purdy Centenary Tournament is on this weekend, the 1st and 2nd of July!
This is now a Category 4 Grand Prix event, and is the highest category event left on this year's Grand Prix calendar, so don't miss out on your last opportunity for big points!
**Special Prize**
The venue for the tournament is Norths (formerly North Sydney Leagues Club), 12 Abbott Street Cammeray.
Registration is at 10am on Saturday 1st July, with Round 1 starting at 11am.
It's not too late to get the early entry discount!
For full details, look on the NSWCA website: www.nswca.org.au/06PurdyCentAd.htm
To register contact the NSWCA Tournaments Officer, Brett Tindall:
Email: tournaments@nswca.org.au
Well what are you waiting for? Register now now now! See you all there!
Common Man Tournament, Wollongong:
Due to a turnout of just 10 players - 8 locals - the tournament was converted to a one-day round robin rapid.
Top half
150% of entry fees were paid out.
Sydney players Xie and Bolens were both held to a draw by Wollongong giant killer Steve Ascic.
The Sydney University Chess Club is proud to host the inaugural
Australian Universities Rapid Championships 2006
Participants from universities all
over Australia are expected to take part in this event which should prove
to be both an exciting tournament and a great social festival!
This event is open to all undergraduate and postgraduate students of all
universities in Australia. Students of all skill levels (including
novices) are encouraged to participate; the emphasis on this event is the
fun and social side of the competition! The latest list of confirmed
participants includes players of a wide variety of skill level.
Dates: Wednesday 12 and Thursday 13 July 2006. 11am-6pm on Wednesday,
10am-6pm on Thursday.
For full details see the website
Foros Tournament: Round 9 Standings: 1. Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2687 6.5; 2. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2731 6.0; 3. Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2666 5.5; 4. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2699 5.0; 5. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2699 5.0; 6. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2719 5.0; 7. Areshchenko, Alexander g UKR 2660 4.0; 8. Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROM 2695 4.0; 9. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2738 3.5; 10. Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2660 3.5; 11. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2661 3.0; 12. Harikrishna, P g IND 2680 3.0.
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Dutch Championship: Round 9 Standings: 1. Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2669 7.0; 2. Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2676 6.5; 3. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2655 5.5; 4. Stellwagen, Daniel g NED 2543 5.0; 5. Van der Wiel, John g NED 2511 5.0; 6. Nijboer, Friso g NED 2584 5.0; 7. L'Ami, Erwin g NED 2565 5.0; 8. Smeets, Jan g NED 2535 4.0; 9. Werle, Jan g NED 2529 4.0; 10. Timman, Jan H g NED 2616 3.0; 11. Bosch, Jeroen m NED 2465 2.5; 12. Visser, Yge m NED 2480 1.5.
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Hockenheim Willingen GM: Final Round 9 Standings: 1. Buhmann, Rainer m GER 2552 6.0; 2. Doettling, Fabian g GER 2550 5.5; 3. Romanishin, Oleg M g UKR 2552 5.5; 4. Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav g RUS 2593 5.0; 5. Gasthofer, Alexander m GER 2415 4.5; 6. Meier, Georg GER 2407 4.5; 7. Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2595 4.5; 8. Spoelman, Wouter m NED 2442 4.0; 9. Braun, Arik m GER 2496 3.0; 10. Meinhardt, Maximilian f GER 2378 2.5.
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Harikrishna, P (2680) -- Mamedyarov, S (2699)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 Bb4 5.Nxe5 O-O 6.Bd3 Nxd4 7.O-O d6
8.Nc4 Bxc3 9.bxc3 Ne6 10.Ne3 Re8 11.c4 Nc5 12.f3 Nfd7 13.Rb1 Ne5 14.Bb2 f6
15.Qd2 Be6 16.Rbe1 Qd7 17.f4 Nexd3 18.cxd3 f5 19.Rf3 Re7 20.Rg3 Rf7 21.
exf5 Bxf5 22.Rg5 Bxd3 23.Ng4 Bg6
Shirov, A (2699) -- Bologan, V (2666) 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Be3 e6 5.Nd2 Nd7 6.Be2 f6 7.Ngf3 Qc7 8.
Bf4 fxe5 9.dxe5 Ne7 10.h4 Ng6 11.Bh2 O-O-O 12.Ng5 Ndxe5 13.g4 h6
Ivanchuk, V (2731) -- Nisipeanu, LD (2695) 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 O-O 8.Nc3 Ne4 9.Qd3 Nxc3 10.Ng5!! Ne4 11.Nxe4 d5 12.cxd5 Bxd5 13.O-O Nc6 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15.Nc3 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 Nb4 17.Qc4 Nd5 18.Rac1 Rac8 19.Qc6 Rfd8 20.e3 Kf8
Rd7 25.h4 Ke8 26.h5 h6 27.b4 Kd8 28.Kf3 Re7 29.g4 Kd7 30.b5 Kd8 31.a4 Kd7 32.Kf4 Re6 33.Rxe6 fxe6
Volokitin, And (2660) -- Ivanchuk, V (2731)
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 exd6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.h3 O-O 8. Nf3 Bf6 9.Be2 Be6 10.d5 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Bd7 12.O-O Na6 13.Bg5 f6 14.Be3 Nc5 15.Re1 Re8 16.Bf1 Re7 17.Nd4 Qf8 18.Nb5 Bxb5 19.cxb5 Rae8 20.a4 f5 21.a5 f4!? 22.Bd2
42.Bxe3 fxe3 43.Qe2
Nisipeanu, LD (2695) -- Grischuk, A (2719) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Nbd7
8.Bg5 h6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.O-O g5 11.f4 Bg7
Shirov, A (2699) -- Harikrishna, P (2680) 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7
8.g3 e5 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 g5 12.Ne3 gxf4 13.Nxf5 O-O-O 14.Qc2
Nc5 15.O-O Ne6 16.Qe4 fxg3 17.hxg3 a5
Karjakin, Sergey (2661) -- Ponomariov, R
(2738) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3 b5 8.g4
h6 9.Qd2 b4 10.Na4 Nbd7 11.O-O-O Ne5 12.b3 Bd7 13.Nb2 d5 14.Nd3 Nxd3+ 15.
Bxd3 Qc7 16.h4 dxe4 17.Bxe4 Nxe4 18.fxe4 a5 19.Rhf1 Be7 20.g5 hxg5 21.hxg5
a4 22.Kb1 axb3 23.cxb3 Rh2 24.Rf2 Rxf2 25.Qxf2 Qe5 26.Qh4 g6 27.Nc2 Bf8
28.Qf4 Qxf4 29.Bxf4 Ra5 30.Ne3
Timman, J (2616) -- Smeets, J (2535) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4 e5 8.
Nf5 g6 9.g5 gxf5 10.exf5 d5 11.Qf3 d4 12.O-O-O Nbd7 13.Bc4 Qc7 14.Bxd4
exd4 15.Rhe1+ Ne5 16.gxf6 Bd6 17.Rxd4 Bd7 18.Bxf7+ Kd8 19.Qd5 Nxf7 20.Qxf7
Kc8 21.Nd5 Qa5 22.b4 1-0
L'Ami, E (2565) -- Van Wely, L (2655) 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Ne5 Bg7 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.Bd6 Bf8 14.Bxf8 Rxf8 15.e5 Qb6 16.Ne4 O-O-O 17.Nd6+ Kb8 18.a4 f6 19.Bf3 a6 20.axb5 axb5 21.b3 c3 22.Qe2 fxe5 23.dxe5 Qc5 24.Nxb7 Kxb7 25.Ra5!
30.Kg2!! Q5c4 31.Rxc1 Qxa2
Van der Wiel, J (2511) -- Stellwagen, D (2543)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Ba7 7.Nc3 Nc6
8.Qg4 Nf6 9.Qg3 d6 10.O-O b5 11.Kh1 Bb7 12.Qxg7 Rg8 13.Qh6 Ne5 14.f3 Rg6
15.Qh4 Rc8 16.Bd2 Kd7 17.Rad1 Qg8 18.Bf4 Ke7 19.Ne2 Nxd3 20.Rxd3 Rxc2 21.
Bxd6+ Ke8 22.Ng3 Qg7 23.e5 Rh6 24.exf6 Qg6
Barber, H (2142) -- Dunlop, G (1802) 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3 e6 7.Qd2 Nge7 8.
Bh6 O-O 9.h4 Kh8 10.Bxg7+ Kxg7 11.h5 Ng8 12.O-O-O Rb8 13.Nf3 b5 14.d4 b4
15.Ne2 c4 16.d5 Ne5 17.Qd4 Qb6 18.Nxe5 dxe5 19.Qxe5+ f6 20.Qd4 exd5 21.
hxg6 hxg6 22.exd5 b3 23.Qh4 Rf7 24.axb3 cxb3 25.Qh7+ Kf8 26.Qxg6 bxc2 27.
Qxc2
Tomic, N (1665) -- Donaldson, G (1393) 1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 Bxg4 3.c4 Bc8 4.cxd5 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.d4 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.
Nge2 O-O 9.Bg5 Bg4 10.f3 Bd7 11.Qb3 Qc8 12.h4 e6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.O-O-O e5
15.dxe5 Bxe5 16.f4 Bg7 17.h5 c6 18.hxg6 fxg6 19.e5 Kh8 20.e6 Be8 21.d6 a5
22.Ne4 a4 Full details at the 2006 Grand Prix site 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
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 Hakoah Lightning Tournament: Monday, July 17; Hakoah Club, 61 Hall Street Bondi, NSW 2026; $10 entry; Enquiries: Vladimir Feldman, DOP, 0414798503 or visit Hakoah Chess Club web page: http://hakoahchessclub.freeservers.com Hakoah Chess Club Championship: Monday, 24 July - Monday, 18 September; Hakoah Club, 61 Hall Street Bondi, NSW 2026; 9 round Swiss in Open and Under 1700 divisions; Consecutive Monday evenings, commencing at 7.30pm; Time Limit: 40 moves in 90 minutes, an additional 30 minutes is then added, followed by 10 second increments to finish the game. Pre-registration is crucial. Contact the DOP by emailing to vfeldman@bigpond.net.au. Entries close at 7:30pm on Monday, 24 July. Fees: $30 members; $40 Non-Members; $20 Juniors (Under 18) Prizes: 1st - $300, 2nd $200, 3rd $100, Rating prizes. Under 1700: 1st - $200, 2nd $120, 3rd $80, rating prizes, best junior prize. Enquiries: Vladimir Feldman – DOP – 0414798503 Or visit Hakoah Chess Club web page: http://hakoahchessclub.freeservers.com Or www.chessmasters.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
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