From: "Graeme Gardiner" To: Subject: ACF Bulletin # 132 - 2 September 2001 Date: Sunday, September 02, 2001 8:39 ACF Bulletin # 132 - 2 September 2001 IN THIS ISSUE Email problems, World Junior Championships, FIDE World Championships, 2001 Grand Prix, Gold Coast Classic. EMAIL PROBLEMS Wendy and I moved home on Wednesday. Everything went smoothly except our transition to a new email address. IF YOU HAVE SENT US AN EMAIL SINCE LAST MONDAY, WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED IT. IN SOME CASES YOU WON'T EVEN HAVE A BOUNCE MESSAGE. WE ARE STILL TRYING TO GET OUR NEW EMAIL ADDRESSES ACTIVE (ggardiner@auschess.org.au and wgardiner@auschess.org.au). THIS MAY TAKE A FEW DAYS. IN THE MEANTIME I CAN BE CONTACTED ON graemeg@isage.aunz.net PLEASE RESEND MESSAGES THAT YOU HAVE SENT OVER THE LAST WEEK TO THIS ADDRESS. THANK YOU. WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS Congratulations to Zong-Yuan Zhao and Catherine Lip on their fine performances in the World Juniors held in Athens. Zong-Yuan finished 31=/89 on 7/13 with a performance rating of 2398 compared with his current FIDE rating of 2359. Catherine finished 43=/60 on 5.5/13 with a performance rating of 2078 compared with her current FIDE rating of 2074. FIDE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Dear friends, The FIDE President, H.E. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, has approved Moscow as the host city for this year's World Chess Championship and Women's World Chess Championship matches. The preliminaries to semi-final rounds of the World Chess Championships shall be held concurrently with the entire Women's World Championships starting 24 November and ending 11 December 2001, while the 8 round Final Match will be held beginning 3rd of January until 13 January 2002. The Championships in Moscow have been planned as part of the celebrations marking the 90th anniversary of one of FIDE's greatest World Champions the legendary Mikhail Botvinnik who became the first of the series of Champions when following the death of World Champion Alexander Alekhine in 1946, FIDE, some 55 years ago, at its congress in Winterthur, took on its rightful role as the custodian of the World Chess Championship title. The occasion will also be used to pay tribute to the memory of the third FIDE President and World Champion the late Max Euwe, whose centenary is being celebrated this year. Also to be honoured are Andre Lilienthal (90), Vassily Smyslov (80), Mark Taimanov (75), Victor Korchnov (70), Nona Gaprindashvili (60), Anatoly Karpov (50), and Maya Chiburdanidze (40). FIDE and its 160 member countries are proud of these great champions who have played a tremendous role in the development and popularisation of chess. FIDE wishes to place on record, its appreciation to all those who in one way or another submitted bids or expressed interest in the hosting of the 2001 World Chess Championships. Gens Una Sumus Emmanuel Omuku Executive Director 2001 GRAND PRIX The Grand Prix Supervisor is Norm Braybrooke chessnut@windsor.net.au http://crcchess.topcities.com/GP2001.htm Just a reminder that we welcome more details of Grand Prix events for publication in this bulletin. There are now 41 events for 2001. 22/23 Sep Gold Coast Classic QLD Cat 3 Graeme Gardiner 07 5530 5794 graemeg@isage.aunz.net 29/30 Sep Lidum's Cup SA Cat 2 Roland Eime 08 8268 1374 eimes@senet.com.au 29/30 Sep Redcliffe Challenge QLD Cat 1 Mark Stokes 07 3205 6042 mstokes@bne.catholic.edu.au 13/14 Oct Tweed Heads Open QLD Cat 3 Audie Pennefather 07 5536 9185 pennefather@iprimus.com 20/21 Oct Box Hill Whitehorse Festival Week-Ender VIC Cat 2 Trevor Stanning trevors@bluep.com 3/4 Nov Laurieton Open NSW Cat 1 Endel Lane 02 6559 9060 endel@fasternet.com.au 3-5 Nov Tasmanian Open TAS Cat 1 Neville Ledger 03 6431 1280 nlchess@tassie.net.au 17/18 Nov Taree RSL Spring Open NSW Cat 1 Endel Lane 02 6559 9060 endel@fasternet.com.au 24/25 Nov NSWCA Cat 1 Robert Keast 02 9649 8614 rkeast@comtech.com.au 8/9 Dec Tuggeranong Vikings Weekender ACT Cat 1 Lee Forace 02 9556 3960 ljforace@hotmail.com 15/16 Dec Melbourne Chess Club Christmas Swiss VIC Cat 2 Malcolm Pyke dexter@labyrinth.net.au 15/16 Dec Fairfield RSL Pre Christmas Cup NSW Cat 2 Elpidio Bautista 02 9723 5537 bautista@smartchat.net.au NSW 15, Qld 9, Tas 4, SA 4, ACT 3, Vic 5, WA 1. GOLD COAST CLASSIC 22/23 SEPTEMBER The Gold Coast Classic, a Grand Prix category 3 event, is Queensland's favourite combined individual and teams chess tournament. Individuals enter the tournament and form themselves into teams of four. Team points are scored solely by adding ratings points gained and subtracting ratings points lost for all team members as calculated by the Swiss Perfect pairings programme. Unrated players are given deemed ratings. The main advantage of the tournament is that players are not only interested in their own performance, but that of their team also. In the past this has seemed to promote a greater social interaction between all participants. Venue: Somerset College Sports Pavilion, Mudgeeraba, Gold Coast. Time Controls: 40 mins a side plus 30 secs a move from the start. Arbiter: Charles Zworestine. Confirmed starter: GM Ian Rogers (Subject to Ian not being required for the Asia v Europe match). Prizes: Open 1st $700 2nd $300 3rd $100 Five ratings divisions $100 each. 1st Female $100. 1st Primary student $100. Teams 1st $400 ($100 each) 2nd $200 ($50 each) 3rd $100 ($25 each). Total $2,500. Enquiries: Graeme Gardiner Ph 07 5530 5794 Fax 07 5530 6959 Email graemeg@isage.aunz.net With very best wishes to all Graeme Gardiner Graeme Gardiner President Australian Chess Federation 11 Hardys Road Mudgeeraba Queensland 4213 Phone +61 7 5530 5794 Mobile 0438 305797 Fax +61 7 5530 6959 Email ggardiner@auschess.org.au (temporarily graemeg@isage.aunz.net) Chess - the Clever Sport!