ACF Bulletin # 146 - 23 December 2001 IN THIS ISSUE President's thanks, Some ideas from the President, Bulletins over the next month, Australian Championships and Melbourne Chess Festival, National Conference, Australian Womens Championships, Australian Junior Championships, Launch of Australasian Chess Online, 2001 Grand Prix winners, 2002 Grand Prix, Chess is a Sport, Rogers v Solomon game, Correspondence. PRESIDENT'S THANKS Another year has gone by and as always Australian chess is indebted to a relatively small band of administrators whose massive, voluntary efforts make Australian chess tick. I'd like to say a big thank you to all those volunteers in the states, clubs, leagues etc who work so hard all year round to put back into their chosen sport. I very much hope that each of these people will be properly thanked amongst their peers in the relevant environment. I'd like to thank specifically those who have generously worked with me on ACF matters. Robert Jamieson is one of Australia's most experienced administrators. He has been most helpful in his role as Deputy President, especially in matters relating to the constitution. VCA and ACTCA Presidents Gary Wastell and Denis Jessop have also been very helpful in this area. Robert is also involved as senior selection coordinator, an area in which he is very experienced. Joe Tanti, in his position of ACF Secretary, has effectively looked after the three 'M's, minutes, motions and meetings. This is no easy task, especially with the constitution and by laws seemingly endlessly being updated. Norm Greenwood is a great Treasurer. Several years ago he single-handedly resurrected the ACF's finances. Now he ensures they tick over like a well-oiled machine. In addition to the ACF's finances, he looks after those of the NSWCA, North Sydney Leagues Chess Club and Manly Waringah Leagues Chess Club whilst taking care of much of the NSWCA tournament programme. Grand Prix Supervisor, Norm Braybrooke has done an outstanding job, being right up to date all year and dealing with all matters expeditiously. This includes the collection of outstanding monies, which is a big help to Norm Greenwood and myself. Many thanks Norm. The ACF Ratings Officers, Bill Gletsos and Graham Saint provide one of the most important services to the Australian chess community. I'd like to thank them both most sincerely for going about their substantial workload without any fuss and for quietly dealing with ratings queries. It is probably in the nature of ratings that players will nearly always have more queries on ratings than anything else to do with chess. The ACF webmaster Paul Broekhuyse has done another outstanding job during 2001 in keeping the webpage both relevant and interesting. In particular the bulletin board, interstate challenge and Australasian Chess Online have been areas of development. Many thanks Paul. FIDE Ratings Officer, Gary Bekker has, as always, been a valuable contributor to Australian chess not only through his area of FIDE ratings/titles etc but also through his Oceanic website, development role in the area of online presentation of Australian chess and promotion of top level chess. Gary is one of the real go-getters in Australian chess. Paul Dunn has been quietly beavering away in the role of ACF Archivist/Historian. Towards the end of the year, after discussions with people like Bob Meadley, this role took on even more importance. Others who have assisted the ACF include Ross Hamilton - Auditor, Peter Wallman - Corporate Relations, Brett Tindall and David Cordover - Coaching, Phil Viner - FIDE Delegate, Gary Wastell - Medals Coordinator, Ashley Rambukwella - Publicity Officer, Michael Baron - Tournament Director. My thanks to them all. My thanks also to the state presidents who have been very friendly and generally helpful during 2001. A big thank you to my wife, Wendy, who has done a great deal of background work of which many people would not know. SOME IDEAS FROM THE PRESIDENT As we approach the end of the third year of my presidency, I'm encouraged by several aspects of Australian chess. I feel that those involved in running Australian chess are much closer together now, are pointing roughly in the same direction and generally there is a greater level of trust. The restructure of Australian chess has been painfully slow, but slowly but surely things have been changing. We have some important motions being put to the ACF Conference on 6 January. I am hopeful that some or all of these motions will be past so that some more progress can be made, however small it may be. The use of the Swiss Perfect pairings programme has been a big success from an administrative point of view. I'm very pleased to see that the New Zealand Chess Federation have now also adopted Swiss Perfect as their national pairings programme. Swiss Perfect can be utilised a great deal more in the development of Australian chess. It is well accepted that communication in Australian chess has improved dramatically. However, if there is one area where I'm a little disappointed in the level of practical support from the states it is regarding help with building the email database. It has been stuck at around 1,000 names for the last 18 months. There would probably be at the very least another 1,000 people involved in Australian chess with email addresses, very likely a great deal more. It is in everyone's interest to have more and more people receiving this weekly bulletin. The issue of chess as a sport - it appears to me that Australian chess is much more united on this matter now than three years ago. Whilst I'm disappointed at my inabilty to get the Federal Government/Australian Sports Commission to accept chess as a sport, I'm certain that the battle is well worth fighting and the most important thing is 'never to give up'. It will happen! In this regard, we could do with a 'Johnny on the spot' in Canberra for ongoing lobbying purposes. Peter Wallman has been trying to get a corporate sponsor for the whole of Australian chess but it is not easy. Anything anyone can do to help with this important matter would be most appreciated. The hardest thing of all is to get inside the door. There are two matters which I believe are central to the bright future of Australian chess. Firstly teams chess at all levels of Australian chess will sustain the long term future. We have a very good primary and secondary schools teams competition and we have found that whilst many juniors do not want to continue with serious study past grade nine or ten, most like to continue with their team in teams competitions. More emphasis can be placed on this in the marketing of schools chess. We have Allan Richards endeavouring to get a universities competition off the ground. I would love to see a system in place in Australian chess where each university is adopted by an established club and assisted to get a club and team going. Finally I would like to develop a proposal for the ACF Council for a national club teams event. My initial ideas on this are for each state to find a champion team of (say) four in (say) open, under 1800 and under 1200 divisions and for the ACF to have a finals long weekend on the second week of December each year. This could be held in a very similar manner to the national schools finals weekend which is held on the third weekend of December. Secondly, I believe that professional chess coaches in schools do more to sustain chess in Australia than almost anyone else. This is not to deride volunteers, far from it. But professional chess coaches have a vested interest in both developing chess in the schools and creating more chess activity. We know that more and more schools are realising the educational and social benefits of chess and we know that if we have keen chess coaches then we can find plenty of work for them. A great deal more needs to be done in developing our own coaches and our own coaching accreditation scheme as well as marketing chess to schools in all regions of Australia. Enough preaching from me. BULLETINS OVER THE NEXT MONTH During the holiday period, I hope to send out the email bulletin on Sunday 30 December, Thursday 10 January and Sunday 27 January. Thereafter it should be back to the regular Sunday evening bulletin. AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS AND MELBOURNE CHESS FESTIVAL This commences at the Supper Room, Melbourne Town Hall on Friday 28 December at 12 noon with the opening ceremony, followed by round one at 1pm. Live games and results can be followed at http://www.chessvictoria.com/ausch.htm. Late additions to the field are Vladimir Feldman ACF 2253, Bill Jordan ACF 2252 and Irina Berezina ACF 2178. NATIONAL CONFERENCE - ACF SECRETARY JOE TANTI Delegates for the Sunday, 6 January 2002 ACF National Conference at the Melbourne Town Hall need to be nominated by 30 December 2001. If anyone involved in chess administration wishes to be involved, please talk to your State Association President as soon as possible. All the Presidents have a copy of the Agenda for the Conference, but I will email copies to anyone who so requests. jtanti@adelaide.dialix.com.au NSW - 7 delegates Vic - 5 Qld - 4 SA - 2 WA - 2 Tas - 1 ACT - 1 I only have nominations from TCA, SACA and ACTCA so far. (President's note: Any Australian chess player or administrator may attend as an observer if they wish) AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIPS These commence on Saturday 12 January in the Bourke Room, All Seasons Premier Swanston Hotel. Evelyn Koshnitsky will be attending the opening ceremony during which an important event will occur. Australia's top women chess players are encouraged to enter this tournament. AUSTRALIAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS COMMENCING 12 JANUARY 2002 AT THE CRANBROOK SCHOOL, SYDNEY Full details at: www.auschess.org.au/nswjcl/nswjcl.htm. LAUNCH OF AUSTRALASIAN CHESS ONLINE - PAUL BROEKHUYSE Australian chess players are warmly invited to take part in a free three-month trial of Australasian Chess Online, a new internet playing service. We hope the service will help to unify Australian chess, by providing a cheap and convenient way for players to meet and play games online. To try the service, go to www.auschess.org (NOTE: no ".au") and follow the instructions. All players with an ACF rating should be able to register. Players without an ACF rating can simply download the software and play as a "guest" on the service. If there are any problems, please email Paul Broekhuyse at broekhuysep@hotmail.com. Australasian Chess Online has an attractive interface and many appealing features. As the name implies, New Zealanders will also soon join the service. We hope it will soon be an important part of the local chess scene. Because of the desirability of having a large number of players online at any one time - so that it's always easy to get a game - players from the US (and soon the UK and Germany) will share the service. This helps to ensure there's always a critical mass of players, at any time of the day or night. However, Australasian players are easily identifiable, and tournaments and other events specifically for Australasian players will be organised in the new year. After the free trial ends, the ACF proposes to charge a small fee to use the service. Part of this will go to GamesParlor, which runs the server, and part will be used to promote chess in Australia. You'll be helping Australian chess by joining the service! 2001 GRAND PRIX - NORM BRAYBROOKE When I was first asked to co-ordinate the 2001 GP, three main questions arose. Could I overcome my poor typing skills? (I have not succeeded), could I learn some new spreadsheet skills (to reduce the drudgery)?, could I acquire some “HTML” and web page knowledge (for result publishing)? Two out of three! Not included in my thinking was a “virus” attack. Fortunately very little data was lost during disc reformatting. Tournament results were intact, my points spreadsheet was intact but emails re the GP 2001 were lost. Most tournament organizers reported results promptly in the requested format (Swiss Perfect file or formatted text file) making life a little easier as I could import information direct from their files rather than mis-type it all then have to correct it before I could even begin work! Average processing time (in requested format) for 20-30 players was 3+ hours but as the year progressed that reduced to around 2.5 hours for results in requested format. Some time was saved when processing more than one tournament in the same week as only one set of html and web stuff was needed. Updates were normally published by the Thursday after the event. Five competitors queried the published progress scores. Explaining the points allocation rules satisfied three. Two drew my attention to errors (the results of “typos”) which were soon corrected. Some requests for copies of worksheets were received. My records are part digital and part hard copy (to help minimize the file size) and the full picture can only be seen with all the data so the requests were not met. It’ s good to see that players are involving themselves in more than just the playing, but given the “volunteer” status of the “worker” and the amount of time spent, copies of all information for all players is not a “goer”. An example of the size of the workbook is the “under 2000” sheet which has 182 rows for player data with 50 cells in each row plus rows for ‘headings’. Number of Tournaments 40 from:- NSW 15, QLD 9, SA 4, VIC 4, TAS 4, ACT 3, WA 1. Darryl Johansen had to travel twice to Canberra to amass his point tally. With seven prizewinners from New South Wales and five from Queensland we need more tournaments in West Australia and Victoria (Tasmania seems to be at its limit) to increase the competition and perhaps spread the money around. Number of Competitors The total is the sum of all competitors in each tournament not the number of individual competitors - 1657 Number of competitors scoring points in each category Many competitors scored points in more than one category, they are counted in each category. Open 158 Under 2000 189 Under 1600 146 Junior 91 Women 52 Unrated 129 The competition remained undecided in the Open U2000 and U1600 until results from the last 2 events which promoted players into the “money” slots or changed the finishing order within the “money” slots. Winners Open Name State Rating Points $$ Place Solomon, Stephen Qld 2418 76.50 875 1 Johansen, Darryl Vic 2528 76.00 525 2 Wallace, John-Paul NSW 2399 66.50 350 3 Chapman, Mark SA 2335 60.00 200 4 Stead, Kerry NSW 1970 56.00 Nil 5 Smerdon, David Qld 2104 45.75 Nil 6 Xie, George NSW 2007 35.66 150 7 Under 2000 Stead, Kerry NSW 1970 74.00 525 1 Davidovici, Michael Qld 1759 52.00 350 2 Rout, Ian ACT 1896 51.90 200 3 Chow, Sam Vic 1893 45.56 150 4 Under 1600 Capilitan, Romeo NSW Unr 55.00 525 1 Forace, Lee ACT 1342 53.83 350 2 Kimura, Toshi Qld 1449 45.99 200 3 Norman, Brendon NSW 1599 42.50 150 4 Junior Smerdon, David Qld 2104 84.50 350 1 Rej, Tomek NSW 2000 58.00 200 2 Davidovici, Michael Qld 1759 64.00 Nil 3 Chow, Sam Vic 1983 62.16 Nil 4 Xie, George NSW 2007 61.00 Nil 5 Yang, Song SA 1826 50.00 150 6 Women Lip, Catherine NSW 1801 85.50 350 1 Unrated Yu, Chris Qld 87.00 200 1 State Bonham, Kevin Tas 1875 200 Open 11th Boyd, Tristan WA 2031 200 Open 38th (President's comment: As in previous years some time will elapse in case any errors are discovered before cheques are mailed to winners. I hope cheques will be mailed by the end of January latest). 2002 GRAND PRIX Entry Form: Club/Organiser Dates Venue Anticipated Prize Fund Class Contact person Address Telephone E-mail Send Invoice to Complete and send to (if you have already advised participation, please complete to ensure correct Class is advertised) Norm Braybrooke 19 Trafalgar Drive Kippa-Ring 4021 Email chessnut@windsor.net.au Webpage http://crcchess.topcities.com/GP2002.html We have now received 23 events for the 2002 Grand Prix. The ACF is seeking a national sponsor for the 2002 Grand Prix. Any assistance with this matter would be appreciated. 9/10 Feb Newcastle Open NSW Cat 2 George Lithgow 02 4943 3862 george.lithgow@bigpond.com 16/17 Feb Taree RSL Summer Open NSW Cat 1 Endel Lane 02 6559 9060 endel@fasternet.com.au 9/10 Mar South West Open WA Cat 1 Alan Phillips 08 9725 4843 alanglo@tpg.com.au 9-11 Mar Hobart Labour Day Weekender TAS Cat 1 Kevin Bonham 03 6224 8487 k_bonham@tassie.net.au 16/17 Mar Dubbo RSL Open NSW Cat 1 Alexander Aich 02 6884 4561 sjaich@tpg.com.au 29 Mar to 1 Apl Doeberl Cup ACT Cat 3 Roger McCart 02 6251 6190 roger.mccart@anu.edu.au 4/5 May Laurieton May Open NSW Cat 1 Endel Lane 02 6559 9060 endel@fasternet.com.au 4-6 May Redcliffe Peninsula Open QLD Cat 1 Mark Stokes 07 3205 6042 mstokes@bne.catholic.edu.au 8-10 June Tasmanian Championships Burnie TAS Cat 1 Neville Ledger nledger@tassie.net.au ph 03 6431 1280 22/23 June Taree RSL Open NSW Cat 1 Endel Lane 02 6559 9060 endel@fasternet.com.au 22/23 June Gold Coast Open QLD Cat 3 Graeme Gardiner 07 5530 5794 ggardiner@auschess.org.au 29/30 June Suncoast Open Chess Tournament Noosa QLD Cat 3 Robert Hochstadt 07 5447 5056 robhoch@ozemail.com.au 13/14 July Adelaide University Open SA Cat 3 Robin Wedding 08 8303 3029 chess@smug.adelaide.edu.au 10/11 August Coal City Open NSW Cat 2 George Lithgow 02 4943 3862 george.lithgow@bigpond.com 24/25 August Launceston Weekender TAS Cat 1 Leo Minol 03 6344 7472 leominol@telstra.easymail.com.au ph. 14/15 Sept Hobsons Bay Open VIC Cat 1 Peter Caissa 0411 710900 pcaissa@melbpc.org.au 21/22 Sept Gold Coast Classic QLD Cat 3 Graeme Gardiner 07 5530 5794 ggardiner@auschess.org.au 5/6 Oct Redliffe Challenge QLD Cat 1 Mark Stokes 07 3205 6042 mstokes@bne.catholic.edu.au 5-7 Oct Koala Open NSW Cat 3 Brian Jones 02 9838 1529 chessaus@chessaustralia.com.au 12/13 Oct Tweed Heads Open QLD Cat 3 Audie Pennefather 07 5536 9185 pennefather@iprimus.com 2/3 Nov Laurieton Open NSW Cat 1 Endel Lane 02 6559 9060 endel@fasternet.com.au 3-5 Nov Tasmanian Open Hobart TAS Cat 1 Kevin Bonham 03 6224 8487 k_bonham@tassie.net.au 16/17 Nov Taree RSL Spring Open NSW Cat 1 Endel Lane 02 6559 9060 endel@fasternet.com.au NSW 9, Qld 6, Tas 4, ACT 1, SA 1, WA 1, Vic 1. CHESS IS A SPORT The media release which went out regarding the Australian Schools Teams Championships generated a great deal of media right around the country. ABC Radio, ABC TV and Channel 10 did national stories. AAP wire service sent out a story which was picked up by newspapers nationwide. ABC NewsRadio asked listeners to email in as to whether they thought chess is a sport. Nick Gibson wrote into NewsRadio as follows: My Macquarie defines sport as an activity pursued for exercise or pleasure. As a teacher I am directed to provide a certain amount of exercise for the developing bodies of the children in my care, so they will grow fit & strong. Surely their developing minds are entitled to be stimulated to grow as well. Fitness? The Australian Open requires 11 straight days of concentrated effort, games lasting 5, 6, 7 hours. Competition? Chess is a global sport, played year round, with Olympiads and true World Champions, who are recognized & revered by thinking people in countries where brainpower is applauded, not derided. Accessible? Chess is all inclusive, men & women, young & old competing side by side. My youngest opponent at the recent Victorian Open was 11, my oldest 80. Chess is a true leveller. Footy, golf, sailing, orienteering, volleyball, triathlon, badminton, rogaining, target shooting ... I have competed in organised forms of many sports as an adult, with varying degrees of success! I love sport with a passion. I love chess with a passion. Chess is a sport. Nick Gibson. Andrew Patterson of NewsRadio responded to Nick Gibson's email as follows: Nick - Thanks for your feedback... It seems the majority of NewsRadio's listeners agree with you... Regards Andrew Patterson NewsRadio [Nick points out that the Bendigo Chess Club have a new website run by Chris Bradley at http://www.bendigo.latrobe.edu.au/biolsc/bradly/chess/bcchome.html] FAIRFIELD SUMMER CUP - ROGERS V SOLOMON - AMIEL ROSARIO After many years of trying, from their junior days, International Master Stephen Solomon defeated Grandmaster Ian Rogers. It was delightful to have witnessed it all, standing just behind these two combatants. The game... Fairfield Summer Cup Rogers, Ian Solomon, Stephen 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c6 4. Nd2 Nbd7 5. Ngf3 e6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O h6 8. Bh4 b6 9. c4 Bb7 10. Bg3 O-O 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ne5 c5 13. Qf3 a6 14. Rac1 Ra7 15. Rfe1 c4 16. Bb1 b5 17. Qf5 Re8 18. e4 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Bc8 20. Qf3 Bg4 21. exf6 Bxf3 22. fxe7 Raxe7 23. gxf3 d4 24. b3 Qa5 25. Red1 c3 26. Nf1 Rd8 27. Rd3 Red7 28. Rc2 Qb4 29. Re2 a5 30. e5 Rc8 31. Ne3 Qa3 32. Nc2 Qb2 33. Re1 a4 Right about now, Solomon was down to his last 5 minutes. There is nothing like a Solo in blitz mode. He moves the pieces swiftly and efficiently. Earlier, Lee Forace asked him how many moves he could make in 1 second. Solo’s reply? Five moves! 34. b4 a3 35. f4 Rc4 36. f5 Rxb4 37. e6 fxe6 38. fxe6 Re7 39. Nxd4 Rxd4 40. Rxd4 c2 41. Rd8+ Kh7 42. Bxc2+ Qxc2 43. Rd7 Rxd7 44. exd7 Qd2 45. Re7 b4 46. h3 b3 47. Be5 Kg6 48. axb3 a2 49. Bxg7 Qd1+ 50. Kg2 Qd5+ 51. Kg1 Qg5+ And with a little smile, Rogers resigns 0-1 CORRESPONDENCE LEE FORACE Dear Greame, I just checked the final standing of the Under 1600 Section of the GP, and according to the information on the Web page Romeo Capilitian has won first prize who is listed as 'Unrated.' This is very unfair as not only are unrated players usually ineligibile for rating prizes his rating from my knowledge has never been under 1600 and his rating is now over 2000. This makes the GP unfair for the players like myself who have travelled the country and played many events (supporting Australian chess) to be denied the full prize fund and the 15 seconds of fame that this might bring. What happens if a strong overseas player who claims he has never played tournament chess (but is really 2200) unfairly wins a prize designed for encouraging weaker players. (I am not suggesting that Romeo did this, but I give this scenario as food for thought.) I have no shame in saying publicly that winning the Under 1600 Section of the GP was my number one goal for the year. I have worked hard at my chess and I believe I deserve the full benefits of this hard work. I feel if this is not changed then it may discourage weaker players from travelling to events in the future. I am aware that this looks like 'sour-grapes'. The Patzer from Canberra after playing all around the country all year is have a whinge because he hasn't got his own way, but I strongly believe that an injustice has been committed if the prizes are paid as is. Yours in Good Faith Lee Forace NICK KORDAHI Hi Graeme, After reviewing the ACF December rating list I have lost faith in the accuracy of the Glicko system. The main problem with the system is that it grossly overrates or underrates inactive players. The rating system should be based on accumulated rating points and not on current strength. The reason being is that the ratings are published three times a year and current strength would be somewhat distorted. The Glicko system works very well on the Internet because ratings are published after ever game. With all due respect to mathematicians the Glicko system seems to be based on subjective principles. Nobody really knows how the rating system works. The rating system should be objective and fair to all players. Players have the right to know how their ratings are calculated. The disclaimer at the top of the rating system is a testament to the complicity of this system and even the ratings officers have had difficulty understanding the fundamentals of the system. I believe this system should be scrapped as many players will lose confidence in the rating system and will only play in bigger prestigious event rather than gambling with their rating in weekenders where their "unreliable rating" can plummet or skyrocket 700 points. We should not base the rating system on catering for these players who play a tournament every decade. All it does is lower the spirit and morale of the regular active players as they have little reward for hard work at the chessboard. I believe that the issue of the national ratings is a serious issue and one that needs to be addressed in the immediate future. All the best over the holiday Nicholas Kordahi BILL GLETSOS Dear Graeme, I have had a number of discussions with Nick regarding the rating system over the past 12 months and as usual he used a lot of words but said little of substance. It would have been good for once if Nick could have actually shown some examples of what he believes is wrong with the system rather than continuing making unsubstantiated assertions. The ACF rating system is run for the benefit of players for the respective State Associations and for consistency across states. If a State Association believes there is a problem with the rating system then they can raise that directly with the ACF ratings officers. If Nick believes the system is wrong and can provide an argument based on statistical data rather than some undetermined "gut" feeling he has then he should forward this to his State Association. If they believe his arguments have any merit then they can forward it to Graham Saint and I for investigation. The current ACF Glicko system in fact seems to give results similar to the standard ELO system when using a K-Factor of 30. The old ACF ELO system used a K-Factor of 15. The current ACF Glicko system simply moves a players rating more quickly towards his current performance rating than the old ACF ELO system did. Nick's comments that a rating system should just be an accumulation of points and not and indictation of current strength flys in the face of the function of having a rating system, which is to give a measure of a players current strength and an indication of how he will perform in the immediate future. If a player had a rating 5-10 years ago of 2100 but in his last 10 games played at a perfomance level of 1700 then his next opponenent is more likely to be a player closer to 1700 than 2100 in strength, The rating should reflect this. Nick states that the rating system seems to be based on subjective rather than objective principles. Perhaps Nick would like to tell Professor Mark Glickman (Associate Professor in Mathematics at Boston Univeristy and Chairman of the US Chess Federation Rating Committee) that his Glicko system is not based on any objective data. His over 30 page paper on the Glicko system on his web page would seem to suggest otheriwse. Of course I doubt Nick has bothered to read any of the papers on Professor Glickmans web page www.http://math.bu.edu/people/mg/ratings.html. Players see to feel that if they score 50% in a tournament their rating shouldn't change. However if they are rated 1700 and the average rating of their opponents is 1500 then clearly the players rating should go down just like the players rating should go up if the average rating of their opponents had been 1900. Regards, Bill *********** With very best wishes to all for a meaningful Christmas and productive New Year. 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 Chess - the Clever Sport! �