ACF Bulletin #188, Monday October 28

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In this issue
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* Olympiad update
* Pal Dozsa misses World Senior
* Professor Bernhard Neumann passes away
* ABC TV MDA checkmate competition
* US Chess Federation on drug testing
* Australian Clubs Team Championships

* Tournament results:
* Queensland Schools Finals
* Sunshine Coast school teams chess tournament
* Box Hill Chess Club Rapid Play
* George Xie 9/9 in NSW Championship
* Gosford Open and NSW Country Championship

* Letters: Fischer/Castro

* Tourney ads:
* Grand Prix
* Laurieton November Open


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Olympiad
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In round 1, the Australian men's team beat British Virgin Islands 3-1 
while our women won 3-0 against Zambia. In the men's top board 
GM Johansen was surprisingly beaten by FM Craig Van Tilbury. 

Round 2 saw Australia (ranked 46th) lose 1.5-2.5 to 16th seed Sweden, 
but Australian co-champion Nick Speck scored a welcome win over his 
much higher-rated opponent. The women's team (ranked 38th) lost to 
10th seed Germany 2-1.

Games and reports will be available on the ACF and SACA sites 
as they become available.

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Illness keeps Paul Dozsa out of World Senior
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Australian Senior Champion Paul Dozsa has missed the World Senior 
Championship in Germany after falling ill and being hospitalised for 
several days in Europe. However, Australian representatives Phil Viner 
and Les Kovacs are now playing in the tournament, which features some 
past giants of the game, such as Taimanov, Unzicker and Uhlmann.

Pal says:    

"I arrived on Friday 6am to Vienna as scheduled. My
connecting fight to Liepzig, Germany was at 17.10pm,
eleven hours later.

"I caught an airport bus to have a look at the city.

"Around 1pm I felt suddenly sick and lost
consciousness.
I did wake up the next day in the intensive care unit
of a hospital in Vienna.

"They told me that I am suffering from a particularly
unpleasant food poisoning, the probable result of the
food that had been served after the Kuala Lumpur take
off.

"I discharged myself against doctors' advice on Tuesday
this week.

"By this time it was useless to try to go to Germany as
by the time of my arrival 4-5 rounds would have been
played.

"Thanks for God that I had good travel insurance, as
the cost of the hospital is around 500 Euros
a day.

"So I proceeded with the second part of my original
plan
and I have visited my family in Szeged, Hungary.

"It is fantastic to see them as it is nearly 40 years
since I have last meet them."

Full details at http://www.seniorenschach.de/index.htm

Six players - Taimanov, Karasev, Petkevitch, Kosanski, 
Khanukov and Unzicker - lead with 4.5/5. Australian entrants 
Phil Viner and Les Kovacs are on 3.0 and 1.5 respectively.

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Professor Bernhard Neumann RIP
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We're sad to report that one of Australia's oldest players, 
Professor Bernhard Neumann, passed away on Monday, October 21.

I understand Professor Neumann was a Professor of Mathematics at
the Australian National University in Canberra and still rode his 
bike to uni, 3km a day, well into his nineties. He was still playing 
in the Doeberl Cup until recently.

Professor Neumann was a well-loved and well-respected man 
and the ACF extends its condolences to his family and friends.

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Chess on TV: ABC's MDA checkmate competition
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Viewers of the ABC's medical-legal drama "MDA" will know that 
two of the major characters play chess throughout the show. 
Now the program's website has a chess competition: 
check it out at http://abc.net.au/mda/checkmate/default.htm

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Australian Clubs Team Championships (Caloundra, Sunshine Coast) - Change of Dates
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In response to demand, we've moved the competition back a week so that it is
now entirely within school holidays for all states/territories except
Tasmania. The new dates are 29 September to 3 October 2003.

Details of this inaugural FIDE rated event are as follows:

This is an official Australian title event.

Teams of 8, of which at least three must be female and three male. One of
the aims of this competition is to promote the social side and family side
of club chess. Players must play in board order of playing strength and keep
in this order throughout the competition. Reserves may be freely
substituted.

Prizes: Trophies for the winning team and boards plus the title of
Australian Clubs Team Champion. There are no cash prizes for this event.
Just the glory!

Entry Fee: $400 per team (no extra charge for reserves).

Time Controls: 32 moves in 90 mins, 24 moves in 30 mins then 20 secs a move
to finish (same as Doeberl Cup).

Schedule:

Sat/Sun 27/28 September (Optional) Redcliffe Challenge Grand Prix event
Monday 29 September Rest Day
Tuesday 30 September 2 Rounds 10am and 3pm
Wednesday 1 October 2 Rounds 10am and 3pm
Thusday 2 October 2 Rounds 10am and 3pm
Friday 3 October Rest Day

Sat/Sun 4/5 October (Optional) Tweed Heads Open (Grand Prix event) To be
confirmed

4 teams: double round robin, 6 games
5 teams: 5 rounds, each team plays 4 games
6 teams: 5 rounds, 5 games
7 teams: 7 rounds, each team plays 6 games (a Friday morning round would be
required)
8 teams: 7 rounds, 7 games (a Friday morning round would be required)
9+ teams: Swiss Draw, 6 games

FIDE rated.

Venue/Accommodation: Rydges Oasis Resort, Caloundra on Queensland's Sunshine
Coast. This is a 4.5 star luxury resort, only a very short walk to the
beach. It has recently won Queensland Catering and Restaurant Awards for
Excellence, was a finalist in the Queensland Tourism awards and winner of
the Skal International Sunshine Coast Best Restaurant award.

Nevertheless, by staying in a three bed self catering apartment sleeping
seven, you can stay for five days for a total of  just $109 per person. You
can stay for longer if you wish at the same rates. This luxury accommodation
suits teams and families on a budget. There is a range of accommodation to
suit all tastes.

5 Day Rates:

Hotel Spa Room: $409 single or twin share.
Two Bedroom Villa: $549 sleeps 2 to 4.
Three Bedroom Villa: $614 sleeps 3 to 5 (Additional roll-away $15 each).

Full details of this great holiday destination can be found at
www.rydges.com/oasis.

Obviously we as organisers are hoping that all competitors stay at this
venue. There are very good reasons why you should:

1. Where else would you get 4.5 star accommodation at a rate of around $22
per person, per day?

2. To maximise the social interaction with your team and opposing team it is
always better to stay at the same venue.

3. What a great place to mix a great holiday with serious chess.

4. Social events/dinners/BBQs will be organised. These will be optional at
own cost.

5. 200 hotel rooms, suites and self-contained one, two and three bedroom
apartments to suit the needs of every guest. All rooms feature free inhouse
movies, Sky Channel, direct dial ISD data port telephones. Easy walking
distance to the beach and shopping centre. The Deck Restaurant, specialising
in fresh seafood and chargrilled steaks. Legends cocktail bar and lounge.
Swimming pool and outdoor heated spa. Children's playground and babysitting
service available. Golf putting green. Tennis court. 10 acres of tropical
landscaped gardens and water lily lagoons. Comprehensive conference
facilities for up to 250 people. 24 hour reception, tour desk. Takeaway
meals available from the Restaurant. Games Room. Underwater World not far.

Transport: The organisers will endeavour to facilitate transport from the
Gold Coast to Caloundra for those players choosing to play in the Gold Coast
Classic and from Caloundra to Redcliffe for those players choosing to play
in the Redcliffe Challenge.

Enquiries and Entries: Kerry Corker kppc@ausinfo.com.au and Graeme Gardiner
ggardiner@gardinerchess.com.

Accommodation Bookings: Rydges Oasis Resort rydges_caloundra@rydges.com with
a copy to Kerry Corker please.

The organisers and venue have stipulated that the event will definitely
proceed if at least four clubs from at least three states have entered by 31
March 2003. Already it seems that entries are almost certain from the Gold
Coast Chess Club, Club Bullwinkle (Jacob Edwards) and the Koala Club (Brian
Jones). If you are keen for this tournament to thrive, please start putting
your team together now (and let us know!).

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US Chess Federation on drug testing
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The following motion was passed during a conference call of the
USCF Executive Board held on October 23, 2002.

"The US Chess Federation officially adopts the following position
statement:

The US Chess Federation recognizes that Olympic affiliation for chess
has various potential advantages, including eligibility for regional
games such as the Asian Games, or local funding. The USCF also
recognizes that some national federations may currently benefit
financially from recognition by their National Olympic Committees, and
the USCF does not wish to interfere with federations which may choose
to pursue and maintain such benefits. The USCF also recognizes and
supports the right of chess professionals and all players to choose to
participate in events, and in doing so to choose to honor requirements
for those events. 

Furthermore, the USCF recognizes that chess has many of the finest
elements of sports, including the very important element of
challenging the abilities of its participants to their maximum level.
Strengthening of mind as well as body should be the goal of all
sports, and mind-sports such as chess can benefit society as a whole.

However, the USCF establishes the following principles and strongly
urges their adoption by other federations:

1) Research does not support the conclusion that any substance
produces measurable benefit to chess-playing. Even where research
suggests that enhanced cognitive functioning may result from the use
of substances, that research has not yet demonstrated that such
effects impact the cognitive and perceptual skills that are particular
to chess. Psychological studies of chess skill have demonstrated the
dominant role of perceptual processes, which are enhanced and made
much more efficient by specific learning, and the manner in which
perceptions are organized and  integrated by the player into a total
reasoning process for a move choice.  It can be argued from those
psychological studies that the cognitive processes used in chess are
not necessarily analogous to those employed in other activities that
have been studied. Furthermore, the practical effects of such general
factors as improved concentration on move-choice must be
experimentally tested. It is evident that any such effects, if present
at all, would almost certainly be much less than the effects of
substances on more sensitive indicators, such as precise running time
in a race.

Furthermore, chess players at all levels have demonstrated an
excellent record with regard to the absence of substance abuse.
Complaints of this type are virtually non-existent in any chess
competitions. The USCF believes that chess competitors have already
set and maintained an exemplary standard in this area that is
important to all sports.

It is noted, furthermore, that anecdotal reporting by players suggests
that use of any substances, including even ingestion of caffeine, may
be more likely to have a detrimental effect, rather than a positive
one, on chess performance for various reasons. Empirical demonstration
of these effects on chess play must be established by experiments that
are specific to chess performance and the cognitive processes most
pertinent to that performance. 

2) Pursuant to point (1), FIDE is urged to join with other mind-sports
in petitioning the IOC and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)  to
eliminate testing requirements that are inappropriate for mind-sports,
until such time as adequate experimental evidence has been produced to
support the need for such testing in mind-sports. Even prior to such
experimentation, it should be immediately obvious that many substances
on the WADA list are inappropriate for mind-sports. Allowing organized
mind-sports to investigate and self-regulate in this area is a valid
approach that is completely consistent with the goals of the IOC,
considering the information described above in point (1). It is noted
that WADA is reviewing its regulations and seeking input at this time.
FIDE should work more closely with its federations, including the
USCF, in coordinating contacts with Olympic officials who are
sympathetic to the social and sporting benefits of chess in order to
approach this goal. 

3) Because of principle (1), there is great risk that sanctions may be
inappropriately placed against players who had no intent of using any
performance-enhancing substances. The USCF strongly opposes any and
all penalties against any players until such time as the need for
testing in chess has been experimentally demonstrated as indicated in
point (1). The WADA sanctions are based on the assumption that
substance use is an established problem in sports, but this has not
been demonstrated to be the case in chess or other mind-sports. The
USCF asserts that the imposition by FIDE of testing-based sanctions,
fines, related penalties, and other reprisals against USCF players
will be unacceptable to the USCF, until such time as the experimental
need for testing in chess has been adequately demonstrated.

4) No federation should be required by FIDE to perform testing at its
events. It is noted that the USCF Delegates passed a motion in 2001
that urged FIDE to limit testing to events where it is absolutely
essential for qualification into the Olympic Games. By implication
from the Delegate position and consistent with it, the Board considers
it to be USCF policy that there be no mandatory testing in
USCF-sanctioned events, unless such events are specially organized for
the purpose of Olympic qualification or for qualification to
Olympic-associated events such as regional games, and all requirements
are advertised clearly in advance. 

5) Testing should not occur at this time in any FIDE events that are
not necessary for Olympic qualification or for associated events such
as regional games, until such time as the need for such testing in
chess has been demonstrated, or full acceptance into the Olympic
movement has moved closer to reality.

6) Chess professionals and all players should be more adequately
informed  of the risks they may face resulting from positive tests,
and of the nature of the banned substances, particularly where there
has been no intent to enhance performance by any such use. The absence
of any demonstrated or reported substance-use problem in chess makes
it unlikely that players will be sufficiently aware of the risks they
have from innocent use of substances such as caffeine.

7) Monetary fines should be immediately removed from FIDE regulations,
as these appear not to be required under WADA regulations.

8) The USCF requests that it be allowed to nominate an appointment to
the FIDE Medical Commission, with the objective of addressing the
research and related issues involved in this area.

9) FIDE should address these issues actively with the IOC and WADA,
and should take the lead in creating the necessary research to study
the effects of substances in chess, while continuing to advocate for
the positive place and role of chess as a sport in the sporting world.

PASSED 6-0  Brady absent

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Junior wins NSW Championship with perfect score
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16-year-old George Xie has won the title with a sensational 9/9.

OPEN
Place	Name              	Loc 	Score

  1  	Xie, George       	2097	9    
  2  	Agulto, Edgardo   	2177	7    
  3  	Samar, Raul       	2189	6.5  
  4  	Stead, Kerry      	1974	6    
 5-7 	Goris, Robert     	2123	4.5  
     	Canfell, Gregory J	2256	4.5  
     	Zirdum, Ivan      	2050	4.5  
  8  	Chambers, M 	2075	4    
9-10 	Camer, A   	2086	3.5  
     	Capilitan, Romeo  	1999	3.5  
11-12	Harp, Joel        	1899	3    
     	Ginat, Michael B  	2225	3    
 13  	Safarian, Alek    	1995	2.5  
 14  	Cabilin, Jeff     	2002	1.5  

U/2000
Place	Name		               		Loc 	Score

 1-3 	Navarro, Sim	       	1964	6.5  
     	Krejci, Stephen    		1855	6.5  
     	Lip, Catherine     		1803	6.5  
 4-5 	Attwood, Jim       		1859	6    
     	Reif, Josef F      		1952	6    
 6-9 	Bleicher, Horst    		1739	5.5  
     	Javor, Stephen     		1644	5.5  
     	Song, Angela       		1230	5.5  
     	Rewais, Sarwat     		1693	5.5  
10-13	Tulevski, Vasil G  	1772	5    
     	Pilja, Djuro       		1833	5    
     	Song, Raymond      	1306	5    
     	Carballo, Rick     		1700	5    
14-16	Molin, Sam         	1723	4.5  
     	Castor, David      		1805	4.5  
     	Cronan, James      		1524	4.5  
17-21	Lee, Edward        	1886	4    
     	Fell, Lloyd S      		1863	4    
     	Katnic, Eddy       		1723	4    
     	Borovnjak, Joze    		1675	4    
     	Clark, Dominic     		1555	4    
 22  	Baterowicz, Mark   	1685	3.5  
23-25	Gray, McClure      	1749	3    
     	Bautista, Elpidio  		1643	3    
     	Trkulja, Slavko    		1680	3    
 26  	Escribano, Jose    	1636	2.5  
27-28	Christensen, Joshua	    	1    
     	O'Riordan, Bernard 	1669	1    
 29  	Winter, George     	1846	0    

U/1600

Place	Name               	Loc 	Score

  1  	Lubarsky, Kostia   	1592	8    
 2-3 	Greenwood, Norman  	1488	7    
     	Tomac, Jack        		1289	7    
  4  	Chernih, Nicholas  	    	6.5  
 5-8 	Keuning, Anthony V 	1514	6    
     	Tracey, Michael J 	 	1399	6    
     	Bisson, Danny Wayne	1438	6    
     	Huang, Jim         		1502	6    
9-12 	Savelieff, Geoffrey	1558	5.5  
     	Kresinger, Frank   		1457	5.5  
     	Canuto, Carlo      	    		5.5  
     	Miranda, Adrian    		951 	5.5  
13-16	Tubic, Luka        	1534	5    
     	Rara, Henry        		1548	5    
     	Ivanovic, Radislav 	1304	5    
     	Tobin, Luke        		1454	5    
17-19	Wu, Edwin          	1059	4.5  
     	Walshe, Ian M      		1321	4.5  
     	Mann, Nicholas G   	1249	4.5  
20-26	Accola, Tom        	1049	4    
     	Chiara, Vince      		1394	4    
     	Huang, Justin  	    	1291	4    
     	Tse, Jeffrey       		439 	4    
     	Nolan, Kenny       		1306	4    
     	Gonzales, Rolando  	    	4    
     	Talisayan, Samuel  	1118	4    
27-29	Huynh, Arthur      	1456	3.5  
     	Grbin, Tereza      		1539	3.5  
     	Szczesnik, Tomasz  	    	3.5  
30-34	Ergun, Senol       	    	3    
     	Laugery, Bernard A 	1368	3    
     	Xu, William        		608 	3    
     	Marshall, Aaron   	 	1438	3    
     	Komljenovic, Stojan	1210	3    
 35  	Cheers, Daniel     	733 	2    
 36  	Fogarty, Gary  	    	1085	1    
37-39	Mitchell, Robert   	1190	0    
     	Bailey, Gregory  	  	886 	0    
     	Parker, Trent      		988 	0    


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Queensland Schools Finals
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The finals of the Queensland Schools teams competition were held at the
Russian Club in Brisbane last weekend. As usual, the event was organised by
the very hard-working Ian Murray. For the first time, this was a truly
statewide event with teams from Cairns, Innisfail and Townsville. Ian Murray
can take full credit for this as for the last two or three years he has made
an annual sojourn up to the north of the state to run qualifying events in
the various regions. More importantly he has encouraged the locals to
organise the events themselves, with great success. Well done Ian.

Congratulations also to the Queensland qualifiers: Open High School Anglican
Church Grammar School, Open Primary School Worongary State School, All Girls
High Saint Stephens College, All Girls Primary Worongary State School.

Full results at http://www.caq.org.au/htm/results.htm

- Graeme Gardiner


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Sunshine Coast School Teams chess tournament
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The annual Sunshine Coast School Teams Chess Tournament was run on Sunday
27th October 2002. 172 enthusiastic students from 13 schools across the
Sunshine Coast participated in the event. This year, separate events were
run for the primary and secondary schools.

A double Round-Robin event was played amongst the 5 secondary teams, while
38 teams battled it out in the primary event which used a Swiss draw. In
some previous years, the secondary schools have played in the same event as
the primary schools. "This apparently caused some concern, as a number of
primary teams defeated the older teams!", Director-of-Play Paul Summers
advised.

The primary event had all categories (A, B, C and D) playing in the same
event for the first time, where the D teams are very much novices. Despite
this some of the D teams performed very creditably.

In the Secondary category, the results from a possible 32 points were:

First: Matthew Flinders Anglican College Buderim 24 (Tavis Knack, Tam Goh,
Christopher Williams & Adam Brooks)
Second: Nambour State High 1 Nambour 22.5
Third: Nambour State High 1 Nambour 18

In the Primary category, the results from a possible 28 points were:

CATEGORY A
First: Chevallum State Checkmates Chevallum 23.5 (Marcus Bleney, Alex
Karpsten, Rhys Hulme & Ike Zanos)
Second: Chancellor State 1 Chancellor Park 22.5
Third: Matthew Flinders Anglican College 1 Buderim 19.5

CATEGORY B
First: Matthew Flinders Anglican College 2 Buderim 19.5 (Jack Huntley,
Broderick Burgenhagen, Ellen Muir & Alexander Fisher)
Second: Chevallum State Chiefs Chevallum 19
Third: Pacific Lutheran College B Nambour 15.5

CATEGORY C
First: St Joseph's Bishops Nambour 17 (Joseph O'Hare, Mark Redfern,
Mark Lincoln & Ryan Atkinson)
Second: Chevallum State Knights Chevallum 16.5
=Third: Good Shepherd Lutheran Lions Noosaville 15.5
Matthew Flinders Anglican College 4 Buderim 15.5

CATEGORY D
First: Tallara College 1 Caloundra 17.5 (Brock Ranger, Doug
Alford-Jones, Brandon Smith & Mav Hurst)
=Second: Nambour State White Chevallum 15.5
Chevallum State Champs Buderim 15.5

A full list of all results in each category is attached in a text format.
Individual results are still under preparation, e-mail Rebecca Bleney at
becharte@austarnet.com.au
to obtain a copy when completed in a few weeks.

- Paul Summers
Suncoast Chess Club
http://www.sunchess.aunz.org

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Box Hill Chess Club Rapid Play, 20/10/2002
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Sixty-eight players participated in a 7 round Rapid Play tournament
(20 minutes/player/game) sponsored by the Whitehorse Council as part of the
Whitehorse festival. Total prize money was $600. The venue was exceptional:
carpeted and air-conditioned. Players were able to enjoy the food stalls
that were open all day as part of the festival. DOP was Gerrit Hartland and
Computer Services were provided by Stephan Taylor, ensuring a dispute free event. 

1st Erik Teichmann $120
2nd D Bourmistrov $70
3rd D Partsi, M Pyke, C Savige $21 ea.

Best Senior D Flude $50
Best Junior M Lee $40 and trophy
Best family J&R Lugo $50

U1600 M Burak $50
U1450 E Rice $50
Rookies 1st A Chee $30 and trophy 
Rookies 2nd J Carey $20 and trophy

Queens Cup M Lee
U11 K Nguyen trophy
M Morris trophy
U10 A Chee trophy 
J Carey trophy
U9 S Dalton trophy
Z H Gan trophy
U7 J Lugo trophy

- Trevor Stanning
Treasurer, Box Hill Chess Club

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Gosford Open
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Three way tie for first place in the Gosford Open 

Tomek Rej, Lee Jones and Robert Goris all tied for first place with 5.5/7  
followed by IM Gary Lane and George Xie on 5 points. The under 2000 prize 
was won by Milan Grcic from the ACT; second under 2000 was shared by 
John Nutter, Catherine Lip, David Castor and Thorin Munro. The under 1800 Prize 
was won by Mal Murrell; second under 1800 was shared by 
Ian Dickson and Jose Escribano. The under 1600 prize was won by Lee Forace 
with  James Cronan and Anthony Keuning sharing second. The under 1400 prize 
was won by Gary Losh with Armando Rizzardini, Barry Shearwood and 
George Lithgow second. The under 1200 prize was won by Sebastion Jurd with 
Max Illingworth taking the under 1000 prize. George Xie took the prize for best junior. 

The NSW Country Championship was a three way tie between Sebastion Jurd, 
John Nutter and Mal Murrell. The winner by tie-break will be decided at the next meeting 
of the NSWCA council. Sebastion Jurd was the stand out performer winning the  
Junior Lloyd Fell shield  for the best performance above his rating. 
Greg Bailey won the Senior Lloyd Fell Shield. 

- Rick Keuning

Place	Name               	Feder	Rtg	Loc 	Score

 1-3 	Jones, Lee R       	NSW  	   	2139	5.5  
     	Rej, Tomek         	NSW  	   	2032	5.5  
     	Goris, Robert      	NSW  	   	2123	5.5  
 4-6 	Lane, Gary W      	NSW  	   	2443	5    
     	Xie, George        	NSW  	   	2097	5    
     	Grcic, Milan       	ACT  	   	1803	5    
7-13 	Munro, Thorin J  	NSW  	   	1913	4.5  
     	Jurd, Sebastion    	NSW  	   	1194	4.5  
     	Lip, Catherine     	NSW  	   	1803	4.5  
     	Nutter, John       	NSW  	   	1963	4.5  
     	Castor, David      	NSW  	   	1805	4.5  
     	Murrell, Malcolm 	NSW  	   	1777	4.5  
     	Forace, Lee        	ACT  	   	1561	4.5  
14-19	Van Renen, M   	NSW  	   	1962	4    
     	Dickson, Ian C     	NSW  	   	1665	4    
     	Escribano, Jose    	NSW  	   	1636	4    
     	Cronan, James      	NSW  	   	1524	4    
     	Losh, Gary         	NSW  	   	1320	4    
     	Keuning, Anthony 	NSW  	   	1514	4    
20-22	Lane, Nancy L  	NSW  	   	1824	3.5  
     	Petersons, H 	ACT  	   	1680	3.5  
     	Pickering, A 	     	   	    	3.5  
23-30	White, Michael 	NSW  	   	1623	3    
     	O'Riordan, B 	NSW  	   	1669	3    
     	Robinson, Allen    	NSW  	   	1571	3    
     	Illingworth, Max   	NSW  	   	850 	3    
     	Lithgow, George    	NSW  	   	1327	3    
     	Rizzardini, A	NSW  	   	1345	3    
     	Shearwood, B   	NSW  	   	1385	3    
     	Fell, Lloyd R      	NSW  	   	    	3    
31-33	Yee, L       	NSW  	   	    	2.5  
     	Bailey, Gregory    	NSW  	   	886 	2.5  
     	Robinson, A   	NSW  	   	1288	2.5  
34-37	Skulimovski, D 	NSW  	   	1417	2    
     	Keuning, Patrick J 	NSW  	   	1154	2    
     	Greenwood, N  	NSW  	   	1488	2    
     	Keaveney, J   	NSW  	   	1315	2    
38-40	Porter, L     	NSW  	   	1088	1    
     	Miranda, Adrian    	NSW  	   	951 	1    
     	Longfield, Craig   	NSW  	   	1422	1    

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Letters
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(Last week Lee Clough of the University of Newcastle asked Cuban leader Fidel Castro
had ever beaten Bobby Fischer at chess. Here are the responses.)

I am pretty certain they had what might euphemistically be called a 
'sociable' game. I doubt Bobby would have allowed himself to lose, but a draw 
is quite likely.
I never saw the TV programme post the 1972 match where Fischer was 
interviewed by Bob Hope. I seem to remember reading that fischer did 'lose' 
there. That was probably with jokey cheating. If I am right, somebody will 
remember that, also the Castro incident.
By the way, surely sanctions were in place and Bobby could never have visited 
Cuba? He played in a tournament by Telex
Ask Sam Sloan sloan@ishipress.com
He will put it on his yahoo forum. But ask not to be put in the group unless 
you do not mind being bombarded with about 30 e-mails daily.
- Stewart Reuben


Hi Paul,
Re Lee Clough's question. I do not know of Fisher versus Castro but
one of Castro's close associates involved with his return to Cuba (Bay of
Pigs invasion etc) was Che Guevera and I have a book which has a photo
showing Che Guevera playing in a chess tournament presumably somewhere in
Cuba. The photo shows a number of other unidentified players also.
- Ian Lincoln

Hi Ed 
I just happened to read this the day before I got the news letter - 
it may be no help what so ever to you.
According to the "World of Chess" Fischer was invited to the Havana International 
Tournament in 1965 but the US denied him permission to go to Cuba.  He decided 
to take part by teletype from New York and managed despite the handicap of playing 
twenty-one sessions of eight hours or more to tie for second.  It said he exchanged 
sharp tactical moves by cable with Castro on the world political chessboard.  
They met for the first time the following year at the Havana Olympiad.  
The book doesn't say if they ever played or not.
- Rebecca  Bleney

Dear Mr. Clough,
Bobby Fischer never met Fidel Castro in an official game (reference "The
Games of Robert J. Fischer" Wade & O'Connell).  However they certainly met;
at the Havana Olympiad in 1966 and possibly on other occasions.  The book
"A Picture History of Chess" (Dover 1981) has a picture of them having a
chat during this event, page 172.
It is quite possible that they had a friendly game at this event.  My
suggestion for further research would be to pass on a query to the other
members of the American team at the 1966 Olympiad; Larry Evans, Robert
Byrne & Pal Benko.  Even if a game as such was never played there may well
be some interesting anecdotes!  The United States Chess Federation (USCF)
might well be willing to pass on such a query to the above mentioned
masters.  Unfortunately I don't have an email address for them, but it
wouldn't be too hard to find, they are bound to have a website.
I hope the above is of some use.  I wish you the best with your research.
- With Regards
Roland Brockman

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Laurieton November Open
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Laurieton United Servicemen’s Club welcomes all 
Chess Players to the Class 1 Grand Prix event !!!
3rd annual ‘Laurieton November Open’
Saturday & Sunday 2 & 3 November 2002

Venue: Laurieton United Servicemen’s Club on the waterfront. 
Excellent playing conditions provided by our Major Sponsor L.U.S.C.

Times: Sat: 10 am 12:30 pm 3:15 pm 5:45 pm. 
Sun: 10 am 12:30 pm & 3:15 pm. Presentation after round 7.
Please be here before 10 am. on Saturday.
Time Limit: 60 min. per player for game - G/60. Games Rated.

Prizes: $ 150 First Prize. Divisional prizes determined by the number of entries. 
Players can only win one prize each. The decision of Tournament Directors will be final.

Entry: $20 Seniors / $8 Juniors
Tea/Coffee/Cordial supplied Free! Club Bistro open for lunch.
This is a Non-Smoking event.

Contact: Endel 6559 9060 <endel@fasternet.com.au> Strahan 6585 1143. 

Enjoy a Weekend of Chess in Beautiful Laurieton !

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2002 Grand Prix
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Organiser: Norm Braybrooke 
19 Trafalgar Drive Kippa-Ring 4021 
Email chessnut@windsor.net.au.
Webpage http://crcchess.topcities.com/GP2002.html.

A reminder that we welcome details of each event for publication in this
bulletin.

Remaining events in 2002:

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

9/10 Nov Hobsons Bay Open VIC Cat 1 Peter Caissa 0411 710900
pcaissa@melbpc.org.au

16/17 Nov Taree RSL Spring Open NSW Cat 1 Endel Lane 02 6559 9060
endel@fasternet.com.au

23/24 Nov NSWCA Cat 1 Robert Keast 02 9649 8614 robert.keast@didata.com.au

7/8 December Tuggeranong Vikings Weekender ACT Cat 1 Ian Rout 02 6281 4501
IanandJan@netspeed.com.au

14/15 December Fairfield Winter Cup NSW Cat 2 Rolando Atienza 0421 379940
atienzarolando@hotmail.com

Best wishes till next time
- Paul Broekhuyse