ACF Bulletin #199, January 13, 2002
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In This Issue
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* Wallace wins Australian Open
* Selected Aussie Open games
* ACF Medals awarded
* Aussies shine in NZ
* From the new ACF President George Howard
* Grand Prix 2003
* Upcoming tournaments
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Pratt Foundation 2003 Australian Open Championships
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IM John-Paul Wallace has scored a well-deserved win in the
Pratt Foundation 2003 Australian Open Championships which have just concluded.
Wallace lost just one game and led for much of the event.
Equal second were IM David Smerdon and another young Queenslander,
Jonathon Humphrey, rated just 1782. Humphrey's result
was incredible, particularly his finishing streak: wins against Gareth Charles (2069),
Jakirlic (2082), Hamilton (2173) and Solomon (2318) and then a draw against
Wallace (2481) in the final round. I understand Jonathon is a Uni of Queensland student
and a former Brisbane Grammar student with the rare distinction of once
beating Smerdon in an inter-school game.
The tournament seems to have been very well run by Brian Jones, Shaun Press and others.
The website for the event (http://austopen.chesskit.com/) and Gary Bekker's live games coverage
set a very high standard. At the site you can find full results, games (including a number annotated
by IM Zong-Yuan Zhao), illustrated reports and more.
Leading Final Scores:
Australian Open (11 rounds, 111 players)
9.5 Wallace
8.5 Humphrey, Smerdon
8.0 Solomon, Rej, Hamilton, Hoffmann
7.5 Xie, Lane, Froehlich, Wilkins, Ilic
Minor (11 rounds)
9.0 Davidson
8.0 Stokes
7.5 Jurd, Syafei
Classic (7 rounds)
6.0 Lilly
5.0 Luchtmeijer, Glissan, Rose
Week 1 (5 rounds)
4.0 Lee, Jones
3.5 Attwood
Rapid (7 rounds)
6.5 Smerdon
6.0 Agulto
5.5 Froehlich, Samar, Kabir, Wilkins
Lightning (11 rounds)
9.0 Curtis, Solomon
8.5 Froehlich
8.0 Tan, Smerdon, Wilkins
Some of the more interesting games from the championship:
[Event "Australian Open 2003"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.01.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Wallace, John-Paul"]
[Black "Wilkins, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2048"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "41"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 d5 6. Nc3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. Re1 N7f6 11. Ne5 Bd7 12. Qf3 Rc8 13. Qh3 Nxc3 14. bxc3
Re8 15. Rb1 Bc6 16. Bg5 g6 17. Rbd1 Ba4 18. Rc1 b5 19. Re3 Nh5 20. Nxf7 Kxf7
21. Qxe6+ 1-0
[Event "Australian Open 2003"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.01.04"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Wallace, John-Paul"]
[Black "Schultz-Pedersen, Jesper"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2162"]
[PlyCount "75"]
1. d4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. a3 d5 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 dxc4 8.
Nxc4 Qd5 9. b3 Rd8 10. Bb2 Bd7 11. O-O Qh5 12. Re1 Rac8 13. e4 Be8 14. h3 Na5
15. Nce5 Nd7 16. g4 Qh6 17. Bc1 g5 18. Nxd7 Bxd7 19. b4 Nc4 20. Qe2 b5 21. h4
f6 22. e5 Qg7 23. exf6 Bxf6 24. Nxg5 Bxd4 25. Nxe6 Bxe6 26. Qxe6+ Qf7 27. Qxf7+
Kxf7 28. Ra2 c5 29. Bg5 Rd7 30. Be4 Re8 31. Ree2 Bb2 32. bxc5 Rd1+ 33. Kg2 Bxa3
34. c6 b4 35. Bf3 b3 36. Rxa3 Nxa3 37. Rxe8 Kxe8 38. Bxd1 1-0
[Event "Australian Open 2003"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.01.06"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Smerdon, David"]
[Black "Wallace, John-Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[PlyCount "67"]
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. h4 Nf6 6. f3 h5 7. a4 Nbd7 8. Bc4 c5
9. Nh3 O-O 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Nf4 b5 13. Bd5 Nxd5 14. Nfxd5 e6 15.
Ne7+ Kh7 16. Qxd6 Nxa4 17. Nc6 {#} Bxc3+ 18. Kf2 Rd8 19. Qf4 Rd2+ 20. Kg3 Rd7 21.
Nxa5 Bxa5 22. Rhd1 Kg8 23. Rxd7 Bxd7 24. Bd4 Rc8 25. Qf6 Bc7+ 26. f4 e5 27.
Bxe5 Bxe5 28. Qxe5 Bg4 29. f5 gxf5 30. exf5 Rc5 31. Qe8+ Kg7 32. f6+ Kxf6 33.
Qd8+ Kg6 34. Rxa4 1-0
[Event "Australian Open 2003"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.01.07"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Solomon, Stephen"]
[Black "Smerdon, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "155"]
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qe2 a5 12. g4 Bg6 13. d5 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nb4
15. Qe2 Bf6 16. Rd1 Re8 17. O-O Qd7 18. Nd4 Bg5 19. b3 Qe7 20. Nf5 Qe5 21. Nb5
g6 22. Qd2 Bxe3 23. Nxe3 Re7 24. Rfe1 Qf4 25. Kg2 Qe4+ 26. Kg3 Qe5+ 27. f4 Qh8
28. g5 h5 29. h4 Rae8 {#} 30. Nxc7 Rxc7 31. Ng4 Rce7 32. Nf6+ Kf8 33. a3 Na6 34.
Nxe8 Kxe8 35. Rxe7+ Kxe7 36. Qe3+ Kd7 37. Re1 Nc8 38. f5 gxf5 39. Kf4 Nc5 40.
b4 Ne4 41. Kf3 axb4 42. axb4 Qe5 43. Qf4 Nb6 44. Rc1 Kc7 45. Qxe5 dxe5 46. d6+
Kd7 47. c5 Nd5 48. b5 Nec3 49. Ra1 e4+ 50. Kg2 Nxb5 51. Ra8 f4 52. Rf8 f3+ 53.
Kg3 Nd4 54. Rxf7+ Ke8 55. g6 e3 56. d7+ Kd8 57. g7 Ne7 58. Kf4 f2 59. Kxe3 f1=Q
60. Rxf1 Ndf5+ 61. Kf3 Kxd7 62. Rb1 Kc6 63. Rg1 Nxh4+ 64. Ke4 Ng8 65. Rg5 Kd7
66. Rxh5 Ng6 67. Rh8 N6e7 68. Ke5 Nc6+ 69. Kd5 Nce7+ 70. Kc4 Kc6 71. Kd4 Kc7
72. Ke5 Kd7 73. Rh1 Nc6+ 74. Kd5 Nf6+ 75. Kc4 Ne7 76. Kb5 Kc7 77. Re1 Nfd5 78.
Re5 1-0
[Event "Australian Open 2003"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.01.08"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Humphrey, Jonathan"]
[Black "Hamilton, Douglas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[PlyCount "51"]
1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 Nf6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 d5 5. Bd3 c6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bb4+ 8.
Nc3 Qe7 9. Nge2 Nd7 10. Nf4 Nb6 11. Qh5+ Kd8 12. Bb3 g5 13. Nd3 Bd6 14. Qe2 Be6
15. O-O h5 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Nc5 Qe7 18. Qd3 Qh7 19. b4 Re8 20. d5 Nc8 21. Rfd1
Re7 22. dxc6 bxc6 23. Qa6 Rb8 24. Qxc6 Rxb4 25. Rxd6+ Nxd6 26. Qxd6+ {#} 1-0
[Event "Australian Open 2003"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.01.08"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Schultz-Pedersen, Jesper"]
[Black "Solomon, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[PlyCount "73"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. b4 cxb4 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. Qe2
d5 9. O-O dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nd5 11. Qd2 b6 12. a3 bxa3 13. Bxa3 Bb7 14. Rfe1 O-O
15. c4 Bxa3 16. Rxa3 Nf6 17. Bb1 Rc8 18. d5 exd5 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Ng5 g6 21.
Rh3 Rfe8 22. Rd1 dxc4 23. Nxh7 Qe5 24. Re3 Qg7 25. Ng5 Red8 26. Qc1 Rxd1+ 27.
Qxd1 Qd4 28. Qe1 Rd8 {#} 29. Bxg6 Qd1 30. Bxf7+ Kh8 31. Re8+ Kg7 32. Ne6+ Kf6 33.
Nxd8 Qxe1+ 34. Rxe1 Nxd8 35. Bxc4 a6 36. Rd1 Ke7 37. Bd5 1-0
[Event "Australian Open 2003"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.01.08"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Humphrey, Jonathan"]
[Black "Hamilton, Douglas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[PlyCount "51"]
1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 Nf6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 d5 5. Bd3 c6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bb4+ 8.
Nc3 Qe7 9. Nge2 Nd7 10. Nf4 Nb6 11. Qh5+ Kd8 12. Bb3 g5 13. Nd3 Bd6 14. Qe2 Be6
15. O-O h5 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Nc5 Qe7 18. Qd3 Qh7 19. b4 Re8 {#} 20. d5 Nc8 21. Rfd1
Re7 22. dxc6 bxc6 23. Qa6 Rb8 24. Qxc6 Rxb4 25. Rxd6+ Nxd6 26. Qxd6+ 1-0
[Event "Australian Open 2003"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.01.08"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Lane, Gary"]
[Black "Hamilton, Douglas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "92"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
d6 9. a3 Nd7 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Re1 dxe5 12. dxe5 Rc8 13. Bd2 O-O 14. b4 Re8 15.
h4 Nf8 16. h5 Qd7 17. h6 Ng6 18. g3 Red8 19. Be4 Qa4 20. Nd4 Ba6 21. Qg4 Qd7
22. hxg7 Rc4 23. Bd3 f5 24. exf6 Nxf6 25. Bxc4 Bxc4 26. Qg5 Qxd4 27. Bc3 Ne4
28. Qe3 Nxc3 29. Nxc3 Qxe3 30. Rxe3 Bf6 31. Rc1 Bg5 32. f4 Bf6 33. Kh2 Rd2+ 34.
Kh3 Bd4 35. Rf3 Bd3 36. Nb1 Bf5+ 37. g4 Bxb1 38. Rxb1 e5 39. f5 e4 40. Rff1 Be5
41. Rh1 Rd3+ 42. Kg2 Nf4+ 43. Kf2 Rd2+ 44. Kf1 e3 45. Re1 Bd4 46. Rc1 Rf2+ 0-1
[Event "Australian Open 2003"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.01.10"]
[Round "11.7"]
[White "Stead, Kerry"]
[Black "Lane, Garry W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "1981"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "48"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 d6 6. d3 Bg7 7. h3 Nge7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Qe2 Qe8 10. Nf1 b5 11. Bc2 Kh8 12. a4 Rb8 13. axb5 axb5 14. Be3 b4 15.
Ng3 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Bd2 d5 18. Nh2 b3 19. Bd1 f4 20. Ngf1 Qg6 21. g4 e4
22. dxe4 dxe4 23. Ra3 Ne5 24. Bxb3 {#} Rxb3 0-1
[Event "Australian Open 2003"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.01.10"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Xie, George"]
[Black "Solomon, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "58"]
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. c3 dxc3 5. bxc3 Bc5 6. Bc4 d6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
e5 dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8 10. Nxe5 Be6 11. Na3 f6 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. Nec4 Ne7 14.
Re1 Kf7 15. Rb1 b6 16. Be3 Nd5 17. Rbc1 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Bxa3 19. Nxa3 Rhd8 20.
Rc2 Rd3 21. Nb5 a5 22. Kf2 Rd5 23. Nd4 Rad8 24. Ke2 Nc5 25. Rf1 Re8 26. Rf3 Ne4
27. a4 Re7 28. Kd3 c5 29. Kc4 {#} cxd4 0-1
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Reilly, Wohl win NZ Champs
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The 110th New Zealand Chess Championship was played January 2nd to 10th in Wanganui.
The event was won jointly by Australians IM Alex Wohl and FM Tim Reilly with 8/11.
The title of NZ Champion was retained by IM Anthony Ker, who finished with 7.5/11
in sole third place.
Final Scores:
A. Wohl (AUS), T. Reilly(AUS) 8/11;
A. Ker 7.5;
S. Lukey, N. Croad 7;
T. Dowden 6.5;
R. Smith 6;
P. Stuart, G. Spain, M. van der Hoorn, P. Wang 5.5;
H. Bennett, L. McLaren, M. Turner, D. Guthrie 5;
D. Cooper 3.5;
C Burns 2;
M Post 1;
M. Kumar (FIJ) 0.5
More details at http://www.nzchess.co.nz
- Michael Freeman
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From the new ACF President
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The reorganisation proposal for a commission structure fell over again
at the ACF Conference last week. The smaller state rights issue was
very well addressed, but NSW as a block voted against the Commission change.
I have asked Bill Gletsos (NSW) to examine a constitutional change in consultation
with his state association which would facilitate an expanded ACF as this is what the
Commission Restructure was about, irrespective of state origin.
Getting more able people on to the ACF, whose objectives are national interests,
is of paramount importance (this does not reflect on current Council but recognises
that there are highly competent persons who wish to be part of ACF Administration
but who for one reason or another are precluded from having an impact by the
present ACF structure).
I have asked Bill to come up with a draft (this was put to him during the followup
Council Meeting). This was because we need something NSW can work with;
otherwise we will never get constitutional change on this issue. The ACF Conference
needs a 75% vote for constitutional amendments. (After receiving a draft admittedly
it may take time and the ACF Constitutional experts will help Bill)
The ACF Council will continue to work on this issue throughout 2003 and consult, consult and consult
until we arrive at a consensus position which will pass at the next ACF Conference.
A point to ponder for Australian Chess:
I have had a strong association with other peak sporting groups and the one thing
I have come to realise is ACF does not have a professional Secretariat -
no reflection on current Secretary, Council or Executive - but we need at least a
half-time person who is paid an income to facilitate a professional service,
ie someone who must provide a consistent level of high performance on demand
to the ACF Council etc. To facilitate this we have to provide an income stream
which can pay for such a service - this is an interesting dilemma which may take
some time to resolve but something which all chess administrators should think about.
Any ideas as to potential income revenues would be greatly appreciated from
all and any chess/logic thinkers!!
Regards
George Howard
ACF President
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Upcoming tournaments
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NSW 2003 Australia Day Weekender
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Category 2 Grand Prix event.
$2,000 in prizes
North Sydney Anzac Memorial Club
Corner Ernest & Miller St, Cammeray
Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th January
For further information contact Jason Lyons
by telephone [0412 907 686],
email jasongraham@yahoo.com,
or visit the NSWCA website:
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~nswca/
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ACF Grand Prix 2003
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Australia Day Weekender
Category 2
NSW
Jan 25-26
contact
P.Cassettari
pcass@zeta.org.au
Newcastle Open 2003
Category 2
NSW
Feb 8-9
contact
for info phone (02) 49433862, (02) 49469627, (02) 49612223
Taree RSL Open
Category 1
NSW
Feb 15-16
Phillip Brown - 02 6553 7764
Tasmanian Open Championship - Burnie
Category 1
TAS
Mar 8-10
contact, Neville Ledger (03) 64311280
nlchess@tassie.net.au
Dubbo RSL Open
Category 1
NSW
Mar 15-16
contact, Alexander Aich (02) 68844561
sjaich@tpg.com.au
Doeberl Cup
Category 3
ACT
Apr 18-21
contact, Roger McCart
'phone (06) 6251 6190
Roger.McCart@anu.edu.au
37th. Peninsula Open
Category 1
QLD
May 3-5
contact, Mark Stokes (07) 32056042
markcstokes@hotmail.com
Laurieton May Open
Category 1
NSW
May3-4
contact, Endel Lane (02) 6559 9060
endel@fasternet.com.au
NSWCA Mat Weekender
Category 2
NSW
May 17-18
contact
P.Cassettari
pcass@zeta.org.au
Tasmanian Chess Championship
Category 1
TAS
Jun 7-9
contact, K.Bonham (03) 62248487
k_bonham@tassie.net.au
NSW Open Championship
Category 3
NSW
Jun 7-9
contact
P.Cassettari
pcass@zeta.org.au
Taree RSL June Open
Category 1
NSW
Jun 14-15
contact, Phillip Brown - 02 6553 7764
Gold Coast Open (Gold Coast CC)
Category 3
QLD
Jun 21-22
contact, Graeme Gardiner
ggardiner@gardinerchess.com
(07) 55305794
Caloundra Open
3?
QLD
Jun28/29
contact, Derrick Jeffries
chesswis@australis.aunz.com
University Open
Category 3
SA
Jul 5-6
Contact: Andrew Saint
chess@smug.adelaide.edu.au or andrew.saint@adelaide.edu.au
(08) 83033029 or (08) 8332 3752
http://users.senet.com.au/~adelandr
NSWCA August Weekender
Category 2
NSW
Aug2-3
contact
P.Cassettari
pcass@zeta.org.au
Gold Coast Classic (Gold Coast CC)
Category 3
QLDSep 20-21
contact, Graeme Gardiner
ggardiner@gardinerchess.com
07) 55305794
12th. Redcliffe Challenge
Category 2
QLD
Sep 27-28
contact, Mark Stokes (07) 32056042
markcstokes@hotmail.com
Tweed Open
Category 3
QLD
Oct 4-5
Contact, Audie pennefather, pennefather@iprimus.com.au
Koala Open
Category 3
NSW
Oct 5-6
contact, Brian Jones
chessaus@chessaustralia.com.au
Laurieton Open
Category 1
NSW
Nov 1-2
contact Endel Lane (02) 6559 9060
endel@fasternet.com.au
November weekender
Category 1
TAS
Nov 1-2 or 1-3
contact, K.Bonham (03) 62248487
k_bonham@tassie.net.au
Gosford Open
Category 2
NSW
Nov 8-9
contact, Lachlan Lee
l.yee@unsw.edu.au
Taree RSL Spring Open
Category 1
NSW
Nov 15-16
contact, Phillip Brown - 02 6553 7764
NSWCA November weekender
Category 2
Nov 22-23
contact
P.Cassettari
pcass@zeta.org.au
Total 20 NSW 14 QLD 6 ACT 1 TAS 3
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Best wishes till next time
- Paul Broekhuyse