ACF Bulletin #201, January 27, 2003
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In This Issue
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* Tomek Rej Australian Junior Champion
* Ian Rogers at Corus
* Evelyn Koshnitsky presentation
* More Grand Prix support from Victoria
* Australian Chess Directory
* Tournament results
* Letters
* Grand Prix 2003
* Upcoming tournaments
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Australian Junior
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Congratulations to NSW's Tomek Rej, who is the new Australian Junior Champion
after winning a play-off.
In a dramatic last round, tournament leader Denis Bourmistrov of Victoria lost,
allowing three players to catch him. I understand that Rej, Bourmistrov,
SA's Song Yang and Victoria's Sam Chow contested the playoff, with
Rej eventually triumphing.
The girls U/18 Championship was won by Angela Song, who I understand is only nine years old!
Victoria's Jing Jia won the U/12s, while NSW's Adelaide Soltysik
scored an impressive 10.5/11 to win the girls' U/12 event.
The standard of the players and the play seemed to be to be rather high,
with plenty of entertaining games. It all augurs well for the future of chess ...
For full details, see the official site at http://www.sajcl.org/2003aj/index.html
Games can also be seen at the ACF site: www.auschess.org.au
Final scores (Open, 11 rounds):
Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1-4 Bourmistrov, Denis VIC 2193 2087 8.5 67.0 81.5 57.5
Chow, Samuel VIC 2141 1997 8.5 66.5 79.0 51.5
Rej, Tomek NSW 2213 2067 8.5 64.5 78.5 57.5
Yang, Song SA 1880 8.5 62.5 76.5 51.0
5-6 Xie, George NSW 2225 2186 8 64.0 77.0 50.0
Cronan, James NSW 1624 8 58.0 71.0 46.0
7-10 Oliver, Gareth ACT 1956 1691 7.5 60.5 73.5 48.0
Yap, Aaron NSW 1719 7.5 60.0 73.5 46.5
Stojic, Dusan VIC 2012 1690 7.5 59.5 71.5 47.5
Lazarus, Benjamin QLD 1556 7.5 59.0 72.0 43.5
11-16 Lip, Catherine NSW 2055 1872 7 57.0 69.0 45.5
Lugo, Ruperto VIC 1665 7 56.5 70.0 42.5
Zvedeniouk, Ilya NSW 1875 7 56.0 68.0 42.0
Perkovic, Matthew NSW 1639 7 52.5 63.0 42.5
Heng, Jonathan SA 1394 7 51.5 63.5 40.0
Obst, James SA 1574 7 49.0 62.0 35.0
17-24 Jovanovic, Peter ACT 2098 1845 6.5 63.5 75.5 48.0
Lee, Michelle VIC 1838 1679 6.5 59.0 72.5 45.5
Yu, Michael NSW 1520 6.5 59.0 72.5 43.0
Kimura, Toshi QLD 1725 6.5 56.5 69.0 41.0
Stevens, Tristan SA 1406 6.5 54.5 65.0 40.5
Lattimore, Tor ACT 1441 6.5 53.0 64.0 38.0
Chapman, Mark J WA 1536 6.5 48.5 60.0 37.0
Thiyagarajah, Prakash SA 1533 6.5 47.5 58.5 36.0
25-35 Barnard, Casey T QLD 1587 6 58.0 69.5 42.0
Wongwichit, Phachara QLD 1718 6 55.5 68.0 37.5
Rice, Edward VIC 1455 6 53.5 65.5 39.0
Reading, Jeremy ACT 1363 6 53.5 65.0 33.5
Stojic, Svetozar VIC 2037 1717 6 53.0 65.0 37.0
Watson, Nathan WA 1437 6 53.0 64.5 37.0
Hvistendahl, Robert QLD 1364 6 52.5 65.0 35.5
Song, Raymond NSW 1537 6 51.0 63.0 37.0
Long, Sam QLD 1342 6 50.5 62.5 32.0
Oliver, Shannon ACT 1564 6 50.0 62.5 36.0
Haselgrove, Miles WA 1397 6 46.5 55.5 32.0
36-46 Thiyagarajah, Anand SA 1600 5.5 59.0 71.5 43.5
Nolan, Kenny NSW 1330 5.5 56.5 69.5 38.5
Selby, Kenzo ACT 1217 5.5 56.5 68.5 36.0
Utturkar, Ashwin SA 1286 5.5 53.0 64.5 31.0
Watson, James NSW 1639 5.5 52.0 63.5 36.0
Wang, Zhengbo WA 1660 5.5 51.0 63.5 35.5
Ferris, Shaun VIC 1635 5.5 49.5 60.0 36.0
Neeman, Jeremy ACT 1145 5.5 49.0 59.0 29.0
Van Heerden, Daniel WA 1520 5.5 47.5 57.5 36.5
Hor, Stanton NSW 1413 5.5 46.0 55.0 30.5
Khoo, Anthony SA 5.5 45.5 55.5 32.0
47-56 Budihardjo, Timothy NSW 1194 5 53.5 64.0 30.5
Guo-Yuthok, Sherab ACT 1296 5 52.5 63.5 29.0
Eckermann, Andrew SA 1268 5 51.0 61.0 31.5
Nguyen, Joseph NSW 1185 5 51.0 61.0 31.0
Behne-Smith, David NSW 1108 5 50.0 61.0 31.0
Holland, Dennis WA 1437 5 45.0 56.5 31.0
Evans, George SA 5 44.5 54.5 29.5
Feng, Kingsley VIC 5 44.5 53.5 24.5
Thiyagarajah, Kailash SA 1067 5 41.5 53.0 22.0
Chegwyn, Ben NSW 1011 5 41.5 50.5 24.0
57-64 Vijayakumar, Rukman VIC 1376 4.5 49.5 61.0 28.0
Nabung, Alexander NSW 1224 4.5 44.5 54.5 27.5
Vinciguerra, Andrew WA 1013 4.5 44.5 54.0 26.0
Slack-Smith, Blair WA 988 4.5 41.5 52.0 24.5
Eldridge-Smith, Leif ACT 849 4.5 41.0 51.5 23.0
Chesney, David SA 1136 4.5 41.0 51.0 22.0
Hull, Lawrence SA 4.5 40.0 50.5 20.0
McDougall, Edward NSW 863 4.5 39.0 48.0 20.0
65-68 Chia, Nicholas SA 1200 4 47.0 57.0 25.5
Umapathysivam, Mahesh SA 1043 4 45.0 54.5 26.0
Van Dijk, Devrim VIC 1345 4 44.5 56.5 26.0
Humphries, Ryan WA 1303 4 42.0 51.0 24.5
69-76 Chu, Louis NSW 1311 3.5 46.0 56.5 29.0
Lee, Dylan SA 1023 3.5 40.0 48.5 20.5
Heitmann, Syamanandra SA 1312 3.5 39.0 49.0 22.0
Bierton, Christopher SA 3.5 39.0 47.5 20.0
Fong, Brendan SA 3.5 37.5 46.5 18.0
Goldfinch, Christopher SA 3.5 37.5 45.5 13.5
Beltrami, Matthew ACT 914 3.5 36.0 44.5 16.5
Collette, James NSW 857 3.5 32.5 41.5 14.0
77-78 Martin, Richard VIC 1123 3 41.0 50.0 19.5
Wright, Gregory SA 3 36.5 44.5 16.5
79-80 Roy, Cameron SA 2.5 36.5 45.5 16.5
Miles, Adrian SA 2.5 36.0 45.5 9.0
Final scores in the Girls' Championship:
1 Song, Angela NSW 1341 8.5 59.0 72.0 49.0
2-3 Harris, Rebecca NSW 1238 8 59.0 68.5 51.0
Huddleston, Heather NSW 1522 8 58.0 70.5 51.5
4-6 Hickman, Casey VIC 1255 7 60.5 72.0 45.0
Evans, Amy L QLD 1125 7 56.5 66.0 39.5
Chu, Winnie NSW 1154 7 54.5 64.0 42.0
7-8 Cassidy, Kelly WA 1227 6.5 55.0 66.5 38.0
Ikeda, Miona ACT 813 6.5 52.0 61.5 32.5
9-10 Richter, Sally-Anne VIC 1450 6 57.0 68.5 37.5
Morrissey, Laura SA 994 6 52.5 62.0 32.0
11 Reid, Vaness NSW 1216 5.5 48.5 60.5 31.0
12-13 Bierton, Brittanie SA 760 5 51.0 60.5 31.0
Eldridge-Smith, Veronique ACT 936 5 48.0 57.5 30.5
14-15 Hoving, Marijke NSW 607 4 47.5 56.5 22.0
Morrissey, Kate SA 682 4 47.5 55.5 24.0
16 Balabanski, Anna SA 3 49.0 57.0 20.0
17 Tilmouth, Melanie SA 605 1 50.0 61.0 11.0
Final Scores, U/12 championship
Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 Jia, Jing VIC 1500 9.5 63.0 77.5 55.5
2 Hoang, Khoi ACT 1352 8.5 61.5 76.5 50.0
3-4 Anderson, Daniel C QLD 1467 8 62.5 77.0 50.0
Huang, Justin NSW 1261 8 62.0 76.0 50.5
5 Harris, Benjamin NSW 1197 7.5 60.5 74.5 46.0
6-9 Hoving, Eliot NSW 1307 7 56.5 70.0 43.0
Levin, Joshua NSW 1518 7 55.5 67.5 42.0
Yu, Derek VIC 1015 7 54.5 68.5 43.0
Carey, Jamie VIC 1123 7 54.5 66.5 39.5
10-17 Ikeda, Junta ACT 1400 6.5 64.0 76.5 51.0
Tse, Jeffrey NSW 1093 6.5 62.5 76.0 44.0
Ly, Moulthun QLD 1173 6.5 60.5 75.0 44.5
Wu, Edwin NSW 1103 6.5 57.5 68.5 39.0
Zhigen, Lin VIC 850 6.5 56.0 69.5 41.5
Lim, Nathanael QLD 1147 6.5 55.0 67.5 40.0
Illingworth, Max NSW 1295 6.5 54.5 67.0 40.5
Vijayakumar, Rengan VIC 853 6.5 53.0 64.5 39.0
18-25 Thompson, Cameron M QLD 1191 6 56.5 69.0 42.0
Xu, William NSW 954 6 56.5 66.5 43.5
Miranda, Adrian NSW 1115 6 54.0 68.5 38.5
Choong, Yita WA 1264 6 50.5 63.0 37.5
Blundell, Jian QLD 846 6 48.5 60.0 35.0
Wong, Justin NSW 783 6 48.0 60.5 29.0
Zulfic, Fedja SA 6 48.0 59.5 32.0
Sterk, Jakob SA 6 46.0 56.5 31.0
26-30 Ung, Thomas ACT 958 5.5 51.5 59.0 34.0
Nguyen, Dominic NSW 729 5.5 48.5 61.5 29.0
Wagner, Luke QLD 1063 5.5 48.5 60.0 33.0
Lugo, Jerome VIC 710 5.5 47.0 56.0 28.0
Griggs, James SA 5.5 43.5 52.0 26.0
31-39 Chehade, Luke SA 819 5 54.0 65.0 34.0
Nguyen, Andrew NSW 983 5 51.5 62.5 34.0
Waddington, Ryan NSW 744 5 51.0 62.0 35.0
Chow, Justin ACT 281 5 48.5 55.5 29.5
Kentwell, Bren NSW 503 5 46.5 56.5 30.0
Brown, Andrew ACT 518 5 46.0 54.5 30.0
Long, David QLD 677 5 44.5 51.0 26.0
Browne, Brendan SA 5 43.5 50.5 25.0
Selvanderan, Shane SA 5 39.5 46.5 22.0
40-44 Taylor, Thor VIC 891 4.5 54.0 62.5 36.0
Borg, Matthew SA 4.5 48.5 58.0 24.5
Han, Tianchen SA 4.5 48.5 57.0 25.0
Kartika, Joshua SA 4.5 47.5 55.0 26.0
Behne-Smith, Jonathan NSW 676 4.5 38.0 47.0 23.0
45-47 Kimura, Mikio QLD 699 4 44.5 52.5 24.0
Borg, Malcolm SA 4 39.0 46.5 21.0
Khoo, Thomas SA 4 32.0 38.5 19.0
48-49 Fong, Calvin SA 3 40.0 47.0 20.0
Nguyen, Peter (Jnr) NSW 742 3 35.5 42.5 16.0
50 McNab, Callum VIC 2 37.0 43.5 11.0
51 Reeve, Stirling SA 1 34.0 39.5 6.0
52 McNab, Hamish VIC 0.5 35.5 42.0 1.5
Final scores, Girls' U/12
Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 Soltysik, Adelaide NSW 1085 10.5 55.5 67.0 63.5
2 Davidovic, Diana SA 760 8.5 54.5 66.0 49.0
3 Ziffer, Rocheleh VIC 1168 7.5 54.0 65.5 41.0
4 Heitmann, Surabhi SA 950 7 58.0 72.5 42.5
5-7 Smith, Kayleigh ACT 652 6.5 57.5 69.0 42.5
Oliver, Tamzin L ACT 698 6.5 57.0 70.5 38.0
Reeve, Georgia SA 479 6.5 52.0 65.5 37.5
8-9 Behne-Smith, Sarah NSW 538 6 57.0 68.5 38.5
Lauder, Natasha VIC 878 6 52.0 63.5 35.0
10-11 Pearson, Alexandra NSW 415 5.5 51.0 62.5 32.5
Yu, Sally VIC 373 5.5 48.5 58.0 31.0
12-13 Guo, Emma ACT 417 4 50.0 61.5 25.0
Russell, Luthien QLD 4 49.5 59.0 24.0
14 Eustace, Sophie SA 3 51.0 62.5 18.0
15 Lovric, Marina ACT 246 1 50.5 62.0 10.0
Some games from the open:
[Event "AO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.01.23"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Bourmistrov, D."]
[Black "Jovanovic, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2003.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.23"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d3 e5 8. a3 a5
9. Qc2 Nd7 10. Be2 Nc5 11. h3 f5 12. Nd2 f4 13. O-O-O Ne7 14. Nf1 Bh6 15. Kb1
fxe3 16. fxe3 Rf2 17. g4 Bd7 18. d4 exd4 19. exd4 Ne6 20. Ne4 Rf8 21. d5 Nf4
22. Nf6+ Kf7 23. Ng3 Ng8 24. Nxh7 Re8 25. Rhf1 Qh4 26. Ne4 Re5 27. Bxe5 dxe5
28. d6 Kg7 29. dxc7 Bc6 30. Rd8 Rxd8 31. cxd8=Q Qxd8 32. g5 Kxh7 33. gxh6 Nxh6
34. Bg4 Qh4 35. Nf2 Qg3 36. Re1 Ng2 37. Re2 Ne3 38. Qd3 Qg1+ 39. Ka2 Nexg4 40.
hxg4 Nf7 41. Ne4 Kg7 42. Qf3 Bxe4 43. Qxe4 b6 44. Qf3 Ng5 45. Qg2 Qd4 46. Rd2
Qe3 47. Rd8 Ne4 48. Qh2 Qc1 49. Qh8+ Kf7 50. Qf8+ Ke6 51. Re8+ Kd7 52. Qe7+ 1-0
[Event "AO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.01.23"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Lazarus, Benjamin"]
[Black "Rej, Tomek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2003.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.23"]
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e4 d4 4. Nce2 e5 5. Nf3 d3 6. Ng3 Nc6 7. Qb3 Bc5
8. Bxd3 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Be6 11. a3 Qd7 12. Qc2 Bxh3!?
The beginning of a fascinating tactical sequence. I frankly confess
I have no idea who's winning here, but it's entertaining chess :)
13. b4 Nd4 14. Nxe5 Qe6 15.Qc3 Bd6 16. Nxf7 Rxf7 17. c5 Nf3+
18. gxf3 Be5 19. Bc4 Bxc3 20. Bxe6 Bxa1 21.Bxh3 Kh8
After all the complications, White emerges with plenty of compensation.
22. Rd1 Rd8 23. d3 Nd7 24. Bg5 Bf6 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. Bxd7 Rxd7 27. d4
Rxf3 28. d5 c6 29. d6 Kg8 30. e5 Kf7 31. Kg2 Rxa3 32. f4 g6 33. Ne4 h6 34. Rh1
h5 35. Ng5+ Ke8 36. Re1 Rd3 37. e6 Rg7 38. e7 Rg8 39. Ne6 Kd7 40. Nc7 Re8 41.
Nxe8 Kxe8 42. Re6 Rd2+ 43. Kf3 Rd3+ 44. Ke2 Rd4 45. Rf6 Kd7 46. Rf8 Re4+ 47.
Kf3 Rxe7 48. dxe7 Kxe7 49. Rb8 1-0
NSW Champion George Xie was one of the favourites for the event,
but he stumbled in a number of games and ended up unplaced:
[Event "AO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.01.23"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Xie, George"]
[Black "Yang, Song"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Annotator "S.A.Chess Association"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2003.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.23"]
1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 d6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Qe2 a6 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Bf4 Ne5 11. Bxe5 dxe5 12. Rac1 Qb8 13. Na4!?
Inviting Black to win a piece, and relying on the following brilliant combination,
which doesn't seem to work!
13...b5 14. Bxb5+ axb5 15. Rxc8+ Qxc8 16. Nb6!?
Perhaps Qb5+ first?
16... Qc6 17. Nxa8 Bd6 18. Qe3 Ke7 19. Qa7+ Nd7 20. Nxe5
Bxe5 21. Nb6 Rd8 22. g3 Bb8 23. Rxd7+ Rxd7 24. Qxb8 Rd1+ 25. Kg2 Qxe4+ 26. Kh3
Rg1 27. Qc7+ Kf6 28. Nd7+ Kg5 29. f4+ Kh6 30. Kh4 g5+ 31. Kg4 f5+ 0-1
[Event "AO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.01.23"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Chow, Sam"]
[Black "Oliver, Gareth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2003.01.??"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.23"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 8.
Nc3 Bf6 9. Qd2 c5 10. d5 O-O 11. O-O-O e5 12. h4 Nd7 13. Rh3 Kh8 14. d6 Nb6 15.
Nd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Be6 17. Qxc5 b6 18. Qa3 e4 19. Nd4 Rc8 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Qb3
Bxh4 22. Qxe6 Qg5+ 23. Kb1 Qg4 24. f3 exf3 25. gxf3 Qf4 26. d7 Rcd8 27. Bc4 Bg5
28. Rdh1 h6 29. Rxh6+ 1-0
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Ian Rogers at Corus
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If you've ever been beaten by a thirteen-year-old, spare a thought for
Australia's top player Ian Rogers - who just suffered the same fate at the
Corus "B" tournament in Wijk Aan Zee, Holland. To be fair, his opponent was
Ukrainian genius Sergey Karjakin, who set a record last year by becoming
the youngest ever Grandmaster at 12 years of age.
[Event "GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Rogers,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[ECO "B01"]
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5
8. Bd2 e6 9. Nd5 Qd8 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. Qe2 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nd7 13. O-O-O Qe7
14. Ba5 Nb6 15. Bb3 O-O-O 16. Kb1 Bh6 17. c4 Rd7 18. Rhe1 c5 19. d5 e5 20.
Bc2 Kb8 21. Bf5 Rd6 22. Qe4 Qf8 23. Bd2 Bxd2 24. Rxd2 Qh6 25. Rde2 Rdd8 26.
f4 exf4 27. Qd3 f3 28. Re4 Qh5 29. Rf4 Rhe8 30. Rd1 Rd6 31. b3 Nd7 32. Qxf3
Qxf3 33. Rxf3 Nf8 34. h4 Ng6 35. Bc2 Re5 36. Rh1 Re2 37. Kc1 h6 38. Kd1 Re8
39. h5 Ne5 40. Re3 Rg8 41. f4 Nc6 42. Rhe1 Kc7 43. Re8 Rg4 44. Rf8 Nd4 45.
Rxf7+ Kb6 46. Bg6 Ka6 47. f5 Rb6 48. Re6 Rg1+ 49. Kd2 Rg2+ 50. Ke3 Nxe6 51.
fxe6 Rxa2 52. e7 Rxb3+ 53. Bd3 Raa3 54. Rxf6+ Ka5 55. e8=Q Rxd3+ 56. Ke2
Rdb3 57. Kf1 Ra1+ 58. Kg2 Rbb1 59. Rf1 1-0
The tournament was not a spectacular success for Rogers, who finished on 5.5/13.
However he did manage to beat tournament winner Zhang Zhong, who scored an incredible
11/13 for a 2800-odd performance, three points ahead of the field. Rogers was the only player to do so.
[Event "GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Rogers,I"]
[Black "Zhang Zhong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[ECO "C15"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Be7 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. N2g3 O-O
8. c3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 e5 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. d5 Nc5 12. Bc2 b6 13. O-O Ba6 14.
Re1 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. b4 Nb7 17. Ba4 b5 18. Bb3 Nd6 19. a4 e4 20. Rc1 bxa4
21. Bxa4 Re7 22. Bc6 Rb8 23. Be3 Bd3 24. Bxa7 Ra8 25. Bxa8 Qxa8 26. Be3
Qxd5 27. f3 Qc4 28. fxe4 Nxe4 29. Nxe4 Rxe4 30. Bc5 Be2 31. Qd2 h6 32. Bd4
Bg5 33. Ra1 Kf8 34. Ra8+ Ke7 35. Qc2 Qe6 36. Ra6 c6 37. Ra7+ Ke8 38. Bc5 f5
39. Rea1 Be3+ 40. Bxe3 Rxe3 41. Qd2 1-0
And Rogers also won the following remarkable game against rising Hungarian star
Peter Acs. Acs is known for his "take-no-prisoners" style, and when paired
against the resourceful Rogers, the result was bound to be spectacular.
Two inspired chess maniacs going for it hammer and tong: enjoy!
[Event "GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2003.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rogers,I"]
[Black "Acs,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[ECO "A22"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c6 7. e4 d5 8.
cxd5 cxd5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. O-O Re8 12. Bb2 Bf5 13. Qd2 e4 14.
c4 e3 15. Qe1 Nb6 16. Qc3 Ne5 17. f4 Na4 18. Qa3 Nxd3 19. Bd4 Nb6 20. c5
Nc4 21. Qc3 Nd2 22. Bxg7 Re6 23. Nd4 Nxf1 24. Nxf5 e2 25. Nh6+ Rxh6 26.
Bxh6 f6 27. Be4 e1=Q 28. Rxe1 Nxe1 29. Qb3+ Kh8 30. Qxb7 Qd4+ 31. Kxf1 Qc4+
32. Kxe1 Qc1+ 33. Ke2 Qc4+ 34. Kf2 1-0
Corus "B" Final Scores, 13 rounds:
11.0 Zhang Zhong
8.0 Stellwagen, Naiditsch
7.5 Nijboer
7.0 Karjakin
6.5 De Vreugt
6.0 Acs, Van der Wiel, Koneru
5.5 Rogers, Hector
5.0 Kosteniuk, Jonkman
4.0 Cmilyte
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Evelyn Koshnitsky - special ACF presentation
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The Australian Chess Federation was pleased to make a special
presentation to Evelyn Koshnitsky at the closing ceremony of the
Australian Junior Championships in Adelaide.
Here is the text of the speech given by ACF Deputy-President, Robert
Jamieson, in presenting the award:
"Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls,
The Australian Chess Federation has a problem. It may surprise you to
know that it's all the fault of the sweet little old lady sitting in
front of me! Her name is Evelyn Koshnitsky.
A few days ago I asked one of the players who I coach "what do you know
about Evelyn Koshnitsky and Australian Chess?" He looked at me
puzzled, thought for a few moments, and said "Isn't she the old lady
with glasses who ran a World Junior or something?" Perhaps many of you
do not know much about Evelyn, so I 'll spend a moment or two to tell
you.
Evelyn has done more in her lifetime for Australian chess than any
other living person. She has taught many thousands of people how to
play; she has run countless tournaments, including a World Junior
Championship, Australian Open Championships, Australian Championships
and Australian Junior Championships. At various times she has run the
SAJCL, the AWCL, the SACA and the ACF. She was editor of the SA Chess
Newsletter for many years and editor of the Australian Womens Chess
League Bulletin for 21 years. Her work for chess has been an
inspiration to us all and she has helped start many promising chess
careers.
Let me give one example of Evelyn's impact on a chess career from my
own experience.
Thirty-six years ago a shy young boy came over from Melbourne to
Adelaide to play in his first interstate tournament, the Australian
Junior Championships. He was petrified, but was made to feel at home
by the tournament organisers, Evelyn and Garry Koshnitsky. He did not
win the tournament. He did not win a prize as a place-getter .... but
he did win a special encouragement award donated by Evelyn Koshnitsky.
He was inspired by what he had seen and he went back to Melbourne and
studied hard. Three years later he came back to Adelaide for another
tournament organised by the Koshnitskys ... the Karlis Lidums
International Tournament 1970-71 which included 5 grandmasters and
around 200 players. This time the shy young boy did much better,
scored a place and consequently gained selection for Australia to the
World Junior Championships in Athens. His chess career had been
launched .... largely through the opportunites and inspiration provided
by the Koshnitskys. Five years later he was an IM and Australian
Champion. I'm sure there are many other successful Australian chess
players with similar stories to tell about how Evelyn has influenced
their chess career.
This brings us back to the ACF's problem. We believe that outstanding
service to chess should be recognised.
The problem is what do you give some-one who already has virtually a
full set of "gongs"? She was awarded the "British Empire Medal" in
1970 and later the "Order of Australia Medal"; she has won the Garry
Koshnitsky Medal for services to Australian chess administration; she
is a life member of the SAJCL, the SACA, the AWCL, the ACF and FIDE.
In 1994 we awarded Evelyn and Garry Koshnitsky a "distinguished service
award" and the ACF Poet Laureat even wrote a special poem on her
behalf. It wasn't a very good poem, but the sentiments were what was
important. What more can we do?
The ACF's solution to this problem is to create a new title, albeit an
unofficial one. Now the ACF awards many titles, around 32 in all, and
some are more prestigious than others. We award an Australian Junior
title every year; an Australian Champion title every 2 years; in the
last 50 years maybe 20 Australians have gained IM titles and 3 have
gained the coveted GM title. I think however that Evelyn's title is
harder to earn than all of these as it is earnt not by a win in a
tournament but by the acknowledgement of the whole Australian Chess
community. That title is "The most loved person in Australian Chess".
To commemorate this award we have had a special chess board framed with
a picture of Garry and Evelyn in the centre and with a note in each
square from a prominent Australian chess personality giving their view
of Evelyn's contribution to Australian Chess. They include
Grandmasters, International Masters, ACF and State Presidents and some
of Evelyn's many friends.
I shall read but one of them, from Chess Victoria President, Gary
Wastell, "Dearest Evelyn, So many years, so many tournaments, so many
champions, but you have been the champion of them all!"
Please join with me thanking Evelyn for her outstanding contribution to
Australian Chess and in congratulating her on this award."
At this point the 200 plus players and spectators at the closing
ceremony all rose to give Evelyn a very moving and lengthy standing
ovation.
- Robert Jamieson
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Another Victorian Grand Prix event
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Victoria is really warming to the Grand Prix theme, with yet another tournament added
to the list/
David Cordover advises that the following will be a GP Category 3:
Father's Day Tournament
Venue: Chess World Tournament Centre
Dates: 6th/7th September
Contact: cordover@chessworld.com.au
This joins the list of other Victorian events, all also category 3:
Ballarat Begonia Open
ANZAC Day weekender
X-Mas Swiss
The Victorian involvement is commendable, as it allows Victorians to participate on a more equal footing
in this important event - and makes the event more truly "national".
Special thanks is due to David Cordover in particular ...
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GP Co-ordinator needed
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... But while Victoria's revving up its engine for the GP, the ACF still needs someone to run
the race. Norm Braybrook did a sterling job co-ordinating last year's epic - can you do likewise?
If you've been looking for a way to get involved in Australian chess, this could be it. Think about it!
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Graeme Gardiner's website
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Ex-ACF President Graeme Gardiner is into his next challenge -
running a new chess centre on the Gold Coast. We'll have a report about the
important new venue soon, but in the meantime, check out
Graeme's new website at www.gardinerchess.com
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Unis combat anti-intellectualism ... with chess
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An interesting article about US universities and chess:
http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0121/p17s02-lehl.html
Meanwhile, chess is taking off in Australian universities, too.
The University Open 2003 tournament dates have changed to
Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th of July.
The event also has a new website: http://users.senet.com.au/~adelandr
- Andrew Saint.
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Logo competition
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"Dear All,
FIDE Continental President for Asia, Mr. Khalifa Mohamed AL-Hitmi has
declared a logo competition to select a logo for the proposed Asian Chess
Union. Your entries must be in computer readable formats of JPEG, GIF etc.
The best design will be awarded a grand prize of US $ 1,000/= !!! So hurry
in your entries to Mr. Khalifa on qchessa@qatar.net.qa before 15th February
2003.
With best regards,
Derrick V. Perera
FIDE Continental General Secretary for Asia''
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ACF Bulletin: please register
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Another reminder to people to please register for this Bulletin at www.auschess.org.au
I've adjusted the webpage so the large "Want to receive the ACF Bulletin" registration box
should be a little easier to find.
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Letters
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Dear Paul,
As a participant in the recent Australian Open tournament in Penrith,
I would like through your pages to congratulate the organisers on a
beautifully run event- it was a real pleasure to play chess in a
first class venue like that, and the event as a whole seemed to me to be extremely well run.
I understand that there was some controversy regarding the more
" condensed" format used this year, with two rounds on some days,
and a shorter length of time to conduct the tournament.
My own view was that the new format was a big improvement -
two games at 90 minutes plus 30 seconds wasn't too taxing
(after all, we do claim to be "sportspersons" ! ), and a ten day commitment
rather than a whole fortnight is preferable for those of us with limited annual leave
(and budgets!).
At the same time, I can appreciate that there is much more effort
involved in playing two games in one day at Master level , and that
such players might have found the new format less convenient than
those of us who play at more common levels. Still, the great majority
of the field is made up of non-masters, and perhaps the needs of the
majority is more important.
I am certainly a keen supporter of the new two games in a day format,
and hope that it might continue at future Australian Opens and Championships,
but would be interested to hear what others think ?
In conclusion, my sincere thanks to all the arbiters and organisers
for putting on such a professional and well run event.
- Peter Frost
(As someone who has a lot of trouble finding the time for tournaments,
I heartily endorse faster formats, at least for tournaments other than the
Australian (closed) championship and State Championships - PaulB)
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Writing a good article for a newspaper takes about an hour per hundred
words. Would Peter Caissa (ACF Bulletin #200) be willing to spend the time
of one Australian Open game (180 minutes + 20 seconds per word) writing a
piece for the Doeberl this year? I am confident that some of the major
papers would publish your efforts in the Tuesday's edition. The local papers
here (Wollongong) have published every article I have ever written. Can I
suggest that you include some digital photographs. We look forward to seeing
your headline "Junior Master Masters Grand Masters", but do not expect a
cheque in the mail.
- Matthew Sweeney
(I agree, but disagree... Getting articles into major metro papers is *harder* than
most people think - I know, because I work for one. On the other hand, you're quite
right to say that getting articles into local papers is easy. Most local papers are
understaffed and overworked, and desperate for usuable, free "copy". - PaulB)
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Women¹s chess? Is there such a thing? I am in two minds about "woman¹s
chess". I fully agree with Jovan Sarai (ACF Bulletin #200) that if there is
a Women¹s category, then it should be reported on the relevant net sites.
However, this is built on the premise that there should be a Women¹s
category in the first instance. There are arguments for and against.
I personally witness the friendships that develop between junior girls at
Junior Girls tournaments in an atmosphere not paralleled in open events
comprising mostly boys. Thus, at least at the junior end, female categories
encourage greater female participation. That can only be a good thing. On
the other hand, the existence of adult women¹s categories is monstrously
sexist. Probably there is no need for an adult women's category since
physical strength plays no part in chess. While there are identified
differences in the anatomy and function of men¹s and women¹s brains, the
differences are not great. Further, each of those differences can be argued
to be either beneficial or detrimental to playing ability. These facts lead
me to the moderately firm opinion that "women¹s chess" per se, is a nonsense.
Moreover, I gag at the thought that my daughters might grow to believe that
women need their own category. I will finish with an unprompted quote from
one of my daughters:
"The best thing about playing chess is beating boys they really hate it."
- Matthew Sweeney
(Having been the only male in Feminism I, II and III in my young and foolish uni days, I tend to lapse
into a deep coma at the mere mention of the expression "sexist", let alone
"monstrously sexist". It seems to me that we ought to approach such issues by
asking the question: does exclusion seriously disadvantage anybody, and does it
promote disharmony or some other nasty consequence? If the answer is "no", then
I'd respectfully suggest that it's nothing to get excited about ... after all, junior
tournaments "discriminate" against adults, and GM tournaments "discriminate"
against patzers like me - yet somehow, we all manage to cope :) - PaulB)
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It's good to see Ballarat CC rejoining the Grand Prix - although Victoria
has been represented in the GP for quite some time, at least from the Hobsons Bay CC!
Since 1982 as the ANBYSC Chess Club, there has been a major weekend open
or a Grand Prix event in Melbourne's western suburbs, lapsing for a few years
when the sports club which the chess club was part of folded in 1998.
ANBY CC was the first (?) Victorian club to offer a first prize of $1,000
(Leonid Sandler won this amount literally weeks after arriving in Australia to live).
In 1996 52 players competed.
There is no effort needed to be involved in the GP so I don't see
why more Victorian clubs aren't part of the GP.
Perhaps it is the players who must be convinced to take part in these events, small or large?
The HBCC attempted to resurrect its Open in 2000 only to have to cancel
through lack of any sponsorship at all. In 2001 the event was cancelled
as very little interest was shown by players in Victoria. Then when the
notice of cancellation was sent out, players indicated "oh but I was going to enter...."!
Last year (2002) we finally had a reasonable number of competitiors entered.
Players such as Baron, Teichmann, Partsi, Tuan Le, and Eric Sauvage
from Belgium (rated 2014) had entered so the field was strong.
Unfortunately in the last two days before the start of the event,
eight highly-rated players withdrew for various reasons. This severely cut our revenue
( the club having made entry fees very low to assist more players to enter )
and since we had announced prizes and honoured them, the club took a
very hard loss as a result. An Open in 2003 is very unlikely, even though
we would like to continue being a part of the GP.
It wouldn't matter if our GP fees were paid by someone else, the problem lies elsewhere!!!!!
- Peter Caissa
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I strongly support women's chess and have done so for many years. However I do not like
to see people using illogical arguments. It is easy to cry "discrimination", and many people
do so in the most ridiculous of circumstances.
Jovan Sarai (ACF Bulletin #200) described your omission of the women's results as
"a blatant example of discrimination on a sexual basis". That is nonsense.
If anything, it is holding (and publishing the results) of a women's event
and awarding of women's prizes for which males are not eligible, while
NOT having similar prizes for males which females are not eligible for, that
respresents "blatant sexual discrimination".
If people want to argue a case for something, they should at least do so with some
semblance of logic and common sense - whatever sex they belong to.
- John Riches
(To be fair to Jovan, I think there was an *appearance* of sexism in the Bulletin he refered to,
and I fully understand his reaction. (To recount: ACF Bulletin 199 carried details of the
Australian Open winners, including even "minor" events, but had no mention of the women's
championship, and Jovan Sarai complained that this was sexist.) I did explain, subsequently,
that no disrespect was intended - the truth was that I was unable to obtain definitive results in
time for the Bulletin, and so decided to delay reporting the women's championship. However,
he did not know this at the relevant time - and it may well have looked as though the ACF
- via its Bulletin editor - didn't care about women's chess. - PaulB)
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Hi Paul,
Re: "Whyatt medal (problems): Peter Wong and Denis Saunders"
More accurate is: (problem composition). Otherwise it may be confused with
problem solving, a very different activity.
Regards - Nigel Nettheim
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In New In Chess Issue No. 7, GM Joe Gallagher remarked that Brits aren't allowed to play in the Australian
Championships. I didn't think this to be true, but I'm not sure.
I always thought that anyone can play (provided certain conditions are
met),
including British citizens. It's just that they can't take out the
title.
Could you please clarify if you happen to know?
- Amiel Rosario
(Dear Amiel, My understanding is that, technically, only Australian residents and a
selected NZ representative are allowed to play in the Australian
Championship event. In practice, several foreign players have been allowed
to play on the understanding that they can win prize money but not the
title. It would be interested to find out if my understanding of the situation is
in fact correct.
All the best - Gary Bekker gbekker@mira.net)
See Law 1 of the constitution on the ACF webpage.
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Upcoming tournaments
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City of Sydney 2003 Lightning Championship
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Venue: Ryde-Eastwood Leagues Club
117 Ryedale Rd, West Ryde (1 minute from West Ryde Station)
Eleven Rounds
Sunday 16th February 2002
Starting Time 2:00pm
Registration 1:00pm - 1:30pm
Entry Fee: $15.00
All entries must be on official entry form (or copy)
Payment and entries accepted on the day before 1:30pm
Or pre register via phone or email (details below)
All NSW resident players must be members of NSWCA or NSWJCL.
1st Prize $160 **** 2nd $60
Rating prizes U2000, U1800, U1600 & U1400 $60.00 each
Prize pool based on 40 entries.
Players are eligible for only 1 prize.
Please make all cheques payable to NSWCA Inc.
Mail must be sent before 9th February 2003
To GPO Box 2418 Sydney 2001.
Enquires - Pre registration: Peter Cassettari 9896 4224.
pcass@zeta.org.au
New South Wales Chess Association Inc.
Website http://www.ozemail.com.au/~nswca/
Ph: 0403 775 476
G.P.O BOX 2418
SYDNEY 2001
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Box Hill Chess Club AUTUMN CUP
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Carrington Centre, 79 Carrington Rd, Box Hill, Vic
7 round SWISS starting 31 January 2003
Friday nights
Entries already received from 2 IMs.
Our previous tournament attracted 15 players rated 2000+.
Field size limited to 120 players.
For further information contact Gerrit Hartland by telephone [9878 3163],
or visit the BHCC web-site http://www.boxhillchess.org.au
or email to trevors@bluep.com
The Box Hill Chess Club web site now has available the calendar for 2003,
the first newsletter for 2003 and entry forms for our first events.
The Autumn Cup starts this Friday 31/1 at 7:45pm.
The club starts opening on Tuesday next week with an Allegro on 4/2 at
7:30pm.
The 2003 calendar:
http://www.boxhillchess.org.au/e2003/calendar.htm
The newsletters:
http://www.boxhillchess.org.au/newsletters.htm
The Autumn Cup details and entry form:
http://www.boxhillchess.org.au/e2003/e0301fac/event.htm
- Phillip O'Connor
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2003 Taree Summer Open
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Chess Tournament - Class 1 Grand Prix event
Saturday & Sunday 15 & 16 February at the
Taree RSL & Golf Club on the waterfront in Pulteney Street
7 round Swiss - 4 Saturday & 3 Sunday
Sat: 10:15 am., 1:00 pm., 3:30 pm., 6:00 pm.
Sun: 10:00 am., 12:45 pm., 3:15 pm.
Presentation of Prizes - after Round 7.
Time Limit: 60 minutes per Player - G/60.
First Prize - $ 150 - Divisional Prizes determined
by the number of entries. Players can only win one Prize
each. The decision of Tournament Directors is final.
This is a Non-Smoking Tournament.
Entry Fees: $ 20 Seniors - $ 10 Juniors.
Contact: Phillip in Taree 6553 7764 or
Endel in Laurieton 6559 9060 mailto:endel@fasternet.com.au
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International Tournaments
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First international chess open of El Solsonès
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Dear Sirs,
This tournament will have nine rounds. They will take place from the
14th to the 22nd of August 2003, in the Swiss System in the
sports center in Solsona, Lleida Spain.
The time of play will be from 16.00 to 22.00 hours. The pace of the game
will be 2 hours 40 moves, plus 1 hour for the player to finish.
The players who have an ELO FIDE higher than 2400, will have the food
and accommodation paid. The inscriptions are limited. The players who are
interested in taking part have to contact the organizers of the tournament
as soon as possible. The great masters should also contact the organizers.
The rest of the rules and conditions, hotels and other additional information
about the tournament will shortly be put on the web page.
These are some of the most important tournaments that will take place in
Catalonia that are compatible with the one we are presenting.
Open International, Andorra from the 5th to the 13th of July, 2003
Open International, Balaguer from the 16th to the 24th of July, 2003
Open International, La Pobla de Lillet, beginning of August, 2003
Open International, Solsona from the 14th to the 22nd of August, 2003
Open International, Manresa from the 23rd to the 31st of August, 2003
Open International de Sants (Barcelona), beginning of September
Club d’Escacs l’Elefant
President: Joan Tordesillas Casals
Email: elefant@clisus.com
Telephone number: 973 48 15 71 (from 11 to 14 hours, except holidays)
Telephone number: 973 46 28 68 (from 19 to 24 hours, except Thursdays)
Telephone number: 653 082 309 Jordi Bedoya (English and French)
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ACF Grand Prix 2003
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Please note:
** The University Open 2003 tournament dates have changed to:
Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th of July which is now set in stone.
The event also has a new website: http://users.senet.com.au/~adelandr
- Andrew Saint.
** NEW VICTORIAN EVENTS (All category 3):
Ballarat Begonia Weekend Tournament (8-10 March 2003) category 3
Chess World ANZAC Day weekender (April 25-27)
X-Mas Swiss Tournament (December 20-21)
AND
Father's Day Tournament
Venue: Chess World Tournament Centre
Dates: 6th/7th September
Contact: cordover@chessworld.com.au
-- FULL DETAILS SOON
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
For info phone (02) 49433862, (02) 49469627, (02) 49612223
Taree RSL Open
Category 1
NSW
Feb 15-16
Contact Endel Lane (02) 6559 9060
endel@fasternet.com.au
Tasmanian Open Championship- Burnie
Category 1
TAS
Mar 8-10
Contact Neville Ledger (03) 64311280
nlchess@tassie.net.au
Ballarat Begonia Weekend Tournament
Category 3
VIC
Mar 8-10
Contact B. van Riel bvanriel@ncable.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
Chess World ANZAC Day weekender
Category 3
April 25-27
VIC
cordover@chessworld.com.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 Endel Lane (02) 6559 9060
endel@fasternet.com.au
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 12-13
chess@adelaide.edu.au ph (08) 83033029 or andrew.saint@adelaide.edu.au ph (08) 83323752
NSWCA August Weekender
Category 2
NSW
Aug 2-3
Contact P.Cassettari
pcass@zeta.org.au
Father's Day Tournament
Category 3
VIC
Sep 6th/7th
Contact: cordover@chessworld.com.au
Gold Coast Classic (Gold Coast CC)
Category 3
QLD
Sep 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
I.yee@unsw.edu.au
Taree RSL Spring Open
Category 1
NSW
Nov 15-16
Contact Endel Lane (02)6559 9060
endel@fasternet.com.au
NSWCA November weekender
Category 2
Nov 22-23
contact
P.Cassettari
pcass@zeta.org.au
X-Mas Swiss Tournament
Category 3
December 20-21
cordover@chessworld.com.au
Total 26 NSW 14 QLD 6 VIC 1 ACT 1 TAS 3 SA 1
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Best wishes till next time
- Paul Broekhuyse