ACF Bulletin #237
October 6, 2003
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In this issue
* UNSW wins Australian Clubs Teams Championships
* Chess as Sport in Parliament
* NSW Championship update
* Box Hill Open update
* Laurieton One-Day Open
* Chess Coach Training Course
* Problems
* World News: European Club Champs, Monarch Assurance
* Letters
* Chess World Grand Prix 2003
* Upcoming tournaments
UNSW wins Aust Clubs Teams Champs
Queensland:
The University of NSW team have won the inaugural Australian Clubs Teams Championships by one point from St George (Sydney) after a fiercely fought competition. The team comprising Kerry Stead (capt), Ronald Yu, Justin Tan, Chee Yin Thaw, Michael Lip, Heather Huddleston, Sylvia Shields and Jessica Kinder (a last-minute ring-in from the Gold Coast) was a mixture of students from various Sydney universities and a couple of schools.
At the presentations it was light-heartedly suggested to the UNSW team that a change of name might be appropriate, since they obviously have an identity crisis. The revised name of "More than a team" was treated with some derision by the MC and by the somewhat boisterous crowd at the presentation. A naming competition is now under way for this unique "bunch". The Varsity Virgins was one suggestion - do any others spring to mind?
Each team captain seemed to be pleased with their team’s score, except for Kerry Stead, who, with no hint of a smile, indicated that whilst he was happy with his own 5/5 score, he was very unhappy with his team who could only manage 30/40 against his target of 40/40!!!
Notwithstanding the aforesaid hilarity, all the teams took the competition very seriously, and, judging by the feedback to date, can’t wait to get back and have another go next year. St George finished very strongly and almost caught up on the post, but never quite got over a second round 5-3 loss to UNSW.
It was good to have Australia’s number-one player, GM Ian Rogers, playing. He was in superb form and set a fine example to all players.
Socially, all the teams seemed to get on very well with one another, and new friendships were made. The rule that all teams must include at least three females worked very well in ensuring that the event was a success
Final scores:
30.0 UNSW
29.0 ST GEORGE
22.0 BULLWINKLE
17.5 GOLD COAST
16.5 BELCONNEN
5.0 SUNCOAST
Board prizes
1 Ian Rogers 5
2 Justin Tan 4.5
3 Andrean Susilodinata 4.5
4 Michael Lip 4 (On countback from Jacob Edwards)
5 Kerry Stead 5
6 Heather Huddleston 4 (On countback from Charles Zworestine)
7 Sylvia Shields 4.5
8 Jessica Kinder 2.5
9 Aidan Lloyd 4.5
Full scores on the ACF website
http://www.auschess.org.au
- Graeme Gardiner
ggardiner@gardinerchess.com
www.gardinerchess.com
Teams:
Bullwinkle: David Smerdon; Jonathan Humphrey; Nik Stawski; Jacob Edwards; Jessica Disteldorf, Kieron Olm-Milligan, Karina Mowles, Michelle Mowles, Regina Grenfell and Michael Van Pelt.
St George: Ian and Cathy Rogers, Raymond and Angela Song, Ingela Eriksson, Charles Zworestine, Hani Malik and Alek Safarian
Gold Coast: Stephen Solomon, Kerry Corker, Matthew Sonter, Toshi Kimura, Phachara Wongwichit, Bernie Saavedra, Ingrid Thompson, Amy Evans, Alexandra Jule, Jessica Layton
Belconnen: Ian Rout, Gareth Oliver, Andrean Susilodinata, Shannon Oliver, Bill Egan, Tamzin Oliver, Aidan Lloyd, Jenni Oliver, Reserve Tony Oliver
UNSW: Justin Tan, Chee Yin Thaw, Ronald Yu, Michael Lip, Kerry Stead, Veronica Klimenko, Sylvia Shields, Heather Huddleston
Suncoast: Paul Summers, Terry Krause, Bob Goodwin, Derrick Jeffries, Finn Sorenson, Otto Mehltreter, Peter Hodgetts, Rebecca Bleney, Wendy Coghill, Tulia Powell
www.gardinerchess.com
Here are a couple of annotated games from Ian Rogers' newspaper columns:
Caloundra 2003
White: I.Rogers
Black: D.Smerdon
Opening: French Defence
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4!? 5.e5 h6 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.bxc3 Ne4 8.Qg4
g6 9.Bd3 Nxd2 10.Kxd2 c5 11.h4!? Nc6 12.Nf3 cxd4!?
The immediate 12...Qa5 is more usual, although then White can try
13.dxc5!?.
13.cxd4 Qa5+ 14.c3 b6 15.Qf4?!
The start of a bad plan. 15.Rhc1 was stronger.
15...Ba6 16.Qf6? Rg8 17.Bxa6 Qxa6 18.Rhc1 Na5 19.Ke1 Nc4 20.Rab1
A necessary pawn sacrifice. 20...Nb2 was threatened and on 20.Rc2 Na3
leaves the more important c pawn in trouble.
20...Qxa2 21.Kf1 Na3?!
Not content with 21...Nd2! 22.Nxd2 Qxd2 when White has only marginal
compensation for the pawn, Black seeks to add the c pawn to his collection.
However he is in for a rude shock.
22.Ra1 Qb3 23.Kg1 Rc8? (Diagram)
24.c4!!
The move Black was sure he had prevented. Black can capture the pawn in
four ways but all lose, e.g. 24...Nxc4 25. Rxa7 or 24...dxc4 25.d5! exd5
26.e6! or 24...Rxc4 25.Nd2! Qb2 25.Nxc4 dxc4 26.d5! cxd5 27.Qc6+ and the
knight on a3 falls.
Black finds the best defence but is hit by a new sacrifice.
24...Qb2! 25.Rcb1!!
25...Qc3
If 24...Nxb1 25.Rxa7 mates.
26.cxd5 Nxb1 27.Rxa7 Rc7 28.Ra8+ Rc8 29.dxe6!
29.d6 Kd7! was far less clear. Now Black must return his extra rook to
avoid mate, leaving White with an easily winning endgame.
#29...Qc1+ 30.Kh2 Rf8 31.exf7+ Rxf7 32.Qe6+ Kd8 33.Rxc8+ Qxc8 34.Qxf7 Qf5
35.Qd5+ Ke8 36.Qc6+ Kf7 37.Qb7+ Ke8 38.Qxb6 Qf4+ 39.Kh3 Qf5+ 40.Kg3 g5
41.hxg5 hxg5 42.Qf6 1-0
xxx
Caloundra 2003
White: I.Eriksson (St George)
Black: J.Tan (Unis of NSW)
Opening: French Defence
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Nf3 0-0 8.Bd3
dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nb6 10.Bb3 Nfd5 11.Bd2 Bf5?!
This bishop is generally better placed on g4 or e6.
12.0-0 c6 13.Re1 Bf6 14.Ne4! Bxe4 15.Rxe4 Qd6 16.Nh4?!
The start of an over-optimistic attack. After the more sober 16.Qe2 White
would be well on top.
16...Rae8 17.Rg4? (Diagram)
17...h5!! 18.Nf5 Qe6!?
The safe choice. After 18...Qd7 19.Rxg7+! Bxg7 20.Qxh5 White has an
annoying attack, e.g. 20...Re6 21.Bxd5! cxd5 (21...Nxd5 22.Nxg7 Kxg7
23.Qg4+ is only a draw.) 22.Qg5 f6 23.Qg6 and Black is not yet out of the
woods.
19.Nh6+?
Only the humble 19.Rf4 keeps White afloat.
19...Kh8 20.Rg3 h4!
Now, since 21.Qh5 hxg3 leaves White without a reasonable discovered check,
White must lose a piece for insufficient compensation
21.Rh3 gxh6 22.Bxh6 Rg8 23.Bd2
Hoping for 23...Qxh3?? 24.Qh5+.
23...Qg4 24.Qf3 Qxf3 25.Rxf3 Rg4 26.Ba5 Kg7 0-1
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The view from Club Bullwinkle ...
Caloundra Vice:
(As Recollected by Club Bullwinkle's Vice Captain)
Monday 29th September
Slow Jam
The day of assembly, when Club Bullwinkle's
magnificent Team Not Only But Also was to make its
collective way to Caloundra, and meet up in one of the
resort's ten swimming pools, or on its private beach,
or in our five-star luxury villa... Only, the Rydges
didn't have any of these things, because it wasn't
where Regina stayed last year, and she was actually
feeding us false attributions from the Coolum Hyatt.
(Not that we really needed ten swimming pools &
conference facilities, unless the team felt some
perverse desire to go swimming separately, and then
meet up later for an official report.) Recriminations
& evaluations of the Rydges proved in any case to be
quite moot, for the Scottish Rugby Union team had made
a belated mass-booking, and we'd been shafted over to
a different resort entirely, much to our
disgruntlement. (The Scottish can't even play rugby!)
Thus, we left Nik at the captains' meeting, and
trudged forlornly off to the 'Windward Passage' -
surely the ****-end of the coast? - to check out our
accommodation. The Manager gave us a garage key, but
neglected to hand over the electronic door-opener, and
so we spent five very frustrating minutes trying to
break it down by brute force, before returning to
reception and snarling our sour acknowledgement of the
smug *******'s humorous take on the situation.
Thankfully, Dave & Jon had arrived early in the
afternoon, and thus had been able to work out from
first principles the remarkable key system that
guarded the resort from incursion by all but the most
persistent of its guests. Club Bullwinkle's units - 12
and 'lucky' 13 - were adjoining only in a numerical
sense, and were actually located on separate floors.
This presented something of a problem for team
'togetherness' - especially given that the lift would
only take you to the floor of your room (as indicated
by your key) - and it took until Karina's brainwave on
Wednesday for us to find a sensible solution to the
dilemma. These minor issues aside, the units proved
perfect for our needs, and indeed provided an
excellent launching pad for our assault on all things
vice-driven. Once Nik returned from the captains'
meeting, we put our pre-tournament drinking on hold,
and gaggled off down the road in search of food.
Conversations will not be recounted.
Tuesday 30th September
Shakin'
A day of playing in the 'Pelican Room' of a nearby
RSL, the Rydges function room having been commandeered
by the Scottish Rugby Union team for their booze-up.
Club Bullwinkle put in a lamentable performance
against St George, losing 1˝ -6˝ and in fact coming
perilously close to scoring a perfect doughnut. The
only 'positives' to take from the match were that I
made my young opponent cry, and that Jonathan
blundered away his highly-treasured record of never
having lost to a woman (and hence could be paid out on
mercilessly). Round Two saw us draw 4-4 against the
Gold Coast, with whom we'd split the Queensland
Interclub title earlier this year. We probably should
have done better on this particular occasion, but
nobody really cared. More important by far was to
congregate in lucky unit 13 (quick stop at the
bottle-shop), where Nik was cooking up some pasta
extraordinaire, and the team was drinking its way into
a preparatory state of relaxation. Alcohol bottles
were knocked over & dropped, massage oils were
produced & used, and the evening culminated in a
highly ambitious undertaking to see how many people
could be crammed into the ensuite spa. Indecent
photographs will not be published.
Wednesday 1st October
Gender
The rest day proving somewhat overcast, our morning
trip to the beach was put aside in favour of
much-needed sleep. As lunchtime approached, we
wandered over to the Rydges spa - which proved the
perfect medium for flaunting the much-admired Club
Bullwinkle physique - and then drove off in search of
fish and chips. Although much of the team was in
denial, it was eventually conceded that we had to play
a match in the afternoon, and so we took on 'Team
Oliver' of Belconnen (having cunningly decided to rest
our ex-Canberra duo of Michael & Jess). I think we won
this match 5˝-2˝, but the entire tournament is
something of a blur, to be honest. I do remember that
we went out to dinner at a steak place with three
different menus, that ribs, fungus, veal & baby
octopus were consumed, and that our frantic efforts to
find an open bottle-shop were rewarded just before ten
o'clock. David & Regina played some slightly
inebriated handicap lightning at one stage - as
evidenced by Regina's taking her own Bishop with her
own Knight, only to retract the move and take it with
Dave's Knight instead - but broke the clock & had to
stop. The music of Delta was probably playing. It
usually was.
Thursday 2nd October
Brighter Side
The day when 'exhaustion' became the official criteria
for selecting our team, and our opposition faced Not
Only the raw talent of Club Bullwinkle But Also its
raw nerves, bloodshot eyes & sheer belligerence at
having to be awake so early. An 8-0 win over the
Suncoast left us comfortably anchored in the harbour
of third place, and so the last round match against
'Universities' was used as a medium for lethargic
expressions of, "Whoops, yes, there was that, wasn't
there?" A 3-5 loss resulted, and we immediately began
paying tribute to our own mediocrity. The prize-giving
dinner proved an excellent forum for speech-making,
and the official Club Bullwinkle celebratory function
extended well into the early hours. (Apologies to
anyone who may have been offended by the ill-fated
alcohol run, the heated discussion on the economic
workings of 'Jonathan World', or Nik's infamous 'Cat
in the Freezer' story...) I've never ever been
associated with such debauchery.
Friday 3rd October
Sheep Go To Heaven
The day when I belatedly noticed that the 'Windward
Passage' units are built around a lonely palm tree,
which has been locked away in solitary confinement
like some mass-murdering psychopath. In other
noteworthy instances of observation, a clean-up of
lucky unit 13 uncovered 64˝ empty bottles of alcohol -
more liquor than squares on a chessboard - and one
carton of eggnog. Club Bullwinkle dispersed in manner
similar to its arrival, and it now seems commonly
accepted that goats go to hell.
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Chess as Sport: Notice of Motion
Parliament:
Queensland politician Margaret May has prepared a Notice of Motion that
will be submitted to the Clerks of the House next week in Canberra. Hopefully
then the selection committee will put it on the notice paper for debate in the
next couple of weeks.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOTICE OF MOTION
MRS MARGARET MAY : "I give notice that on the next day of sitting I shall move
That this House:
recognises the important significance of the opening of the first purpose built,
state of the art, chess centre in Australia;
recognises that the game of chess is one of the most powerful educational tools
available to develop and strengthen a child’s brain and cognitive capacity;
recognises that Australian schools are embracing chess as a sport that
complements a student’s education;
recognises the tourism potential and export industry benefits that hosting a
chess Olympiad would bring to Australia; and
calls on the Australian Sports Commission to recognise chess as a sport in line
with the International Olympic Committee’s recognition of chess as a sport in 1999."
Margaret May says public comments in favour of chess being recognised as a
sport would be helpful once the debate in parliament has been held.
- Thanks to Graeme Gardiner for the info.
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NSW Championship update
Four share the lead with 4 points after five rounds.
Leading scores after round 5:
4.0 G.Xie, R.Seberry, G.Canfell, G.Charles
3.0 R.Capilitan, M.Nanavati, E.Agulto
Yu, Ronald - Canfell, Greg
1.f4 e5 2.fxe5 d6 3.exd6 Bxd6 4.Nf3 g5 5.d4?! g4 6.Ne5 Bxe5 7.dxe5 Qxd1+
8.Kxd1 Nc6 9.Bf4 Nge7 10.e3 Bf5 11.Nd2 0-0-0 12.Kc1 Ng6 13.Bg5 Rde8!
14.Bf6 Rhg8 15.Bd3 Bxd3 16.cxd3 Ngxe5 17.Bxe5 Rxe5 18.Nc4 Rf5
19.Kc2 Rf2+ 20.Kc3 b5 21.Nd2 b4+ 22.Kc2 Re8 23.Raf1 Rxg2 24.e4 Ne5!
25.Rfg1 Rxg1 26.Rxg1 Rd8 27.Rg3 h5 28.Nb3 h4 29.Re3 Rxd3!!
30.Rxd3 Nxd3 31.Nd4 g3 32.hxg3 h3 0-1
Info from Peter Parr.
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Box Hill Open update
Victoria:
Bulletin: Round 4 - Trevor Stanning
We started the evening sans Gerrit Hartland (who is overseas), and Phillip O’Connor
(who is interstate), but looked after by arbiter Frank Meerbach. The 5th seed had
called in sick on Thursday and requested to be withdrawn from the 4th round. This
was approved and caused a slight recast of the pairings that had been posted on the
ACF Bulletin Board.
The board 2 game had been played on the previous Tuesday, but the manager-of-the-night,
me, did not notice until games started at 7.45pm; there was an obvious lack of players
right next door to the premium game for the evening. Two late arrivals in B division
were diverted to play on board 2 and proceeded to play at a quality above themselves
until a surprise mate on h7 brought Sean Devoy back to earth.
On board 7 Michelle Lee seemed to be distracted in her game against Peter Frost.
Peter got a threatening pawn to d6 but subsequently lost. I for one will be looking
at the game when posted on our web-site to see how Michelle won this one.
John Nemeth quickly accounted for David Flude and the analysis afterwards took
longer than the game. The first minor upset occurred as Narelle Szuveges took a
full point from Nur Yachou after Nur seemd to be dominating the position without
an actual material advantage. Geoff Hilliard talked Shane Lawson out of a full point,
and Keith Jenkins found Reubban Muthusamy to be a major threat to Keith’s
healthy rating. George Umber won a pawn from Kingsley Feng, but lacked
wherewithall to take the full point. Alan Elliott found that faulty petrol gauges,
new cars, and the Freeway are one combination that can make you late; result, LOF.
Richard Martin took maximum rating points from Grayson O’Connor and Rob McCulloch
continued his good run; this time against Peter Braham. Another maximum ratings
points transfer occurred as Farn-Ling Khung went 1-0 against Fred Tischman, as did
Melford Long against Vladimir Zacharczenko. New junior Andrew Snooks snook up to
win over Anthony Petrou.
Results from the top 10 boards were
A Pecori 0-1 M Lojanica
Z Lojanica 0-1 Tuan Le
D Bourmistrov 1-0 M Rothlisberger
D Flude 0-1 J Nemeth
M Raine 1-0 D van Dijk
S Sharman 0-1 D Dragicevic
P Frost 0-1 M Lee
N Szuveges 1-0 N Yachou
H Liston 1-0 R Exner
S Lawson 0-1 G Hilliard
After 4 rounds in A Division the leader is M Lojanica 4/4 from Tuan Le and Denis Bourmistrov
on 3.5/4. In B Division, R Muthusamy leads with 4/4 from J Wan, R Martin, and R McCulloch
on 3.5/4.
Keep contact with Club activities by reading http://www.boxhillchess.org.au
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Laurieton 'One Day Open' Chess
Queensland: Congrats to Peter for First equal in Laurieton 'One Day Open' Chess.
20 Players had a pleasant enjoyable day in Laurieton Services Club.
And a good experience for younger players in tournament chess.
Final results:
1= Peter Vidler, Milorad Lukic 6/7
3. Michael Weltner 5,
4= Endel Lane, George Lithgow, Matthew Northover, Shane Northover,
Leslie wells, Robert Fajks, Brooke Hazelgrove
11= Bruce Parr, Jack Hazelgrove
13= Joshua Brown, Kate Lalor, Jade Lee, Richard Wells 3
17. Thomas Fajks 2,5
18= Elischa Brown, Luke Dalton 1.5
20. Kirsty Dalton 0.5
Next:- Taree 'One Day Open' on Sunday 26th October,
Laurieton November Open Grand Prix on Saturday & Sunday 1 & 2 November,
Taree 'Spring Open Grand Prix' Saturday & Sunday 15 & 16 November,
Laurieton 'Christmas Chess' Sunday 14th December.
Contact - endel@fasternet.com.au or 6559 9060.
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Chess Coach Training
Course offered:
A training course for Chess Coaches in Asia is being offered, featuring lectures
by GM Adrian Mikhalchishin and FIDE vice-president Igantius Leong.
The seven-day course will be held in Singapore and costs $US500.
Details
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Problems
Mate in 2 - Andy Sag
Solution next week
Last Week's Solution:
P.F.Blake - Mate in 3
Solution: 1.Qc4 (Threat 2.Qf1+ Kxe4 3.Nhf6)
1...dc 2.Rxd4 any 3.Ng7
1....Qa6 2.Rxe3 (Threat 3.Nh6)
2...Kxg4 3.Qxc8
2...de 3.Ng7
1...Kxe4 2.Bg6+ Kf3 3.Ne5 or Nh2
1...de 2.Qf7+ Kxg4 3.Bd7
1...e2 2.Nh6+ Kxe4 3.Qxe2
Comments: This problem by the great English composer P.F. Blake won first
prize for 3 movers in the 1910 German Chess Association competition. Threat
and 5 variations with a few neat model mates. The key sacrificing the queen
and the quiet lines after 1.dc and 1.Qa6 make this one very hard to solve. - Andy Sag.
Contributions are most welcome to this section!
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World news
sourced from NetChessNews
Many of the world's best players - Kasparov, Grischuk, Svidler, Adams,
Shirov, Bareev, Sokolov, Ivanchuk, Gelfand, Morozevich, Khalifman,
Sakaev, Lautier, Vallejo Pons, Bacrot, Fressinet, Dreev, Malakhov, Onischuk,
Korchnoi, Rublevsky, Smirin, Bologan - took part.
Plenty of advance warning. The inaugural World Senior Team Championship
(60 or over) will take place 5 to 13 October 2004 on The Isle of Man.
This is off the coast of England.
Again my e-mail address. We need an Australian team to compete.
