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Australian Chess Federation newsletter No. 339, October 19, 2005
Johansen wins Victorian Championship
Johansen wins Victorian Championship:
Grandmaster Daryl Johansen lost his last-round game with black to Chris Depasquale but still won his eleventh state title. The event is one of the strongest tournaments in Australia.
Final standings, 10 rounds:
Thanks to Malcolm Pyke for the following games, and to Chris Depasquale for the annotations.
Depasquale, Chris (2331) -- Sandler, Leonid
(2358) 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.h4 Nf6 7.Nh3 Bg4 8.f3
Bd7 9.g4 N
Levi, Eddy (2249) -- Rujevic, Mirko (2240) 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.Bc4 d6 4.d3 Nc6 5.Nge2 Nf6 6.O-O Bg4 7.Kh1 h6 8. Na4 Nd4 9.f3 Be6 10.Nxd4 Bxd4 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.c3 Bb6 13.f4 exf4 14.Bxf4 e5 15.Nxb6 axb6 16.Be3 Qd7 17.Rf5
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Goldenberg, Igor (2335) -- Smerdon, David
(2418) 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.e4 a6 8.Bg5 Bg7 9.Nd2
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Johansen, Darryl (2464) -- Hislop, Jamie
(2089) 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 c6 5.c4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bxd2+ 7.Nbxd2 O-O 8.O-O Nbd7 9.Qc2 b6 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Qxe4 Qc7? N
![]() 13.Ng5! Nf6 14.Qxc6 Qxc6 15.Bxc6
Here are two games from James Morris, who won the Qualifying No 1 event:
White: James Morris 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bb4 4.Bg2 O-O 5.e3 Re8 6.Nge2 c6 7.a3 Ba5 8.b4 Bc7 9.Qb3 e4 10.O-O d5 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Bb2 Be6 13.Nd4 Bc8 14.Rfd1 Nc6 15.Nce2 Qe7 16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.Rac1 Ba6 18.Nd4 Bc4 19.Rxc4 dxc4 20.Qxc4 Qd7 21.Nxc6 Bb6 22.Bxf6 Qg4 23.f3 Qh5 24.g4 Qh6 25.Bd4 Bc7 26.f4 a6 27.Ne5 Bxe5 28. Bxe5 Qg6 29.h3 Kh8 30.Bxe4 Qh6 31.Bxa8 Qxh3 32.Bg2 Qxg4 33.Rc1 h5 34.Qxf7 Ra8 35.Rc6 Kh7 36.Qe6 Qg3 37.Qf5+ g6 38.Rc7+ Kh6 39.Qg5+ 1-0
White: James Morris 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 c5 4.e4 d6 5.Ne2 Be7 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 O-O 8.Nc3 a6 9.O-O Qc7 10.Qe2 Nc6 11.Be3 Bd7 12.h3 Rac8 13.b3 Rfe8 14.f4 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 b5 16.e5 bxc4 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Ne4 Kf8 20.Nxf6 cxb3 21.Nxe8 Qb6+ 22.Qf2 1-0
There were some important decisions made at the last ACF Council meeting on October 10:
Congratulations to ACF Secretary Jey Hoole, who is getting married this week, before honeymooning in India. George Xie scored a very respectable 5/9 in the Asian Championships in India. Leading final scores after 9 rounds: Zhang Zhong 7.5; Li Shilong 7.0; Sadvakasov, Kotsur, Kazhgaleyev, Wang Yue 6.5; Zhao Jun, Ni Hua, Dao Thien Hai, Xu Jun, Megaranto, Al-Modiahki, Ganguly, Wu Wenjin, Kunte 6.0 ... George Xie (Australia) 5.0. CAWA office bearers: There have been some changes to the list of Chess Association of WA officials unveiled last week. Tom lockwood has resigned as Membership Officer and been replaced by Norbert Muller. Rob Maris has taken over as Ratings Officer.
2005 Asian Schools Chess Festival: Singapore, December 17-25. Details Ballarat Chess Club has a new website at www.ballaratchess.com. The webmaster is James Eldridge and email address is ballaratchess@hotmail.com. Tiebreaks: Australian Major, Senior and Minor Championships The ACF Council has decided as follows:
(1) ties in the 2006 Australian Major Championship, 2006 Australian Senior Championship and 2006 Australian Minor Championship be resolved by countback; and Entries for the Australian Championship itself close on 15 December. Early bird entries for other events in the Australian Championships and Australian Junior Championships close on 1 December 2005. For a current list of entrants for all events please go to www.ozchess2006.com (participants). You will notice that in the championship event there are 5 GMs and 5 IMs already entered. So GM and IM norms will be possible. Of course, it is an Olympiad year coming up, so this is an excellent opportunity for players to demonstrate their current form. If anyone is able to help with Australian Championship or Australian Junior Championship memorabilia, please contact Graeme Gardiner at ggardiner@gardinerchess.com There will be a display at the event. Please go to www.ozchess2006.com (history) for more information and an audio interview between IM Robert Jamieson and the late Garry Koshnitsky, recorded just before Garry's 90th birthday. For a hard copy entry form, please contact Graeme Gardiner at ggardiner@gardinerchess.com or simply print one out from the webpage www.ozchess2006.com (entry form/tournament details). There is also a credit card online entry form.
Graeme Gardiner Carlton Crest Early Bird Discount: The early bird discount of $119 for a room sleeping 2 adults and 2 kids, or 3 adults, expired on 30 September. However, the price is still only $124 for a room in central Brisbane at a five star hotel. The price will be going up again of course. The Australian Chess Federation (ACF) is calling for bids for the above Championships, in accordance with the ACF's procedures for allocating ACF tournaments. These rules are viewable at http://www.auschess.org.au/constitution/Proc_for_Allocatg_ACF_Tourns.txt. Potential bidders are advised to refer to these rules and the general by-law for Australian championship events at http://www.auschess.org.au/constitution/By-laws_for_ACF_Tournaments.txt, which also applies to the events concerned. In addition, there are by-laws that apply to specific events. These are listed (bracketed) on the list of events below, for which bids are now invited. Australian Open Championships (http://www.auschess.org.au/constitution/By-laws_for_ACF_Tournaments.txt ref clause 7) comprising: Australian Open Championship, Australian Open Rapid-play Championship, Australian Open Lightning Championship, and incorporating the Australian Women’s Open Championships (http://www.auschess.org.au/constitution/By-law2.txt) Australian Junior and Girls Championships (http://www.auschess.org.au/constitution/By-law3.txt) comprising: Australian Junior Championship (Under-18), Australian Under-16, Under-14, Under-12 and Under-10 Championships, Australian Girls Championship (Under-18), Australian Girls Under-16, Under-14, Under-12 and Under-10 Championships, Australian Junior Rapid-play Championship, Australian Girls Rapid-play Championship, Australian Junior Lightning Championship and Australian Girls Lightning Championship Australian Schools Teams Championships (http://www.auschess.org.au/constitution/By-law4.txt) comprising: Australian Primary Schools Open Championship, Australian Primary Schools Girls Championship, Australian Secondary Schools Open Championship and Australian Secondary Schools Girls Championship The deadline for submission of the bids is cob 30 November 2005. Bids from persons other than State Associations should be made through, and with the consent of, the relevant State Association. Your State Association representative will have a copy of the application form that will need to be used when submitting a bid The ACF Council will consider all bids during it's January meeting, and it is envisaged that the decision on the venue of the next Australian championship will be announced at the conclusion of the 2006 Championship in Brisbane. If you have any queries, please contact the ACF President, Denis Jessop on (02) 6288 1935 or mobile 0418 278324
- Jey Hoole Dear Chess Friends, The 6th BCC Open will be held during the 'Songkran Festival', also know as Thai New Year, between 11-16 of April 2006. The tournament will be this time in Bangkok at the excellent 'Century Park Hotel' (www.centuryparkhotel.com) near Bangkok's Victory Monument. As requested by many players earlier, we have now one rest day in the middle of the tournament. Also this time under 2000 or unrated players can decide if they play in 9-rounds Open, or 7-rounds 'challenger' group. All details are in our website www.bangkokchess.com The online registration form will appear in our website little later. Looking forward to see you all in Bangkok! Do not hesitate to contact if you have any questions. Best Regards,
Kai Tuorila / Bangkok Chess Club Asian Schools, Arbiters & Trainers Seminar and Singapore Masters Dear Colleagues, These events have already been posted on www.fide.com and www.singaporechess.org.sg and the deadline for registration is 15 November. If you have not received or unable to access the information, please write to me directly.
With Best Regards,
Dear Paul
Kind regards Jane: Chess Clubs are generally affiliated with the State Association, which in turn is associated with the ACF. Can anyone help with suggesting a club?
Asian Championship: Lots of strong GMs, including teenage sensation Wang Hao. Leading final scores after 9 rounds: Zhang Zhong 7.5; Li Shilong 7.0; Sadvakasov, Kotsur, Kazhgaleyev, Wang Yue 6.5; Zhao Jun, Ni Hua, Dao Thien Hai, Xu Jun, Megaranto, Al-Modiahki, Ganguly, Wu Wenjin, Kunte 6.0 ... George Xie (Australia) 5.0. Site : View games Samba Cup: Skanderborg, Denmark. Round 5 Standings: Timofeev 3.5; Miton, Bruzon 3.0; Carlsen, Zhang Pengxiang, Curt Hansen, Jobava 2.5; Ivanchuk, Lars Bo Hansen 2.0; Nisipeanu 1.5. Site : View games Topalov wins FIDE World Championship: Bulgaria's Veselin Topalov is the new FIDE world champion. Only Leko won against Kasimdzhanov in the final round - other games were drawn. All round 13 games were drawn, leaving Topalov with an unbeatable 1.5 point lead going into the final round. Topalov scored a sensational 6.5/7 in the first half of the double round robin. In the second half, he displayed ingenuity to save some difficult games, and missed some wins, but he was clearly the best player in the event, and his victory is emphatic. Congratulations to the new world champion.
Final Round 14 Standings: 1. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2788 10.0; 2. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2788 8.5; 3. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2738 8.5; 4. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2707 7.0; 5. Leko, Peter g HUN 2763 6.5; 6. Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2670 5.5; 7. Adams, Michael g ENG 2719 5.5; 8. Polgar, Judit g HUN 2735 4.5.
Schmidtgall, B (2093) -- Shchekachev, A (2564)
An instructive game revealing black's resources in this line of the
Sicilian
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.Bd3 d6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 Bb7
9.a3 Nbd7 10.f4 g6 11.f5 gxf5 12.exf5 Rg8 13.g3 e5 14.Ne6
Ni Hua (2603) -- Zhao Jun (2500) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.g3!?
![]() 37.Nc5!! Ke8
Kidambi, Sundararajan (2497) -- Sasikiran,
Krishnan (2663) 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.
Bd3 Bb7 9.e4 b4 10.Na4 c5 11.e5 Nd5 12.O-O cxd4 13.Nxd4 g6 14.Qg4 Qa5 15.
Bb5 Ba6 16.Bxd7+ Kxd7
Sadvakasov, Darmen (2612) -- Dzhumaev, Marat
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