AUSTRALIAN CHESS FEDERATION newsletter Number 09/11A ..... 10 November 2009

Editor’s notes A few handy hints for promoting tournaments in the ACF Newsletter. 1. If you put an event on a calendar somewhere the Editor may come across it or I may not, if you send it to auschessnews@gmail.com I can’t really miss it. 2. For more than a bare-bones listing it’s useful to write a short para with the key points and send it to the above address so that I can cut and paste it; paraphrasing flyers isn’t viable in bulk and carries the risk of error. 3. Most tournament organisers will find that the above is the most valuable way they will ever spend ten minutes (see next column). 4. And while you’re on a roll, get more free publicity for the event, the organisers, club, sponsors etc by writing a report after the event, not necessarily in great detail or at great length, and maybe extract a couple of good games. Ian Rout Editor

Table of Contents Notices Major Events Australian Championship, by Peter Parr General News Corrections Tournament News and Results Coming Events Overseas Tournaments and News FIDE Ratings State News Tournament Reports Games Sundries / Late News Note: Links in light blue are to sections within the newsletter, those in grey are external and orange links are to the archive of previous issues. Medium watch This ACF Newsletter is being sent to 1,521 addresses.

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NOTICES

Nominations for ACF Medals (This notice first posted in 09/10A) All ACF affiliates are reminded of the opportunity to nominate potential winners of the following ACF medals, to be awarded in January 2010 in accordance with the ACF Medals Procedures by-law, which may be viewed at the ACF website at www.auschess.org.au/constitution/ACF_Medals_Procedures.txt Medals – Steiner Medal – Australian ‘Player of the Year’ 2009 To be awarded to the player who has made the greatest impact – not necessarily the highest-rated – for the most notable achievement during 2009. The Steiner medal is an annual award and may be won by a previous recipient. – Koshnitsky Medal – Chess Administration This is a lifetime achievement award, not limited to accomplishments or services during a particular period, and cannot be awarded more than once to the same person. It is awarded for an outstanding contribution to Australian chess administration at national or state level. A link [Chess Medals] to lists of previous ACF medal winners is at www.auschess.org.au/acfrec.htm Nominations Separate documents containing the following should be provided in respect of each nominee: · name (correctly spelt); · contact details (phone, email, postal address); · a citation describing relevant achievements, suitable for reading and/or publication when the medal is presented; · anything else relevant to the nomination. A person submitting a nomination must retain at least one complete copy of each document submitted in connection with the nomination and must phone (03) 9787 7974 or 0409 525 963 to confirm that it has been received if delivery has not been acknowledged 24 hours after expected delivery time. Nominations for the Koshnitsky medal must be sent to one of the following addresses so as to be received on or before Friday 18 December 2009: — email: gwastell@netspace.net.au — post: 22 Bruarong Crescent, Frankston South Vic 3199

Nominations for the Steiner medal must be sent to one of the above addresses as follows: — if sent by post – to be received on or before Wednesday 23 December 2009; — if sent by email – to be received on or before Wednesday 6 January 2010. Presentations The announcement of winners and presentation of medals will take place at 5pm Wednesday 13 January 2010 in the Norths Celebrity Room, 12 Abbott Street, Cammeray, Sydney, immediately prior to the presentation of prizes for the forthcoming Australian Championship. Distribution of This Notice Recipients of this notice are asked to ensure that it is distributed as extensively as possible to maximize nominations in respect of the most suitable nominees. Gary Wastell ACF Medals Selections Coordinator Previous Notices The following notices from prior issues remain in force 2010 Olympiad: Activity Requirement and Application Deadline - previously reported 09/09A 11th World University Championships - seeking informal expressions of interest - previously reported 09/10A Position Vacant – ACF Advertising Manager The ACF invites expressions of interest from any reader who might be willing to oversee the appearance of suitable advertising material in ACF publications, principally this Newsletter, and on the ACF website. For additional information please email gwastell@netspace.net.au with cc to secretary@nswca.org.au

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MAJOR EVENTS

2010 Australian Chess Championship Venue: norths, 12 Abbott Street, Cammeray, NSW. 2^nd to 13^th January 2010 plus various supporting events: a Major Tournament, a Minor tournament, a shorter seven-round event and the Australian Lightning Championship. More information at the official site http://www.australianchesschampionship.com/ Entries for the Championship have been received from GM Zong Yuan Zhao, GM Gawain Jones (Eng), GM Darryl Johansen, IM Alex Wohl (the current Australian Open Champion), IM Stephen Solomon, IM Gary Lane, IM George Xie, IM James Morris, FM Tomek Rej, FM Vladimir Smirnov, FM Brian Jones CM Max Illingworth and Eugene Schon. The organisers have announced that three copies of the latest Chessbase Magazine have been provided as additional lucky door prizes (4, 5 and 6), to be drawn at the tournament, for entries submitted on-line through the above web site. The first three prizes are listed as: 1st a top of the range DGT-XL clock donated by tournament sponsor Chess Discount Sales; 2nd $100 cash courtesy of PayPal; 3rd Fritz 12, rrp ~$95, courtesy of ChessBase.

2010 Australian Junior Chess Championships The Tasmanian Chess Association will be hosting the Australian Junior 2010 in Hobart on behalf of the Australian Junior Chess League at The Hutchins School, Sandy Bay, Hobart from January 14^th to 25^th 2010. In addition to the age group events there will be national rapid and lightning championships and a problem solving competition. Details were previously reported in newsletter 09/09A. The following additional information was provided this week: In April, the Tasmanian Chess Association requested offers for the provision of equipment and scoresheets for the 2010 Championships.  We are pleased to confirm that the offer from Chess Kids has been officially accepted.  Russell Horton (On Behalf of TCA and Organising Committee) More information at the official site http://www.chesstasmania.org.au/AJCC/index.html Australian Primary and Secondary Schools Chess Teams Finals 2009 The Australian Primary and Secondary Schools Chess Team Finals 2009 will be held at Scotch College, Hawthorn, Victoria on December 5 and 6, 2009. The venue will be the Cardinal Pavilion. Details were previously reported in newsletter 09/09A More information at the official site http://chess.geniusprophecy.com/astc/

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AUSTRALIAN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP by Peter Parr

The Norths Chess Club Second Centenary Australian Championships (2-13 Jan 2010) - early entry by 6 Dec 2009 - is rapidly approaching. I have been fortunate to meet leading players from three centuries. I met only one player on many occasions who was at the first and most famous tournament at Hastings in 1895 in the nineteenth century and many in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Do we have a chess historian with the number of entries and location of Australian Championships? Jan 1969: (top 3 seeds Browne, Flatow, P.Parr) in Melbourne 24 players, 15 rounds no supporting events. Walter Browne won. (entry fee $50 - 40 years ago). Jan 1976: NSWCA wanted to rent a Church hall at Kings Cross for 50 players. Much larger premises at the Uni of NSW (I was arbiter), 140 players, Serge Rubanraut won - Rogers aged 15 made his first appearance. Teenagers Johansen, West in the reserves event. Jan 1990: I asked John Baker (Cepacol) for $10,000 for rent for Australian Championship and supporting events and Australian Junior at UTS in Sydney CBD run in two sessions. Sponsorship secured in five minutes. 265 players including 47 in Australian Junior. Room capacity 150 - (2 sessions of 150 each maximum) Johansen 10/11, West, Solomon 7.5 - Johansen best victory. Jan 1996: UTS in Sydney CBD - 198 players - Guy West 1st Jan 2008: Parramatta - the last Australian Championship, 139 players - Solomon is current champion. The venue at Norths (near Sydney Harbour Bridge) is massive. The chess club President is barrister Paul Glissan, a chess player for half a century and a former unofficial co-champion of Antarctica. After lengthy negotiations with the club Paul secured  the venue in January 2009 for January 2010. The main playing area is the air-conditioned celebrity room which has a seating capacity of over 500. There is a large analysis room in addition to the celebrity room. I attended the club's presentation night with about 450 others in the celebrity room a few months ago. (Fred Schuetz head of the Norths 2010 and Manly 2009 organising committees deservedly won a major award) - there was ample space for more people in the room. This is surely the largest venue ever for a chess tournament in Australia's history - and very close to the Sydney CBD. The venue capacity for most national championships is 150. Major Town Halls Australia wide are not large enough to fit 150 players comfortably (eg Melbourne 1972) or the players are squeezed into the area available with no room between rows and boards - very uncomfortable. The Norths venue has more than 3 times this capacity with ample space.

It is of course of the utmost importance that the Australian chess community ensures that there is a very large entry to justify the large quality venue. Personally I envisage an entry in excess of 250  players in the championships, major, minor and classic with large number of entrants from all states of Australia and some from overseas. There is much to be done over the next few weeks by members of the organizing committee and all Australian chess enthusiasts to ensure a large entry - so much space. Many schools with chess teams in the area to be contacted as well as juniors Sydney wide. Adult players and clubs to contact. Early entries appreciated and please encourage all your friends to play. Sometimes the national championships are held in distant locations. Now is the time to play as Sydney are holding the events in Jan 2009 and Jan 2010 - they may not be held again in Sydney for some years if the other States take up their options on a rotational basis. The venue can take 500 so we need players from all areas and all ethnic backgrounds. There are 8000 chess players competing in the NSW inter-school competition in 2009 and similar numbers in recent years. All youngsters are most welcome in either the full 11 day events or the Norths Classic which lasts only one week. All games are finished in the afternoon with no evening play. Last time I directed the Easter Doeberl Cup (20 times Chief Arbiter!) more than a decade ago there were 100 players in the Under 1600 event. The under 1600 events at Norths will attract large entries. All juniors are able to compete at Norths with the Australian Junior starting a few days later in Tasmania. If we can fill the venue at Norths to its capacity this will set a very good example for future national championships as well as help to secure very large venues and expand our chess horizons. Hundreds of players and friends in the club using all the club facilities together with the publicity will be very good for the game. In order to encourage entries all participants in the championship, major, minor and Norths Classic will be entitled to a  25% discount on all products (over 3000 different items) from Chess Discount Sales, 72 Campbell St, Surry Hills,Sydney for the month of January 2010 as part of our sponsorship for the championships.The more you spend the more you save! The entry fees for 11 days are lower than the last Australian Championship. The leading Australians receive conditions from the organizers – no grandmaster received any accommodation or appearance fees or any conditions in the latest British Championship. btw Any offers for the Jan 2011 Australian Open or Jan 2012 Australian Championships? Peter Parr OAM

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GENERAL NEWS

Ian Rogers in action Australia’s first grandmaster Ian Rogers, who retired from serious tournament play in 2007, gave a simultaneous exhibition against members of the ACT Development Squad, and a handful of the more ambitious parents, in Canberra on 8 November. From about 33 boards Ian won all but two games, a loss to Yijun Zhang and a draw with Michael Kethro.

James Obst An article (link) about the poker exploits of James Obst appeared on News Ltd recently. (Note: ACF does not advocate gambling.) Beauty and the Geek Jeremy Reading has survived another two episodes and is now into the final five.

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CORRECTIONS AND UPDATES

Gladstone Chess Club The link to an article about a new chess club in Gladstone was incorrectly entered in the last issue, the article is here.

Victorian Blitz Championship The venue of this event was incorrectly stated to be MCC, it is in fact the Box Hill CC, 3 Rochester Rd Canterbury on 29 November 2009 link contact

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TOURNAMENT NEWS AND RESULTS

Canterbury Summer Swiss This is the final Grand Prix event of 2009, to be held at Box Hill Chess Club 3 Rochester Road Canterbury from December 27 to December 29. It will be ACF and FIDE rated. link contact Early bird entry fee $40 – pay before Christmas, or after that date full entry fee $60 (special discount of $10 for BHCC and Canterbury Junior members). Free entry for GMs and IMs provided their entries are received during the early bird period. Total prize fund is $1200, forfeit time 30 minutes. The tournament is financially supported by the friends of the Box Hill Chess Club who aim to contribute $500 towards the tournament expenses. Maryborough Fun One Day Chess Tournament Bundaberg CC is hosting this event on 14 November at Maryborough State High School cnr Ferry St and Kent St. Entries close 8:45am or enter in advance by e-mail, and there will be Adult and Junior divisions (if numbers permit). The tournament is unrated and CAQ membership not required. Enquiries Alan Menham 0417073094.

Recent GP weekend results MCC Cup Weekender, Vic (Oct 30 – Nov 3) This event was won by FM Erik Teichmann (Eng) with 7/9 from IM Guy West and IM James Morris 6.5, followed by Bobby Cheng, IM Igor Goldenberg, Sylvester Urban, Eugene Schon, Chris Kolak, David Beaumont and Sally Yu 6. (52 players). Gosford Open, NSW (Oct 31 - Nov 1) CM Max Illingworth won with 6.5/7 from IM George Xie and Andrew Furst 5.5. (31 players). See report. Fisher’s Ghost Open, NSW (Nov 7-8) FM Jesse Sales 6/7 won from CM Max Illingworth and IM George Xie 5.5. (This event is unrelated to Bobby Fischer, note different spelling.)

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COMING EVENTS

Grand prix events Nov 28-29 Vikings Weekender, Tuggeranong, ACT link Dec 5-6 Christmas Open, Perth, WA link Dec 19-20 MCC Christmas Weekender, Melbourne, Vic link Dec 27-29 Canterbury Christmas Swiss, Melbourne, Vic link Jan 23-26 2010 Australia Day Weekender, Brisbane, Qld link Feb 6-7 2010 Ranges Summer Sizzler Upwey, Vic link Full 2009 GP calendar: link Register for 2010: link Victoria Ranges Rookies Shield (rapid G15) Upwey; 15 Nov 2009 link Bunnings Sausage Sizzle MCC; 20 Nov 2009 link contact Melbourne CC Allegro Ch MCC; from 21 Nov 2009 link contact Victorian Blitz Ch Box Hill CC; 29 Nov 2009 link contact South Australia Nov Rapid SA Chess Centre; 17 and 24 Nov link December Fischer Allegro SACC; 1 Dec link December Rapid SACC; 8 and 15 Dec link Lidums Australian Allegro Chess Championship Glenelg; 26 Dec link

Queensland Queensland Vets and Disabled Championship Inala, 14-15 Nov link Maryborough One Day Event 14 Nov. Contact Allan Menham 4151 7469. FNQ Individual Age Championships The Bishop Centre, Trinity Anglican School, White Rock Campus. 14 Nov. Gold Coast Lightning and Transfer GCC, Mudgeeraba. 22 Nov link Darling Downs Cup tba. 28-29 Nov link Queensland Teams Championship Mudgeeraba. 13 Dec link Queensland Lightning Championship Mudgeeraba. 13 Dec link Tasmania Tasmania Rapid Chess Series III Launceston; 21 Nov link Please notify forthcoming tournaments to auschessnews@gmail.com

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OVERSEAS TOURNAMENTS AND NEWS

World Junior Championships This event (for U/20s, as opposed to the Youth Championships, see right) concluded in Puerto Madryn, Argentina on 3 November. Australia’s only representative in the Open, Sherab Guo-Yuthok, scored 4.5/13. In a field including about 18 GMs, top seed (2700+) Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (Fra) won on tie-break from Sergei Zhigalko (Belarus), both 10.5. The leaders drew in Round 6. In the Girls Emma Guo scored 6, with a 2100 performance, and Sarah Anton 3.5. Swaminathan Soumya (India), who won on tie-break, Deysi Cori Tello (Peru) and Betul Cemre Yildiz (Turkey) tied with 9.5. European Teams Championship The European Teams Championship in Novi Sad, Serbia was won by Azerbaijan with 15 match points from nine rounds. (The scoring system was two points for a win in a four-board match, or one point each for 2-2). Russia lost no matches but was held to 2-2 four times, including the crucial last round against Spain, and finished second with 14. Ukraine on 13 took bronze on tie-break (game points) from Armenia, the only team to beat Azerbaijan. Most teams were below full strength with a number of big names missing including Kramnik (Rus), Carlsen (Nor), Ivanchuk (Ukr), Leko (Hun) and Short (Eng), to pick some obvious absentees. Best individual score on Board 1 was 6.5 by Hammer Jon Ludvig (Nor) and Tomi Nybak (Fin), while Pavel Eljanov (Ukr) had the best rating performance of 2823 from 6/8. Former top-five player Michael Adams (Eng) had an ordinary event with two losses, six draws and a solitary win in the last round, while World Championship challenger Veselin Topalov (Bul) fronted up only four times for 2.5 points (teams included one reserve). The Women’s Championship was won by Russia (16) on tie-break from Georgia. Some way back were Ukraine (third on tie-break) and Azerbaijan (12). Top scorers on Board 1 were Alexandra Kosteniuk (Rus) and Anna Muzychek (Slovenia) with 6 (Kosteniuk missed one round). See link for the official site.

World Youth Championships A number of Australians are participating in this event in Antalya Turkey from 11 to 23 November, which is conducted in age sections: U/18 – Eugene Schon * U/18 Girls - Tamzin Oliver *, Alana Chibnall U/16 - Justin Tan * U/16 Girls - Miranda Webb Liddle * U14 - Yi Yuan, Justin Tan * U/14 Girls - Emma Guo *, Leteisha Simmonds U12 - Bobby Cheng *,Cedric Koh U/12 Girls - Clarise Koh *, Jana Pretorius U/10 - Callum Gray * U/10 Girls - none U/8 - Anton Smirnov * U/8 Girls – none * denotes the official selection - each country gets one invitation per section but other players are permitted to participate. The names are taken from the official site which describes its list as unofficial at this stage. See link for the official site. Anand v Karpov In a battle of generations on the island of Corsica, current world champion Viswanathan Anand convincingly defeated former title holder Anatoly Karpov 3.5:0.5 in a rapid match on 31 October. The time limit was 15 minutes plus 3 seconds per move.

For chess tourists The ACF receives information about a wide variety of chess happenings in other parts of the world, and it is sometimes difficult to rank the likely levels of interest among Australian players. The following is a summary of events about which information has been received in recent times. In some cases, additional information may be obtained by contacting the Editor or ACF Councillor for your State Association. The date listed is the start date, see the link for the full schedule. World Youth Championships: 11 Nov 2009, Kemer-Antalya, Turkey link FIDE World Cup: 19 Nov 2009, Khanty Mansiysk, Russia link contact Benidorm Chess Festival: 27 Nov 2009, Benidorm, Spain link contact Asian Schools Festival: 16 Dec 2009, Colombo, Sri Lanka contact Asian Teams Championship: 20 Dec 2009, Kolkata, India link contact Hastings international Chess Congress: 28 Dec 2009, Hastings, England link contact Schachfestival: 1 Jan 2010, Basel, Switzerland link contact Bela Perenyi Memorial: 8 Jan 2010, Budapest, Hungary link contact Delhi International Open: 13 Jan 2010, New Delhi, India link contact Marienbad Open: 16 Jan 2010, Marianske Lazne, Czech Republic link contact 2^nd Chennai International Open: 25 Jan 2010, Chennai, India link contact Gibtelecom International Chess Festival: 26 Jan 2010, Gibraltar link contact Bermuda International Open: 5 Feb 2010, Southampton, Bermuda contact Cappelle-la-Grande: 13 Feb 2010, Cappelle-la-Grande, France link contact 26^th Budapest Spring Festival Open: 19 Mar 2010, Budapest, Hungary link contact World University Chess Ch 2010: 4 Sep 2010, Universitätsstrasse, Zurich, Switzerland link - also refer Notices

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FIDE RATINGS

FIDE November ratings FIDE ratings are now issued every two months (up to mid-2009 lists came out quarterly). Leading players on the November list are Topalov (Bul) 2810, Carlsen (Nor) 2801 and Anand (India) 2788. A rating of 2642 is now required to make the top 100, and 2750 for the top ten. For the FIDE ratings site see link For more on regional ratings see the Oceania chess page.

Leading Australian players 2572 GM Zong-Yuan Zhao 2525 GM David Smerdon 2474 GM Darryl Johansen 2457 IM Aleksandar Wohl 2437 IM George Xie 2427 IM Stephen Solomon 2401 IM Mark Chapman 2397 IM Igor Goldenberg 2377 IM Gary Lane 2365 FM Tomek Rej

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STATE NEWS

South Australia Goran Srdic won the SA Blitz Championship in a playoff (2-1) from Edgar Mdinaradze after they tied in the 26-player tournament on 9/11. The event was held on 3 November at the SA Chess Centre Matisons (Srbo Zaric, Michael Hoff, Aivars Lidums, Edvard Atrens, Gregory Hoff) have won the Division 1 Pennant on 21/28 with Adelaide second and Norwood Blue third. ABZS (21/28) have won Division 2 from Adelaide and Modbury Bison. (Games are at the SA site). Queensland Ben Lazarus won the Queensland State championship, a round robin at the Blue Fin Fishing Club, Inala, completed 8 November. Ben scored 7.5/8 with Bruce Williams 6 and Jonas Muller 5. Louay Al Zaher took out the Minor from a 26-player field with 6/7 from Alex Ruddy, John Alkin and Mike Duffin 6, played at the Qld Contract Bridge Club, Woolloongabba, on 7 and 8 November.

Australian Capital Territory Emma Guo and Milan Grcic tied for first in the ACT Championship with 7/9 from Mosaddeque Ali and Allen Setiabudi 6. Vikings Erindale (venue of the forthcoming Vikings Weekender) hosted the tournament which finished on 30 October. Emma led by a point after eight rounds but was absent at the World Junior Championships for the last round. State pages (links) New South Wales Victoria Queensland Western Australia South Australia Tasmania Australian Capital Territory State associations are invited to submit regular round-ups for inclusion, as are clubs and other bodies.

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TOURNAMENT REPORTS

2009 Gosford Open, by Gary Russell The Gosford Open chess tournament, held on the weekend of Saturday 31st of October, and Sunday 1st of November, was an outstanding success. Yet again, the Gosford Open proved to be a highlight on the chess playing calendar of New South Wales. 1st Place, in the open section, was won by Max Illingworth, 16 years old, scoring 6.5 points out of a possible 7 points; a future grand master in the making. Max had outplayed strong competition, losing no games, and drawing only one: with John Curtis, Fide Master. Central Coast Leagues Chess Club was well represented in the field with: John Curtis (Fide Master), Allen Robinson (winning the Lloyd Fell Senior Shield and equal 1st in the under 1400 section), and Neil Clark (equal 1st in the under 1400 section). The youngest three players competing were: Jasper Hong (8), Joseph Damaschino (9), and Paul Russell (12, from Kariong); proving that the Gosford Open Chess Tournament is a competition that all age groups can enter. Chess on the Central Coast is well supported with Central Coast Leagues Chess Club, Mingara Chess Club, and the Ettalong Chess Club, as well as active chess clubs in quite a number of primary and secondary schools. The Central Coast Leagues Chess Club wishes to thank the Central Coast Leagues Club for their sponsorship of the Gosford Open, the rich prizes attracting competitors from Sydney, Newcastle, and Canberra. The next major chess tournaments, on the Central Coast, is for juniors: One Day Primary School tournament (Gosford on 17th of November, and Wyong on 19th of November) organised by the NSWJCL, and the Mingara tournament (in January) organised by the Mingara Chess Club.

Full list of prize winners were: - Open section 1st: Max Illingworth (16) =2nd: George Xie =2nd: Andrew Furst - Under 1800 section =1st: Mark Baterowicz =1st: Peter Abbott - Under 1600 section =1st: Norman Greenwood =1st: Alex Mehan - Under 1400 section =1st: Neil Clark =1st: Allen Robinson - Under 1200 section 1st: Hugh Winsor 2nd: Cimaine Hoang Best Junior - Kevin Tan Lloyd Fell Junior shield: Kevin Tan Lloyd Fell Senior shield: Allen Robinson Gary Paul Russell Publicity Officer, Central Coast Leagues Chess Club Some photographs of the tournament can be seen at this link.

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GAMES

Williams, B (1849) - Lazarus,B (2102) [C02] 2009 Qld ch Brisbane (5), 12.09.2009 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Bd3 Rc8 7.a3 Qb6 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.0-0 Qc7 10.b4 Bb6 11.Qe2 Nge7 12.a4 Qb8 13.Nbd2 Ng6 14.Bxg6 hxg6 15.Ba3 f6 16.c4 Nxe5 17.cxd5 exd5 18.Rfe1 Kf7 19.Bb2 Nxf3+ 20.Nxf3 Rce8 21.Qd3 Qd6 22.Rxe8 Rxe8 23.Nh4 Re4 24.g3 g5 25.Nf3 Bf5 26.Qd2 Bg4 27.Nd4 27...Qe5 28.Nb5 Re2 29.Bxe5 Rxd2 30.Bc3 Bxf2+ 31.Kg2 Rc2 32.Na3 Re2 33.Kf1 d4 34.Be1 Be3 35.Nc4 Rxh2 36.Nxe3 dxe3 37.Kg1 Rc2 38.Ra3 Re2 39.Kf1 f5 40.b5 f4 41.gxf4 gxf4 42.Bb4 Bf3 43.Bc5 Rf2+ 44.Kg1 Rc2 0-1

Zhang,Y - Rogers,I [C64] ACT Dev Squad Simul, 08.11.2009 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.0-0 Qf6 5.c3 Nge7 6.d3 h6 7.Re1 0-0 8.d4 Bb6 9.Be3 d6 10.d5 Nb8 11.Nbd2 Bg4 12.Qa4 Ng6 13.Bxb6 cxb6 14.h3 Bc8 15.Nc4 Na6 16.Bxa6 bxa6 17.Qc6 Bxh3 18.gxh3 Qxf3 19.Re3 Qh5 20.Nxd6 Nf4 21.Kh2 g6 22.Rg1 Kh7 23.Qb7 Qh4 24.Nxf7 Kg8 25.Reg3 Rxf7 26.Rxg6+ Nxg6 27.Rxg6+ Kh8 28.Qxa8+ 1-0 Diagrams by http://www.chessvideos.tv/

Bonham,K (1918) - Dyer,A (1862) [A25] Burnie Shines (5), 26.10.2009 1.g3 e5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Bg2 f5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.d3 Bb4 6.Bd2 0-0 7.e3 f4 8.exf4 d6 9.Nge2 a5 10.0-0 Qe8 11.Ne4 Qh5 12.N2c3 Bg4 13.f3 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 [14.fxg4 Bc5+ 15.Kh1 Nxg3#] 14...Bd7 15.Be3 exf4 16.Bxf4 Rxf4 17.gxf4 Nd4 18.a3 Bc5 19.Nxc5 dxc5 20.Qe1 Re8 21.Qf2 Re2 22.Qg3 Rxb2 23.Qg5 Qe8 [23...Qxg5 24.fxg5 Ne2+ 25.Kh1 Nf4 26.Rg1 Bc6 wins (Bonham)] 24.Rae1 Ne2+ 25.Kh1 Qe3 26.Qd8+ Be8 27.Qd5+ [27.Bh3 Kf7 28.Qxc7+ Kg8 29.Qc8 Kf7 30.Qf5+ Kg8 31.Qe6+ wins (Bonham).] 27...Bf7 28.Qd8+ Be8 29.Qd5+ Bf7 30.Qd8+ Be8 ½-½

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SUNDRIES / LATE NEWS

Next issues Tuesday 24 November (deadline Friday 20 November) Tuesday 8 December (deadline Friday 4 December) Tuesday 22 December (deadline Friday 18 December) Tuesday 26 January 2010 (deadline Friday 22 January) To subscribe to the newsletter go to http://www.auschess.org.au/ To unsubscribe click the link which should appear at the bottom of the newsletter. To change your address do both.

Useful addresses Newsletter contact: auschessnews@gmail.com ACF web site: http://www.auschess.org.au/ Newsletter Archive: http://www.auschess.org.au/bulletins/acfbt.htm Thanks to our contributors to this issue including Gary Russell, Peter Parr, Russell Horton, Milan Ninchich, anyone else I overlooked and those whose information I purloined from other sources.

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