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OLYMPIAD SELECTIONS: 39th FIDE Chess
Olympiad, Applications
are now open for the Australian Open and Womens
Olympiad Teams for the 39th Chess Olympiad to be held in An Open
team and a Women’s team, each consisting of five players and a
non-playing captain, will be selected to represent APPLYING FOR SELECTION Those
wishing to be considered for selection as players must apply by email by 28
April 2010. Please refer to item 5 of the ACF Selection By-Laws before applying, and for details of material required in an
application (item 5.4) and optional in an application (items 5.6 and 5.7).
The full Selection By-Laws are available online in PDF form here
- a text copy will be emailed on request. Please
send all applications by email to Kevin Bonham k_bonham@tassie.net.au If
an emailed application has not been acknowledged as received within seven
days, please phone 0421 428 775. The
names of known applicants will be released progressively, either on the Chesschat forum or on the Olympiad
Appeal website as applications are received. Applicants' supporting
statements and results summaries, and ratings and results information to be
made available to the selectors, will all be published online at an address
to be announced, and available for public scrutiny, after applications close.
Any corrections or additions to this material must then be submitted by 5 May
2010. Provisional selection results will be advised to all applicants and
made public shortly after selections are finalised, on or about 19 May 2010. IMPORTANT NOTES FOR APPLICANTS: 1.
Please, if possible, send your application from an email address that you
will check regularly (preferably at least weekly) from the time of your
application until the end of June.
If you will not be contactable in the week after the selection
deadline, please apply well in advance of the deadline. 2. All
applicants should keep a copy of their application. Any claims for late
application on the grounds of email transmission problems will not be
accepted unless accompanied by a copy of the application and a letter from
the sender's ISP confirming that the application was sent. Evidence may be required for other
claims for late applications, and no application more than a week late will
be accepted for any reason. 3.
Activity Rule: All applicants must have completed 20 games that have been, or
will be, rated by the ACF, FIDE or another approved organisation, in the time
period 28 April 2009 - 28 April 2010 and at a normal (non-rapid) time limit.
However, it is not required that all 20 games have been rated or even
submitted for rating by 28 April, so long as they will be rated at some
stage. If you have not yet reached your 20 games when you submit your
application, please say so, and advise which events you intend to play in to
reach 20 games by the deadline. CAPTAINCIES Applications
for captaincies will be called for in April with a closing date a few days
after selections are made public. Unsuccessful applicants for the teams are
entitled to apply for a captaincy. Team captains will then be selected by the
ACF Council, taking into account (but not necessarily bound by) the
preferences and comments of team members. Exact dates and processes for
captaincy applications will be announced closer to this stage. PROVISIONAL SELECTION SCHEDULE 11 Feb
Applications Open 28
April Applications Close 5 May
Deadline for Corrections / Material to Selectors 19 May
Deadline for Selectors' Votes - provisional selection results advised ASAP to
all applicants and published. This
notice has also been posted on Chesschat and to the
ACF Email list. Please feel free to pass this information on to anyone who
may be interested. - Kevin
Bonham ACF
Selections Director Postscript - applications to date The
following players (in no special order) have been reported to have applied
(to 6 March); Open
– GM Zong-Yuan Zhao, GM David Smerdon, GM Darryl Johansen, IM
George Xie. Women’s
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Due to the possibility of future changes it is advisable
for anyone interested in participating in these events to check http://www.australian-junior-youth-chess.blogspot.com/
for latest versions and links, and for selection information where relevant. AusJCL Calendar (National as well as
International) Please note that applications for
selections as Australian junior representatives for International events has
to be in on or before 31st
March 2010. The 2010 Junior
Calendar: (reprinted
from last time – no known changes) April 1-5, Doeberl Cup, April 7-11, http://www.chessaustralia.com.au/index.cfm?site=open April 12-16, WA Junior Championships, April 15-16, City of May 9-19, Commonwealth Championships (including age
groups), June 4–13, Asean+ Age
Group Championships, June 14-24, Asian Junior U/20 Championships, http://www.indianchessfed.org/tournamentcalendar.asp June 28, JETS Mini-squad meeting, Gold Coast June 28-July 3, Qld Junior Championship, Gold Coast July 5-10, JETS Camp, Sydney July 8-18, Asian Youth Chess Championships July 11-16, NSW Junior Championship, July 15-16, SA Junior Championships, July 24-Aug 1, World Youth U/16 Chess July 25 – Aug 2, World Schools Individual
Championship, Aug 2-17, World Junior (U/20) Open Ch.and
Girls Championship, September 1-8, Malaysian Open, Oct 19-31, World Youth Championships, December 4-5, Australian Schools Championship Dec 16-23, Asian Schools Chess Festival, Please send applications by email to wengnian.siow8@gmail.com
or by post to PO Box 474 Gladesville NSW 1675 (Attention: Weng
Siow (AusJCL)). Note: Applications
must be in writing and must be in by 31st March 2010. Selectors are expected
to make selections by 20th April 2010, after the Doeberl
Cup and the SIO. 5.4 Applications
must include the following information: 5.4.1 Full Name 5.4.2 Address 5.4.3 Email
address 5.4.4 Fax 5.4.5 Phone number 5.4.6 Nationality 5.4.7 Date of
Birth 5.4.8 FIDE Rating 5.4.9 ACF Rating 5.4.10 FIDE Titles
held 5.4.11 Current ACF
Titles held 5.4.12 Passport
number (if held), date of issue and expiry date (for overseas events only) 5.4.13 Where the
event for which selection is sought is comprised of categories, whether
defined by age or other criterion, the category or categories for which
selection is sought. 5.6 Applicants
shall be allowed to provide a list or summary of their game or tournament
results over the previous 2 years for submission to the selectors. 5.7 Applicants
shall be allowed to provide up to 400 words of comments in support of their application for submission to
the selectors. In addition please note: 5.5. Where an application does not contain all of the
information required by clause 5.4, the applicant shall, within 7 days of
receipt of the application, be advised and requested by the Selection
Co-ordinator to provide the missing information within 7 days so that the
application may be considered valid. If the applicant does not receive such a
request, the application shall be deemed to be valid even if it is
subsequently shown that some information was not provided. 5.8. Applications must be received before the advertised
deadline. If an applicant is able to satisfy the Selection Co-ordinator that
circumstances beyond his or her control prevented the application being
received before the deadline, then the application will also be considered. 5.9. All applicants must be Australian citizens or be
able to satisfy the same residential requirements as apply for the Australian
Championship. Please note there are additional by-laws for juniors: 5A Application and Selection for Certain Junior Events 5A.1 This clause applies to applications for selection
for FIDE junior events such as the World Youth Championships that permit more
than one person to be endorsed by their national federation to enter
that event (“a FIDE junior event”). 5A.2 A person will not be endorsed by the ACF to enter a
FIDE junior event unless that person has applied for selection
under this By-law. 5A.3 Before voting under clause 7 on applications for
selection for a FIDE junior event the selectors are to determine, in
respect of each applicant for selection, if that applicant is strong enough
to play in the event. 5A.4 Each selector is to make that determination within
a time fixed by the Selection Co-ordinator when the information is provided
to the selectors under clause 6. 5A.5 The Selection Co-ordinator is immediately to inform
an applicant, who is determined by a majority of the selectors not to be
strong enough to play in the event, of that determination. 5A.6 A determination under clause 5A.3 and 5A.4 is not
subject to appeal under clause 9. 5A.7 The remaining applicants for selection are to be
ranked in accordance with clause 7. 5A.8 The applicant ranked first is to be endorsed by the
ACF as its official selection entitled to receive free accommodation and
other benefits provided by the host federation under the FIDE rules applying
to the event. 5A.9 Each other ranked applicant is entitled to
endorsement by the ACF as an official selection to enter the event at his or
her own expense. |
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Gary Lane simul at Parramatta 2010 Doeberl
Cup GM Zong-Yuan Zhao is currently the top seed for the Doeberl Cup in |
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Recent GP weekend results Kingsley Open,
Perth, WA, (Feb 20-21) Yita Choong won
with 6/6 from Stephanus Kurniawan
5 and Derek Elkington 4.5. (23 players). Tasmanian
Championship, Begonia Open,
Ballarat, Vic (Mar 6-8) FM Erik Teichmann won with 6.5/7 from IM Stephen Solomon, IM Leonid
Sandler and FM Bobby Cheng 6. (123 players). Tasmanian Championship (March 6 - 8) This
event was won by Alastair Dyer with 5.5/6 from David Lovejoy (Qld) and Marcus
Bretag 5. Glen Gibbs won the Senior Championship. The
tournament was held at Andrey Bliznyuk won with 7.5/9 from
Junta Ikeda 7 and Yi Yuan, Allen Setiabudi, Mosaddeque Ali and Pete Morriss
6. Ikeda led throughout but lost to Setiabudi in
the last game to finish in the final round. See link
for the full table and PGN file. The
event was held over two weekends including the Canberra Day long weekend at 2010
CAQ Teams Competition (Interclub) (March 6 – April 24) DATES
AND VENUES: Round 1: Saturday, March 6 Gardiner Chess Centre 11 Hardys Road, Mudgeeraba Division One will be fide rated. Complete information can be found here: http://www.caq.org.au/htm/2010CAQTeamsCompetition.pdf 2010 Dubbo Open (March 20-21) When:
20 & 21 March 2010 Where:
Dubbo RSL Club Entry
fees: Adult $50, Concession $35, Junior $25 Prizes:
First $750; Pool exceeds $3000 Time
control: 1 hour + 10 sec GM Zhao
and IM Xie will be participating. Contact:
Alexander Aich 0408 200 564 alexander.aich@gmail.com Link to
Flyer on website: http://home.exetel.com.au/dubbochessclub/ 2010
Dates Friday 2nd April - Monday 5th
April Arbiter Fide Arbiter Garvin Gray Venue Millenium
Centre Hall, Time controls 90 minutes each clock plus 30
seconds per move (Fischer mode) Prizes 1st: $800 2nd: $500 3rd : $300
4th: $250 5th: $200, Group A: 1st: $150, Group B: 1st $100, Others 1st $80 (If more than 40 entries are received, an extra $100
will be added to places 1 to 5, and extra place prizes will be awarded.) Session times ENTRIES CLOSE: 10:30am Friday 2nd April 2 April (Fri): Round One: 11.00am Round Two: 4.00pm 3 April (Sat): Round Three: 10.00am Round Four: 3.00pm 4 April (Sun): Round Five: 10.00am Round Six: 3.00pm 5 April (Mon): Round Seven: 10.00am Final Round: 3:00pm Presentations 8pm
Entry fees:Before Monday 22nd March: $60. After Monday 22nd March: $80. Third family member: Free entry. Players who register and enter on the
day, add $10. Players rated over 2200 on the March 2010 ACF Classical Rating
list will receive free entry. All More information here.
Accommodation suggestions here. Bundaberg
One Day Chess Tournament (May 8) A
Bundaberg One Day Chess Tournament will be held at the Central State School
Crofton Street Bundaberg on Saturday 8 May 2010. Eight round Swiss. Further
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Grand Prix events Mar 20-21 10th Anniversary
Dubbo RSL Open [3], Dubbo, NSW link
Apr 1-5 Doeberl Cup [5], Apr 2-5 Queensland Open [3], Toowoomba,
Qld link Apr 4-5 Gufeld Cup [1], Apr 7-11 Sydney International Open [5], Apr 24-26 Anzac Day Weekender [1],
Melbourne, Vic link
May 1-3 45th Peninsula Open
[1], Brisbane, Qld link
2010 GP calendar link Queensland Interschools various venues; February - March. link
Gold Coast Active
Championship Gardiner
Chess Centre, Mudgeeraba; 28 March. Details tba. link Bundaberg One Day
Chess Tournament
8 May. link Ranges Rookie Shield
Round 2 Fern
Tee Gully Library, 2 May. link Please
notify forthcoming tournaments to auschessnews@gmail.com |
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Championship and major events Oceania
and Commonwealth
Chess Championship: 9 – 19 May, Chess Olympiad: 19
Sep, See below for other events and above for junior events. The six-player See link for the official
site. 2010 Olympiad FIDE has confirmed the dates of the Olympiad as 19 September to
4 October. See selection notice above. European Championship The European Individual Championship (6 – 18 Mar) is
currently underway in Chessboxing The first of five chessboxing meetings
to be held in For
chess tourists See above for major
and championship events. The date listed is the start date,
see the link for the full schedule. This is a small sample of world chess -
see the FIDE calendar
for many more). World
Amateur Championship: 17 Mar, Skokie/Chicago, 26th
Budapest Spring Festival Open: 19 Mar, 4th
G. Agzamov Memorial: 22 Mar, 16th
Schloss Open: 22 Mar, 12th
Thessalonika Open: 5 Apr, 10th
BCC World
Club Cup: 11 Jul, |
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New rating lists ACF and
FIDE both issued new rating lists on 1 March – the major contributor
for the top players was the Australian Championship in January. The top
players are listed below. Only active players, as defined by the respective
organisations, are included, and for the ACF list only players with reliable
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Ranges Rookies
Shield, round 1 by Paul Bearup A record 61
entries were received for the Ranges Rookies Shield Lightning Chess Tournament
held on Sunday 28th Feb as part of the Knox Festival. Sadly, because of space
limitations, we had no room for seven other last minute entries. Our sincere
apologies to those who missed out competing in this competition - we do hope
you will come back for the next Rookies Shield on May 2nd when there will be room for everyone.
(At next year's Knox Festival the Council organisers have indicated that they
will cater for us with more space AND look at sponsoring a Knox Festival Cup
with additional prize-money!). But this also shows the benefit to one and all
if you please
register online before the day! Despite the
cramped conditions everyone joined in the competition with good spirit. Some
upsets happened when players overlooked a check, made an illegal move,
pressed their clock and so allowed their opponent to claim a win. All part of the fun of Lightning (5 minute) chess. But after the
9 rounds had been completed it was 'the usual suspects' who took top honours:
12 year-old Joseph
Wong beat adults and juniors alike to take out 1st in the Open Section on
a score of 8, Greg Albarracin was 2nd on 7.5, and Bruce Simpson came 3rd on
7. Ruihong Lu, also on 7 earned 1st in the U14 and Top Girl honours. Three
players scored 6.5: Karl
Zelesco showed his talent by coming 1st in
U12, Serif Tuglaci was 1st in the Adults section, and once again Ethan Lim was among
the leaders and won the U8. Vinay Lakshman won the U16
section with 6 points and newcomer Carl Dingfelder won the
Under 10s with a score of 4.5. The cinema tickets
prizes went to Joshua
Devarajh who was the Lucky Entrant prizewinner and to Rose Kelly and Angus McConnell who earned the Encouragement
Awards. Many of our Ranges club members gave their time to help throughout
the competition, and on the Saturday, for which I am very grateful. It was a
real team effort. Thanks, guys! Paul Bearup, Director of Play Heavenly It was best put by Kevin Bonham, one of a host of marvellous
organisers, in Bulletin Zero: “It’s been a while”... He was
referring, of course, to the last time It was my tenth Australian Junior Championships as arbiter, and
the ninth with my regular cohort and partner-in-crime, the venerable IA Great
Grandpa Roland Eime. Only in my first did we miss
out on the chess trousers and readings from the book of FIDE; so it was sad
that Roland was saying this would be his last... (Then again, perhaps I can
strike up an equally good working relationship with his fellow South
Australian, Scott Colliver – whose help this time as assistant arbiter,
bulletin board poster and even chauffeur was absolutely invaluable –
and all done on a completely voluntary basis!). The players were headed by
Australia’s first ever World Champion, recently crowned World Under 12
Champion Bobby Cheng; but with IM elect James Morris, fellow Victorian Eugene
Schon, Perth’s Yita
Choong and the strong ACT contingent (Yi Yuan,
Andrew Brown) to challenge him – not to mention a score of others
– surely Bobby would not have it all his own way. So off we went, at
the usual Fischer time control of 90 minutes plus a one minute increment from
Move 1 (Under 18) and 60 minutes plus a one minute increment from Move 1
(Under 12); how would it all go? Under 12 Girls For some reason, this event always seems to struggle for
numbers; this year was no exception, with the 10 player field forcing a round
robin and the girls thus getting two rounds less (9 instead of 11). Mind you,
they weren’t really complaining: no double round day, and an extra rest
day... Top seed was Denise Lim, followed by fellow Victorian Savithri Narenthran. Then
again, did the seedings really matter? They were
all rated below 1000 ACF; with such ratings random things can always happen,
so at the start we really could not pick a winner... Round 1 showed how random things would be, as Helen Pretorius
won a piece to a discovered attack, then left a rook en prise, then got a
mate in one to beat Hannah Derwent... Denise was much more convincing against
local Yuvini Perera, winning
2 exchanges to knight forks; while Savithri’s
win against Grace Shan and Kashish
Christian’s against Zalia Lai both went
according to rating. Indeed the only upset was Caitlin O’Rourke
checkmating Grace Alvares; noteworthy was that
White won every game in Round 1... Black won 4 out of 5 in Round 2, where
this time every game went according to rating expectation. Round 3 then saw
White score 4.5/5, and our first match-up between players on 2/2: Denise Lim
beating Kashish Christian in a long knight endgame
pawns up. Also, our first draw: Helen Pretorius agreeing to a draw with Zalia Lai in what looked like a won position a piece for
two pawns up; Fritz says that Black’s attack was insufficient, and I
tend to agree... Again no rating upsets in Round 4, so Savithri
and Denise both reached 4/4... But Round 5 saw our first big shock, Zalia stunning Denise in a very long game full of
tactics! First she won a queen for rook and knight to a knight fork; then two
rooks for a queen to leave her the exchange ahead; then finally enough pawns
to force a piece sacrifice and win with her extra rook. Phew! So Savithri on 5/5, with Denise and Grace Alvares on 4/5... The big game in Round 6 then saw Savithri beat Denise in another long ending, exploiting
and winning weak pawns. Grace Alvares won too, so
was only a point back; it was all still to play for... Round 7 was the second round in a row that all games went
according to rating, so nothing changed at the top... But when Denise won a
king and pawn ending to beat Grace Alvares in Round
8, it was all over! Savithri beat Caitlin
O’Rourke to wrap up the event on 8/8 with a round to spare. Denise and
Grace then had to play for second, duly settled in favour of Denise (beat
Grace Shan in the last round) when Savithri won a
piece early on to beat the other Grace (Alvares).
There was one final last round upset too: Caitlin O’Rourke checkmated Zalia Lai! Under 18 Girls Only 14 players in this event meant a decision right from the
start: a round robin with 2 extra rounds, or a 9
round Swiss i.e. 2 fewer rounds? The girls made up their minds
instantaneously and unanimously – they wanted to go shopping! So a 9
round Swiss it was; like their Under 12 counterparts, this came with the
fringe benefits of an extra rest day and no double round day... Top seed was
Megan Setiabudi (1399), followed by Natasha Bortsova (1371), Leteisha
Simmonds (1323), Caroline Shan (1223) and Abbie Kanagarajah (1221). Plus a few dangerous floaters, like
the underrated Joanne Mason (964); who would be the most consistent here? Round 1 saw the shocks begin already, with Natasha pushing but
unable to win an ending of two knights and pawn vs
knight and pawn against Penelope Drastik. Penelope
sacrificed her knight for the last pawn, leaving Natasha with just king and
two knights against king; an upset draw was the result... Charlotte Dilnutt got a similar result against seventh seed Ruihong Lu. Round 2 then saw Megan beat Caroline with a
cute Bxf7 tactic winning the exchange to a knight fork; Abbie
won a piece to a skewer to beat Natasha, while Penelope’s two pieces
for a rook had the better of her draw with Charlotte, and Joanne Mason won
the exchange to beat Ruihong Lu. By Round 3 Abbie and Leteisha were the
only two players sharing the lead on 3/3: Abbie won
a rook and opposite coloured bishop ending two pawns up to beat Megan, while Leteisha’s two rooks plus passed d-pawn beat
Caroline’s queen. Ruihong drew a rook ending
with Natasha Bortsova to already all but end
Natasha’s chances. A solid draw between Leteisha and Abbie in Round 4 changed nothing at the top; both on
3.5/4, they led by half a point from Megan (who beat Jenny Yum) and Joanne
Mason, who upset Jana Pretorius with a surprise mate in a queen and bishop
ending. Natasha’s frustrations continued when she drew an ending with Winnie Yum; Penelope upset Caroline, reaching a king and
pawn endgame a pawn up; and Janaki Narenthran refuted an unsound rook sacrifice to stun Ruihong Lu. Round 5 saw Abbie
take the outright lead by attacking and winning a rook to beat Joanne; Leteisha fought hard but could only draw with Megan in a
queen ending. Jenny upset Jana via a mating attack; Janaki
did likewise to Penelope; and We felt it was all but over after Round 7, when Abbie (6.5/7) beat Ruihong and Leteisha (6/7) won a knight ending to beat Jenny Yum;
Megan (5/7) dropped further back when her rook did well to draw with Janaki’s bishop and knight. Absolutely nothing
changed in Round 8, as for the first time in a while all results went pretty
much according to rating; Leteisha keeping her chances
alive by winning a pawn and an ending against Natasha after Abbie had earlier beaten Jana Pretorius. So to the last
round: and could Caroline do Leteisha a favour
against Abbie? The answer was yes, as she remained
solid to draw; Leteisha thus caught Abbie on 8/9 by beating Janaki.
The rapid playoff then went to Leteisha 2-0,
leaving her as the new Australian Girls Champion; an unlucky Abbie had to settle for second place and the Under 16
title. Under 12 Open Finally, an 11 round Swiss! Andrew Pan (ACF 1672) was
convincingly top seed, from local boy Mason Carter (1488), Joshua Behar
(1361), Martin Jack (1349), Punala Kiripitige (1332) and Ethan Derwent (1330)... Round 1 was
not a good one for the Masons, with Mason Carter going down to Sasha Parsons
in a major upset when he thought he was safe (queens off the board) –
only to walk into a mating net! Seventh seed Stuart Mason also suffered half
an upset, very lucky to draw with Bill Chen from a piece down. Round 2 was a
bit less predictable, with Victorian U12 Champion Ari Dale upsetting Martin
Jack after the latter blundered terribly in a dead drawn rook and pawn
ending; and Stuart Nicholls stunning Ethan Derwent with a vicious heavy piece
mating attack. But all the other top seeds kept motoring, Andrew Pan
checkmating Matthew Pyper and Joshua Behar winning
two pieces for a rook to triumph against Harry Hughes with a similarly
violent mating attack. Round 3 saw the top seeds keep winning, with Ari Dale’s
upset win against Callum Gray via a pretty pawn
sacrifice in a knight ending enabling him to join Andrew (beat Lachlan
Cameron), Joshua and Punala in the lead on 3/3.
Joshua Walker attacked and won material to upset Peter Wallmueller
and reach 2.5/3; while David Cannon dented Ethan Derwent’s chances via
an upset draw when the latter had to take a perpetual when much material
down. Round 4 then saw Joshua and Andrew share the lead on 4/4, Andrew
checkmating Punala while Joshua just won pawns to
beat Ari Dale. Stuart Mason was on 3.5/4 after beating Joshua Walker in a
long king and pawn ending a pawn up; while Stuart Nicholls held Mason Carter
to a draw with the exchange for three pawns. Andrew then took the outright
lead on 5/5 when a skewer won him the exchange and the game against Joshua;
he had a full point lead from Joshua, Stuart Mason (drew with Martin Jack in
a tough bishop vs knight ending), Ari Dale (beat
Stuart Nicholls), Matthew Pyper (upset Punala when the latter blundered a piece) and Lachlan
Cameron (beat Jamie-Lee Guo). Callum
Gray and Michael Kethro failed to join them, only
drawing their rook ending; while David Cannon stunned Mason Carter, who
blundered a piece. It was 6/6 for Andrew when he beat Stuart Mason in Round 6; in a
tough game, he ended up breaking through and forcing mate with a neat knight
sacrifice. Joshua stayed on his heels by winning a piece to a skewer to beat
Matthew Pyper; he was joined on 5/6 by Lachlan
Cameron, whose two extra pawns beat Ari Dale... Ethan Derwent was
Andrew’s next victim, going down after dropping two pawns then a piece;
even then Andrew’s 7/7 was not safe, as Joshua kept the pressure on by
beating Lachlan Cameron via the two bishops and an attack. Martin Jack won a
piece with a queening combination to beat Matt Pyper;
Ethan Lim drew a simplified endgame with Punala;
and Ari Dale’s extra exchange beat Stuart Mason. Round 8 saw Andrew
reach 8/8 by beating Martin Jack in his toughest game yet (a long rook
ending); Joshua stayed with him on 7/8 by benefiting from Mason
Carter’s one-move blunder. Punala drew with So to Round 9, where Andrew had it just about wrapped up on 9/9
after beating Ari Dale in a hard fought game where his two bishops prevailed;
Callum Gray then did him a huge favour by
relegating Joshua to 7/9 via an upset win in an ending a pawn up. Martin Jack
joined Callum in equal third on 6.5/9 when tactics
won him a rook and a bishop against Lachlan Cameron; while Ethan Derwent won
the battle of the Ethans, a mating attack netting
him a won king and pawn ending two pawns up against Ethan Lim. Andrew then
checkmated Callum for 10/10 – could he get a
perfect score? – while Joshua Behar recovered
to win a piece, beat Martin Jack and consolidate second place on 8/10. Ari
drew an opposite coloured bishop endgame with Punala,
while Mason Carter beat Ethan Derwent – on time! We were then all sent
scurrying for the record books when Andrew reached 11/11 by beating Mason
Carter – had a perfect score ever been reached at this event before? (I
still do not know the answer). Mason had a strong position early in the game,
but Andrew defended well; and just when it was looking like a draw, a blunder
gave Andrew another win and a perfect score in the tournament. Good technique
by both players saw Joshua wrap up second on 8.5/11 when he drew with Stuart
Mason; while Martin Jack scored a nice win against Callum
Gray to share third on 7.5/11 with Stuart, Ari Dale (beat Joshua Devarajh) and Punala (beat
Stuart Nicholls). Under 18 Open The big one – although in terms of numbers (47), it only
attracted one more player than the Under 12 Open! Round 1 saw all the higher
seeds win, with the exception of three shock results: seventh seed Jonas
Muller miscalculating a combination and losing to Stephen Daenke;
tenth seed Sam Grigg falling for a tactic and
losing a king to Joshua Bishop; and thirteenth seed Michael Chan dropping a
rook to lose to Charlie Smith. But much bigger shocks were in store in Round
2! The biggest was on top board, where Anthony Milton stunned James Morris;
James missed a strong line on move 14, and was a whole rook down eight moves
later after a series of mistakes. Alistair Cameron simplified to draw with Yita Choong; while Alex Stahnke drew a topsy-turvy, double-edged battle with
ninth seed Yilun Ding. Day 3 saw a double round day, with the cream starting to come to
the top! By the end of the third round we had only five joint leaders on 3/3.
Bobby Cheng, Yi Yuan and Andrew Brown were the expected ones; but the
surprises were Anthony Milton, whose bishop fork won the exchange and a long
game in another upset against Sam Dalton; and John Papantoniou,
who scored an astonishing upset win against Eugene Schon
by continually throwing ammunition onto an attack on The first game of the double round did not seem to affect the
others too much, as most games went according to rating in Round 3. Then
Andrew Brown claimed the outright lead on 4/4 by winning a tight struggle to
upset Yi Yuan; Bobby Cheng could make no headway in an even tighter battle with
Papantoniou, ending up in a drawn queen and
opposite coloured bishop ending to leave them on 3.5/4 with Anthony Milton,
who remained solid in drawing with Yita Choong. Other upsets saw Allen Setiabudi
miss a win at the end of his draw with Eugene Schon;
and Nicholas Deen-Cowell win the exchange to a knight fork to beat Michael
Chan. We were back to joint leaders on 4.5/5 after Round 5, Andrew Brown only
able to draw with Papantoniou when they ended up in
a rook and opposite coloured bishop ending. This enabled Bobby to beat
Anthony Milton in a rook ending a pawn up to catch Andrew. Sam Dalton dented
James Morris’ chances with a rock solid draw; Fedja
Zulfic stunned Yita Choong via tactics winning a pawn; and Alistair Dyer
upset Jonas Muller via his own powerful passed c-pawn. The critical top board game in Round 6 saw Andrew Brown start
well against Bobby Cheng, but then find himself gradually outplayed; he
dropped a pawn, then a piece and ended up going down to defeat. This left
Bobby in the outright lead on 5.5/6, from local hope Alastair Dyer as the
lone player on 5/6. Alastair’s upset win against Fedja
Zulfic (an opening disaster for Fedja)
was just one of many startling upsets at the top; others saw John Papantoniou have the better of his draw with Yi Yuan,
Alex Stahnke startle James Morris in a tactical
slugfest (winning pawns then a piece to a pin), Anthony Milton astound Eugene
Schon with a sparkling double sacrifice and –
the crown of them all – eight year old Anton Smirnov out-blitz Yita Choong, who never looked
like losing until he resigned having just missed a problem-like forced
stalemate draw! Wow... Round 7 was uneventful by comparison, Alastair
resigning when Bobby trapped his rook, Yi Yuan winning a piece to beat
Anthony Milton and Andrew Brown doing likewise via a convincing attack
against Alex Stahnke. When John Papantoniou’s
own attack won Sam Dalton’s queen to continue his run of upsets, he
joined Yi and Andrew on 5.5/7 just a point behind Bobby; clearly Yi’s
Round 8 game against Bobby was going to be crucial... But sadly, it was a fizzer: Bobby just sat back calmly as Yi
used up loads of time, played a surprise piece sacrifice and followed it up
incorrectly to lose. Andrew Brown remained just a point behind after beating Fedja in a long game; while John Papantoniou
remained undefeated after he was just unable to win an up-and-down game with
Sam Grigg and had to settle for a draw. Some of the
other top seeds finally recovered with wins this round: James Morris, winner
via rooks on the seventh against Alastair Dyer, was still lurking... Not much
changed after Round 9 either, as Bobby used a potent passed f-pawn to beat
Sam Grigg and Andrew won a miniature after Anthony
Milton miscalculated. Papantoniou finally lost
after James Morris handled the tactics better and nearly mated him (John
resigned when James was about to queen a pawn instead); while So to Round 10, and things got exciting when it looked like
James Morris could beat Bobby Cheng; indeed he outplayed him when he won a
pawn in a declined Benko, and looked to have it won
in the ending. But the World Under 12 Champion scrambled and fought like a
tiger, and ended up drawing a dramatic struggle. Andrew Brown was then only
half a point behind after Eugene Schon began well
against him, but at some point ran out of useful things to do and lost in an
“almost zugzwang” position! Sam
Dalton’s connected passed pawns morphed into queens to upset Yita Choong; Papantoniou lost again, to Yilun
Ding in a rook ending that looked drawish but was
not; Anthony Milton upset Fedja, winning two pawns
via an active king in a bishop vs knight ending;
and Alistair Cameron queened a pawn to beat Alastair Dyer. Round 11 then saw
much excitement on the top two boards, as Sam Dalton began well against
Bobby; could he at least draw? Could Andrew Brown beat James Morris and catch
Bobby? No, and no; Sam made a subtle mistake in a knight ending, and Bobby
beat him to wrap it up on 10/11, while Andrew had to give back an early won
pawn and drew a massive struggle with James to take outright second on 9/11.
James won a playoff 2-0 for the Under 16 title with Yi (who beat Anton); Alex
Stahnke claimed the Under 14 title after beating
Kevin Tan; and the last game to finish was a last round thriller, Sam Grigg drawing a topsy-turvy battle with Eugene Schon. Main Title Winners: Under 8 Girls Yuvini
Perera (Tas); Under 8 Open Ethan Lim (Vic) (beat
Noah Gong in a playoff); Under 10 Girls Kashish
Christian (NSW); Under 10 Open Peter Wallmueller
(Vic); Under 12 Girls Savithri Narenthran
(Vic); Under 12 Open Andrew Pan (NSW); Under 14 Girls Megan Setiabudi (ACT); Under 14 Open Alex Stahnke
(Qld); Under 16 Girls Abbie Kanagarajah
(Qld); Under 16 Open James Morris (Vic) (beat Yi Yuan in a playoff); Under 18
Girls Leteisha Simmonds (Qld) (beat Abbie Kanagarajah in a
playoff); Under 18 Open Bobby Cheng (Vic). |
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de Noskowski, Bliznyuk,Andrey
(1889) [A55] 2010
ACT ch, 1.d4
Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Nf3 e5 5.e4 Be7 6.Be2 c6 7.0–0 0–0 8.Qc2
a6 9.Rd1 Qc7 10.Rb1 b5 11.b4 Re8 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 dxe5 14.h3 Be6 15.c5 a5
16.a3 axb4 17.axb4 Nd7 18.Bb2 Ra6 19.Ra1 Rea8 20.Rxa6 Rxa6 21.Ra1 Rxa1+
22.Bxa1 Qa7 23.Bb2 Nb8 24.Qd1 Qd7 25.Qxd7 Bxd7 26.Nd1 f6 27.Ne3 g6 28.Bg4
Bxg4 29.hxg4 Na6 30.Bc3 Kf7 31.Kf1 Ke6 32.Ke2 Bf8 33.Kd3
33...Bxc5
34.bxc5 Nxc5+ 35.Ke2 Nxe4 36.Bb2 f5 37.f3 Nd6 38.Ba3 Nb7 39.g3 c5 40.Kd3 h5
41.gxf5+ gxf5 42.g4 hxg4 43.fxg4 e4+ 44.Ke2 f4 45.Bb2 fxe3 46.Kxe3 Nd6 47.Kf4
e3 48.Kf3 Nc4 49.Bc3 b4 50.Ba1 b3 51.Ke2 b2 52.Bxb2 Nxb2 53.Kxe3 Nc4+ 54.Ke4
Nd6+ 55.Kd3 Ke5 56.Ke3 c4 57.g5 Kf5 58.Kd4 Kxg5 59.Kd5 c3 60.Kxd6 c2
0–1 Ikeda,Junta
(2336) – Yuan,Yi
(2128) [C33] 2010
ACT ch, 1.e4
e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 d5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.Nc3 c6 6.d4 Nxd5 7.Nf3 Bb4 8.0–0
Bxc3 9.bxc3 0–0 10.Qd3 Be6 11.Bd2 h6 12.Rae1 Qd6 13.Bb3 b5 14.c4 bxc4
15.Bxc4 Nd7 16.Bb3 a5 17.c4
17...N5b6
18.Bc2 [18.c5
Nxc5] 18...g6 19.c5 Nxc5 20.dxc5 Qxc5+ 21.Qd4 Qxd4+ 22.Nxd4 Rfd8 23.Bc3
Bc4 24.Nxc6 Bxf1 25.Nxd8 Rxd8 26.Kxf1 Rc8 27.Bd4 Nc4 28.Bb3 Nd2+ 29.Ke2 Nxb3
30.axb3 Rb8 31.Kd2 g5 32.Kc3 Rc8+ 33.Kd3 Rb8 34.Kc4 Rc8+ 35.Bc5 Rd8 36.Re2
Rd1 37.Rb2 Rh1 38.g3 f3 39.Kb5 Ra1 40.Bb6 Ra3 41.g4 Kh7 42.Bc5 Ra1 43.Rf2 f5
44.gxf5 g4 45.Rd2 Rc1 46.Rd7+ Kg8 47.f6 Rxc5+ 48.Kxc5 h5 49.Rd5 Kf7 50.Rxh5
Kxf6 51.Rd5 f2 52.Rd1 Kf5 53.Rf1 1–0 Diagrams by |
Setiabudi,Allen
(1776) – Ikeda,Junta
(2336) [B06] 2010
ACT ch, 1.e4
g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 Nd7 5.Be2 e6 6.Bg5 Ne7 7.Qd2 h6 8.Be3 a6 9.a4 b6
10.0–0 Bb7 11.d5 e5 12.Ne1 Bc8 13.a5 b5 14.Na2 f5 15.f3 Nf6 16.Bd3 f4
17.Bf2 g5 18.Rc1 0–0 19.c4 bxc4 20.Rxc4 Rf7 21.Nb4 h5 22.Qc3 Nfxd5
23.Nxd5 Nxd5 24.exd5 e4 25.Bd4 exd3 26.Nxd3 Rb8 27.Bxg7 Rxg7 28.Nb4 Rb5
29.Nc6 Qf8 30.Re1 Bf5 31.Re2 Kh7 32.Nb4 Qf7 33.Nxa6
33...Qxd5
34.Nxc7 Qd3 35.Nxb5 Qxe2 36.Rc7 Rxc7 37.Qxc7+ Kh6 38.Qxd6+ Bg6 39.h3 Qxb5 [39...Qe1+ draws; Black needed a
full point to win the tournament outright] 40.Qa3 Qd5 41.a6 Qd4+ 42.Kh2
Qf2 43.Qf8+ Kh7 44.Qe7+ Kh6 45.Qf8+ Kh7 46.Qe7+ Kh6 47.a7 Be4 48.Qxe4 Qxa7
49.b4 Qb8 50.Qc6+ Kh7 51.b5 g4 52.hxg4 hxg4 53.Qd7+ Kh6 54.Qxg4 Qxb5 55.Qxf4+
Kg6 56.Qg4+ Kf6 57.f4 Qc5
58.Qg5+
Qxg5 59.fxg5+ Kg6 60.Kh3 Kh5 61.g6 Kh6 62.Kh4 Kxg6 63.Kg4 Kh6 64.Kf5 Kh5
65.g4+ Kh6 66.Kf6 Kh7 67.g5 Kh8 68.Kg6 Kg8 69.Kh6 1–0 de Noskowski, Morriss,Pete
(2027) [A57] 2010
ACT ch, 1.d4
Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 g6 5.cxb5 a6 6.b6 d6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.e4 Bg7 9.Be2 0‑0
10.0–0 Rb8 11.Nd2 Rxb6 12.Nc4 Rb4 13.Qc2 Ne8 14.Ne3 Nc7 15.Bd2 Rb8
16.Rab1 Nb5 17.Nxb5 axb5 18.b4 cxb4 19.Rxb4 Nc5 20.Bxb5 Qa5 21.Rfb1 Qa3
22.Bc6 Rxb4 23.Bxb4 Qa7 24.a4 Ba6 25.Bb5 Rb8 26.Bd2 Ra8 27.h3 Bb7 28.a5 Rc8
29.Nc4 Rc7 30.Be3 Qa8 31.f3 Qd8 32.Qa2 Bc8 33.Bc6 Bd7 34.Bxd7 Qxd7 35.Rb8+
Rc8 36.Nb6 Rxb8 37.Nxd7 Nxd7 38.a6 Nc5 39.a7 Ra8 40.Qa5 Bf8 41.Qb6 1–0 |
Bliznyuk,Andrey
(1889) – Setiabudi,Allen
(1776) [A05] 2010
ACT ch, 1.Nf3
Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.0–0 0–0 5.d3 d6 6.e4 e5 7.h3 Nc6 8.c4 Nd7
9.Nc3 f5 10.Bg5 Nf6 11.Qd2 Qd7 12.Rad1 Nh5 13.exf5 gxf5 14.Bh6 f4 15.Bxg7
Qxg7 16.g4 Kh8 17.Nh2 Nd4 18.f3 Ng3 19.Rfe1 h5 20.Nb5 Nxb5 21.cxb5 Bd7 22.a4
a6 23.Rc1 Bc8 24.Nf1 hxg4 25.hxg4 Rf7 26.Nxg3 fxg3 27.d4 Qh7 28.Bh1 Bxg4
29.dxe5 Bxf3 30.Bxf3 Rxf3 31.exd6 cxd6 32.Qd4+ Qg7 33.Qxd6 Raf8 34.Rc7 Qg5
35.Qd4+ Qf6 36.Qxf6+ R3xf6 37.Rxb7 axb5 38.Rxb5 Rf2 39.b3 Rb2 40.Rh5+ Kg7
41.Rg5+ Kf6 42.Rxg3 Rb8 43.Rf3+ Kg5 44.Ree3 Rc8 45.Rf2 Rb1+ 46.Kg2 Rcc1 47.Kf3
Rh1 48.Ke4 Rhd1 49.Rg3+ Kh4 50.Rd3 Re1+ 51.Kd4 Re8 52.Rf5 Kg4 53.Rc5 Kf4
54.Kc4 Ke4 55.Rc3 Rb8 56.a5 Ra1 57.Rh5 Ra8 58.b4 Rb1 59.Rc5 Rb8 60.b5 Rd8
61.Rc7
Rd4+ 62.Kc5 Rd5+ 63.Kc6 Rdxb5 64.Ra3 Rh5 65.Ra4+ Kd3 66.Rd7+ Ke3 67.Re7+ Kf3
68.a6 Rc1+ 69.Kb6 Rb1+ 70.Ka7 Rh8 71.Rb7 Rc1 72.Rb3+ Kf2 73.Ra2+ Kg1 74.Rab2
Rc6 75.Rd3 Rh7+ 76.Rb7 Rhh6 77.Ra3 Rc2 78.Rab3 Kh1 79.Rb1+ Kh2 80.R1b2 Rxb2
81.Rxb2+ Kg3 82.Rc2 1–0 Yuan,Yi
(2128) – Yin,Wenlin
(1226) [B22] 2010
ACT ch, 1.e4
c5 2.c3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.cxd4 d5 5.e5 Bg7 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.Bb5 e6 8.Nf3 Nge7 9.Bg5
Bd7 10.Rc1 a6 11.Bd3 0–0 12.h4 f6 13.exf6 Bxf6 14.h5 Nf5 15.Bxf6 Qxf6
16.hxg6 hxg6 17.Bxf5 exf5 18.Nxd5 Qe6+ 19.Ne3 f4 20.d5 Qe7 21.dxc6 Bxc6
22.Qd4 Rf6 23.Ne5 fxe3
24.Rh8+
Kg7 25.Nxc6 exf2+ 26.Kd2 bxc6 27.Rxa8 c5 28.Qc4 Qd7+ 29.Ke2 f1Q+ 30.Rxf1 Re6+
31.Kf2 Qd2+ 32.Kg1 Qe3+ 33.Rf2 Re4 34.Qf7+ Kh6 35.Rh8+ 1–0 |
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