Australian Chess Federation | Newsletter - Issue No. 400, March 30, 2007

An Australian Grand Prix Category 2 Event
Dates: Saturday 7 April - Monday 9 April 2007
Venue: Library, Greenbank RSL Club, 54 Anzac Ave, Hillcrest

Session times:
Round 1 - 10.00am Saturday
Round 2 - 1.30pm Saturday
Round 3 - 5.00pm Saturday
Round 4 - 10.30am Sunday
Round 5 - 2.00pm Sunday
Round 6 - 9.00am Monday
Round 7 - 12.30pm Monday

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George Lithgow reports. The Newcastle Open run over the weekend 17 to 18 February 2007 was a great success, drawing entries from Newcastle, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Taree, Laurieton, Armidale, Dubbo, Toukley and "believe it or not" an entry from Norway, Emil-lion Nomat.

We were also graced by the entry of the International Master Mr Gary Lane. Alex Momot, the blind player from the Taree area also participated. The event was contested in a wonderful spirit, thus making the Arbiter's job very simple.

We extend our thanks to all the participants for this. The International Master Garry Lane was the winner on 6/6 points.

Paul Broekhuyse and Jason Hu shared second place with 5/6. Richard Eccles from the Taree area won the under 1600 Prize, one of his victims being Jonny Bolens, who made an uncharacteristic blunder. Michael Weltner was second in this division, so both the under 1600 prize winners came from the Taree - Laurieton area.

Sarah Behne-Smith and Luthien Russell Shared the Under 1300 prize on 3/6 points. In the final round they were almost joined in sharing first place with the hard working Mary Wilkie (1281) of Armidale who went within one second of snatching a win from Rebecca Harris (1706).

Notable here, were Endel Lane1767 PR Mike Weltner 1538 PR, Benjamin Harris 2074 PR, Mary Wilkie.(1605) PR
PR = performance rating. Sadly, no one from the Gosford area participated in the event. Possibly Gosford is too near Sydney and members there are more likely to compete in Sydney events. But we missed them!

The Championship was played on 10 -12 March 2007 and resulted in a tie between Peter Knight and Tony Dowden on 5.5/7.

The complete results were:
5.5/7 Peter Knight 1995 Tony Dowden 2096
5 Nigel Frame 1774 Alastair Dyer 1637j Charles Chadwick 1713 Kevin Hendrey 1157j
4.5 Kevin Bonham 2004 Glen Gibbs 1772 John Slidziunas 1675
4 Vincent Horton 1383j Reg Harvey 1689 Milutin Ivkovic 1551 Geoff Russell 1386 Graham Richards 1335
3.5 Ross George 1714 Max Rintoul 1350j Sante Bettiol 1351 Janice Martin 1503f Scott Cohen 1468
3 Carey Kuzmic 1332 Dylan Kuzmic 1123 Tony Sturges 1268 Owen Short 1009j Nina Horton 893fj
2.5 James Briant 1005j Nick Hunn UNRj
2 Leo Minol 1144 Nathan Mohr UNRj Alina Krasnicki UNRfj Phillip McKay UNRj Harrison Briant 331j
0 Sebastian Krasnicki UNR

This is the first tie for the title since 1993. The title is shared and there is no play-off. It is the second title win for each player. Dowden was the defending champion while Wright had won in 2003.

Janice Martin is Tasmanian Women's Champion, the first time she has officially held a title that has been unofficially hers since about 1995 but that has only just been reinstated formally by the TCA at this tournament.

The 41st Begonia Open was won by IM Stephen Solomon with 6.5/7 ahead of a very strong field.

No Name Feder Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

1   Solomon, Stephen J      QLD   2428 6.5    27:W  25:W   6:D   4:W   2:W   3:W   9:W
2   Chapman, Mark           SA    2403 6      38:W  18:W  28:W   7:W   1:L  12:W   6:W
3   Rujevic, Mirko          VIC   2227 5.5    49:W  12:D  21:W   8:W   5:W   1:L  18:W
4   West, Guy               VIC   2326 5.5    23:W  15:W  16:W   1:L  14:D  48:W  11:W
5   Pyke, Malcolm L         VIC   2135 5.5    33:W  21:D  20:W  10:W   3:L  47:W  15:W
6   Wallis, Christopher     VIC   2178 5      24:W  14:W   1:D  17:D  29:W   7:W   2:L
7   Sales, Jesse Noel       OS    2389 5      47:W  11:W  13:W   2:L  16:W   6:L  19:W
8   Booth, Stewart          VIC   2126 5      35:W  19:D  51:W   3:L  22:W  14:D  38:W
9   Johansen, Darryl K      VIC   2467 5      29:W  20:D  12:D  39:W  30:W  17:W   1:L
10  Hamilton, Douglas G     VIC   2249 5      34:W  16:L  24:W   5:L  46:W  31:W  37:W
11  Savige, Colin B         VIC   1984 5      70:W   7:L  53:W  69:W  28:W  13:W   4:L
12  Kempen, Leon            VIC   1985 4.5    58:W   3:D   9:D  65:W  31:W   2:L  24:D
13  Dragicevic, Domagoj     VIC   2126 4.5    22:W  63:W   7:L  42:W  23:W  11:L  14:D
14  Morris, James           VIC   1916 4.5    40:W   6:L  32:W  84:W   4:D   8:D  13:D
15  Hacche, David J         VIC   2031 4.5    60:W   4:L  35:W  55:W  34:D  21:W   5:L
16  Ogada-Osir, Ibrahim     VIC   1941 4.5    53:W  10:W   4:L  50:W   7:L  36:W  22:D
17  Lin, Zhigen Wilson      VIC   2103 4.5    31:W  51:D  19:W   6:D  27:W   9:L  23:D
18  Hislop, James K         VIC   2080 4.5    32:W   2:L  33:W  40:W  47:D  34:W   3:L
19  Muthusamy, Reubban      VIC   1672 4.5    30:W   8:D  17:L  62:W  49:W  41:W   7:L
20  Pecak, Mariusz          OS    2087 4.5    26:W   9:D   5:L  56:D  36:D  52:W  49:W
21  Yu, Derek               VIC   1786 4.5    64:W   5:D   3:L  74:W  51:W  15:L  48:W
22  Lycett, Garry           VIC   1770 4.5    13:L  54:W  25:W  89:W   8:L  68:W  16:D
23  Ferris, Shaun           VIC   1825 4.5     4:L  66:W  50:W  72:W  13:L  43:W  17:D
24  Tsagarakis, Angelo      VIC   1801 4.5     6:L  84:W  10:L  76:W  69:W  42:W  12:D
25  Skiotis, Pano           VIC   2047 4.5    57:W   1:L  22:L  75:W  52:D  50:W  39:W
26  Zulfic, Fedja           SA    1719 4.5    20:L  59:D  52:W  86:W  48:L  55:W  47:W
27  Voon, Richard           VIC   1886 4       1:L  56:W  43:W  45:W  17:L  39:L  65:W
28  Stojic, Dusan           VIC   2223 4      61:W  37:W   2:L  63:W  11:L   0:L  58:W
29  Brown, Andrew           ACT   1912 4       9:L  55:W  60:W  54:W   6:L  58:D  32:D
30  Dizdarevic, Mehmedalija VIC   1980 4      19:L  36:W  70:W  66:W   9:L  32:D  33:D

 
The game between Solomon and GM Daryl Johansen gives some indication of Stephen's good form in this event.
Solomon - Johansen 

                              41st Ballarat Begonia Open 2007 rnd 7, 12.03.2007

                          1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.0–0–0 h6 9.Bf4 Bd7 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.Qe1 Be7 12.e5 Nh5 13.Be3 Qc7 14.Be2 g6 15.Bxh5 gxh5 16.Bf4 0–0–0 17.exd6 Bxd6 18.Rxd6 Rxd6 19.Qe3 Bxg2 20.Bxd6 Qxd6 21.Nb5 Qf8 22.Nd6+ Kb8 23.Rd1 Rg8 24.a4 Qe7 25.c4 Bc6 26.a5 Qg5 27.Qxg5 Rxg5 28.b4 Rg2 29.b5 axb5 30.cxb5 Bd5 31.b6 Rxh2 32.Rd3 h4 33.a6 Rh1+ 34.Kb2 1–0. 
Toukley White Knight Open 2007
Played over the weekend 10 – 11 March 2007 the White Knight Open was another win for IM Gary Lane on 7/7 ahead of Paul Broekhuyse, 5.5 and Richard Eccles, Ben Ryan and Trent Parker on 4.5.
Director of Play, Keith Farrell reports that “All-in-all a successful tournament thanks to The Toukley RSL management and support staff who supplied a lovely room (made even more spacious by the low numbers, the room could have easily catered for triple the number (as it has in the past) and ensured our refrehments were always at hand. Many thanks also to ACE for providing Sets, Boards and clocks, and not least the players who played hard, uncompromising chess and in the spirit of the sportsmen they are.”
The full results were 
 No  Name              Loc  Total  1     2     3     4     5     6     7   

1.  Lane, Gary W      2452 7     11:1   8:1   6:1   3:1   2:1   9:1  18:1 
2.  Broekhuyse, Paul  2135 5.5   12:.5  7:1   5:1   9:1   1:0  13:1   3:1 
3.  Phillips, Andrew  1717 4     13:1   9:.5 14:1   1:0  17:1   6:.5  2:0 
4.  Liuga, Victor     1676 2     14:0  15:1   9:0  18:0  20:.5 10:0  16:.5
5.  Barnes, Stephen   1653 3.5   15:1  14:.5  2:0  11:1   6:0  17:.5  7:.5
6.  Eccles, Richard   1611 4.5   16:1  20:1   1:0  13:.5  5:1   3:.5 11:.5
7.  Egan, Bill        1530 3.5   17:.5  2:0  16:.5 14:0  15:1  12:1   5:.5
8.  Frias, Joe        1507 2.5   18:1   1:0  12:1  17:.5 13:0  11:0  14:0 
9.  Tubic, Luka       1486 3.5   19:1   3:.5  4:1   2:0  14:1   1:0  13:0 
10. Buciu, Aurel-John 1485 4     20:0  16:1  13:0  12:1  11:0   4:1  17:1 
11. Parker, Trent     1483 4.5    1:0  18:1  20:1   5:0  10:1   8:1   6:.5
12. Ivanovic, Radisav 1449 2      2:.5 17:.5  8:0  10:0  19:1   7:0  15:0 
13. Ryan, Ben         1448 4.5    3:0  19:1  10:1   6:.5  8:1   2:0   9:1 
14. Losh, Gary        1438 4      4:1   5:.5  3:0   7:1   9:0  18:.5  8:1 
15. Smit, George      1429 3      5:0   4:0  17:0  19:1   7:0  20:1  12:1 
16. Weltner, Michael  1422 3      6:0  10:0   7:.5 20:1  18:0  19:1   4:.5
17. Deacon, Graeme    1403 3      7:.5 12:.5 15:1   8:.5  3:0   5:.5 10:0 
18. Mehan, Alex       1390 3.5    8:0  11:0  19:1   4:1  16:1  14:.5  1:0 
19. Momot, Alex       848  0      9:0  13:0  18:0  15:0  12:0  16:0  20:0 
20. Buciu, Alex       833  2.5   10:1   6:0  11:0  16:0   4:.5 15:0  19:1

 
Perth Open 2007
The Perth Open was played  on the weekend of 17 and 18 March 2007 at Applecross Senior High School over 6 rounds.
The main results were

                              

                              Open

                                =1st      Andrew Hardegen & Andrew Kuklinski   5.0

                                =3rd      Jay Lakner & Michael Wilkins         4.5
U/1900

                          =1st      Miles Haselgrove & Mick Pavlovic     4.0
U/1500

                          1st       Ryan Sam                             3.0

                          =2nd      Chris Boni, Gary Donaldson & Graeme McQuilkin         2.5
Junior (Under 14)

                          1st       William Williams                     2.5

                          =2nd      Veronica Williams & Caleb Thomas     2.0
Final Standings
Place Name                 Feder Rtg  Loc Score
 
1-2   Hardegen, Andrew      WA    1897     5        
      Kuklinski, Andrew     WA    1973     5        
3-4   Wilkins, Michael      WA    2140     4.5      1
      Lakner, Jay           WA    2086     4.5      
5-8   Kurniawan, Stephanus  WA    2133     4       
      Donaldson, Thomas     WA    1909     4        
      Haselgrove, Miles     WA    1827     4        
      Pavlovic, Michael     WA    1600     4        
9-15  Dunlop, Gordon        WA    1862     3.5      
      Anastasovski, Nikola  CAN   2089     3.5      
      Saxon, Marc           WA    1840     3.5      
      Vilaseca, Laurent     SUI   2105     3.5      
      Ellis, David          WA    2005     3.5      
      Fedec, John           WA    1847     3.5      
      Holland, Dennis       WA    1806     3.5  
16-20 Galvin, Robert        WA    1831     3       
      Tomic, Nedeljko       WA    1739     3       
      Reynolds, Paul             1601      3      
      Sam, Ryan             WA    1239     3     
      Smith, Jonathan       WA    1724     3        
21-22 Dix, Peter            WA    1740     2.5  
      Williams, William     WA    884      2.5      
23-28 Williams, Veronica    WA    618      2   
      Boni, Christopher     WA    1381     2       
      McMahon, Denis        WA    1598     2        
      Donaldson, Gary       WA    1378     2        
      McQuilkin, Graeme     WA    1144     2        
      Thomas, Caleb         WA             2         
29-30 Blackman, Jaydon      WA             1.5 
      Saroha, Chirag        WA             1.5    
31    Wood, Tayla           WA             1         
32    Vlietstra, Marc       WA    1858     0         

       
March Madness Open
This category 4 GP tournament was played over the weekend 17 – 18 March in Brisbane. It was keenly fought over 7 rounds with several changes in the top placings towards the end. It ended in a tie on 6/7 between visiting GM Dejan Antic and the very strong Queensland junior Moulthun Ly. IM Stephen Solomon, Jonathan Sarfati and David Lovejoy were next on 5.5. 
Full details
No Name                   Loc  Club Total  1    2    3    4    5    6    7  

1  ANTIC, Dejan           2428      6     29:W 15:W  6:W  4:W  3:W  2:L 10:W
2  LY, Moulthun           2378      6     31:W  8:W 11:W  3:D 14:W  1:W  4:D
3  SOLOMON, Stephen J     2428      5.5   30:W 18:W 13:W  2:D  1:L 28:W  6:W
4  SARFATI, Jonathan      2265      5.5   32:W 36:W 23:W  1:L  9:W 13:W  2:D
5  LOVEJOY, David         1885      5.5   38:W 20:W  9:D  0:D 15:D 16:W 14:W
6  MASTILOVICH, Rajko     2085      5     37:W 16:W  1:L 27:W 36:W  9:W  3:L
7  THOMAS, Brian          1869      5     24:W 21:D 14:D  8:W 16:D 15:D 19:W
8  AMBATALI, Ric - Senior 1691 A    5     48:W  2:L 37:W  7:L 38:W 27:W 23:W
9  ABYLKASSOV, Khalimzhan 2125      4.5   33:W 19:W  5:D 12:W  4:L  6:L 20:W
10 CASEY, Kevin           2066      4.5   43:D 26:W 25:W 14:L 17:W 18:W  1:L
11 HU, Jason              2065      4.5   35:W 27:W  2:L 16:L 44:W 17:D 28:W
12 WILLIAMS, Bruce        1900      4.5   44:W 17:D 21:W  9:L 35:L 46:W 29:W
13 GUO-YUTHOK, Sherab     1798      4.5   46:W 42:W  3:L 19:W 20:W  4:L 15:D
14 LESTER, George E       1798      4.5   40:W 22:W  7:D 10:W  2:L 35:W  5:L
15 JULE, Alexandra        1724      4.5   47:W  1:L 32:W 23:W  5:D  7:D 13:D
16 AL ZAHER, Louay        1688 A    4.5   52:W  6:L 33:W 11:W  7:D  5:L 35:W
17 STOKES, Mark C         1615 A    4.5   57:W 12:D 28:W  0:D 10:L 11:D 25:W
18 NAKAUCHI, Gene         1751      4     50:W  3:L 30:W 29:D 26:W 10:L 21:D
19 ELKINGTON, Derek       1636 A    4     41:W  9:L 38:W 13:L 39:W 22:W  7:L
20 GRIGG, Sam             1602 A    4     53:W  5:L 39:W 25:W 13:L 36:W  9:L
21 KINDER, Jessica        1592 A    4     49:W  7:D 12:L 35:L 48:W 33:W 18:D
22 STEWART, Craig A       1518 A    4     54:W 14:L 46:L 24:W 51:W 19:L 38:W
23 MURRAY, Victor-David   1300 B    4     45:W 43:W  4:L 15:L 31:W 26:W  8:L
24 SRETENOVIC, Laz        1265 B    4      7:L 57:W 27:L 22:L 47:W 37:W 36:W
25 WELLER, Tony           1835      3.5   39:W 28:D 10:L 20:L 34:W 30:W 17:L
26 ALKIN, John            1726      3.5    0:D 10:L 49:W 34:W 18:L 23:L 44:W
27 STAHNKE, Alexander     1621 A    3.5   55:W 11:L 24:W  6:L 45:W  8:L 31:D
28 MULLER, Jonas          1576 A    3.5   56:W 25:D 17:L 42:W 29:W  3:L 11:L
29 DUFFIN, Mike           1516 A    3.5    1:L 40:W 54:W 18:D 28:L 43:W 12:L
30 FERIA, Antolin         1492 A    3.5    3:L 50:W 18:L 48:W 46:D 25:L 40:W
31 WALKER, Tyson          1473 A    3.5    2:L 47:W 36:L 40:W 23:L 39:W 27:D
32 KARIBASIC, Amir        1368 B    3.5    4:L 51:W 15:L 39:L 42:D 49:W 45:W
33 BUCIU, Vasile          1366 B    3.5    9:L 41:W 16:L 47:W  0:D 21:L 46:W
34 CRISTUTA, Roy          1311 B    3.5    0:D  0:L 55:W 26:L 25:L 50:W 48:W
35 LIU, Yi                1310 B    3.5   11:L 55:D 43:W 21:W 12:W 14:L 16:L
36 SLEIGHT, Anthony       1704      3     51:W  4:L 31:W 46:W  6:L 20:L 24:L
37 BEILBY, Kieton         1365 B    3      6:L 52:W  8:L 45:L 53:W 24:L 51:W
38 KULKAEW, Knight        1271 B    3      5:L 53:W 19:L 50:W  8:L 51:W 22:L
39 ERIKSSON, Caleb        1254 B    3     25:L 56:W 20:L 32:W 19:L 31:L 54:W
40 SHINNIE, Robert        1211 B    3     14:L 29:L 53:W 31:L 58:W 42:W 30:L
41 BYRNE, Alannah         786  C    3     19:L 33:L 45:L 53:L 52:W 58:W 50:W
42 ROSS, Bill             1533 A    2.5   58:W 13:L 48:D 28:L 32:D 40:L 47:D
43 JULE, Sebastian        1351 B    2.5   10:D 23:L 35:L 52:W 49:W 29:L  0:L
44 BENDER, Peter G        1278 B    2.5   12:L 48:L 52:W 54:W 11:L 45:D 26:L
45 CIGELJ, David          1230 B    2.5   23:L 49:L 41:W 37:W 27:L 44:D 32:L
46 DE VERE, Cameron       1226 B    2.5   13:L 58:W 22:W 36:L 30:D 12:L 33:L
47 MILES, Alex            1003 C    2.5   15:L 31:L 56:W 33:L 24:L 53:W 42:D
48 BUCIU, Alex            872  C    2.5    8:L 44:W 42:D 30:L 21:L 56:W 34:L
49 KENDALL, Alexander     619  C    2.5   21:L 45:W 26:L  0:D 43:L 32:L 56:W
50 KARIBASIC, Sabin       1004 C    2     18:L 30:L 57:W 38:L 54:W 34:L 41:L
51 PECK, Robbie           933  C    2     36:L 32:L 58:W 55:W 22:L 38:L 37:L
52 ROGERS, Jim            821  C    2     16:L 37:L 44:L 43:L 41:L 55:W 58:W
53 LLOYD, Matthew         635  C    2     20:L 38:L 40:L 41:W 37:L 47:L 57:W
54 BYRNE, Jack            515  C    2     22:L  0:W 29:L 44:L 50:L 57:W 39:L
55 KARIBASIC, Melanie     753  C    1.5   27:L 35:D 34:L 51:L 56:L 52:L  0:W
56 YUM, Jenny             615  C    1.5   28:L 39:L 47:L  0:D 55:W 48:L 49:L
57 DOHERTY, Claren        667  C    1     17:L 24:L 50:L 58:L  0:W 54:L 53:L
58 ATHERTON, John         603  C    1     42:L 46:L 51:L 57:W 40:L 41:L 52:L

Full details of all rated players are at the ACF website
Other Events Coming Up Soon

 Oceania Zonal

Fiji 5 – 12 May 2007 
Full details at the website http://www.oceaniachess.com 

                          A list of confirmed entries can be found at http://www.oceaniachess.com/confirmed_players.asp 
8th ASEAN+  Age Group Chess Championships

  Pattaya, Thailand – 13th to 22nd June 2007
Last isue we called for expressions of interest by 31 March from persons interested in attending this event as we can get one free place for every five ACF-endorsed entrants. The event is open to juniors and to seniors over 50 but nobody in between! So far I have had only a small response. Perhaps some people did not see the note so I'll accept expression until 4 April to give some little extra time for consideration. Please contact me to express interest or for more details at denis.jessop@netspeed.com.au or by phone at 02 6288 1935.
2007 Sydney Easter Cup


                            
Easter Saturday 7th April and Easter Monday 9th AprilRegistration and play: 9am

                            Fees: Full adult $25, concession $15

                            Format: Swiss, seven round 60 minutes loss on flagfall

                          Probably a lightning comp. at close of tournament on Monday evening.

                          Venue: Cabravalle Diggers Club, 1 Bartlett STreet, Canley Vale (also handy Cabramatta station)

                          A free hot meal on second day of play 

                          First prize generally in vicinty of $250-$300, plus rating and junior prizes

                          A friendly and rated competition now in 8th year, previously won by George Xie Johnny Bolens.
Contact Ernest Dorn 9727-2931 & 0402-921-392
Other Completed Events
Victorian Championship 2006 Play-off 
The Victorian Championship 2006, played late last year, resulted in a tie between FM Igor Goldenberg and Dusan Stojic. A 4-game play-off took place in February last. Igor won the first 3 games, making the 4th unnecessary. Here are the games.
Game 1

                        Igor Goldenberg - Dusan Stojic
1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nc2 Nf6 7. e4 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Bd2 Nc5 11. f3 Ne6 12. Be3 a5 13. Qd2 a4 14. b4 axb3 15.axb3 Rxa1 16. Rxa1 f5 17. Ra3 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Bd7 19. Nc3 Qe8 20. Nd5 Qf7 21. b4 b5 22. Nb6 Bc8 23. cxb5 Ne5 24. Ra7 h5 25. h3 Rd8 26. f4 Nxf4 27. Bxf4 Bf5 28. Bg5 Rb8 29. Nd5 Bxc2 30. Nxe7+ Kh7 31. Qxc2 Nf3+ 32. Bxf3 Bd4+ 33. Kh2 Bxa7 34.Bxh5 1-0
Game 2

                        Dusan Stojic - Igor Goldenberg
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qe2 O-O 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Bb3 a6 11. g4 Nd7 12. Nf5 Nc5 13. Nxe7+ Nxe7 14. Qd2 Rd8 15. Bf4 Qc6 16. Bxd6 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Qxe4 18. Qg5 f6 19. Qf4 Qxf4+ 20. Bxf4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Nc6 22. Bc7 g5 23. f3 Kf7 24. c4 b5 25. c5 Ra7 26. Bd6 Rd7 27. Bc2 h6 28. h4 gxh4 29. f4 Rd8 30. Rh1 Nd4 31. Bd3 Kg7 32. Rxh4 Nf3 33. Rh3 Bb7 34. b4 e5 35. fxe5 fxe5 36. Be2 e4 37. Bf4 Ng1 38. Rh2 Nxe2+ 39. Rxe2 Rf8 40. Rf2 Kg6 41. Kd2 e3+ 42. Kxe3 Re8+ 43. Kd3 Re4 44. a3 Rc4 45. Be5 Rxg4 46. Rf6+ Kg5 47. c6 Bc8 48. c7 Rc4 49. Rf8 Bf5+ 50. Kd2 h5 51. Rg8+ Kh6 52. Rf8 Kg5 53. Rg8+ Kh6 54. Ra8 Rc6 55. Ke3 Kg6 56. Kd4 Rc4+ 57. Kd5 Be4+ 58. Kd6 Bxa8 59. Kd7 Bb7 60. Bd6 h4 61. Bc5 h3 0-1
Game 3

                        Igor Goldenberg - Dusan Stojic
1.d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 Nd7 13. Rfe1 Bxd4+ 14. Qxd4 Qb6 15. Qxb6 Nxb6 16. Rad1 a5 17. Bf1 Nd7 18. f4 a4 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 f6 21. g3 b6 22. h4 Ra5 23. Kf2 Rxd5 24. exd5 Kf7 25. Re3 Ra8 26. Ra3 Nc5 27. Ke3 f5 28. Bd3 Ra5 29. Kd4 Kf6 30. Kc3 h6 31. Bc2 g5 32. fxg5+ hxg5 33. Kd2 gxh4 34. gxh4 f4 35. Rh3 e5 36. dxe6 Nxe6 37. Be4 Rh5 38. Bf3 Rh6 39. Bd1 Ke5 40. Bxa4 Ng5 41. Rd3 Ne4+ 42. Ke2 Rxh4 43. Rd5+ Kf6 44. Bc2 Rh2+ 45. Kd1 Nf2+ 46. Ke1 Ke7 47. Rd2 Ng4 48. Rxh2 Nxh2 49. Bd1 f3 50. b3 d5 51. cxd5 Kd6 52. Kf2 Ng4+ 53. Kxf3 Nf6 54. Ke3 Kxd5 55. Kd3 Kc5 56. a3 Nd5 57. Bf3 Nc7 58. b4+ Kb5 59. Kc3 Ka4 60. Kb2 Nb5 61. Bd1# 1-0
April 2007 FIDE Ratings
Tournament reports for the April 2007 list have been submitted to FIDE and are viewable here. The calculations for these tournaments should be available at the same link in mid-to-late March. Thanks to all organisers and arbiters for their help in producing the reports. 
On or around April 2, the full Australian list will be available here, where you can also find the text-file tournament reports, the full Australian lists for previous quarters, and upcoming FIDE-rated events for the July 2007 list. Prospective players are reminded that they must be correctly affiliated with their state association to be eligible to participate.
I am happy to announce that FIDE has recently given national ratings officers access to the FIDE Ratings Server, meaning that tournament registrations, reports, player details, and (most importantly) corrections can be uploaded quickly and easily. There are a very few complicated corrections still to be done, involving the merging and/or deletion of some duplications, but I'm hopeful these will be resolved before the April list is published.
There are now 415 Australians on the FIDE ratings list, and several hundred more with part-ratings (blocks). Listed players can find their individual histories here, while players who may have blocks towards a FIDE rating can email me if they would like to know their current status.
Lastly, all known birth dates of Australian FIDE-rated players have been copied from the ACF master file, but there are still about a third of birth dates missing (the exact date is required but only the year is published). Also, if players would like their photo displayed on the site, FIDE's specs are: "Width 80px - Height 100px OR Width 160px - Height - 200px (preferable)." Please feel free to email me these details, along with any other questions, additions or corrections.
Greg Canfell

                            FIDE Ratings Officer

                            canfell@tpg.com.au
Australians Overseas
There are several Australians who spend much of their time playing overseas. Foremost is GM Ian Rogers. Others include IMs AlexWohl and John-Paul Wallace. 
Recently IM David Smerdon has played some tournaments in Europe. He has been studying in Holland for the last six months but has clearly found time for chess. His most notable success was in the recent 23rd Open of Chapelle La Grande in France. This was a monster Swiss over 9 rounds with 608 players ranging from GMs (over 90 of them!) rated 2650 at the top to players rated 1000 at the bottom. In all of this David finished with 5/9 in equal 155 – 266 place though at 166 on tie-break. The overall result was perhaps a little disappointing. But this game in which David claims the scalp of GM Gagunashvili (2611 with a world ranking of 120) would no doubt have pleased him.
[Event "23rd Open"]

  [Site "Cappelle la Grande FRA"]

  [Date "2007.03.08"]

  [Round "7"]

  [White "Smerdon,D"]

  [Black "Gagunashvili,M"]

  [Result "1-0"]

  [WhiteElo "2460"]

  [BlackElo "2611"]

  [EventDate "2007.03.03"]

  [ECO "C41"]
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. g4 g6 6. g5 Nh5 7. Be2 Bg7 8.

                          Be3 c6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. Rhg1 b5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qd6 Qxd6 14.

                          Rxd6 Nb8 15. Rgd1 Nf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. e5 Bf5 18. R1d4 Bg4 19. Rd8 Na6 20.

                          Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Rd6 Rc8 22. Nxb5 Bf8 23. Nxa7 Rc7 24. Nb5 Bxd6 25. exd6 Rc8

                          26. Nbd4 Nc5 27. Ne5 Bxe2 28. b4 Ne6 29. d7 Rd8 30. Nxe2 f3 31. Nc3 Nxg5

                          32. a4 f6 33. Nxc6 Rxd7 34. a5 Ne6 35. Nd5 Kf7 36. c4 Rd6 37. b5 Nc5 38.

                          Kc2 Ke6 39. a6 Nxa6 40. Nd4+ Ke5 41. Nxf3+ Ke4 42. Nd2+ Kd4 43. bxa6 Rxa6

                          44. Nc3 f5 45. Nb5+ Kc5 46. Kc3 Ra2 47. h4 Kb6 48. Nd4 Ra1 49. c5+ Kc7 50.

                          Kc4 Ra2 51. N2f3 Rxf2 52. Kd5 h6 53. Nb5+ Kc8 54. Nfd4 g5 55. h5 g4 56. c6

                          g3 57. Kd6 Ra2 58. Nxf5 Rd2+ 59. Nbd4 Rxd4+ 60. Nxd4 g2 61. Nf3 Kd8 62. Ng1

                          Kc8 63. c7 1-0
David also played in Group A2 of the Aeroflot Open where he finished on 4.5/9 in equal 56 – 77 place in a field  of 139. If that sounds just so-so, note that all of the players except 2 in David's group were either GMs, of whom there were 8, or IMs. In the same event FM Manuel Weeks played in Group B where he came equal 159 – 166 of 168 players with 2/9. In Group C James Attwood fared much better with 5/9 finishing equal 58 – 80 out of 199.
In January, four Australians played in the Gibtelecom Masters held in Gibraltar. This is becoming quite a significant event in what I am told is a very pleasant venue. The tournament was won by GM Akopian (Armenia) on 7.5/9 with GMs Areshchenko (Russia), Nakamura (USA) and Sutovsky (Israel) equal 2 – 4 on 7. Top-placed Autralian was IM David Smerdon, 5.5, equal 29 – 47. Other Australians were Moulthun Ly and GM Ian Rogers 76 – 98 (4.5) and Malcolm Tredinnick 99 – 127 (4). There were 176 entries including many strong GMs and a notably good entry of strong women players, the highest placed being WIM Jovanka Houska(England) and WGM Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria) equal 18 – 28 on 6. Full results are at gibraltarchesscongress.com.
Still  in Europe, David Smerdon won a blitz event in Holland – the Chessvibes tournament - on 11 February -  with 13.5/17 ahead of 6 GMs including Ian Rogers who finished 5th. FM Manuel Weeks also played. There is a report and some good photos of the event at chessvibes.com. There are more good photos at the Chess Vista link from that website chessvista.com. The photos there are entertaining but seem to suggest that blitz makes one look as if you had just drunk about 20 cups of very strong coffee, which may well be true.
Finally, several Australians have entered the 7th Bangkok Chess Club Open which began on 27 March in Phuket and finishes on 1 April. GM Ian Rogers is seeded fourth and IM David Smerdon seventh. Also playing are FM Tim Reilly, Oleg Korenevski, Alexander Malejevich and WFM Cathy Rogers. The Bangkok CC website is at bangkokchess.com but to date (28 March) no results have been posted.
Tailpiece
We are always happy to receive news items and other material on national, international or State tournaments and happenings. Now that the Newsletter and the ACF website are separately organised please be sure to send your contributions to the editors and not the Webmaster. They should go to me at denis.jessop@netspeed.com.au with a cc to Stephen Cannings who produces this newsletter.
Denis Jessop 

                              Editor 

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