In the last issue we had Part I – the Doeberl Cup -  of IA Charles Zworestine's report on the Easter Chess marathon. Now we have Part II – the Sydney International Open.

ANOTHER CHESS MARATHON A REPORT ON THE 2007 DOEBERL AND SIO - PART 2

by Charles Zworestine

GM Sergei Shipov (RUS) the top seed

Yes, even for the arbiters it does feel like a long haul sometimes; although obviously not as tough as for some of the players… The Doeberl Cup is actually 4 tournaments in one, for a combined total of around 200 players; and this year’s inaugural SIO attracted 143 players. Nine days of solid chess, at the standard Fischer time controls of 90 minutes each plus 30 seconds per move from the start. It really does feel a bit like running a marathon… But it is worth it when the events produce the sort of fun and excitement we saw at both tournaments this year, with lots of visitors to add spice to the mix; let’s see how the Aussies fared against their foreign rivals!

Part II - Sydney International Open (SIO)

This was one of the biggest and strongest events of its kind in Australian chess history, with 143 players, 9 grandmasters, 9 international masters and a total of 27 titled players. Great work by the chief organisers, Brian Jones and Vasil Tulevski; we hope you succeed in your vision to make this an annual event… A great free venue at Parramatta Town Hall and an excellent support staff helped to make this a wonderful event. What was even better was that it attracted an incredible 35 overseas players, from 19 different countries; and at least one player from each state in Australia. This is pretty unique in Australian chess, I think, and so was bound to produce not just a great tournament but also a few surprises; let’s find out!

Few significant upsets in Round 1; but they began in earnest in Round 2! Sam Chow drew a long game with top seeded GM Sergei Shipov; and Indian Manthan Chokshi drew with seventh seed, IM Zong-Yuan Zhao. FM Igor Bjelobrk was done by ACT youngster Gareth Oliver in a tricky minor piece endgame… In Round 3 the GMs and IMs began meeting, with English IM Simon Ansell upsetting second seeded GM Victor Mikhalevski to score the first of ten $100 prizes on offer for a non-GM beating a GM! IM David Smerdon was a bit lucky to beat Swiss Denis Bucher after spurning a repetition a piece down for some pawns in order to try to force his advanced pawns through for a win. He succeeded, but only after a few stressful moments…

In Round 4 the GMs started meeting: Antic drew a tough rook ending with Timoshenko, and Bakre liquidated to an early draw with Matamoros. Murray Chandler got at Stephen Solomon’s king to beat him, while Ian Rogers beat Gary Lane and David Smerdon allowed a repetition of position against George Xie. Zhao beat Ansell, while there were 2 more $100 prizes for beating GMs: Andras Toth gradually outplayed Darryl Johansesn to win a rook, and Manthan Chokshi shattered Sergei Shipov’s campaign after the latter blundered a bishop to a double pin… After Round 4 there were only three players on 4/4, which became only one on 5/5 after Timoshenko beat Toth in a long bishop ending and Ian Rogers won a thriller in time pressure against Murray Chandler. (Ian may have been a bit lucky, as Murray might have won if he had played the right queen move…). Matamoros and Garbett drew; while Zhao missed a chance to win his queen and pawn ending against Tejas Bakre, the game ending up drawn by perpetual check. David Smerdon and Dejan Antic were up there with Timoshenko on 4.5/5 after they beat Bob Smith and George Xie respectively; while Darryl Johansen could make no progress in his locked position against Manthan Chokshi and had to settle for a draw.

	GM Darryl Johansen equal highest-placed Australian.

Round 6 saw Antic and Rogers liquidate on move 26 to a drawn ending, Ian thus joined in the lead on 5.5/6 by Timoshenko after the latter beat Smerdon. Seven players were on 5/6: Antic, Mikhalevski, Chandler, Zhao, Bakre, Bjelobrk and Tomek Rej. Tomek scored a shock win against Stephen Solomon when he trapped Solo’s queen; Bjelobrk won himself $100 for beating Matamoros when the GM walked into a mate after earlier having been winning. After three all GM draws on the top three boards, we were not really any closer to determining a winner: Timoshenko drew with Rogers in a heavy piece ending, Antic drew a balanced middlegame  with Mikhalevski and Bakre and Chandler drew a tricky king and pawn ending. Board 4 was also a draw, as Bjelobrk could not quite crack Zhao. All this left Rogers and Timoshenko equal leaders on 6/7 with a surprise packet, Tomek Rej, who fought hard from an inferior position to finally win the exchange and his game against Simon Ansell. Gareth Oliver upset David Smerdon to give himself a great chance for an IM norm.

A third draw in a row for Ian Rogers in Round 8 (this time with Zhao) left Timoshenko in the outright lead on 7/8 with a lengthy win against Tomek Rej. Joining Ian on 6.5/8 were Mikhalevski, who beat Bakre on time in a fairly even position; and Antic, who beat Bjelobrk. Murray Chandler had to settle for a draw with George Xie, leaving them in a huge group of 10 players on 6/8 that also included Zhao, Rej, Johansen, Solomon, Lane, Toth, Matamoros and Goldenberg. All this meant a thrilling finish, which we duly got when Timoshenko gave Rogers and Antic a chance to catch him in equal first on 7.5/9 by agreeing to a draw in a fairly even position with Mikhalevski. Dejan took his chance with both hands, converting a nice White initiative and Murray Chandler’s time pressure into a win; but Ian Rogers faltered against Darryl Johansen, allowing Darryl’s attack through for a rare loss. So Darryl joined a group of 4 players in equal third on 7/9, which included Mikhalevski, Lane and Zong-Yuan Zhao after the latter took a gamble on a breakthrough, threw the dice in time pressure and managed to win his drawn ending against Andras Toth. Gareth Oliver got his IM norm after drawing with Moulthun Ly; well done Gareth!

Here are some of the games referred to by Charles.

[Event "Sydney International Open"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[WhiteACF "2621"]
[BlackACF "2566"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Bd7 9.f4 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Nf3 Qd8 12.Kb1 Qc7 13.h4 O-O-O 14.Rh3 Kb8 15.g4 Bc8 16.h5 g6 17.hxg6 fxg6 18.Nh4 Rg8 19.f5 gxf5 20.gxf5 d5 21.exd5 exf5 22.Rd3 Ne5 23.d6 Qb6 24.Rd5 Bg7 25.Na4 Qc6 26.Nc5 Bf6 27.Ng2 Nd7 28.Ne6 Rde8 29.Ngf4 Rg1 30.c4 Ne5 31.Nd4 Qd7 32.c5 Nc6 33.Nxc6+ bxc6 34.Rd3 Re4 35.Rb3+ Ka7 36.Nd3 f4 37.Bg2 Rxd1+ 38.Qxd1 Rd4 39.Qf3 Bb7 40.a3 a5 41.Ka1 Ba6 42.Bh3 Qe8 43.d7 Qe4 44.Nf2 Qe1+ 45.Ka2 Bc4 46.Qxc6 Bxb3+ 47.Kxb3 Bd8 48.Bg2 a4+ 49.Ka2 1-0.

[Event "Sydney International Open"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Rej, Tomek"]
[Black "Solomon, Stephen J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[WhiteACF "2258"]
[BlackACF "2428"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Ne2 e5 9.O-O d6 10.e4 Re8 11.d5 Na5 12.Ng3 b6 13.f4 Ng4 14.f5 Qh4 15.h3 Qxg3 16.hxg4 Ba6 17.Rf3 Qxg4 18.Qe1 f6 19.Rh3 Nb3 20.Ra2 Nxc1 21.Qxc1 Rab8 22.a4 Bc8 23.Rf2 Bd7 24.Qc2 a6 25.Be2 Qg5 26.Rff3 b5 27.axb5 axb5 28.Rfg3 Qf4 29.Rg4 b4 30.cxb4 cxb4 31.Rxf4 exf4 32.c5 dxc5 33.Bc4 Rbc8 34.d6+ Kh8 35.Qd1 h6 36.Rxh6+ gxh6 37.Qh5

[Event "Sydney International Open"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Bjelobrk, Igor"]
[Black "Matamoros Franco, Carlos S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[WhiteACF "2422"]
[BlackACF "-"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 a5 8.O-O Na6 9.Bg5 Qe8 10.Nd2 Kh8 11.a3 Bd7 12.b3 Ng8 13.Kh1 f5 14.exf5 gxf5 15.f4 e4 16.Bh5 Qc8 17.Rc1 Nf6 18.Be2 Qe8 19.Re1 Qg6 20.Nf1 Rae8 21.Ne3 Ng4 22.Nxg4 fxg4 23.Rf1 Kg8 24.Bh4 Nc5 25.b4 axb4 26.axb4 Nd3 27.Bxd3 exd3 28.Qd2 Bxc3 29.Qxc3 Re2 30.Rce1 Qe4 31.Rg1 Rxf4 32.Qa1 Qxc4 33.Bg5 Rf7 34.Bh6 Qe4 35.Ref1 Qxd5 36.Rxf7 Qxf7 37.Rf1 Ra2 38.Qxa2

[Event "Sydney International Open"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Oliver, Gareth"]
[Black "Smerdon, David C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[WhiteACF "2057"]
[BlackACF "2469"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.e4 Bg4 8.Be3 Bg7 9.d5 Ne5 10.Be2 Bxf3 11.gxf3 O-O 12.Qb3 Qc8 13.h3 c6 14.Rc1 Kh8 15.f4 Ned7 16.Bf3 Rd8 17.O-O e5 18.dxe6 fxe6 19.Qxe6 Ne5 20.Bg4 Qxe6 21.Bxe6 Nd3 22.Rc2 Re8 23.f5 gxf5 24.exf5 Nxb2 25.Ne4 N2c4 26.Bc5 Ne5 27.Nd6 Re7 28.f4 Nd3 29.Ba3 Bd4+ 30.Kh1 c5 31.Rd2 Rd8 32.Nf7+ Rxf7 33.Bxf7 Nb4 34.Bxb4 cxb4 35.Be6

[Event "Sydney International Open"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Antic, Dejan"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[WhiteACF "2428"]
[BlackACF "2566"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb7 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 a5 8.O-O O-O 9.Nc3 d6 10.Rc1 Nbd7 11.d5 e5 12.Nb5 Bxd2 13.Nxd2 Nc5 14.a3 Qd7 15.Nc3 Rae8 16.b4 axb4 17.axb4 Na6 18.Rb1 Ng4 19.e4 g6 20.Na4 Bc8 21.h3 Nh6 22.c5 bxc5 23.bxc5 dxc5 24.Rc1 f5 25.exf5 Nxf5 26.Ne4 Nd4 27.Naxc5 Nxc5 28.Nxc5 Qb5 29.Re1 Qb6 30.Re3 Re7 31.f4 Nf5 32.Rxe5 Rxe5 33.fxe5 Qb2 34.Qe1 Nxg3 35.Nd3 Qd4+ 36.Kh2 Nf5 37.Qe4 Qb6 38.Rc6 Qa5 39.Rc5 Qd2 40.e6 Nd6 41.Qe5 Ne8 42.Qc3 Qg5 43.d6 Ba6

[Event "Sydney International Open"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Johansen, Darryl K"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[WhiteACF "2467"]
[BlackACF "2621"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nc6 5.e4 Nf6 6.e5 Nd7 7.Bb5 Nb6 8.Nge2 Bf5 9.Ng3 Bg6 10.h4 h6 11.h5 Bh7 12.e6 fxe6 13.Bf4 g5 14.hxg6 Bxg6 15.Be5 Rg8 16.Nge2 Nc4 17.Nf4 Bf7 18.Bxc4 dxc4 19.Qe2 Nxe5 20.dxe5 Qd4 21.g3 Rg5 22.Kf1 Rxe5 23.Qc2 Bg7 24.Rd1 Qc5 25.Qh7 Kf8 26.Rxh6 Rf5 27.Rg6 Bxg6 28.Nxe6+ Kf7 29.Qxg7+ Kxe6 30.Qxg6+ Rf6 31.Qe4+ Kf7 32.Qh7+ Kf8 33.Qh8+ Kf7 34.Qh7+ Kf8 35.Ne4 Qf5 36.Nxf6 Qxf6 37.Rd5 e6 38.Qxb7 exd5 39.Qxa8+ Kg7 40.Qxd5 Qa6 41.Qd4+ Kf7 42.Qf4+ Kg7 43.Qe5+ Kf7 44.a3 c3+ 45.Kg1

For full results of the 2007 Sydney International Open see Chessaustralia.com.au/open/index.cfm?year=2007.

For complete cross tables of all Doeberl Cup divisions see Ian Rout's web page here

MYER TAN AUSTRALIAN CHESS GRAND PRIX

Coming Events

For full information on the Grand Prix see the website http://www.chessaustralia.com.au/grandprix/

Here are greater details of some coming Grand Prix events.

2007 John Kellner Memorial Weekender

The NSW Chess Association invites your participation in this Category 2 Grand Prix event with $2,220 in prizes.

Where: St. George Leagues Club
124 Princes Highway
Kogarah NSW

When: Saturday 19th & Sunday 20th May 2007

Schedule: Saturday Sunday
10am – 10:45am Registration
11am Round 1 11am Round 5
1:30pm Round 2 1:30pm Round 6
4pm Round 3 4pm Round 7
6:30pm Round 4 6:30pm Prizegiving

You need to register and pay by May 16th to be eligible for the early entry fee.

All entries received after 10:45am at registration will incur a $10 additional late fee

Players are eligible for 1 prize only.

All NSW resident players must be members of (or join) the NSWCA or the NSWJCL

For further information contact Brett Tindall by telephone on 8756 5974, email tournaments@nswca.org.au  or visit the NSWCA website: www.nswca.org.au

Entry form » 2007 John Kellner Memorial Weekender

Mingara May Major

Mingara Recreation Club proudly presents the Mingara May Major- 26th and 27th May (cat. 2 Grand Prix Event)

Details:
Tournament is open to all chess players; Masters to Beginners.

Total Prize money on offer is over $2k: definitely worth the 1 hour drive North of Sydney (tournament held on the scenic Central Coast).

Venue: Mingara Recreation Club for directions see map at http://www.users.bigpond.com/murrell/map.htm

Date: 26th and 27th May
Entry: $60 Adults; $45 Juniors, Members and Distance Group Registrations
Time Control: 1 hr plus 10 sec/mov from start
Director of Play: Keith Farrell
Prize Money: $500 first, $300 second, $200 third, plus generous division prizes

See full details, and download entry form at http://www.users.bigpond.com/murrell/

Gold Coast Open

Gardiner Chess Gold Coast Open Sat/Sun 23/24 June. The last category 5 event for this year on the East coast and includes U1600 and new U1000 division (no more playing underrated juniors!).The total prize fund will be well in excess of $6,000. There will be an extensive and friendly canteen, and Gardiner Chess will run a chess shop/bookstall. So grab a cheap airfare and spend a warm weekend on the Gold Coast. Entry form available at http://www.gardinerchess.com/main%20events/2007/tournaments/goldcoastopen/gcopen2007.htm.  Contact Peter Bender at outreachchess@bigpond.com  07 5556 0434

NSW Open

The NSW Chess Association has great pleasure in inviting you to play in the prestigious NSW Open Chess Weekender, which will be held on 9-11 June at Parramatta RSL. The NSW Open is the NSW Chess Association’s premier Weekender – a Class 4 Grand Prix event. There are outstanding prizes on offer, with the Under 1600 division boasting the richest prize-pool for Under 1600s in Australia. We look forward to seeing you!

Entry Fees
OPEN
Entry Fee by June 6     Entry Fee after June 6
Adult                           $80                               $100
Junior [U18] / Full-Time
Student [U25]            $72                               $90
Aged Pensioner           $68                               $85

U1600
Adult                          $70                              $90
Junior [U18] / Full-Time
Student [U25]           $63                               $81
Aged Pensioner          $59                               $76

Schedule
Saturday
 Registration 12-12:30 pm
 Round 1 1:00 pm
 Round 2 5:30 pm
Sunday
 Round 3 10:30 am
 Round 4 3:00 pm
 Round 5 7:00 pm
Monday
 Round 6 10:30 am
 Round 7 3:00 pm
 Presentation 7:00 pm

Time limit
FIDE time control 90 minutes + 30 seconds per move from move 1

The Open Division will be FIDE rated

Conditions
*Prize fund of $6250 based on 100 entries.
You need to register and pay by June 6th to be eligible for the early entry fee.
All entries received after 12:30 pm at registration will incur a $10 additional late fee.
Players are eligible for only one prize.
All NSW resident players must be members of (or join) the NSWCA or the NSWJCL.
For further information contact Brett Tindall by telephone on 8756 5974, 
email tournaments@nswca.org.au  or visit the NSWCA website: www.nswca.org.au  

When & Where
When:   Saturday 9th, Sunday 10th,
Monday 11th June 2007
Where:   Parramatta RSL
Corner O’Connell & Macquarie
Streets, Parramatta NSW

Prizes
The NSW Open has total prizes of $6250* with $5000 guaranteed.
The tournament will be run in two divisions – Open & U1600
Open Prizes
1st $1200, 2nd $700, 3rd $500, 
4th $325, 5th $275.
U2000-1850  1st $250 
U1850-1700  1st $250 
U1700  1st $250
U1600 Prizes
The NSW Open’s U1600 division is
Australia’s richest U1600 tournament!
1st $750, 2nd $400, 3rd $300, 
4th $250.
U1450-1300  1st $250 2nd $150
U1300  1st $250 2nd $150

To be eligible for the early entry fee your entry AS WELL AS PAYMENT must be received by 6 June 2007.
You can pay your entry fee in the following ways:
1.  Send a cheque to the NSW Chess Association, GPO Box 2418, Sydney NSW 2001
Cheques should be made out to NSW Chess Association
2.  Pay online at website http://www.chessaustralia.com.au/index.cfm?p=catalog&g=events  
or pay in person or over the phone at Australian Chess Enterprises: 
Shop: 1 Garfield Road East, Riverstone. Tel 9838 1529
3.  Pay in person at Sydney Academy of Chess: Level 1, 29-31 Morwick Street, Strathfield
Tel 9745 1170

To qualify for concessional entry, full-time students must produce their Student ID card, and Aged Pensioners must produce their Centerlink Aged Pension card on the day of the Tournament, otherwise the applicable Adult entry fee will be charged.

2007 Victorian Open

Details can be found on the CV website at http://chessvictoria.netfirms.com/vic_open.htm

The 2007 Victorian Open Championship (GP Cat. 1) will be held on the Queens Birthday weekend
June 9, 10, and 11.

The 2007 Championship will be organized by the Box Hill Chess Club on behalf of Chess Victoria.

The venue is located at 3 Rochester Road Canterbury and is within 5 minutes walk from Canterbury Station. The venue is close to the famous Maling Road shops. There is ample parking nearby

Playing schedule:
June   9:  Round 1: 11.30   Round 2:  16.00  
June 10:  Round 3: 10.00   Round 4:  14.30  Round 5:   19.00
June 11:  Round 6: 10.00   Round 7: 14.30

Prize giving:  June 11 at 18.00

Rate of Play:  90 minutes per player per game plus 30 seconds per move from move one

Ratings: Nationally rated and FIDE rated

Entry Fees:
$60 less $15 early bird discount if paid by May 29.
Free entry for Grand Masters and International Masters provided their entries are received by May 29.

Entry conditions:
Open to all members from CV affiliated clubs, Interstate and international visitors and non members of affiliated clubs prepared to pay a $10 registration fee.

Closing of Entries
Entries  will close at 10.30 on Saturday morning at the venue.
All entries must be accompanied by the required entry fee    or
Entries close when the maximum field size of 120 is reached.

Prize Fund
A prize pool of $3500 minimum including a $1000 first prize will be offered.
There will be $120 ratings prizes in eight divisions and a $40 unrated prize.
Prize money is shared between eligible players on equal points 

(Information from CV News Sheet No 10 – see http://chessvictoria.netfirms.com/news_sheets.htm .)

Completed Grand prix events

Peninsula Open

A class 2 event played on the weekend of 5 – 7 May.

Final Crosstable

No Name                    Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5    6    7 
1  Peter FROEHLICH         2397 6     19:W 23:W 14:W  2:L 15:W  7:W  5:W
2  Jacob A EDWARDS         1980 5.5   21:W 26:W  6:W  1:W  5:D  4:W  3:L
3  Jonathan SARFATI        2265 5     20:D 25:W 24:W 15:D 18:D  9:D  2:W
4  David LOVEJOY           1885 5     34:W 24:D  7:D 30:W 29:W  2:L 18:W
5  Brian THOMAS            1869 5     28:D 36:W 17:W  8:W  2:D 20:W  1:L
6  Tony WELLER             1835 5     35:W 16:W  2:L 21:D 17:W 18:D 20:W
7  Leo WILKINSON           1742 5     42:W 27:W  4:D 18:D 31:W  1:L 13:W
8  Ric - Senior AMBATALI   1691 5     31:W 41:W  0:D  5:L 28:D 29:W 14:W
9  George E LESTER         1798 4.5   29:W 17:D 18:L 24:W 21:W  3:D 10:D
10 Sam GRIGG               1586 4.5   32:W 14:L 42:W 31:L 25:W 30:W  9:D
11 John C AGER             1457 4.5   41:L 31:L  0:D 46:W 40:W 24:W 22:W
12 Peter BOOY              1342 4.5   14:L 32:D  0:D 39:W 16:W 15:D 27:W
13 Michael CASHMAN         1928 4     25:L 46:W 34:W 19:W 20:L 27:W  7:L
14 Bruce WILLIAMS          1900 4     12:W 10:W  1:L 20:L 19:W 28:W  8:L
15 Oleg KORENEVSKI         1717 4     30:W 18:D 28:W  3:D  1:L 12:D 17:D
16 Shayne HUNTER           1535 4     39:W  6:L 30:L 43:W 12:L 35:W 28:W
17 Aurel-John BUCIU        1485 4     44:W  9:D  5:L 22:W  6:L 41:W 15:D
18 Jack SHANKS             1450 4     45:W 15:D  9:W  7:D  3:D  6:D  4:L
19 Sean S. ERICKSON        1437 4      1:L 43:W 39:W 13:L 14:L 32:W 29:W
20 Alexander STAHNKE       1429 4      3:D 40:D 41:W 14:W 13:W  5:L  6:L
21 Sophie EUSTACE          1374 4      2:L 37:W 40:W  6:D  9:L 23:D 30:W
22 John ALKIN              1726 3.5    0:D 28:L 46:W 17:L 42:W 31:W 11:L
23 Edward OTTSCHOFFSKI     1617 3.5   43:W  1:L 25:W 29:L 30:L 21:D 34:W
24 Nathanael BIELENBERG    1538 3.5   38:W  4:D  3:L  9:L 36:W 11:L 31:W
25 Yi LIU                  1346 3.5   13:W  3:L 23:L 38:W 10:L 26:D 41:W
26 Mark C STOKES           1615 3     37:W  2:L 29:L 28:L 38:W 25:D  0:D
27 Ernesto DOBSON          1473 3     33:W  7:L 31:L 37:W 32:W 13:L 12:L
28 Sebastian JULE          1328 3      5:D 22:W 15:L 26:W  8:D 14:L 16:L
29 Clifford J HARTLEY-HOLL 1300 3      9:L 44:W 26:W 23:W  4:L  8:L 19:L
30 David CIGELJ            1230 3     15:L 45:W 16:W  4:L 23:W 10:L 21:L
31 Regina EDWARDS          1198 3      8:L 11:W 27:W 10:W  7:L 22:L 24:L
32 Benjamin BASSETT        925  3     10:L 12:D 35:W  0:D 27:L 19:L 42:W
33 Jim ROGERS              821  3     27:L 42:L 37:L 35:L 44:W 46:W 43:W
34 Garvin GRAY             1341 2.5    4:L 38:W 13:L 40:D 41:L 43:W 23:L
35 Roy CRISTUTA            1311 2.5    6:L 39:L 32:L 33:W 37:W 16:L 38:D
36 Norm BRAYBROOKE         1271 2.5    0:D  5:L  0:D  0:D 24:L  0:D  0:D
37 David SOUL              1039 2.5   26:L 21:L 33:W 27:L 35:L 40:W 39:D
38 Andrew DAVISON          913  2.5   24:L 34:L 45:W 25:L 26:L 44:W 35:D
39 Alex MILES              847  2.5   16:L 35:W 19:L 12:L 43:L 45:W 37:D
40 Alannah BYRNE           577  2.5    0:D 20:D 21:L 34:D 11:L 37:L 45:W
41 Brodie MCCLYMONT             2.5   11:W  8:L 20:L 42:D 34:W 17:L 25:L
42 Nick KOSPARTOV          1297 2      7:L 33:W 10:L 41:D 22:L  0:D 32:L
43 John BONI               1157 2     23:L 19:L 44:W 16:L 39:W 34:L 33:L
44 Alex BUCIU              833  2     17:L 29:L 43:L 45:W 33:L 38:L 46:W
45 Joaquin CRISTUTA             1     18:L 30:L 38:L 44:L 46:W 39:L 40:L
46 Jack BYRNE              213  .5     0:D 13:L 22:L 11:L 45:L 33:L 44:L

Other Completed and Coming Events

Played on the weekend of 5 – 6 May over 6 rounds at Legacy House, South Perth .

Open
 1st Laurent Vilaseca                               5.5
 2nd Robert Galvin                                  5.0
=3rd Thomas Donaldson, Marc Vlietstra,  4.0
     Michael Wilkins

U/1850
=1st Peter Dix, Nedeljko Tomic               4.0
 3rd Ricky Bwalya                                   3.5

U/1550
=1st Gary Donaldson, Edik Gilmetdinov   3.0

Junior Prize
=1st Ryan Sam, Verity Williams               2.5

Final Standings

Place    Name          Fed  Rtg      Score    M-Buch.  Buch.     Prog.

An Invitation from the Ukraine

We invite you to take part in two international chess festivals (child’s student’s and adults), which occur in a wonderful tourist town Kamyanets-Podilsky City, Khmelnitsky region, Ukraine, in August and September.
We ask the given principle to transfer in your chess clubs and  clubs of your country for acquaintance.
We ask the given principle to transfer in chess for.

At child’s-student’s chess festival participation of 400 participants from 20 countries of the world is planned. At adult festival – up to 200 person from 10 countries.
Except for other prizes specified in principles, 3 best countries will be marked with cups and diplomas.

If you wish to take part in festival, appeal to e-mail: lifter@bigmir.net.
I am sure, you like our city and festivals.

You can read conditions of the festivals and see photos of Kamyanets-Podilsky in supplements.
http://kp.rel.com.ua/city/chess

You can find information about the festivals and see photos of the city on: http://www.castles.com.ua/index.php?id=forteca

The best wishes, Victor Lichkevych

Other News

New Chess Victoria Website

A new web site for information from the CV Executive Committee is now open, although still under construction it provides up to date information on CV tournaments and competitions and a calendar of CV events and CV approved events.

Chessvictoria.netfirms.com

Have a look at the details, the calendar and the CV competitions coming up.

ACTCA Annual General Meeting

The AGM of the ACT Chess Association was held on Wednesday, 16 May. The Committee reported a generally successful year though there is concern about falling club participation, something in which the ACT is not alone.

Two candidates stood for the position of President – the retiring President, Mossadeque Ali and Dr Stephen Mugford who was one of the organisers of the recent Australian Open Championships in Canberra, among other things. In a secret ballot Mos Ali was elected by 14 votes to 13. The remaining executive positions, except for the Treasurer, were filled unopposed.

Those elected were: Vice President: Stephen Bartlett; Secretary: Carl Parkes; Junior Chess Coordinator: Shun Ikeda. The position of Treasurer is yet to be filled. The retiring Treasurer, Paul Dunn, did not seek re-election.

Until next time...

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