OCEANIA ZONAL 2007

The Zonal was played from 5 to 12 May 2007 in Fiji. Though it had finished before our previous issue was published, we did not report it as there was then some uncertainty in some quarters about the results. That matter seems now to have been resolved. We hope to have a report from one who was there soon. Meanwhile here is a short note of the outcome taken from the Fiji Chess Association website and the complete final results.

IM Zong-Yuan Zhao of Australia proved to be the toast of the 2007 Oceania Zonal when he finished the event with 7/9points to qualify for the world cup to be held later this year. IM Zhao was in dazzling form finishing half a point ahead of the competition. FM Puchen Wang of New Zealand gained his IM title while FM Igor Goldenberg and FM Robert Smith gained their IM norms. James Morris and Gene Nakauchi were conferred the FM title.

The Womens competition was a runaway show where IM Irina Berezina of Australia proved that experience was too much for her younger counterparts when she ended the tournament a full point ahead of second placed Alexandra Jule who earned her WIM title while WCM Sue Maroroa of New Zealand and Rebecca Harris gained their WFM titles.

The 2007 Oceania ZonalChess Championships were hailed as a success and congratulations were accorded to Dr. Virgilio De Asa, President of the Fiji Chess Federation.

Full results table »

MYER TAN AUSTRALIAN CHESS GRAND PRIX

Coming Events

Brian Jones informs us that Malaysian businessman Dato' Tan Chin Nam (co-sponsor of the Grand Prix) has written a memoir "Never Say I Assume", which tells the story of his early life in old Malaya, living through the 1942-45 Japanese occupation, his many business achievements including the revival of the Queen Victoria Building and World Square projects in Sydney, winning three Melbourne Cups (two with Saintly) and his extensive patronage of chess all over the world.

This 294 page paperback is now on sale in Australia at A$19.95

It can be purchased at http://www.chessaustralia.com.au/ind...l&o=9834288492

All the proceeds will be donated to the 2008 Myer Tan Australian Grand Prix.

Please buy a copy to show appreciation of Dato Tan's generous sponsorship and to support chess in Australia.

Lidums Checkmate Weekender 2007

Saturday 7- Sunday 8th July 2007

This is now a Category 5 tournament, thanks to $10,000 sponsorship received from Justin Freytag and his company Australian Field Services P/L. The tournament will be split into two sections: an open section, and an under 1600 section. The prize list is shown below.

Position (Open)          Prize money    Position (U/1600)       Prize Money

1st       $1500  1st       $400
2nd      $1000  2nd      $250
3rd       $750    3rd       $150
4th       $500    1st Under 1250           $200
5th       $400    2nd Under 1250          $150
6th       $300    3rd Under 1250           $100
7th       $250    Junior Prizes  
1st Senior        $200    1st Boy Under 18       $100
1st Woman      $200    1st Girl Under 18        $100
1st Junior        $200    1st Boy Under 12       $100
1st Under 2000           $400    1st Girl Under 12        $100
2nd Under 2000          $300    1st Team of 4  $200
3rd Under 2000           $200               
4th Under 2000           $100               

Added to the $8150 in total prize money on offer, we have changed the venue. The old entry form stated that it would be held at the Chess Centre. It now appears as if it will be held at Adelaide University, and a catered dinner will be provided for the same low cost of $10 for players and $20 for non-players. SACA will also be offering financial incentives for GM and IM players. The current expectation is that GMs will be reimbursed for domestic air-fair to and from the venue (provided they buy the tickets early while the tickets are cheap), will be given free dinner and free entry, and will be guaranteed $300 prize money. IMs will have the same conditions as GMs but will be guaranteed $200 prize money instead of $300, and will not have their travel paid for. Conditions should be negotiated on a player by player basis. Contact Alex Saint (0411 598 314) or George Howard (0414 841 575) for details.

The tournament will be a seven round Swiss, with 60 minutes each plus 10 seconds per move from the start of play. Up to two half point byes may be requested at the start of the tournament. Entry will be $55 for adults and $45 concession for the main tournament and $45 for adults and $35 concession for the Under 1600 tournament. A $10 fee applies for all late entries (received after 11pm Friday 6th July).

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 here. 
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

2007 John Kellner Memorial

Report by IA Charles Zworestine

A disappointing turnout of 30 players competed in this year’s Kellner Memorial at St. George Leagues Club, played over the weekend of 19 and 20 May 2007. Played at the standard weekender Fischer time controls of 60 minutes plus 10 seconds per move from the start, top seed was GM Dejan Antic, with Johny Bolens (seed 2) and WIM Laura Moylan (seed 3) the only other players rated over 2000. No substantial upsets in Round 1, although Michael Ngo did get a crushing attack to beat Mark Baterowicz and unrated Indian visitor Aiswerya Shankar beat John Fearon. Taree visitor Mike Weltner was better, due to his opponent’s weak backward g pawn in the ending, when he offered fifth seed Arthur Huynh a draw; so Arthur was delighted to accept! Blair Mandla was not so happy when he went from a pawn up to a pawn down before forcing a draw with little Oscar Wang; Pierre Guenette was also a pawn down, but forced an opposite coloured bishop ending to draw with another junior, Dmitriy Shurapey; and fourth seed Steven Retallick took a perpetual check draw in a sharp tactical position with Alan Mascarenhas.

Round 2 saw our first major shock, as Laura Moylan erred in time pressure to end up the exchange down in an ending and eventually losing to David A Evans. But Bolens, Antic and sixth seed Michael Dunn all won to be in a group of just five players on 2/2; the others were Evans and Michael Ngo, who scored a second upset when tactics left him a rook ahead against Anthony Villanueva. There were a couple more upsets this round, as Aiswerya Shankar drew with Steven Retallick and Mike Weltner beat Blair Mandla after the latter tried too hard to win; maybe he decided that he preferred a loss to a draw!

Dejan Antic got to 3/3 after he positionally squeezed Michael Dunn to death; he was joined there by Bolens, who took longer but beat David A Evans. Arthur Huynh was on 2.5/3 after Michael Ngo resigned prematurely against him; he obviously thought that Arthur’s four pawns were worth more than his sacrificed piece, but in fact with queens off the board he had much endgame play and should have played on! Pierre Guenette might have beaten Aiswerya Shankar in a major piece endgame due to her weak c pawn, but was not patient enough and allowed a back rank tactic forcing a liquidation and a draw. Steven Retallick drew his third game in a row in an opposite coloured bishop ending against Emma Guo; while John Fearon’s two rooks should have beaten Anthony Villanueva’s queen, but John missed a forced win and ended up having to settle for a draw. Lower down, eight year old Sean Gu won his first game with a crushing mating attack against Mario Pleno.

The big game between the top two seeds occurred in Round 4; and it did not disappoint! Dejan Antic, playing Black, misplayed some tactics to end up in an inferior position against Johny Bolens; but Johny, content with a draw, liquidated to a drawish ending. Dejan did not want a draw, so he then took some risks to try and win and ended up a pawn down; he outplayed Johny from there, won his pawn back into a superior rook and pawn ending and could indeed have won, but misplayed it in time pressure to end up drawing a marathon in over 100 moves (see game below)! So these two still shared the lead on 3.5/4, ahead of Arthur Huynh (drew with Michael Dunn), Michael Ngo (whose two rooks and queen got in to upset Pierre Guenette), Richard Eccles (beat Aiswerya Shankar) and David A Evans (defeated Trent Parker) on 3/4. Mike Weltner upset Anthony Villanueva, who was winning but blundered and then pushed too hard to win a drawn position, so lost instead; Alan Mascarenhas’ tactics upset Mark Baterowicz; Gary Losh shocked Joshua Christensen (Oh My Gosh, Losh Beat Josh!); and 8 year old Sean Gu tactically outplayed Michael Lo to score another stunning upset victory.

Bolens, J (2080) - Antic, D (2428), 2007 Kellner Memorial Round 4 Board 1, 19/05/2007
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Be2 Nf6 6.Bf3 Qc7 7.0–0 Be7 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Nbd7 10.g3 0–0 11.Bg2 Rb8 12.b3 b6 13.e5 Nd5 14.c4 dxe5 15.Nxe6 fxe6 16.cxd5 exd5 17.Bxd5+ Kh8 18.Be3 Bc5 19.Bxc5 Nxc5 20.Bg2 Bf5 21.b4 Nd3 22.a3 e4 23.Qe2 Rbe8 24.Qe3 Qd7 25.g4 Bg6 26.Nd2 Qe6 27.f4 exf3 28.Qxe6 Rxe6 29.Nxf3 Nf4 30.Nd4 Ref6 31.Rae1 Bd3 32.Rf3 g5 33.Rfe3 Bg6 34.Ne6 Nxe6 35.Rxe6 Kg7 36.Rxf6 Rxf6 37.Re5 h6 38.Re7+ Rf7 39.Re6 Rf6 40.Re7+ Kf8 41.Rb7 Rd6 42.a4 Rd1+ 43.Kf2 Rd2+ 44.Kf3 Bf7 45.Rb8+ Kg7 46.Bf1 a5 47.Rxb6 axb4 48.Rxb4 Kf6 49.a5 Ra2 50.a6 Ke5 51.Ke3 Bd5 52.Bd3 Ra3 53.Kd2 Ra2+ 54.Kc3 Ra3+ 55.Kc2 Ra2+ 56.Rb2 Ra3 57.Rb5 Kd4 58.Bf1 Ra1 59.Be2 Ra2+ 60.Kd1 Be4 61.Rb6 Ke3 62.Rb3+ Kd4 63.Rb4+ Ke3 64.Rb3+ Kf2 65.Bd3 Bxd3 66.Rxd3 Rxa6 67.Kd2 Re6 68.Kd1 Kg2 69.Kd2 Kf2 70.Kd1 Re3 71.Rd4 Kg3 72.Rd6 Kg2 73.Rxh6 Rxh3 74.Rd6 Kg3 75.Ke2 Kxg4 76.Kf2 Rh2+ 77.Kg1 Re2 78.Rd3 Ra2 79.Rb3 Ra7 80.Rb2 Ra3 81.Kg2 Kh4 82.Rc2 Ra4 83.Rb2 Rg4+ 84.Kh2 Kh5 85.Rb6 Ra4 86.Rb2 g4 87.Kg2 Kh4 88.Rc2 Kg5 89.Rf2 Ra3 90.Rb2 Rf3 91.Rb8 Rf5 92.Kg3 Rf3+ 93.Kg2 Re3 94.Rg8+ Kf5 95.Rf8+ Kg6 96.Rg8+ Kf5 97.Rf8+ Kg5 98.Rg8+ Kf4 99.Rf8+ Kg5 100.Rg8+ Kh4 101.Rh8+ Kg5 102.Rg8+ Kh5 103.Rh8+ Kg6 104.Rg8+ Kf5 105.Rf8+ Kg5 106.Rg8+ Kh5 107.Rh8+ ½–½

David A Evans was no match for Antic in Round 5, losing quickly to see the GM reach 4.5/5; but he still could not shake off Johny Bolens, whose material advantage and superior attack beat Michael Ngo. Arthur Huynh was alone in third on 4/5 after beating Richard Eccles, ahead of three players on 3.5/5: Laura Moylan, Michael Dunn and Mike Weltner. Laura won a longish game against Emma Guo; Michael Dunn beat Alan Mascarenhas; and Mike Weltner upset Pierre Guenette. Blair Mandla drew with Steven Retallick, as did Aiswerya Shankar with Trent Parker. Norm Greenwood used tactics to upset Anthony Villanueva, eventually trapping his opponent’s queen; while John Fearon scored another upset, this time beating Mark Baterowicz.

Much interest was generated by the top board pairings in Round 6: Johny Bolens White against Arthur Huynh, and Laura Moylan White against Dejan Antic. The GM was too strong for the WIM, winning the exchange and some pawns and beating her in a longish game; Arthur vs Johny was even tighter, with Arthur looking like he was doing well until he blundered his queen to a discovered attack! So Dejan and Johny were still equal first on 5.5/6 going in to the last round, with Michael Dunn the new player in third place on 4.5/6 after his attack against Mike Weltner’s queenside castled king led to a won ending pawns ahead. Blair Mandla came from behind to win an ending against David A Evans and reach 4/6; he was joined there by Steven Retallick, who beat Gary Losh. Michael Ngo should have joined them; but in time pressure he failed to win a rook ending a pawn ahead against Richard Eccles, and had to settle for a draw.

So to the exciting last round, and Dejan Antic exploited Steven Retallick’s weak pawns to win and reach 6.5/7. He then waited with bated breath to see if Bolens could beat Michael Dunn, but Johny struggled: behind on time and facing a decisive passed b pawn, he had to sacrifice a piece for two pawns to stop it. He was then lost, but Michael misplayed it, and ended up sacrificing the piece back for two pawns to force a drawn ending. So second for Bolens on 6/7, and Michael had to be content with equal third on 5/7 with Blair Mandla, who upset Arthur Huynh after the latter pushed too hard to win a drawn position and lost instead! Equal fifth/sixth was Laura Moylan (beat Michael Ngo) on 4.5/7; but she had to pool this with the 1600-1800 prize shared by Mike Weltner (upset Richard Eccles), Alan Mascarenhas (benefited from back rank tricks and Joshua Christensen’s premature resignation) and Norm Greenwood (mated with bishop and knight to upset Emma Guo). Under 1600-1800 winners were Pierre Guenette, Mark Baterowicz and Richard Eccles; and the Under 1400 prize was shared by Michael Ngo and Oscar Wang.

Full results table »

Mingara May Major Open

Report by Keith Farrell (DOP/Arbiter)

This was a Myer Tan Chess Class 2 Grand Prix 2007 event.

Thus far this month of May we in NSW have (mostly) had only blitz/tournaments but sandwiched between the Kellner Memorial at St George and the NSW Open at Parramatta was the Mingara Major. Numbers were uncertain at first this being Mingara's foray into the GP and a Class 2 at that which we intended would attract those on the hunt for GP points half-way in the year. Mingara has always had the philosophy of "high(ish) entry but very generous main prizes" and this year being an Open rather than their traditional under 2000 or Under 2100`event should make the trip more than worthwhile and attractive proposition.

As it turned out the entry was low in number but a tough tournament nontheless.

Saturday
Round 1
Proceeded with results going much as should be expected - however many met with stiff opposition, even at this early stage. 2 games almost 'bumped' round 2 off its schedule with young Alex Mehan sacrificing a knight with the benefits he obtained helped him score a long draw with Mike Canfell.

Round 2
Two more players in the mix, one sleepy player and the President of the organising club volunteered 'to avoid having a bye (note that this is not a direct quote - it being more like " ÿep, sure"), The new entrant proceeded to show that not only a late riser his recent years of inactivity had left him rusty, however a few quick games against the arbite soon wore off the biggest barnacles. The President (also the current Wyong district Champion) struggled against seasoned Newcastle player Graeme Deacon. The 'over 2000 club' proceeded to narrow the top-score group to themselves and Sartaj Hans and Alex Mehan (although Alex was a half-point shy). Paul Broekhuyse entertained and impressed some onlookers with his nimble swindle from a very poor position (and lets face it - that is when you want to do such things, yes, you have to watch those long-diagonal Bishops and the mastes they can support).
Amongst others there was a competition of who would Queen-sacrifice first - or not get the chance to sac at all, a Dutch defense gone bad, a positional crush and all in all just about all the varieties that arise from honest and tough struggles.

Round 3
Still fresh and knowing this was the last round today, our competitors gave their all and fought to the last pawn, I proffer as evidence the following :

[Event "Mingara May Major"]
[Site "MyTown"]
[Date "2007.05.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Eves, Anthony"]
[Black "Greenwood, Norman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "1566"]
[BlackElo "1515"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. d4 Bb4 6.
Nf3 O-O 7. Qd3 Nxe4 8. Qxe4 Re8 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Ne5+ Kg8 11. O-O Bxc3 12.
bxc3 d5 13. Qxf4 Be6 14. Qg3 Nd7 15. Bh6 Re7 16. Bg5 Nxe5 17. Qxe5 Qe8 18. Bxe7
Qxe7 19. Rae1 Re8 20. Rf3 Qd7 21. Qf4 h6 22. Rfe3 Rf8 23. Qe5 Rf6 24. Rf1 Rg6
25. Rg3 Rxg3 26. Qxg3 Bf5 27. Qf4 Bxc2 28. Qf8+ Kh7 29. Qf7 Qg4 30. Qf3 Qg6 31.
Qg3 c6 32. Qxg6+ Kxg6 33. Rf2 Bd3 34. h3 a5 35. Kh2 h5 36. Rf8 h4 37. a3 a4 38.
Kg1 Kg5 39. Kf2 g6 40. Rf7 Ba6 41. Ke3 b6 42. Rf2 c5 43. dxc5 bxc5 44. Rf7 Bc4
45. Rc7 d4+ 46. cxd4 cxd4+ 47. Kxd4 Bb3 48. Re7 Kf4 49. Re2 g5 50. Kc3 g4 51.
hxg4 Kxg4 52. Rb2 Kg3 53. Kd4 Be6 54. Kc3 Bd5 55. Rb4 Bxg2
White not being at all comfortable with black having two far flung pawns - either of which may spring to life, decided on a sure draw , the Bishop being of the wrong colour.
56. Rxh4 Kxh4 57. Kc2 Kg3 58. Kb1 Kf3 59. Kc2 Ke3 60. Kb1 Kd2 61. Ka1 Kd3 62. Kb1 Kc3 63. Ka1 Kb3 64. Kb1 Kxa3 65. Ka1 Kb3 1/2-1/2

Sunday
Round 4
Almost all players arrived fresh and ready for battle. A no-show for board 1, after winning all on Day 1 transport (or something) may have been just too much ! While some were placing themselves in the tournament strategically others wer juust fighting for survival - swapping off queens early to avoid catastrophe that had happened yesterday or finding holes in your opening knowledge (not a pleasant experience no matter how valuable the lessons learned. Some things learned were somewhat enjoyable when they presented a whole new stepping stone.

There were some blood-curdling attacks and some mis-played middle and end games but only the one draw - only four draws so far while for example the Toukley Open (a smaller tournament) ended up with 15 {a 7-rounder) - 6 in the final 2 rounds. In this round not that many were very long that threatened to play into the next round.

Round 5
And then there were two ! With the chasers(2 in number) a full point behind. This was the business end, except for those vying for the top prize where every move thus far was 'the business end'.

Round 6
Only Six rounds I hear you cry ! We avoid the 'fatigue' blunders that sometimes plague us in the last of these events (and left with only the 'ordinary' blunders in their stead).

Prizes :

First : Igor Bjelobrk
Second : Gary Lane
Equal Third : Johny Bolens, Jonathan Adams and Mike Canfell

Divisional :
1st Division : Trent Parker and Emma Guo
2nd Division : Tony Baldwin

Full results table »

Other Completed and Coming Events

2007 WA State Allegro Championship- 9 Rounds

Played at Legacy House, South Perth on 20 May.

Open
 1st Michael Horstmann                             7.0
=2nd Tim Hare & Michael Wilkins               6.

U/1800
 1st Alex Janceski                                      6.0
 2nd Joel Rufin                                          5.5

U/1500
 1st Chris Boni                                           6.0
=2nd Alex DeHeer, Caleb Thomas              5.5
Veronica Williams & William Williams

Full results table »

OTHER COMING EVENTS

The ACF, NSWJCL and NSWCA cordially invite you to participate in the following events

Australian Young Masters 2007

An elite event for selected young top players in Australia

DATES:         Tuesday 10th – Saturday 14th July.

Venue: St. Joseph’s Church Hall, Parker Street, Rockdale (Sydney).

Tournament Format: 10 player round robin, FIDE rated.
Time Limit:     90 minutes + 30 seconds per move from move 1 (FIDE time control).
Prizes:             1st        $300
                        2nd      $200
                        3rd       $100

Schedule:         Round 1           Tuesday 10th               10:00 am
                        Round 2                                               3:00 pm
                        Round 3           Wednesday 11th          10:00 am
                        Round 4                                               3:00 pm
                        Round 5           Thursday 12th             10:00 am
                        Round 6                                                 3:00 pm
                        Round 7           Friday 13th                  10:00 am
                        Round 8                                                 3:00 pm
                        Round 9           Saturday 14th               10:00 am

Entry fee: $30 per person, payable on the day, cheques to be made out to the NSW Junior Chess League.

Director of Play: International Arbiter Dr Charles Zworestine.

Accommodation: Billet accommodation available for interstate players on request.

For more information, please contact Charles Zworestine.
Phone: (02)95563960 (Home); 0410563965 (Mobile).
Email:  charlesz@ozemail.com.au

Australian Girls Masters 2007

An elite event for selected young female top players in Australia.

DATES:         Tuesday 10th – Saturday 14th July.

Venue: St. Joseph’s Church Hall, Parker Street, Rockdale (Sydney).

Tournament Format: 10 player round robin.

The winner of this tournament will qualify for the Australian Young Masters 2008*.
Time Limit:     90 minutes + 30 seconds per move from move 1 (FIDE time control).
Prizes:             1st        $200
                        2nd       $100
                        3rd        $  50

Schedule:         Round 1           Tuesday 10th               10:00 am
                        Round 2                                                 3:00 pm
                        Round 3           Wednesday 11th          10:00 am
                        Round 4                                                 3:00 pm
                        Round 5           Thursday 12th             10:00 am
                        Round 6                                                 3:00 pm
                        Round 7           Friday 13th                  10:00 am
                        Round 8                                                 3:00 pm
                        Round 9           Saturday 14th               10:00 am

Entry fee: $30 per person; payable on the day, cheques to be made out to the NSW Junior Chess League.

Director of Play: International Arbiter Dr Charles Zworestine.

Accommodation: Billet accommodation available for interstate players on request.

For more information, please contact Charles Zworestine.
Phone: (02)95563960 (Home); 0410563965 (Mobile).
Email:  charlesz@ozemail.com.au

*assuming the player is still within the age limit.

Australian Junior Masters 2007

An elite event for selected young top players in Australia

DATES:         Tuesday 10th – Saturday 14th July.

Venue: St. Joseph’s Church Hall, Parker Street, Rockdale (Sydney).

Tournament Format: 10 player round robin, FIDE rated.
Time Limit:     90 minutes + 30 seconds per move from move 1 (FIDE time control).
Prizes:             1st        $300
                        2nd       $200
                        3rd        $100

Schedule:         Round 1           Tuesday 10th               10:00 am
                        Round 2                                                 3:00 pm
                        Round 3           Wednesday 11th          10:00 am
                        Round 4                                                 3:00 pm
                        Round 5           Thursday 12th             10:00 am
                        Round 6                                                 3:00 pm
                        Round 7           Friday 13th                  10:00 am
                        Round 8                                                 3:00 pm
                        Round 9           Saturday 14th               10:00 am

Entry fee: $30 per person, payable on the day, cheques to be made out to the NSW Junior Chess League.

Director of Play: International Arbiter Dr Charles Zworestine.

Accommodation: Billet accommodation available for interstate players on request.

For more information, please contact Charles Zworestine.
Phone: (02)95563960 (Home); 0410563965 (Mobile).
Email:  charlesz@ozemail.com.au

An overseas attraction for those who may be able to go:

Benidorm 2007 International Chess Festival

Dear chess player:

At 30  November ? 9  of next December we will make the VI Edition of International Chess Festival of Benidorm 2007, with diverse tournaments of great attractive.

Logically, without your participation it is difficult to maintain an event of these characteristics, therefore I request to you do not let to pass this opportunity. This year we will celebrate the 6th anniversary with interesting improvements, like for example: dates that include several holidays, equal prices hotel to chess players, companions and supporters although do not participate in the Festival, as other aspects to planning in the next months that we hope to get pleasure for all the participants.

Hotel reserves until the 30 of September will have a discount of 5 %.

I hope to see you.

 General information:  www.ajedrezbali.com

More information and inscription, discounts by individual lodging or for groups superior to 15 people, please to contact next phones: 615547567 - 6620 20592 o emails the conctat ajedrezenalicante@yahoo.es  and ajedrezalicante@hotmail.com.

Patricia Claros Aguilar
Secretary of organization

Also a message from the Ukraine that we put in the last issue:

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

GENERAL NEWS

Chess Victoria positions vacant

David Flude. Editor of CV News, informs us that Chess Victoria has two vacant positions within Chess Victoria that the executive is currently trying to fill.

Anybody who is interested and wishes to apply, or wants to dicuss the duties can contact Gerrit Hartland (CV President)

Director - Junior Chess

The responsibilities of the Chess Victoria Director of Junior Chess would be expected to include:

Overseeing the work of the person responsible for the arrangement of the Victorian Schools Teams Championships.

Generally advising and presenting recommendations to the Executive Committee for the presentation of events limited to junior players which the Association conducts, controls or is able to influence.

Convening and carrying out the duties of the Director, as specified in the terms of reference of the Chess Victoria Junior Chess Council, which are to endeavour to ensure:

That meetings of the Chess Victoria Junior Council (hereinafter “the Council”) are convened at times conducive to the effective functioning of the Council and CV generally.

That all recommendations and other significant decisions of the Council are presented at Executive meetings in time for adequate consideration and response.

That all Executive responses to Council recommendations are conveyed directly to members of the Council who may be affected by the response and/or reported to the next Council meeting.

That reports on the general functioning and effectiveness of the Council are conveyed to the Secretary in time for consideration at appropriate Executive meetings.

That such other things as may improve the functioning and effectiveness of the Council are done in accordance with the purposes of the Council and the rules, policies and resolutions of CV.

People currently involved or affiliated with junior coaching organisations are welcome to apply.

Director - Interclub

Since 2000, the Association's annual interclub teams competition has been conducted at two different locations, with the aim of bringing successful teams from both zones together at the end of the season to contest a finals match or series.

The Association's plans for 2007 aim is to attract teams from Geelong, Ballarat and other western districts to participate in the Western zone and for teams from Dandenong, Morwell and other eastern regions to compete in the Eastern zone.

To ensure that both zones are properly coordinated, the Association is seeking to appoint a person to oversee the work of the directors of the two zones.

The appointee would be expected to liaise with the Executive committee and both zone directors, particularly at times when entries are being invited and received, and when arrangements are being made for finals matches. The Interclub Director would also play a major role in ensuring that competition rules are interpreted consistently at each zone.

In 2007, competition in the Eastern zone is planned to start on Friday June 29, and in the Western zone on Tuesday June 26.

WORLD YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS 2007

The official website for the Wold youth Championships to be hels in Antalya, Turkey from 17 November has now been set up. News and details of the event and supporting attractions are at http://wycc2007.tsf.org.tr/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/lang,en/ .

We hope to be in a position soon to announce selections for the event and for other junior events for which applications closed on 29 April.

Until next time...

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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