ACF NEWS: AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008

 Brief details of the Championships are:
Dates: 2 to 11 January 2008;
Rounds: 11 (2 rounds on each of 3 and 4 January; rest day/Lightning on 6 January;
Time Control: 90 minutes plus 30spm (Fischer);
Venue: Parramatta RSL Club
Events: Championship and Major, the latter incorporating Minor, Senior and Women's prizes;
Entry fees: Championship - $170 ($140 early), concession $140 ($110 early)
Major - $130 ($100 early), concession $110, ($80) early.

ACF OFFICE BEARERS

There has still been no interest expressed in the following ACF non-elected office bearer positions::
Editor Email Newsletter (content) – this is my last newsletter (DJ)

• Olympiad Appeal Coordinator
• Ergas Training Squad Coordinator

The ACF is seeking expressions of interest from anyone wishing to fill any of those positions. Please contact ACF Secretary, Jey Hoole             jeydh4@hotmail.com or Jey.Hoole@affa.gov.au or ACF president, Gary Wastell gwastell@netspace.net.au  as soon as possible if you are interested.

ACF SELECTIONS INFORMATION EMAIL LIST

Following suggestions from some of our leading players, I am currently running a backup email list of people interested in receiving calls for applications for selections when these are sent out. I may also use this list to send out advance information about upcoming events for which selections will be called, before the formal selections process has been determined. Players on the list will sometimes receive calls for applications before these have been published in the Newsletter, and it is recommended that all prospective Olympiad applicants for 2008 join this list.

To join this mailout list:

Simply email k_bonham@tassie.net.au  with "join selections mailout list" in the subject field of your email, and I will add you to the list for the next mailout. If you wish to join from a different or any extra email addresses, include a note to that effect. You can unsubscribe or change email address by emailing me at k_bonham@tassie.net.au  at any time.

The fine print:

This list is intended as a backup for the process of announcing calls for selection in ACF Newsletter only. Anyone with an interest in applying for ACF selections (adult or junior) is expected to subscribe to the ACF email newsletter and remain subscribed at all times to the best of their ability. All care will be taken with the upkeep of this list, but as email is not completely reliable and the list will be manually administered, no responsibility for delivery failures of emails sent to the address subscribed will be accepted. Subscribers are responsible for ensuring their email address remains current, and any address that bounces repeatedly will be dropped. This list will not cover junior events.

I hope this list will assist in ensuring more players are aware, well in advance, of upcoming opportunities to represent Australia.

Best regards to all,

Kevin Bonham

WORLD YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS

2007, Antalya, Turkey

The official web site for this event. is http://wycc2007.tsf.org.tr/

ASTC

The web site for the Australian Schools Teams Championships is functional, albeit still under further construction - see www.caq.org.au/astc/index.htm .- the site can also be accessed via the link on the CAQ home page at www.caq.org.au .

AUSTRALIANS OVERSEAS

World Seniors Championships

Australia is represented in the men's section of this event by IM Mirko Rujevic (2287) ranked 32 of 233 entrants and Phil Viner (2175) ranked 75. WIM Biljana Dekic (2138) ranked 16 of 34 represents us in the women's section. There is an associated event, the Traunsee Open in which Australia is represented by David Lovejoy (1994) ranked 25 of 47.

The Championship runs from 17 to 28 September over 9 rounds. After round 8, four pplayers were tied on 6.5 – GMs Ivan Farago and Vlastimil Jansa and IMs Aleksey Shestoporov and Algimantas Butnorius. IM Mirko Rujevic and Phil Viner are in a creditable 25th and 28th place respectively (in fact = 21 - 40) on 5.5 along with 18 others – scores are very close in this event.

In the Women's Section after 8 rounds, WIM Biljana Dekic is doing very well being in 8th place on 5/8 (= 6 – 10). The leader i s WIM Tatyana Fomina on 6.

The Traunsee Open was over 7 rounds and finished on 22 September. David Lovejoy did well finishing 17th (= 10 – 17) on 4/7; well above his ranking. The event was won by GM Davit Shengelia (Georgia) on 6.5.

800th Anniversary Liverpool Open

As reported last issue, IM David Smerdon and FM Manuel Weeks played in this event. David was well in contention for a top place until losing his last two games and finishing in 23rd spot on 5.5/9 with 7 others. Manuel did comparatively better finishing on 5/9 with 10 others. The event was won by GM Daniel Fridman (Germany, 2628) with 7/9 followed by 7 players tied on 6.5.

16th Monarch Assurance Isle Of Man International

Currently David Smerdon and Manuel Weeks along with Moulthun Ly are playing in the Monarch Assurance Isle of Man Open. It is a strong tournament with 11 players rated at 2600+ and 27 GMs. At the time of writing after round 4 David has 2.5, Moulthun 2 and Manuel 1.5. There are 9 rounds.

For more information see http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/monarch2007/ .

George Trundle New Zealand Masters 2007

This is a 10-player round-robin running from 23 September to 1 October. Australia is represented by GM Darryl Johansen, IM Stephen Solomon and FM Tim Reilly. GM Stuart Conquest is also playing. Leading scores after Round 4: Bruce Watson  3.5/4;   Stuart Conquest, Darryl Johansen, Stephen Solomon, Robert Smith 3/4;   Nicholas Croad 2.5/4.

Here is IM Stephen Solomon's win over GM Stuart Conquest in round 2:
[Event "2007 George Trundle IM"]
[Date "2007.09.23"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Solomon, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2467"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. c4 Bxb1 6. Rxb1 Qa5+ 7. Nd2 Qxa2 8.
b4 a5 9. bxa5 Qxa5 10. c5 Nd7 11. Be2 e5 12. Bg3 b6 13. cxb6 Bb4 14. b7 Rb8 15.
dxe5 Nc5 16. O-O Rxb7 17. Ra1 Qd8 18. Qc2 Ne7 19. Rfb1 Ne6 20. Bh4 O-O 21. Ba6
Rb8 22. Bd3 h6 23. Ra7 g5 24. Bg3 c5 25. Rd1 Nc6 26. Raa1 Bxd2 27. Qxd2 Nb4 28.
Bf5 Ra8 29. Qe2 Qe7 30. h4 Ng7 31. Bh3 c4 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. e4 Rxa1 34. Rxa1
Qc5 35. exd5 Qxd5 36. Qg4 Nd3 37. Qxg5 c3 38. Bf5 c2 39. Bxd3 Qxd3 40. Rc1 Qd1+
41. Kh2 Re8 42. f3 Re6 43. Be1 Qe2 44. Qd2 Qxe5+ 45. Bg3 Qh5+ 46. Kg1 Nf5 47.
Bf4 Qh4 48. Ra1 Nd4 49. Ra8+ Kh7 50. Qd3+ f5 51. Ra7+ Kg6 {White resigns} 0-1

Scores and games are at http://www.aucklandchesscentre.co.nz/webcontent/im-norm-tournament.aspx

MYER TAN AUSTRALIAN CHESS GRAND PRIX

GM Dejan Antic has maintained his big lead in the Open section while Chris Wallis and WIM Narelle Suveges still have handy leads in the Junior and Women's sections respectively. For all the latest scores and the full calendar of events see http://www.chessaustralia.com.au/grandprix/index.cfm

At the same site you can access information about registration of events for the 2008 Grand Prix.

Coming Events

2007 Wendy Terry Memorial

An ACF Grand Prix Class 2 Event

Dates Saturday 6 Oct. To Sunday 7 Oct. 2007

Venue Grace Lutheran College

Buchanan Rd.Rothwell Qld

Prizes 1st.$600 2nd.$275 3rd.$150 :

Wendy Terry U1600 Prizes 1st.$300 2nd.$150

Class/Group Prizes $100 & $50(3) - Minimum 10 Players Per Group. Groupings To Be Determined On Day.

Outreach Chess Under 1000 And Unrated $100 & $50

Juniors U/1200 $50 (Minimum 5 Players )

Cadets U/1200 $50 (Minimum 5 Players)

Session times Registration 9.00am - 9.45am OCT 6

Rd 1 - 10.00am Rd. 2 - 1.00 pm rd.3 3.30pm

OCT 7 Rd. 4 9.00 am Rd.5 12.00 noon Rd.6 2.30pm

rds 2,3 5,6 start times estimated.

Prize giving asap after Rd.6

Time controls 60 minutes each + 10 secs per move from start

6 round Swiss - computer draw

Entry Fees
SENIORS $5
PENSIONERS/FTS $45
JUNIORS(under 18 01/01/06) $40
CADETS(under 12 01/01/06) $30
ADD $10 IF NOT A STATE ASSOCIATION MEMBER
$10 surcharge for late (after OCT 6) entries.

Entries/enquiries Mark Stokes
20 Melaleuca Drive
STRATHPINE 4500
Tel: 32056042
email: tournament@crcchess.com
People should contact Redcliffe Chess club http://www.crcchess.com/2007WendyTerryMemorial.htm  for more details/confirmation.

Surfers Oaradise Open 2007

Here are details of this Grand Prix class 5 event. Already there is a strong entry including titled players GMs Roland Schmaltz and Dejan Antic, IMs Stephen Solomon, Gary Lane and Peter Froelich, FMs Jesse Sales and Lee Jones and WGM Daniela Nutu-Gajic.

Saturday 27 October – Sunday 28 October 2007

At BROADBEACH SLSC
(Old Broadbeach Surf Club)
Cnr of Chelesea Av & Broadbeach Blvd,
Broadbeach, Gold Coast, Australia
http://www.broadbeachslsc.com

Prizes
Open:

First $2000, Second $1000, Third $500, Fourth $300, Fifth $200
Under 1600: First $500, Second $300, Third $100

Rating groups: 1600-2000 $100, 1200-1600 $50, 1000-1200 $50, 800-1000 $50, 600-800 $50, 400-600 $50, unrated $50, Brilliancy prize $200

Session times

Saturday:
Registration: 8.30-9.15AM
Rd1 9.30AM, Rd 2 12.00PM, Rd 3 2.30 PM, Rd 4 5.00PM

Sunday:
Rd 5 9.30AM, Rd 6 12.00PM, Rd 7 2.30 PM, Presentation 5.00PM

Entry fees

Under 1600 : $60, Pensioners / Full-time Students / Juniors: $40
Open: $70, Pensioners / Full-time Students / Juniors: $50

Format / time controls
Seven-round open Swiss 60 minutes plus 10 seconds per move

Excellent venue right on the beach, next to the park and the soccer playground, and within walking distance of the Broadbeach Mall, Casino and other Gold Coast attractions.

Have a fantastic weekend with chess on the beach.

ENTRY FORM
Surname: _________________________________
First Name: _______________________________
Address:__________________________________
_________________________________________
Phone: ___________________________________
Status: ___________________________________
(Senior, Pensioner, Full-time Student, Junior)
Email:____________________________________
Note: Entrants must be current CAQ members;
non-members or lapsed members may join with this entry.
Entry fee payable: $ _____________________
(including CAQ membership fee if applicable)
I wish to join CAQ, and have included the $10 membership
subscription with my entry fee.
Signature:_________________________________

Post with fee to: Kings of Chess, PO Box 5253,
Q Super centre, Mermaid Waters Q 4218
Direct bank deposit to: Kings of chess,
BSB 014 688, Acc. Number: 4895 63975
Quote player’s name as reference.
Enquiries: 07 5578 5872 / Mob 0414 786 852
Email: amir@kingsofchess.biz

Due to venue constraints, numbers are limited to first 80 paid entrants. Efforts are being made to find more room.

Elwood Bendigo Bank Open 2007

I have the following information about this Grand Prix Class 5 event to be played in Melbourne over the Melbourne Cup long weekend. Last year's event drew a very strong field. This tournament is establishing a reputation as one of the best GP events in Victoria and, indeed, in Australia. Already this year more than 20 players have indicated an intention to enter including GMs Johansen Antic, IM Sandler and FMs Goldenberg, Sales and Morris. A contingent of 7 Juniors from the Philippines is also expected to play.

Information

Will be held this year at Council Chambers of City of Port Phillip (St Kilda Town Hall at the junction of Brighton Road and Carlisle street) 3rd, 4th and 5th of November

Entry fee:

$65 - full
$50 - concession
GM/IM free

Prize fund:

1st 2200
2nd 1100
3rd 600
4th 300
5th 200

Under 2000:
1st 300
2nd 150
3rd 50

Under 1600:
1st 300
2nd 150
3rd 50

Prizes for Under 18, under 14, Under 12, vouchers, books

All prizes (apart from books and vouchers) are paid as Elwood Bendigo Bank accounts .

Schedule of Play- (please be there 15 minutes prior to first round for registration)

Saturday 3rd November
Round 1 12.00pm
Round 2 4.00pm
Sunday 4th November
Round 3 9:30 am
Round 4 2.00 pm
Round 5 6.00 pm
Monday 5th November
Round 6 9.30am
Round 7 2pm

More info: www.global1t.com/chess

4th Coffs Harbour Open

presented by Coffs Harbour Chess Club

http://www.coffsharbourchessclub.websyte.com.au/

is an Australian Grand Prix Category 3 Event

1st Prize $1000
Total Prize Fund $3,300

November 10th – 111h 2007

Director of Play: Charles Zworestine
Assistant DOP: John Maddix

Coffs Harbour Catholic Club
61a West High Street
Coffs Harbour

Timetable
Saturday 10th November
Registration 8.30 am
Entries close 9.00 am
Round 1 9.30 am (followed by lunch)
Round 2 12.30 pm
Round 3 3.00 pm
Round 4 5.30 pm
Sunday 11th November
Round 5 8.30 am sharp
Round 6 11.00 am (followed by lunch)
Round 7 1.45 pm

Presentations will be made at a free barbecue immediately following close of play.

Rate of play: 60 minutes plus 10 seconds per move from the start.

Pairings

The SwissPerfect pairing option, “Barred Pairings” will be used in the early rounds to greatly reduce the chance of players fromthe same club being paired. The discretion of the DOP will apply.

Prize Fund

(Players are eligible for only one cash prize) Prizes will be shared in the event of a tie

First $1000 (plus Trophy)
Second $600
Third $400
Fourth $200
Fifth $100

Rating Division Prizes
First $200
Second $100

The Rating Divisions will be determined by dividing the players into four equal groups with the above prizes awarded to the lowest three (of four) rating divisions. Unrated players will be placed in Rating

Divisions by the DOP based on their results in the first three rounds.

Top Junior (under 16) $100

Entry Fees
Adults $70
Juniors (U18) $50
Cadets (U14) $30

Entry fee includes free barbecue at the end of play on Sunday.

For further information phone:
John Maddix (02 66535113)

See the below web address for more details including accomodation.

Entry Form at http://www.coffsharbourchessclub.websyte.com.au/

Melbourne Chess Club Christmas Swiss
Grand Prix Class 1

Where: Melbourne Chess Club: 66 Leicester Street, Fitzroy 3065 (just off Brunswick Street, catch 112 West Preston Tram from Collins Street). Melways Reference: Map 2C, A5

Schedule:

Saturday 16th December
Entries Close: 10am
Round 1: 11am
Round 2: 3pm
Round 3: 7pm

Sunday 17th December
Round 4: 11am
Round 5: 3pm
Prize Giving: 6:30pm

Time Control: 60+30 seconds a move added from move 1. Players must record throughout the game.

Entry Fee:
Working: $55
Non Working: $45
Under 18: $25
-$10 for MCC Members (except U/18)

Phone (Clubrooms): (03) 9416 3149
Or: Malcolm Pyke: 9789 9727 a/h or 0408 150 196 b/h

Completed Grand prix events

Blayney Open 8 – 9 September 2007.09.23

Phil Bourke of the Blayney Chess Club has kindly sent me this report.

1st Blayney Open a huge success

The Blayney Chess Club was very pleased with it’s first ever Open Tournament. With tremendous support from the Blayney Bowling Club, ICR Engineering, Blayney Newsagency, Newmans Fuels, Blayney Bytes, Quality Building Supplies, Hang Sing’s Restaurant and many others who gave much appreciated minor support, the first ever Blayney Open Chess Tournament would rate as a huge success by any standard.

Players came from all over the state, some travelling up to four hours, with two interstate visitors, one from Queensland, the other from the ACT, to join the locals in contest for the honour of being the winner of the inaugural Blayney Open.

Play commenced with 34 players, and the first round went much as expected, with the all the higher ranked players’ registering wins. The only mildly startling result was young Evan Stroeve from Bathurst securing a draw in his match with Tony Baldwin. With unrated youngsters, it is always hard to be sure of just how good they are, and Evan’s further success in this tournament serves as notice that he is definitely one youngster to be on your guard if you play against him.

Round Two didn’t follow the same script though. Someone neglected to tell Queensland visitor John Ager that he was severely outranked in his match against tournament number two seed Brian Jones. John played extremely well to secure a winning advantage and go on to register a win that all of us ordinary chess players dream of, a win over a titled player in a tournament situation. Blayney junior, Garry Mann also scored a minor victory, by holding Dubbo’s number one, Trevor Bemrose to a draw in their round two match. Bathurst’s Slavko Kojic also confirmed the opinion on his ability with a hard fought draw against wily Canberran, Bill Egan.

Saturday came to a conclusion with Lee Jones, David Castor, and Peter Abbott all registering their third win for the day to be co-leaders at the halfway point. Trevor Bemrose and Garry Mann both scored nice wins over strong opponents to be sitting just behind the leaders with 2.5 points from a possible 3.

Sunday morning action was highly entertaining, Lee Jones accounted for one of his co-leaders, Peter Abbott in a very intense struggle. Trevor Bemrose decided that he wasn’t going to be left out of discussions, scoring a huge win over the more fancied David Castor to move into a clear 2nd in the tournament, whilst John Ager continued his good tournament with a draw against top local Fritz Van der Wal.

Round Five and Lee Jones continued to account for all challengers, managing to overcome Trevor Bemrose in another good game. Brian Jones, David Castor, and Mike Canfell all kept themselves in contention with good wins, while Fritz Van der Wal accounted for Garry Mann in an interesting game to also remain in contention.

The final round commenced with Lee Jones in the comfortable position of only needing a draw to secure the tournament win. Mike Canfell was the player given the unenviable task of upsetting the tournament leader. Only a win would get Mike back on level terms with Lee. Two other competitors on four points, Brian Jones and David Castor, were willing him on his battle whilst they fought hard against each other in the hope that they may grab a share of first place. Fritz Van der Wal played Bill Egan and Trevor Bemrose faced Slavko Kojic, all aware that if results on the top boards went their way, they would have the opportunity of being among the placegetters.

Mike Canfell tried valiantly, but Lee Jones wasn’t going to let first place slip at this crucial moment, and went on to score the win. In the process, Lee has set a high standard for future Blayney Opens, his 6 from 6 performance will be a tough benchmark for any future competitors to measure up against.

In the battle for 2nd place, Brian Jones and David Castor were definitely not interested in sharing the prize, they were going at each other like caged lions, with both players looking to be on the verge of winning at different times. In the end, David Castor prevailed in one of the hardest fought games of the whole tournament.

While all the attention was focused on the leaders, Fritz Van der Wal was quietly going about scoring that much needed win over Bill Egan. This was a much tougher task than most realised, Fritz and Bill have played each other many times over the years, and their results would be about 50-50 with both acknowledging that the other’s style of play is difficult for him to overcome. Trevor Bemrose and Slavko Kojic both wanted the win, but were unable to find any advantage and eventually had to settle for the draw.

These final results meant that the placings for the 2007 Blayney Open were, 1st Lee Jones 6 pts, 2nd David Castor 5 pts, 3rd Fritz Van der Wal 4.5 pts. All of these players are worthy recipients of their prizes, and give the Blayney Open prestige by their winning.

In the Minor Divisions, the Under 1600 prizes were won by Gary Losh and Slavko Kojic, with 4 pts in equal first, and John Ager, Garry Mann, and Bill Egan in equal 3rd on 3.5 pts. This effort secured the Best Junior Prize for Garry Mann. The Under 1200 division was hotly contested with five players finishing equal first in that one. Helen Aylwin, John Cooper, Evan Stroeve, Ramon Aich, and David Pisani were the co-winners with their good performances of 3 pts from a possible six.

Rod McPhee was the recipient of the Hang Sing’s Restaurant/Blayney Sports Best Local prize.

Winners of the lucky draw prizes were: B&B Fuels Visitors prize, Alexander Aich from Dubbo; Blayney Pharmacy Local Players Prize, Brian Patten; Blayney Chess Club Junior Prize, Jason McKinnon. Jason is one of three members of this family who made the trip from Ardlethan to participate in the tournament, and the book will certainly be a welcome addition to their chess library.

With the benefit of lessons learnt from their first ever effort at running an Open Tournament, the Blayney Chess Club look forward to bigger and better Open events in future years. For now, we will gladly enjoy the calmer atmosphere of our regular Thursday evening club nights at the Bowling Club from 6pm.

Once again, we invite any interested people to come along, enjoy a game or two, a chat among friends. With refreshments readily available, it is always an enjoyable way to spend an hour or two.

Full results can be seen at the Blayney CC's web site, which is well worth a visit, at http://www.blayneychess.com/SP_Pages/OpenHTML/2007.html

Hobart Weekender 15 - 16 September 2007

A 6-round Swiss - GP Class 1 - contested by 14 players.

Final Standings

Place Name                     Feder Rtg Loc  Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.

 1-2  Bonham, Kevin            TAS       1960 4.5      14.0  21.5   16.5
      Rout, Ian C              ACT       1867 4.5      13.5  21.0   16.0
  3   Dyer, Alastair           TAS       1738 4        12.5  19.5   12.5
 4-6  Frame, Nigel             TAS       1794 3.5      15.0  22.0   15.0
      Gibbs, Glen B            TAS       1748 3.5      14.5  22.0   14.0
      Horton, Russell          TAS       1350 3.5      11.5  17.0    9.5
7-10  Ivkovic, Milutin         TAS       1488 3        13.5  19.0   12.0
      Horton, Vincent          TAS       1419 3        13.0  18.0   12.0
      Martin, Janice           TAS       1397 3        13.0  18.0    9.5
      Kruup, Andrew            TAS       1327 3        10.0  14.5    8.5
11-12 Fifield, Andrew          TAS       1313 2.5      12.5  17.5    7.5
      Richards, Graham         TAS       1331 2.5      10.5  14.5    8.5
13-14 Krasnicki, Alina         TAS            1        11.5  15.5    3.0
      Sturges, Tony (Thelston) TAS       1248 1        11.0  15.0    4.0

Ruth Coxhill Memorial

This was a 10-player round robin tournament held recently over 9 weeks as a training tournament for strong Gold Coast juniors. The final results were:

No Name               Feder Rtg  Loc Total  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1  Froehlich, Peter   GER   2355 2378 8.5   * D W W W W W W W W
2  Nakauchi, Gene     AUS   2020 1819 6.5   D * W L W W W L W W
3  Sarfati, Jonathan  NZL   2278 2129 6.5   L L * W W W W W D W
4  Muller, Jonas      AUS        1590 5     L W L * L D D W W W
5  Jule, Alexandra    AUS   1887 1705 4.5   L L L W * W D W L W
6  Selnes, Hamish     AUS   1956 1800 4     L L L D L * W D W W
7  Grigg, Sam         AUS   1744 1591 4     L L L D D L * W W W
8  Barnard, Casey T   AUS        1778 3     L W L L L D L * D W
9  Stahnke, Alexander AUS        1600 2     L L D L W L L D * L
10 Lei, Yitao         AUS   1930 1557 1     L L L L L L L L W *

A very good result for rising young Gene Nakauchi who seems to have been improving rapidly in recent months.

NEWS BITES

2008 Sydney International Open
The 2008 Sydney International Open (SIO) is confirmed for 25-29 March 2008 at Parramatta Town Hall. Once again we expect a very strong field!

The 2008 Sydney International Challengers (SIC) is a new section for players rated U2000.

The SIO website is at http://www.chessaustralia.com.au/open/index.cfm

The 2008 Doeberl Cup will be held 20-24 March at Rydges Lakeside Hotel in Canberra. New website soon!

One Hundred Years Ago

Grigori Semienovich Koshnitsky (Garry) was born on 6 October 1907 in Vilnius, Lithuania, his mother having made a 5-day train trip from Harbin in far East Russia (now in China) for his birth.    He died in Adelaide on 17 September 1999.

Glen Gibbs is writing an article on Garry's remarkable life.     If any of your readers can contribute any anecdotes or particulars of the many achievements of this great man he would greatly appreciate hearing from them.    He can be contacted at glen235@bigpond.com  or by phone (03) 62284593 or 0438014450.

Tournaments in Hungary

For keen travellers, I have been informed by Lazlo Nagy of the following regarding tournaments in Hungary in 2007/2008

The list of the chess tournaments
from October 2007 until March 2008
in Hungary:

1.  6th – 19th of October  2007 FIRST SATURDAY Budapest GM-IM-FM,
GM-IM-FM round robins (BERGER),  9 –13 games, GM-IM norm possibilities  in  Budapest,  venue: Hungarian Chess Federation, Falk Miksa Str.10. 2nd floor.
Organisation: Nagy Laszlo, FIDE International Chess Organizer /NL/,
E-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net
Website: www.firstsaturday.hu  Other website: http://home.hu.inter.net/~firstsat
Phone-fax: +(361)-2632859, cellphone: +(36)-30-230-1914
/From 12:00 a.m. until midnight - Central European Time = GMT+1/

2.  22nd – 30th of October  KECSKEMET, IM Berger tmt,
org:  Dr.Erdelyi, Tamas,
e-mail: postmaster@caissa.t-online.hu      
Website:  www.caissachessbooks.hu
Usually also in the second half of the month IM tmt-s in Kecskemet. 100 km South-East from Budapest.

3.  3rd-15th of November, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest, org.:NL

4. 15th-23rd of November, XXXI. TENKES CUP, 9 round Swiss Open,
Harkany, 300 km South-West from  Budapest, org: Mr.FULOP, Csaba, e-mail: fulopcsa@invitel.hu  
Website:http://www.baranyasakk.hu/index.php?cat=naptar&id=3&age=0&vid=15&lang=hu&det=12

5.  1st-13th of December, FS GM-IM-FM, Budapest, org.NL

6. 15th-21st of Dec, Kecskemet, IM tmt

7. 27th Dec- 5th Jan Kecskemet  IM tmt,

8. 11th-19th of January 2008 Open in Budapest, Season opening,
org: IA FAZEKAS, György, e-mail: srcolonel@freemail.hu

9.  19th-28th of January – IM tmt, Kecskemet

10. 2nd-15th of February – First Saturday Budapest,

11. 16th-25th of February – IM tmt Kecskemet,

12. 1st-13rd of March – First Saturday Budapest,

13. 21st-29th of March – Budapest Spring Festival Open,  org.: Nagy Laszlo

UNTIL NEXT TIME...

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