Archive for January, 2010

More junior-only prizes on offer for Summer Sizzler

739 days

by David Cordover in Ranges

Please note that the prizelist for the Summer Sizzler has been expanded!

Over $600 in prizes!
$ 150 first place, $ 100 second place, $ 75 third place
$ 75 first under 1600 rating
$ 50 first junior, $25 second junior under 1400 rating
$ 50 first junior, $25 second junior under 1100 rating
$ 50 first junior, $25 second junior under 800 rating
Maximum one prize per entrant.
Prizes to be shared equally in the event of a tie.

Also, players can request one half-point bye for any round except the last two rounds.

Please register before the 6th Feb (and pay by 1st Feb if you want to go into the movie ticket draw) at Ranges chess club

Ranges Chess Club

Hume library knockout chess tournament

744 days

by David Cordover in Reporting and Results

Knockout tournament with 15 minutes each per side, held on Thursday 21st January from 4-8pm at The Age Hume Library in Broadmeadows.

Surprisingly the number 1 & 2 Senior ranked Club players Govindan and Thein were upstaged by an unknown, a 16 year old student Anh Nyugen who won every match and took out the tournament undefeated (which caught me by surprise as well) with one of his scalps being a female International Chess Player also unknown to the club.

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Library

Library chess club

747 days

by David Cordover in Chess Club News

Continued great publicity for the chess club at the Hume Libraries:

Hume Leader Chess in Broadmeadows

Hopefully we’ll have a report from their first tournament in a few days!

Australian Lightning Championship decided

760 days

by David Cordover in In Progress

GM Gawain Jones (England) won the Australian Lightning Championship yesterday. As he is not eligible to win the title a play-off was held between the 2 players who finished second equal, Junta Ikeda (ACT) and Moulthon Ly (QLD), which was won by Ikeda 2-0.

Junta Ikeda is the new Australian Lightning Champion. 88 players took part.

Australian Championship – GM Zong Yuan Zhao (NSW) and IM George Xie (NSW) are the co-leaders after 4 rounds with 4 out of 4.

Australian Major – under 2150 – 6 players co-lead: David Garner (Vic), Chor Yuen Chong (HKG), Johny Bolens (NSW), Andrew Furst (NSW), Jason Tang (NSW) and Kevin Sheldrick (SA).

Australian Minor – under 1600 – NSW players Shane Dibley and Trent Parker co-lead.

norths Chess Classic – under 1600 7 day competition – Victor Liuga (NSW) and Joshua Dalton (Vic) co-lead.

Australian Championships update

760 days

by David Cordover in In Progress

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After 3 rounds Zhao, Johansen and Xie are undefeated on 3 points. Full scores.

The following notes from Ian Rogers Bulletins.

Or choose a game from the drop down list below to see the full game:

Win a double-movie pass

762 days

by David Cordover in Ranges

In an innovative attempt to get notoriously disorganised chess players to enter early, if you enter and pay for the Summer Sizzler by the 1st February, your name will go in the draw to win movie tickets (one name per entry).