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Library chess club
0747 days
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
0760 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
0760 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
0762 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).
Entry and payment details (netbank transfer) are now on the Ranges Chess Club website.
Melbourne Chess Club Championship
0763 days
by David Cordover
in Melbourne
An ACF and FIDE rated event.
Format: 9 round Swiss on Monday evenings at 7pm, starting February 1st
Time controls: 90 minutes + 30 seconds per move.
2009 Yulgilbar-Think Big Australian Chess Grand Prix
0767 days
Final results have just been released and Victorians were well represented in the winners of the 2009 Chess Grand Prix series.
How are your tactics?
0768 days
The most common mistake from players in the 1200 – 2000 rating range is blunders. One of the techniques coaches often use for improving students tactical ability is visualisation training.
What color is b7?
Can a bishop move from c2 to h5?
Can you play a blindfold game?
Canterbury Summer Swiss
0768 days
A great end to the 2009 chess year with another excellent tournament at the Box Hill Chess Club. The only disappointment was that a NSW visitor walked away with the 1st prize!
Tournament winner Max Illingworth (NSW)
1st Max Illingworth $500
=2nd Igor Dyment, Leon Kempen, Domagoj Dragicevic $133 each
Ratings prize winners plus games from the event …
Qld lightning champion
0769 days
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Here’s a game from the final round of the Queensland Lightning Championships. Thanks to Kevin Casey (the eventual tournament winner) for sending us the game. It features a deep queen sac, followed by a neat knight sac, after which White is a whole queen up, but totally helpless to prevent mate. Amazing game!
Canterbury Summer Swiss
1770 days
What a great turnout to the Canterbury Summer Swiss – one of the biggest weekenders of the year! It is a credit to the BHCC and Canterbury (with lots of junors playing). A great mix of experience and newbies with 9 players rated over 2000 and 9 players rated under 500! As always plenty of good ratings prizes give lots of opportunities for everyone to share in the $1500 prize fund.
Pairings and results (and live games when the DGT boards work) are being kept updated very promptly at the Box Hill Chess Club website. It is easy to see how Box Hill has become the best club in Australia with reporting like this.
The excitement from the first day was the second round loss by the top seed, Sam Chow. To view the annotated game (more…)