tine finish so chess purists who usually avoid Rapid events can play as well.

There will be a special incentive for schools to enter players, with $1500 for school prizes!!

The venue, BAS Inc building in Deakin University, Burwood, includes a spa-cious 2 floor playing area and a bar/café as analysis rooms. Also with easy park-ing and on a reliable tram line.

Likely entrants already include IM’s Jamieson, West, Solomon, Smerdon and Sandler, FM’s Teichmann, Chapman, Depasquale, and Zhao. Arrangements are being made to ensure the participa-tion of GM’s who are around at that time.

-David Cordover

profit organisations with turnover of less than $100,000 they are not required to register for GST and consequently will not have to charge GST on club mem-berships or on entry fees.

However, as the clubs/tournaments will be unable to claim any tax refund from GST paid there may be a slight increase in fees to cover the additional costs that must be absorbed. (10% more expensive for printing, rental, some equipment etc).

The Australian Open Rapid Play is set to be the biggest tournament in Austra-lia this year. With the second largest prize-fund of any tournament, and being a Grand Prix Category 3 (the highest) tournament held over only 2 days there is no reason not to play! Using a Fischer time control means it isn’t even a guillo-

Editorial

Only one month to go until the GST. Another countdown (then the Olympics, then the real Millennium...when will the countdowns end?). Will GST be as much of a let-down as the Millennium? Probably not. There will be a significant period of confusion and settling in which will effect every single person in Australia.

Many retailers are using the GST as a “buy-now” scare tactic. Buy now, be-fore GST makes everything more ex-pensive! At the same time the govern-ment is telling us that things will actu-ally be cheaper, and we will have more money in our pockets.

How will GST impact on chess players?

Cheaper: Computer chess products, DGT’s and analogue clocks should be slightly cheaper.

Same price: Chess pieces, sets, boards and fancy pieces will remain around the same price.

Bad news: Books, both new and second hand will be 10% more expensive. Chess coaching will incur the 10% GST. Software from overseas (eg Fritz, Rebel, Chessbase) will be 10% more expen-sive.

Entry fees to events at clubs and through the VCA will remain the same. As non-

Volume 2 Issue 3 April—June 2000 Editor: David Cordover

Inside This Issue

Doeberl Cup - Canberra Page 2 Hobson’s Bay Weekender Page 3

Computer Outrage Page 4 Victorian Junior Masters Pp 6-7

An Active Lifestyle Page 8 Interschool News Page 10

Junior Ratings Page 12 Calendar for 2000 Page 13

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after posting strong results. David Smerdon was unlucky to only finish on 4.5 after drawing with GM Rogers and losing to Johansen.

The Under 2000 tournament was a 6 way tie! Lucky for them there was plenty of money to go round.

Leon Bowen kept his cool and won 6.5 of his 7 games to take home the $600 prize for Under 1600’s.

Good to see a number of jun-iors making the trip to Can-berra for a combination holi-day/chess experience.

Also welcome back to a few players who have been out of chess for a while. Maybe a permanent comeback?

Australia’s Premier Tournament. Well, the one with most prize money. But is it the best tournament in Australia? If the organisation this year was anything to go by then it certainly lags behind even an average club event.

The first round, as always, started late. But how can it start over 1 hour late? The prizegiving …. Well I could have made it back to Melbourne before it fin-ished if I had left at the time it was due to start. Double forfeiting a player for not reporting a result (luckily this deci-sion was overturned and the player in question went on to win the tourna-ment)!

Still, even with all this against them, 195 players showed up to contest once again what looked like the best tourna-ment of the year.

The popular format of 3 separate divi-sions caused a little controversy this year with a couple of players who usually play Under 2000 hav-ing been given an extra 150 rating points and complain-ing that they got it a bit tough.

This also meant that the U/2000 division and U/1600 divisions were a little easier to win this year.

The Open was won by IM Alex Wohl after defeating GM Rogers and drawing with GM Johansen. This win seemed to secure his place on board 3 of the Olym-piad team.

Leonard Sandler and Chris Depasquale imp r oved t h e i r chances of making the Olympiad team

Doeberl Cup - Canberra

-David Cordover

UNDER 2000 Tournament No Name Rtg Total 1 Moylan Laura 1751 5.5 2 Lip Michael 1985 5.5 3 Kolossovski Kazimir 1935 5.5 4 Fell Lloyd 1866 5.5 5 Rej Tomek 1861 5.5 6 Rout Ian 1950 5.5 7 Erkan Mustafa 1885 5 8 Vander Wal Fritz 1893 5 9 Chin Albert 1893 5 10 Marsden John 1888 5 12 Lojanica Milenko 1979 4.5 20 Bergmanis Olgerts 1746 4 21 Roberts Mark 1694 4 24 Chow Sam 1747 4 25 Grcic Milan 1923 4 38 Partsi Dimitry 1920 3.5 39 Ghobrial Adel 1598 3.5 40 Pratsch George 1902 3 41 McCart Richard 1740 3 43 Holt Kenneth 1918 3 50 Brockman Roland 1613 3 55 Bekker Gary 1578 2.5 59 Lugo Ruperto 1470 2.5 60 Zivanovic Andjelija 1504 2.5 61 Doan Peter 1844 2.5 65 Lee Michelle 1495 2

UNDER 1600 Tournament No Name Total 1 Bowen Leon 1571 6.5 2 Syafei Rusdianto 1586 5.5 3 Fitzpatrick Andrew 1459 5.5 4 Lau Vincent 1401 5.5 5 Greenwood Norm 1530 5.5 6 Connolly David 1479 5.5 7 McDonald Julian 1523 5 8 Davidson Nathan 1497 5 9 Phipps Michael 1238 5 10 Xie Ken 1432 5 11 Machet Richard 1280 5 12 Galli Karl 1344 5 14 Beggs Diana 1580 4.5 25 Prilleltensky Matan 1415 4 26 Truong Lance 1240 4 36 Smith Wendy 1000 3.5 37 Fell Rowan 3.5 38 Hughes Mark 1139 3.5 41 Shafar Michael 3 44 Shafar Robbie 3 58 Fell Samuel 2

OPEN Tournament No Name Rtg Total 1 Wohl Alex 2438 6 2 Johansen Darryl 2494 5.5 3 Chapman Mark 2320 5.5 4 Rogers Ian 2562 5 5 Depasquale Chris 2291 5 6 Sandler Leonid 2412 5 7 Smirnov Vladimir 5 8 Smerdon David 2257 4.5 9 Zhao Zong-Yuan 2242 4.5 10 Allen Andrew 2264 4.5 11 Gluzman Michael 2447 4.5 12 Soloveychik Sasha 4.5 13 Szuveges Grant 2203 4.5 14 Wright Ian 4.5 15 Quick Simon 4.5 18 Kagan Michael 2234 4 21 Low Sam 4 38 O'Carroll Jeremy 2275 3 42 Szuveges Narelle 2040 3 44 McDonald Joel 2.5 48 Tsagarakis Angelo 2 50 Nissen Amir 2 56 Beaumont David 1.5

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Everything that a tournament should be. Good organisation (thanks to Peter Caissa), great venue (comfortable, spa-cious and surprisingly easy to get there) and some good chess.

Michael Hornung was visiting from Tasmania, unfortunately not in the best form. This was a lovely swindle by Gordon Lindberg

Michael Hornung - Gordon Lindberg

Hobson's Bay Weekender (2) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 0-0 12.Qd3 Bg5 13.g3 Ne7 14.h4 Bh6 15.Rd1 Bb7 16.Bh3 Nxd5 17.exd5 e4 18.Qe2 e3 19.0-0 Re8 20.Nc2 Qb6 21.Rd4 Qc5 22.Bg2 Rac8 23.fxe3 b4 24.Qf3 f6 25.Rxb4 Bxe3+ 26.Kh2 Ba8 27.Re4 Bh6 28.Rfe1 Re5 29.Rxe5 dxe5 30.Qf5 Rd8 31.Qe6+ Kf8 32.Rd1 Rd6 33.Qf5 Bxd5 34.Qd3 e4 35.Qd4 Qxd4 36.Rxd4 Ke7 37.Bxe4 Bxe4 38.Rxe4+ Kd7 39.Rd4 Bc1 40.b3 Bb2 41.Rxd6+ Kxd6 42.c4 Ke5 43.Nb4 Ke4 44.Nxa6 Kf3 45.Kh3 Be5 46.g4??

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Hobson's Bay Weekender (1)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 0-0 6.Bd3 b6 7.e4 Bb7 8.Qc2 d6

9.f4 e5 didn't work because of ...Bxg2. 9...e5 Intended to stop White playing e5. Interesting was 9...d5?! followed by 10.e5 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Ne4, and White can't play 12.Bd3 because of Qh4+! 10.Nf3

This forces Black to release the ten-sion in the centre of the board. White must be careful that his pawns don't become too

weak. 10...exf4?! 10...exd4 11.cxd4 Re8 White's line of pawns is looking a

little dodgy. 11.0-0 Now White has the edge. His pawns are compact and his development

complete. 11...Nh5 12.e5 g6 12...h6 is equally playable.

13.exd6?! Allow-ing Black to recap-ture with a devel-oping move, and losing his space

advantage. 13...

Qxd6 14.Ne5 Nd7

15.Nxd7 Qxd7 16.Bxf4 Nxf4 17.Rxf4

Qe7 18.Raf1? White is attempting to create play on a file with no entry points. Black on the other hand can now dominate the e-file. From this file he

can infiltrate into White's position. 18...Qe3+ 19.Kh1 Rae8 20.R4f2 Be4 ...f5 instead of Be4 preserves the option to

exchange at a later date. 21.Bxe4 Rxe4 Although, Black now dominates the only open file. Usually enough to win any game. 22.h3 f5! Eliminating any possible counter-play on the f-file. 23.Rf3 Qe2 24.Qb3 White isn't really threatening anything....c5+ isn't any-thing to worry about. Rfe8 would be

slightly better. 24...Kg7 24...Rfe8 25.c5+ Kg7 If White captures on b6, then axb6 and White's a-pawn becomes a liability. 25.Qa4 a5 Always the safest pawn structure. 26.Qc6 Rf7 27.R3f2 Qd3 28.Rf3 Qd2? Allowing the combi-nation.... 29.R1f2? Missing the combi-nation 29.Qxe4! fxe4 30.Rxf7+ Kh6 31.R1f4 Qxc3 32.Rh4+ Kg5 With either a perpetual by Rg4, or play for a win with Rxe4. 29...Re2 29...Re1+ 30.Kh2 Qc1 And now Black has used the open file to

infiltrate deep into enemy ranks. 30.

Rxe2 Qxe2 31.c5 Qxa2! 32.cxb6 Qb1+

33.Kh2 Qxb6 34.Qd5 Qd6+ A good plan, having won a pawn can now swap into a rook ending with an outside

passed pawn. 35.Qxd6 cxd6 36.Rf2 Ra7 37.Ra2 a4 38.Kg3 g5 ...Kf6 saves a tempo, if Kf4, then g5+ 39.h4 h6 40.hxg5 hxg5 41.c4 Kf6 42.Kf3 a3 A good move, ties White's rook down. 43.g4 f4 Probably 43...fxg4+ 44.Kxg4 Ra4 45.Kg3 Rxc4 46.Rxa3 Rxd4 etc.... is the

easiest way to win. 44.Ke4 Ra5 45.Kd3 Ke6 46.Ke4 The principal of 2 weak-nesses. White is tied down to the Q-side, so now go for an attack on the K-side!

46...Kd7? 46...Ra8 47.Kf3 Rh8 48.Kg2 Rc8 49.Rxa3 Rxc4+- 47.Kd3? 47.d5 And the King becomes active after Kf5. 47...Kc7 48.Ke4 Kc6 49.Kd3 d5 and win the centre pawns. 49...Ra7 50.Ke4 Re7+ 51.Kf5 f3! 52.Rxa3 f2 53.Kf6

Re1? Two moves were better.... Re8 or f1=Q. 54.Rf3 f1Q 55.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 56.Kxg5 Rd1 57.Kf5 Rxd4 58.g5 Rd1 59.

g6 Rg1 0-1

Dimitri then lost his second round game to Patrick Cook and showed his psycho-logical inferiority by withdrawing from the tournament.

Hobson’s Bay Weekender 6 T H A N D 7 T H M A Y - H O B S O N ’ S B A Y C H E S S C L U B , A L T O N A

-Peter Caissa Place Name Rtg Score Berger 1 Baron, Michael 2292 7.0 30 2 Chow, Samuel Jnr 1747 6.0 18 3-5 Hornung, Michael 1984 4.5 17.25 Van Riel, Bas 1917 4.5 15 Mollard, Max 1639 4.5 11.5 6-10 Enano, Ronald 1776 4.0 15.25 Gatti, Dallas 1597 4.0 13.5 Lindberg, Gordon Jnr 1658 4.0 12.5 Babic, Zoran 1544 4.0 11.75 Cook, Patrick 1768 4.0 10.5 11-14 Barrow, Nigel 1726 3.5 12.75 Lindberg, Douglas Jnr 1279 3.5 8 Minichelli, Felice 1318 3.5 7.5 Zarakis, Jim 1362 3.5 3.25 15-16 Veljanovski, Goran 3.0 7.5 Hopf, Lorna 1215 3.0 1 17 Lindberg, Eric 1411 2.5 1.75 18 Le Roy, Andrew 1494 2.0 0 19 Bradbury, Alan 1309 1.0 0 20-22 Conotant, Claude 0.0 0 Partsi, Dimitri 1920 0.0 0 Smith, Wendy 1000 0.0 0

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Computer Outrage For the first time ever a computer was allowed to play in a National Champion-ship event.

Specially modified Fritz program named Fritz SSS (and dubbed Fritz $$$ by some) was allowed to play in the Dutch Cham-pionships this year. This caused uproar, with a number of top players boycotting the event. One player (M.Bosboom) re-signed after 3 moves in protest against the computer’s inclusion.

Those who supported the computer pointed out that the prize money had gone from (UK)£19,500 up to (UK)£43,750 and the tournament received more public-ity (around the world) than ever expected.

This game is from the eventual tourna-ment winner, Grandmaster Loek Van Wely, against the controversial Fritz SSS. Van Wely here makes the computer look like ... well, like a computer!

If ever there was a time for computers to be playing against top GM's then it is now. 5 years ago they couldn't have coped and in another 5 years time they will be too fast.

Loek Van Wely GM - Fritz SSS

Dutch Championships, 2000

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.Nc3 Bb4

5.a3 Bxc3 6.bxc3 0-0 7.e4!

A typical anti-computer move, keeping the centre closed.

7...a6 8.a4 d6 9.d3 Bg4 10.f3 Bd7 10...Be6 With the idea of Ne7, c6 and d5 looks better. 11.Ne2 Qc8 12.h3 b6 As usual the computer finds itself in a position with no pawn-play. With no open files and no pawn-play Fritz SSS just shuffles for the rest of the game.

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13.f4 Be6 14.f5 Bd7 15.g4 Ne8 16.Ng3

Qd8 17.g5 Bc8 18.h4 f6 19.Qh5 Na5

Black cannot sense the danger mounting on the K-side. 20.Ra3 Qe7 21.Nf1! Aiming for the g4 square.

21...Nc6 22.Ne3 Qd7 23.g6 h6 24.Ng4

Ra7 How wonderful that the computer's final move is such a feeble one!

25.Rg1! 1-0

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(1) Black to play and win

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(3) White to play and win

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BOOK REVIEW

The Road to Chess Improvements by Alex Yermolinsky Gambit Publications, 1999 224 pages $48.95 Chess players are often presented with the problem how to choose? Which move to play? How to improve? As GM Yermolinsky explains here:

Some moves are forced in certain positions we play in cruise control. But during the game we are exposed to surges of emotions: elation, fear, hate,

indifference, boredom, desperation. And we still have decisions to make.

Not only is Alex Yermolinsky is an ambitious chess player who is still growing in strength but even more surprising is his talent to bring his chess thoughts down so instructively on paper. Even more important for the reader is that he is not afraid to show the human part of himself in the book!

For example with the Benko System: This was the first in a string of games

I wish I had never played. The results of two draws and a loss hardly re-

flect the gloominess of Black’s prospects here-it could have been much

worse. From the early days of my development as a chess player I hated

gambit play.

It’s not only a chess book with games from the personal practice of Yer-molinsky but also a book that is filled with good advice and useful tips. In the book Chess Psychology from Gary Uttenberg Chess Digest 1994

Uttenberg discusses the wide and unreachable gulf that separates the 2200 Elo players and the Grandmaster levels.

I believe that The Road to Chess Improvements is a way to come closer! Not overloaded with brilliant games but a book that invites you to analyze and open new ways of thinking!

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Victorian Junior Masters 1 5 T H A P R I L T O 1 9 T H A P R I L - C H E S S W O R L D , O R M O N D

No Teams Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 TOTAL

1 Rukman Vijayakumar 888 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3

2 Yvonne Kushnir 687 1 0 0.5 1 0.5 1 0 4

3 Vanja Rozenblat 958 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 5

4 Kai Nagao 810 1 0.5 1 1 0 1 0 4.5

5 Venkata Nalluri #N/A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

6 Michael Shafar 1152 1 0.5 1 1 1 1 1 6.5

7 Sonia Kaurah 572 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

8 William Swedosh 874 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 4

No Teams Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PLACE

1 Vikram Palit 1227 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7

2 Nanda Nalluri #N/A 0 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0.5

3 Jesse Jager 850 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 4

4 Reubban Muthusamy 1236 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 6

5 Kishen Kaurah 797 0 0.5 1 0 0 0 0 1.5

6 Matthew Mack 1014 0 1 0 0 1 0.5 1 3.5

7 Artem Nikolayevsky 995 0 1 0 0 1 0.5 1 3.5

8 Elena Galiabovitch 784 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2

No Teams Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PLACE

1 Matan Prilleltensky 1428 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7

2 Rachel Saravanamuthu 913 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

3 Shaun Ferris 1156 0 1 1 0.5 1 1 0 4.5

4 Lance Truong 1208 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 4

5 Daichi Nagao 1185 0 1 0.5 1 0.5 1 0 4

6 Daniel Bluzer-Fry 1007 0 1 0 0 0.5 1 1 3.5

7 Will Heyward 1115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

8 Tiko Gaw in 1241 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 4

Under 10’s

Under 12’s

Under 14’s

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4 players progressing to the Finals there was always a lot of excitement coming into the last couple of rounds.

Michael Shafar cruised through the Under 10’s drawing only with Yvonne Kushnir. The Under 12’s was a close competition between Reubban Muthusamy and Vikram Palit. In their individual game Vik-ram was getting crushed, but came back by munching pawns and even-

The Victorian Junior Championships were moved to the July school holidays and consequently the Junior Masters played earlier than usual.

Four age-divisions played round-robin tournaments followed up by a time-handicap finals. While there were no cash prizes in the age-divisions there was a significant amount money up for grabs in the Finals.

Each age-group seemed to be dominated by a single player. However with the top

Name (factor) Rating Score Prizemoney

Chow (1), Samuel 1811 5 $80.00

Fong (4), Kenny 1253 4 $70.00

Palit (3), Vikram 1227 3.5 $60.00

Chowdhury (3), Mahmud 1389 3 $40.00

Prilleltensky (2), Matan 1428 3 $40.00

Truong (5), Lance 1208 3 $40.00

Muthusamy (4), Reubban 1236 2.5 $7.50

Shafar (4), Michael 1152 2.5 $7.50

Nikolayevsky (6), Artem 995 2.5 $7.50

Ferris (3), Shaun 1156 2.5 $7.50

Gawin (4), Tiko 1241 2

Onufreichuk (2), Dima 1475 2

Kushnir (7), Yvonne 687 2

Jager (5), Jesse 850 1.5

Rozenblat (5), Vanja 958 1

Nagao (6), Kai 810 0

Junior Masters - Handicap Finals

No Teams Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PLACE

1 Sam Chow 1811 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7

2 Dima Onufreichuk 1475 0 1 0.5 1 1 1 1 5.5

3 The Bye Hard

4 Thilini Basnayake 1386 0 0.5 1 0 0.5 1 0 4

5 Kenny Fong 1253 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 4

6 Mark Hughes 1121 0 0 1 0.5 0 1 0 2.5

7 Tospol Angsuwatjarakorn 989 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1

8 Mahmud Chowdhury 1389 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 5

Under 18’s

tually won the game.

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Vikram - Reubban

Black to play and win

(but eventually lose)

Matan Prilleltensky made his way into the fi-nals with a picket fence from the Under 14’s. And Sam Chow never looked troubled in the Under 18’s.

Second seed according to ratings but at a se-vere time disadvantage, Dima Onufreichuk lost in a great game in round 2.

Dima Onufreichuk - Kenny Fong

Junior Masters FINALS (2)

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f3 Bg7 5.Be3 Nc6 6.Qd2 0-0 7.g4 Re8 8.0-0-0 e5 9.d5 Ne7 10.Bh6 Bh8 11.h4 Bd7 12.Nge2 Rc8 13.Ng3 c6 14.h5 cxd5 15.exd5 Qa5 16.hxg6 hxg6 17.g5 Nh5 18.Nxh5 gxh5 19.Rxh5 e4 20.Bh3 Bxh3 21.Rxh3 Bxc3 22.bxc3 Qxa2 23.Qd4 Nf5 24.Qf6 e3 25.c4 Rxc4 26.c3 Qa1+ 27.Kc2 Nd4+ 28.Qxd4 Qa2+ 29.Kc1 Rxd4 30.cxd4 Rc8# 0-1

This gave Kenny the confidence to win his next couple, only just being defeated by Sam Chow in the 4th round, but pulling through to win against Mahmud Chowdhury and claim 2nd place in the final round. [Answer to diagram: 1...Nxf2! 2.Kxf2 Bxd4+]

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An Active Lifestyle!

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This is a position from a famous game; Capablanca - Tartakower, 1924. Who do you think will win this game?

It looks as if Black will be winning be-cause White cannot stop ...Rxc3.

However, White is the player with the upper hand because of his passed pawn on g5 and the possibility of activating his King.

1.Kg3! Rxc3+ 2.Kh4

Black can't afford to waste time going for the a-pawn or the d-pawn. He must now play a more defensive role and stop White's g-pawn from promoting. Note that a pawn and rook cannot force their way past a lone King, however add a King into the attack and White will win easily.

2...Rf3 3.g6!

No need to waste time capturing the pawn on c7. White simply creates a path for his King to attack.

3...Rxf4+ 4.Kg5

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4...Rxd4 5.Kf6! And now Black is in big

trouble.

5.Kf6

Cleverly ignoring the f5 pawn. Firstly, taking it would waste time, and secondly this Black pawn can now act as a shield for checks from behind.

5...Kg8 6.Rg7+ Kh8 7.Rxc7

Only now taking the pawn, with a threat of mate at the same time.

7...Re8

Only move.

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Now White isn't threatened with checks from behind he grabs the pawn before it can become a nuisance.

8...Re4 9.Kf6 Rf4+ 10.Ke5 Rg4 11.g7+

Black cannot afford to exchange rooks as White's King is so much more active.

11...Kg8 12.Rxa7 Rg1 13.Kxd5

And now, when everything is under con-trol, White can calmly munch all Black's pawns.

13...Rc1 14.Kd6 Rc2 15.d5 Rc1 16.Rc7

Ra1 17.Kc6 Rxa4 18.d6 Rd4 19.d7 0-1

And Black resigns. If he takes on g7 then d8=Q+, or if Black doesn't take the g-pawn then Rc8+ and d8=Q wins Black's rook.

XABCDEFGHY 8-+-+-+-+( 7tR-+-+-zpp' 6-+p+k+-+& 5+-zp-+p+-% 4-+P+-+-+$ 3+P+-zP-zP-# 2P+-+r+-zP" 1+-+-+-mK-! xabcdefghy This position looks hopeless for Black. He is material down, has weak pawns and is about to lose another pawn.

The only saving factor is that Black's King is far more active than White's.

1...g5! 2.Rxh7 Rxa2 3.Rh6+ Ke5 4.Rxc6

Ke4 5.Rxc5 f4 6.exf4 Kf3

Threatening checkmate.

7.h3

XABCDEFGHY 8-+-+-+-+( 7+-+-+-+-' 6-+-+-+-+& 5+-tR-+-zp-% 4-+P+-zP-+$ 3+P+-+kzPP# 2r+-+-+-+" 1+-+-+-mK-! xabcdefghy 7...Ra1+ 8.Kh2 Ra2+ 9.Kg1 Ra1+ ½-½

Draw by perpetual check.

Even though White is 4 pawns up, the fact that Black's pieces are more attacking saves a draw.

So, yet another comparison is drawn be-tween chess and life…Activity can keep you alive longer!

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New Chess Club Starts! I believe there is a demand for a chess club that meets during the day. A place where people can come to play social chess, enjoy a coffee and relax for a while. Some of these players may be retired, or work evenings and need somewhere they can play chess during the day. So now….

Wednesday 10:30am - 12:30pm (or later)

Held at CHESS WORLD, 451 North Rd, Ormond.

Free for May/June. Membership fees will apply after July 1st.

Chess coach Wayne Guy will be on hand during these ses-sions to give advice, have discussions and to play games

Northern Suburbs Junior Chess ClubNorthern Suburbs Junior Chess ClubNorthern Suburbs Junior Chess ClubNorthern Suburbs Junior Chess Club Northcote

When: Tuesday 6:00pm - 7:00pm starting first Tuesday in June

Where: Westgarth Baptist Church, Northcote

Cost: $5 per week

Contact: Cathy or David 9576-8177 or 0411-877-833 cordover@chessworld.com.au

Basta Memorial Tournament A disappointing 50 players turned up for the first weekender at the Melbourne Chess Club in quite a while. The prize money was good and with the top section being FIDE rated, while numbers were down, it was still quite strong.

Just back from a win in the Doeberl U/1600 Leon Bowen seemed likely to produce the goods again after this risky win against Wendy Smith in round 3. However the Sunday morning was too early and he collapsed, finishing out of the prize money.

Leon Bowen - Wendy Smith

Basta Memorial (3)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 d6

5.Bc4 Nf6 6.0-0 Be7 7.Nc3 0-0 8.Re1

Bg4 9.f3 Bd7 10.Be3 Ne5 11.Qe2 a6 12.

a4 Nxc4 13.Qxc4 Kh8 14.Nf5 Bxf5 15.

exf5 Qd7 16.Bf2 Rae8 17.g4 c6 18.g5

Ng8 19.Qf4 d5

(see diagram)

XABCDEFGHY 8-+-+rtrnmk( 7+p+qvlpzpp' 6p+p+-+-+& 5+-+p+PzP-% 4P+-+-wQ-+$ 3+-sN-+P+-# 2-zPP+-vL-zP" 1tR-+-tR-mK-! xabcdefghy 20.f6 gxf6 21.Rxe7?! fxg5??

21...Nxe7? 22.Qxf6+ Kg8 23.Bd4 And checkmate to follow.

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21...Rxe7! And there is a strong possibil-ity that Black can hold off the attack.

22.Qd4+ f6 23.Rxd7 h6 24.Qd3 Ne7 25.

Bc5 Rf7 26.Re1 1-0

Chapman drew his last 2 games to coast in with 4/5 for equal first place with Eric Teichmann, who defeated Michael Baron in the last round.

Dandenong Chess Club

Paul Huver reports that the DCC Junior Club is doing very well with 25 registered players.

The Dandenong Autumn Open started on Wednesday 17th with 58 players. A num-ber of players from Frankston and others making a comeback after some years!

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Interschool News

-Various artists

The 2000 Victorian Interschool Sea-son is about to start. Again the com-petition has been divided into Primary & Secondary Competitions. The win-ners of each competition (in Open & Girls) will be eligible to participate in the National Schools Finals weekend in Adelaide in December.

Primary Interschool Paul Huver 9791-6184

The Primary competition is divided into 3 sections. Open, Girls and Grade 3 & Under.

The following schools have entered:

Girls Zone - Balwyn (6th June) St Francis Xavier Essex Heights (2 teams) PLC (5 teams) Ashburton Primary Fintona Girls’ School

Girls Zone - Ormond 1st August Fitzroy Community School Weeden Heights Primary

Grade 3 & Under Zone - Brighton 25th July Valkstone Primary (3 teams) Mentone Grammar Essex Heights (2 teams) Ashburton Primary

Grade 3 & Under Zone - Kew 5th September St Francis Xavier Camberwell Primary Fitzroy Community School Greythorn Our Lady of Good Counsel Weeden Heights Fintona Girls’ School Ashburton Primary (2 teams) Mt View Primary Fintona Girls School

Open Zone - Caulfield 29th August Mentone Grammar (2 teams) Mordialloc Primary (2 teams) Grimwade House (2 teams)

Open Zone - East Malvern 20th June Valkstone Primary (2 teams)

Open Zone - Fitzroy 15th August Fitzroy Community School Wesley College

Open Zone - Hawthorn 13th June Xavier College Our Lady of Good Counsel (2 teams) Ashburton Primary

Open Zone - Nth Balwyn 8th August Kangaroo Ground Mooroolbark East Camberwell Grammar (2 teams) Greythorn Primary St Francis Xavier

Open Zone - Waverley 30th May Weeden Heights (4 teams) Essex Heights (4 teams) Mt Waverley Nth

Open Zone - Wheelers Hill 12th September Mt View Primary (2 teams)

Secondary Interschool Peter Caissa 0411-710-900

There was an idea to hold weekly competitions, similar to interclub, at the local chess clubs. However many club officials were unwilling to assist with supervision and organisation. So, the idea was scrapped.

Only one club official actually stepped up to make an impact. Well done to Paul Power from Geelong who has organised a Western Victoria Zone.

Girls Zone - Albert Park 2nd June Ivanhoe Girls Grammar (2 teams) Penleigh & Essendon Grammar (2) MacRobertson Girls High (2 teams)

Girls Zone - Burwood 4th August PLC Ivanhoe Girls Grammar (2 teams)

Westbourne Grammar (2 teams) Lauriston Girls School MLC (2 teams) MacRobertson Girls High (2 teams)

Open Zone - Dandenong 25th August Cosmian Knights Cleeland Secondary

Open Zone - Fitzroy 28th July St Michaels Northcote High (4 teams) Heathmont College University High Doncaster Secondary (4 teams) Penleigh Grammar (3 teams)

Open Zone - Mentone 21st July Cosmian Knights Brighton Grammar (4 teams) Mentone Grammar (4 teams) St Bede’s

Open Zone - Prahran 11th August Cosmian Knights Brighton Grammar (4 teams) Melbourne Grammar (2 teams) Welsey College

Open Zone - Waverley 26th May Cosmian Knights Springvale (2 teams) Wheelers Hill Ferntree Gully College Mazenod (2 teams) Glen Waverley Secondary (3 teams)

Open Zone - Werribee 19th May Werribee Secondary Keilor Downs Secondary (2 teams) Brauer College (2 teams) Westbourne Grammar (2 teams) Mowbray College (2 teams) If your school has not entered a zone there may still be a possibility for you to get into a zone. Please contact the relevant person with a good excuse for not having entered earlier.

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All-age Training Squad After a successful start, the 1999 Victorian Championship Run-ner-up, Nick Speck, will be continuing training squads for play-ers of any age with a serious interest in improving their chess skills. He will also be conducting a series on Internet Chess at a later date.

Rating 1300 - 1599 Thursday 5:30pm - 7:00pm (limited places available)

Rating 1600 - 1899 Thursday 7:30pm - 9:00pm

Cost : $10 per week (includes handouts)

Held at CHESS WORLD, 451 North Rd, Ormond.

Elwood Calendar

May-27 Rd.1 U1800

U1800 continues

Jul-8 $2 Allergo

Jul-15 $2 Allergo

Jul-22 $2 Allergo

Jul-29 Rd.1 Elwood Open

Elwood Open continues

Sep-09 Rd.7 Elwood Open

Sep-16 Casual

Sep-23 GP Allegro 1

Oct-21 Casual

Free food (donuts, crois-sants, etc) for all Elwood Chess Club members!!

For any enquiries, contact Eugene on 9905 7853 or

Victorian Junior Champion-ships

Springvale Secondary College 6th - 9th July (U/18, 16, 14) 8th & 9th July (U/12, 10, 8)

$700 Cash prizes Age-titles up for grabs!

Elwood U1800 Championships

Elwood Chess Club May 27th - July 8th

87 Tennyson St, Elwood

1st $200, 2nd $125, 3rd $75 Plus rating group prizes

Ring Eugene Siew 9905-7853 to enter.

Answers to Puzzles on Page 4

(1) 1...Bf3! 2.gxf3 If White doesn't take on f3 then ...Qg4 is devastating. [2.Qd4 Rg8 3.Rc1 Rxg2+ 4.Kf1 Rg1+ 5.Kxg1 Qh3] 2...Qh3 With the double threat of ...Nxf3+ and Rg8+ 0-1

(2) 1...Bf3! With the same idea in mind. 2.gxf3 Rg5+ 3.Kh1 Qh3 With the double threat of ...Qxf3++ and ...Qg2++ 0-1

(3) 1.Bh6!! gxf6 2.Qxf6 Kg8 3.Qxf6+ Kg8 4.Qf7+ Kh8 5.Qf8++ (4) 1.Bh6!! gxh6 [1...d6 2.Rae1 Fol-lowed by Re7] 2.Rxf8+ Kxf8 3.Qf6+ Kg8 4.Re1 Qc8 5.Re3 Qf8 6.Rg3+ Qg7 7.Qxg7# 1-0

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VICTORIAN JUNIOR RATINGS (ACTIVE PLAYERS SINCE MAY 1999)

Surname Name YOB Rating Abdelahad Matt 90 592 ADAMS Tristan 89 736 Akula Priyanka 87 939 Anandaganeshan Nivae 93 468 ANG Grace 87 718 Anstis Jamie 89 580 Aromataris David 88 1026 Balbata Tomas 00 539 Baskar Sairupa 89 562 BASNAYAKE Malinda 87 833 BASNAYAKE Thilini 85 1380 Bebe Matthew 89 728 Beekman Robbie 00 927 Bekker Gary old 1453 BENNETT Catherine 87 836 Benny-Boswell Hugo 00 282 Beresnev Greg 80 1362 Better David 91 535 Bien Mitchell 91 555 Blakkarly Jamal 91 658 Blennerhassett James 89 819 Bliss James 90 781 BLUZER-FRY Daniel 88 1037 Bone Nathan 87 953 Bounnhang Martin 90 412 Bowen Leon 81 1386 Bradshaw Tyson 92 968 Bradshaw Holly 88 1038 BRASH Anthony 86 819 Brash Noah 93 571 Brewin Guy 88 711 BRISCOE James 87 864 Broadbent-Hogan Perri 91 492 Broberg Joshua 90 590 Buchannan Christian 87 734 BURKE Andrew 88 857 Butler Cameron ? 735 BUTTERWORTH Stuart 90 904 CAI Matthew 86 1074 Canty Matthew 87 761 Canty Brendan 92 707 CAREY Ryan 90 1067 CAREY Jamie 92 1036 Cavanagh Daniel 00 593 Ceglia Robert 90 625 Chan Joanne 89 636 Chan Samuel 91 422 CHANG Melanie 89 1060 CHANG Andrea 91 919 Chang Kelvin 93 669 Chee Adrian 92 804 CHEONG Philip 88 953 Cheong Brendon 92 467 Cheung Samuel 89 1106 Chew Jason 92 362 Chew Jacqueline 89 495 Chong Geoff 00 1001 Chow Samuel 87 1834 CHOWDHURY Mahmud 82 1398 Chua Gabriel 87 885 Chua Li 00 617 Collins Michael 91 906 Constanti Claude old 917 Curmi Natasha 88 701 Dal Kutay 00 505 DANA Louise 88 1073 DANA Andrew 86 1177 Dann Huw 84 1080 Dann Michael 82 1311 DAVIS Luke 88 1033 Dawson Hamish 88 576

De Cruz Simone 90 442 Dickens Alex 88 989 Dickson Sam 89 410 Diment James 89 929 Dunn Isaac 86 824 EDWARDS Troy 00 1105 Eer Audrey 87 671 EER Jocelyn 90 946 Eer Derek 93 814 ELIKHIS Leonid 85 1012 Ellis Miles 89 743 Endo Suguru ? 759 Ericjoy Stephanie 90 496 Fahie Thomas 89 802 Faiman Joshua 90 662 Fang David 00 800 Fanthorpe Jesse 00 766 FAZIO Tim 87 942 FELL Nathan 89 771 FELL Samuel 87 1075 Feng Kingsley 90 878 Ferris Shaun 87 1171 Field Calum 91 437 FISKE Byron 89 1002 Fleming Cameron 00 1013 FONG Kenny 85 1309 Foo Benjamin 91 672 Frantsezkos Robert 88 840 Frantsezkos Stevie 90 608 Frantzeskos Andrew 93 503 GALIABOVITCH Elena 89 784 Gamble Matthew 91 676 Ganeshalingam Naren 85 774 GAWIN Tiko 86 1220 Giulieri Casey 91 574 Goh Ann 90 704 Goh Jien 86 1055 Gould Matthew 87 847 Goyal Divya 90 564 GRAY Joel 00 486 Gray Rhys 88 803 Green Emma 89 662 Grinholz Adam 89 762 GRINYOV Daniel 90 1074 GRODECK Ben 91 1010 Gruszka Martin 00 380 Gruszka Adam 00 947 Guiney Sebastian 88 949 Gupta Ankush 90 524 GUTHRIE Lachlan 90 813 Hain Anthony 91 661 Hain Michael old 1318 Hain Bradley 93 342 HALL-KELLY Jade 90 1043 Hamilton Evelyn 92 602 Hankin Penny 00 700 HAR-EL Nadav 90 985 HART Ben 90 948 HAWARD Rebecca 86 1011 HAWARD Christopher 89 1000 Hernandez Gerson 00 931 Heyward Michael old 1045 HEYWARD Will 87 1070 Heyward Alice 92 318 Ho Simon 93 526 HORNUNG Brook 89 1092 Howe Megan 88 656 Hughes Mark 84 1128 Hughes Stephen 90 846 Hughes Richard 92 657 HUNT James 90 504 HUXLEY Georgina 88 839

Huynh William 00 701 Ingleby Richard old 1064 Ingleby Joseph 90 868 JACOBS Timothy 88 1023 Jacobs Lucie 90 618 Jager Jesse 88 889 Jones Daniel 92 670 Jones Benjamin 93 712 Kah Cassandra 91 462 KAHAWITA Arooke 88 693 KAHAWITA Kaya 87 926 Kasynathan Sankaran 84 1058 Kau Joshua 89 546 Kaurah Sonia 90 564 Kaurah Kishen 88 787 Kelly Glenn old 959 KENNEDY Keenan 86 983 Khoo Jade 92 482 Khung Su-wei 89 775 Khung Farn-ling 91 686 King Rebbecca 00 807 King Graham 00 986 King Vanessa 92 484 Kirsner Sam 91 650 KIRSNER David 87 827 Kitchen Chermain 89 767 Knight Richard 88 863 KRSTIC Sandy 81 1104 Kubic Dominic 88 555 Kurosawa Ricky 91 413 Kushnir Yvonne 90 740 Lang Claire 89 550 Lara Lawrence 92 558 Lara Matthew 91 679 LAU David 82 1231 LAUDER Natasha 92 814 Laughton Max 92 434 LAVIS Darren 89 784 Le Roy Andrew 67 1345 Lee Joseph 88 372 Leong Melford 90 845 Lim Florence 90 515 Lim Reuben 93 620 Lim Daniel 91 717 LINDBERG Gordon 85 1564 LINDBERG Douglas 88 1387 Linder Phoebe 90 513 LINDLEY Matthew 88 907 Ling Stephanie 90 670 Linke Brendan 88 844 Liu Steven 87 1079 Loo David 91 863 Loo Jonathan 89 912 LOOI Leon 89 1067 Loon Shirlie 89 596 Lu Xin 91 718 MA Aidan 87 1053 Maccini Nelson 89 908 Mack Matthew 89 1003 Mack Michael 93 597 Magat Michael 82 1337 Mai Celso 00 649 Mallis Philip 00 405 Martin Richard 88 685 Maunder Peter 91 601 Maunder Jacqueline 88 760 Maunder Jessica 86 793 McArdle Dean ? 789 McDONALD Julian 84 1433 McDowell Chiara 92 403 McEvoy Taylor 91 767 McLennan Mark 88 535

McLennon Mark 00 633 McLeod Gavin 89 637 McNAUGHT James 87 1221 MENDES Rachel 89 704 Mihalopoulos Jason 92 851 Mihalopoulos Tony old 1344 Mirabella Peter 91 491 Mithen Will 85 1040 MIYAZAKI Hiroshi 81 1345 Mohamed Hanif 89 717 Monin Alexi 88 818 Moore Arthur 00 950 Mudie Thomas 91 324 Murphy Jack 92 223 Muthusamy Jayan 92 635 MUTHUSAMY Reubban 89 1239 Nagao Kai 90 804 Nagao Daichi 87 1187 Nalluri Nanda 88 0 NIKOLAYEVSKY Artem 89 1012 NISSEN Amir 85 1459 NOONAN Tom 90 818 Noonan Christopher 00 467 O'Byrne Thomas 90 684 Oh Jason 88 775 Oh Edmund 86 905 Ondracek Lindsay ? 703 ONUFREICHUK Dima 84 1449 O'Yang Christopher 91 757 Palit Vikram 88 1265 PAPA James 89 1322 Papadopoulos Connie 91 325 Papadopoulos Rebecca 87 867 Papadopoulos Chris 84 894 Papas Marissa 88 661 Papas Peter 89 796 Papas Stephen 91 754 PAWLIK Adam 85 983 Pears Daniel 91 548 Perkins Matthew 88 695 Perlow Ari 00 862 Perri Riccardo 91 518 Prilelltensky Matan 87 1437 Rachmat Hannah 88 1052 Raines Joshua 90 950 RAINES Timothy 88 1104 Raivars Michael 00 849 Ramesh Sailavan 92 552 Ramirez Jose 00 1006 Rassool Kevin 92 639 Raymond David 00 726 Riley Fiona 89 604 ROSEDALE Paul 89 777 Rozenblat Vanja 90 938 Saddick Joshua 89 680 Sailavan Ramesh 92 463 Sakkal Simon 89 871 Samosal Matthew 92 579 Sanford William 88 653 Santhakumaran Bhabitha 89 627 Santhakumaran Prasath 91 578 Saravanamuthu Rachel 87 908 Saw Kristopher 90 766 Schlossberg Jonathan 91 924 Schroeder Jordan 90 493 Seeley Nicholas 89 816 Seeley Ben 91 568 Sekhar Hariharan 89 764 SELLAYAH Renishka 88 970 Shafar Robert 86 985 SHAFAR Michael 90 1155 SHAN Leonard 89 979

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Saturday 10:30am - 12:30pm

@Kerrie Neighbourhood House

Kerrie Rd, Glen Waverley.

Saturday 1:30 - 3:30 pm

@ Chess World

451 North Rd, Ormond.

Do you wish to score more points in

your next chess tournament? If so read

on.

Wayne Guy ( 1999 VWayne Guy ( 1999 VWayne Guy ( 1999 VWayne Guy ( 1999 Victorian Open ictorian Open ictorian Open ictorian Open

Champion )Champion )Champion )Champion ) will run coaching sessions

with Chess Kids ... and he has an inter-

esting system to ensure that you become

a much stronger player!

Wayne is so confident that he can in-

crease your playing strength, he will re-

turn your entry fee if you fail to score

more than your previous R.J Shield re-

sult! This rule applies until you are scor-

ing 7/7 !

• Regular prizes for lucky ‘ticket win-

ners’

• Video & computer aided learning

• Become an expert in almost any

opening you choose

• Learn all about chess traps & pit-

falls…a great way to improve tactics

• Learn the ‘stepping stone method’

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discover some amazing players.

To contact Wayne:

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0417-381-510

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Swedosh Serena 92 511 TAN Chao 85 1402 Tan Patrick 92 740 Tan Michael 94 593 Tay Emily 00 629 Taylor Jan old 1107 TAYLOR Thor 92 902 Teh QuorTen 91 538 Teh QuorYin 88 674 Teh Andrew 88 456 Teh Amy 88 581 Thavarajah Sanchi 87 822 Thompson Alex 91 785 Tran Charles 90 789 Tran Paul 00 1036 Tran Jonathan 00 619 TRUONG Lance 87 1219 Truong Simon 00 837 TSYKIN Sasha 88 736 Turley Martin 88 862

Turley Brenden 86 863 VandenBosch Nicolai 90 428 VERSTRAELEN Krista 88 828 Vijayakumar Ariaratnam old735 Vijayakumar Rukman 90 868 Vijayakumar Rengan 93 582 VOSK Damien 88 716 Vosk Danielle 91 489 Vun Jeremy 89 829 Vuong David 00 689 Walker Scott 92 398 Wan Olivia 94 448 Wang David 00 903 Wang Ray 89 712 WARREN Nicholas 85 1174 Wazeer Imam 90 526 Wijegunaratne Arjuna 91 630 Wilkinson Tess 89 694 WILLNIK Jan 85 815 Wilton Dominic 90 513

Wirawan Surya 87 893 Wong Daniel 89 667 Wong Stephanie 00 579 Wong Jonathan 91 776 Wood Tom ? 876 Woods Mitchell 91 633 Woon Arnold 93 575 WULFSOHN Michael 85 1133 Xia Tom 92 499 Yang Zane 91 851 Yap Jonathan 89 930 Yii Winston 87 1166 Yii Michelle 90 946 Yiu Jenny 90 723 YONG Trevor 85 741 Young James 88 640 Zhao Sean 88 1001 Zhu Jason 89 741 Ziffer Rochelleh 92 640

Term 2

Sunday, 28th May RJ Shield Tournament #3* H’glen TAFE

10th - 12th June Vic Open (adult) Melb Chess Club

Term 2 Holidays

Sunday, 25th June RJ Shield Tournament #4* Hawthorn

26th - 30th June Chess World Holiday Program H’glen TAFE

6th - 9th July Victorian Junior Championships Springvale SC

Term 3

Sunday, 30th July RJ Shield Tournament #5* Hawthorn

6th – 7th August Australian Open Rapid Play Deakin Uni

Sunday, 27th August RJ Shield Tournament #6* H’glen TAFE

Sunday, 10th September Secondary Interschool FINALS TBA

Term 3 Holidays

18th - 24th September Chess Kids Olympics TBA

30th Sept - 1st Oct Lidum’s Cup - Adelaide (adult) Adelaide

Term 4

Tuesday, 17th October Primary Interschool FINALS TBA

Sunday, 29th October RJ Shield Tournament #7* Hawthorn

Sunday, 26th November RJ Shield Tournament #8* Hawthorn

Term 4 Holidays

Late January Australian Junior Championships Canberra

* Each player’s best 4 results in the RJ Shield go towards a final prize.

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Chess Clubs CLUB CONTACT PHONE MEETS

Albury Rob Simmons 02 6021-5851 Fri

Ballarat Patrick Cook 03 5331-6658 Thurs

Bendigo David Schepisi 03 5439-6459 Wed

Bosnia Amir Mahic 9562-4630 Tue

Box Hill Rolf Exner 9878-0550 Fri

Dandenong Don Maciulaitis 9791-3541 Wed

Doncaster Angus Dykes 9654-8011 ?

Elwood Stephan Taylor 9877-2581 Sat

Essendon David Stimpson 9338-3321 Wed

Frankston Jim Duncan 9783-6648 Thurs

Glenroy Peter Hindson 9305-3851 2 days

Glen Eira David Cordover 9576-8177 Wed

Geelong Ian Boasman 03 5224-1293 Mon

Hobson’s Bay Peter Caissa 0411-710-900 Wed

Kew Geoff Hilliard 9819-3651 Fri

Melbourne Richard McCart 9416-3149 Daily

Mentone Harry Proctor 9584-9072 Thurs

Monash Sam Low 9560-6049 Mon-Fri

Waverley David Cordover 0411-877-833 Fri

CLUB COACH PHONE MEETS

Glen Waverley Wayne Guy 0417-381-510 Monday

Bayswater Lesley James 9729-8912 Monday

Box Hill Gerrit Hartland 9878-3163 Tuesday

Northern Club Nick Speck 9576-8177 Tuesday

Glen Eira David Cordover 9578-6203 Tues*

Dandenong Mos Ali 9791-6184 Wed

Training Squad Nick Speck 9576-8177 Thurs*

Waverley David Cordover 0411-877-833 Friday

Youth Club David Cordover 9578-6203 Friday*

Elwood David Cordover 9578-6203 Sat*

Chess World Wayne Guy 0417-381-510 Saturday

Glen Waverley Wayne Guy 0417-381-510 Saturday

Hobson’s Bay Peter Caissa 0411-710-900 Saturday

Internet Chess Always!

* These clubs have different times for advanced and beginner students.

www.chessclub.com

Junior Clubs

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Contact: David Cordover

Snail mail: 451 North Rd, Ormond 3204

Ph/fax: 9576-8177

Mobile: 0411-877-833

E-mail: chesskid@iaa.com.au

Web Page: www.chessworld.com.au

FREE Chess Exhibitions Due to popular demand David Cordover will continue to provide FREE exhibitions at schools, clubs and events around Melbourne until the end of June. These are great for publicity, to drum up interest in chess or just to kick start a club.

Choose from the following possibilities or make up your own.

N Giant chess set

N Simultaneous display (play up to 50 people at once, with prizes for winners)

N Blindfold games

N Informative talk at assembly

N Introductory lesson for a year level, class or group

• Chess Kids runs lunch-time clubs, after-school coaching, enrichment activities or chess as part of the curriculum.

• Experienced coaches work from a structured syllabus

• Full time coaches David Cordover, Nick Speck (former Australian Junior Champi-

ons) Wayne Guy (Victorian Open Champion) and Don Machell (6x DCC Champion)

• Proven results with student achievement and more importantly, high levels of involve-ment

• Special prices for schools wishing to upgrade their existing chess program

SCHOOL COACHING

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• Boards and Sets

• Clocks (digital or analogue)

• Books and magazines

• Videos

• Computers and software

• Coaching

• Internet Chess Café

• Gifts, tournaments or anything else!

451 North Rd, Ormond 9576-8177

Chess World provides for all your chess requirements.

COMPUTERS Kasparov Travel Companion 2100 Was $229 now $149 (1 only)

NEW Saitek “Chess Academy” Amazing coaching features Was $599 now only $499!!

SOFTWARE

1 copy Rebel 10 was $99.00 Now only $85

Rebel 10 Upgrade now only $65

Rebel 9 Upgrade Only $65 (with Rebel Bonus CD)

Rebel Century, Rebel Tiger or Fritz 6 $99

Chess Master 7000 Only $59.95

ChessBase Big Database 99 1.1 million games. Reduced to $99

CLOCKS

Saitek Digital Game Clock was $149, now $119! (same as DGT’s) BOOKS

Batsford’s “Winning with…” opening series: Buy 2 and get 1

FREE!!! Choose from; Closed Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack, Dragon, Nimzo-Indian, Philidor, Najdorf, Benko, French, Slav, Hypermodern, Queen’s Indian, Spanish, Slav and others.

Second Hand books have ALL had their prices slashed!

BOARDS & TABLES

Handcrafted wooden boards, design your own …… From $125 A wide selection of chess tables from $50 to $299.

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