www.allyearchess.com: AUSTRALIAN CHESS FEDERATION newsletter

The ACF is currently
seeking applications for the Australian Open and Women's Teams for the 40th
Chess Olympiad to be held in Istanbul, Turkey, from 27 August to 10 September
2012. (Ed: The original
notice follows)

If you wish to be
considered for selection as a player, applications close on 31 March 2012.
Further information on the selection process is contained in the Selection
Notice which was published in the ACF Newsletter on 28 February 2012. It
would assist if you would provide all the information required under item 5.4
of the ACF's Selection Procedures By-Law - ie postal address, phone numbers
(mobile, home and business), date of birth, ACF and FIDE rating, FIDE titles
held and passport number and issue and expiry date. All applications that
have been received to date have been acknowledged. If you have sent an
application, but have not received an acknowledgement, please contact Tom
Saltmarsh on (03) 6223 5518 as soon as possible.

Applications for
captaincies of both teams will be called for in April 2012.

Tom Saltmarsh

ACF Selections
Director

OLYMPIAD SELECTIONS - 40^th
FIDE Chess Olympiad, Istanbul, Turkey

Applications are invited for the Australian Open and
Women’s Olympiad Teams for the 40^th Chess Olympiad to be
held in Istanbul, Turkey, from 27 August to 10 September 2012.

An Open team and a Women’s team, each consisting of five
players and a non-playing captain, will be selected to represent
Australia at this event. Exact details of player entitlements are not yet
known but players and captains normally are entitled to full board from the
host organisation and travel subsidies from the ACF's Olympiad Appeal
fundraising efforts.

APPLYING FOR
SELECTION

Those wishing to be considered for selection as players must
apply by 31 March 2012. At a minimum, applications must contain the
information specified in item 5.4 of the ACF’s Selection Procedures By-Law. In addition,
applicants may provide:

·
a list or summary of their game or tournament results
over the previous two years (as per item 5.6); and/or

·
up to 400 words of comments in support of their
application (as per item 5.7).

A text copy of the By-Law will be emailed on request.

Applications must be sent by email to Tom Saltmarsh catowi@internode.on.net. If an application
has not been acknowledged as received within seven days, please phone (03)
6223 5518.

Applicants' names, as well as all material provided to selectors
– eg ratings file; applicant lists or summary of game or tournament
results; and applicant comments - will all be published online at an address
to be announced, and available for public scrutiny, after applications close.
Any corrections or additions to this material must be submitted by 7 April
2012. Applicants will be advised of provisional selection results on or about
21 April 2012. The results will be finalised and made public on or about 28
April 2012 following the expiration of the appeal period.

IMPORTANT NOTES FOR
APPLICANTS:

1. Please send any
application from an email address that you will check regularly (preferably
at least weekly) from the time of your application until the end of May 2012.
If you will not be contactable in the week after the selection deadline,
please apply well in advance of the deadline.

2. All applicants
should keep a copy of their application. Any claims for late application on
the grounds of email transmission problems will not be accepted unless
accompanied by a copy of the application and a letter from the sender's ISP
confirming that the application was sent. Evidence may be required for other
claims for late applications.

3. Activity Rule: An
applicant shall not be eligible for selection unless the applicant has played
at least 20 games in the 12 month period immediately prior to 31 March 2012
and at a normal (non-rapid) time limit. The games must be rated by the
ACF, FIDE or a national organisation for which rating formula conversion
details are known and the playing of the games can be verified. It is not
required that all 20 games be rated or even submitted for rating by 31 March
2012, so long as they will be rated at some stage. If you have not yet
reached your 20 games when you submit your application, please advise in
which events you intend to play to reach 20 games by the deadline.

CAPTAINCIES

Applications for captaincies will be called for in April 2012
with a closing date a few days after selections are made public. Unsuccessful
applicants for the teams are entitled to apply for a captaincy. Team captains
will then be selected by the ACF Council, taking into account, but not
necessarily bound by, the preferences and comments of team members. Exact
dates and processes for captaincy applications will be announced later.

PROVISIONAL
SELECTION SCHEDULE

Early March 2012	Applications open
31 March 2012	Applications close
7 April 2012	Corrections to applications finalised
	Applications sent to Selectors
21 April 2012	Applicants notified of provisional selection result
28 April 2012	Selection results finalised and published

Tom Saltmarsh

ACF Selections Director

Olympiad Appeal

The biennial Chess Olympiad is one of the world's biggest
sporting events, and the most important teams event on the world chess
calendar.

The 40th Olympiad is being held in the historic city of Istanbul where Turkey
crosses the Bosporus from Europe into Asia.

Australia will be fielding an open and a women's team, each five of our best
available players plus a team captain.

Unlike most competing nations, the Australian teams receive no government
support and must pay their own way, a burden compounded by the distance
involved from Australia to Turkey and the corresponding high air fares. They
can't do it alone, but depend on the support of the Australian chess
community. The more direct route via Dubai is expensive at that time of year;
the cheapest available fares (on which the appeal target - $17,280 - is
based) involve trans-China flights over 34 hours with three flight changes
along the way (Guangzhou, Beijing and Urumqi) - a trip not for the
faint-hearted!

We ask you all to give what you can to the ACF Olympiad Appeal, launched last
weekend at the Ballarat Begonia Festival weekender. No donation is too large
or too small - all will get the teams that much closer to Istanbul and will
be acknowledged on the appeal site www.acfappeal.aunz.org (with complimentary
hosting by iSage). The site allows painless and secure online payment
facilities, as well as the traditional snail mail option.

Ian
Murray

Appeal
Co-ordinator

Call for Tenders - Queensland
Interschool Chess Championships

The
Chess Association of Queensland (CAQ) invites interested parties to tender
for a licence to organise and conduct interschool team tournaments for
primary and secondary students throughout Queensland, and annual state finals
for qualifying teams from the tournaments, commencing January 1, 2013.

The
licence will be issued for a five year period and is subject to the following
conditions:-

1. Payment of an annual licence fee (currently about $4
000 per year).

2. Qualifying tournaments shall be open to as many
schools as possible.

3. There is no limit on the number of teams schools may
enter.

4. The licensee must demonstrate suitable expertise and
infrastructure to perform the task.

5. The licensee is permitted to seek corporate
sponsorship, on condition that, if sponsorship of more than $2000 is
obtained, 20% of the total amount shall be paid to CAQ.

6. The licensee is expressly forbidden from seeking
government grants.

7. Annual performance reports shall be submitted to the
CAQ.

8. If a licensee's performance is considered by the CAQ
at any time to be unsatisfactory, the licence may be cancelled and issued to
another party.

The
highest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted, and priority will be
given to licensees with demonstrated ability to provide satisfactory service
to regional areas.

Tenders
should be emailed to the CAQ Secretary at secretary@caq.org.au to reach him not later than the
closing date of 1 April 2012.

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GENERAL NEWS

Detecting chess cheating

Dr
Kenneth Regan (USA) has produced a program which aims to assist detection of
computer cheating in chess by using a more sophisticated approach than merely
measuring the percentage of moves matching the first choice of engines to
calculate the computer-likeness of games. While this still involves drawing
the long bow of equating this with actual computer use it nevertheless
represents a considerable advance, especially in disproving spurious claims.

Dr Regan is an IM rated 2390 on the latest list. See link for an article in the New York Times or your
favourite chess sites for further discussion.

City of Sydney Championship

FM Greg Canfell won this event with 6.5/7 from FM Tomek
Rej 5.5 and Michael Morris and Michael Hall 5. The event was played on Monday
nights, concluding 19 March, at the Sydney Chess Centre, Burwood and
attracted 28 players.

Doeberl Cup sponsors

O2C Doeberl Cup organisers are pleased to have new two
new sponsors on board for the Cup. Fairlane Canberra which is run by
Rosemarie Doeberl (daughter of Erik) is providing financial sponsorship to
assist with guarantees for Grand Masters. Fairlane Canberra is also providing
support for the attendance of Macauley Petersen who is producing videos
celebrating the 50th year of the Doeberl.

Additionally CPS Credit Union has agreed to come on
board as a minor sponsor for 2012 through providing financial support to the
Major tournament.

Arbiters’ course

A
FIDE Arbiters Seminar will be held in Sydney from Thursday 31 May to Sunday 3
June 2012.

Venue
is Parramatta RSL Club..

Lecturers
are IA Casto Abundo (PHI) and IA Gary Bekker (AUS)

All chess
clubs are encouraged to send interested players who wish to learn more about
FIDE laws, regulations and ratings.

Bookings
essential. Exam optional.

Brian
Jones, President, FIDE Zone 3.6 (Oceania)

See link for the course outline and other details
and link for OCC
information.

Beauty and the Geek

Readers
may recall that in 2009 the inaugural Australian series of Beauty and the
Geek was won by Canberra chess player Jeremy Reading. Producers of the 2012
series have advised that … we are
on the hunt for 18-30 year old males who are really passionate about chess
and may feel as though they're a bit socially awkward and feel it's time to
learn about another side of life from 10 ravishing Beauties.

If anyone fits that brief, they
can apply through this website: http://au.tv.yahoo.com/beauty-and-the-geek-australia/

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JUNIOR CHESS

AusJCL Calendar
(National and International)

See http://www.australian-junior-youth-chess.blogspot.com/ or the AusJCL page for calendars, selection
details, etc. Note that events are often changed so it is advisable to check
frequently for updates.

2012 Asian Youth
Championships

The Chess
Federation of Sri Lanka has the honor to invite all Asian National Chess
Federations affiliated to FIDE to participate in the 2012 Asian Youth Chess
Championships for age groups under-6, under-8, under-10, under-12, under-14,
under- 16 and under-18 from 24th June (arrival) to 1st July (departure) 2012
in a Five Star Beach Resort in Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka.

Download invitation,
regulations and registration form.

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RESULTS

Recent GP weekend
results

2012 Dubbo RSL Open March 17-18, Dubbo, NSW. IM George Xie won with 6/6 from Michael Wei and Fritz
Van Der Wal 5 (29 players).

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COMING EVENTS

Grand Prix events

April 5-9 O2C Doeberl Cup [5], Canberra,
ACT link

April 6-9 Queensland Open [2], Brisbane,
Qld link

April 11-15 Sydney International Open [5],
Sydney, NSW link

April 21-22 Hobart Open [4], Hobart, Tas link

April 21-25 MCC Anzac day Weekender [2], Melbourne,
Vic link

May 5-7 Peninsular Open [1], Brisbane,
Qld link

2012 GP calendar link

2012
O2C Doeberl Cup (5-9 April) and Sydney International Open (11-15 April)

Entries for these two major international events at and just
after Easter respectively are now being taken at

http://www.doeberlcup.com.au/

and

http://parrachessclub.org/SydneyInternationalOpen/

2012
Hobart Open (21-22 April)

Class four Australian Chess
Grand Prix event

Hosted by Hobart International Chess Club for the TCA

VENUE: Princes St Primary
School, Sandy Bay, Hobart. Just 2 km from city centre and close to Sandy Bay
shops.

FORMAT: 5 round Swiss or
Accelerated Swiss. 75 minutes plus 10 seconds per move per player.

ROUNDS START: Saturday 21 April
10:30 am, 2:00 pm, 5:30 pm. Sunday 22 April 9:00 am, 12:30 pm.

ENTRY FEES: Payment received by
Monday 16 April: Adult $45 Conc $40 Under 18 $25.

Paid after Monday 16 April: Adult $50 Conc $45 Under 18 $30.

Payment on day - cash only and must pay by 10 am. If thinking of
entering on the day please let us know.

PRIZES: Prizes for 1st (c.
40% of pool), 2nd (c. 20%), 3rd, U1700, U1500 (each c. 10%), U/18 (c. $60),
U/12 (c. $50). Prize pool is entries and donations received less TCA levy and
minimal running costs. Prize structure subject to three entries per division
and may be altered based on entries.

ARBITERS: Kevin Bonham and
assistants.

ENQUIRIES: Kevin Bonham ph.
0421 428 775 email k_bonham@tassie.net.au

HALF POINT BYES: Only for
unavoidable clashes, max one per player, rounds 1-3 only, must request before
tournament.

JUNIOR SUITABILITY: Event is suitable
for juniors who have played in at least one tournament (interschool or
individual) before, know how to record moves and are capable of playing
slowly and carefully.

NOTES: FIDE Laws 2009
apply – mobile phones making any noise will incur automatic default.
Entrants agree to abide by all decisions of the organisers and arbiters, who
reserve the right to make any changes required.

Leading Australian chess supplier Australian Chess Enterprises
(www.chessaustralia.com.au) has kindly sponsored the Class Four Grand Prix
status for this tournament.

ENTRIES: Please post form
with payment to Kevin Bonham, 410 Macquarie Street, South Hobart, Tas 7004.
Cheques and money orders to be made payable to HOBART INTERNATIONAL CHESS
CLUB.

ENTRY FORM –
2012 HOBART OPEN

Name:

Address:

Phone: Email (optional):

DOB if under 18:

Tick here if you would like your entry acknowledged by email:
____

2012 Melbourne
Chess Club Anzac Day Weekender (21-25 April)

A FIDE rated event, MCC Grand Prix event.

When: Saturday April 21st
to Wednesday April 25th.

Where: Melbourne Chess
Club, 66 Leicester St. Fitzroy.

Format: 7 round Swiss.

Timetable: Saturday April 21:
Round 1 - 2pm, Round 2 - 7pm. Sunday April 22: Round 3 - 2pm, Round 4 - 7pm.

Tuesday April 24: Round 5 - 7pm. Wednesday April 25: Round 6 - 10am,
Round 7 - 3pm.

Time controls: 90 min + 30 seconds
per move.

Byes: Players may take 2
half point byes in rounds 1 – 5. Half point byes are not given in
rounds 6 or 7.

Grand Prix: MCC Grand Prix (3rd
event for the year), Australian Grand Prix (class 2), Oceana Grand Prix
(class 2)

Prizes: The following
prizes are based on 32 paying entries: 1st, $500 2nd, $300 3rd, $200 Rating
prizes, to be confirmed

Rating: The event will be
FIDE and ACF rated.

Arbiter: Kerry Stead (the
best in the business!)

Pairings: Pairings will be
done with Swissperfect

Parking: For advice on
parking, please contact Grant Szuveges 0401-925-075.

Entry Fees: $75 full and $65
concession ($10 discount for MCC members)

Enquires: For any questions,
please contact Grant Szuveges on 0401-925-075 or via email: grantszuveges@gmail.com

MCC web site: http://www.melbournechessclub.org/

2012 Pacif?ic Lutheran
Allegro Chess Series - Cal?oundra, Qld

The Pacific Lutheran Chess Allegro Series proudly organised by
Suncoast Chess Club Inc. A fun day out for children and adults alike!

1st Event - already held

2nd Event - 5th of May

Final Event - 4th of August

Venue - Pacific Lutheran
College (same as the 2011 Caloundra Open) Woodlands Boulevard, Meridan Plains
4551

Time Control - 15 minutes each
no extra time.

SCHEDULE Registration: 9:15am.
Round 1: 10:00am; Round 2: 10:35am; Round 3: 11:10am; Round 4: 11:45am

Lunch time: 12:15pm; Round 5: 01:15pm; Round 6: 01:50pm; Round
7: 02:25pm; Presentations: 03:15pm.

Open to all entries,
prizes for each event, 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the following categories: Adult,
Junior and Pacific Lutheran Students. Also prizes for series winners.

Entry fee for each event:
Adults $10, Under 18 $5

Enquires to Jeff Dyer.
Suncoast Chess: http://suncoastchess.webs.com/ e-mail suncoastchess@gmail.com

2012
Billanook Chess Classic

The Billanook Chess Classic is a series of 4 allegro
tournaments. Each tournament will have a minimum of $740 in cash prizes and
there are overall series prizes in excess of $1000. In total, over $4000 in
cash prizes will be on offer The series is organised by Northern Star Chess
(Pearl Yung) and follows on from the successful Billanook College Chess
Championship Cup series in previous years. The dramatic increase in
prize-money is thanks to the major sponsor Billanook College. Billanook
College is developing a strong association with the chess community and was
the venue for the 2011 Australian Junior.

Tournament Dates:

Tournament 1: already held

Tournament 2: Sunday 20th May 11.00am – 4.00pm

Tournament 3: Sunday 29th July 11.00am – 4.00pm

Tournament 4: Saturday 25th August 9.30am – 2.30pm

Tournament prizes: Trophies,
medallions and the following cash prizes: 1^st $250; 2^nd
$150 ; 3^rd $100 .

Plus rating group prizes: 1^st $50; 2^nd $30
(at least 3 groups).

Series prizes: Based on total scores over the series: trophies
and the following prizes -

Adults:
1^st $200; 2^nd $100; Juniors: 1^st $200; 2^nd
$100 Girls: 1^st $100 2^nd $75.

Plus age group prizes (U18/U16/U14/U12/U10): 1^st $50
per age group.

Venue: Billanook College,
197-199 Cardigan Rd, Mooroolbark, VIC 3138 (Mel: 52C1)

Time Control: 15 minutes per
player. FIDE Rapid Play rules apply.

Tournament format: 7 round Swiss.

Entry fee per
tournament: $15 if pre-registered. $20 to register on the day.

For full details and
registration: Please visit the Northern Star
Chess website.

2012 Asian Seniors and Asian
Amateurs

These events will be held at the Parramatta RSL Club from 1 to 8
June 2012 immediately prior to the NSW Open at the same venue.

The
ASIAN SENIORS Championship is open to Asian senior players. Males must have
reached their 55th birthday on or before 31 December 2012 (born before
01.01.1958). Females must have reached their 50th birthday on or before 31
December 2012 (born before 01.01.1963). The tournament will be played over 9
rounds under the swiss pairing system.

The ASIAN
AMATEUR Championship is open to all Asian players who have a FIDE rating
below 2100 or are without a FIDE Rating. Players must not hold any GM, WGM,
IM, WIM, FM or WFM title and must not have been rated 2100 or above during
the past two years. The tournament will be played over 9 rounds under the
swiss pairing system.

Both
events will be FIDE-rated and played under the FIDE time control of 90
minutes plus 30 seconds per move starting from move one. Note entries close 14 May 2012 (late entries may be accepted with a late fee).

See link for more details.

2012 Oceania Blitz Championship

This event will be held at the Parramatta RSL Club from at
7:30pm on Thursday 7 June.

See link for more details.

Please
notify forthcoming tournaments to auschessnews@gmail.com

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OVERSEAS TOURNAMENTS
AND NEWS

Championship and major events

Asian Continental
Championships: 4 May 2012, Ho Chi Minh City,
Vietnam link

Asian Teams
Championship: May 2012, Hainan,
China

Asian Seniors /
Asian Amateurs: 1 June 2012, Parramatta,
Australia link

Oceania Blitz
Championship: 7 June 2012, Parramatta,
Australia link

Olympiad: 27
August 2012, Istanbul, Turkey

Oceania Zonal: 4 May
2013, Nadi, Fiji link

Regional events

Melaka International: 20
April 2012, Melaka, Malaysia http://www.chess-malaysia.com

Fiji International
Open: 5 May 2012, Suva, Fiji link

9th Dato' Arthur Tan
Chess Festival: 19 August 2012, Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia

Solomon Islands
International: tba, Honiara, Solomon
Islands link

Oceania
Grand Prix link

(Date
listed is date of commencement)

Tournament calendars

FIDE: link

allyearchess.com: link

GM Yuri Razuvaev (1945-2012)

FIDE
reports that prominent chess trainer GM Yuri Razuvaev passed away last week
at the age of 66. See link for FIDE’s obituary, or link for a eulogy by GM Boris Gulko on chessbase.

Vietnam events

On behalf of Vietnam Chess
Federation, I am very please to invite all Federations affiliated to Asian
Chess Federation to participate in the 11th
Asian Continental/Individual Open and Women's Chess Championships
scheduled 4th to 14th May 2012 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

After finishing the 13th ASEAN +
Age-Group Chess Championship, Vietnam Chess Federation will organising the 1st Super Kids Cup - International
Rapid Chess tournament which to be held on 19 June.

Dang Tat Thang

Vice President, Vietnam Chess
Federation

More
information is available at http://www.vietnamchess.com.vn/.

9th Dato' Arthur Tan Chess Festival

The schedule
for this year's festival is below.

Organisers
have advised that all events are to be rapid due to the Chess Olympiad and
the Muslim Ramadan Festival.

19 – 22 August 2012:

1) 9^th
IGB Dato’ Arthur Tan International Rapid Open

2) 3^rd
KLK Tan Sri Lee Soy Seng Seniors International Rapid Open

3) 7^th
Ambank International Rapid Chess Challenge

23 – 26 August 2012

4) 34^th
Astro Team Rapid Chess Championship (23 – 25 August)

5)
Festival Blitz International Open (22 & 26 August – Half Day Event)

6) 3^rd
Swensen Merdeka Rapid Age-Group Chess Championship (26 August)

Brian Jones advises:

The 2011
Yulgilbar-Think Big Grand Prix prize winners are:

Stephen Solomon

Emma Guo

Bobby Cheng

Gene Nakauchi

Each of the above will receive $1250 travel prize if they play in the
Malaysian Festival 20-25 August 2012 (possibly on the way through to the
Chess Olympiad in Istanbul).

We hope to enter at least two teams in the Astro Team Championship!

At this point there is not an obvious web site for the event but
Brian Jones link can no doubt
provide further information for those interested.

750 Years Melaka Internatio?nal
Chess Festival - 20th April to 1st May 2012

We are
pleased to inform you that the Malaysian Chess Federation together with the
State of Melaka will be organizing the 750 Years Melaka International Chess
Festival from 20th April to 1st May 2012. The Melaka Festival offers 3 major
events which are the Florencio Campomanes Memorial International Rapid Chess
Championship, the Historical Melaka International Chess Championship and the
Historical Melaka Challenger Chess Championship. The Campomanes Memorial
offers a total prize fund of USD20,000, the Melaka International RM40,000 and
the Melaka Challenger RM10,000.

The Florencio Campomanes Memorial
International Rapid Chess Championship will be held on 21st and 22nd of
April over 11 rounds using a time control of 25 minutes to finish.

The Melaka International and Melaka Challenger will run
concurrent and will be held from 23rd April to 1st May 2012 played over 9
rounds using classical time control of 90 minutes plus 30 seconds increment
from move 1.

The
prize fund offered for each of the event is USD20,000 for the Rapid event, RM
40,000 (approximately USD 13,000) for the International event and RM 10,000
(approximately USD3,500) for the Challenger event.

Closing
date for the event is 9th April 2012* and entries received after this date
will only be accepted at the organizer’s discretion and will be
subjected to late fees.

Najib
Abdul Wahab

Organizer,
Arbiter, Trainer

Email: najib.wahab@chess-malaysia.com

Web: http://www.chess-malaysia.com

Blog: http://datcchess.blogspot.com

Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chess-Malaysia/168231673260531

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TOURNAMENT REPORTS

2012 Begonia Open, by
Gary Bekker

A record 131 players took part, and this year’s
Begonia Open tournament was one of the strongest ever, with 22 participants
rated over 2100. We hope you enjoyed the tournament and look forward to
seeing you again next year. Details will be available on http://www.ballaratchess.com/. Please note that results,
performance charts, and estimated rating changes are available at http://www.auschess.tornelo.com/.

As usual for this event, the pairings for the first two rounds
were accelerated. As well as pairing the top players against each other sooner,
this avoids the theoretical possibility of two players jointly winning the
event with a perfect score of 7/7 not having played each other. This led to some
tough encounters as early as round two including upset losses by Stephen
Solomon, Bobby Cheng, and Guy West. Further draws and upsets, left Domagoj
Dragicevic and Alistair Cameron sharing the lead with a perfect score going
into round 5. They drew their round 5 encounter, allowing overseas competitor
Patrick Scharrer (Ita) to join the lead.

In round 6, Patrick Scharrer defeated Alistair Cameron,
and Domagoj Dragecevic defeated Stephen Solomon, to share the lead going into
the final round. [Ed: See below for
these key games.] Scharrer and Dragecevic quickly drew their final game,
and this allowed Brodie McClymont to join them in finishing equal first on 6
points.

Equal fourth was shared by Bobby Cheng, IM Guy West, Dusan
Stojic,and Justin Tan on 5.5 points. Leon Kempen, who recently came equal
first in the Guam International, won the Group A division. Ballarat stalwart
Bas Van Rieland rapid improver Joseph Wong jointly won Group B. Group C
finished in a three-way tie between Marko Grabovac, Joe Flexmore, and Gary
Lin.

Thanks to Chess World / Chess Kids for sponsoring the tournament
and providing their Tornelo tournament software. Thank you to Kevin Perrin,
Patrick Cook, and the Ballarat Chess Club organisers for hosting the event
and putting in an enormous amount of work to make the tournament run so smoothly.
As usual, Raelene Zelesco took some excellent photos of the tournament too.
Many others also supported the tournament and volunteered their time, and
this is very warmly appreciated.

Although there were some problems with internet access,
and our game publishing on the internet, the tournament ran quite smoothly.
We would, however, appreciate your feedback on how we can make the tournament
better in future. Please feel free to email me your suggestions, no matter
how big or small.

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AUSTRALIAN CHESS SITES

Following
is a list of useful sites, please notify additions or updates to the usual
address.

Newspaper columns

Ian Rogers
(Byron Bay Echo)

Peter Parr (Sydney Morning Herald)

David
Ellis (West Australian)

On-line media

chesscrazytalk

Bulletin boards

Chesschat

Blogs

chessexpress (Shaun Press)

Coffee House
Chess (Carl Gorka)

Smart
Dolphins

Kerry
Stead

Pawn's
Progress (George Eraclides)

The
Closet Grandmaster (Amiel Rosario)

lousy@chess

Brendan
Norman

checkmateendsthegame

Tristan
Stevens

Australian
Chess News

Gawain
Jones [well almost Australian]

Mailing lists / Newsletters

ACT
mailing list

CAQ

Box
Hill CC
(Vic) - subscribe

Noble
Park CC (Vic) - Issue 6 - Issue 6 pdf

Gardiner Chess (Qld)

Suncoast
CC
(Qld)

Tournament software

Tornelo (David Cordover)

Australian Chess Federation

Australian
Chess Federation

ACF
ratings

Grand Prix calendar

Oceania Chess Confederation

Oceania Chess
Confederation

Oceania Grand Prix

State Associations

Australian Capital Territory

Victorian Rural Chess League

(Also
see state sites for information on clubs without their own web sites.)

Game collections

OzBase

Chess compositions

OzProblems

Junior Chess Leagues/clubs and
junior blogs

Canterbury
Juniors (Vic)

Quirky
Queens (ACT)

Searching for Magnus Carlsen (blog, includes AusJCL info)

NSW Clubs

Rooty
Hill

St George
Leagues Club

Norths
Leagues Club

Harbord Diggers

Easts

Ryde-Eastwood
Leagues Club CC (blog)

Wollongong Collegians

Victorian Clubs

chessclub.com.au

Queensland Clubs

Gold
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Table of
Contents

GAMES

Cameron,Alistair
(2072) –

Scharrer,Patrick
(2288) [A41]

Begonia
Open, Ballarat (6), 12.03.2012

1.d4
g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.gxf3 c5 7.d5 Nd7 8.Qc2 a6 9.Bg5
Ne5 10.Qb3 Nf6 11.f4 Ned7 12.e3 0–0 13.Qxb7 Qa5 14.Qb3

14...Nxd5
15.Qc2 [15.cxd5
Rfb8 16.Qc2 Rxb2 17.Qxb2 (17.Qc1 Bxc3+ 18.Kd1 Qa4+) 17...Bxc3+] 15...Nxc3
0–1

Solomon,Stephen
J (2401) –

Dragicevic,Domagoj
(2304) [B43]

Begonia
Open, Ballarat (6), 12.03.2012

1.e4
c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 b5 7.0–0 Bb7 8.Bf3 Nc6
9.Nxc6 dxc6 10.Qe2 e5 11.Rd1 Nf6 12.Bg5 Be7 13.Bg4 0–0 14.Bxf6 Bxf6
15.Rd7 Qb6 16.Rd6 Qc5 17.Rad1 Rad8 18.Bd7 Be7 19.R6d3 b4

20.Na4
Qb5 21.Qh5 [White
just fails to save the piece by 21.b3 Rxd7 22.c4 bxc3 23.Nxc3 Rxd3 24.Nxb5
Rxd1+ 25.Qxd1 cxb5 and if 26.Qd7 Rd8] 21...Qxa4 22.Qxe5 Bf6 23.Qc7 Qb5
24.f4 Rb8 25.Bg4 Bc8 26.Bf3 Qb6+ [26...Rb7
27.Qd6 Rd7] 27.Qxb6 Rxb6 28.e5 Be7 29.g4 f6 30.exf6 Bxf6 31.f5 c5 32.Rd6 Rxd6
33.Rxd6 Bxb2 34.Bd5+ Kh8 35.Bc4 h6 36.Kg2 Bb7+ 37.Kh3 Bf6 38.Rb6 Be4 39.Rxa6
Bxc2 40.Rc6 Bd4 41.Kh4 Bf2+ 42.Kh5 Ba4 43.Re6 Be8+ 44.Rxe8 Rxe8 45.Be6 Re7
46.h4 Rc7 47.Bc4 Rd7 White’s time expired, but he is clearly lost anyway.
0–1

McClymont,Brodie
(2210) –

Wallis,Christopher
(2323) [B19]

Begonia
Open, Ballarat (7), 12.03.2012

1.e4
c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3
Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bd2 Ngf6 12.0–0–0 Be7 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 Nf6
15.Qe2 Qd5 16.Kb1 Nxh5 17.g4 Nf6 18.g5 Ne4 19.g6 f5 20.Bf4 Bf6 21.c4 Qd8
22.Rd3 b5 23.cxb5 cxb5 24.d5 e5 25.Bxe5 0–0 26.Bf4 Qe8 27.Qe3 Qxg6
28.Rg1 Qh7 29.Nd4 Kh8 30.Ne6 Rg8 31.f3 g5 32.Bc7 Ng3 33.Be5 Qf7

34.Rxg3
f4 35.Nxf4 [35.Rh3
fxe3 36.Rxh6+ Qh7 37.Bxf6+] 35...gxf4 36.Qxf4 Rxg3 37.Qxh6+ Kg8 38.Bxg3
Bg7 39.Qe6 Rd8 40.Qxf7+ Kxf7 1–0

Matheson,Laurence
(2173) –

Davis,Tony
(1887) [A00]

Begonia
Open, Ballarat (7), 12.03.2012

1.a3
g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 0–0 5.e3 c5 6.Be2 Nc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.exd4 d5
9.c5 Ne4 10.0–0 Nxc3 11.bxc3 e5 12.Be3 e4 13.Ne1 Qe7 14.Bf4 Re8 15.Bd6
Qg5 16.Nc2 Ne7 17.f4 Qh4 18.Bxe7 Rxe7 19.Ne3 Be6 20.Rb1 f5 21.Qb3 Rd7 22.Rbd1
Qd8 23.Bb5 Rc7 24.Kh1 Kh8

25.c4
a6 26.cxd5 axb5 27.dxe6 Qe7 28.g4 fxg4 29.f5 gxf5 30.Nxf5 Qg5 31.Qg3 Rc6
32.d5 Rxc5 33.Nd6 Kg8 34.Nxe4 1–0

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West,Guy
(2325) –

Anderson,Alistair
(1909) [C55]

Begonia
Open, Ballarat (1), 10.03.2012

1.e4
e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nf3 h6 5.0–0 Be7 6.c3 d6 7.Bb3 0–0 8.Re1
Bg4 9.h3 Bh5 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.Nf1 Bf8 12.Ng3 Bg6 13.Nh4 Bh7 14.Qf3 a6 15.Nhf5
Na5 16.Bc2 b5 17.b4 Nb7 18.a4 c6 19.Bb3 Rc8 20.axb5 axb5 21.Ra7 Rc7 22.Be3 c5
23.Rea1 Bxf5 24.Nxf5 Kh7 25.Bd2 g6 26.Ne3 Qe7 27.g4 g5 28.Nf5 Qd8 29.Kg2 Bg7
30.h4 gxh4 31.Rh1 Rh8 32.Rxh4 Ng8 33.g5 Qd7

34.Ne7
f6 [34...Qxe7
35.Qf5#; 34...Nxe7 35.Rxh6+ Bxh6 (35...Kg8 36.Qxf7#) 36.Qxf7+ Bg7
37.Qh5+ Bh6 38.Qxh6#] 35.g6# 1–0

Xie,George
(2466) –

Pyke,Malcolm
(2142) [C06]

Begonia
Open, Ballarat (7), 11.03.2012

1.e4
e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4 f6 9.Nf4
Nxd4 10.Qh5+ Ke7 11.exf6+ Nxf6 12.Ng6+ hxg6 13.Qxh8 Kf7 14.Qh4 e5 15.Nf3
Nxf3+ 16.gxf3 Bf5 17.Bxf5 gxf5 18.Bg5 Be7 19.0–0–0 Rc8+ 20.Kb1
Qb6 21.Bxf6 Bxf6 22.Qa4 Rd8 23.Rd2 a6 24.Rhd1 d4 25.Rd3 Qe6 26.Rb3 b5 27.Qa5
Rd6 28.Qc7+ Kg8 29.Rc1 e4 30.fxe4 fxe4 31.Rg3 Be5 32.Rg5 Bf6 33.Rg6 e3
34.Rcg1