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Box Hill and Canterbury Chess News CJCC ABN 52 352 957 553 BHCC ABN 52 929 596 514 Date: 5 Nov, 2014 Volume 5 issue 21 Box Hill and Canterbury Chess News Page In This Issue Calendar 1 Calendar www.boxhillchess.org.au/calendar/ 1 Editorial 2 Venue Update 3 Venue Update (Chinese Translation) Date Day Time Event Nov-07 Friday 7:30pm Club open Rd. 4 4 Game Of The Week by Laurence Matheson Nov-09 Sunday 12:30pm Rookies Cup 5 Our Sponsors Nov-14 Friday 7:30pm Club open Rd. 5 5 Bits & Pieces Nov-16 Sunday 2pm Sunday Coaching 5 Nov-16 Sunday 3:45pm Sunday Arvo Swiss 6 IM Max Illingworth–Minimising Our Blunders Nov-21 Friday 7:30pm Club open Rd. 6 9 Boxhill Open Update Nov-23 Sunday 2pm Sunday Coaching 9 Northern Star Chess Cards Nov-23 Sunday 3:45pm Sunday Arvo Swiss 10 Forthcoming Events Nov-28 Friday 7:30pm Club open Rd. 7 10 November Rookies Nov-30 Sunday 2pm Sunday Coaching 10 Sunday Arvo Swiss Update Nov-30 Sunday 3:45pm Sunday Arvo Swiss Dec-05 Friday Club open Rd. 8 11 CJCC Group Coaching Details Dec-07 Sunday Sunday Coaching 11 Sunday Coaching updates Dec-07 Sunday Sunday Arvo Swiss 12 Financial members Dec-12 Friday Club open Rd. 9 13 Sunday Coaching updates 14 Australian Junior Chess League How to subscribe to the Box Hill and Editorial Canterbury Chess News In this issue we have what everyone has been waiting for : Box Hill and Canterbury Chess News is lots of detail about our move to a new venue next year. The distributed by email link to subscribers. It new venue is only 15 minutes drive from the current provides news and tournament details of the Rochester rd venue. BHCC and CJCC chess clubs and chess Victoria material when appropriate. To become a subscriber email David Flude at: [email protected] with your name and email address and David will enter you on the news sheet data base. Your entry will remain confidential. BHCC and CJCC venue: 3 Rochester Road Canterbury 3126 Page 1 Rochester Rd Canterbury – SOLD !! – New Venue Update. Update 1st November 2014. The Chess Club Committee has negotiated to use the Electra Community Centre in Electra Avenue Ashwood. The property is owned by Monash Council and has a web-site that can be viewed here > http://www.monash.vic.gov.au/recreation/electra.htm. The Community Centre is actively used on most days and evenings of the week except for Friday evening and Sunday afternoon, so it is a great match for our traditional chess program and calendar. We plan our first event in the new venue to be Sunday the 11th of January; in other words … the January ROOKIES and QUEENS Cup starts in the new venue in 2015. We will use the venue on some Friday nights in January (the 16th and the 23rd; the Fischer Random) and January the 30th the first round of our traditional Autumn Cup. The first coaching date and Sunday ARVO date will be January, Sunday the 25th. While it is pleasant to find a venue which is available Friday evenings and Sunday afternoons, it is inevitable that there will be a limited number of occasions where the other tenants have already booked for week-end events; in particular, long week-ends. We will be unable to get access on November 1 and February 1, which will disrupt our coaching programme a little. Also, we will be unable to bid to host the Victorian Chess Open and the Victorian Junior Title Championships in 2015. The venue has tables (and chairs) in place already, and these are suitable for chess. The layout can be viewed here > http://www.waverleybridgeclub.com.au/New%20Building%20-%20Plan.pdf Since announcing the need to move venue, the Chess Committee has received a number of offers from volunteers to assist with the move. Thank you to all who suggested alternatives and to those who have offered to provide some muscle and transport to move equipment. We will be in contact with volunteers after we have met with the Masons representative on Thursday the 6th of November to sort out what goes and what stays at 3 Rochester Road. Electra Community Centre is in easy walking distance from Jordanville train station, and the area is serviced by two bus lines. Here is a Google map of the location > https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Electra+Ave,+Ashwood+VIC+3147/@- 37.8702247,145.1084873,18z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x6ad6403b30903a1b:0xb738b4cfe81704d 21 Electra Ave, Ashwood VIC 3147 BHCC and CJCC venue: 3 Rochester Road Canterbury 3126 Page 2 A Chinese Translation of the Venue Update (Thanks to Jason Tang) BHCC and CJCC venue: 3 Rochester Road Canterbury 3126 Page 3 23.Nh5 Nxh5 24.Qxh5 Rd5 Black now uses his material Game of the Week (by Laurence Matheson) advantage and the open file to pressure White into more Krishnamurthy,M - Cook,G [E38] trades 25.Qh3 Rcd8 26.Bc2 26...Bb5 was already a hopes White had of a kingside attack, so White now tries to swap BHCC Open Melbourne (2), 24.10.2014 it off, though this will ultimately help Black 22.Qh4 Rfd8 23.Nh5 Nxh5 24.Qxh5 Rd5 Black now uses his material The Box Hill Open kicked off a couple of weeks ago with advantage and the open file to pressure White into more a good field of 53 and after three rounds top seed trades 25.Qh3 Rcd8 26.Bc2 26...Bb5 was already athreat, Eugene Schon is leading the way with two others on 3/3. so White had to act immediately 26...Qe5 A good Today we'll see club stalwart Geoff Cook in action as he tactical shot that forces futher trades, though it was moves up the leaderboard to sit just behind on 2.5/3 also possible to start punching holes in the White 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.e3 Nc6 6.Bd3? In kingside with 26...Rg5 27.Qc3 [27.Rxe5 Rxd1+ 28.Bxd1 a moment of blindness, White forgets about the attack Rxd1+ 29.Re1 Rxe1#] 27...Qxc3 28.bxc3 Rxd1 29.Rxd1 on his central pawn; he needed to defend it with 6.Nf3, Rxd1+ 30.Bxd1 Kf8 Black is now a clear pawn up in a Bishop ending and should be winning, as he when we would still have a relatively normal Nimzo- Indian 6...cxd4 7.exd4 Nxd4 8.Qa4 Nc6 9.Nge2 0–0 demonstrates: 31.f4 Ke7 32.Kf2 Kd6 33.g3 f6 34.Ke3 White is already regretting his pawn loss, as his lack of e5 35.Bc2 a5 36.h4 Kc5 37.fxe5 fxe5 38.Bb3? [Although its not immediately apparent why, 38.Bd3 central control is obvious 10.Bg5 Be7 11.a3 I'm not too sure about this move, as its sole idea is to play b4 which proves the better square for the bishop as it has much White never gets around to fulfilling. It was probably more freedom of movement and can control the c4 square much better, given 38...e4 39.Be2 Bb5 40.Bg4 better to castle immediately 11...d5 12.Qc2 While it does create a threat, this seems unnecessary as the Kc4 like in the game meets 41.Be2+ and Black has to Queen is not very well placed here 12...h6 13.cxd5 Nxd5 step back] 38...b5 39.Kd2 Bd5 40.Bc2 e4? Needlessly Given that White hasn't castled yet and Black's pieces giving White the opportunity to retrace his steps and are fairly actively placed, it may have been wise to keep make things harder for Black 41.Ke3? White passes up the opportunity; 41.Bb1 was much tougher to face, as pieces on with 13...exd5, where the isolated Queen pawn is unlikely to be a problem 14.Bxe7 Ncxe7 15.0–0 41...Kc4 again meets 42.Ba2+ 41...Kc4 42.Kd2 Bc6 Still White finally finishes his development, but the damage winning, though I'm not sure why Black didn't opt for has been done and he is a full pawn down 15...Bd7 the immediate 42...e3+ 43.Bd1 e3+ 44.Kc2 Be4+ 16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Qb3 Bc6 We have now reached a fairly 45.Kb2 a4 Removing any last chances for White, Black static position; the pawn stucture is unlikely to change in will simply play 46...Kd3 and 47...e2 to pick off the the short term so both sides need to find a decent plan. White bishop for an easy win, while 46.Be2 will meet As White is down a pawn, he should try to avoid too 46...Bd3 followed once again by 47...e2 0–1 many swaps, or perhaps try to create an imbalance (by swapping N for B or B for N). Black, on the other hand, would like to arrange swaps if possible and may use this Position after to control the two open files with his rooks. Cook executes this very well in the game 18.Rad1 Qe7 19.Rfe1 40.Bc2 Rac8 20.Ng3 Qc7 21.Qc4 White, now, lacking in a meaningful plan attempts a kingside attack, but with so few pieces it's an ambitious idea, easily thwarted by Black 21...Nf6 Removing all hopes White had of a kingside attack, so White now tries to swap it off, though this will ultimately help Black 22.Qh4 Rfd8 BHCC and CJCC venue: 3 Rochester Road Canterbury 3126 Page 4 Our Sponsors Bits & Pieces.
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