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Chess World Pty. Ltd. (Incorporating Chess Kids) ACN 087 995 364 Volume 2 Issue 2 Editor: David Cordover March 2000 Editorial While there were a lot of juniors playing at the Ballarat Open none of them really performed at the top level. The highest rated junior was seeded 25th. In the good old days (now I feel old) juniors would be vying for the top spots. Many is a time that I have played in Ballarat when a junior would win the tourna- ment, or at least finish in the real prize money (not a ratings prize). So what is the problem? I blame coaching. The proliferation of chess coaching has destroyed the strength of junior players. While coach- ing is fantastic for encouraging more juniors to play as yet it has been ineffec- tive at producing any good players. The good players are those with either natu- ral talent, superb dedication and often a bit of both. Sam Chow, David Cordover, Garry Kasparov & Channel 9 News. The children of today are expecting that because they are receiving weekly coaching that this will be enough to make them good chessplayers. Little do won’t stop you being hungry for the en- been started in the Northern Suburbs. they realise that coaching is only a tire week, but it sure can have an effect They meet with Nick Speck on Tuesday guide. In order to become a good player on the taste of your own cooking! from 7pm - 8pm at Spensley St Primary. the effort has to come from the self. Good news is that Cathy Chua has Keep your eyes open for information So to all the potential chess champions joined Chess World. She was the first about the Australian Open Rapid Play out there: Please, continue to get coach- female to win a State U18 Junior title Championships, to be run by Chess ing, but treat your time with a coach as when she won the SA U18 Juniors in World in early August. Total prize-pool you might an hour with a chef each 1977, equal first with her brother, Chris of nearly $9000! week. The time with a gourmet cook Depasquale. Cathy represented Austra- Also due to start soon is the 2000 Inter- lia in the 1976 and 1978 Olympiads. See school Competition. Entry forms are her at the shop Tuesday, Thursday and available for both Primary and Secon- Chess World’s Friday each week. dary divisions. There was a fair bit of publicity for Finally, anyone wishing to have news/ HUGE Easter chess thanks to long time Chess World advertisements included in the next student, Sam Chow. He challenged Kas- Chess Kids should contact me soon. parov via the net, and almost won! SALE -David Cordover About time too! A junior chess club has Inside This Issue Ballarat Begonia Open Pp 2-3 RJ Shield Pp 4-5 Sam Chow vs. Kasparov Pp 6-8 Laugh Radio Page 9 Club News Pp 10-11 Junior Ratings Pp 12 Easter SALE Page 13 Calendar for MM Page 14 Chess Clubs Pp 15 Free Exhibitions Page 16 Page 2 Chess Kids Ballarat Begonia Open -Bas Van Riel th The 34 Ballarat Begonia Open add flavour and moral support to the 10.Qe2 Bb7 11.0-0 0-0 12.Be3 Ne5 13. Weekender event. h3 Rac8 14.Rac1 Be7 15.Bf4 Bd6 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17.Ne1 Qc6 18.Nf3 Bxc3 The traditional and unique Ballarat The tournament went flawlessly, apart 19.e5 Bxe5 20.Qxe5 d6 21.Qg3 Rfd8 Tournament was this year’s first Grand from a brief failure of a group of lights 22.Rfe1 Qc5 23.Ng5 h6 Prix (Class 3) event in Victoria. during one of the evening rounds: a mi- XABCDEFGHY Having missed out on sponsorship this nor hiccup compared to last years com- year, the committee didn’t know what to motion when the arbiter was stuck in the 8-+rtr-+k+( expect. However, it turned out that they elevator for more than an hour! 7+l+-+pzp-' didn’t have to worry, as 90 players The event was won by Mirko Rujevic turned up, exactly the same number as with 6.5 / 7 points. Equal second 6pzp-zppsn-zp& last year. were GM Darryl Johansen, who lost to 5+-wq-+-sN-% The number of top players, headed by Rujevic in round 5, and Mark Chapman GM Darryl Johansen, was fairly small, who drew with IM Leonid Sandler and 4-+P+-+-+$ but the record entry of juniors (18) was agreed a quick draw with Rujevic in the 3zP-+L+-wQP# very pleasing. Worth mentioning is the final round. Chapman did not have to group of players, who seem to return to play against Johansen, while Sandler 2-zP-+-zPP+" Ballarat year in year out, many of them finished outside of the prize list after a 1+-tR-tR-mK-! pensioners. This creates a unique atmos- draw with Chapman, losing to Rujevic phere with a group which takes chess and then to Johansen in the final round. xabcdefghy 24.Nxf7 Kxf7 25.Qg6+ Kf8 26.Rxe6 seriously and tries to win (prizes), a In the top group George Pratsch (1752) Qg5 27.Rce1 Qxg6 28.Bxg6 Rxc4 29. large group of ‘social’ players and had a good tournament, helped by a Re7 Bd5 30.Ra7 Ra8 Black resigns thirdly the group of juniors with all their friendly draw. He finished with 5.5 distractions and variable interests (not points in equal 4 th spot. After 6 consecutive years of winning the only in chess!). Begonia Open Johansen was due for a The B-group was jointly won by John loss. His loss against eventual winner, To make all this happen each year Nemeth who scored very well against Mirko Rujevic, in Round 5 put him out again, is mainly due to the untiring ef- four much higher rated players, and of the race. forts of Kevin Perrin (DOP). Mind you, good old Olgerts Bergmanis with 5 he has been involved as the main organ- points each. I would not be surprised to After a long, fairly boring game the fol- iser since the inception of the tourna- find that Olgerts and his friend Gunnar lowing position arose on board 1. ment. Lamberts have played in virtually all Johansen, with almost no time left The great support in different ways by (34) Ballarat Begonia tournaments. played a sacrifice, but followed up poorly and lost just as the time control players, clubs, VCA and Chess World is The C-group was won equally by two was reached. invaluable for the success of our tourna- juniors with 5 points each: Amir Nissen ment, and it is greatly appreciated by the (Vic) and Aaron Guthrie (SA). Amir XABCDEFGHY committee. Visits by chess personalities drew with Stewart Boot and won against such as Robert Jamieson, Guy West, Ken Holt. Group D was jointly won 8rtr-+-+-wq( Gary Wastell, David Flude etc certainly (3.5 points) by Eric Lindberg who squeezed three wins out of his last three 7+-+l+pmk-' opponents, and Colin Finlay 6-+-zp-sn-vl& from NSW, who played a solid tournament. 5zp-+PzpPsNp% The first clash between titled 4-zPp+-+-zP$ players came in Round 4. 3zP-tR-vLQzPL# FM Grant Szuveges 2-+-+-+-+" GM Darryl Johansen 1+-+-+RmK-! 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 a6 6.e4 Qc7 xabcdefghy 7.a3 b6 8.Bd3 Bc5 9.Nc2 Nc6 Johansen - Rujevic Chess Kids Page 3 55.Ne6+?! fxe6 56.fxe6 Bxe3+ 57.Rxe3 Qa7 30.Nxb5 Bxe3 31.Nxa7 Bxg1+ 32. CDEFGHY Rf8 58.Qf5 Qh6 59.Qg5+? Qxg5 Rxg1 R6xa7 White resigns. 60.hxg5 Nxd5 0-1 8-+-tr-+-+( Mark Chapman had a chance to grasp outright first if he had defeated Rujevic ACT junior Marija Jovanovic had a 7+l+-+-zpp' in the final round. He wasn’t interested great tournament, defeating Adrian Flit- in taking the risk however and a draw 6p+-+k+-+& ney in Round 6. was agreed after 8 moves. His earlier 5+p+r+-+-% game against Stuart Booth was a more Marija Jovanovic 1294 exciting one. 4-+-zPp+-+$ Adrian Flitney 1840 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.b3 c5 4.Bb2 Nc6 5. Stuart Booth 3+-+-mK-+-# g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 Bd6 7.d3 Bd7 8.Nbd2 Mark Chapman 2PzPNtR-+PzP" Qe7 9.cxd5 exd5 10.0-0 0-0-0 11.Re1 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5. h5 12.e4 d4 cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Nfd7 1+-+R+-+-! XABCDEFGHY 9.Bd3 0-0 10.Nf3 Na6 11.0-0 Rb8 12.a4 xabcdefghy Nb4 13.Bb1 a6 14.a5 b5 15.axb6 Nxb6 IM Leonid Sandler 2271 8-+ktr-+-tr( 16.Nd2 Bd7 17.Qf3 Bb5 18.Rd1 Qd7 Michael Baron 2127 7zpp+lwqpzp-' 19.Kh1 Rfe8 20.Nf1 Na4 21.e5 dxe5 22. 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nc3 f5 Nxc3 23.bxc3 e4 24.Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 dxc4 8.g5 Nd5 9. 6-+nvl-sn-+& Qxe4 Re8 26.Qh4 Nc2 27.f6 Nxa1 28. Bxc4 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Qe7 11.Bb2 e5 5+-zp-+-+p% fxg7 Be2 29.Re1 Nc2 30.Ne3 Nxe1 31. 12.0-0-0 a5 13.h4 b5 14.Bd3 c5 15.Be4 Qxe1 Bd3 32.Qf2 c4 33.h3 f5 34.Qf4 Ra7 16.dxe5 Nxe5 17.Nxe5 Bxe5 18.f4 4-+-zpP+-+$ Qxg7 35.Bd2 Qe5 36.Qh4 a5 37.Nxc4 Bb8 19.c4 3+P+P+NzP-# Qxd5 38.Nb2 Be4 0-1 XABCDEFGHY Chess World took a group of 9 kids with 2PvL-sN-zPLzP" coaches David Cordover, Wayne Guy 8-vll+k+-tr( 1tR-+QtR-mK-! and Troy Edwards.
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