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CJCC ABN 52 352 957 553 BHCC ABN 52 929 596 514 Date: 03 Feb, 2015 Volume 6 issue 03 Box Hill and Canterbury Chess News Page In This Issue Calendar 1 Calendar www.boxhillchess.org.au/calendar/ 1 Editorial 2 Venue Update 3 Billanook College Scholarships Date Day Time Event Feb 06 Friday 7:30pm Autumn Cup 2 3 Financial members Feb 08 Sunday 12:30pm Rookies Cup 4 Game Of The Week by Laurence Matheson Feb 13 Friday 7:30pm Autumn Cup 3 5 Our Sponsors, Bits & Pieces Feb 15 Sunday 2pm Coaching 6 IM Max Illingworth–Australian Juniors 3:45pm Sunday Arvo Swiss 9 AJCC 2015 – Photo montage – CJCC winners Feb 20 Friday 7:30pm Autumn Cup 4 10 Northern Star Chess Cards Feb 22 Sunday 2pm Coaching 11 Forthcoming Events - Autumn Cup, 3:45pm Sunday Arvo Swiss 11 Sunday Arvo Swiss Feb 27 Friday 7:30pm Autumn Cup 5 Mar 01 Sunday 2pm Coaching 12 February Rookies 3:45pm Sunday Arvo Swiss 12 CJCC Group Coaching Details Mar 06 Friday 7:30pm Allegro 13 A visit to Katoomba Chess Club Mar 08 Sunday 12:30pm Rookies Cup 13 Sunday Coaching Mar 13 Friday 7:30pm Autumn Cup 6 13 Sunday ARVO Mar 15 Sunday 2pm Coaching 14 Autumn Cup 3:45pm Sunday Arvo Swiss 14 Marcus’s Book Shop 15 GM Ni Hua Simul Report. 17 Australian Junior Chess League How to subscribe to the Box Hill and Editorial Canterbury Chess News The quality and content of this newsletter is very much Box Hill and Canterbury Chess News is dependent on the contributions of members. Initially, this distributed by email link to subscribers. It newsletter was going to be a bit thin, but several late provides news and tournament details of the contributions have added a lot of meat. In this issue we BHCC and CJCC chess clubs and chess have Else Yueh reporting on the GM Ni Hua Simul she Victoria material when appropriate. To helped organize late last year and Peter Tsai reports on a become a subscriber email David Flude at: [email protected] with your name visit to the Katoomba Chess Club. We also note significant and email address and David will enter you on achievements by CJCC members at the AJCC and have the news sheet data base. Your games analysis by Laurence and IM Max Illingworth. entry will remain confidential. BHCC and CJCC venue: 21a Electra Ave., Ashwood, Vic 3147 Page 1 Venue Update. Have you been to the new venue ? Send in your comments and impressions. 21 Electra Av. Map Here is a map that shows where the nearest railway station (Jordainville) is and takeaway food shops are located near the new venue. Jordainville Station is about a 650m walk from Waverley Bridge Club, the new venue. 21 Electra Av. Jordainville Station Comments about the new venue “There is lots of parking” “A large playing area, a large analysis area and a kitchen/canteen with seating and tables” “Climate controlled! Air conditioning is good” “no fears about kids and traffic with a park just outside” “Nice modern and comfortable facilities” “Free coffee and biscuits !!” “only about a 15 minute drive from the old venue – traffic appeared quite light getting there on Friday evening – closer than you think” BHCC and CJCC venue: 21a Electra Ave., Ashwood, Vic 3147 Page 2 Financial CJCC Members. Canterbury Junior Chess Club membership is based on a calendar year. Please note that the 2015 membership fees are now due. Canterbury Junior Chess Club membership Club Membership Memberships are renewable from the 1st of January BHCC memberships: 2015. are from April to April Full fees per person $85 The recent annual Concessions fees per person $70 general meeting for CJCC set the family Canterbury Junior Chess memberships: membership rate at $70 $70 per family per calendar year for the whole of 2015. Financial BHCC Members. For a single payment of $70 all family members will be entitled to discounts on Bartnik, Robert Matheson, Laurence tournament entry and coaching sessions. Bergmanis, Olgerts Millington, Garry Chen, Paula Milojevic, Miodrag Financial CJCC members to date. Chmiel, Rad Neymanis, Eric Cook, Geoff L Nothdurft, John Family Child 1 child 2 child 3 Croft, Roger Renzies, Elliott Cheng Chao Shien Chao Xin Fletcher, Bruce Salvagno, Michael Chew Lee Max Alanna Flude, David A Schmidt, Simon Grabovac, Marko Schon, Eugene Gu Dennis Grkow, Andrew Sharman, Scot A Kannagarra Sandaru Hartland, Gerrit Snow, Richard Li Oliver Hua, George Stanning, Trevor Soetanto Brandon Huang, Jimmy Stones, Rebecca Weeraratne Ken Lucy Kempen, Leon Sucevic, Milic Zhu Catherine Kolak, Tanya Taylor, Stephen Lawson, Shane Tsai, Peter Li, Luke Zelesco, Karl Lin, Gary Liston, Howard Martinez, Octavio BHCC and CJCC venue: 21a Electra Ave., Ashwood, Vic 3147 Page 3 Game of the Week (by Laurence Matheson) Papin,V - Matheson,L [A34] Canterbury Summer Swiss (7.2), 30.12.2014 18.Rxc4 Now things are really difficult for Black, his Going into the last round I miraculously found myself pieces are misplaced and under pressure, and will take equal first with the visiting Grandmasters, but faced a time to untangle 18...Bd7?! Again not best [The tough task as Black against Russian GM Papin. The two ungainly 18...Nd8 seems the monst tenacious; 19.Nb5 Kazakh GMs agreed a quick draw, leaving my board to Bd7 20.Nxa7 and although Black is a pawn down and decide the winner. 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 his pieces are strangely placed, he's at least not losing Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nc7 6.Qa4+!? An unusual sideline, well- any more material immediately] 19.Bxb7 Rab8 20.Bd5 prepared by Papin 6...Qd7 7.Nf3 Nc6 [7...Qxa4 8.Nxa4 White now threatens Rc7, winning a piece 20...Rfc8 Ne6 9.b3 and White will have annoying pressure in the 21.Re4 Kf7 22.Re1 Setting up the following tactic ending] 8.0–0 e5 9.a3 f6 (otherwise White plays b4 due 22...f5 losing material, but there's nothing better to the e5 weakness) 10.e3 After this move, it becomes 23.Bxe6+! Bxe6 24.Rxe6 Kxe6 25.Bc5+ Kd7 26.Rxe7+ clear that White is trying to play a quick d4 advance to Kd8 27.Re5 Rxb2 28.Rxf5 Kd7 29.Bd4 Ke6 30.Ra5 and I break open the position; if he manages to play this resigned; a very strong showing from Papin, who thus successfully Black will be in trouble, as his pieces are took the title 1–0 much less actively placed and difficult to let out 10...Be7 11.Rd1 Ne6 12.Qc4 Possible the critical moment in the game; if Black can castle without problem, he will likely be OK 12...0–0 [12...Rb8! may be tougher to deal with; 13.d4 b5 14.Qa2 (14.Nxb5 Na5) 14...cxd4 15.exd4 exd4 and White doesn't have an outright winner] 13.d4! As I calculated the consequences of 12...O-O, I seriously underestimated the power of this move; the two pins against the Queen and King make Black's position very awkward and the c8 Bishop is a serious liability 13...cxd4 14.exd4 exd4 15.Nxd4! This sacrifice is only temporary and the White pieces spring to life 15...Ncxd4 16.Be3 Qc7? Not the best decision, as White now gets a clearly better endgame [16...Bc5 is likely the best of a bad lot; 17.b4 Bb6 18.Nd5 Kh8 and White should play the seemingly slow 19.a4! when Black's pieces are badly placed and Position after 14...exd4 it's difficult to untangle and give back the piece under good circumstances] 17.Rxd4 Qxc4 BHCC and CJCC venue: 21a Electra Ave., Ashwood, Vic 3147 Page 4 Our Sponsors Bits & Pieces. Photos & other contributions for (ed.) the Newsletter If you have any photos that you would like to see published in the newsletter, please email them to [email protected] along www.chesscoaching.com.au contact: Leonid Sandler 0412 201 891 with a caption. This newsletter relies on our members for content. If the members do not send anything in, then sadly there will be nothing for you to read. Currently, we have several regular contributors but we cannot continue to rely on them forever. There has been a lot of chess activity over the summer vacation period with many of our members participating or having an interest. As editor, I will not normally contribute articles. I will encourage and cajole others into contributing. If an event occurs and I do not receive any reports from our members, I may provide a link to web pages or CHESSCHAT.ORG. But I will not write a report myself. This Follow us on Twitter: @NStarChess is necessary to retain as much editorial impartiality as possible due to my having two children that are active members of the club. Do you have problems with PCs, Macs, laptops or broken iPads or iPhones? We give 20% off service fee to Box Hill and Canterbury Junior Chess Club members. More details on www.camelliait.com.au. Please con-tact [email protected] or 0408 860 060 : http://melbournegamescoach.blogspot.comContact: George Zaprudsky .au/ tel : 0417 339 694 [email protected] Chess Victoria has a Facebook page, check it out : https://www.facebook.com/ChessVictoria BHCC and CJCC venue: 21a Electra Ave., Ashwood, Vic 3147 Page 5 The Australian Juniors (by IM Max Illingworth) The recently concluded 2015 Australian Junior Chess Championship at Canberra Grammar School was a success for the Victorian juniors, who won 7 of the 12 main on perhaps the most surprising victor of those, namely Haran Salasan (the new Australian Under 14 Champion).