Volume 1 Issue 1 Editor: David Cordover March 1999 Chess Is The Winner

Editorial There has never been a more active time in Victoria for junior chess. Tournaments are running almost every week, children are learning by the droves in schools and parents are struggling hard to keep up with their children. The recent Australian Junior Championships were held in Hervey Bay, yet 23 Victorian players made the effort to take a two week vacation in Queensland. What dedication! Geoff Saw, Victoria’s best junior, has been offered the opportunity to play in the Zonal Championships. The winner of the Zonal is given a place in the Inter- Zonal and the winner of that a place in At the Australian Junior Championships: the World Championship cycle. (l-r) Casey Barnard, Daniel Bluzer-Fry, Julian McDonald, Will Heyward, Craig It is a fantastic opportunity for Geoff to Barnard, David Smerdon, Lance Truong, Peter Kolokithas. raise his International ranking. Also there are chances of becoming an continue in chess is what it is all about. David Cordover will be taking a swag of International Master. Should he score It is good to see players like Geoff juniors to the Ballarat Open tournament 6/9 the title is his! A very achievable becoming very successful at a senior and the Doeberl Cup, in Canberra. The score of 4.5/9 would give him the title level. This should provide inspiration to experience gained from these will be of FIDE Master. some of our younger players. invaluable. The aim of junior chess organisations The VCA X-Mas Swiss attracted 52 It is great to see Chess Kids students should be two-fold. Chess is very much players, of which 25 of them were wanting to join in these adult like music and art, a great activity which juniors. Gordon Lindberg, rated only tournaments. Some have even joined will enrich a child both in mind and in 1300, defeated Mirko Rujevic, rated adult chess clubs to practice on a regular spirit. For this reason every child should 2200! While this was the most notable basis. (See Waverley Youth be exposed in some way to chess. upset there were many others. Championships advertisement on page The second aim is to persuade junior players to become adult players. The transition to adult chess is very difficult. Don’t forget to subscribe to Bridging this gap, or creating the desire in current junior players to want to “Chess Kids”

Inside This Issue Australian Junior Pp 2-4 Adult Tournaments Page 5 Junior Masters Page 6 RJ Shield Page 7 Cordover Challenge Page 8 Junior Games Page 9 VJCL Rating List Pp 10-14 Interschool Championships Pp 15-21 Club Directory Page 22 Calendar for 1999 Page 24 Page 2 Chess Kids

The Australian Junior Championships were held in Hervey Bay, the stepping stone to Fraser Island, in Queensland. 23 Victorian players made the long trip to compete in the two week tournament. It was a fantastic experience for all of them. For many it was the first time that they had the opportunity to play games which were considered serious and lasted so long. In the Under 12s the games lasted anywhere up to 4 hours, and in the Under 18s they could go for up to 6 hours per game! Most Victorian children travelled up with parents to make a nice family holiday. Some didn’t, and for them it was a nice holiday from their family! David Smerdon, from Qld (see page 1), Peter Kolokithas concentrating hard against Daniel Van Heerden in round 3. comfortably won the tournament. He drew only one game, to Laura Moylan, Girls Under 18 Championships Open Under 18 Championships and never really looked challenged in Player Rating Total Player Rating Total any of his games. Laura Moylan (ACT) 1 SMERDON David U16Q 1975 10.5 finished in second place after co-leading 1 NORRIS Shiloh U18Q 1342 9.5 2 MOYLAN Laura U16A 1778 8.5 2 LIP Catherine U14N 1350 9.5 3 TAN Justin U14N 1717 8 the tournament for a long time. 3 LAUER-SMITH Jasmine U18S 1550 9.5 4 SOLOVEYCHIK Sasha U16V 1816 8 4 PIZZATO Chiara U14Q 1019 7 5 SONTER Matthew U18Q 1484 7.5 Victorian players Julian McDonald and 5 ROSE Allinta U16Q 1147 6.5 6 SAINT Andrew U18S 1302 7 Leon Bowen performed very well for 6 CONSTANTINOU Andrea U16Q 1085 6 7 CASTOR David U18N 1385 7 7 KONG Holly U18N 1215 6 8 DAVIES Shaun U18N 1588 7 their ratings. 8 CHU Winnie U14N unr. 6 9 BOURMISTROV Denis U14V 1629 7 9 JOVANOVIC Marija U16A 1234 5.5 10 LIP Michael U16N 1739 7 The Girls Championships was a small 10 DISTELDORF Jessica U16Q 1273 5.5 11 RAPOSIO Robert U18N 1776 7 event eventually ending in a 3-way tie 11 LEE Melissa U14V unr. 5.5 12 ZONG-YUAN Zhao U14N 1793 7 12 YOUAKIM Krystal U14A 798 4.5 13 MCDONALD Julian U16V 1187 6.5 for first place. There will be a playoff 13 CASSIDY Kelly U16W 846 3.5 14 URBAN Sylvester U14N 1427 6.5 organised to determine the champion. 14 MCNAB Alexandra U14V unr. 2.5 15 POON Nick U18Q 1504 6.5 15 MCNAB Emma U16V unr. 1 16 REJ Tomek U14N 1545 6.5 17 AYLING Simon U18W 1560 6.5 18 NEMETH Janos U14V 1607 6.5 19 KINGSTON Robert U16Q 1124 6 20 WONGWICHIT Phachara U14Q 1124 6 21 TAYLOR Leon U16W 1512 6 r1999 National Junior Open r 22 MCKAY Chris U18W 1543 6 23 BOWEN Leon U18V unr. 5.5 24 GUTHRIE Aaron U18S 1052 5.5 7.4.99 - 9.4.99 25 ZVEDENIOUK Ilya U14N 1097 5.5 26 ROVERE Crispin U14W 1174 5.5 27 LAM Anthony U16Q 1180 5.5 Come to Canberra in April... Play in the 1999 Doeberl Cup then play in the 28 GOWOR Jacob U16A 1229 5.5 Inaugural National Junior Open!! 29 NISSEN Amir U14V 1274 5.5 30 RAFIZADEH Shervin U14A 1408 5.5 31 RICHARDS Allan U18T 1448 5.5 When: April 7th - 9th. Round times: 10am, 1pm and 3:30pm daily. 32 CHEUNG Justin U18N 1487 5.5 Where: The (Mr) Burns Club, Kett St, Kambah, Canberra. 33 CHARLES Gareth U16N 1861 5.5 Format: 9 Round, ACF-rated tournament, played with one hour each on the clock. 34 CARMICHAEL Stuart U16Q 1110 5 35 O'SULLIVAN Richard U16W 1220 5 There will be two sections, an Open and a Reserves. Entry to the Open is for all 36 CUELLAR Chris U18W 1270 5 chess players born in 1978 or later. Entry to the Reserves is restricted to chess 37 FITZPATRICK Andrew U16A 1280 5 38 MCKAY Andrew U16W 1371 5 players born in 1978 or later who have an ACF rating of less than 1200. 39 POON Timbi U14Q 1421 5 Entry Fees: $30 to play in the Open, $20 to play in the Reserves. 40 TAN Chao U14V 1508 5 41 LAU Vincent U16V unr. 5 Prizes: Open: 1st - $300, 2nd - $200, 3rd - $100 plus trophies. 42 GOULD Gary U16Q 637 4.5 Reserves: 1st, 2nd, 3rd - trophies. 43 BECKETT Joel U16Q 992 4.5 Other prizes will be given based on numbers. 44 TAYLOR Finley U14Q 1019 4.5 45 CAREY Mitchell U14Q 1100 4.5 46 POULTON Chris U14A 1215 4.5 For further enquiries please call Geoff Butler on (02) 6258-7383 or e-mail 47 RAKAUSKAS Rhys U16Q 1278 4.5 [email protected]. An entry form can be sent to you on request. 48 ONUFREICHUK Dima U16V 1401 4.5 ....58 players Chess Kids Page 3

Open Under 12 Championships Player Rating Total

1 JOVANOVIC Peter U12A 1668 10 2 CHOW Samuel U12V 1500 9.5 3 DOIDGE Matthew U12V 1426 9 4 XIE Ken U12N 1179 7 5 MACHET Richard U12V 1045 7 6 BARNARD Casey U10Q 1234 6.5 7 LUGO Ruperto U10V 1147 6.5 8 BUDIHARDJO Timothy U12N 978 6.5 9 TRUONG Lance U12V unr. 6 10 WEI Michael U10A unr. 6 11 HENG Jonathan U12S unr. 6 12 GOWOR Roman U12A 1107 6 13 KASPAR Ric U12Q 874 6 14 WRIGLEY Andrew U10A 820 5.5 15 LAU David U12Q 826 5.5 16 KOLOKITHAS Peter U12V unr. 5.5 17 CHU Louis U10N unr. 5.5 18 VAN HEERDEN Daniel U12W unr. 5.5 19 KIMURA Toshi U12Q unr. 5 Lance, Peter, Nick and Will. Exhausted on the boat home from Fraser Island. 20 LAZARUS Ben U10Q unr. 5 21 BLUZER-FRY Daniel U12V unr. 5 22 PAGE Chris U12Q 1356 5 23 BARNARD Craig U10Q 1092 5 24 WONGWICHIT Chatpong U12Q 1009 5 25 CHRISTY Rhys U12Q 862 5 26 UMAPATHYSIVAM Mahesh U12S792 5 27 HEYWARD Will U12V 832 4.5 28 DOIDGE Liam U10V 940 4.5 29 LEE Dylan U12S unr. 4.5 30 YOUAKIM James U12A 740 4 31 SKORIC Anthony U12Q unr. 4 32 DORRINGTON Alexander U12Q unr. 2 33 INNES Blake U12Q unr. 2 34 CAREY Blake U8Q unr. 1

Girls Under 12 Championships Player Total 1 LAUER-SMITH Jade U12S 9 2 GILLETT Robyn U12Q 8 3 LEE Michelle U10V 7 4 JOHNSEN Jenna U12Q 6 5 WRIGLEY Alison U12A 4 6 McNAB Jessica U12V 4 7 REID Vaness U10N 3.5 8 DAVIDOVIC Diana U8S 2.5 9 McNAB Scarlett U8V 0.5 10 UMAPATHYSIVAM Priya U8S 0.5

The Under 12 Championships was far Lance, Daniel, David & Will. We wish all players the best of luck in the stronger than last year. Firstly, junior Preparing hard for Qld. upcoming Australian Junior to be held in chess in Australia is getting stronger and Melbourne in January 2000. secondly, because the effort required to travel to Hervey Bay was significant so only the really good players attended. World Junior Championships Victorians did very well with Sam Chow finishing in 2nd place and Under 18, 16, 14, 12 and 10 in boys and girls. Matthew Doidge coming in 3rd. Spain - October or November 1999 Ruperto Lugo played well to finish equal first in the Under 10s along with According to new FIDE laws a country may enter an Casey Barnard (Qld). unlimited number of players to the World Junior and Under First time player Lance Truong was right up with the leaders for a while and Age Championships. The ACF has an open policy on this so finished on a very credible 6 out of 11. anyone wishing to participate is able. If you think you The Girls Under 12s was a 10 player would like to play contact David Cordover (0411-877-833). round-robin, which although small was Congratulations and good luck to those children who have very strong. Jade Lauer-Smith (sister of already elected to participate; Ruperto Lugo, Michelle Lee, the U/18 winner) finished first. Michelle Lee convincingly won the Under 10 Richard Machet, Matthew Doidge and Sasha Soloveychik. Girls title. We wish you all the best in your respective age groups. The tournament is traditionally an 11-round event held over Page 4 Chess Kids

Games from the Australian XABCDEFGHY 8-mk -+-+-+( Junior 8-vl-+-trk+( 7+l+ -tr-zp-' I will attempt show some of the 7+p+-+-zpp' 6p+ -+-+-zp& interesting games from the Australian Junior. The first is a not-so-good game, 6p+-+-+-+& 5wqn+pzP -+-% but one that was fun. 5wQ-+-+-+-% 4-+pzP -+-sN$ Youakim, James - Heyward, Will 1.f4 e5 2.fxe5 d6 3.exd6 Bxd6 4.Nf3 g5 4-+-tR-zp-+$ 3+ -sn-+-zP-# 5.h3 Bg3# 0-1 3zP-+P+-trq# 2P+ -wQN+LzP" A simple opening trap. But a fun game if you are Black! 2-zP-+-+-zP" 1+ -+-+R+K! XABCDEFGHY 1+ -+R+-+K! xabcdefghy 8-+-trk+-tr( xabcdefghy White to play and win a piece. 7zpp+-wq-+p' In this position Vincent Lau made the The game finished 31.Rc1 Qxa1 32.Rc2 blunder of the tournament. 34...Rg2 Qb1 33.Rc1 Qa2 =. 6-+-+-+p+& doesn’t look that terrible, but what should Everyone can fall for an opening trap he have played? He went on to lose the once in a while. 5+-vlQ+-+-% game. 4-+-+-zp-+$ Bowen, Leon - Rej, Tomek Vincent wasn’t all blunders as you can 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Qh4 3+-sNP+-zPP# see from this game! 5.Qd3 Nf6 6.Nxc6 dxc6 7.e5 Ng4 8.g3 Lau, Vincent - Carey, Mitchell Qh5 9.c4 Bc5 10.Be2 Bxf2+ 11.Kf1 2PzPP+-zP-+" 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 Qh3# 0-1 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.Be3 Be7 7.Nf3 Be6 8. 1tR-+-+RmK-! Bd3 Nd7 9.c3 0-0 10.Qc2 g6 11.h4 f5 12. Who said all opposite color bishop xabcdefghy h5 Nf6 13.hxg6 fxg6 14.Ng5 Bd7 15. endings are drawn? If there are Q’s on the What about blunder of Round 2. Liam Qb3+ Kg7 16.Nxh7 Rh8 17.Bh6+ Kxh7 board the player with the attack wins. Doidge is White and Daniel Bluzer-Fry is 18.Bf8+ Nh5 19.Qf7# 1-0 Leon (Black), vs C.Cuellar, somehow managed to get an attack going and win! Black. White chose the dubious Qxb7? Julian McDonald played Nf5 here In this game Daniel keeps attacking, even threatening mate. It can be defended and XABCDEFGHY when he is running out of pieces! Black played on a few moves here before 8-+q+-+-mk( Eventually he gets a draw for his resigning. What move would make Black perseverance. resign immediately? 7+-+-+-zpp' Bluzer-Fry, Daniel - Wei, Michael XABCDEFGHY 6p+ -+-zp-+& 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 8r+-+-+-mk( 5.Bc4 Bf5 6.Bf4 e6 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.a3 c6 5+-zPl+-+-% 9.Ne5 Be7 10.0-0 0-0 11.g4 Nxe5 12. 7+-+-sNptrp' 4Q+ -+p+-+$ Bxe5 Bxg4 13.Qd2 Nd5 14.f3 Bf5 15.Rf2 Nxc3 16.Rg2 f6 17.Qh6 g6 18.bxc3 Qxc3 6-+-zp-wQp+& 3+ -+-vL-+P# XABCDEFGHY 5zpp+ -+-+-% 2P+ -+-zPP+" 8r+-+-trk+( 4-+-+P+ -+$ 1+ -+-+-mK-! 7zpp+-vl-+p' 3+ -+-wq-+L# xabcdefghy 6-+p+pzppwQ& 2PzPPsn -+-zP" 5+-+-vLl+-% 1+ -mKR+-tR-! 4-+LzP-+-+$ xabcdefghy We note with regret the passing of 3zP-wq-+P+-# White to play and win. David Mendes (age 11). Simon Ayling, White, has been crushing We wish to convey our deepest 2-+P+-+RzP" Julian all game. He could win a piece sympathy to his family, relatives and 1tR-+-+-mK-! here, but let Jules off with a draw. friends. XABCDEFGHY He was a charming child xabcdefghy who’s demeanour 19.Bxe6+ Bxe6 20.Rxg6+ hxg6 21. was always Qxg6+ ½-½ pleasant and Easy Chess! bright. A new game… See page 21. Chess Kids Page 5 Play in an Adult Chess Tournament

37th Doeberl Cup - Canberra (A Category 5 Grand Prix Event) Date : Friday 2 April to Monday 5 April 1999

Venue : Fenner Hall, 210 Northbourne Ave, Canberra, ACT

Schedule : Entries close: 12.00 noon, Opening: 1.15 pm Fri 1.30 pm Round 2: Fri 7.00 pm Round 3: Sat 10.00 am Round 4: Sat 3.00 pm Round 5: Sun 10.00 am Round 6: Sun 3.00 pm Round 7: Mon 9.00 am, Prizegiving at 1.45 pm

Controls : Open section (FIDE rated) 32/90 then 24/30 followed by 20 seconds per move. Major/minor section 40/90 then 30/30 followed by 20 seconds per move. DGT's will be used.

Entries : Adult $85.00 (GM's, IM's free); FM's & Under 18's $45 A $20/$10 discount applies if entry received by 26/3/99; a $20.00 surcharge applies for Under 2000 non- FIDE rated entries to Open. Players must be ACT or State Association members.

General : NB Dress is neat, casual attire. Entries to Paul Dunn (Treasurer), 20 Richmond St, Macquarie 2614 (ph 02 6251 1360). Enquiries to Roger McCart (Convenor) or telephone 02 6251 1360. There is a list of accommo- dation options availabe on request. No smoking at venue. Prizes: Open First $2200 Second $1100 Third $600 Fourth $400 Fifth $300 Under 2150 $300 Best Junior $200 Major (Under 2000 only) First $1000 Second $700 Third $500 1700-1799 $300 Under 1700 $250 Junior $100 Waverley Youth Championships

Enquiries: David Cordover 0411-877-833 or 9578-6203

What? 7 Round Swiss Tournament over 3 weeks. All moves in 1/2 hour. When? Friday nights, 7:30pm start - 9:30pm finish. March 12th, 19th, 26th. Where? Waverley Chess Club, Wadham House, 52 Wadham Pde, Mt Waverley. (Melway Ref. 70 E1) Cost? $12 full, $10 concession (junior, student, unemployed) Prizes: 1st $100 + trophy 2nd $50 + trophy 3rd $20 + trophy Trophies for top in age & rating groups!

9:30pm till late every night - Free coaching, social chess, transfer, lightning and more! Chess Kids Junior Club 6:00pm - 7:30pm. Page 6 Chess Kids

When: 8th, 9th & 10th July Final Results - 1st Group Final Results - 2nd Group

Where: Glen Eira College Name Score Name Score

Format: 9-Round Round-robin, 1. Dima Onufreichuk 8.0 1. Vincent Lau 9.0 1/2 hour per player $50 $25 2. Julian McDonald 7.5 2. Nick Masters 9.0 $25 Players: 29 Players 3. Leon Bowen 6.5 3. Andrew Brett 7.0 The format of the Junior Masters was a 4. James Papa 6.0 4. Ryan Carey 7.0 coaching session in the morning, given by Ry Curtis, Simon Rutherford and 5. Dominic Deacon 5.0 5. Melissa Lee 5.5 David Cordover, followed by 3 games at 1/2 hour each. This should have given 6. Alex Colquhoun 3.0 6. Will Heyward 4.5 enough time to put into practice some of 7. Michelle Lee 3.0 7. Simon Wong 4.0 the ideas learned during the coaching morning. 8. Sujith De Silva 2.5 8. Iain James 3.0 Some players couldn’t make it every 9. Warren Howden 2.0 9. Timothy Jacobs 3.0 single day so we made the round-robin a flexible format giving the opportunity to 10. Dana Har-el 2.5 play on only 2 of the 3 days. Final Results - 3rd Group Name Score Can you beat the champions? 2-Day Tournament This puzzle is called a helpmate. The idea 1. James McNaught 6.0 When: 5th & 6th September is for Black to assist White in getting the $25 checkmate. It is tradition that Black Where: Melbourne Uni - Hawthorn 2. Jamie Carey 6.0 moves first in these puzzles, therefore $25 both players get the same number of Format: 7-Round Swiss tournament, moves. 1 hour per player 3. Joshua Lamb 4.0 XABCDEFGHY Players: 22 Players 4. Tory Colquhoun 3.0 8-+-+-+-+( 5. Etienne Yap 3.0 Prize Winners 7+-+-+-+-' 6. Charlotte Brett 2.5 6-+-+-+-+& Open 1st L.Bowen $50 7. Joshua Saddick 2.0 2nd A.Nissen $25 5+-+-+-+-% 3rd M.Chowdhury Top Girl S.Kalkbrenner A disappointing 22 players turned up to 4-+-+n+-+$ play in the VJCL 2-Day tournament in 3+-+-+-+-# Under 14 1st R.Lugo $25 September. Serious players really 2nd C.Tan should be making a serious attempt to 2-+-+K+-+" 3rd J.Lesinskis play in longer tournaments as when you 1mk-sNR+-+-! get to a State, National or even World Under 12 1st R.Machet $25 level a single game can last for up to 6 xabcdefghy 2nd M.Cai $25 hours! Black to play and White to mate in 3. 3rd T.Gawin Many juniors are now playing long This puzzle was composed by Pal Benko, games against adults, which is Under 10 1st L.Doidge a famous player and composer of undoubtedly the best way to improve. 2nd P.Kolokithas beautiful endgame puzzles. Remember, practice makes perfect. 3rd A.Nikolayevsky Strange, with so few pieces that it is so Even so, the weekend was very hard. It is said that Botvinnik took over Under 8 1st K.Waidyaratne competitive with some good chess an hour to solve this! And Fischer 2nd T.Taylor played. Everyone who came enjoyed couldn’t solve it at all. I am sceptical 3rd R.Truong themselves. Hopefully more will attend about that as I solved it in around 30 min. Chess Kids Page 7 RJ Shield Tournament

Month Open Under 12 Under 11 Under 10 Under 9 Under 8 Under 7

July, 26th Douglas Michael Itkin Marrion Louise Dana Artem Michael Thor Taylor Lindberg Carrabin Nikolayevsky Shafar August, Geoff Saw Andrew Christopher Timothy Jade Hall-Kelly Jamie Carey Jayson Lim 23rd (Master) Dana Callas Raines & Byron Fiske Warren Howden (Open) October, Samuel Simon Will Peter Ben Grodeck Michelle Yii Natasha 25th Chow Mitchell Heyward Kolokithas Lauder November Samuel Matthew Cai Michael Sebastian Byron Fiske & George Tyson , 29th Chow Shafar Guiney Thor Taylor Tzaikou Bradshaw

The RJ Shield is named after dropped down to just over 100 players. It The winners of previous RJ age groups International Master Robert Jamieson. He is just that there are many more junior are moved into higher age-groups to give was probably the most influential player tournaments being held these days, (and the better players more of a challenge and and organiser in the late 70’s and 80’s. notice the format of all these is based on even out the tournaments. Some young Not only was Robert a great organiser that of the RJ Shields. What higher form players have been known to work their and player (in fact still the 3rd highest of flattery than being copied!) way up from the Under 8’s to the Under rated player in Australia), he was also an I am reaching out to you, the reader, and 14’s! This should be seen as a real honour if you are one of the promising players to inspirational coach. asking you to help make sure that this tournament continues to grow as the best be selected to move up an age group. Robert coached many of today's top players and to honour his work through tournament in the country. It is too hard to mention the names of all the years the RJ Shield was started in RJ Shields have earned the reputation of the parents who help at the RJ Shield November 1995. being well organised, challenging and tournaments, but without their help in organising entries, shifting furniture and Since then this tournament has become above all a great social event. Many people have made friends through this arbiting various age groups the RJ Shield perhaps the single most successful event would never be so successful. Parents ever to be held in Australia. Regular tournament and attend not only for the chess, but to see these new friends. interested in helping should approach attendance has been between 100 and 170 David. players. With trophies in every age-group from During the past year attendance has Under 7 upwards everyone has a chance to win something.

(left) David Cordover with some of his chess trophies. David organises all the RJ Shield tournaments, runs his own business & coaches some of the best players in the state. No wonder he doesn’t get much time to shave! (right) Daniel Bluzer-Fry, only 11, is collecting trophies fast! Page 8 Chess Kids Cordover Polgar Challenge Plate

# Name Rating Score Performance # Name Rating Score Performance Rating Rating 1 Samuel Chow 1711 6.0 1633 1 Olivia,Saaroni 1130 7.0 1183 2 Sasha Soloveychik 1599 6.0 1603 2 Melanie,Chang 947 5.0 997 3 Amir Nissen 1410 5.0 1540 3 Megan,Wilson 1017 5.0 1018 4 Leon Bowen 1403 5.0 1523 4 Katharine,Regan 996 5.0 1001 5 Douglas Lindberg 1392 5.0 1417 5 Athena,Voudiotis 738 4.0 788 6 Chao Tan 1402 5.0 1417 6 Grace,Ang 734 4.0 800 7 David Cordover 1500 5.0 1386 7 Chermain,Kitchen 770 4.0 845 8 Gordon Lindberg 1531 4.5 1279 8 Natasha,Lauder 682 4.0 776 9 Andrew Sucevic 1082 4.5 1198 9 Peta,Rak 545 3.5 704 10 Tiko Gawin 1245 4.0 1307 10 Andrea,Chang 815 3.0 739 11 Dima Onufreichuk 1483 4.0 1221 11 Vanja,Rosenblat 702 3.0 603 12 Jade Hall-Kelly 992 4.0 1188 12 Quor Yin,Teh 686 3.0 612 13 Cameron Fleming 1013 4.0 1016 13 Sonya,Kaurah 527 3.0 540 14 Will Heyward 1108 4.0 987 14 Cate,Mansfield 683 2.5 591 15 Timothy Jacobs 1015 3.5 1150 15 Florence,Lim 474 2.5 495 16 Thor Taylor 907 3.5 1106 16 Quor Ten,Teh 447 2.0 473 17 Jien Goh 987 3.5 1046 17 Natalie,Devitsakis 424 2.0 437 18 Ang Papageorgiou 782 3.5 932 18 Lucie,Jacobs 561 0.5 274 19 Artem Nikolayevsky 998 3.0 1137 The Polgar Plate recognises that because many more boys 20 Warren Howden 1189 1119 3.0 play chess girls can be intimidated, or even not start playing 21 Daichi Nagao 1030 3.0 994 in tournaments. A girls’ only tournament, such as the Polgar 22 Stephen Mansfield 1025 3.0 995 Plate, is a good opportunity for girls to challenge each other 23 Kishen Kaurah 810 3.0 821 in a competitive environment (and a good social event!). 24 Surya Wirawan 897 3.0 916 This is named after Judit Polgar, the best woman player in 25 George Papageorgiou 811 904 2.5 the world who now refuses to play in female only 26 Prasanga Siripala 794 2.5 814 tournaments because she feels girls and boys should compete 27 Kai Nagao 720 2.5 783 on equal footing. The Polgar Plate is restricted to girls only 28 Jason Mihalopolous 737 2.0 809 for social reasons, not for reasons of ability. 29 Ian Charles 788 2.0 797 30 Jason Furner 688 1.5 712 Results - Cup Day Coaching 31 Byron Fiske 978 1.0 1109 in all adult 32 Shaun Furner 623 1.0 642 tournaments, but Name Score traditionally in The Cordover Challenge and the Polgar junior events prizes are awarded by age. 1. Gordon Lindberg 8.0 Plate are new tournaments that were trialed in November 1998. By all respects By awarding prizes in ratings groups 2. Chao Tan 8.0 they were heralded as successful. children are rewarded for outstanding personal performance. Everyone is 3. Leon Bowen 6.0 The Cordover Challenge is the first junior competing for prizes with people their tournament to award prizes according to own standard, regardless of age. 4. Mahmud Chowdhury 6.0 ratings. This is not a new idea, it happens An added point of interest is that David 5. Douglas Lindberg 5.0 Cordover (former Australian Junior Champion and all round chess guru) also 6. Alex Colquhoun 3.5 plays in the tournament. Players lucky 7. Lance Truong 3.0 enough to play David are given a special cash prize if they win or draw. To make 8. Jamie Carey 2.5 things more even David is at a severe time handicap. In the first tournament 9. Raymond Truong 2.0 David lost 2 games! 10. Will Heyward 1.0 Chess Kids Page 9

Junior Games A classic example of attacking on Juniors don’t always win! Here the junior opposite sides of the board. A display of player makes the mistake of opening up Black delays development and castling. natural ability by Lance. his king, and his experienced opponent This is a common mistake by juniors, but Van Heerden, D - Truong, L deals a quick punishment. this time it is the junior player who Australian Junior - U12, 1999 Dimitry Partsi - John Beckman exploits the error made by his Victorian Reserves experienced opponent. Gordon gets 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5 Transposing coached at Chess World and at the into a French Defence. 4.f3? c5 5.e5 1.Nc3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.f4 b6 4.Nf3 Bb7 5. Melbourne Junior Chess Club. Nfd7 6.Bb5 a6 7.Bxd7+ Bxd7 8.Nge2 d3 White should develop his Bishop first. Be7 9.Be3 c4 10.a3 0-0 11.Qd2 Nc6 5...e6 6.f5 This doesn’t work so well G.Lindberg (1392) - M.Rujevic (2208) 12.0-0-0 White castles Q-side hoping to when the bishop isn’t developed. It just Christmas Swiss, 1998 launch an attack on Black. Unfortunately opens up White’s King. 6...exf5 7.exf5 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nf3 Qxd5 4.Be2 e5 Black has much more space on the Q-side Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Qf6! 9.fxg6 hxg6 Now the 5.Nc3 Qa5 6.0-0 e4 7.Nd4 Qe5 8.Ndb5 and his attack comes through first. 12...b5 rook can participate in the attack too. 10. c6 9.d4 Qe7 10.Na3 b5 13.Qe1 Qb6 14.Qg3 Rfb8 15.Bh6 g6 16. Be2 Ne7 11.0-0 Qxc3 12.Bg5 Nbc6 13. Bg5 Bf8! And now White’s attack is d4 0-0-0 Sensibly getting his King safe XABCDEFGHY finished. and allowing his other rook to join the 8rsnl+kvl-tr attack. 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.Bxe7 Qe3+ And XABCDEFGHY finally the weakness created by moving ( 7zp-+- 8rtr-+-vlk+( the f-pawn is exploited. 16.Rf2 wqpzpp' 6- 7+-+l+p+p' XABCDEFGHY +p+-sn-+& 6pwqn+p+p+& 8-+ktr -+-tr( 5+p+-+-+-% 5+p+pzP-vL-% 7zplzppvLp+ -' 4-+-zPp+-+$ 4-+pzP-+-+$ 6-zp -+-+p+& 3sN-sN-+-+-# 3zP-sN-+PwQ-# 5+ -+-sn-+-% 2PzPP+LzPPzP" 2-zPP+N+PzP" 4-+-zP -+-+$ 1tR-vLQ+RmK-! 1+-mKR+-+R! 3+ -+-wq-+-# xabcdefghy xabcdefghy 2P+P+LtRPzP" 11.Naxb5!? This is an example of an 17.Na2 a5! Preparing the pawn break. 18. 1tR-+Q+-mK-! intuitive sacrifice. Although White Nac3 b4 19.Nb1 bxa3 Once Black has an doesn't get full compensation for the open file nothing can be done. 20.Kd2 xabcdefghy piece in material terms, or any immediate Qxb2 21.Nbc3 Nb4 22.Rc1 a2 23.Ke3 Find the killing move for Black. tactical opportunities, he reasons Nxc2+ 24.Kf2 a1Q 25.Rxa1 Nxa1 26. that his lead in development and chances Bc1 Qc2 27.Be3 Nb3 0-1 Black is 16...Rxh2! with the idea of Kxh2, Qxf2 against Black's King will compensate. enough ahead! followed by Rh8. 0-1 11...cxb5 12.Bxb5+ Bd7 13.Bg5 Bxb5 14.Nxb5 a6? 14...Qb7 was better, with chances for both sides. 15.Nc3 Nbd7 16. Nxe4 Qd8 16...Qxe4 loses to 17.Re1 17. Re1 Be7 18.d5! The winning move, and not the easiest to find, as White had Australian Junior several tempting alternatives. White relies on his strategy of keeping the Black King Chess Championships under constant fire in the centre of the board. 18...Nxe4 19.Rxe4 f6 20.d6 Ne5 15.1.00 - 25.1.00 20...fxg5 21.Rxe7+ Kf8 22.Qd5 wins for White. 21.Rxe5! fxe5 22.Bxe7 Qa5 22... To be held in Melbourne! Qd7 23.Qh5+ g6 24.Qxe5 is also winning The competition is an 11 round swiss tournament, held in a different state each for White. 23.Qg4! Threatening Qe6. year. It was last held in Melbourne in 1993. Don’t pass up this opportunity to Every White move from this point is a compete against Australia’s best with a home ground advantage! forceful hammer-blow, making a major Previous Champions threat or giving check, thereby limiting 1994 Ry Curtis (now Vic) Black's defensive possibilities. 23...Qd5 1995 Charles Pizzato (Qld) 24.Rd1! h5 The wily Rujevic finds the 1996 David Cordover (Vic) most testing defences. 25.Qg6+ Qf7 26. 1997 Max Leskiewicz (Qld) Qe4 Threatening the Rook on a8. 26... 1998 Geoff Saw (Vic) Kd7 27.Qb7+ Ke6 28.Qd5+ Black 1999 David Smerdon (Qld) resigned, as his queen is lost. 2000 Anyone notice a pattern? (Vic??) Page 10 Chess Kids

VICTORIAN J UNIOR R ATINGS (AGE UNDER DURING ‘99) Surname Name Age Rating Surname Name Age Rating Surname Name Age Rating

Top Under 7 Top Under 11 Top Under 14 TAYLOR Thor 7 907 LINDBERG Douglas 11 1392 CHOW Samuel 12 1712 CAREY Jamie 7 872 LUGO Ruperto 9 1368 NEMETH John 14 1677 LAUDER Natasha 7 682 PAPA James 10 1305 BOURMISTROV Denis 13 1552 GROSSMAN Ira 11 1207 LINDBERG Gordon 14 1530 Top Under 8 MACHET Richard 11 1192 DOIDGE Matthew 12 1513 GRODEK Ben 8 1029 LEE Michelle 9 1180 NISSEN Amir 14 1410 TAYLOR Thor 7 907 MUTHUSAMY Reubban 10 1166 TAN Chao 14 1402 CAREY Jamie 7 872 KOLOKITHAS Peter 11 1164 LINDBERG Douglas 11 1392 CHANG Andrea 8 815 SRIDHAR Rohan 11 1143 BASNAYAKE Thilini 14 1381 KOADLOW Matthew 8 683 HORNUNG Brook 10 1143 LUGO Ruperto 9 1368 LAUDER Natasha 7 682 RAINES Timothy 11 1140 HAIKAL Edward 13 1316 RUST Darius 8 658 SAARONI Olivia 11 1130 FONG Kenny 14 1315 LAM Aaron 8 553 SHAFAR Michael 9 1128 PAPA James 10 1305 ARTLETT Peta 8 541 HUTCHINSON Alex 10 1111 MITCHELL Simon 12 1288 WAKLEY Jasmine 8 473 MELLOW Phillip 11 1109 LANDER Richard 13 1280

Top Under 9 Top Under 12 Top Under 18 LUGO Ruperto 9 1368 CHOW Samuel 12 1712 SAW Geoff 18 1798 LEE Michelle 9 1180 DOIDGE Matthew 12 1513 CHOW Samuel 12 1712 SHAFAR Michael 9 1128 LINDBERG Douglas 11 1392 CHOW Michael 16 1697 CAREY Ryan 9 1103 LUGO Ruperto 9 1368 NEMETH John 13 1677 GRINYOV Daniel 9 1074 PAPA James 10 1305 SOLOVEYCHIK Sasha 15 1599 GRODEK Ben 8 1029 MITCHELL Simon 12 1288 OGADA-OSIR Ibrahim 18 1565 HENLY Claire 9 1013 TASSAKOS Christian 12 1280 FAINSHRAIBER Alina 17 1555 HALL-KELLY Jade 9 992 GROSSMAN Ira 11 1207 BOURMISTROV Denis 13 1552 MARCUS Dean 9 955 MACHET Richard 11 1192 LINDBERG Gordon 14 1530 HAR-EL Nadav 9 936 LEE Michelle 9 1180 DOIDGE Matthew 12 1513 LESINSKIS Janis 12 1175 DRAGICEVIC Domagoj 17 1503 Top Under 10 MUTHUSAMY Reubban 10 1166 BALTATGIS George 16 1494 LUGO Ruperto 9 1368 KOLOKITHAS Peter 11 1164 ONUFREICHUK Dima 15 1483 PAPA James 10 1305 CALLAS Chris 12 1162 CHINGAREV Alex 16 1455 LEE Michelle 9 1180 RICHTER Sally-Anne 12 1160 HOPF Toby 17 1446 MUTHUSAMY Reubban 10 1166 TALJ Elie 12 1152 MCDONALD Julian 15 1433 HORNUNG Brook 10 1143 LEONG Mark 12 1147 GROSSMAN Sasha 15 1411 SHAFAR Michael 9 1128 SCHMIDT Simon 12 1145 KOVALENKO Andrei 18 1411 HUTCHINSON Alex 10 1111 SRIDHAR Rohan 11 1143 NISSEN Amir 14 1410 CAREY Ryan 9 1103 HORNUNG Brook 10 1143 BOWEN Leon 18 1403 DOIDGE Liam 10 1103 GRINYOV Daniel 9 1074 Top Girls Under 12 Top Girls Under 18 SHAN Leonard 10 1029 GROSSMAN Ira 11 1207 FAINSHRAIBER Alina 17 1555 GRODEK Ben 8 1029 LEE Michelle 9 1180 BASNAYAKE Thilini 14 1381 HENLY Claire 9 1013 RICHTER Sally-Anne 12 1160 ZIVANOVIC Andjelija 15 1298 NIKOLAYEVSKY Artem 10 998 SAARONI Olivia 11 1130 BASNAYAKE Gayanie 17 1226 HALL-KELLY Jade 9 992 DANA Louise 11 1066 COLQUHOUN Alexandra 16 1209 McMASTER Hannah 11 1027 GROSSMAN Ira 11 1207 HENLY Claire 9 1013 SHAMSUL Maryam 16 1196 Top Girls Under 9 ROTHFIELD Emily 12 1012 LEE Michelle 9 1180 LEE Michelle 9 1180 CARRABIN Marion 12 1000 RICHTER Sally-Anne 12 1160 HENLY Claire 9 1013 ROWE Kacey 11 999 LEE Melissa 13 1149 CHANG Andrea 8 815 SELLAYAH Renishka 11 970 ALEXANDER Melissa 14 1148 EER Jocelyn 9 709 BRADSHAW Holly 11 961 GOWDIE Lucy 15 1131 LAUDER Natasha 7 682 COLQUHOUN Tory 12 959 SAARONI Olivia 11 1130 CHANG Melanie 10 947 KALKBRENNER Stephanie 15 1098 DUNLAP Shannon 12 928 DANA Louise 11 1066 Chess Kids Page 11

VICTORIAN J UNIOR R ATINGS (AS OF F EBRUARY 1 ST 1999) VJCL Ratings allow players to ARISTODEMOU Justin 694 BROSNAHAN Liam 87 964 COHEN Tammy 539 ARNEJA Pavneet 88 916 BROSNAHAN Nathan 458 COHEN Daniel 626 accurately compare their ARNEY David 81 1192 BROWNE Stella 85 758 COLAUTTI Lauren 569 playing ability. The more ARONOWICZ Andrew 89 406 BRUKNER Charles 87 831 COLES Sophie 86 696 tournament games a player has ARSENAKIS Yanni 572 BRUKNER Joseph 750 COLL Liam 86 705 ARTLETT Peta 91 541 BRYSON Damien 86 966 COLL Laurie 89 784 played the more accurate their ARUNOTHAYARA Sandeep 913 BUCHANNAN Christopher 88 966 COLLINS Josh 660 rating becomes. It is also a ASHELFORD Taya 85 972 BUHAGIAR Julien 81 1102 COLLINS Chris 716 good indication of how much a ASHKENAZI Shaynie 89 521 BURKE Andrew 87 857 COLLUSSI Mark 946 ASHTON-BELL Tavis 86 1060 BUTCHER Evan 749 COLQUHOUN Alexandra 83 1209 player has improved. ASTEN Paul 889 BUTLER Andrew 84 1012 COLQUHOUN Tory 87 959 The ratings must take into ATTWOOD Alicia 85 676 BUTLER Samuel 86 1101 COMBER Scott 1163 account all tournaments that AU YONG Tricia 87 521 BUTSON Pryce 88 740 CONN Michael 84 841 AUGUSTI Alexi 88 587 BUTTER Lincoln 84 1151 CONNOLLY Joe 82 1269 are played if they are to be AVENELL Phoebe 88 611 BUTTERWORTH Stuart 90 868 CONNOLLY Marina 88 615 truly representative. BACASH-POWER Xavier 87 716 BUTTFIELD-ADDISON Paris 86 688 CONNON Felicity 87 648 BAILEY William 86 664 BYRNE Kathleen 86 815 CONNON Francis 1038 The following ratings include BAILLIEU Amy 86 818 BYRNE Emily 741 COONEY Sarah 755 all RJ Shield, Cordover BAINES Alister 86 882 CADBY Zoe 88 423 CORK David 875 Challenge, Rookies Cup, BAINES Andrew 88 532 CAI Matthew 1073 CORMICK Joshua 90 584 BAKER Fabien 882 CALLAS Chris 87 1162 CORREA Thomas 83 1068 Queens Cup, Box Hill Novice BALBIN Joshua 1066 CAMPBELL Whitney 86 865 COSTER Kieran 87 709 Tournament & other results BALTATGIS George 83 1494 CANIL Raman 680 COURTOT David 748 that have been submitted in BANDARA James 89 639 CANTY Brendan 674 COUTIE James 401 1998. BANKS Damien 86 910 CANTY Matthew 727 COUTIE Michael 486 BANKS Kyla 88 723 CAREY Ryan 90 1103 CRAFTI James 85 757 In the future only results BANNAN Dean 600 CAREY Jamie 92 872 CRAWFORD Anthony 89 668 submitted in electronic format BANNAN Vivienne 733 CARRABIN Marion 87 1000 CREEDON Rowan 86 819 BARBER Bryce 84 978 CARRABIN Christof 89 608 CRISP Brendan 772 will be processed by the VJCL. BARDWELL Lachlan 88 753 CAVE Paul 84 1112 CROSBIE-WATTERS Alexander 894 If you need assistance in BARNES Rosie 762 CERINI Ben 88 591 CRUICKSHANK Edward 86 676 getting them to the VJCL on BARRING Edwina 821 CHAI Shannon 84 1040 CUKIER Gary 84 891 BASNAYAKE Gayanie 82 1226 CHAMBERS Oliver 490 CULLEN Andrew 89 833 disk, or via e-mail, please let BASNAYAKE Thilini 85 1381 CHAN Timothy 84 1058 CUMING Louise 88 871 someone know. Results must BASNAYAKE Malinda 87 853 CHAN Ashley 90 673 CURMI Natasha 88 701 be submitted within 2 weeks of BASNAYAKE Nilmali 788 CHAN Joanne 634 CURRY Austen 874 BASSETT Robert 87 817 CHAN Luigi 760 CZYDEL Tim 88 864 the completion of the BASSETT Hamish 89 945 CHAN Diane 843 DACRUZ Simone 540 tournament. BASSETT Andrew 770 CHANG Melanie 89 947 D'ALOISIO Nicholas 84 591 Each player’s Year of Birth is BATH Thomas 833 CHANG Andrea 91 815 DANA Andrew 86 1171 BATHERN Cailin 574 CHARALAMBIDES Costa 88 723 DANA Louise 88 1066 given. If this information is not BEALE Josh 87 986 CHARLES Ian 788 DAVEY Lucy 85 896 provided, or it is incorrect BEARE Sarah 661 CHATTO Alistair 85 794 DAVIES John 85 935 please talk to David Cordover BEIGLER Daniel 85 1015 CHEAH Yew-Hwan 846 DAVIES Zach 88 766 BELL Chris 84 1054 CHEAH Jewhwan 969 DAVIES Adam 978 to remedy this problem. At the BENNETT Catherine 88 890 CHEAH Yewhwan 1222 DAVIS Luke 88 1064 end of 1999 all players who do BENNETT Laura 89 823 CHEAH Foong 85 940 DAVIS Chris 89 843 not have their year of birth BENNETT James 937 CHEONG Philip 88 976 DAWES Toppy 517 BENTLEY Beau 83 1266 CHERRY Cailum 86 504 DE LA CRUZ David 731 registered will be removed BEST Graeme 731 CHEUNG Jason 86 863 DE WINTER Phillip 875 from the rating list. BHATIA Akhilesh 86 1095 CHEUNG Ailsa 88 673 DEACON Alice 786 BIRCH Allan 86 971 CHIA Jonathan 699 DEAN Anthony 83 1056 SURNAME NAME Y R BIRCH Matthew 89 863 CHIN Luke 84 854 DELLA-BOSCA Michael 89 773 ABERSTEINER Chad 84 969 BLACK Sebastian 87 1044 CHIN Luke 84 983 DENHOM Angus 84 973 ABERSTEINER Shannon 86 1245 BLACK Kieran 782 CHIN Christopher 648 DESILVA Sujith 84 1220 ACKROYD Christopher 88 774 BLANKFIELD Judith 572 CHIN Jimmy 1041 DEVAPALASUNDARAM Aberna 86 984 ADAMS Andrew 84 1066 BLUSZTEIN David 87 1117 CHIN David 1210 DEVITSAKIS Natalie 424 ADAMS Megan 86 756 BLUZER-FRY Daniel 88 1003 CHINGAREV Alex 83 1455 DEY Robin 83 763 ADAMS Tristan 89 781 BOGISRCH Nicholas 780 CHOCKALINGAM Rama 88 705 DICKSON Sam 403 ADLER Nathan 749 BOK Jasmin 863 CHOONG Nicholas 89 819 DICKSON Andrew 821 ADLER Nikki 836 BONSEMA Zoe 82 871 CHOW Michael 83 1697 DIMOS Stefan 656 ALBANTOW Andrew 89 886 BOOTH Poppy 664 CHOW Matthew 87 439 DINSDALE Luke 586 ALEXANDER Melissa 85 1148 BOURMISTROV Denis 86 1552 CHOW Jason 87 975 DIRCKS Alex 87 742 ALEXANDER Nelson 87 679 BOWEN Leon 1403 CHOW Edwin 87 1005 DIXON Christopher 88 838 ALKEMADE Steven 86 838 BOWLES Emma 90 667 CHOW Samuel 87 1712 DJORGONOSKI Nicholas 602 ALLARDICE Scott 86 943 BOYD Justin 89 733 CHOWDHURY Mahmud 83 1384 DOIDGE James 84 1335 ALLERTON Claire 88 693 BRADSHAW Holly 88 961 CHU Alvina 85 786 DOIDGE Matthew 87 1513 AMOORE Kylie 85 931 BRADSHAW Tyson 950 CHU Kar Lu 85 949 DOIDGE Liam 89 1103 ANDERSON David 813 BRASH Anthony 820 CHU Alex 87 954 DOIDGE Brendan 503 ANG Grace 87 734 BREARE Sarah 87 589 CHUA Rebecca 88 788 DONALD Rachel 90 536 ANG Megan 87 753 BRENNAN-CHONG James 85 586 CHUA Thiam 898 DONOGHUE Matthew 85 1049 ANG Samantha 89 787 BRESLEY Yoni 643 CICUTTO Andrew 1025 DONOVON Patrick 810 ANGELATOS Alex 961 BRETT Andrew 85 1093 CIPANS Jack 88 1048 DORMAN Andrew 831 ANGSUWATJARAKORN Likit 862 BRETT Charlotte 87 857 CIPANS Kate 89 602 DOW Tim 571 ANGSUWATJARAKORN Tospal 989 BRIGHAM Atticus 876 CLARKSON Adrian 763 DOWNIE Owen 1092 ANNABELL Lucas 780 BRISCOE James 87 854 CLAYTON Kaela 89 576 DOWNING Pip 84 895 ANNABELL Paul 893 BRODERICK Adam 495 CLAYTON Shaun 906 DRAGICEVIC Domagoj 82 1503 ANTHONY Damien 642 BRODRIBB Allan 85 1085 CLENDINNEN Anastasia 86 1024 DREYFUS Joseph 85 1122 ANTONIOU Greg 88 781 BRODSKI Tania 89 906 CLENDINNEN Gilchrist 89 774 DREYFUS Thomas 814 APPLETON Victoria 90 473 BROOKES Jennifer 85 856 CLIPSTONE Ben 90 613 DRUMMOND James 88 726 BROOKES Nick 89 800 COHEN Braham 88 928 DUDLEY Sam 90 845 Page 12 Chess Kids

VICTORIAN J UNIOR R ATINGS (AS OF F EBRUARY 1 ST 1999) DUFTON Luke 898 GILING Darren 1002 HOBBY Demian 86 904 KERR Damien 525 DUNLAP Shannon 87 928 GILLESPIE William 85 949 HODGES Russell 1191 KERR Phillip 753 DYMOWSKI Alicia 86 916 GILLESPIE David 86 916 HODGMAN Simon 86 866 KHAZANCHI Amit 84 995 E Avi 89 730 GIRGIS Christopher 772 HOI Jimmy 818 KHOR Jenson 88 630 EAREY Adam 84 1051 GLEDHILL Melissa 836 HOLLANDS Peter 879 KHOR Winston 991 EBERT Andrew 627 GOH Jien 987 HOLT Nathan 549 KHUNG Farn-ling 585 EDWARDS Amelia 686 GOLDBERG Ari 87 847 HOOPER Matthew 871 KHUNG Su-wei 820 EER Jocelyn 90 709 GOLDSWORTHY Michael 621 HOPE Richard 84 1040 KILIAS Nick 645 EIERWEIS Jonathon 89 733 GOODE Nathan 86 1103 HOPF Toby 82 1446 KIPP Michael 751 ELDRIDGE David 88 884 GOSPER Casey 720 HORNUNG Brook 89 1143 KIRATZIS Nathan 85 694 ELIKHIS Leonid 85 1012 GOULD Sarah 600 HOUNSLOW Thomas 880 KIRSNER David 87 810 ELISHA Ruffy 84 1258 GOULOPOULOS Mitch 87 667 HOURIGAN Daniel 88 911 KITCHEN Chermain 770 ELLIOTT David 997 GOULPOULAS Sophie 651 HOWDEN Warren 84 1189 KLADAKIS Catherine 83 1023 ELLIS Jamie 87 608 GOWDIE Lucy 84 1131 HUANG Dennis 88 764 KLADAKIS Andrew 85 1270 ENDEAN Reuben 83 1117 GRANT Caitlyn 86 775 HUANG Gwendolyn 88 785 KLEIN Marcus 84 1032 EUNSON James 88 784 GRAYDEN Laura 86 821 HUANG Sean 89 953 KLEIN Ben 749 EVANS Cora 86 798 GREEN Jessica 642 HUANG Andrew 90 546 KLEINER Dane 870 EVANS Kimberley 89 501 GREGORY Cecielia 637 HUBREGTSE Derek 1256 KNIGHT Richard 673 EVERITT James 767 GRIFFIN Sam 89 452 HUDSON Andrew 86 487 KOADLOW Matthew 91 683 FABINY Robert 89 558 GRIFITHS Michael 684 HUI Michael 925 KOH ChongKee 84 1177 FACTOR Andrew 87 1078 GRIGG William 86 796 HUITFELD Anders 756 KOH Jermain 86 843 FAHEY Joshua 444 GRIGG Patrick 89 739 HUME Shawn 82 948 KOLOKITHAS Peter 88 1164 FAINSHRAIBER Alina 82 1555 GRINHOLZ Adam 89 623 HUNG Garvin 89 620 KOLOKITHAS Nikos 840 FARES Robbana 88 842 GRINYOV Daniel 90 1074 HUNT James 90 499 KOPPENS Greg 81 1124 FARRELL Michael 1220 GRODEK Ben 91 1029 HUQUE Naeem 85 1066 KORAB Tomaz 81 1073 FAWCETT Angela 89 788 GROSSMAN Sasha 84 1411 HUTCHINSON Alex 89 1111 KORNFELD Jules 767 FAZIO Tim 87 969 GROSSMAN Ira 88 1207 HUXLEY Georgina 856 KORNHAUSER Ryan 89 818 FELDBERG Deon 87 768 GROZOUBINSKI Dimitry HUYNH Michael 88 773 KOSTOS Zac 86 728 FELL Samuel 87 925 1148 HUYNH Martin 90 612 KOTROS Nicholas 81 1232 FELL Nathan 89 613 GUAGAS Alexi 86 1122 IAROSLAVSKI Theodor 86 1082 KOVALENKO Andrei 81 1411 FERRIS Shaun 978 GUIDICE Hamish 825 IP Joseph 1124 KOVALENKO Kirill 564 FILER Eve 549 GUIDICE Michael 827 ITKIN Michael 86 1149 KRSTIC Aleksandar 81 1104 FINCHER Andrew 550 GUINEY Sebastian 1010 IVANOVS Ryan 89 888 KRSTIC Edward 83 1217 FINE Katrina 84 776 GUMMERSALL David 84 1049 JACKSON Brent 86 809 KUSHIR Yvonne 575 FINEBERG David 87 907 GUTHRIE Lachlan 90 821 JACKSON Emma 806 KUSHNIR Yvonne 90 677 FINKEL Victor 87 1056 HAGEN Oliver 466 JACOBS Tim 88 1015 KUSHNIR Ivonne 531 FINKEL Alex 89 771 HAIKAL Edward 86 1316 JACOBS Lucie 561 KUSNIERCZUK Simon 84 997 FIRTH Alastair 88 1052 HAIKAL Stephanie 88 665 JACOBS Pauline 745 LACEY James 692 FISKE Emily 85 574 HAITUS Daniel 82 1126 JACOBS Phillip 781 LAM Aaron 91 553 FISKE Byron 89 978 HALKYARD Brett 88 947 JAGER Jesse 714 LAM Melissa 598 FITZ-GIBBON Kate 810 HALL Anthony 85 911 JAMES Iain 86 1049 LAM Angela 756 FLANAGAN Sam 517 HALL Sam 87 772 JAMES Nicholas 721 LAM Eugenia 777 FLEMING Cameron 1013 HALLIDAY Martin 86 845 JAN India 86 607 LAM Ronald 1018 FLEMMING Cameron 85 1045 HALL-KELLY Jade 90 992 JAROSINSKI Jan 1011 LAMB Joshua 88 863 FLETCHER David 82 1131 HALSALL Jacinta 562 JAYAKODY Changeeka 1219 LAMBA Khalid 1060 FLINTOFF Brett 86 1019 HAMEL-GREEN Imogen 84 1053 JAYAWARDANA Jinushi 85 1031 LAMONT Brodie 88 560 FOENANDER Tristan 86 845 HAMEL-GREEN Miriam 87 876 JAYEMANNE Suren 86 1233 LANDER Richard 86 1280 FOENANDER Chantelle 89 757 HAMILTON Stuart 87 838 JEFFERY Tyson 88 892 LANDY Tom 88 643 FONG Kenny 85 1315 HANKIN Penny 700 JEGANATHAN Sean 667 LANG Anthony 87 640 FORBES Ben 764 HANSKY Ben 532 JEGANATHAN Jason 733 LARA Matthew 690 FORD Tim 84 1113 HANSKY Justin 717 JETTER Daniel 87 665 LASPATZIS Alex 88 611 FOX Charlotte 779 HARE Peter 88 695 JOHNSON Phillip 85 864 LAU David 82 1231 FRANCE Thomas 89 435 HAR-EL Dana 88 883 JOHNSON Ben 574 LAU Vincent 84 1240 FRANGOULIS Julie 877 HAR-EL Nadav 90 936 JOHNSTON Nick 618 LAUDER Natasha 92 682 FREED Timmy 613 HARRINGTON Alex 88 494 JOSEM Mark 1014 LAUERSTEIN Michael 85 856 FREEDMAN Raf 838 HARRIS Benn 84 902 JOSEPH Angie 595 LAVIS Darren 89 784 FRENKIEL Michael 597 HARRIS Glenn 86 939 JOSHI Sonia 88 532 LAWRENCE Bryce 89 805 FRYDMAN Jason 722 HARRIS Lachlan 865 KAADEN Lachlan 85 1107 LAY Karen 664 FUNNELL William 87 1127 HARRIS James 1057 KABIS Haider 85 1030 LEE Jong-Ji 82 944 FURET Dominique 863 HARRISON Lee 516 KACHRIMANIS James 934 LEE Katherine 83 810 FURHOFF Ben 84 1034 HART Ben 90 878 KAH Cassandra 443 LEE Andrew 86 992 FURNER Shaun 623 HARTLEY Owen 87 774 KALENDERIAN Michael 85 922 LEE Melissa 86 1149 FURNER Jason 688 HARVEY Edwina 684 KALKBRENNER Stephanie 84 1098 LEE Stephanie 89 602 FURST Hannah 88 728 HAWARD Rebecca 86 797 KALKBRENNER Megan 87 735 LEE Michelle 90 1180 GALIABOVITCH Elena HAWARD Christopher 89 905 KALUS Justin 88 848 LEE Andrew 982 786 HE Cheng 1070 KAMIL Darren 87 870 LEE Bryan 1004 GAMBONI Charles 636 HEALEY Nick 777 KAPLAN Rafael 81 1381 LEEWORTHY Kyle 716 GAN Kuang 86 821 HELDRIDGE James 90 638 KARIM Imran 85 1125 LEGGETT Seton 88 666 GAN Yang 90 668 HEM Robert 84 1280 KARISTIANOS Rory 88 737 LENNIE William 569 GANESHALINGAN Nanren 525 HENLY Alice 87 791 KARPIN Josh 708 LEONG Paul 85 1078 GAO Frank 87 883 HENLY Claire 90 1013 KASTORAS Adam 87 776 LEONG Mark 87 1147 GARDNER Lachlan 88 630 HENSEHEL Christian 88 559 KATSOURANIS Chris 973 LEONG Melford 784 GARTNER Daniel 89 715 HENSHAW Kristian 446 KAURAH Sonya 527 LEONTYEV Leon 81 1264 GAUCI-SEDDON Ella HERSCU Michael 87 809 KAURAH Kishen 810 LESINSKIS Janis 87 1175 468 HEY Christopher 859 KEENE Sam 88 778 LEUNG Alex 1042 GAWIN Tiko 86 1245 HEYMANN Devorah 650 KEIL Daniel 85 1074 LEUNG Jeremy 1044 GELFAND Richard 88 930 HEYWARD Will 87 1108 KEMP Andrew 735 LEWINSKY Andrew 87 991 GELFAND Alex 457 HEYWARD Anna 90 451 KENNEDY Keenan 86 951 LIANG Douglas 87 966 GEORGIOU Julian 86 911 HILL Matthew 90 710 KENNY Daniel 846 LICHTBLAU Jarrod 88 920 GIANNIKOS Tony 1060 HISCOCK Daniel 417 KEON Nicholas 86 858 LIGERIS Jaye 84 1087 GIBSON Robert 980 HJORTH Ben 1100 KERR Stephen 86 951 LIGERIS Sophie 88 838 Chess Kids Page 13

VICTORIAN J UNIOR R ATINGS (AS OF F EBRUARY 1 ST 1999) LIM Shaun 81 1107 MCGREGGOR Alex 84 1045 NGUYEN Maria 89 719 QUINN Aidan 86 713 LIM Florence 474 MCKENZIE David 751 NICHOLA Daniel 623 QUIRK Michael 88 659 LIM Jon 710 MCLAREN Fiona 85 829 NICHOLA Anthony 751 QUIRK Michael 88 915 LIM Jayson 787 MCLAUGHLIN Ross 86 672 NICLIS Jonathan 85 957 RACHMAT Hannah 1037 LIM Eugene 816 MCLEAN Genevieve 86 771 NIKOLAYEVSKY Artem 89 998 RAINES Timothy 88 1140 LIM Darren 1054 MCMASTER Hannah 88 1027 NISSEN Amir 85 1410 RAINES Joshua 941 LIM Ben 1260 MCNAB Jessica 88 877 NISSEN Edan 706 RAK Peta 545 LINDBERG Gordon 85 1530 MCNAB Scarlett 631 NIZZARI Simona 752 RANCE Christopher 86 928 LINDBERG Douglas 88 1392 MCNAB Emma 833 NOLAN Mark 807 RANCE Chris 848 LINDER Phoebe 549 MCNAB Alexandra 963 NOONAN Tom 90 881 RANDALL Perri 536 LINDLEY Matthew 88 893 MCNAUGHT James 87 1101 NORDEN Bradley 781 RAO Gautam 84 1118 LISLE Jordan 501 MCNEICE Keira 85 1004 NORTHEND Texas 87 671 RASSOOL Michelle 419 LISOV Anthony 644 MCNEICE Rory 86 813 NUGENT Robert 87 958 RASSOOL Kevin 620 LLOYD Huw 88 824 MCNEICE Ned 90 615 NUNES Rudolph 760 RATHGERBER William 89 799 LO Kenneth 85 867 MCNULTY Ben 86 1029 O'BRIEN Kate 776 RATNAYAKE Ilmi 649 LOBOVICH Alex 1086 MCPHAIL Christopher 526 O'BRIEN Anne-Marie 783 RAYNER Owen 85 878 LOCK Taliah 88 461 MCQUEEN Sean 87 844 O'BYRNE Luke 638 REES Chris 87 933 LOCKHART Eliza 89 733 MEJHAIZEL Camille 870 O'CONNOR Chris 83 1289 REES Nicholas 89 743 LOKON Aria 89 720 MELLINA Robert 807 O'CONNOR Catherine 91 431 REES-LEE Thomas 86 979 LOMBARDY Marco 87 932 MELLOW Phillip 88 1109 O'DWYER Kate 84 942 REGAN Katharine 996 LOO David 828 MENDES David 88 1048 OGADA-OSIR Ibrahim 81 1565 RENDA John 84 1041 LOO Jonathan 858 MENDEZ Racheal 681 OI Winston 85 1124 REUBEN Samy 1080 LOOI Leon 1026 MEYER Hannah 88 591 O'NEILL Joel 850 RICHARDSON Christian 83 945 LOUEY Gregory 742 MICHALCZAK Arna 84 991 ONG Christopher 85 1131 RICHTER Sally-Anne 87 1160 LOUEY Rebecca 829 MICHELI Anthony 88 1001 ONUFREICHUK Dima 84 1483 RICKARD Ben 86 962 LOZA Igor 1060 MIHALOPOLOUS Jason 737 OOI Chi-Sze 705 RIVERE Chelsea 810 LU William 84 851 MILLER Leigh 899 ORCHARD Morris 88 682 ROBBANA Ismail 704 LUBERDA Mickey 89 773 MILLS Paul 86 618 OVERS Elliot 592 ROBERTS David 88 612 LUCATO Ben 90 802 MINAS James 86 792 OWEN Melissa 469 ROBINSON Taiawa 85 972 LUCISANO Joshua 689 MINTER Miles 88 664 PADMONABHAN Siddharth 89 569 ROBINSON James 727 LUGO Ruperto 90 1368 MIRABELLA Peter 512 PAGE Jason 651 ROBINSON Anthony 727 LYNCH Darren 86 783 MIRBAGHERI Maisam 1092 PAGE Rowan 774 ROGERS Katherine 86 653 LYONS James 86 1134 MIRMELSTEIN George 84 1307 PAHOFF Anton 765 ROGERS Jamie 86 1054 MA Aidan 87 1048 MIRMILSTEIN Daniel 885 PALANISWAMI Murugan 830 ROJTER Eben 86 1180 MACHET Richard 88 1192 MITCHELL Ashton 87 971 PALMER Fiona 83 787 ROMIG Joshua 685 MACHET Stephen 409 MITCHELL Simon 87 1288 PALTI Mikki 88 890 ROONEY David 820 MACINTOSH Ashleigh 727 MITCHELL Bradley 518 PANG Michael 88 707 ROSBIFFI Daniel 84 1085 MACK Matthew 873 MITCHELL Peter 721 PAPA James 89 1305 ROSE Eden 88 804 MAGAT Michael 1163 MITCHELL Colin 780 PAPAGEORGIO Ang 782 ROSE Jules 88 1009 MAH Yiling 86 660 MITROPOULOUS Yianni 89 598 PAPAGEORGIOU George 811 ROSEDALE Paul 788 MAH Andrew 86 971 MIYAZAKI Hiroshi 81 1345 PAPAS Peter 636 ROSEN Jeremy 85 957 MAH Zunyou 89 943 MOORE Callum 88 766 PAPIER Michael 83 905 ROSEN Tim 596 MAHENDEN Senthuren 86 1112 MORIATY Michael 586 PARKE Kitty 439 ROSENBLAT Vanja 702 MAIOR Andrew 85 1009 MORRIS Andrea 85 952 PARKER Chris 1002 ROSENTHAL Patrick 532 MAJTLIS Bradley 933 MORRIS Raymond 87 1036 PARRENT Mark 84 825 ROSOOL Kevin 659 MANOLAS Manos 82 1230 MORRISON Winston 87 906 PARSONS Aric 717 ROSS Alex 524 MANOLAS Nikos 87 1043 MOUTZOURIS Nick 89 763 PARTSI Dimitry 1397 ROSSIGNUOLO Pia 88 666 MANSFIELD Stephen 84 1025 MROCKI Adam 84 987 PATCHING Keirnan 90 668 ROTHFIELD Adam 85 918 MANSFIELD Cate 86 683 MUELLER Ellen 654 PATEN Myles 585 ROTHFIELD Emily 87 1012 MANTEL Christopher 453 MUIR Ashley 462 PATERSON Andrew 85 740 ROWE Daniel 86 1073 MARANO Rebecca 86 902 MULLIGAN Anthony 87 675 PATERSON James 87 965 ROWE Kacey 88 999 MARCUS Daniel 87 963 MUNRO Bill 977 PATERSON David 88 683 ROWE Max 752 MARCUS Dean 90 955 MUNUSAMY Tejesh 88 853 PATTERSON Max 88 899 RUBENSTEIN Dylan 454 MARETT Genevieve 87 661 MURPHY Luke 87 841 PAUL Amaryah 87 521 RUBIN Aaron 88 779 MARKHAM Katherine 88 745 MURPHY Andrew 768 PAUVERT Guillame 618 RUDSTEIN Sam 89 930 MARKS Nicholas 88 926 MURRAY Liam 88 960 PAWLIK Adam 983 RUKAVINA Sasha 83 968 MARTIN Camilo 84 1086 MURRAY Amy 685 PEAKE Ben 945 RUSH Brendan 504 MARTIN Joshua 86 1218 MUTHUSAMY Reubban 89 1166 PEARCE Roy 653 RUSSELL Martin 86 747 MARTIN Richard 88 577 MUTTIAH Christine 87 693 PEARCE Glen 722 RUSSO Greg 685 MARTIN Ingrid 616 MYER William 574 PEEL Georgina 544 RUST Darius 91 658 MASTERS Nick 87 1083 MYER Hannah 964 PELOZA Alex 645 RYAN Paul 686 MATHEOS Katrina 88 579 MYERS Leah 86 671 PEPI Anthony 84 815 RYDER Ian 83 930 MATHEWS Scott 81 1189 NAGAO Daichi 87 1030 PERERA Kavinda 841 RYDER Liisa 85 886 MATHIESON Chris 88 952 NAGAO Kai 720 PERKINS Matthew 88 732 RYDER Kevin 89 733 MAUNDER Evan 86 747 NASH Vicki 87 777 PERLOZA-HUERTAS Alex 609 RYNIA Elise 668 MAUNDER Jacqueline 88 575 NASH Patrick 728 PETROU Renos 801 SAARONI Olivia 88 1130 MAUNDER Peter 517 NEMETH John 85 1677 PETTIT Ben 86 949 SABATINI Luke 653 MAYEVSKY David 88 835 NEMETH Kati 835 PETTIT Ashley 88 965 SADDICK Joshua 89 684 MAYEVSKY Ari 645 NEVILLE Roshelle 514 PICKUP Robert 844 SALEM Hadi 618 MCASEY Dael 86 1036 NEVILLE Courtney 734 PLATT Daniel 86 856 SAMAHA Tracey 89 520 MCASEY Adrian 88 752 NEWBOLD Thomas 89 424 PORTELLI Daniel 88 780 SANDERS Glen 601 MCDERMOT Tom 801 NEWEY Simon 709 PORTER Stephen 599 SANDLER Roman 568 MCDONALD Julian 84 1433 NEWNHAM Scott 88 723 PORZ Claire 786 SANFORD Stephen 88 908 MCDONALD Brendan 87 940 NEWNHAM Peter 590 POSNER Jeremy 89 902 SARAVANAMUTHU Rachel 815 MCDONALD Jason 88 925 NEWTON Simon 801 POTTER Emily 477 SAW Geoff 81 1798 MCDONALD Felicity 89 621 NG Adrian 86 903 POULTER Stephan 84 1046 SAW Richard 84 1268 MCDONALD Hugh 709 NG Shane 87 840 PROCTOR Kristel 904 SCANE Stephanie 84 687 MCEVOY Taylor 692 NG Elliot 88 730 PROIETTO Rebecca 508 SCHELTUS Ben 952 MCGHEE Ross 89 544 NGAU Jacki 928 PTASZNIK Danielle 88 636 SCHIFTON Jeremy 687 MCGHEE David 738 NGUYEN Daniel 87 675 QUAH Cain 799 SCHMIDT Simon 87 1145 MCGORRERY Paul 86 783 NGUYEN Long 88 611 QUIGLEY Tristan 87 713 SCHNEIDER Talia 87 720 Page 14 Chess Kids

VICTORIAN J UNIOR R ATINGS (AS OF F EBRUARY 1 ST 1999) SCHOENFELD Julius 86 775 SUTHERLAND Tom 88 505 VAN DEVENTER George 82 1163 WONG David 1013 SCHRAMPF Christian 853 SWEDOSH William 781 VAN DUYN Nicholas 84 1005 WOOD Thomas 693 SCHULBERG Eliot 87 1005 SWINN Michael 86 876 VANDERLOO Luke 85 945 WOODALL Richard 85 996 SCHWARZ Andrew 839 SZOKOVSKI Ron 85 917 VANSTRIEN James 821 WOODARD Luke 88 778 SCOTT STOKES John 85 1013 SZWARC Damien 725 VERSTEEGEN Thomas 659 WOODS Mitchell 594 SCOTT-WARREN Hugh 641 TABRIZI Justin 716 VERSTRAELEN Krista 88 729 WORSNOP Andrew 694 SEARES Kirsty 81 795 TAI Frederik 86 1058 VICTOR Rahul 89 691 WRIGHT Clancy 86 971 SEELEY Steven 1019 TALJ Elie 87 1152 VISILYEV Andrew 894 WULFSOHN Michael 1104 SELLAYAH Renishka 88 970 TALJ Julien 88 893 VOUDIOTIS Athena 738 XU Charles 1156 SELLITO Thomas 816 TAM Matthew 84 930 VU Tommy 88 703 YAN Nathan 86 893 SELTON Cameron 86 549 TAMBLYN Simon 582 VUJOVICH Jordan 85 949 YAN Joshua 88 1109 SELTON Nathan 89 562 TAMBLYN Luke 937 WAKLEY Jasmine 91 473 YEOH Jason 86 1075 SEST Jonathon 88 808 TAN Chao 85 1402 WAKSBERG Avi 731 YEOH Edward 89 990 SHACKELL Amy 699 TAN Christopher 440 WALKER Patrick 85 699 YETJIA Pei 895 SHAFAR Michael 90 1128 TANG Vincent 584 WALKER Murray 738 YII Winston 87 1139 SHAFAR Robert 938 TARDOWSKI Michael 86 887 WALKER Joel 864 YII Michelle 759 SHALEKOFF Warren 90 628 TASSAKOS Christian 87 1280 WALLACE Brent 543 YIM Daniel 86 1265 SHAMSUL Maryam 83 1196 TAYLOR Thor 92 907 WALTERS Dylan 86 767 YONG Brian 83 1196 SHAMSUL Imran 86 1022 TAYLOR Ashley 441 WANG Ken 83 1114 YONG Trevor 85 741 SHAN Leonard 89 1029 TAYLOR Max 644 WANG Ray 689 YUEN Ronnie 910 SHANDLER Jonathon 720 TAYLOR-BARTEL Jordan 455 WARD Robert 898 ZAVOD Zac 781 SHANDLER Stephen 871 TAYLOR-JONES Kerrie 88 688 WARREN Nicholas 85 1174 ZEVALLOS Frank 985 SHANTAKUMAR Lakshman 882 TEH QuorYin 88 686 WATERS Darren 822 ZHAO James 85 928 SHAPIRO Dion 90 811 TEH QuorTen 447 WATSON Alice 523 ZHU Jasmine 780 SHARMA Ashish 825 TESCHER Paul 86 942 WAYWOOD Nicholas 1036 ZIEMER Randal 87 914 SHARPE Martin 86 745 THAVARAJAH Sanchi 768 WEATHERHEAD James 84 1178 ZIFFER Rochelleh 640 SHAW Robert 735 THOMAS Hamish 87 751 WEBB Sam 84 1053 ZIVANOVIC Andjelija 84 1298 SHAW Charles 737 THOMAS Daniel 87 1053 WEBB Ellie 86 980 SHEARER Justin 85 978 THOMAS Stuart 88 792 WEBBERLY Aidan 681 SHERIDAN Benjamin 88 699 THOMAS Christopher 803 WEBER Adrian 90 712 Ratings available on the net: SHERIDAN Joshua 546 THOMAS Ryan 1019 WEBSTER James 89 926 SHEWARD Tim 88 922 THOMPSON Nick 88 926 WELDON Victoria 743 Brighton Junior Chess Club SHIELDS Andrew 88 830 THOMPSON Hugh 648 WELLERMANN David 641 SIETO Stephanie 814 THOMPSON Alex 824 WELLS Daniel 85 976 Hampton Community Centre SIGMONT Alison 85 801 THORNTON Melissa 86 716 WELSH Duncan 89 500 SILBERT Guy 88 965 TISSAI George 743 WENT Matthew 88 839 Willis St, Hampton SILVASICH Daniel 85 1115 TONKIN Andrew 783 WESTFIELD Euan 85 939 Thursday 5:30 - 7:00pm SINCLAIR Thomas 543 TRUONG Lance 87 1100 WEZZEBERGER Daniel 87 612 $50 per term SINGER Joshua 90 753 TRUONG Raymond 89 867 WHEATLAND Peter 87 872 SINN Jason 87 993 TSIFLITZIS Eugene 82 889 WHITE James 85 1013 Waverley Chess Club SINN Vincent 89 810 TSUDA Muneaki 81 1245 WHITE Tim 86 796 SIRIPALA Prasanga 794 TSYKIN Sasha 88 667 WHITE Jacob 857 Wadham House, SIU Emma 89 643 TURNER Alice 84 1013 WIGHT Glenn 657 SKEELS Phillip 89 568 TURNER Ben 984 WIGHT Glen 855 Wadham Pde, Mt Waverley SLATER Jennifer 81 1006 TWENTYMAN Lisa 84 725 WILLDER Richard 89 832 Friday 6:00 - 7:30pm SLIFIER Konrad 88 579 TWENTYMAN David 86 885 WILLIAMS Charlotte 87 777 $30 per tem SMITH Katheryn 438 TYSON Samantha 85 983 WILLIAMS Ben 90 902 SMITH Annelie 517 TYSON Alexander 865 WILLIAMS Ryan 563 SMORGON Jake 87 890 TZAIKOU George 945 WILLIAMS Nathan 924 For details of club dates or SNEDDON Thomas 87 556 TZE Christopher 84 1235 WILLNIK Jan 85 815 coaching programs call: SNEDDON William 596 UMBER Luisa 82 941 WILSON Megan 1017 SO Clinton 87 792 UMBER Carl 85 1026 WIRAWAN Surya 87 898 David Cordover SOLOVEYCHIK Sasha 84 1599 URWIN David 837 WONG Timothy 81 945 0411-877-833 or 9578-6203 SOON Jennifer 87 887 VAN DE VEN Robert 651 WONG Simon 85 1026 SPENCER Matthew 935 WONG Aaron 87 855 SPIEGEL Chloe 90 681 SPRING Bridget 88 511 SPRING Lachlan 89 720 CHESS COACHING: SPRING Virginia 677 SRIDHAR Rohan 88 1143 Melbourne Junior Chess Club STANLEY Dean 82 735 STANLEY Amanda 733 STANSFIELD Skye 88 611 STANTON Anina 800 STANTON Isabelle 988 STEED Matthew 88 749 WHERE? The Melbourne Chess Club - 66 Leicester St, STEPHENS Zoe 87 641 Fitzroy, 3065 STEVENSON Glen 88 723

STILES Chris 89 780 STOCKDALE Isabella 592 WHEN? Every Saturday between 11am - 1pm STOJCEVSKI Dwayne 87 768 STOKES Mark 87 850 COST? $10 per child STOKES-HORE Rikky 85 943 STONE Adam 88 692 Chess coaching has been proven to be the most effective way of improving one’s STONE Jason 88 819 game. We cater for complete beginners to the best in Australia. Our staff are STONHAM Jarryd 88 902 STOWERS Blaise 83 543 very experienced with numerous years of coaching experience. Players such as STRAIN Andrew 723 Gordon & Douglas Lindberg regularly attend this coaching. STRAUCH Justin 87 804 SUCEVIC Andrew 1082 SULLIVAN Tom 1059 Chess Kids Page 15 Primary Interschool

Zonal Results

Zone Venue Winner R-Up Board 1 Board 2 Board 3 Board 4

Waverley Camelot Essex Mt View PS Ruperto Kasun Joshua Winston Yii Rise Heights Lugo Waidyaratne Raines Southern Brighton PS Brighton PS Mentone GS Shaun Ferris Daniel Bluzer- James Justin Griggs Fry McNaught Outer-East Carey - Carey - Kangaroo Andrew Jamie Ellis Louise Dana Daniel Donvale Donvale Ground PS Dana Thomas Northern Boroondara Mont Albert Ivanhoe GS Matthew Simon Mitchell Liam Doidge Jason Park PS PS Doidge Mihalopolou Malvern Chadstone Caulfield Chadstone Suren Christian William Andrew Lee Park PS Grammar Park Jayemanne Tassakos Funnel Grade 3’s Brighton PS Mont Albert Gandel Liam Doidge Raymond Edward Clay Besen House Truong Yeoh Williams Grade Brighton PS = 1st = 1st It is worth noting that the Grade 3’s competition had an 3’s - B’s Gandel Caulfield GS amazing 26 teams! Girls’ Mt Waverley PLC Essex Michelle Lee Renishka Jasmine Bok Rachel Nth PS Heights Sellayah Savaranamut hu Caulfield Bialik =1st Bialik =1st St. Richard Melissa Lee / Rowan Page Mikki Palti College College Finbar’s Machet Hannah Myer City Melbourne Comet Hill Lee St PS Douglas Chris Bird Ross Bicknel Brenton Chess Club PS Lindberg Millard

The Primary Interschool Championships pennant for last year’s competition this NSW championships (1000 teams). were successful, yet disappointing at the year. All members of the winning team, same time. and the best individual scorers were The number of teams participating did not awarded medallions. increase significantly from last year. In Winners from each of the zones fact the number of schools participating progressed to the State Finals, and actually dropped. Secondary Interschool runners-up were given the opportunity to showed a big increase and with the play in the B-grade Finals. increased number of primary schools In 1999 the Interschool Championships receiving coaching one would have are being run by the Victorian Chess All your chess requirements can thought that there would be a whole host Association. Entry fees will be $35 per be satisfied at Chess World. of new schools wanting to get involved in team with $4 of that going to the the Interschool Championships. Australian Chess Federation for running Contact Megan Williams for details of There were only 10 zones, based loosely the National Competition, $4 will go to school packages. on geographical regions. Schools in the the ACF to establish a Junior area were invited, with usually 8-12 Development Fund and $2 will be Located at: teams per zone. Many schools entered donated to a respected national charity. 681 Nicholson St Carlton North 3054 two teams. It was good to see at least one Make sure your school participates in the team from country Victoria enter a team. Phone/Fax 9380-1399 Interschool Championships this year. If We would like to see more country teams every school that has an interest in chess E-mail [email protected] playing. fields a team it will not be long before the http://www.ozemail.com.au/~chesswd/ The winning school will receive a Victorian competition is as large as the Page 16 Chess Kids Primary Interschool A-Grade Finals

SCHOOL Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PLACINGS

1 Mont Albert Primary 1513 7 3 2 3 11 7 12 10 5 14 9 17 3 18 4 21.5 2nd

2 Essex Heights Primary 1378 8 3 7 7 5 10.5 3 14.5 9 18.5 12 22.5 4 26 10 29.5 1st

3 Caulfield Grammar 1280 9 2 4 5 7 8 2 8 10 10 8 14 1 17 5 21 3rd

4 Bialik College 1192 10 1.5 3 2.5 6 3.5 11 5.5 8 6.5 7 10.5 2 11 1 11.5

5 PLC 1160 11 3 6 7 2 7.5 9 8.5 1 8.5 10 12.5 12 14 3 14

6 Carey Grammar - Donvale 1135 12 2 5 2 4 5 10 6 7 7.5 11 10.5 9 13.5 8 17.5

7 Grimwade House 1083 1 1 10 3 3 4 8 6 6 8.5 4 8.5 11 11 12 13

8 Mont Albert Primary 990 2 1 11 2.5 12 3 7 5 4 8 3 8 10 8 6 8 "Grade 3 & Under"

9 Brighton Primary 996 3 2 12 5 10 8 5 11 2 11 1 12 6 13 11 15

10 Comet Hill Primary Unrated 4 2.5 7 4.5 9 5.5 6 8.5 3 10.5 5 10.5 8 14.5 2 15

11 St Finbar's Unrated 5 1 8 3.5 1 3.5 4 5.5 12 5.5 6 6.5 7 8 9 10

12 Trinity Grammar Unrated 6 2 9 3 8 6.5 1 7.5 11 11.5 2 11.5 5 14 7 16

The A-Grade Primary Finals were held at rest, but nobody expected Essex Heights round put them close, but not close the Glen Eira Town Hall. A marvellous to finish first in such a comfortable enough to Mont Albert Primary who held room with a viewing gallery around the fashion. For the second year in a row too! out to finish second by half a point. outside to keep the spectators away from What had been keyed up to be the crucial Obviously every team that made it into the players. Many thanks to the City of match was played in the second round. the finals played well just to get there. I Glen Eira for letting us use their venue. Mont Albert vs. Essex Heights. An easy would like to thank all the players, Although this is a very big event it was 4-0 for Essex Heights. After that Essex teachers and parents for making the unfortunately built up by some to be too Heights didn’t look back. 4-0 wins tournament a success. big a thing. Some kids were under a great against 3rd seeds Caulfield Grammar in It was good to see some publicity come deal of pressure, this is one thing that I the fourth round gave them a 3.5 point from the day, with photos in The Age and am trying to avoid. The game should be lead over the rest of the field. After that local papers. enjoyable, winning and losing are not the lead just extended to a massive 8 important. The children should be points at the finish! Winning team: Essex Heights Primary learning sportsmanship, how to win and Congratulations to Mont Albert - Grade Ruperto Lugo 7/8 lose gracefully, team spirit and generally 3’s who were the top scorers against James Papa 8/8 how to behave in a competitive situation. Essex Heights, and that was winning 1 Michelle Lee 7/8 Parents and coaches who put too much game in the first round. Winston Yii 7.5/8 emphasis on winning, or on the result undermine much of what the children Caulfield Grammar rallied in the last few School Coach: should be learning from playing in a rounds to create an exciting finish in the David Cordover & Chess Kids. competition like this. race for second place. A 3-1 win against Mont Albert and then a 4-0 win in the last The top three teams were well above the Chess Kids Page 17 Primary Interschool B-Grade Finals

SCHOOL Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PLACINGS

1 Carlton Nth - Lee St 1324 7 0.5 11 3.5 2 5.5 12 7.5 5 8.5 10 9.5 9 11 4 12 "Melbourne Magic"

2 Mt View Primary 1265 8 2 12 4 1 6 9 8 7 10 3 11.5 11 15.5 6 17.5 "Mayhem"

3 Essex Heights Primary 1124 9 3 10 5.5 5 9.5 8 10.5 4 12 2 14.5 6 17 7 20 1st*

4 Caulfield Grammar 1122 10 1 9 3.5 6 6.5 7 8.5 3 11 8 13 12 17 1 20 2nd

5 Gandel Besen House 1074 11 4 7 7 3 7 10 8 1 11 6 14 8 16 12 18

6 Kangaroo Ground Primary 1027 12 1.5 8 2 4 3 11 6 9 8 5 9 3 10.5 2 12.5 "Chessnuts"

7 Chadstone Park Primary 1009 1 3.5 5 4.5 8 6.5 4 8.5 2 10.5 11 13.5 10 16.5 3 17.5

8 Ivanhoe Grammar 948 2 2 6 5.5 7 7.5 3 10.5 10 13 4 15 5 17 9 18

9 Mentone Grammar 887 3 1 4 2.5 11 5.5 2 7.5 6 9.5 12 13.5 1 16 8 19 3rd "A Team"

10 Wesley College 831 4 3 3 4.5 12 7.5 5 10.5 8 12 1 15 7 16 11 17.5 "Elsternwick"

11 Essex Heights Primary 815 5 0 1 1 9 2 6 3 12 5 7 6 2 6 10 8.5 "Girls"

12 Mentone Grammar Unrated 6 2.5 2 4.5 10 5.5 1 7.5 11 9.5 9 9.5 4 9.5 5 11.5 "B Team" The B-grade Finals was perhaps the most another 1/2 point down. Grammar won 3-1 against Chadstone exciting competition of the year! Nobody Wesley was able to draw level with a 3-1 Park and Lee St respectively to leave knew the winner until the last round, and them equal on 20 points. Mentone win over Carlton Nth - Lee St in the 6th even then we weren’t sure! round. Ivanhoe was equal first on 15 Grammar rocketed into 3rd place by The lead changed time and time again. points after their 2-2 draw with Caulfield defeating Ivanhoe 3-1. And the fight for minor places was just as Grammar. After a countback system was employed tough. The penultimate round was a nail biter. Essex Heights was declared the winner by 140 to 128. Thus taking out the double, A After 3 rounds Essex Heights was in the Essex Heights only scored 2.5 against lead, having just defeated Wesley and Kangaroo Ground while Ivanhoe and B Finals winners! GBH. Ivanhoe Grammar and Wesley Grammar came back with a 3-1 win Top board scorers were: College were placed in second. against GBH. Caulfield Grammar had a Douglas Lindberg (Lee St), Michael Round 4 saw Ivanhoe Grammar beat 4-0 win putting them all on 17 points. 3 Shafar (GBH), Timothy Jacobs (Ivanhoe) teams equal first going into the last Essex Heights to allow the three teams, and Melanie Chang (Essex Height). Essex, Ivanhoe and Wesley to draw level round!! Wesley took a 1-3 loss to Chadstone Park to drop behind the pace. Winning school: Essex Heights Primary on 10.5 points. Ryan Carey, Leon Looi, Leonard Shan, Ivanhoe Grammar snuck into the lead The last round was a disaster for Wesley, Melanie Chang. with a 2.5-1.5 win over Wesley in the 5th losing their match 1.5-2.5 against lowly ranked Essex Heights Girls. Same went School coach: round. Essex Heights lost 1.5-2.5 to David Cordover & Chess Kids Caulfield Grammar. This left Caulfield for Ivanhoe Grammar with a 1-3 loss to Grammar and GBH only 2 points behind Mentone Grammar, leaving them in 4th the lead. Chadstone Park Primary was position. Essex Heights and Caulfield Page 18 Chess Kids SECONDARY Interschool Zonal Results

Zone Venue Winner R-Up 3rd Place Western Werribee SC Westbourne Grammar Geelong Grammar Brauer College

Central Melbourne Chess Club Melbourne High University High Princes Hill Secondary

Southern Mentone Grammar Mentone Grammar Brighton Grammar “A” Brighton Grammar “B”

Waverley Glen Waverley SC Glen Waverley SC Mazenod College Doncaster SC

Monash Monash Secondary Nazareth College Mt Waverley SC Monash SC

South-East Cleeland Secondary Haileybury College Springvale Secondary Gleneagles College

Girls’ Melbourne Chess Club Glen Waverley SC MacRobertson Girls’ MacRobertson Girls’

Kew Home & Away Camberwell Grammar Xavier College Camberwell GS “B”

North Home & Away University High Northcote High Melbourne Grammar A-Grade State Finals

No SCHOOL 12 3 45 6 7 PLACINGS

1 University High 8 3 12 7 3 11 11 14 2 17 7 21 9 25 1st

2 Scotch College 9 2.5 11 4.5 7 7 12 9 1 10 5 14 8 16

3 Melbourne High Bye 2 9 6 1 6 5 10 8 12 11 14 12 16

4 Westbourne Grammar 10 3 7 5 5 7.5 8 7.5 9 7.5 Bye 9.5 6 11.5

5 Mt Waverley Secondary 11 2 13 5 4 6.5 3 6.5 7 8.5 2 8.5 Bye 10.5

6 Mentone Grammar 12 1 8 3 11 3 10 5.5 Bye 7.5 13 8.5 4 10.5

7 Camberwell Grammar 13 2.5 4 4.5 2 6 9 8 5 10 1 10 10 12

8 Haileybury College 1 1 6 3 10 7 4 11 3 13 12 14.5 2 16.5 2nd

9 Glen Waverley Secondary 2 1.5 3 1.5 Bye 3.5 7 5.5 4 9.5 10 13 1 13

10 Nazareth College 4 1 Bye 3 8 3 6 4.5 13 6.5 9 7 7 9

11 Springvale Secondary 5 2 2 4 6 8 1 9 12 10.5 3 12.5 13 16.5 3rd

12 Melbourne Grammar 6 3 1 3 13 7 2 9 11 11.5 8 14 3 16

13 Mazenod College 7 1.5 5 2.5 12 2.5 Bye 4.5 10 6.5 6 9.5 11 9.5 Chess Kids Page 19 SECONDARY Interschool B-Grade Finals

N o SCHOOL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 PLACINGS

1 Geelong Grammar 9 0 1 1 1 By e 3 8 3 1 2 5 1 6 6 6 7.5

2 Brauer College 1 0 1 1 4 3.5 9 7.5 7 8.5 1 1 10.5 8 12.5 1 5 12.5

3 Princes Hill Secondary W I T H D R A W N

4 Brighton Grammar 1 1 3 7 4 1 4 6 6 10 5 13 1 5 14 1 3 14

5 Glen W averley Secondary 1 2 4 1 3 5 1 1 8 1 0 9 4 10 9 12.5 7 13.5

6 Highvale Secondary 1 3 0 8 2 1 6 5 4 5 By e 7 1 2 10 1 12.5

7 Monash Secondary 1 4 2.5 4 5.5 1 3 7.5 2 10.5 1 5 11.5 1 0 13.5 5 16.5

8 Doncaster Secondary 1 5 0 6 2 1 2 5 1 9 1 4 9 2 11 By e 13

9 Eumemmering Secondary 1 4 1 5 4.5 2 4.5 By e 6.5 1 6 9.5 5 11 1 2 15

10 Gleneagles Secondary 2 3 1 6 7 1 5 8.5 5 11.5 1 3 13.5 7 15.5 1 4 18.5 3rd

11 Glen W averley Secondary 4 1 1 4 5 5 1 4 7 2 9 By e 11 1 6 14 "G irls"

12 Werribee Secondary 5 0 By e 2 8 3 1 6 5 1 7 6 8 9 8

13 Xavier College 6 4 5 7 7 9 1 5 11 1 0 13 1 4 16 4 20 2nd

14 Scotch College "B" 7 1.5 2 3 4 5 1 1 7 8 11 1 3 12 1 0 13

15 Northcote High 8 4 9 7.5 1 0 10 1 3 12 7 15 4 18 2 22 1st

16 MacRob High School By e 2 1 0 2 6 3 1 2 5 9 6 1 9 1 1 10

A-Grade Finals (see page 18) 6.5 / 7 against a very strong field. have been a real challenge had everyone been available. The A-Grade Finals were won University High will be travelling to convincingly by University High School Sydney in December to compete in the Xavier nosed in front of Gleneagles in the who drew away from the field in the early first National Schools Championships. penultimate round and was able to hang rounds. It appeared that their depth Winning Team: University High onto second place. combined with the power of their Board 1 School Winning Team: Northcote High player was unbeatable, although a School surprise upset in round one saw David Denis Bourmistrov Lau (Haileybury) win against Denis Gordon Lindberg Chris Wong Bourmistrov (Uni High). The future looks Andjelija Zivanovic Zimin Tan bright for Uni High as 3 of their players James Doidge Peter Lim are in year 7 and one in year 9! Jerry Zhao B-Grade Finals (see above) Shun Xu Second place was the real battle with a Liang Fang host of schools able to snatch 2nd in the Northcote High lead the B-Grade Finals last round. Haileybury College and from the start of the day. A late push from It was great to see a number of Springvale Secondary both finished on Gleneagles and Xavier didn't bother them people who play interschool 16.5 points. The first countback (sum of and they cruised into another finals becoming involved in other, opponents scores) resulted in a tie so a victory. individual, tournaments. Some even second system was employed Monash Secondary did particularly well made the effort to join their local (progressive score) with Haileybury as they only had 3 of their 4 players chess club. See elsewhere in this winning by 66 to 62.5. Special mention of present on the day. Perhaps they could magazine for the club closest to you. David Lau from Haileybury for scoring Page 20 Chess Kids National Interschool Finals Sydney Grammar School 12th & 13th December

High Schools Primary Schools

1.Sydney Grammar (NSW) 1.Essex Heights Primary (VIC)

2.Somerset College (QLD) 2.Somerset College (QLD)

3.Prince Alfred College (SA) 3.Eastwood Public School (NSW)

4.University High (VIC) 4.Linden Park Primary (SA)

5.Canberra Boys Grammar (ACT) 5.St Monica’s Primary (ACT)

6.New Town Boys High (TAS)

THE AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLS AUST. SCHOOLS TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIPS 1998 TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIPS DRAW FOR THE FINALS

The inaugural championships were held High Schools at Sydney Grammar School on the weekend of 12/13 December 1998. The Somerset College (Qld) 1½ - 2½ Sydney Grammar (NSW) results were as follows: 1. Matthew Sonter 0 - 1 Michael Lip 2. Anthony Lam 0 - 1 Kuan-Kuan Tian Over 12.000 students nationwide 3. Rhys Rakauskas 1 - 0 Justin Cheung participated in the event during the year. 4. Robert Kingston ½ - ½ Marlon Chan The finals were an outstanding success with good media interest and tremendous University High (Vic) 1 - 3 Prince Alfred College (SA) enthusiasm from the participants. 1. Denis Bourmistrov 1 - 0 Andrew Saint Agreement in principle was reached at a 2. Gordon Lindberg 0 - 1 Eshan Wijeyekoon meeting held on Sunday 13 December for 3. James Doidge 0 - 1 Anthony Nguyen the event to be held on the same weekend 4. Daniel Cameron 0 - 1 Alex Saint in 1999 in Canberra with a similar format and some modifications. Canberra Grammar (ACT) 3½ - ½ New Town Boys High (Tas) 1. Sebastian Dunne 1 - 0 Daniel Clarke The challenge now is for each state to 2. James O’Brien ½ - ½ Lionel Nicholls expand their qualifying competition 3. Michael Fisher 1 - 0 Martin Wagg statewide and to steadily increase the 4. Andrew Whittingham 1 - 0 Robert Hazell number of participants. The finals weekend itself ran very well. Both Primary and Secondary teams Primary Schools played a round-robin competition with Essex Heights Primary (Vic) 3 - 1 Somerset College (Qld) the top two playing off in a single game 1. Ruperto Lugo 1 - 0 Christopher Page grand-final match. Minor places were 2. James Papa 1 - 0 Mitchell Carey determined in the same fashion. 3. Michelle Lee 1 - 0 James Littlejohn In the High-schools competition the finals 4. Winston Yii 0 - 1 Finley Taylor didn’t alter the results at all with Sydney Grammar having a convincing win over Eastwood Public School (NSW) 3 - 1 Linden Park Primary (SA) Somerset College. 1. Tomek Rej 1 - 0 Anand Thiyagarajah 2. Daniel Marton 1 - 0 Wassim Vitols The Primary Championships were 3. Eddie Liu 1 - 0 Daniel O’Reilly different with Essex Heights, who 4. Andrew Yu 0 - 1 Prakash Thiyagarajah finished second in the round-robin, taking the match from Somerset College and St. Monica’s Primary (ACT) has the bye. winning the first National Schools Finals! Chess Kids Page 21

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Adult Chess Clubs CLUB CONTACT PHONE MEETS Albury Rob Simmons 02 6021-5851 Fri N Ballarat Patrick Cook 03 5331-6658 Thurs

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Chess Ideas Ross Thomas 9532-8370 Daily Dandenong Don Maciulaitis 9791-3541 Wed New Brain Teaser Elwood Stephan Taylor 9877-2581 Sat Essendon David Stimpson 9338-3321 Wed The first two people to write in and correctly identify the pattern on the left will receive a family subscription Frankston Jim Duncan 9783-6648 Thurs to Chess Kids. Geelong Ian Boasman 03 5224-1293 Mon Verbal entries will be accepted, but only at RJ Shield or Hobson’s Peter Caissa 9397-1330 Wed Cordover Challenge events. Bay 0411-710-900 Clue: It may look like a chessboard, and maybe it IS a Kew Geoff Hilliard 9819-3651 Fri chessboard, but that isn’t the answer.

Melbourne Richard McCart 9416-3149 Daily Brain teaser Mentone Harry Proctor 9584-9072 Thurs

Monash Sam Low 9560-6049 Mon-Fri The last “Brain Teaser” was solved by Darren Gilling of Weeden Heights Primary School. Serbian Danny Petrovic 9331-2102 Wed His answer was as follows: Waverley David Cordover 0411-877-833 Fri “It’s White’s move because the two White knights are on different colored squares which means they have had an even number of moves plus the King who has moved a square across from E1 to D1 makes an odd number of moves. Black Junior Chess Clubs has its knights on the same coloured squares which means CLUB CONTACT PHONE MEETS they have had an odd number of moves plus the Rook moving from H8 to G8 and the King has moved from E8 to Melbourne Ry Curtis 9578-6203 Saturday D8 which means that they had had an odd number of moves. So it is White’s move because they have had the same Brighton David Cordover 0411-877-833 Thurs amount of moves and White went first.” Bayswater Lesley James 9729-8912 Monday Darren won a year’s free membership to the VJCL.

Box Hill Gerrit Hartland 9878-3163 Friday Honourable mention goes to Muneaki Tsuda who also answered correctly. Chess Ideas Ross Thomas 9532-8370 Sunday

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