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Date: 12 May, 2015
Volume 6 issue 10
Box Hill and Canterbury Chess News
Calendar
Contents Date Day Time Event
Calendar ...... 1 May 15 Friday 7:30pm Club Championship 5
Editorial ...... 2 May 17 Sunday 2pm Coaching
Venue ...... 2 3:45pm Sunday Arvo Swiss May 22 Friday 7:30pm Club Championship 6 Financial BHCC Members ...... 3 May 24 Sunday 2pm Coaching Membership ...... 3 3:45pm Sunday Arvo Swiss Financial CJCC Members to date ...... 3 May 29 Friday 7:30pm Club Championship 7 Game Of The Week (by Laurence Matheson) ...... 4 May 31 Sunday 2pm Coaching Chess In The News ...... 5 3:45pm Sunday Arvo Swiss GM Game Presentation ...... 5 Jun 05 Friday 7:30pm Allegro ??
Bits & Pieces ...... 6 Jun 07 Sunday Club Closed
Our Sponsors ...... 6 Jun 12 Friday 7:30pm Club Championship 8 Pathways for Juniors At The CJCC ...... 7 Jun 14 Sunday 12:30pm Rookies Cup Jun 19 Friday 7:30pm Club Championship 9 Northern Star Collectable Chess Cards ...... 8 Jun 21 Sunday 2pm Coaching Exploiting A Structural Advantage (by IM Max 3:45pm Sunday Arvo Swiss Illingworth) ...... 9 Forthcoming Events At BHCC ...... 12 THE 2015 VICTORIAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS ...... 12 Rookies Cup - 14 June 2015 ...... 14 CJCC Group Coaching Details ...... 14 How to subscribe to the Box Hill and
May Rookies Wrap(by Trevor Stanning) ...... 15 Canterbury Chess News Sunday ARVO Swiss #2(by Trevor Stanning) ...... 16
Sunday Coaching(by Trevor Stanning) ...... 17 Box Hill and Canterbury Chess News is
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Editorial
Over the last couple of months, chess has been making headlines around the world and even here in Australia. On page 4 is a selection of headlines and links to some of the Good, the Bad and the Ugly!!
The club continues to attract good numbers to the coaching and the Rookies. The Sunday ARVO Swiss is starting to build a bit of momentum, but BHCC Club Championship numbers are a bit disappointing.
Venue
21 Electra Av. Map Here is a map that shows where the nearest railway station (Jordanville) is and takeaway food shops are located near the new venue. Jordanville Station is about a 650m walk from the new venue
Café’s nearby.
Hyde N Seek. 6 Yertchuk Avenue, Open on Sundays until 9:30pm. This café is an approx. 1.5km walk. Howard Liston (President BHCC)
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Membership Club Financial BHCC Members
Financial CJCC Members to date Membership Member Bartnik Robert Family Child 1 child 2 childBHCC 3 memberships: Bergmanis Olgerts are from April to April Aitken Xavier Lara Cater Grant Full fees per person Aumann David Chmiel Rad $85 Chen Lachlan Audrey Cook Geoff L Cheng Chao Shien Chao Xin Concessions fees per Dragicevic Domagoj Cheung Maxwell person $70 Fletcher Bruce Chew Lee Max Alanna Flude David A Chiverton Fergus Canterbury Junior Grkow Andrew Crowley Regan Chess memberships: Hamilton Douglas G Fu Chris $70 per family per Hartland Gerrit Gamage Thumala calendar year Jordan Bill Gibson Kyle Kempen Leon Gu Dennis Kildisas Victor E Hooi Ethan Kathleen Kolak Tanya Jassal Xavier Asha Krajewski Andrew Jiang Michael Lawson Shane Kannangara Sandaru Savinda Liston Howard Kwan Justin Martinez Octavio Lai Dominic Emmeline Meilicke George Lee Lachlan Milojevic Miodrag Leong-La Callista Neymanis Eric Li Jackie Ni John Li Oliver Raine Marcus Lim Ivan Renzies Elliott Lo Kendrick Schmidt Simon Mann Henry Stephanie Schon Eugene Mendes Amelia Isaac Edwards Sharman Scot A Middleton Jody Stanning Trevor Ng Phoebe Ernest Sucevic Milic Pan Jiang Tionko Efrain Soetanto Brandon Tsai Peter Verma Tej Wallis FM Christopher Wang Yifan Eva Wong NY Wang Joseph Wang Adrian William Melinda Weeraratne Ken Lucy Yu Tony Zhu Catherine
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Game Of The Week (by Laurence Matheson) while White's bishop is still stuck Grkow,A - Schon,E [C11] on a2 23.exf6 Nxf6 24.Re1 Bd7 Box Hill Club Championship (4.1), 08.05.2015 25.Qf2 Making things a little Round 4 saw a top of the table clash between the easier for Black, but White is leader Grkow and top seed Schon, which we will see struggling to think of active plans today. 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 with Black's pawn chain 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qb6 The game has so far controlling much of the centre proceeded along normal lines, but Black's last move is slightly unusual [8...Bc5 9.Qd2 is more common, where 25...Qxf2 26.Rxf2 Rab8 27.Rd2 Rb2 28.f5! A good both sides will have active play] 9.Bb5 Probably not the attempt to free his pieces, but Black is wise to the most promising choice if White is looking for an tactics 28...Kf7 [Also possible was the counter-intuitive advantage. [9.Qd2 is the sharpest try, when 9...Qxb2 but effective 28...Bxa4! 29.fxe6 Bc6 when Black's pawn 10.Rb1 Qa3 11.Bb5 (11.Ncb5 Qxa2 turns out OK for centre is as strong as ever; But probably not 28...exf5 Black) 11...Nxd4 12.Bxd4 and now after either 12...Bb4 29.Nxd5 Rxa2 (29...Nxd5 30.Bxc4! and White has very or 12...a6 the position is unbalanced, but White will good drawing chances) 30.Nxf6+ Rxf6 31.Rxd7 when have sufficient compensation for the pawn] 9...Bc5 10.Na4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Bb4 [11...Qc7 was also OK for White has some drawing chances] 29.fxe6+ Bxe6 Black; 12.Nxc5 Nxd4! 13.Bxd7+ Bxd7 is awkward for 30.Rf1 Rd8 31.Bb1 Rdb8 32.Rdd1 Kg8 33.h3 Bf7 With White due to the c2 pawn] 12.Bxb4 Nxb4 13.Nc3?! This White's pieces tied down to defend the immobile b1– is probably unnecessary [13.0–0 a6 meets the bishop and weak pawns, Black has a little time to surprising 14.a3! axb5 15.axb4 Qxb4 16.c3 Qa5 17.b4 manoeuvre and improve his pieces 34.Nb5 White Qa6 (17...Qd8 18.Nxb5 is also better for White) 18.Nc5! attempts to free his bishop with c3, but this only Qxa1 19.Qxa1 Rxa1 20.Rxa1 and White has a significant makes things worse 34...Ne4! Already threatening advantage in the ending due to his more active pieces] 13...Qb6 14.Ba4 Nc6 15.Nxc6 [As we will see in the Ng3+ 35.Kh2 a6 36.Na3 Nc3 Now White's pieces are game, White's bishop becomes a liability on the completely paralysed, defending the b1 bishop. Black queenside, so now would have been a good chance to can take all the time he wants to improve his position swap it off with 15.Bxc6 bxc6 16.Qd2 with approximate before finally attacking the knight 37.Rde1 Bg6 Black equality] 15...bxc6 16.Qd2 0–0 17.Bb3 c5 Immediately will play R2b4 next, and after Ra4 it's all over for the the bishop is causing problems as White has to find a a3-knight so White resigned 0–1 way to safe both his b2 pawn and his bishop 18.a4 [18.Ba4!? was probably the best of a bad lot, with the intention of immediately trading on d7 while b2 is not under threat: 18...Qxb2 19.Rb1 Qa3 20.Rb3 and the queen is trapped] 18...c4 19.Ba2 [19.a5 is a useful insertion, as after 19...Qb8 (19...Qc5 is wiser 20.Ba2 Rb8 and White's pawns are still in trouble) 20.Ba4 Qxb2 21.0–0 White has much more active play than the game, and his bishop is no longer a problem (he is in fact already threatning Rfb1, trapping the queen)] 19...Qxb2 20.0–0 Qb4 21.Rf3 Perhaps dreaming of a kingside attack, but with only a couple of pieces that can get involved, it is a long way off 21...Qc5+ 22.Kh1 f6! Black immediately attacks White's last central claim and frees his pieces,
Position after 27...Rb2
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Chess In The News
In recent months chess has made the news here in Australia and around the world. Not all the news has been bad or controversial. Here is a selection of the good, the bad and the ugly.
Good
How chess can help kids 'think outside the box' http://www.afr.com/leadership/management/productivity/how -chess-can-help-kids-think-outside-the-box- 20150503-1mw848
Grandmasters of bodies as well as minds, the kings of chess work out to stay in check http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-08/chess-a-battle-of-bodies-as-much-as-minds/6163804
National curriculum: Economist John Adams calls for chess to be taught in Australian schools http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-03/economist-calls-for-chess-to-be-on-the-national-curriculum/6440000
More than a game, more than a sport. Chess might hold the answer to many of our problems http://www.theage.com.au/comment/more-than-a-game-more-than-a-sport-chess-might-hold-the-answer-to- many-of-our-problems-20150502-1mxdjw.html
Bad
‘Outside’ help lands chess player in trouble http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/outside-help-lands-chess-player-dhruv-kakkar-in- trouble/article7155674.ece
The Return of the Chess Cheat (a historical perspective) http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/chess-cheat
Ugly
Grandmaster Nigel Short: 'Girls don't have the brains to play chess' http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/67879887/grandmaster-nigel-short-girls-dont-have-the-brains-to-play- chess
GM Game Presentation
A new event will be taking place from this Friday, May 1st, at the club rooms before Championship rounds - experienced coach and FIDE Master Chris Wallis will present a GM game on the demo board. Admission is $5 per person, and all players are welcome. The talk will start at 6:30 pm and last 50 minutes, to finish at 7:20 pm. Further enquiries may be sent to [email protected].
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The club has prepared the following document to provide junior players and their parents a guide to the pathway from beginner to advanced levels. This is a guide only and at any time you can discuss your progress with the coaching co-ordinatorPathw- aTrevory fo Stanr Juning.nio rs at the Canterbury Junior Chess Club Pathways for Juniors At The CJCC
Brand new to chess and are still learning how to play the game. Players at this LEVEL 1: level are developing an understanding of the basic rules and concepts such as: Beginner piece movement, castling, check and checkmate, stalemate, and en passant.
A rookie is a player who understands the basic rules of chess and has learned the LEVEL 2: fundamentals. Learners at this level are beginning to use tactics (i.e., forks, pins, Rookie skewers, etc.) and are clear on the general direction of each game they play.
LEVEL 3: A Junior who knows and practices the fundamentals of chess and Intermediate therefore has the ability to play in the Sunday Arvo chess tournament
LEVEL 4: Players at this level should be in GM Darryl Johansen’s coaching class and will Advanced be able to play in the Box Hill Chess Club Friday night tournaments.
SESSION WHEN LEVEL
Sunday Up to 7 different Sunday 2 pm – 3.30 pm LEVELS 1 to 4 classes to suit Coaching During School Term level of Juniors
7 round Swiss Sunday Tournament 15 Rookies Cup 12.30 pm – 4.45 pm LEVELS 1 to 4 nd mins/ player/ game 2 Sunday of the month
Sunday Tournament with Sunday Arvo 3.45 pm – 6.00 pm LEVELS 3 to 4 longer play. Tournament During School Term Recording of moves
Tournament with Friday Friday Night longer play. Recording 7.30 pm – 11.00 pm LEVEL 4 Tournament of moves. ACF and FIDE Every Friday of the Year Rated
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Northern Star
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Many thanks to Northern Star Chess for allowing this newsletter to bring you another of their cards. The beginners series makes a good reference for non-chess playing parents. They can help to decipher some of our children’s “geek” speak! The later series make good reference cards for more advanced players on how to execute specific tactics, or explain theoretical concepts.
NB: the full set of cards is displayed Designed by FIDE Trainer Improve your tactics the fun way! in a folder on the “notices” table at Revise tactics quickly & easily before the club. a tournament Theory & Puzzle Cards covering a wide variety of tactics Collectable Cards Series
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Exploiting A Structural Advantage (by IM Max Illingworth)
For this newsletter I’ve settled on analysing an endgame played in a recent tournament, to illustrate how to exploit a structural advantage with the common material distribution of knight and two rooks each.
Before going into the actual game, it’s worth considering the practical point that if White is a strong player and plays quite solidly in the opening, it is not so easy for Black to put the opponent under early pressure. This has made a strong ‘technical
ability’ all the more valuable as nowadays, to be successful with Black, you need a certain amount of patience and ability to set small problems in a Carlsenesque or Karpovian style, even if you swear by a Najdorf/King’s Indian repertoire.
There can also be an argument for playing a sideline against a lower-rated player intent on making a draw, to force them to make major decisions at an early point in the game, and reach structures they may be unfamiliar with. That’s the approach Hou Yifan follows in the game. (46761) Rzayev,Bahruz (2393) - Hou,Yifan (2686) Nakhchivan Open chess24.com (4.10), 05.05.2015 [Illingworth,Max]
1.Nf3 e6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 f5 5.0–0 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Qc2 0–0 8.a3 Bxc3 9.Qxc3 d6 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Bg5 Qe8 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.Nd2 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 c5 15.Rae1 Qg6 16.f3 f4 17.Qd3 cxd4 18.Qxd4 fxg3 19.hxg3 Nh5 20.Qg4 Qxg4 21.fxg4 XIIIIIIIIY 9r+-+-trk+0 9zp-+-+-zpp0
9-zp-zpp+-+0 9+-+-+-+n0 9-+P+-+P+0 9zP-+-+-zP-0
9-zP-sNP+K+0
9+-+-tRR+-0
[Diagram : We takexiiiiiiiiy the game from this point, where clearly White has been trying to kill the game by exchanging off most of the pieces. Indeed, were the knights off the board now, it would be very hard to win
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with either colour, but White's structure is a little worse than Black's because of the doubled g-pawns and isolated e- pawn, so there is definite scope for pressing.] 21...Nf6!? [21...Rxf1 22.Rxf1 Nf6 23.g5 Ng4 24.Kh3 Ne5 25.Rf4 a5 is the first choice of the machine, but keeping both sets of rooks on the board gives White more chances to go wrong (which he soon does).] 22.Kh3?! [This makes the White king very passive and I would definitely have avoided this.] [22.g5 is correct to make it hard for Black to gain kingside space without undoubling White's pawns. After 22...Ng4 23.Rf4! Ne3+ (23...Ne5 24.Rd4 allows White to exert some pressure on the d6–pawn - Black's most vulnerable pawn in this position as it is on a half-open file.) 24.Kf2 Nf5 25.Rd1 the position is pretty equal, although the game will continue after 25...Rac8=] 22...h6! [Of course, it's much easier to hit a still target than a moving on! White already has some real problems because they are effectively playing without a king here. Hou Yifan's dream would be to exchange off the rooks and thereby make her 'extra king' a bigger advantage. ] 23.Rf3 [White cottons on to the d6–pawn as a possible target, though the difference here compared with 22.g5 is that Black can place her king on e7 to nullify the pressure against her central pawns.] 23...Rac8 [23...Kf7 would allow the exchange of knights with 24.Ne4 Ke7 25.Nxf6 Rxf6 26.b3 and we've already established that it's hard to make progress in such a position, although Black can try for a ...b5 break to press a bit.] 24.Rd3 Rfd8 25.e4 [A good move - White wants to fix the d6–pawn in place and also e5 to exchange off the isolated e-pawn becomes an idea.] 25...Kf8 [25...Kf7 seems a more active route to e7, though arguably it makes little difference.] 26.b3 [26.e5? dxe5 27.Rxd8+ Rxd8 would be a blunder on White's part.] 26...g5 [Diagram Once again following the policy of fixing the weak pawns, although technically speaking it wasn't necessary to XIIIIIIIIY fix the g-pawns.] 9-+rtr-mk-+0 [26...Ke7! 27.Nf3 gives White ideas of either e5 or g5 to exchange off weaknesses, although 27...e5! would be a pretty good response, 9zp-+-+-+-0 fixing e4 as a target as 28.g5 (28.Nh4 Ke6 29.Nf5 Rd7 30.a4 is probably best, but Black can then opt for 30...a6! followed by ...b5, 9-zp-zppsn-zp0 when it's quite likely that White will also have an isolated pawn on 9+-+-+-zp-0 the queenside. That is the defending side's nightmare in general - to have at least four pawns, and all of them isolated while the 9-+P+P+P+0 opponent's structure is in fewer islands. ) 28...hxg5 29.Nxg5 b5!µ This trick gives Black a clear advantage as he either achieves his 9zPP+R+-zPK0 dream of isolating all White's pawns after the exchange on c4 (check out game 10 of the 1921 Lasker-Capablanca World 9-+-sN-+-+0 Championship Match to appreciate just how serious a problem this 9+-+-tR-+-0 can become), or his king becomes a major target after 30.cxb5? Rh8+ 31.Kg2 Rc2+ 32.Kg1 (32.Kf3 Rh5 corrals the steed!) 32...Rhh2 xiiiiiiiiy and the blind pigs on the seventh intend to devour everything, with some back up from the knight.] 27.a4? [White is astute to Black's ...b5 idea, but this is a mistake here as it turns the b3–pawn into a weakness. Indeed, in trying to be prophylactic one can sometimes play too passively. ] [27.Nf3 (threatening e5 to isolate the e6–pawn after the pawn exchange) 27...e5 28.Nd2 followed by Nb1– c3 would make further progress somewhat difficult on Black's part as the d6–pawn is also a bit vulnerable here, and once the knight reaches c3 the ...b5 break becomes nearly impossible to achieve.
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So Black needs to mix things up with 28...Ke7 29.Nb1 b5! before White consolidates, but after 30.cxb5 Rc2 31.Nd2! Rdc8 32.Rf1! R8c3 33.Rxc3 Rxc3 34.a4 White's position, while passive, should be defensible. Of course, in practice the sudden change in the position brought about by the pawn sacrifice would pressure many a player into a mistake giving Black genuine winning chances.] 27...Ke7 [Now the next part of Black's plan is to find a good square for the f6–knight as White has g4 and e4 pretty well defended. Another plus of moving the knight is that it opens the f-file for Black's rooks.] 28.Nb1? [Another mistake as it lets Black's knight perch itself more or less permanently on the e5 outpost, fixing the e4–pawn in turn.] [28.Nf3 was probably rejected because of 28...h5 , but after (28...e5! 29.Nd2 Rh8 and ...h5 is probably best, when White is under quite serious pressure.) 29.Kg2! hxg4 30.Nd4 Rd7 31.Rh1 Black's extra pawn doesn't really make a difference, whereas White's pieces experience a new lease of activity, though Black can retain some winning chances with 31...Kf7! 32.Nb5 Rcd8 33.Nc3 a6³ as White's pieces lack good entry points for counterplay.] 28...Nd7 [This plan is a bit too obvious to warrant an exclamation mark, but it is extremely strong.] 29.Nc3 [Trying to backtrack with 29.Nd2 Ne5 30.Rc3 Rf8 doesn't help White as ...Rf2 is threatened, Kg2 drops the e- pawn and 31.Re2 Rf6 intends to invade with ...Rcf8 and ...Rf2, and once the rook penetrates White will be unable to defend all his weak pawns from Black's attacks. (31...a5 can also be played at any point to fix the queenside pawns, though I'm reluctant to play so committally as it also deprives Black of any queenside pawn breaks like ...b5.) ] 29...Ne5 30.Rdd1 Rf8 [Diagram Already Black is winning - as before, it's XIIIIIIIIY fairly clear that White's defences will be overstretched between his king, g4, e4 and b3 if Black's rooks reach the second rank, but we will see that 9-+r+-tr-+0 the exchange of rooks doesn't help matters either.] 31.Rf1 [31.Nb5 Rf2! 32.Rf1 (32.Nxd6? h5! 33.gxh5 g4+ 34.Kh4 Rg8 9zp-+-mk-+-0 mates with either ...Rh2 or ...Nf3.) 32...Re2 33.Rfe1 (33.Nxa7 Ra8 34.Nb5 h5! has similar mating ideas to the previous note.) 9-zp-zpp+-zp0 33...Rb2 34.Rb1 Rxb1 35.Rxb1 a6 36.Nd4 Rf8 is winning for Black as ...Rf2 can't be prevented without hanging g4, and if 37.Re1 Rf2 9+-+-sn-zp-0 38.Re3 Kf6 threatens ...h5 gxh5 g4 Kh2 Rh2 mate!] 31...a6 [Depriving White of all possible counterplay.] 9P+P+P+P+0 32.Ne2 Rxf1! [Exchanging the rooks like this is the only clear way to win, but easily good enough.] 9+PsN-+-zPK0 33.Rxf1 Rf8 34.Rxf8 Kxf8 [Black is easily winning as White's king is 9-+-+-+-+0 totally stuck on g4 and the lone White knight can't guard e4, b3 and stop ...Nd3–f2 all at once, especially as the knight's inability to lose a tempo leaves White prone to zugzwang.] 9+-+RtR-+-0 35.Nd4 [35.Nc3 Ke7 36.Nb1 Kf6 37.Nd2 Nd3 intends ...Nf2 or ...Ke5–d4, and White is defenceless.] xiiiiiiiiy 35...Kf7 36.Nc2 Ke7 [Black takes her time, though the immediate] [36...Nd3 37.Kg2 Nc5 also worked.] 37.Ne3 Nd3 38.Kg2 Nc5 [Black wins a pawn and the rest becomes a piece of cake.] 39.b4 Nxe4 40.Nd1 [or 40.Kf3 Nc3 41.a5 bxa5 42.bxa5 Na4 and Black will play ...Nc5–b3xa5, while White's knight and king have no feasible way to attack Black's pawns. 43.Nc2 Nb2!] 40...a5 41.b5 Kf6 [White resigned as he's not just down a pawn, but nearly all his remaining pawns are weak and Black will simply bring her king in and collect the harvest.] 0–1
In my view, going through endgames like these and learning the techniques for converting an advantage and defending an inferior position is essential for any serious player, and it is quite easy to do when fresh Grandmaster games are played on virtually a daily basis. By doing this you will also greatly improve your understanding of middle games and your ability to assess material exchanges. If you’d like me to explain more about this approach to endgame study and give you plenty of examples and practical advice to improve your chess understanding and technique, check out my coaching advertisement and website!
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Forthcoming Events At BHCC
THE 2015 VICTORIAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
Playing Venue: Kingswood College, 355 Station Street, Box Hill VIC 3128. Car entrance from Piedmont Street.
Under 10, Under 8, boys and girls Schedule: Saturday July 4, Rd 1: 10.00 Rd 2: 12.00 Rd 3: 14.00 Rd 4: 16:00 Sunday July 5, Rd 5: 10.00 Rd 6: 12.00 Rd 7: 14.00 Prize Giving: Sunday July 5, 16.00 Rate of Play: 40 minutes plus 10 seconds from move one.
Under 18, Under 16, Under 14, Under 12 boys and girls Schedule: Saturday July 4, Round 1: 10.00, Round 2: 14.00, Round 3: 18:00 Sunday July 5, Round 4: 10.00, Round 5: 14.00 Monday July 6, Round 6: 10.00, Round 7: 14.00 Prize Giving: Monday July 6, 18.00 Rate of Play: 75 minutes plus 30 seconds from move one.
Note: If there are less than 4 players in the respective age-group, the tournament for that age- group may be cancelled or combined with another age-group. Tournament format: For each age-group: If there are only 4 players, it will be a double-round-robin tournament. If there are 5-8 players, it will be a single-round-robin tournament. If there are more than 8 players, it will be a seven-round Swiss tournament.
Appeal: The decision of the Chief Arbiter is final, binding and takes effect immediately. Byes: 2 half-point byes can be taken for the first 5 rounds. Forfeit time: 30 minutes Ratings: Games will be rated on ACF Ratings Ranking: The following order will be used: ACF Classic, ACF Rapid & then Arbiter's discretion Payments: Cash or cheque to Chess Victoria Entries: by mail to the address on the entry form or in person at the Box Hill Chess Club (21A Electra Avenue, Ashwood). Enquiries: Peter Tsai Telephone: 0419 324 870 E-mail: [email protected] Prizes Total Prize fund based on 150 entries $5000 and many trophies (lower total prize fund if less than 150 entries)
After-game analysis: After their game, there will be FIDE chess trainers to help any player to analyse their game.
Coaching by GM Darryl Johansen: The winners of the Open & Girls U18, Open & Girls U16 will receive two free 1-hour one-on-one chess coaching from Victoria's only Grandmaster, GM Darryl Johansen.
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Age Divisions: The 2015 Victorian Junior Championships will determine holders of the following titles: Victorian Open & Girls Under-18 Champion: Year of birth 1997 or after Victorian Open & Girls Under-16 Champion: Year of birth 1999 or after Victorian Open & Girls Under-14 Champion: Year of birth 2001 or after Victorian Open & Girls Under-12 Champion: Year of birth 2003 or after Victorian Open & Girls Under-10 Champion: Year of birth 2005 or after Victorian Open & Girls Under-8 Champion: Year of birth 2007 or after If any of these winners choose to play in the 2016 Australian Junior Championships, their entry fee (early bird) will be paid by Chess Victoria.
ENTRY FORM 2015 VIC JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
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Age-Group: The Open and Girls only tournaments will be separate tournaments. For girls, they can elect to play in the Girls only or open tournament but not both. For boys and girls, they can elect to play in an older age-group. Please tick one box only: Open U8 U10 U12 U14 U16 U18 Girls U8 U10 U12 U14 U16 U18 Note: Entry will only be accepted if one and only one box is ticked.
Entry fee (please circle one): Early Bird (before 27th June 2015): $60 Full Fee (on or after 27th June 2015 but before 4th July 2015): $70 On Day Fee (on 4th July 2015): $100
Please make cheque payable to Chess Victoria. Send entries with cheque to: 35 Cookson Way, Burwood, Vic 3125
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Rookies Cup -
14 June 2015
SUNDAY CHESS TOURNAMENT
Location : 21A Electra Avenue Junior Prizes : Ashwood, Vic 3147 Melways 61 A11 First $60 plus Rookies Cup trophy. Time : 12.30 PM Highest placed girl $25 plus Queen’s Cup trophy. Trophies for 1st in a minimum of 4 ratings groups. Part of the 2015 Rookies Cup series. A tournament for Count back decides 1st place Juniors and Seniors Medallions for those missing out in the count back
Entry fees : $15 BHCC, CJCC members, Zed Chess Senior prizes: and Chess Australia students. $5 of every adult entry received will go to the Senior $20 visitors Prize fund with a minimum of $75.
CJCC Group Coaching Details
Contact Trevor Stanning ( Club Treasurer ) - Email: [email protected] club mobile: 0409 259 490
Sunday Coaching. Sunday Coaching – Term 2, 2015
Target group : Beginners to Advanced Fees : Casual : $15 per session Advanced Group Member : $12.50 per session Coach GM Darryl Johansen Term Fees : Member : $75 When: from 2 till 3.30 Non-Member: $90 Group sizes There is one group of maximum 10 Skill levels For advanced juniors with tournament skills Membership: $70 per family per year. Dates : Apr 19,26, and some theoretical knowledge May 3,17,24,31, (miss May 10) Intermediate, Novice and beginners groups June 21 (miss June 7,14) Coach Canterbury junior chess club coaching group Time : 2pm – 3:30pm When: from 2 till 3.30 Location : 21A Electra Ave, Ashwood
Group sizes: Multiple small groups to care for all standards Website : www.canterburychess.org.au Contact : Trevor Stanning(club treasurer) Students will be allocated to a class that is appropriate for their skill level and experience. Club phone: 0409 259 490 Email: [email protected]
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May Rookies Wrap(by Trevor Stanning)
A good turnout of 53 players for the Mothers Day Rookies and Queens, and quite a good crowd of parents sheltered from the wintry weather in the warm club-rooms.
FIDE Master, Bill Jordan gave good competition to every challenger for the afternoon, and was the best performed adult.
The competition was hot for Rookie and Queens trophies among Bill Jiang, Kai Jai Soo, Zhi Lin Guo, and Sun Zheng; with the luck of the draw having some influence on final results.
Place Name Feder Loc Club Score
1-3 Soo, Kai Jie j1 2096 Rookies $30 Trophy 6 Jordan, William a 2131 Adult 1st $60 6 Jiang, Bill j1 1679 Eq 1st $30 J1 Trophy 6 4-9 Milojevic, Miodrag a 1777 Adult Eq 2nd $10 5 Guo, Zhi Lin j1f 1559 Queens $25 Trophy 5 Flude, David A a 1314 Adult Eq 2nd $10 5 Chmiel, Rad a 1489 Adult Eq 2nd $10 5 Sucevic, Milic a 1216 Adult Eq 2nd $10 5 Zheng, Sun a 801 Adult top of second half $20 5 10-15 Nguyen, Leo a 1801 4.5 Kolak, Tanya a 1307 4.5 Tran, Minh T H a 1801 4.5 Ou, Sunny j1 1201 4.5 Zhao, Isaac j1 1091 4.5 Ding, Adison j1 1031 4.5 16-22 Lawson, Shane a 1473 4 Soetanto, Brandon j2 870 J2 Trophy 4 Singh, Surjeet a 1110 4 Wang, William j1 1035 4 Ravichandren, Niruruthi j1f 944 4 Neymanis, Eric a 948 4 Gu, Dennis j3 591 J3 Trophy 4 23-30 Bergmanis, Olgerts a 1212 3.5 Fu, Chris j2 963 3.5 Asaka, Samuel j2 951 3.5 Datar, Tejas j2 943 3.5 Li, Oliver j3 474 3.5 Li, Steven j2 660 3.5 Chen, Paula j2f 788 3.5 Ding, Rey j3 501 3.5 31-38 Chiverton, Fergus j2 828 3 Chiverton, Barnaby a 796 3 Wang, Edward j4 201 J4 Trophy 3 Mikosza, Rowan j2 766 3 Zhong, Andy j4 146 J4 Medallion 3 Liu, Ian j4 201 J4 Medallion 3 Monsborough, Lloyd a 594 3 Wang, Eva jf3 491 3
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39-44 Lee, Lachlan j4 167 2.5 Yang, John a 501 2.5 Aitken, Xavier j3 543 2.5 Wang, Joseph j3 206 2.5 Milojevic, Milos j3 501 2.5 Vijayakumar, Aadav j3 501 2.5 45-48 Mokumba, Jacob j4 301 2 Shah, Nishi j4 301 2 Lai, Elly jf4 201 2 Wang, Adrian j4 180 2 49 Peng, Yuxiang j4 201 1.5 50-51 Aitken, Lara jf4 301 1 Cameron, Stella j4f 301 1 52 Croft, Roger a 1329 0.5 53 Yang, Starr j4 401 0
Sunday ARVO Swiss #2(by Trevor Stanning)
3 April.
The games in the Sunday ARVO Swiss at classic time-controls (60 minutes + 30second increment) are very interesting to watch and a few juniors stay on from the coaching session to see how their peers (Eva Wang, Callista Leonong-La, Lendrick Lo, and Oliver Li in round 3) play against the experienced adults in the same tournament. Win of the week on 3/5/2015 was Oliver Li’s solid effort against Barnaby Chiverton; Oliver is progressing quickly up the rating-scale as a result of coaching classes.
No Name Loc Result Name Loc
1 Flude, David A 1573 1:0 Wang, Yifan 2 Bergmanis, Olgerts 1468 .5:.5 Sucevic, Milic 1438 3 Neymanis, Eric 1189 1:0 Lo, Kendrick 4 Chiverton, Barnaby 787 0:1 Li, Oliver 5 Leong-La, Callista 261 0:1 Chiverton, Fergus 635 6 Lawson, Shane 1641 .5:0 BYE 7 Mendes, Amelia 1026 .5:0 BYE 8 Sajimon, Vishnusankar 399 -:- BYE 9 Li, Chuyue Angie -:- BYE
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Sunday Coaching(by Trevor Stanning)
3 April.
We had 42 folk participate in the games following the coaching session and this is close to our all-time high. Only Oliver Li and Kendrick Lo remain on 3 points from 3 games at the end of the third week of coaching. In those three weeks 56 players have participated in one or more rounds.
Thanks this week to Greg Matheson who helped out on the front desk.
We welcome new memberships to Nicholas and Emma Tan, and also Starr Yang and his dad John. Next Sunday the coaching classes are suspended and we hold the May Rookies competition starting at 12.30. The next coaching session is the 17th of May at 2pm.
Results
No Name Result Name
1 Cheng, Chao Shien 0:1 Lo, Kendrick 2 Wang, Joseph 0:1 Li, Oliver 3 Rajit, Isaac 1:0 Li, Chuyue Angie 4 Chang, Sophie 1:0 Chiverton, Fergus 5 Leong-La, Callista 1:0 Wang, Adrian 6 Pan, Stephanie .5:.5 Chang, Emma 7 Kwan, Justin 1:0 Wang, Yifan 8 Cheng, Chao Xin 1:0 Vijayakumar, Aadav 9 Ma, Charlie 1:0 Gao, Daniel 10 Gao, James 1:0 Lim, Nicholas 11 Tan, Emma 0:1 Day, Jacob 12 Zhou, Anna .5:.5 Li, Zane 13 Lee, Lachlan 1:0 Lim, Ivan 14 Atukorala, Jayan 0:1 Lim, Marie 15 Liu, Ian 1:0 Atukorala, Riveen 16 Ooi, Darren 0:1 Aumann, David 17 Ding, Rey 1:0 Ooi, Darryl 18 Gutta, Krishna 0:1 Tan, Nicholas 19 Ho, Enoch 1:0 Tao, Sophie 20 Wang, Melinda .5:0 BYE 21 Liang, Harry 1:0 Qi, William
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BHCC Club Championships – Round 4 results No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total
1 Grkow, Andrew 1623 [3] 0:1 Schon, Eugene 2346 [2.5] 2 Kildisas, Victor E 1697 [2.5] .5:.5 Kempen, Leon 1893 [2] 3 Schmidt, Simon 2013 [2] 1:0 Gibson, Kyle 1792 [2] 4 Martinez, Octavio 1743 [2] 0:1 Chew Lee, Max 1999 [2] 5 Milojevic, Miodrag 1925 [2] 0:1 Liston, Howard 1750 [2] 6 Tionko, Efrain 1924 [2] 0:1 Cook, Geoff L 1707 [2] 7 Chan, Luis 1922 [2] 1:0 Sharman, Scot A 1580 [1.5] 8 BYE -:+ Flude, David A 1573 [1] 9 Ni, John 1665 [1] 1:0 Chew Lee, Alanna 1419 [2] 10 Soetanto, Brandon 1002 [2] 0:1 Kolak, Tanya 1282 [2] 11 Lai, Dominic 1250 [1.5] 1:0 Yu, Tony 809 [2] 12 Sucevic, Milic 1438 [1.5] 1:0 Weeraratne, Ken 657 [1.5] 13 Neymanis, Eric 1189 [1] 0:1 Croft, Roger 1349 [1] 14 Middleton, Jody 1300 [1] 0:1 Chew Lee, Adrian 1041 [1] 15 Bartnik, Robert 1250 [1] 0:1 Fu, Chris 984 [1] 16 Jiang, Michael 867 [.5] .5:.5 Li, Oliver [0] 17 Gu, Dennis 135 [.5] 1:0 Fletcher, Bruce 437 [0] 18 Hooi, Kathleen 426 [0] .5:0 BYE 19 Chan, Kris 1877 [2.5] .5:0 BYE 20 Chmiel, Rad 1724 [1] .5:0 BYE 21 Hooi, Ethan 777 [1] .5:0 BYE 22 Crowley, Regan 1556 [1.5] .5:0 BYE
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