Chess World Pty. Ltd. (Incorporating Chess Kids) ABN 76 087 995 364 Volume 5 Issue 4 Editor: David Cordover November 2005

Editorial Following on the last few months of push to encourage more girls to play in competitions we can proudly report that the number of girls playing in inter- school events in Victoria rose by 36% to nearly 400 during Term 3! We also found our Girls Clubs fully at- tended and look forward to the success of the girls only interschool teams at the State Interschool Finals. We are pleased to be involved with an exciting event, January 2-8, called Mind Sports Australia. This festival of games will include a number of chess events as well as bridge, scrabble, tantrix, sudoku, poker, memory, backgammon, Chinese chess, kaleidoscope and many other What are you doing during your summer holidays? games! With expectations of up to 1000 visitors Good luck to all the teams competing in in touch with us if you know of a com- each day they will be providing events the State Interschool Championships pany who might benefit from this part- suitable for players of all ages and abili- over the next week or so. If your team nership. ties. You can spectate the Medal Sports, wants to get to play in the National Fi- Stay tuned for the launch of the Chess view free demonstrations and coaching, nals please do apply. There are 5 teams Kids Community Development Fund. able to play from Victoria, 3 from Tas- talk to Masters and get your mind active This year Chess Kids has provided over with some fun social play (not just for mania and 2 from SA. So, even if your $25,000 in grants, donations, sponsor- chess, but in every sport!). team doesn’t win the State Finals you ships and assistance to clubs, commu- will still be in with a chance to play in nity groups, individuals and schools. Drop in for an hour, a day, or stay for the Nationals! the whole week! The establishment of a formal develop- Looking forward to 2006, it seems the ment fund is to make the general public For those of us who are competitive at Interschool Championships have ex- aware of what we regularly do and how heart, you could try one of the many panded pretty much as far as we can to access this assistance, if needed. Novice events and win prizes. There take them with the resources available With this the last newsletter before X- will be up to 1000 prizes up for grabs! to Chess Kids. We are now looking for a Mas I have to remind everyone what a The evenings will provide an excellent presenting sponsor who can benefit great gift a chess set, book or software social atmosphere with trivia nights, from National exposure through the makes! Come down to Chess World, Cranium games, comedy, music and 12,500 kids playing in the Champion- 451 North Rd, Ormond and take a look ships (across 150 event-days) in 2006. food. at the range and get expert advice. And, being held in Mt Eliza, we are Not only will the sponsor benefit greatly www.chessworld.com.au on the web. close to the beach too! but it will ensure that the full potential -David Cordover of the event can be reached. Please get

Inside This Issue Chess Kids Elite Page 2 Mind Sports Australia Page 3 Puzzle Page Page 5 Coaching & History Pp 6-7 Victorian Interschool Page 8 Chess Kids Tasmania Page 9 Tasmanian Junior Champs Pp 10-11 Special Offers Page 12

Page 2 Chess Kids Chess Kids Elite

Name Surname Qualify Zone Apr-03 May-07 Jun-19 Aug-28 Sep-18 Total Aleks Stojilovic 5.5 Monash 3.0 2.0 4.0 2.0 2.5 13.5 Alex Balnionis 7.0 Glen Eira 4.0 2.0 3.0 2.5 11.5 Rhys Hopkins 7.0 Mornington 2.5 4.0 4.0 10.5 Anthony Elmer 5.0 Glen Eira 2.0 4.0 3.0 9.0 Nick Stocky 5.0 Boroondara 4.0 4.0 8.0 Matthew Iversen 7.0 Gippsland 3.0 4.0 7.0 Declan O'Reilly 5.0 Whitehorse 3.5 3.0 0.5 7.0 Declan Jamieson 5.0 Manningham 3.5 3.0 6.5 Jordan Benson 6.0 Geelong 3.0 3.0 6.0 Will Sitch 5.0 Stonnington 3.5 2.0 5.5 Sean Hyatt 5.5 Monash 3.0 2.0 5.0 Angus Emery 5.0 Gippsland 2.5 2.5 5.0 Kozo Simutanyi 5.0 Bayside 4.0 4.0 James Morris 8.0 Glen Eira 4.0 4.0 Aaron Rusnak 5.0 Glen Eira 4.0 4.0 Mark Koh 5.0 Manningham 3.0 1.0 4.0 Jamie Yung 5.5 Manningham 3.5 3.5 David Leong 5.0 Manningham 3.5 3.5 Justin Huang 5.5 Monash 3.5 3.5 Jon Settle 5.0 Boroondara 3.5 3.5 Lilly Campbell 5.0 Geelong 2.0 1.5 3.5

Zones Players Apr-03 May-07 Jun-19 Aug-28 Sep-18 TOTAL Average Qualify av. Results Summary Boroondara 2 0 0 4 4 3.5 11.5 5.75 5.0 We are coming towards the Monash 8 12 4.5 7 6.5 2.5 32.5 4.06 5.3 business end of the year. There are only 2 more Elite Glen Eira 15 20 8.5 10 9.5 6.5 54.5 3.63 5.9 Days remaining (October 30 Whitehorse 4 9 0 3 0.5 0 12.5 3.13 5.8 and December 11). For most Dandenong Ranges 1 0 0 3 0 0 3.0 3.00 6.0 this is an opportunity to sig- nificantly improve their score Brimbank 1 0 0 0 3 0 3.0 3.00 6.5 (only the BEST 4 scores are Gippsland 7 0 0 6 7.5 6.5 20.0 2.86 5.4 counted). The event leader, Aleks Stojilovic can still im- Geelong 6 0 0 8.5 7 1.5 17.0 2.83 5.6 prove his scores! Manningham 13 23 0 1 9 1 34.0 2.62 5.1 Lilly Campbell is the top girl Whittlesea 1 0 0 0 0 2.5 2.5 2.50 5.0 with a total score of 3.5 points Bayside 5 4 0 0 0 6.5 10.5 2.10 5.4 from her 2 days. Stonnington 6 7.5 1 2 2 0 12.5 2.08 5.3 In the zone-by-zone represen- Maroondah 4 1.5 0 5 1 0 7.5 1.88 5.8 tation it is interesting to see Monash and Boroondara with Mornington 7 3 4 2 4 0 13.0 1.86 5.9 the best averages, but not Kingston 1 1.5 0 0 0 0 1.5 1.50 4.0 enough representation to Yarra Ranges 2 0 0 2.5 0 0 2.5 1.25 6.3 overtake Glen Eira in the out- right rankings. Darebin 8 0 0 2 6 0 8.0 1.00 6.0 Mildura 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 1.00 3.3 There are 266 Elite members through Australia. Casey 4 2.5 0 0 0 0 2.5 0.63 6.0 Chess Kids Page 3

Chess events at the Mind Sports festival: Mind Sports Blitz Championships January 2, 2006 • 14 round Swiss • 5 minutes per game Victorian Allegro Championships January 3, 2006 • 7 round Swiss • 15 minutes per game Oceania Schools Championships January 4 – January 8, 2006 • For INDIVIDUAL players or SCHOOL TEAMS • Held in 3 divisions; Open Secondary (u18), Junior Secondary (u14) and Primary (u12) • Full-board/lodging & coaching just $540 Mind Sports Classic Championships January 4 – January 8, 2006 • 7 round Swiss • 90 min + 30 seconds per game Mind Sports Weekender January 7 & 8, 2006 • 5 round Swiss • 60 min + 10 seconds per game For more details go to www.mindsports.com.au

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12.gxf3 Qh3 13.Qe2 Nh5 14.Bc1 best would be to sacrifice a pawn with 14. Games Page Qf1! 14...Re6 15.Kh1! Here we see a game between the top 2 discomfort. Determined defence. It is now not so easy Tasmanian juniors at the North Coast 8.Bxc6 to continue the attack as white plans Rg1 Junior Championships. Annotations Avoiding the typical ...Nd4. and it seems he just manages to defend thanks to Thomas Hendrey (Tasmanian 8...bxc6 9.d3 Qd7 10.Re1 Rfe8 everything. Without looking at the next Junior Champion). It would be more accurate to play Rae8 as move how does black continue the at- I might want to play f5 at some point. Alastair Dyer 1313 tack? 11.Qd2? Thomas Hendrey 1552 North Coast Junior 2005 XABCDEFGHY XABCDEFGHY Alastair decides to avoid my French De- 8r+-+r+k+( 8r+ -+-+k+( fence and ends up getting smashed in an opening he knows nothing about. 7zp-zpq+pzpp' 7zp -zp-+pzpp' 1.b3? 6-+pzp-sn-+& 6-+pzpr+ -+& Alastair does not like playing against the French. But his he has a natural aggres- 5+-vl-zp-+-% 5+ -vl-zp-+n% sive style that lends itself to 1.e4. One should always play his or her natural style 4-+-+P+l+$ 4-+-+P+ -+$ rather than playing moves they don't un- 3+PsNP+N+-# 3+PsNP+P+q# derstand to avoid an opponent's opening preparation. 2PvLPwQ-zPPzP" 2P+P+QzP -zP" 1...e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e4?! 1tR-+-tR-mK-! 1tR -vL-tR-+K! Alastair's lack of understanding in the Larsen becomes apparent. Larsen's open- xabcdefghy xabcdefghy ing is an example of a hypermodern Position after 11.Qd2 Black finds a winning move. opening in which white should avoid committing his/her central pawns too This is a typical mistake among juniors 15...Bd4! early, instead using pieces to attack and but I was surprised to see Alastair make In chess to win you generally have to at- undermine black's centre. After the text it. Alastair should have first put the ques- tack in two places at once, i.e a fork. Here white's b2 bishop is misplaced. tion to my g5 bishop with 11. h3 when I black had been attacking the king-side but 3...Nf6 4.Nc3 Bc5 5.Nf3 0-0 was considering 11...Be6!? followed by by bringing all his pieces over to that side Perhaps theoretically better would be to N-h5-f4 and after suitable preparation of the board Alastair should be able to go in for a Wilke-barre style attack with sacrificing a piece on h3. defend. With this simple feint on the 5...Ng4 6.d4 exd4 7.Na4 Bb4+ 8.c3 dxc3 11...Bxf3 queen-side resistance ends quickly. 9.Bxc3 Qe7µ Now white's king-side pawn structure 16.Bd2 Bxc3 17.Bxc3 Nf4 18.Rg1 Rh6 6.Bb5 d6 7.0-0 Bg4 becomes severely damaged. With the 19.Rxg7+ Kxg7 20.Rg1+ Kf8 21.Rg8+ Black's development is much more com- king open this basically spells doom for Kxg8 0-1 fortable as this pin provides white some white.

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Brain Strain? Do some puzzles! (Answers on Page 11) 1. 2. 3. XABCDEFGHY XABCDEFGHY XABCDEFGHY 8-+-+-tr-mk( 8r+lwq -+-tr( 8-+-tr -+k+( 7zpp+-+-+p' 7zpp+nmk -+p' 7zp -+-+rzPp' 6-+p+-sn-+& 6n+psNpzp -+& 6-vl -wq-+-wQ& 5+-+-+N+-% 5+ -+pzP-zp-% 5sn -zp-zpP+-% 4-+-+qzP-+$ 4-+-zP -sN-wQ$ 4-zp -+-+-+$ 3+-wQ-+-+-# 3+ -+L+-+-# 3+ -+L+NtR-# 2-zPP+-+-mK" 2PzPP+ -zPPzP" 2P+ -+-zP-zP" 1+-+R+-+-! 1tR -+-mK-+R! 1+ -+-+-tRK! xabcdefghy xabcdefghy xab cdefghy White to play and mate in 4. White to play and mate in 2. White to play and mate in 5.

4. 5. 6. XABCDEFGHY XABCDEFGHY XABCDEFGHY 8r+-sNqvl-tr( 8-+-+kvl -tr( 8Qsnktr -+-tr( 7zpQ+lzp-zpp' 7zp -+n+pzpp' 7+p+ -+p+-' 6-zpn+p+-+& 6-+-+q+ -+& 6-zPp+ -+p+& 5+-mkp+-+-% 5+ -+-zp-vL-% 5tR -zP-+-+p% 4P+p+-vL-+$ 4-+-+P+ -+$ 4-+-+-+-+$ 3+-zP-+-+-# 3+Q+ -+-+-# 3+Nwq -+-zPP# 2-zPP+-zPPzP" 2PzPP+ -zPPzP" 2P+ -+-zPK+" 1tR-+-mKL+R! 1+ -mKR+-+-! 1+ -+-+-+-! xabcdefghy xabcdef ghy xabcdefg hy White to play and mate in 2. White to play and mate in 2. White to play and mate in 3.

7. 8. 9. XABCDEFGHY XABCDEFGHY XABCDEFGHY 8r+-wqrmk-+( 8N+k+rvl -tr( 8-+-+-+-+( 7+-+-vlpzpL' 7+p+ -+-zp-' 7+ -zP-+-+-' 6p+-+-+-+& 6n+Nzplzp -zp& 6-mK -+-+-+& 5+p+lsN-+Q% 5wQ -+p+-+-% 5+ -zp-+-+-% 4-sn-+-+-+$ 4-+-+-+-+$ 4-zpP+ -+-+$ 3+-+-+-+-# 3+ -+-vL-+q# 3zp -+-+-+-# 2-vL-+-zPPzP" 2PzPP+ -zP-zP" 2k+ -+-+-+" 1+-tRR+-mK-! 1+K+R+ -tR-! 1+R+ -+R+-! xabcdefghy xabcd efghy xabcdefghy White to play and mate in 3. White to play and mate in 2. White to play and mate in 4. Page 6 Chess Kids

Chess Kids Coaching

What you are about to see is one of phy’s play is that he loves to bring out visualised the final position! 11.Bxb5+ the most famous chess games of all all his pieces. Checkmate is now threat- Nbd7 The knight blocks the check but time. It was played in 1858 by Paul ened on f7! 6…Nf6 7.Qb3 The queen now it is pinned and Morphy continues Morphy against the Count Isouard doubles up with the bishop to attack f7 to attack the pinned piece. 12.0-0-0 Rd8 and Duke Karl (working together). again. 7…Qe7 defends the weak spot XABCDEFGHY It took place at the Opera in Paris, XABCDEFGHY 8-+-trkvl -tr( hence the name, the ‘Opera House 8rsn-+kvl-tr( Game’. You wouldn’t expect Mor- 7zp-+nwqpzpp' phy to have much trouble with the 7zppzp-wqpzpp' 6-+-+-sn -+& Count and Duke, that’s why Morphy 6-+-+-sn-+& 5+L+ -zp-vL-% played this game blindfolded! Im- 5+-+-zp-+-% possible you might be thinking. Let 4-+-+P+-+$ me explain first of all how blindfold 4-+L+P+-+$ 3+Q+ -+-+-# chess works. The person playing 3+Q+-+-+-# 2PzPP+ -zPPzP" blindfolded, in this case Morphy, 2PzPP+-zPPzP" sits with their back to the table and 1+-mKR+-+R! often with a blindfold in place. 1tRNvL-mK-+R! xabcdefghy Throughout the whole game they xabcdefghy 13.Rxd7! Look around the board. never have any sight of the board. 8.Nc3 It was possible to capture the Which one of Morphy’s strong pieces is The moves played by the opponent pawn on b7 with 8.Qxb7 after which not in the action? The rook on h1. With are called out (using the notation Black would probably have swapped this brilliant move Morphy has found a system) and the blindfolded player queens with 8…Qb4+. Morphy prefers way to bring his last piece into the at- must imagine the move in their head to continue developing his pieces ready tack. 13…Rxd7 14.Rd1 Attacking the and then call out a response. Sounds for the attack. 8…c6 Stopping the white pinned piece again. This time it is a difficult? Well, some top chess play- knight from invading on d5 and also rook on d7 that is pinned. 14…Qe6 ers can play up to 50 games at once opening up a line of protection from the Caught up in a barrage of pins Black like this – amazing! Queen on e7 to the pawn on b7. 9.Bg5 attempts to free the knight on f6 so that Another Morphy piece comes out into it can help in the defence of d7. Black

the game. The bishop pins the knight on may also be hoping to exchange queens White: Paul Morphy (blindfolded) f6 to the Queen on e7. 9…b5? When and relieve some of the pressure. How- Black: Duke Karl and Count Isouard you are behind in development you ever, Morhpy will have none of this. 15. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 The Philidor Defence - should start trying to bring your pieces Bxd7+ Nxd7 Can you spot the forced not considered to be the most promising out, not try to attack! A better move was checkmate here? opening because the bishop on f8 gets 9…Qc7 so that Black could bring out XABCDEFGHY locked in behind the pawns. 3.d4 Bg4 4. the knight with …Nbd7 next and keep dxe5 Bxf3 If Black had replied with the the pawn on b7 protected. 8-+-+kvl-tr( automatic 4…dxe5 then White could XABCDEFGHY 7zp-+n+pzpp' have won a pawn with 5.Qxd8+ Kxd8 6.Nxe5. 5.Qxf3 dxe5 6.Bc4 8rsn-+kvl-tr( 6-+-+q+-+& XABCDEFGHY 7zp -+-wqpzpp' 5+-+-zp-vL-% 8rsn-wqkvlntr( 6-+p+ -sn-+& 4-+-+P+-+$ 7zppzp-+pzpp' 5+p+ -zp-vL-% 3+Q+-+-+-# 6-+-+-+-+& 4-+L+P+ -+$ 2PzPP+-zPPzP" 5+-+-zp-+-% 3+QsN -+-+-# 1+-mKR+-+-! 4-+L+P+-+$ 2PzPP+ -zPPzP" xabcdefghy 1tR-+-mK-+R! 16.Qb8+!! Nxb8 17.Rd8 # 3+-+-+Q+-# Take a look at the final position. It’s 2PzPP+-zPPzP" xabcd efghy true that Morphy doesn’t have many 10.Nxb5! cxb5 I think at this point the pieces left but each one of them is 1tRNvL-mK-+R! Count and Duke may have thought working perfectly! xabcdefghy Morphy had lost track of the position in One thing you should notice about Mor- his head. They couldn’t have been more Thanks to Nick Speck for his comments wrong. I’m sure Morphy had already on this game. Chess Kids Page 7 Australian Chess History Charles Fisher, Australian Champion 1875

Born 1845 Launceston, Tasmania. Burns had been eliminated before he play and giving simuls. These were pleas- Died 1890 Monte Carlo, Monaco. could meet Goldsmith. When the two did ant breaks from his work at the Mel- While his family was in Ballarat, drawn meet, on equal terms, Goldsmith was bourne Stock Exchange. In 1890 he left by the gold finds, the young Charles twice the winner. Thus, when CF trav- for a holiday in Italy and died while in Fisher (CF) was at boarding school in elled to Melbourne for a match with Monte Carlo. Written by A.Wright Brighton, Melbourne. On finishing his Goldsmith, the two best active players in C Fisher - R Smith Game 6, 1873 education, he returned to Ballarat and the country would be doing battle. 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 f5 4.f3 e6 5.ef5 won the local championship in 1869. The first to reach five wins would win the Qh4 6.g3 Qd4 7.Qe2 e5 8.c3 Qd6 9.Na3 At the start of 1872 he moved further stake of twenty pounds, a sizable sum Qf6 10.Nb5 Na6 11.Nh3 h6 12.Nf2 d6 north to Sydney where he was immedi- (around $5000 in today’s money) Gold- 13.Nbd4 Nc5 14.Bb5 Kf7 15.Ng4 Qe7 ately accepted as a first class player. His smith jumped to a lead of 4-2 but could 16.Nc6 Bc6 17.Bc6 Rd8 18.Qc4 d5 19. first significant tournament, the Presi- not win another game. With careful play, Bd5 Ke8 20.Bg8 Nd3 21.Ke2 Rg8 22. dent’s Cup of 1873, saw him win con- Fisher won the match +5-4=3 and was Qg8 Rd6 23.f6 gf6 24.Bh6 Nf4 25.gf4 vincingly. His score of 22/24 was well hailed the Champion of Australia. ef4 26.Kf1 1-0 ahead of Crane (15/19) and Robert Smith When CF returned to Melbourne in 1880, C Fisher - L Goldsmith Game 3, 1875 (14/20). He then avenged his two losses it was for only a stop-over before going 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.f4 e5 5.d5 to Smith by defeating him +7-5=0. overseas. He and Burns eventually met in Ne7 6.fe5 de5 7.Nf3 Ng6 8.Bd3 Bc5 9. In the 1874 Cup, he won without a loss. the MCC Challenge Cup of 1884. While Na4 Qd6 10.Nc5 Qc5 11.Qe2 OO 12.Be3 By 1875, CF was acknowledged as the Burns won that year, CF won in 1885 and Qb4 13.c3 Qd6 14.OO Ng4 15.Bd2 Qb6 best Sydney player. 1886 to claim the cup and then retire from 16.Kh1 Qb2?! 17.h3 Nf6 18.c4 Nh5 19. competitive chess. Burns also retired with Qe1 Ngf4 20.Rb1 Nd3 21.Qh4 Qc2 22. Meanwhile in Melbourne Goldsmith had a life-time score of +4-2=1 against CF. Qh5 Nf2 23.Kg1 Ne4 24.Bb4 Ng3 25. come to the fore. He won the MCC CF remained active in chess, in casual Qe5 Nf1 26.Bf8 Kf8 27.Rf1 Qc4 28.Ng5 Handicap tournaments of 1873 and 1874. f6 29.Nh7 Kg8 30. Nf6 gf6 31.Qe8 Kg7 32.Qe7 Kg8 33.Rf6 1-0

The Saga Continues By now everyone knows what SHOULD have happened. Person C should call out after one minute, inferred from the fact that D does not!

A B C D However, A was impatient and tried guessing. He called out “white” and was promptly shot. Being a benevolant Shown above are 4 men buried up to their necks in the ground. They can not move so can only look forward. dictator the others were given a second chance. Between A and B is a brick wall which can not be seen through. Their hats were removed and this time they were shown They know that between them are 4 hats, 2 x black and 2 x white, but 5 hats, three black and two white. They were told that they do not know which colour they are wearing. the one who could tell first what color hat he was In order to avoid being shot one of them must call out to the executioner wearing would be let free. The others would remain the colour of their hat. If they get it wrong, everyone will be shot. imprisoned. They are not allowed to talk to each other and have 10 minutes to fathom it out. He then put the three black hats on the prisoners heads, After 1 minute: and hid the white ones away.This was done without the Q Which one of them calls out ? Q. Why is he 100% certain of the colour of his hat ? prisoners knowledge. They were then allowed to see each other, but couldn’t see their own hat. This is not a trick question. There are no outside influences nor other ways of communicating. They Which prisoner would you prefer to be in this situation? cannot move and are buried in a straight line. So A & B can only see And how would you work out the answer so you can win their respective sides of the brick wall, C can see B and D can see B & C. your freedom? Each person can now see the other two hats, but not their own. B can see C & D. C can see B & D and D can see B & C. The first person (or school) to email a correct response to will win a prize! B C D Hidden Hats E-mail: [email protected] Page 8 Chess Kids

14TH JULY 2005 - 13TH SEPTEMBER 2005 Victorian Interschool Championships

With a total of 29 zones, 2254 players see 275 primary students competing for from 178 schools the Term 3 Victorian a place in the National Finals and Tues- Interschool events was by far the big- day 25 October sees 175 secondary stu- gest chess event in Australia! Thank you dents competing in Junior and Open di- to everyone who played, to the schools visions. who hosted and the parents who pro- The Premiership Team in each division vided taxi services!! will receive FREE entry to the National Admittedly towards the end of the term Finals. Up to 5 schools may qualify for there were some problems fitting people the National Finals but would then have in the spaces - but big thanks to the host to pay an additional entry fee to com- schools who were able to squeeze just pete.

about everyone in. ADVERTISING SPACE The National Schools Finals should be Our events in Term 4 are “Lightning the best tournament of the year with Full Page $300 Premierships” with games being com- every top coach and player likely to be pleted with just 5 minutes per player! Be present. Chess Kids is spending $10,000 Half Page $150

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Winning teams from each zone around If your school finishes in the top 5 at the “Chess Kids” magazine goes to 1645 Victoria will be coming together at the State Finals this is an event you should chess-playing schools and 500 house- State Finals. These are being held over 2 not miss! holds across 3 states. days this year. Monday 24 October will

Summary of Term 3 Events Zone Date Venue Entries Schools Winner Moreland 14-Jul Pascoe Vale Nth Primary 40 2 St John Bosco Jewish Schools 20-Jul Yavneh College 73 2 Yavneh College Mildura Primary 28-Jul Irymple Secondary 57 8 Merbein Primary Mildura Secondary 29-Jul Irymple Secondary 91 9 Red Cliffs Secondary Hume Secondary 09-Aug St Mary's - Coolaroo 89 5 Brunswick Secondary Bayside 10-Aug Elsternwick PS 22 2 Elsternwick Primary Gippsland Secondary 11-Aug Gippsland Grammar 42 4 Gippsland Grammar Maroondah 15-Aug Billanook College 155 15 Kangaroo Ground, Kalinda PS & St Brigid's Healesville Monash Secondary 16-Aug Monash Secondary 34 5 Melbourne High Monash Junior Secondary 16-Aug Monash Secondary 51 5 Melbourne High JS Knox 17-Aug Lysterfield Primary 83 5 St Kevin's Hampton Park Kingston 17-Aug Our Lady of Assumption 22 2 Our Lady of Assumption Dandenong 19-Aug Chandler Primary 33 3 The Knox School Bendigo Secondary 22-Aug Bendigo Senior Secondary 26 2 Bendigo Senior Secondary Monash 23-Aug Caulfield Grammar - WH 73 7 Mt View Primary Glen Eira 24-Aug Tucker Rd Primary 66 5 Brighton Primary Girls Only 25-Aug St Catherine's School 45 4 St Catherines JS Whittlesea 25-Aug Epping Memorial Hall 130 7 Mill Park Heights Frankston 30-Aug The Peninsula School 148 12 St Macartans Casey Secondary 31-Aug Cranbourne Secondary 59 6 Cranbourne Jnr Secondary Dandenong Secondary 31-Aug Cleeland Secondary 62 6 Cleeland Secondary Stonnington 01-Sep Wesley College - Prahran 85 7 Melbourne High Manningham 02-Sep Doncaster Gardens 125 5 Doncaster Gardens Manningham Secondary 05-Sep Doncaster Secondary College 67 7 Northcote High Hobson's Bay 06-Sep Rosamond School - Maidstone 73 6 Brighton Grammar Casey 07-Sep Beaconsfield Primary 90 6 Berwick PS Whitehorse 08-Sep Southwood Grammar 132 10 Balwyn Nth PS Gippsland 08-Sep Warragul Nth Primary 56 6 St Paul's Grammar Brimbank 09-Sep Sacred Heart - St Albans 110 5 St Brigid's Yarra Ranges 13-Sep Yarra Junction Primary 92 10 St Brigid's Chess Kids Page 9

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Group A The Tasmanian Elite program has 61 players qualified. The first Train- ing Day (coaches David Cordover, Ross George and Thomas Hen- Seed Names Surname Points Zone TOTAL drey) was held July 10 as part of the Latrobe Cho-o-Chess festival. 1 Vincent Horton 7.0 North Coast 2 The festival included a big simul, chess tournaments for beginners as 2 Harrison Briant 7.0 Hobart Sth 0 well as elite, a giant chess set and of course the prizes were chocolate 3 Jamie Briant 7.0 Hobart Sth 1 chess sets! Mmmmm. 4 Kevin Hendry 6.0 North Coast 1 Thanks to Eugene at Café Gilbert for providing assistance as well as 5 Owen Short 6.0 Kingston 2 Russell Horton and Tim Jolly for organising the tournaments while 6 Alastair Dyer 6.0 North Coast 3 everyone else was busy with the coaching. Group B Group C Seed Names Surname Points Zone TOTAL Seed Names Surname Points Zone TOTAL 1 Jem Thain 6.5 Hobart Sth 2 1 Ella Thain 5.0 Hobart Sth 2.5 2 Nina Horton 6.0 North Coast 2 2 Benjamin Perotti 4.5 Launceston 2.5 3 Megan Briant 6.0 Hobart Sth 2.5 3 Christopher Vaughn 4.5 North Coast 3 4 Thomas Osborn 5.5 Kingston 0 4 Millicent Cameron 5.0 Hobart Sth 0 5 Jackson Jolly 5.0 North Coast 2 5 Nathan Dawes 5.0 Hobart Nth 1 6 Daniel Carew 4.5 North Coast 1.5 6 Eric Grice 5.0 Hobart Nth 1 7 Louisa Patterson 4.5 Launceston 0 7 Haki George 2.0 Hobart Sth 0 8 Cameron Prien 5.0 Launceston 2 8 Mikalha George 3.5 Hobart Sth 2

Tasmanian Interschool - Zone Championships, 2005 Zone Date Venue Entries Schools Finalist 1st Finalist 2nd Nth Hobart Secondary 4-AprClaremont High 76 9 Calvin Secondary Friends' School Sth Hobart Primary 5-AprPrinces St Primary 42 3 Princes St Primary East Hobart Primary 6-AprCambridge Primary 56 6 Cambridge Primary Nth Hobart Primary 7-AprNew Town Primary 33 3 New Town Primary Launceston Primary 11-AprLaunceston CGS 56 6 Longford Primary Launceston Secondary 12-AprLaunceston CGS 34 4 Launceston CGS North Coast Primary 14-AprWest Ulverstone PS 59 4 West Ulverstone North Coast Secondary 14-AprWest Ulverstone PS 28 5 St Brendan Shaw North West Primary 15-AprSt Brigid's Wynyard 25 2 St Brigid's Kingston Combined 1-JulKingston Library 57 2 Calvin Secondary St Aloysius Sth Hobart Primary 4-JulPrinces St Primary 73 4 Princes St Hutchins School Tasman Region Combined 5-JulTasman School 56 2 Tasman District Tasman & Orford Nth Hobart Primary 7-JulNew Town Primary 96 8 Friends School Sacred Heart & Risdonvale Sth Hobart Secondary 11-JulCollegiate 35 4 Claremont High Huon Valley Combined 12-JulGeeveston High 48 4 Dover District High Sacred Heart- Geeveston Launceston Primary 18-JulLaunceston CGS 69 8 Longford Primary Launceston GS & Scottsdale PS Launceston Secondary 19-JulLaunceston CGS 44 4 St Patrick's North West Primary 20-JulSt Brigid's Wynyard 72 5 St Brigid's Boat Harbour PS Western Zone 22-JulStrahan Primary 38 2 Rosebery High Strahan Primary North Coast Secondary 28-JulWest Ulverstone PS 81 9 St Brendan Shaw Devonport High North Coast Primary 28-JulWest Ulverstone PS 40 4 West Ulverstone Forth 2005 Tasmanian Junior Championship over the last year can credited to Chess Generally the players conducted them- -by Thomas Hendrey Kids and those that have supported them. selves in a responsible manner. In par- The 2005 Tassie Juniors were extremely There are now many more juniors playing ticular 7-year-old Harry Briant, as well as well attended with over double the num- chess in Tassie, hopefully we will see fur- playing some very good chess, earned the bers attending last year. The standard was ther increases in the number and strength respect of many with the mature way in also much higher and I felt a lot of pres- of players in the years to come. which he handled some disputes. The big- sure being the defending champion in gest issue effecting me was the surprising This tournament required the use of chess such a strong field. It was encouraging to number of clocks on my board that were clocks and recording of every move. For see that of the 66 players in the tourna- either set incorrectly, or for some reason some players writing down the moves ment 15 were girls (23%). Clearly this or another didn’t seem to be working was a completely foreign concept but figure can be improved upon but it is a properly. (Ed– Thomas was jinxed be- Launceston Chess Club members were on huge improvement from most events. cause nobody else had that problem!) hand to ensure that everyone learned how Much of the great increase of players to record their games. Most coped well! (Continued on page 10) Page 10 Chess Kids

Players to watch in the future will be ficult. 16.Qa4? I was worried about the deserved win. 1-0 Alastair Dyer and Vincent Horton. discovered attacks available to Alastair Eight-year old Vincent Horton domi- due to the black rook being lined up Tas Junior Full Results nated the u10 group and was the only with my queen. But 16.Rg1! Bf5 (16... Under 18’s player to finish the weekend with a per- Bxg3? 17.Rxg3!) 17.f3 Qh6 18.Qf2 Is Thomas Hendrey Under 16 7.5 1st Place nd fect score. 13 y.o. Alastair Dyer has an the best defence. 16...Bg2 17.Nxd6? Mark Ferris Under 17 6.5 2 Place st aggressive style that has given many The pressure of defending Alastair's at- Alastair Dyer Under 13 6 1 U 14 strong adult chess players serious head- tack takes its toll. This simply ex- Jamie Kenmure Under 18 5.5 ineligible Dylan Moores Under 15 5 1st U 16 aches. He should have beaten me this changes my most active defensive piece nd Kevin Hendrey Under 13 4.5 2 U 14 year and don’t be surprised if he does for Alastair's least effective attacking Justin Bewsher Under 17 4.5 3rd Place next year (though I’ll be trying to make piece. 17...Rxd6 18.Kd2? I decided that Charlie Smith Under 13 4 sure that doesn’t happen). 18...Qxe3 was a more important threat Megan Briant Under 13 4 U18 GIRL to defend than 18...Bxh1. But I missed Duncan Berry Under 13 4 Tasmanian Junior Title Holders: black's biggest threat. .. Zeb Stafford Under 13 4 Under 18 Thomas Hendrey (Spreyton) Justin Hood Under 14 4 Meg Briant (Hobart) XABCDEFGHY Michael Griffiths Under 15 4 Under 16 Dylan Moores (Granton) 8-+-+r+k+( Joshua Hibberd Under 15 3.5 Under 14 Alastair Dyer (Sheffield) Owen Short Under 13 3.5 Joanna Ferris (Deloraine) 7+-zp-+pzpp' Edward Bourke Under 16 3 Under 12 James Briant (Hobart) Joanna Ferris Under 13 3 U14 GIRL Nina Horton (Ulverstone) 6-+ptr-+q+& Matthew Pye Under 15 2.5 Under 10 Vincent Horton (Ulverstone) 5zp-+-+-+-% Elizabeth Jolly Under 13 1 Erin Frame(Hobart) 4Q+-+-+-+$ Under 12’s Under 8 Luke Bombardieri James Briant Under 11 7 1st Place Olivia Deconinck 3+ -vLP+ -zP-# Themis Murdock Under 12 6 2nd Place (both from Blackman’s Bay!) Ethan Dunian Under 12 6 Book 2PzP-mKPzPlzP" Sam Brownrigg Under 12 5.5 Thomas Hendrey - Alastair Dyer 1tR-+-+-+R! Nina Horton Under 12 5.5 U12 GIRL Tasmanian Junior Champs 2005 James Gordon Under 11 5 Best Game xabcdefghy Max Rintoul Under 11 5 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.c4 Nc6!? In re- Black to play and mate in 5 Jackson Jolly Under 11 5 sponse to my hypermodern set-up 18...Bxh1? Should still win easily but Edward Furst Under 11 5 Alastair focuses on quick development the best move is 18...Rxe2+ ! 19.Kxe2 Zachary Frame Under 11 4 and control of the centre, planning 4... Qxd3+ 20.Ke1 Re6+ 21.Be5 Rxe5+ 22. Daniel Carew Under 11 4 e5 with a powerful pawn wall. 4.Bg2 e5 Rhys Kilpatrick Under 12 4 Qe4 Rxe4# 19.Rxh1 Qf5? Again Rxe2. Jacinta Chatwin Under 12 4 5.Qa4!? A bit over ambitious. 5.cxd5 20.Bd4?? This defends the rook sacri- Nxd5 6.d3 With a reversed Sicilian Rhoy Van Den Bosch Under 12 4 fice Rxe2+ as well as the f2 pawn but Lucas Hyland Under 11 4 dragon is best. 5...Bd6 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7. allows the queen fork Qd5. 20...Rde6?? Mikalha George Under 11 4 Nd4?! Planning to add pressure on Also missing the fork. 21.Be3 Thomas Midson Under 12 3.5 black's pinned knight, but I should be Oliver Pearn Under 11 3.5 focusing on development. All this artifi- XABCDEFGHY Chris Vaughn Under 11 3 cial manouvre achieves is to help black 8-+-+r+k+( Nick Hunn Under 11 3 with development. 7...exd4 8.Bxd5 0- Jake Morris Under 11 3 0!? Typical of Alastair's style he sacri- 7+-zp-+pzpp' Dalton Batten Under 12 3 fices a pawn for development and a 6-+p+r+-+& Michael Walker Under 12 3 chance to attack my uncastled king. 8... Emma Triffett Under 12 2 5zp-+-+q+-% Beth Brownrigg Under 11 2 Bd7! 9.Qb3 0-0 is perhaps even stronger but in that variation white would be able 4Q+-+-+-+$ Under 10’s to castle. 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Qxd4 Bh3! Vincent Horton Under 9 8 1st Place Preventing white from castling and tak- 3+-+PvL-zP-# Erin Frame Under 9 6 2nd Place ing advantage of the fact that white vol- 2PzP-mKPzP-zP" Callum Norris Under 10 5.5 Book untarily gave up his fianchettoed bishop. Ella Thain Under 10 5 U10 GIRL 11.d3 a5?! Now Alastair is playing 1+-+-+-+R! Thomas Panckridge Under 10 4.5 cheap tactics instead of concentrating on Ryan Wheldon Under 10 4.5 preparing his pieces for an attack. 12. xabcdefghy Darcy Batten Under 10 4 Alina Krasnicki Under 9 4 Bd2 This defends black's threat (of Now white's position is finally secure (as far as mating threats go at least) and Miles Deka Under 9 4 Bb4+) but it was what I was planning Abby Whitehead Under 9 4 anyway! 12...Re8! 13.Bc3 Qg5 14.Nd2 while black has an obvious advantage his weakened pawn-structure means this Taran Dunian Under 10 3.5 Rad8 15.Ne4 Qg6 Over the past few Chad Morris Under 9 3.5 moves I have managed to get my pieces position is probably drawn if white Joseph Griggs Under 10 3.5 into active central positions. But with plays extremely accurately. However Mitchell Reid Under 9 2 Alastair's rooks bearing down on my Alastair wasted time making one move Georgia Rundle Under 9 2 centralised king my position is still dif- threats and I was able to use my greater endgame experience to draw out an un- Chess Kids Page 11

Under 8’s Chris De Ruyter 5.5 2nd Place Joseph Griggs 5.0 2nd Place st Luke Bombardieri Under 8 7 1 Place Miles Deka 4.0 U9 Champion Luke Bombardieri 6.0 U8 Champion Harrison Briant Under 7 6 Book Corey Enright 3.0 U8 Champion Jem Thain 6.0 2nd Place Jem Thain Under 8 5.5 Book Olivia Deconinck Under 8 5 U8 GIRL Harrison Briant 4.5 Under 7 Hamish Blanden Under 8 3.5 Hobart Junior Championships Corey Enright Under 8 2.5 Held at Collegiate in Hobart this was the Julia Bombardieri Under 7 2.5 final opportunity to qualify free for the Tasmanian Junior Championships. North Coast Junior Championships More than expected numbers attended Held at Marist College in Burnie this with a particularly promising bunch of was the first of the qualifying events for young players in the Under 8 group. At the Tasmanian Junior Championships. the end it was a fantastic result by 12 A very strong field turned up - perhaps year old Meg Briant to take out the not as many players as we would have Hobart Championships. liked, but it did clash with Father’s Day! Formal coaching between games by An enjoyable 7 games were played with David Cordover and post-game coach- some formal coaching between games ing and analysis by Ross George and by David Cordover and post-game David Cordover. Thanks also to Colle- coaching and analysis by Phil Donnelly, giate for getting the venue organised. Russell Horton and Reg Harvey. Thanks Total: 53 players Girls: 9 players (17%) also to Kim Murdock and Peter Budzel for getting the venue organised. Prize Winners Total: 35 players Girls: 6 players (17%) Megan Briant 7.0 U18 Champion Dylan Moores 6.0 U16 Champion Prize Winners Duncan Berry 4.5 U14 Champion Thomas Hendrey 7.0 U18 Champion Owen Short 4.0 2nd Place Alastair Dyer 6.0 U16 Champion Charlie Smith 4.0 U14 Champion Olivia Deconinck 5.5 Girls Champ Kevin Hendrey 4.0 2nd Place Ella Thain 5.5 U14 Girl Software / DVD’s Mikalha George 5.0 U12 Girl Nina Horton 7.0 Girls Champ Alina Krasnicki 5.0 U10 Girl • Fritz 8 $99 Emma Triffett 4.0 U12 Girl Julia Bombardieri 3.0 U8 Girl Joanna Ferris 3.5 U14 Girl • ChessMaster v.10 $99 Abby Whitehead 1.0 U10 Girl James Briant 6.0 U12 Champion • Lucas Hyland 5.5 2nd U12 TASC chess tutor $44 Sam Brownrigg 7.0 U12 Champion Max Rintoul 5.0 U11 Champion • Themis Murdock 6.0 2nd U12 Chess Base 8.0 $299 James Gordon 4.5 U11 Champion Samuel Goodwin 5.5 U10 Champion • Good Move! $29.95 Callum Norris 5.0 2nd Place Vincent Horton 7.0 U10 Champion This and much more from Chess World 451 North Rd, Ormond. Ph: 9576-8177. Junior Clubs www.chessworld.com.au

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