February 2002

Chess World Pty. Ltd. (Incorporating Chess Kids) ABN 76 087 995 364 Volume 4 Issue 1 Editor: David Cordover February 2002

Editorial Happy New Year to all and welcome to another exciting year with Chess Kids. There are a number of innovations which were mooted last year that have come to be reality. And of course many more exciting things to come. 2002 will see a big effort to balance par- ticipation by boys and girls. More ap- pealing incentives for girls as well as girls’ only clubs, tournaments and interschool competitions is just the start. Probably the most exciting of all is the new Grading Badges. This will give students, parents and teachers a solid indi- cation of how the student is improving. There are 3 levels (bronze, silver, gold) and 9 categories within each level, cov- ering all areas of chess knowledge and ability. Each brightly colored badge will show the world that you are capable in that area. How many can you collect? International Master Irena Feldman playing against Sam Chow during the Aus- Until now the only way to get a rating tralian Lightning Championships. Irena won this game. was to play in a tournament. Starting this year everyone playing in tournaments at school will have their games rated. This will be another form of inde- AUSTRALIA vs. USA Ages of the children are between pendent feedback and provide more in- 10 and 15, 2 girls and 8 boys. centives for students to perform. June 27 - July 8, 2002 In 2003 we will be getting together There will be a total of 20 RJ Shield’s in The USA exchange is rapidly ap- a team of interested players to 2002, including 4 Transfer tournaments! proaching and we are still seeking visit Colorado, USA on a similar ex- Chess Kids will also be organising an billets for a group of 10 children change. If you are interested in interschool competition at the end of participating in the trip to the USA each school term over 5 zones: East, and 3 adults who will be visiting West, North, Central and Girls Zone. Australia on a cultural exchange. we are now accepting expressions of interest. And finally our new website is here There will be various chess www.chesskids.com.au with plenty of matches and tourist activities that If you can help, please call 9576- inter-activities and information. the group will participate in. The 8177. Or email at: Enjoy your year of chess. host family is not required to at- [email protected] -David Cordover tend these.

Inside This Issue RJ Shield Page 2 Calendar of Events Page 3 Australian Championships Page 5 Grading Badges Page 6 Chess History Page 8 Puzzle Page Page 9 Junior Rating List Pp 10-11 Special Offers Page 12 Page 2 Chess Kids

20 TOURNAMENTS IN 2002 - BEST SCORES WIN CA$H PRIZE S RJ Shield Chess Tournament

David Cordover

The ever-popular RJ Shield will ments are added together to give There will also be a special prize have a radical new face this year a final score. Everyone who plays for the most active player in the with the tournament being split in the “Master” division will be RJ Shield series. into 4 zones and each zone into awarded Grand Prix points. Answers to puzzles on Page 9 “Master” and “Novice”. This will The following CASH prizes will be encourage more new players to en- 1. 1.Qc7+ Nxc7 2.Nb6++ given out at the end of the year. ter and continue in the RJ Shield. 2. 1.Qxf8+ Kxf8 2.Rb8++ 1st Place $200 3. 1.Qxh6+ gxh6 2.Rxh6 Rh7 3.Bxf6++ Every RJ Shield in 2002 will be Bring a Friend Free. 2nd Place $100 4. 1.Qxe5 dxe5 2.Re6++ 5. 1.Qe7+ Rxe7 2.Nf6++ The entry fee for each RJ Shield Top Under 14, 12, 10, 9 & 8 6. 1...Rg3+ 2.Kh2 Rh3+ 3.Kxh3 Bg4++ will be $15, however if you provide $50 for each 7. 1.Qxb7+ Kxb7 2.Ra7+ Kc8 3.Rc7++ your own chess set you receive a Top Girl $100 discount entry of only $10. All 8. 1.Qh8+ Kxh8 2.Rf8+ Kh7 3.Ng5+ clocks are provided, and the set With the top players potentially Kh6 4.Nf7+ Kh7 5.Rh8++ must be a tournament chess set as spreading out over the various 9. 1.Kc2! Ke2 2.Rh3 Ke1 3.Re3++ in the membership pack. zones it could be very interesting See if you can work out the other check- this year to see who comes out on mate variations if Black plays Ke4 or Points from your BEST 4 tourna- top. Kd4 on the first move. Top Junior Ratings Top Under 7’s Top Under 11’s Top Girls Under 9 MATHESON Laurence 96 748 LIM Nathanael 91 1265 SHAN Jocelyn 94 704 LUGO Jerome 95 713 LEVIN Joshua 91 1198 WAN Olivia 94 658 LIU Kelvin 96 617 SCHLOSSBERG Jonathan 91 1192 YU Sally 93 626 AIZIK Joshua 95 526 SOLER Rumpell 92 1074 WILDASH Freya 93 583 ALM-PANDEYA Alexander 95 472 CHEE Adrian 92 1060 LAUDER Chloe 94 559 NEEDLEMAN Rob 95 419 LOO David 91 1055 KRSTEVSKA Magdalenna 94 556

Top Under 8’s Top Under 12’s Top Girls Under 18 HANSON John 94 851 LUGO Ruperto 90 1551 BASNAYAKE Thilini 85 1380 THAKUR Udit 94 847 LEE Michelle 90 1367 LEE Michelle 90 1367 MORRIS James 94 836 LIM Nathanael 91 1265 ZIVANOVIC Andjelija 84 1298 FOO Jonathan 94 796 HICKMAN Casey 90 1209 RICHTER Sally-Anne 87 1230 SHAN Bernard 94 756 LEVIN Joshua 91 1198 BASNAYAKE Gayanie 82 1226 MATHESON Laurence 96 748 SCHLOSSBERG Jonathan 91 1192 GROSSMAN Ira 88 1211

HICKMAN Casey 90 1209 Top Under 14’s Top Under 9’s LUGO Ruperto 90 1551 Top Improvers (over 6 months) GAYNOR Elliot 93 959 LINDBERG Douglas 88 1383 Jerome Lugo +306 EER Derek 93 936 LEE Michelle 90 1367 Kevin Nguyen +214 HO Leonard 93 878 PAPA James 89 1308 DONALD Jonathan 93 859 Jonathan Schlossberg +159 MACHET Richard 88 1278 Adrian Chee +156 RIGBY Ben 93 857 LIM Nathanael 91 1265 VIJAYAKUMAR Rengan 93 856 Rocheleh Ziffer +153 Top Under 18’s Rukman Vijayakumar +138 Top Under 10’s CHOW Samuel 87 1958 Derek Eer +125 SOLER Rumpell 92 1074 NEMETH John 85 1711 Fiona Huver +98 CHEE Adrian 92 1060 LINDBERG Gordon 85 1558 Sam Broder +98 CAREY Jamie 92 1038 BOURMISTROV Denis 86 1552 Elena Galiabovitch +93 BRADSHAW Tyson 92 968 LUGO Ruperto 90 1551 Zane Yang +87 GAYNOR Elliot 93 959 McDONALD Julian 84 1433 Active player rating list on Page 10. YU Derek 92 952 PRILLELTENSKY Matan 87 1389 Chess Kids Page 3

2002 Calendar Of Events

RJ SHIELD

Central Zone Eastern Zone Western Zone Northern Zone

February 24 March 17 March 24 April 14

May 26 May 5 May 19 June 16

July 28 August 11 September 8 September 22

October 27 October 13 November 10 December 1

Transfer Team Tournaments * Venue for Western * Venue for Northern April 28 * Venue for Central Zone RJ Shield is Al- Zone RJ Shield is and Eastern RJ Shield tona Senior Citizen Ivanhoe Girls Gram- June 23 is yet to be deter- Centre, 60 Walker Cl, mar School, Marshall August 25 mined. Altona North. St, Ivanhoe. (Melway 55 A1) (Melway 31 G7) November 24 Points from all tournaments count towards end of year Grand Prix CASH prizes. We will attempt to keep venues as advertised, however it is wise to confirm, and enter, from our website www.chesskids.com.au prior to the tournament date.

INTERSCHOOL Northern Zone Monday, March 25 Monday, June 24 Monday, Sept 16 Central Zone Tuesday, March 26 Tuesday, June 25 Tuesday, Sept 17

Western Zone Wednesday, March 27 Wednesday, June 26 Wednesday, Sept 18

Eastern Zone Thursday, March 21 Thursday, June 27 Thursday, Sept 19

Girls Zone Friday, March 22 Friday, June 28 Friday, Sept 20

TOURNAMENTS Victorian Junior Thursday, July 11 - Sunday July 14 (Under 12’s play Sat/Sun only)

Ballarat Open Saturday March 9 - Monday March 11

Doeberl Cup Friday March 29 - Monday April 1 (Canberra)

Victorian Open Saturday June 8 - Monday June 10 Page 4 Chess Kids Australian Junior

At the time of printing the Australian Junior Championships is still being played. The most recent scores are as follows (after round 8): Under 18 Open 7.0 K.Tian (NSW), G.Xie (NSW) 6.5 D.Bourmistrov (Vic) 6.0 G.Nguyen (SA), A.Yap (NSW), R.Yu (NSW) Victorians with a chance... 5.0 S.Chow, J.McDonald, R.Machet Under 18 Girls (10 rounds played) 8.5 K.Moshnenko (Qld), S.Oliver (ACT) 7.5 S.Richter (Vic) 6.5 M.Lee (Vic) Under 12 Open 7.5 R.Lugo (Vic) 6.0 K.Hoang (ACT), J.Huang (NSW), S.Cooke (Qld), J.Obst (SA) Victorians with a chance... 5.5 R.Vijayakumar 5.0 J.Carey, D.Yu Under 12 Girls 7.5 C.Hickman (Vic) 6.0 A.Evans (Qld), A.Song (NSW) Victorians with a chance... 5.0 R.Ziffer, 4.0 N.Lauder, Y.Kushnir It looks like we have the Under 12 age-groups both sewn up. Casey Hickman and Ruperto Lugo have commanding leads. Sally-Anne Rich- ter will win a title of some description in the Girls and I have my fingers crossed for Denis Bourmistrov who is the only Victorian player with a real chance at a title in the Under 18’s. The final scores will be on the Aus- tralian Chess Federation website, www.auschess.org.au including pic- tures from the event. Schulte,S - Bourmistrov,D 1.e4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.d4 c6 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d5 6.e5 Ne4 7.Be3 Qa5 8.Bd2 Nxd2 9.Nxd2 dxc4 10.Bxc4 0-0 11. Qf3 c5 12.Nd5 Nc6 13.0-0? Qxd2 0-1 Schulte is meant to be 2100, not by the looks of this game! Go Denis! Just a few faces from the Australian Champion- ships and Reserves Tournament held in the Melbourne Town Hall over summer. Chess Kids Page 5 Australian Championships

David Cordover The Australian Chess Championships were run by the Melbourne Chess Club in conjunction with Chess Victoria and the Australian Chess Federation. The Championship event was a closed tournament with only 32 competitors playing in an 11 round Swiss. There was also a Senior Championships (aged over 60) and a Reserves Tournament played at the same time. An event like this only comes to Mel- bourne every 4 to 6 years, so many junior players took this opportunity to play International Master Zong- against adults of all standards from all Yuan Zhao from NSW. over the country. In the Championship event there were a number of junior players. All these players had to pass stringent selection criteria (or be a State Champion) in order to be eligible to play. These standards are the same for adults or juniors, so one can say that the junior players who were selected to play in the Championship event are in the top 32 players in the country. The Junior players in the Championships were (state and rating): Svetozar Stojic (ACT, 1575), Samuel Chow (VIC, 1981), Justin Tan (NSW, 2049), IM David Smerdon (QLD, 2293) and IM Zong- Yuan Zhao (NSW, 2294). Smerdon and Zhao are both International Masters and recognised as two of the best players in the country. It is likely that Zhao will be selected to represent Austra- lia at the next Chess Olympiad. Zhao fin- ished in 6th place, Smerdon in 9th. Gordon Lindberg, Vikram Palit and Sally-Anne Richter walked away with $200 each for winning their rating groups. International There were shorter, subsidiary events Master David through the weeks; lightning and rapid Smerdon games which many juniors also became (Qld) up involved with. against Grandmaster Another popular feature was Street Chess Darryl on the corner of Swanston St and Little Johansen Collins. Street Chess will be played every (Vic). The Sunday right through the summer. game ended in a draw. Page 6 Chess Kids Grading Badges

BROZNE (Aqua-Blue) It is free to sit the tests and there Has rating of 100x age-group eli- is no penalty for failing a test. Eve- BADGES gible for (ie. Under 7, rating 700) ryone who successfully completes a OR established rating of 1200+ Badge Test will receive a certifi- cate and may then purchase the (easy!) Improve-a-Nova Badge badge for $4. (Dark-Blue) Rating increase of 70+ in 3 months Tests will be conducted at Chess The Bronze Level Badges are easily Defeats a player 300 points Kids Elite Clubs, schools and RJ achievable. Anyone with 6 months higher rated (minimum 1000) Shield’s under the supervision of an to 1 year of playing or coaching accredited coach. You must book in should be able to start their collec- SILVER with the coach for your test at tion off with a few simple Bronze least 2 weeks in advance. Badges. BADGES Once you have earned 5 badges in Here is an example of some of the (medium) Bronze level you can attempt criteria needed to achieve a badge. badges at Silver Level and again for Each test will also have a random Checkmate Champion Badge Gold Level. General Knowledge question. (Yellow) Use 1 rooks to checkmate Checkmate Champion Badge GOLD Can solve mate in 2 problems (Yellow) Use 2 rooks to checkmate Attack Cat Badge BADGES Use 1 queen to checkmate (Orange) (really hard!) Disco Attack, Windmill and The Attack Cat Badge Combination Applications for (Orange) “Beat the teacher” (timed) immediate progress to Silver or Forks, Pins, Skewers Gold level will be considered. “Beat the teacher” (timed) Trapster Badge (Red) Students from any school can earn Defense-or Badge 5-Move Fork & Legal Mate these badges, however some will be (Green) available only by playing in a compe- ABCD defensive knowledge Tournament Terror Badge tition. You do not have to be a mem- Can block 4-move checkmate (Black) ber to sit gradings. Score 5/7 in two RJ Shield’s Endgame Wizard Badge Chess Kids 2002 Price List (Pink) “Mini-Master” Rating Badge Rule of the square (Aqua-Blue) Membership Pack $79.00 Use a passed pawn Has rating of 100 plus 100x age- (with bag, set, T-shirt & cap) group eligible for (ie. Under 7, Trapster Badge Upgrade Pack $149.00 rating 800) (plus Digital Clock and key-ring) (Red) OR established rating of 1300+ 2, 3 and 4-move checkmates Sibling Discount -$10.00 Improve-a-Nova Badge (2nd sibling -$20, 3rd sibling -$30) Speed Star Badge (Dark-Blue) Chess Bag Only $39.95 (Purple) Rating increase of 85+ in 3 months Knights Tour in under 3 minutes Tournament Set $28.05 Defeats a player 300 points “Beat the Teacher” - timed T-Shirt (all sizes) $15.00 higher rated (minimum 1100) Tournament Terror Badge Cap $10.00 Just remember that you can start (Black) Key-ring $5.00 your collection with a White Badge Score 4/7 in two RJ Shield’s Yearly renewal $20.00 at any time! There are 10 colors at “Mini-Master” Rating Badge each level to collect. Digital Clock $99.00 Chess Kids Page 7 Open Clubs Junior Clubs CLUB CONTACT PHONE MEETS CLUB COACH PHONE MEETS

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Chess Kids Membership Pack K Chess Bag K Tournament Chess Set K “Chess Kids” T-shirt K “Chess Kids” Cap K 2002 membership card Benefits of membership … Q Quarterly magazine Q 15% Discount at all clubs Q 15% Discount off coaching Q Website Member Access Q 5% Discount at Chess World Page 8 Chess Kids Andrew Burns

“First Australian Champion”

Born February 14, 1831 Glasgow, Scotland Died June 13, 1901 Melbourne, Victoria Won Tittle 1870 Lost title 1875 Succeeded was the first Replaced by Charles Fisher Rating no ratings Style Of the time Occupation Accountant Favourite Opening Scottish Opening

The first Australian Champion is a arrogance, the other members of the against the younger aspiring players. matter of some dispute. According to MCC sprang to his defence. No-one He remained active in other areas of the ACF it was F.K.Esling in 1885, took up his challenge. In 1869, he chess, columnist in “The Leader”, who became champion by defeating was alone in the top grade, conceding MCC committee member and treas- H.Gossip in a match. While Esling odds of pawn and move to the next urer. was a good player (and the architect level. Again he won, confirming his A Burns - G Gossip who designed Flinders Street Station) status as the champion player. MCC Handicap May 1885 he was not the strongest player of his The defeat of the Sydney team by the 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e3 d5 4.d4 c5 5. time. In the next few issues you can MCC in 1870 showed he was the Nf3 Nc6 6.Bd3 dc4 7.Bc4 cd4 8.ed4 learn more about the real Australian champion player of Australia. In the Bb4 9.OO OO 10.Bg5 Bc3 11.bc3 b6 Champions. telegraphic matches he played be- 12.Bd3 h6 13.Bh4 Bb7 14.Qd2 Qe7 While the capital city of each colony tween 1870 and 1895, mainly against 15.Ne5 Rfd8 16.f4 Qd6 17.Nc6 Bc6 had its major club with its top play- the leading Sydney players, he scored 18.Rae1 Rd7 19.Bf6 gf6 20.f5 Kg7 ers, their separations of 900km pre- 10-1=2. His only loss was to William 21.fe6 fe6 22.Rf6 Kf6 23.Qh6 Ke7 vented any comparison of the playing Crane in 1884. 24.Qg5 Kf8 25.Rf1 Rf7 26.Rf7 Kf7 strengths. This changed when the cit- 27.Bg6 Kg8 28.Bh5 Kh8. Mate in The next generation though was ies became linked by telegraph. In five announced 1-0 catching up. In 1873 and 1874, he 1868, Adelaide challenged Mel- lost to Louis Goldsmith. Yet he was bourne, only to lose 1-5=1. In 1870, R Hodgson - A Burns 1889 still a force. When John Wisker, the Sydney challenged Melbourne, and 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Ne4 4.Ne5 d6 1872 British champion (in Australia lost 1-3=3. Further challenges, Syd- 5.Nf3 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.Qe2 OO 8.Ne5 to “cure” his tuberculosis) arrived in ney - Adelaide in 1871 and Sydney - f6? 9.Be4 de4 10.Qc4 Kh8 11.Nf7 Melbourne in 1880, AB defeated him Brisbane in 1872 saw Sydney victori- Rf7 12.Qf7 Nc6 13.c3 b6 14.Be3 Ba6 3-0=4. ous. These results confirmed Mel- 15.Nd2 Bd3 16.Qd5 Ne7 17.Qe6 f5 bourne as the top club. Its champion A new burst of tournament activity 18.f3 Qf8 19.Bg5 a5 20.fe4 fe4 21. was Andrew Burns (AB). began in 1879 to win the MCC Chal- OOO Re8 22.Qg4 Nd5 23.Rde1 h6 lenge Cup. He scored his two victo- 24.Qh4 e3 25.Nf3 Kg8 26.c4 hg5 27. AB was educated at the Glasgow ries in 1879 and 1882. His attempt in Ng5 Nb4 28.a3 Na2 29.Kd1 e2 30. Grammar School and graduated from 1880 was thwarted by Frederick Es- Kd2 Bf4 31.Kd3 Qf5 0-1 Glasgow University in Accountancy. ling. Conceding the odds of pawn and He emigrated to Australia, arriving in move, he had lost the final game for a A Burns - W Tullidge 1891 Melbourne in May 1853. He began score of 2-3=1 in the final knock-out 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 ed4 4.Nd4 playing chess a few years later. By match. Another Cup was offered in Qf6 5.Be3 Bc5 6.c3 Nge7 7.Nc2 Be3 1866, he was a first class player. In 1885. He won that year but lost to 8.Ne3 OO 9.Bd3 Ne5 10.Bc2 c6 11. the Handicap tournament of 1866, he Charles Fisher in 1886. OO N7g6 12.g3 b6 13.Nd2 Ba6 14.f4 conceded only one game to win the Nd3 15.e5 Qe7 16.Ne4 Nb2 17.Qh5 tournament. When it ended, the com- When Blackburne toured in 1885, he Bd3 18.Nf5 Qa3 19.Bd3 Nd3 20.Nf6 petitors formed the Melbourne Chess assessed Burns and Fisher compara- gf6 21.Qh6 Qc5 22.Kg2 Qd5 23.Kh3 Club. In 1867, he won again. ble to the best London amateurs, Ndf4 24.Rf4 Nf4 25.Kg4 Ne6 26.Ne7 Wayte and Thorold. AB now had had He then issued a general invitation to 1-0 enough. With nerves getting the bet- all challengers, conceding them the ter of him, he retired from active play, -by A.Wright odds of pawn and move. When he except for the occasional game was accused of insulting behavior and Chess Kids Page 9 Puzzle Page - Forced Checkmates (answers on page 2) XABCDEFGHY XABCDEFGHY XABCDEFGHY 8N+k+rvl-tr( 8-+-+-trk+( 8-+r+ -+-mk( 7+p+-+-zp-' 7+R+R+ -+p' 7+ -+-+rzp-' 6n+Nzplzp-zp& 6-+p+ -+p+& 6pvl -+-zp-zp& 5wQ-+p+-+-% 5+ -wQ-+-+-% 5snpwqP+P+ -% 4-+-+-+-+$ 4-+-+-+-+$ 4-+p+L+RwQ$ 3+-+-vL-+q# 3+K+ -zp-+-# 3+ -+-+-+R# 2PzPP+-zP-zP" 2-+Ptr -+-+" 2PvL -+-+PzP" 1+K+R+-tR-! 1wq -+-+-+-! 1+ -+-+-+K! xabcdefghy xabcdefghy xabcdefghy 1. White to ++ in 2 2. White to ++ in 2 3. 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VICTORIAN J UNIOR R ATINGS (P LAYERS ACTIVE SINCE J ANUARY 2000) Surname Name YOB Rating Chan Winter 91 485 Francis Taylor ? 269 Ingleby Joseph 90 904 Agar Benjamin 85 1149 CHANG Melanie 89 1096 Frost Christian 89 694 Ingleby Rose 91 397 Agarwal Hamant ? 311 CHANG Andrea 91 898 GALIABOVITCH Elena 89 942 Ioannidis Peter 87 1114 Ahmadzai Farhad 87 981 Chang Kelvin 93 810 Gamble Matthew 91 676 Jackson Nicholas 92 638 Aizik Joshua 95 526 Chaves Jeremy 91 643 Ganeshalingam Naren 85 774 Jager Jesse 88 1010 Akula Priyanka 87 901 Chee Adrian 92 1060 Gangi Mason 94 549 Jaworowski Toolie 90 912 Akula Vivek 93 570 Cheong Weng 86 1069 Gao Oliver ? 1015 Jaworowski Binny 91 479 Akula Vasudha ? 524 Cheong Brendon 92 700 Gardiyawasam Voharika ? 610 Jayasuriya Michelle 93 308 Ali Mos 71 1548 Chew Stephanie ? 282 Gardiyawasam Pulomaja ? 613 Jenei Nicholas 92 588 Alm-Pandeya Alexander 95 472 Chiu Enoch 92 449 Garow Conrad 91 470 Jin David 89 819 Anandaganeshan Nivae 93 568 Chong Alan 89 563 GAWIN Tiko 86 1240 Joel Nathan 92 587 Anderson Ben 92 390 Chow Samuel 87 1958 Gaynor Alex 92 589 Johnston Nick 91 612 Anderson David ? 813 Christiansen Jeffrey 92 632 Gaynor Elliot 93 959 Jones Kent 91 798 Annabell Paul ? 893 Chua Gabriel 87 939 Ge Jeffrey 93 212 Jones Daniel 92 648 Annabell Lucas ? 780 Clark Cassie ? 290 Gordan Joshua ? 450 Jones Aaron 93 574 Anstis Jamie 89 829 Clarke Julian 94 241 Green Anthony ? 670 Jones Benjamin 93 680 Anthakis Mario 88 930 Clendinnen Stephen old 1304 Green Benjamin ? 700 Kah Danny ? 655 Antolini Michael 93 563 Cocks James 89 871 Greene Jack 90 647 Kah Cassandra 91 506 Aral Topaz 90 754 Cohen Emmanuel 92 507 Gross Zac ? 728 Kah Michelle 94 489 Arifoglou Mehmet ? 337 Constant Claude old 995 Gross Max 86 771 Karandais George 93 612 Aromataris David 88 1068 Constanti Claude old 917 Gross Ella 89 713 Karas Loli ? 401 Artlett Peta 91 581 Coutie Michael 89 481 GROSSMAN Ira 88 1211 Karim Navid 90 865 Atkinson Simon ? 1081 Couttie Michael ? 495 Gruen Anna 93 513 Kasynathan. Sanka 84 1045 Balbata Tomas 88 559 Cullinan-Smayle Tristan ? 794 Gruszka Adam 87 920 Katselas Gary 86 862 Banaszak Belinda-Marry 90 859 Cummins JJ 93 643 Gruszka Martin 88 388 Kaudinya Sam ? 924 Barnes David 90 573 Curmi Natasha 88 867 Gruszka Philip 89 578 Kaurah Kishen 88 759 Baskar Sairupa 89 562 Dandanis Katerina 93 539 Gullapalli Nikhil 92 428 Kelly Michael 92 513 BASNAYAKE Thilini 85 1380 Danks Thomas 94 488 Gunasekara Thamara 87 814 Ker Calvin ? 591 Bebe Matthew 89 726 Darrou Ben 93 834 Gupta Ankush 90 524 Kerksal David 90 1039 Bekker Gary old 1374 De Cruz Nicole ? 447 Ha Derek 89 863 Kha Danny 89 637 Bekker Josh ? 1132 DeBoer Jason ? 1394 Hain Anthony 91 718 Khoo Jade 92 482 Berciano Joanna 89 549 DeCruz Nicole ? 503 Hain Bradley 93 482 Khung Farn-ling ? 799 Berciano Carlos 91 683 DeCruz Simone 90 467 Hain Michael old 1277 Khung Su-wei ? 795 Berciano Daniel 91 565 Demazet Guenalle old 1030 Hall Liam ? 496 King Vanessa 92 580 Berciano David 91 800 Desilva Jannik 92 573 Hamilton Evelyn 92 591 Knight Richard 88 889 Beresnev Greg 80 1342 Diamond Daniel ? 925 Hanson John 94 851 Kolmus Josh ? 792 Berg Joshua 92 696 Diaz David 92 415 HAR-EL Nadav 90 984 Krstevska Magdalenna 94 556 Bien Mitchell 91 807 Dickens Alex 88 1164 Harris Timothy 90 634 Kua Dunstan 91 636 Birkett Bethany 90 693 Diep Jason 91 445 HAWARD Rebecca 86 1020 Kuprys Pran 91 539 Biviano Christian 94 688 Difabrizio Simon ? 470 HAWARD Chris 89 1067 Kurosawa Ricky 91 408 Blake Michael ? 857 Diment James 89 951 Healy Diarmuid ? 736 Kushnir Yvonne 90 874 Blakkarly Jamal 91 665 Dinning James 90 776 Healy Cian 01 859 Kyte-Powell Roy 91 536 Blakkarly Jarni 94 442 Dodge Yehenatan 92 588 Herd Jack 92 278 Lacson Joemar 73 1375 Blennerhassett James 89 798 Doherty Nick ? 287 Hernandez Gerson ? 931 Lau Katerina 94 372 Bliss James 90 781 Domini Adam 88 655 Hettige Meyvan 91 629 LAUDER Natasha 92 862 Blode Frank old 986 Donald Jonathan 93 859 Hetzel Jeremy 88 873 Lauder Chloe 94 559 BLUZER-FRY Daniel 88 1037 Donoghue William 89 583 Hetzel Joshua 93 677 Lavery Max 88 707 Bone Nathan 87 901 Dour Nicolas 88 1227 Hetzel Timothy ? 726 Le Roy Andrew 67 1323 BOURMISTROV Denis 86 1552 Dutka Ania 89 757 Heymann Devorah 88 631 Le Roy Mariah 89 352 BRASH Anthony 86 825 Dutka Tomasz 91 718 HEYWARD Will 87 1070 Le Roy Tom 92 290 Brash Noah 93 740 EDWARDS Troy ? 1119 Heyward Alice 92 318 Lee Ronald ? 805 Bridson Matthew ? 435 EER Jocelyn 90 992 Hickman Casey 90 1209 Lee Joseph 88 371 Britto Roger ? 672 Eer Derek 93 936 Hiland Aidan 89 540 LEE Michelle 90 1367 Broadbent-Hogan Perri 91 492 Egan Eliza 90 535 Hitchcock Stewart ? 636 Lee Jason 91 671 Broder Sam 89 884 Elder Harry 84 1127 Ho Simon 93 639 Leong Kit ? 667 Brown Adam 87 466 Eldridge Ayrton 91 766 Ho Leonard 93 878 Leong Melford 90 862 BUTTERWORTH Stuart 90 897 Eldridge Amrith 94 709 Hoen Nicholas 90 717 Letinic Dominic 91 564 Butterworth Matthew 93 671 Elsbury Mitchell 91 544 Hogan Steven 85 975 Levin Joshua 91 1198 Byrns Andrew 86 953 Emery Glynn-Jakeb 587 Hollingsworth Bill old 908 Levitan Daniel 93 405 CAI Matthew 86 1088 Enano Ronald old 1510 Honda Minami 93 546 Li Matthew ? 594 Canty Brendan 92 699 Epstein Nick 94 299 HOWDEN Warren 84 1231 Lim Florence 90 515 Caretti Manu old 1173 Faiman Joshua 90 662 Hrysikos James 85 910 Lim Nathanael 91 1265 Carey Danielle ? 338 Fang David 87 807 Huang Mark 91 556 Lim Daniel 91 850 CAREY Ryan 90 1134 FELL Samuel 87 1033 Huang Caitlyn 93 493 Lim Andrew 92 674 CAREY Jamie 92 1038 FELL Nathan 89 852 Hughes Mark 84 1205 Lim Jonathan 92 653 Carey Peter old 1235 Feng Kingsley 90 943 Hughes Stephen 90 857 Lim Reuben 93 656 Carter Benjamin 94 380 Ferris Shaun 87 1353 Hughes Richard 92 657 Limanis Alex 90 740 Caruana Justin 91 535 FISKE Byron 89 965 Hui Joseph 92 428 LINDBERG Gordon 85 1558 Cattermole Jonathan 94 600 Floate Alexander 91 581 Hull Cameron 90 700 LINDBERG Douglas 88 1383 Ceglia Gabriella ? 626 Flood James ? 468 HUNT James 90 504 Ling Natalie ? 504 Ceglia Robert 90 612 FONG Kenny 85 1348 Huver Nick ? 206 Linke Brendan 88 956 Chalmers Lachlan 92 471 Foo Benjamin 91 686 Huver Fiona 93 422 Lioufas Peter 93 696 Chan Jonathan 91 449 Foo Jonathan 94 796 Huynh William ? 701 Lister-Varrica Mel 91 338 Chess Kids Page 11

Lithoxoidis Con 87 988 Ng ChunKiu 93 621 Scott Eleanor 92 472 Torriero Jarrod 91 809 Liu Steven 87 1014 Nguyen Kevin 91 1047 Seeley Nicholas 89 801 Torriero Joshua 91 707 Liu Melissa 93 400 Nicolaidis Mark 91 670 Seeley Ben 91 584 Tran Paul ? 1036 Liu Kelvin 96 617 NIKOLAYEVSKY Artem 89 1204 SELLAYAH Renishka 88 1042 Tran Jonathan ? 619 Lloyd-Jones Julian ? 339 Nobel James ? 422 Shachar Jonathan 92 472 Tran John 85 1000 Lo Stephen 90 307 O'Byrne Thomas 90 702 SHAFAR Michael 90 1174 Tran Michael 86 1077 Lo Vincent 92 546 Oh Edmund 86 905 SHAN Leonard 89 1048 Tran Joycelyn ? 788 Lok Jun-Hoi 90 697 Oh Jason 88 775 Shan Jocelyn 94 704 Tremble Chloe 90 431 Loo Jonathan 89 1049 O'Kieth James 91 453 Shan Bernard 94 756 TRUONG Lance 87 1290 Loo David 91 1055 ONUFREICHUK Dima 84 1449 Shao Philip 92 771 TSYKIN Sasha 88 736 Looi Kai-Lee 91 606 Oren Michael 93 457 Shaw Andrew 91 497 Turley Brenden 86 821 Loricco Liam 89 583 Owen Richard 93 763 SHEARER Justin 85 978 Turley Martin 88 887 Loricco Marcus 91 750 O'Yang Christopher 91 770 Shearer Matthew 88 988 Unger Ross 93 769 Lowe Nathan 90 523 Padhare Akash ? 832 Shearer Brooke 89 654 Vandenberg Andrew 93 544 Lowe Sarah 93 503 Palit Vikram 88 1247 Sheikh Umar 87 949 VandenBosch Eelco 90 423 Lu Xin 91 738 PAPA James 89 1308 Siacci Jessica 91 622 Venkataraman Prassana 85 914 LUCATO Ben 90 855 Papas Peter 89 985 Silcock Callum 90 518 Vergos Chris ? 1045 Lugo Jerome ? 713 Papas Stephen 91 666 Simon Paul 85 989 Vijayakumar Rukman 90 1155 LUGO Ruperto 90 1551 Pasukov Leo 88 666 Simpson Daniel 90 554 Vijayakumar Rengan 93 856 Lui Justina 88 689 Patton Benjamin 92 571 Simpson Jake 93 787 Vijayakumar Ariaratnam old 735 Ly Joshua 87 971 Pendyala Rithvik 94 451 Sinclair Thomas 91 557 Vits Christina 92 468 Ly Danny 91 385 Pendyala Rithwik ? 431 Siripala Prasanga 86 945 Vits Lewis 94 336 Ly Jonathan 94 642 Perera Jayanga 86 1046 Sittampalim Gavin 92 411 VOSK Damien 88 905 Lyth Daniel 91 648 Perez Ryan 84 1224 Skacej Sonya 92 447 Vosk Danielle 91 701 Maccini Nelson 89 844 Perri Riccardo 91 518 Skoufis Nik 91 581 Vosk Andrew 94 470 MACHET Richard 88 1278 Petrovski Boris 90 655 Skyllas Elizabeth 92 576 Vosk Adrian 94 450 Mack Matthew 89 1005 Pham Jimmy 91 641 Slack Ryan 89 793 Vun Jeremy 89 829 Mack Michael 93 641 Phan Tom 86 1005 Small Simon 89 686 Vuong David 88 704 MacMillan Jarred ? 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471 Rozman Alex ? 909 Symons Raphael 93 650 Zajcew Tristan 87 888 Mihalopoulos Jason 92 869 Runic Michael ? 601 TAI Frederick 86 1066 Zeeng Daniel 91 204 Monin Alexi 88 818 Russo Greg old 1677 Tambasco Jean-Luc 93 595 Zeng Brian 92 732 Moore Ben 91 552 RYNIA Elise ? 669 Tamlin Giles 95 404 Zhang Tian 91 432 Morris Dylan 90 546 Saad Matthew 91 539 Tan Laura 90 622 Zhao Henry ? 490 Morris James 94 836 Sailavan Ramesh 92 463 Tan Daniel 91 701 Zheng Glen ? 401 Muratore Guilliano ? 441 Samosal Matthew 92 621 Tan Jason 91 655 Zheng Brian 92 675 Murphy Jack 92 223 Sampsonidis Andrew 89 779 Tan Koon-Siong 93 656 Zheng Winston 93 739 MUTHUSAMY Reubban 89 1222 Sandlat Wayne 91 471 Tan Michael 94 697 Zho Hao Ghan ? 745 Nagao Daichi 87 1258 Santhakumaran Bhabitha 89 688 Tan Patrick 02 848 Ziffer Rocheleh 92 876 Nagao Kai 90 982 Santhakumaran Prasath 91 576 Tan Eren ? 560 Zou Daniel ? 258 Nalluri Nanda 88 1050 Saravanamuthu Rachel 87 908 Tarling Jamie 86 734 Ziffer Rochelleh 92 723 Nalluri Venkata 91 771 Sarkar Anu 92 468 TAYLOR Thor 92 938 Full list at chesskids.com.au Neal Amanda ? 874 Sasidharan Prashanth 90 516 Teh Andrew 88 477 Needleman Ben 93 785 SAW Richard 84 1271 Teh Amy 88 577 Needleman Rob 95 419 Saw Kristopher 90 775 Teh Jeremy 91 774 NEMETH John 85 1711 Sawan Michael ? 795 Teh QuorTen 91 604 Ness Kirsty 88 793 Schlossberg Jonathan 91 1192 Thakur Udit 94 847 Newton Liam 88 813 Schmidt Christian 95 387 Thomas Rhys 91 540 Ng Chun Hin 88 685 Schreiber Jamie 93 706 Thompson Alex 91 785 Ng Sin Ki 90 444 Schroeder Jordan 90 570 Tong Melanie ? 756 Page 12 Chess Kids

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