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 inter- school competitions is just the start. Probably the most exciting of all is the new Grading Badges. This will give stu- dents, 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 tourna- ments 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 at- tempt 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.