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COMING UP OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS!
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Nudgee Junior Chess Tournament on 3 June -
details
here.
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Gold Coast Open
- Open division from 22 to 24 June, U1600 and U1000 from 23 to
24 June.
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Queensland Junior Championships
- U18, U16 & U14 from 26 to 29 June; U12 from 28 to 29 June; U10
on 27 June and U8 on 26 June.
See details below of a training week featuring
GM Ian Rogers. This is specifically for keen players rated
over 1000.
RESULTS
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The Gold Coast Rapid Championships results
here
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Gold Coast Juniors
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results,
report & photos here
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The Gold Coast Active
Championships results
here
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The Nudgee Junior Chess
Tournament results
here
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Doeberl Cup results for Queenslanders
here
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Junior
Masters Term 1
and
the
One Day Junior Chess
Challenge
Results
here
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Gold Coast Tin Cup on 11 &
12 February 2012. Results and photos
here.
WEEKLY EVENTS
NEWS
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Master of the Endgame - Parts
A & B. Kerry Corker has
kindly made his highly successful Master of the Endgame Course
available to all-comers. If you want your rating to increase, it
is worth your while to work your way through the course.
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Australian Junior Championships
2013 The Chess Association of Queensland has
asked Gardiner Chess to organise and run the 2013 Australian
Junior Championships. This will be held in the Sports
Hall of Bond University, from Saturday 19th January to Sunday 27th
January. Website coming soon! This tournament is a 'not for profit' event. We are seeking
sponsors. We may have need for some volunteer assistance.
STRONG JUNIORS
rated over 1000 take note
Gardiner Chess will be putting on a
week-long junior training squad in the
last week of term two 18-22 June for players with a QJ or ACF
rating of at least 1,000. Grandmaster Ian Rogers will be
staying with us for this week, and he is widely regarded as
Australia's top chess trainer. He is also heavily involved in
the Australian junior selection process. As this is a school
week, we are not sure how many of the top chess students will be
able to attend, so we are asking for registrations of interest.
Please register
here immediately if you are interested. The week's fee will
be $130 to cover coaching costs - this is a not-for-profit
event. The week is immediately followed by the Gold Coast
Open and the Queensland Junior Championships.
PAST EVENTS

We sell giant chess and checkers sets
at excellent prices
- click
here for details
There are some countries that make chess a
compulsory subject in schools - here is an interesting
article
from the BBC giving the pros and cons.
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 RATINGS INFORMATION
The 10 most improved
Queensland Juniors
in the May 2012 list
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1 |
Gurunathan |
Karthik |
178 |
1059 |
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2 |
Porter |
Marcus |
173 |
1095 |
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3 |
Young |
Dashiell |
133 |
704 |
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4 |
Ostapenko |
Michael |
116 |
662 |
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5 |
Sheldon |
Daniel |
115 |
676 |
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6 |
Yang |
Thomas |
104 |
650 |
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7 |
Slater-Jones |
Henry |
100 |
854 |
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8 |
Desses |
Alexander |
100 |
889 |
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9 |
Nguyen |
Kevin |
97 |
709 |
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10 |
Fahey |
Aaron |
92 |
696 |
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May 2012 QJR List
Queensland Junior Chess Ratings
The Ratings System
& FAQs
How to import players into Swiss Perfect
Are
you worried about losing your brain power as you age? If so, play
chess!
check out this recent
article
[courtesy Gladstone Observer]
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