IQ Chess brings chess to regional Queensland!

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CHESS HAPPENINGS . . .

• After-school chess at the Chess Centre - FREE FIRST SESSION!

• Check out our February 2010 bulletin here

• Tin Cup (13 & 14 February) - flier here

• Queensland Junior ratings list for January here

• Our calendar for 2010 is here

• Reports and results on events in 2008 & 9 here

• Developing Chess Talent by Karel van Delft and IM Merijn van Delft - a new book, to be published in April 2010, contains a chapter on chess and autism. Press release and other details here and in educational benefits.

• Australian Championships - Gold Coast juniors Gene Nakauchi and Alex Stahnke both performed very well at the Australian Championships. In the main event Gene scored a very credible 5.5/11, with a performance rating of 2259. Alex had his best performance so far with equal third place in the Major, scoring 8/11 and performing at 2142. Full results here.
• Australian Junior Championships - Alex Stahnke continued his astonishing run of much improved form at the Australian Junior Championships, where he scored 7/11, finishing in 6th equal place, and winning the Australian Under 14 title outright.
• Congratulations also to Leteisha Simmonds and Abbie Kanagarajah, who both went undefeated through the Australian Open Girls Championship scoring 8/9. Leteisha, who is only just out of primary school, convincingly won the play off to become Australian Girls Champion (Under 18).

Try these chess puzzles, updated daily, courtesy of Shredder Chess

The 10 most improved 
Queensland Juniors 
in the January 2010 list

January 2010 ratings list

Qld Junior Chess Ratings, 2004-10

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