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Queensland Open, CAQ, Doeberl Cup, Junior Masters, Brisbane Young Champions, Gold Coast Junior Championships, Sunshine Coast Allegro, Redcliffe Peninsula Open, Gold Coast Rapid Championship, Gold Coast Open, Chess Olympiad, Gold Coast Active Championship, Queensland Junior Championships, Australian Junior Championships in Canberra, New Junior Club at Indooroopilly, Ipswich Chess Club to be revived, Queensland Women's Championship, Sunshine Coast Women's and Girls, Reports and Tournament Notices, Webpage, Unsubscribe.

Queensland Open

IM Peter Froehlich has won the Queensland Open over the Easter weekend with a score of 6.5/7. Craig Duxbury, Phachara Wongwichit, George Lester and Ross Lam came second equal on 5.5. There was a very encouraging turnout of 66 players. Congratulations to the CAQ, and in particular to Bill Powell and Garvin Gray, on promoting this event so well. Hopefully this will lead to a new trend of increasing numbers in tournament chess in Queensland. Full results at www.caq.org.au

Chess Association of Queensland

CAQ is on the move again. All active chess players should support their state association. The fee is ridiculously cheap at $10 per annum. It is compulsory to be a member if you want your games to be rated by the Australian Chess Federation, or if you wish to play in a state championship. Additionally, you receive periodical newsletters and various other benefits. Full details, and how to join, are available at the CAQ webpage (CAQ news and info, information, membership). Alternatively you can pay at the chess centre and we will pass it on for you.

Doeberl Cup

The Doeberl Cup had a record entry of 228 players. There were 10 players listed from Queensland, including Luthien Russell (who has just moved to Canberra), and David Lovejoy who lives in Northern NSW. (Congratulations to David who finished first in the seniors ahead of a strong field). Moulthun Ly came very close indeed, with the black pieces, to defeating GM Darryl Johansen in the championship event, but he lost in the final round. Victory would possibly have given Moulthun the title on countback. Earlier Moulthun held GM Ian Rogers to a draw also with the black pieces.

Gold Coast Junior Masters at the Chess Centre

The Gold Coast Junior Masters and Super Junior Masters for term two starts this coming Monday 24 April 5.15pm at the chess centre. All Gold Coast juniors rated 800+ (or possibly slightly below) should consider entering if they are serious about their chess.

Brisbane Young Champions

The second Brisbane Young Champions event starts at Cafe Checocho, West End this coming Monday 24 April 5.30pm. All Brisbane juniors rated 800+ (or possibly slightly below) should consider entering if they are serious about their chess.

Gold Coast Junior Championships Sat/Sun 6/7 May at the Chess Centre

The Gold Coast Junior Championships is a major junior lead-up event to the Queensland Junior Championships which are scheduled for the June school holidays. In turn the Qld Juniors is a lead-up event for the Australian Championships in January. The Gold Coast Juniors is open to any junior under 18 no matter where they live (not just Gold Coast). There are titles for open, under 16, 14, 12, 10 and 8.

Sunshine Coast Allegro this Sunday

The Sunshine Coast Allegro will be held this Sunday 23 April at the Superbee. This is a popular family event. Contact Bill Powell on wpo32528@bigpond.net.au. Phone 5446 1852.

Redcliffe Peninsula Open 30 April to 1 May

This is the 41st consecutive year that this famous event has been held. It is a Myer-Tan ACF Grand Prix Class 2 event on the Labour Day weekend. It is being held at Grace Lutheran College and there are over $1,500 in prizes. To enter, go to our webpage www.gardinerchess.com (2006 calendar) and click on the tournament on the relevant date for an entry form. We also have entry forms on our front counter. The tournament organiser is Mark Stokes, ph 3205 6042 email tournament@crcchess.com. The Gardiner Chess bus will be taking juniors once again - please email ggardiner@gardinerchess.com if you live on the Gold Coast and want a place on the bus.

Gold Coast Rapid Championships Sunday 28 May at the Chess Centre

Our last Sunday event attracted over 70 players, and we hope that we have similar numbers for this tournament. It is one of our most popular events for the year.

Gold Coast Open Sat/Sun 24/25 June at Carrara Community Centre

Peter Bender of Outreach Chess is organising this tournament. It is a Myer-Tan ACF Grand Prix Class 5 event, one of only three class 5 events in Australia this year. The guaranteed prize fund is $5,000. We would very much like to see the numbers go back over 100 this year, and with the renewed enthusiasm in Queensland chess, we are very hopeful that this will be achieved. As usual, Grandmaster Ian Rogers will be playing.

Chess Olympiad Turin, Italy

The Chess Olympiad, which is the pinnacle of chess for most serious chess players, and which is held every two years, commences in Turin on 20 May. The official website is at www.chessolympiad-torino2006.org/eng/. Log in to this site to watch live games and see how our Australian team is going. IM David Smerdon will be playing on board two for Australia in the open section, with IM Alex Wohl on board five. WIM Arianne Caoili will be playing on board three for the Australian Women's team.

Gold Coast Active Championships

The winner of this event which was held at the chess centre was IM Peter Froehlich, from WIM Arianne Caoili and Jonas Muller. 78 players took part.

Queensland Junior Championships - Tues to Fri, 27 to 30 June at the Chess Centre

This important event will be held at the chess centre from Tues to Fri 27-30 June. The under 8s will be held on the Tuesday, the under 10s and 12s on the Thurs/Fri, and the under 14s, 16s and 18s on all four days. Under 8s can also play in the under 10s if they wish. Australia's number one player and coach, Grandmaster Ian Rogers will be present on all four days to provide post game analysis to all players. Keen juniors should not miss this opportunity of receiving top level advice from GM Rogers, since not only is he a great coach, but he is also very influential in identifying talent. An entry form for this event will be available shortly.

Australian Junior Championships, Canberra 14-26 January 2007

Gardiner Chess will soon be offering a package deal for Queensland juniors who wish to travel and stay as part of a team with highly credentialled coaches. We have already booked group flights with Virgin (flying 13 Jan and returning 27 Jan) and booked our accommodation. If you are interested in receiving details of the package, please email Graeme on ggardiner@gardinerchess.com. I believe that Queensland students return to school on Monday 29 January 2007.

New Junior Club at Indooroopilly

Roseanne Blundell of the Queensland Association of Gifted and Talented Chilldren advises that the association is starting up a chess club that will be meeting at St Peters Lutheran College, Indooroopilly. The coaches will probably be Tim Lamberton and Boris Lukursky. For more information contact Roseanne at rosanne.blundell@qagtc.org.au. Be part of the fun in setting up a new club.

Ipswich Chess Club to be revived

Bill Powell advises that the Ipswich Chess Club, which has a long history and has been dormant in recent years, looks as though it will be revived when Brendan Downs returns from overseas at the end of May. Debbie Jenkins has offered to be involved in getting the club up and running again. If you are interested in being involved in this project, please contact Debbie at debbiejenkins@bigpond.com.

2006 Australian Grand Prix

Well-known chess organiser Brian Jones has completely revamped the Grand Prix, with important sponsorship from the Myer and Tan families. According to the webpage at www.chessaustralia.com.au/grandprix/index.cfm 46 events have been entered Australia-wide. Queensland events listed are:
15 April Queensland Open in Brisbane Cat 2
29 April Peninsula Open in Redcliffe Cat 2
24 June Gold Coast Open in Carrara Cat 5
24 Sept Nell Van De Graaff Classic in Mudgeeraba Cat 2
7 Oct Wendy Terry Memorial in Redcliffe Cat 2
18 Nov Weekender in Brisbane Cat 1
Players earn points according to where they finish in each tournament, and the category of the tournament.

Further details of each event can be obtained on the hyperlink on the calendar of events on the Grand Prix webpage. There are $10,000 in cash prizes, and $5,000 in air fares to the Malaysian Open. It was interesting that in 2005 a couple of Gold Coast kids won prizes in the Grand Prix without even realising that they were eligible (Jessica Kinder $350 and Liam McGarity $200). Players have to be members of their State Association to be eligible.

2006 Queensland Woman's Championship - report from Bill Powell

This event was held on the 8th & 9th April at the Matthew Flinders Anglican College, Buderim, Sunshine Coast.

An increase of 16% in entries, who said chess was on a down hill slide? (Last year 12 this year 14).

While numbers are still very small it may be time that the CAQ have a good think about the future in marketing of Chess.

I personally think that this year Qld must put plans into action that will build the future of Qld chess for all ages and for both male and female members.

On a sad note, while playing in round 1, Melissa Jones' 18 year old brother was killed while riding his motor bike on the Bli Bli road.

Two withdrawals, both approved by the Arbiter, Melissa Jones due to the death of her brother, Linda Hog due to illness.

Final Standings

5 KINDER Jessica
4.5 KINDER Danielle
4 GOH Jily
4 BLENEY Rebecca
4 YOUNG Gail
3.5 POWELL Tulia
3 POWELL Ulani
3 TYLE Portia
3 ZARAFA Tyrah
2 SIMMONDS Leteisha
1 BYRNE Alannah
1 BARBE-HORN Shelby
0 JONES Melissa
0 HOGG Linda

1st place – Jessica Kinder
2nd place – Danielle Kinder
3rd place – Gail Young
1st Junior – Jily Goh
1st Cadet – Ulani Powell
Best Senior under 1200 – Rebecca Bleney
Encouragement awards to – Alannah Byrne and Leteisha Simmonds.
Upset awards: Round 2 Jily Goh defeated Gail Young, Danielle Kinder defeated Rebecca Bleney. Round 3 Danielle Kinder defeated Gail Young. Round Gail Young defeated Jessica Kinder.

From

Bill Powell

Sunshine Coast Women's and Girls'

The Sunshine Coast Women’s and Girls' held at The SuperBee was won by Jily Goh with a picket fence score of 7 wins from 7 games. This is now the 2nd year that Jily has won this title.

Winners are, 7 points 1st place Jilly Goh, 2nd on 5 Rebecca Bleney, 3rd on 5 Tulia Powell.

1st under 18 Melissa Jones, 2nd under 18 Shelby Barbe-Horn.

1st under 13 Ulani Powell, 2nd u/13 Phaedra Stevens, 3rd u/13 Julia Schimak. 4th u/13 Miranda McDonald.

Under 8 1st Mia Jones, 2nd u/8 Alhena Lamont.

Final Scores, 7 Jily Goh, 5 Rebecca Bleney, Tulia Powell. 4.5 Ulani Powell. 4 Wendy Coghill, Melissa Jones, Shelby Barbe-Horn, Phaedra Stevens, Julia Schimak, Miranda McDonald. 3.5 Jessica Cray. 2.5 Leontina Milanovic. 2 Linda Hogg. 1.5 Calida Morrison.1 Mia Jones. Alhena Lamont.

Bill Powell
President
Suncoast Chess Club Inc.
wpo32528@bigpond.net.au

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