Gardiner Chess Bulletin #45

In This Issue

June Chess Festival, Gold Coast Open, Qld Junior Championships, Logan Day of Kights, Gold Coast and Brisbane Camps, Runaway Bay Junior event, Qld Girls Championships, Medal Event for girls and boys, Ruth Coxhill Memorial, Brisbane Young Champions and Gold Coast Junior Masters, DGT Easy Clocks, Chessbase Starter Packs, Various News, CAQ Newsletter, Reports and Tournaments Notices, Webpage, Unsubscribe.

June Chess Festival

As usual, with the annual visit of Grandmaster Ian Rogers and his wife Cathy, we have heaps of good chess coming up on the Gold Coast in the next 3-4 weeks. Ian arrives this Sunday, and will be coaching in various schools in Brisbane and the Gold Coast next week. On Monday he will be analysing games from the final round of the Junior Masters, and presenting prizes. This Wednesday evening he will be featuring in a skittles competition at the chess centre. This is a kind of handicap event and should prove to be a lot of fun. He will be playing in the Gold Coast Open at Carrara next weekend 24/25 June, which is the third largest Grand Prix event in Australia this year. Following on from that he will be coaching the national junior training squad on Monday, and then providing after-game analysis to players for all four days of the Queensland Junior Championships. Finally he will be making a presentation to Gardiner Chess coaches at our professional development day on Sunday 2 July. So there should be an opportunity for everyone to meet Ian at some stage before the end of the month.

Gold Coast Open at Carrara Community Centre next Sat/Sun 24/25 June over $5,000 in prizes

Outreach Chess on behalf of Gold Coast Chess Club presents the Gardiner Chess Gold Coast Open 2006

Category 5 Australian Grand Prix event

Saturday & Sunday 24 & 25 June 2006 at Carrara Community Centre, Nielsens Road, Carrara

Featuring GM Ian Rogers

Registration: 8.30 to 9.00am Saturday

Rate of Play: 60 min + 10 secs a move (Fischer)

Open Division

Prizes Open Div $4,000 in total

Prizes: 1st $1,500 2nd $1,000 3rd $750 4th $300 5th $250 & 6th $200

U1600 Division

1st $300, 2nd $200, 3rd $100 plus 4 ratings groups: 1st $100, 2nd $60

Organiser: Peter Bender, Outreach Chess outreachchess@bigpond.com Phone 5556 0434

We understand that some strong locals such as IM Peter Froehlich, IM Stephen Solomon and young star Moulthun Ly will be playing. We very much hope to see a few more of Queensland's 2000+ players taking part. But all adult players should aim to take part in this event, which has the highest prize money of any Queensland event in memory. A guide for juniors wishing to take part is those with a Queensland Junior rating of 700+.

A canteen will operate all weekend, and Gardiner Chess will run a chess shop.

To enter, please go to www.gardinerchess.com (pay online). For an entry form go to 2006 Calendar and scroll down to the date 24/25 June.

Queensland Junior Championships Tues to Fri 27-30 June

All keen juniors should enter the premier junior competition in Queensland. Age groups (under 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18) are based upon age at 1 Jan 2006.

Tues 27 June Under 8s 10am start

Th/Fri 29/30 June Under 10s 9.30am start both days (under 8s may also enter the under 10s if they wish)

Th/Fri 29/30 June Under 12s 9.30am start both days

Tues-Fri 27-30 June Under 14s, 16s and 18s 9.30am start all four days

Wed 28 June Novice event for juniors of all ages who don't have a rating (some of these students would be ok to enter one of the age events)

The under 14s, 16s and 18s can expect some extra good competition from some interstate members of the national junior training squad who are staying on after the Gold Coast Open. Interstate players can win prize money, but not titles.

To enter, please go to www.gardinerchess.com (pay online). For an entry form go to 2006 Calendar and scroll down to the date 24-27June.

Logan City Chess Club - Day of Knights Sat 1 July

Get ready for the Day of Knights Active Chess Tournament being hosted by the Logan City Chess Club at Sunnybank Bridge Club, 69 Nathan Road, Runcorn on Saturday 1 July from 9.15am to 3.45pm. Guaranteed prize fund $720. Numbers limited to 64. Entry form available at www.gardinerchess.com (calendar for 2006, 1 July). The entry fee of $20 includes lunch. Editor's note: You'd better get in quick, because we'll bet that there will be many more entries than 64, especially with the free lunch thrown in.

Gold Coast and Brisbane Chess Camps Mon, Tues, Wed and Fri 3, 4, 5 and 7 July

Our usual school holiday chess camps will be held at the Gardiner Chess Centre (Gold Coast) and Marymac Centre (Annerley) in the second week of the June/July school holiday. These are very popular events for juniors, and incorporate a good mix of coaching, chess activities, tournaments and non chess activities. On the Gold Coast we will have three coaches each day, and the cafe will be open as usual. In Brisbane, we will have two coaches each day, and juniors are advised to bring their own lunch.

To register, please go to www.gardinerchess.com (pay online). For an entry form with other payment options go to 2006 Calendar and scroll down to the date 3-7 July.

Runaway Bay Shopping Village Junior Tournament Thursday 6 July

The shopping centre junior tournaments are always extremely popular, with turnouts nearly always well exceeding 100. There will be $500 in guaranteed cash prizes, plus various encouragment awards. Last year the event coincided with a massive storm that dumped around 400mm on the Gold Coast in just 10 hours. Many turned around unable to make it through the floods. But still an amazing 42 turned up. We hope to see you there, rain or shine. Juniors of all standards most welcome.

Queensland Girls Championship Sat/Sun 8/9 July

Venue Chancellor College, Sippy Downs, Sunshine Coast

Organiser Gail Young 3372 8077 qwcl@hotmail.com or Tony Powell 5494 7586 lateknights@westnet.com.au

Cash prizes and trophies. Age groups under 18, 16, 14, 12, 10 and 8

Both days start at 9.30am

Entry Form at www.gardinerchess.com (2006 Calendar and scroll down to the date 8/9 July)

Medal Event for Juniors rated under 1000 or unrated Sunday 9 July

This event for boys and girls rated under 1000 or unrated will be run alongside the Qld Girls Champs. Entry form at the same address as the Qld Girls.

Ruth Coxhill Memorial

This is a FIDE rated event for strong players. Time controls 90 mins a side plus 60 secs a move (Fischer). It runs for nine Wednesday evenings, commencing 19 July. Entries are mainly by invitation, but if you would particularly like to play, please advise Graeme Gardiner asap ggardiner@gardinerchess.com.

Brisbane Young Champions and Gold Coast Junior Masters

The playing standard in each of these events continues to improve term by term. If you are a junior, are very keen on improving your chess, and have a rating of 800+ (or close to 800), and would like to play, please contact Graeme Gardiner 5522 7221 ggardiner@gardinerchess.com or visit our webpage www.gardinerchess.com (2006 calendar and scroll down to the term 3 starting date 17 July for an entry form)

DGT Easy Clocks

The new slimline, colourful, easy to use 'Easy' clocks have arrived from Germany. At $50 they are cheaper than the old analogue clocks, and whilst they don't have all the options of the DGT 2000 fairly widely used in Queensland, they still have various options, that make them far more versatile than analogue clocks. They only need two batteries, and these are very easy to change. To see what they look like, go to www.dgtprojects.com/clock_easy.htm. Gardiner Chess has a wide range of chess products available, at prices cheaper or comparable with other suppliers in Australia. We will be running a chess shop at the Gold Coast Open. See you then.

Chessbase 9 Starter Packs

We have a few remaining copies of Chessbase 9 Starter Pack. The normal price is $275, but our price whilst stocks last is $190. Students playing in the Gold Coast Junior Masters and Brisbane Young Champions series can purchase it for the ridiculous price of just $150, also whilst stocks last. Virtually all serious chess players have Chessbase!!

Various News

We hope you followed the Chess Olympiad in Turin. David Smerdon came very close indeed to gaining the coveted Grandmaster title. He will now be heading off to Germany in August with the aim of finally gaining the title. Kieran Lyons had a very good result for Fiji on board one. Arianne Caoili didn't have her best result on board three for Australia, but created a massive amount of publicity for chess. Appararently she was dancing the Salsa at the Bermuda party with world number three Levon Aronian, who she has known since she was 10 years old, when English GM Danny Gormally, who had apparently taken a liking to Arianne, flattened Aronian with a big right hook. The incident sparked a big media frenzy right around the world, including The Times in England. Australian media outlets including The Australian and Sydney Morning Herald carried front page articles. Locally, the Gold Coast Bulletin carried the story as a full front page news headline and continued with more on page 4. Later, on the weekend, the paper carried five continuous pages just on chess. The good news is that virtually all the articles helped to move chess away from the old 'nerdy' image. See www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3171

Arianne later headed off to play in another tournament in Italy with IM Alex Wohl. See www.lenuvole.org/index.html. Alex, who lived for several years on the Gold Coast, had a wonderful Olympiad, scoring at close to 90%. Well done Alex.

Meanwhile, back home, the Gold Coast Rapid event was won for the second year running by Kevin Casey. Congratulations Kevin. IM Stephen Solomon won the Queensland Championship with a picket fence 7/7. The Reserves was won by Mark Stokes. The Brisbane Young Champions was won by a new face, 9 year old Yi Liu who has arrived from Victoria. This was a considerably stronger event than in term one, and we hope it will continue to strengthen in term 3. The final round of the Gold Coast Junior Masters will be held this coming Monday, with GM Ian Rogers analysing games and presenting prizes. With one round to go in the Super Junior Masters, Craig Duxbury (guest adult player, ACF 2071) is leading, having dropped just two draws with Gene Nakauchi and Jessica Kinder. The leading juniors are Daniel Ford and Gene Nakauchi with 5.5, followed by Jessica Kinder on 4.5.

In the last few weeks, Ian Murray has been to Roma, Charleville, Mt Isa, Longreach and Warwick running regional inter-school competitions for the first time. Full results for each region can be found at our webpage. Next term he is back off to the big coastal cities, Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, Gladstone and Bundaberg.

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Reports and Tournament Notices

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Webpage

There are a number of upcoming events promoted in this bulletin. Entry leaflets can be downloaded and printed from our webpage at www.gardinerchess.com. All Gardiner Chess events, and some other events, can be entered online with your credit card number using the secure 'pay online' button.