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UPCOMING EVENTS FOR YOUR DIARY
Bundaberg Fun Weekender
7 & 8 February
Full details
here.
Gold Coast Junior Masters
Term 1
Mondays from 9 February
- Venue Gardiner Chess Centre
- Commences Monday 9 February at 4pm
- Players rated minimum 800 encouraged to enter
- Games analysed by international masters
Gold Coast Tin Cup
Sat/Sun 14-15 February
Darling Downs Open
Sat/Sun 14-15 March - Toowoomba
Queensland Interclub Round One
Sunday 22 March
Gold Coast Active Champs
Sunday 29 March
Queensland's Official Inter-Schools Teams
Chess Tournaments
All Regions
For a full calendar, please go
here and also keep in touch with lots of information
via the Schools' Section on
www.gardinerchess.com
For 2009, this event comprises 59 separate days of
competition statewide!
Somerville House
Invitationals
Patrick Byrom and Connie Pizzato are
running their schools competitions as follows:
Queensland Open
10-13 April Bundaberg
Doeberl Cup
9-13 April Canberra
Sydney International
14-19 April Parramatta Town Hall
Oceania Zonal
20-26 June Twin Towns, Tweed Heads
- Full details
here
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This is the official qualifying event for the World
Cup. It is open to all players in the Oceania region. We
have selected a great venue at Outrigger Twin Towns
Resort, Tweed Heads. We are expecting many of the
best players from the Oceania region to participate. We
will be providing plenty of live chess, live blogging
and live analysis.
Gold Coast Open
27-28 June Twin Towns, Tweed Heads
- This
tournament follows immediately after the Zonal
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This is a 2009 'Yulgilbar-Think Big' Australian Chess
Grand Prix event - Category 5.
JOBS
School Chess
Coaches Required
We have been very successful in
recruiting chess coaches for the start of the school
year.
However, we still need coaches for Beaudesert
area and Brisbane North centred on Everton
Park, Lutwyche, Newmarket area.
Gardiner Chess employs many coaches (mainly casual
part-time) around South East Queensland and Northern
NSW. Because increasing numbers of schools are keen to
introduce chess programmes we always are on the lookout
for more coaching staff. While many of our staff are uni
students, others are older and just want to supplement
their income. Generally quite strong players are
required for high schools, but the playing strength for
primary students is not so important, because the vast
majority are beginners. The ability to teach and relate
well to young people is the most important attribute we
are looking for. We provide our coaches with extensive
resources plus assistance in training methods and
support. Additionally, we hold professional development
seminars once or twice a year. Please contact Graeme Gardiner
if you are interested:
ggardiner@gardinerchess.com or 5522 7221.
IQ Chess
Franchise Opportunities
Our aim is to provide schools throughout
Queensland with ongoing chess coaching services.
David Cowland-Cooper is already running an excellent
franchise in Cairns and due to demand for chess in
schools is currently widening his operation into
Townsville.
If you are passionate about chess, can teach primary
students, have good communication and business skills,
then an IQ Chess franchise might be for you. Please
contact Graeme Gardiner to discuss. Email
ggardiner@gardinerchess.com or phone 5522 7221.
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RECENT
NEWS
Queenstown Chess Classic, New
Zealand
Congratulations to IM David Smerdon on his
fantastic effort in winning the Queenstown Open and NZD
10,000 prize money. As well, he earned his fourth GM
norm, and came within 11 FIDE points of the GM title.
There are various FIDE rated events coming up in
Australia, including the Doeberl Cup, Sydney
International and Oceania Zonal . . . so we are hoping
he will gain the coveted GM title quite soon. In winning
the Queenstown event, he finished ahead of no less than
9 Grandmasters.
Australian Junior
Championships, St Ignatius College, Athelstone, Adelaide
2-13 January 2009
Congratulations to the Queensland winners:
- Under 14 Champion Gene Nakauchi
- Under 10 Champion Callum Gray
- Under 18 Rapid Champion Gene Nakauchi
- Under 12 Rapid Champion Yi Liu
- Under 16 Girls Rapid Champion Abbie
Kanagarajah
- Under 12 Problem Solving Matthew Pyper
- Under 10 Problem Solving Daniel Lapitan
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Results
here
My apologies if I missed anyone...some of the
lightning play off results are missing on the official
website, and the problem solving is not shown at all.
Australian Open
held in Sydney 2-11 January
Congratulations to honorary Queenslander IM Alex Wohl
for achieving first equal in the Australian Open.
INFORMATION
The
Ergas National Junior Training Squad
will be
held at Nundah State School from 5-11 July.
This
will be organised by AJCL officials Tania Simmonds
and Tracy Gray, in conjunction with CAQ President
Garvin Gray. Participants will be chosen by the
AJCL from those who applied, and any vacant spots will
be offered to Queenslanders who were not initially
chosen.
This
promises to be a busy time for our leading juniors, with
the Oceania Zonal leading straight in to the
Gold Coast Open followed immediately by the
Queensland Junior Championships, and followed again
by the Ergas Squad.
Chess Blogs
Two good Australian blog sites are:
Want to Find a Chess Club?
Keen on Chess?
Here are some sites to visit, where you will find a wealth of
information:
Chess Shop at Gardiner Chess
For a complete range of chess goods, including sets,
clocks, books, DVDs etc, please visit us at the chess
centre at Mudgeeraba, or online at
www.gardinerchess.com.
If your school is keen to upgrade their chess resources,
check out our 'specials for schools' in the schools'
section on the webpage.
CAQ Newsletter
If you wish to subscribe to the CAQ newsletter, please
contact Brian Thomas on
brian_thomas_au@yahoo.com.au
Reports and Tournament Notices
Reports and tournament notices are most welcome for
inclusion in this bulletin. Please email
info@gardinerchess.com.
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.
All the very best in chess
Graeme and Wendy Gardiner
Gardiner Chess Centre
11 Hardys Road
Mudgeeraba Qld 4213
Phone +61 7 5522 7221
Fax +61 7 5522 7760
Email
ggardiner@gardinerchess.com
Webpage
www.gardinerchess.com
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