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Oceania Zonal
at Outrigger
Twin Towns Resort, Tweed Heads from 20 to 26 June 2009
A strong field is assembling for this very important
regional event. The winner of the Open and Women's
tournaments will qualify to represent the Oceania Region
in the next stage of the FIDE (World Chess Federation)
World Cup Cycle. The usual countries such as Australia,
New Zealand and Fiji will be well represented, but it is
great to see nations such as PNG, Palau and Solomon
Islands also taking part.
For locals, and indeed all Australian chess players, a
major interest will be to see if IM David Smerdon,
who earned his International Master title at this event
10 years ago, can finally achieve the much sought-after
Grandmaster title, and become the very first
Queenslander (and fourth
Australian) to earn this title, the highest title
recognised by FIDE.
The new 'king' of Australian Chess, Grandmaster Zong
Yuan Zhao will be replacing the previous 'king' of
Australian chess, GM Ian Rogers who held that
position for some 25 years, before his retirement two
years ago. However, we are pleased to say Ian will be present to support the
event by fronting the
media, preparing daily bulletins, and doing some live
analysis.
In the women's event, WIM Arianne Caoili, of
Dancing with the Stars fame, will be trying to
defeat the number one seed IM Irina Berezina.
Arianne, busy with her uni studies at ANU, Canberra, has
been dating world number five GM Lev Aronian. She
is keen to get her FIDE rating back over 2300.
Locally we are keen to see how our up-and-coming
youngsters go against the stars of the region.
Latest Entries:
Open
GM Zong-Yuan Zhao AUS 2583 Seed
IM David Smerdon AUS 2489 Seed
IM Stephen Solomon AUS 2455
IM George Xie AUS 2402
FM Endre Ambrus AUS 2375
IM Gary Lane AUS 2371
IM Guy West AUS 2343
FM Igor Bjelobrk AUS 2332
IM Paul Garbett NZL 2319 Seed
IM Vladimir Feldman AUS 2298
IM Mirko Rujevic AUS 2282
FM Robert Smith NZL 2274
Mike Steadman NZL 2262
CM Max Illingworth AUS 2243
Joselito Marcos PNG 2200
Eugene Schon AUS 2186
FM James Morris AUS 2114
Bobby Cheng AUS 2103
Kerry Stead AUS 2087
FM Gene Nakauchi AUS 2076
Marc Vlietstra AUS 2075
FM Brian Jones AUS 2062
Leon Kempen AUS 2050
Andrew Fitzpatrick AUS 2022
CM Manoj Kumar FIJ 2017 Seed
Tristan Stevens AUS 2006
Paul Spiller NZL 2005 |
Tony Weller AUS 1987
WFM Helen Milligan NZL 1985
Jonas Muller AUS 1981
FM Rupert Jones PNG 1962 Seed
Kevin Tan AUS 1956
Mike Canfell AUS 1932
WIM Alexandra Jule AUS 1928
Sam Grigg AUS 1927
Hamish Selnes AUS 1921
Matthew Juszczynski AUS 1914
Sanmogam Goundar FIJ 1903
Sebastian Jule AUS 1847
Roberto Hernandez PLW 1830
Seed tbc
George Lester AUS 1801
Alexander Stahnke AUS 1795
Bill Egan AUS 1795
Daniel Ford AUS 1792
Zachary Searle AUS 1791
Anurag Sannidhanam AUS 1705
Gaurav Raicar FIJ 1560
Harry Hughes AUS 1554
Fernando Aguilar SOL U/R
Seed tbc
Cameron De Vere AUS U/R
Arie Meydan AUS U/R
Daniel Lapitan AUS U/R
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Women
IM Irina Berezina AUS 2252 Seed
WIM Arianne Caoili AUS 2172 Seed
WCM Judy Gao NZL 1907 Seed
WFM Sue Maroroa NZL 1894
WFM Vivian Smith NZL 1809
Nicole Tsoi NZL 1648
Gloria Sukhu FIJ 1550
Tamzin Oliver AUS (U/R)
Hilda Vukikomoala FIJ U/R Seed
Full details
here
Gold Coast Open
at Outrigger Twin Towns Resort, Tweed Heads from 27 to
28 June 2009
Total Prizes $6,600
This event is recognised as being one of the three or
four top weekenders in the Australian chess calendar.
Since its inception in 1993 winners have included GM
Ian Rogers on no fewer than eight occasions, IM
Stephen Solomon four times, GMs Predrag Nikolic
and Dejan Antic, and IMs David Smerdon and
Alex Wohl.
It seems that well over half of the zonal entrants will
be competing in the Gold Coast Open, so it could be a
record turnout. The good news for all chess afficianados,
young and old, is that you can rub shoulders with the
chess stars of the region, and choose whether you play
in the open division, under 1600 or under 1000. For
those players, especially juniors, who are rated under
1000, Dr Peter Haron has kindly donated $1,250
cash prize money just to encourage entries in this
section. Aim to go for the $500 first prize! The under
1600 division also has $1,250 in prizes.
Full details and Entry Form
here
Queensland Junior Championships
at Nundah State School from 30 June to 3 July
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Gardiner
Chess will provide a bus service from the centre on
each of the 4 days
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As a special treat for all players,
Grandmaster Ian
Rogers will be present each day to provide
after game analysis, and encouragement.
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As usual, the older students
under 18, 16 and 14 will
play on all four days from Tuesday to Friday 30 June to
3 July. Full details
here.
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The under 12s and 10s will now be held over three days
from Wednesday to Friday, 1 to 3 July. Full details
here.
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The under 8s
will just play on Tuesday 30 June (but can
also play in the under 10s if they wish). Full details
here.
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There is also a
novice event for unrated players on
Wednesday 1 July.
Full details
here.
The age level for all groups is taken as their age at
1/1/2009.
Daytime Chess Camp
at the Chess
Centre, Mudgeeraba
Monday to Friday
(excluding Thursday) 6-10 July
As usual, we welcome players of all standards to a
mixture of chess coaching, chess activities and rated
tournament chess. A great opportunity for you to improve
your chess, make new friends and have a lot of fun.
Full details
here.
Runaway Bay Shopping Village
Junior Tournament
Thursday 9 July
The Centre Management is getting right behind the event
this year. As usual there will be $500 in cash prizes,
including ratings prizes for players of all standards,
including unrated. There will also be a trophy for best
school. The entry form asks which school you attend, and
our programme will sum up the scores of students from each
school. All entrants will receive a free gift bag from
the shopping centre. There will also be random chess
related prizes for which you must be present at the
presentations.
As a special treat, the Mayor of the Gold Coast,
and world famous long distance runner Ron Clarke,
will spend some time playing a few friendly games
against the kids, and then present the prizes.
Full details
here.
Student Free Day
Monday 13 July
at the Chess Centre, Mudgeeraba
Finally, to cap off over three weeks of non-stop chess,
we have our student free day tournament.
Full details
here.
OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS
Qld Girls Championships and
Medal Event
- next
weekend on Sat/Sun 30/31
May
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Venue:
Blue Fin Fishing Club, Inala
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Full
details
here
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Organiser
Gail Young - Mobile 0411 704 815
Email
qwcl@hotmail.com
Broadbeach Cup
Sat/Sun 6/7
June
Maryborough Fun Weekender
(Unrated)
Sat/Sun 13/14
June at Maryborough SHS
Queensland Clubs Teams
Event
The remaining
rounds will be held as follows:
2009 Queensland Championship
Venue Blue Fin Fishing Club, Inala
Round 1 - 19 July
Round 2 - 26 July
Rounds 3 - 23 August
Round 4 - 30 August
Round 5 - 12 September |
Round 6 - 13 September
Round 7 - 25 October
Round 8 - 8 November
Round 9 - 22 November |
Full details
here
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 a low cost 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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INFORMATION
The
Australian Junior Training Squad
will be held at Nundah State School from 5-11 July
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Unfortunately, the sponsor of this squad for many
years, Dr Henry Ergas, has had to withdraw his
sponsorship. Therefore the organisers are looking
for potential sponsors. Please email Tracy
Gray at
tacgray@bigpond.net.au if you are interested in
sponsoring or part sponsoring this very worthwhile
component of Australian chess, either this year or
next.
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This
squad is being organised by AJCL officials Tania
Simmonds and Tracy Gray, in conjunction
with CAQ President Garvin Gray.
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Participants have been chosen - look
here
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We
understand that four Grandmasters will be involved
in training this squad.
Kevin Casey's new book
We now have in
stock Queenslander Kevin Casey's new chess book
entitled Australian Chess Brilliancies - Creative
Attacking Chess from Down Under. At just $20 it
is great value.
In this well-researched book he has made a fine
selection of the best games Australia has to offer. He
acknowledges individuals whose enthusiasm contributed to
the completeness, accuracy and quality of this work:
GM Ian Rogers, IM David Smerdon, IM Guy West, IM Stephen
Solomon, IM Greg Hjorth and Alan Goldsmith.
It is good to see games involving Queenslanders
included: IM Alex Wohl, IM Stephen Solomon, IM David
Smerdon, John Harris, Max Leskiewicz, Chris Flynn
and FM Nik Stawski. WIM Alexandra Jule, Jonas Muller,
Mark Craven, the author himself and even the
Gardiner Chess Centre also get mentions.
Australian Junior Championships
Hobart 14-25 January 2010
Gardiner Chess Package
We are pleased to advise that we have put together a
package for the upcoming Australian Juniors. We are
arriving a couple of days early on 11 January so that we
can see some of the sights. It is great that for the
first time for many years Tasmania will be hosting this
key junior championship event. The organisers have done
well to get a good venue at the highly regarded Hutchins
School, and good accommodation at the University of
Tasmania.
We are lucky to have IM Peter Froehlich as our
coach for the event. Extra coach(es) will be added to
meet the demand. Our group aim to give kids a great
opportunity to perform at their very best at the event,
but at the same time provide entertainment and
activities to make the experience fun and feel like a
holiday as well. Parents are most welcome to join our
group, but for those who do not wish to, or cannot
travel, we provide proper supervision.
Our package is fully inclusive of: Air Fares,
Accommodation, All Meals, All Entry Fees, Insurance,
Entertainment and Activities, Supervision, Share of Cost
of Bus. Coaching is optional.
Details
here.
Queensland's Official Inter-Schools Teams
Chess Tournaments
All Regions
For a full calendar, and also to see the
results from Round 1 and those on-going from Round 2, visit 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:
- Primary Schools - 23 August
For School Teachers, Coaches
and Parents
Easy Daily Chess Exercises for your Students
Why not suggest to your children that they make a daily
visit to our webpage
www.gardinerchess.com to do the three puzzles, which
are updated daily (courtesy Shredder). They are composed
at three levels, and offer a variety of different
themes. There is even a hint button if the puzzle is
proving too hard. Whilst on the webpage, no doubt
students will get used to looking for their latest
rating, their results in the inter-schools competition,
upcoming events and heaps of other information which all
add to the chess culture.
RECENT
NEWS
Recent Results
For results of recent events, please go to
http://www.caq.org.au/htm/results.htm
These include the Queensland Open, Peninsula Open and
CAQ Teams (progress scores)
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.
Reports and Tournament Notices
Reports and tournament notices are most welcome for
inclusion in this bulletin. Please email
info@gardinerchess.com
JOBS
School Chess
Coaches Required
We particularly need a new chess coach in the North West
Suburbs region of Brisbane ie Everton Park, Mitchelton,
The Gap, Ashgrove 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.
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.
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Graeme and Wendy Gardiner
Gardiner Chess Centre
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