Gold Coast Tin Cup

13 and 14 February at the Gardiner Chess Centre

For players rated under 1750

For players rated under 1750...over $1400 in prizes.

ACF and QJ rated.

Enjoy our outdoor area which has been
further-developed over the Christmas break.

Cafe open all weekend. Quiet playing hall.


Full details here

recommences Monday 8th February
 after school at the Chess Centre

This is the ideal tournament for junior players who aspire to be champions. Minimum rating is QJ 800, or perhaps a little under.

Gold Coast Active Championship

28th March at the Chess Centre

Full details coming soon

Queensland Inter-Schools Competition

All Regions

See the Official Calendar here

Inter-Schools Information Page can be found here

2010 CAQ Teams Interclub Competition

• Round 1: Saturday, March 6 Gardiner Chess Centre 11 Hardys Road, Mudgeeraba

• Round 2: Sunday, March 14 Banyo Library 284 St Vincents Road, Banyo

• Round 3: Sunday, March 21 Queensland Contract Bridge Club 67 Ipswich Road, Woolloongabba

• Round 4: Sunday, March 28 Queensland Contract Bridge Club 67 Ipswich Road, Woolloongabba

• Round 5: Sunday, April 11 Banyo Library 284 St Vincents Road, Banyo

• Round 6 Saturday, April 24 TBA
  Division One will be FIDE rated.
  
  Full details here

Australian Grand Prix

2009 Results here

GM David Smerdon and IM Stephen Solomon came first and second in the 2009 Australian Grand Prix Open Section. Congratulations also to Leteisha Simmonds (3rd in the Women's section and also 3rd in the Girls' section), George Lester (2nd in the Under 2000 section), Gene Nakauchi (6th in the juniors) and Mike Duffin and Alex Stahnke (3rd and 4th in the Under 1600 section).

2010 Grand Prix details here

2010 AusJCL International Junior
& JETS Selection Applications

Weng Nian Siow, the AusJCL Selections Administrator for 2010, has supplied information here - Note that applications must be received in writing by 31 March 2010.

AusJCL Calendar (National as well as International)

Grand Master Ian Rogers has kindly
supplied a junior calendar of events here.

AusJCL will be running a main training camp for the JETS (proudly sponsored by Johns-Putra Ltd) in Sydney from 5th-10th July 2010. Further details of this and mini-camps here.

Australian Championships - Queenslanders

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.

Moulthun Ly also participated in the main event, scoring 5.5/11, and a performance of 2235.

Reigning champion, IM Stephen Solomon was unfortunately unable to successfully defend his Australian title, finishing on 6.5 in sixth place.

Apart from Alex Stahnke's great performance in the Major, other Queensland scores were David Castor 11th on 7.5, George Lester 35th on 6, Tony Weller 48th on 5.5, Hamish Selnes 49th on 5.5, David Lovejoy 52nd on 5.5, John Alkin 68th on 4.5, Leteisha Simmonds 74th on 4.5 and Mark Craven 75th on 4.5.

Mark Stokes dominated the Minor event, winning outright, scoring 9/11. Axel Stahnke came third on 8, Kenji Nakauchi 8th on 6.5, Garvin Gray 12th on 6.5 and Kees Huband-Lint 23rd on 5.5.

Full results here

Australian Juniors

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. Jonas Muller and Sam Grigg came 10th equal on 6.5, with Sebastian Jule 31st on 5. In the under 12s Martin Jack came third equal on 7.5, Harry Hughes 7th on 7, Callum Gray 8th equal on 6.5 and Matthew Pyper 14th on 6.

Queenslanders dominated the Open girls competition. Abbie Kanagarajah and Leteisha came first equal on 8/9, with Leteisha convincingly winning the play-off to become Australian Girls Champion. Well done Leteisha!

Gladstone's new chess club

It is good to hear that a new club has sprung up in Gladstone. I received this communication from Club President Keith Jenkins.

A general meeting was held last night and the following decisions were made:

The Chess Club is now the Gladstone Chess Mates Club. The club will incorporate adopting the "Model rules" of the Queensland Office of Fair Trading.

Cathy Farrelly is Treasurer, Brian Farber is Secretary and I'm President.

A nightly fee of $3 per adult, $2 per child and $5 per family will be introduced early in the new year.

Keith Jenkins kjenkins@nrggos.com.au

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 - all of which add to the chess culture.

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.
 

Keen on Chess?

Here are some sites to visit, where you will find a wealth of information:

• FIDE at www.fide.com 
  This is the official site of the World Chess Federation.

• Australian Chess Federation (ACF) www.auschess.org.au 
  The official site for Australian Chess.

• Oceania Chess www.auschess.org.au/oceania/index.htm 
  FIDE Oceania Zone President Gary Bekker's site.

• Chess Association of Queensland (CAQ) www.caq.org.au 
  Queensland's official site.

• The Week in Chess (TWIC) www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html  News about the latest top class tournaments worldwide.

• Chess Base www.chessbase.com World chess news.

• Chess Vibes http://www.chessvibes.com/ World chess news. Along with Chess Base, this is perhaps the most interesting site around in the serious chess world.

• Chessdom http://www.chessdom.com/ Current chess happenings around the world.

• Chess.com http://www.chess.com/ Very popular site!

• Let's Play Chess www.letsplaychess.com is a friendly online chess club where you can play chess with players from all over the World.

• Internet Chess Club (ICC) www.chessclub.com this is the number one site for serious players to play online.

• Free Internet Chess Server (FICS) www.freechess.org
  another very good free chess playing server.

• Chess Chat Bulletin Board http://chesschat.org/ Unofficial Australian bulletin board
  
  ..and of course to keep up to date with 'things chess' go to www.gardinerchess.com 

Chess Blogs

Two good Australian blog sites are:

• The Closet Grandmaster http://closetgrandmaster.blogspot.com/

• Chess Express http://chessexpress.blogspot.com/

• There are many overseas sites, which include (for example) the informational one by Susan Polgar http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/ 

Want to Find a Chess Club?

• Go to the CAQ site here http://www.caq.org.au/htm/clubs.htm

• Or to the Gardiner Chess Website -  http://www.gardinerchess.com/links.htm#Clubs

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, call us for our 'specials for schools' - for example we have unbeatable prices for chess sets (tournament, terrace and giant sets)

Gardiner Chess 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.

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.
 

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