If you would like to contact the Australian Chess Federation (ACF) or any other State Chess Association then
you can get a list of contact details here.
What's Coming Up!
1999 Australian Women's Championship and FIDE rated tournament.
The biannual Australian Women's Chess Championships will be held in
Sydney, between the 10th and 18th of July, in the ballroom of the Queen
Victoria Building. This event is sponsored by Ipoh Limited and is expected
to be one of the strongest tournaments in the history of Australian women's
chess. Reigning champion WFM Ngan Koshnitsky will defend her title against
leading players from NSW, Victoria and the ACT.
The tournament will be played over nine days, with one round per
day. Rounds will commence each day at 1.00pm and will be finished by
8.00pm. Spectators are welcome.
Inquiries should be directed to Georgina Tarrant on (02) 9552 6225.
A supporting internationally rated tournament will be played
alongside the Australian Women's. It will be attended by two of Australia's
top players, International Masters Stephen Solomon of Queensland and
John-Paul Wallace of NSW. Inquiries should be directed to Manuel Weeks on
(02) 9547 1776, or 0411 161 747.
July 17-25
Anu Chess Festival
17-18th National Computer Chess Championship
21st Anu Primary Schools Championships
22nd July Act High School Championship
23rd July University House Co-Op Bookshop Simul
24-25 ACT Go Championship
24th-25th July
Anu Open
The Anu Open is always a strong event . The first prize of $1000
attracts a fair amount of participants as well as a number of
inter state players .
If you are interested in any of these events please contact:
Andrew Greenwood
ANU Chess Festival Organiser
02 6291 0335
Andrew.A.Greenwood@student.anu.edu.au
or check out the Website at: http://cs.anu.edu.au/~Shaun.Press/festival99.html
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What's been!
The Doeberl Cup
The Doeberl Cup has now been completed. Please click here for final results and standings of the
Open,
Major and
Minor
sections. These results are housed at the ACF website.
The 1999 Mens and Womens Oceania Sub-Zone 3.2b Zonal Chess Tournament
The 1999 Oceanic Zonal has just been completed. Vladimir Feldman defeated IM
Alex Wohl in the last round to win the tournament by a full point from IM Russell
Dive, David Smerdon and Irina Feldman. Sensationally GM Darryl Johansen let
Dive have a gift checkmate in one. Final standings will be posted as soon as I have
them. Players to gain the IM title from this tournament were Vladimir & Irina
Feldman and David Smerdon (14 years old!) A host of players collected the FM title
as well.
The 1999 National Junior Open, 7th - 9th April
This is the first year the National Junior Open has been run . It is being run by ACTs top Chess Coach Geoff Butler .
This tournament is a great idea . It gives Juniors a chance to test their skills against the best in the Country . The top
juniors dont get to play each other often as Australias population is scattered and it makes travelling to tournaments
expensive.
It also gives the juniors a good opporuntiy to play in both the Doeberl Cup and then the National Open.
The National Junior Open is also a warm up for the Australian Junior.
What a great idea Geoff ! Keep up the hard work.
If you are interested in playing in the National Junior Open please contact Geoff Butler on
0262587383 or via email on actjc@interact.net.au .
June 12-14, Queens Birthday Weekender, Sydney NSW
The event was eventually won jointly with 6 out of 7 by 2 visitors: Victorian Ernesto Puzon, and Victor Berezin.
Their individual game ended in a hard fought draw, while Berezin defeated Bolens
in a nice game in the crucial final round. Puzon played an incredibly fast and decisive last round game
to defeat Reitmans and claim joint first prize with Berezin.
Third prize was taken out by defending champion Gareth Charles on 5½, after Gareth did not lose a game but drew too
many (including a Round 5 draw with Bolens). The Under 1600 prize was shared by Cary Cowling, Shaun Davies and
Tomek Rej on 4½, the latter two also pooling the prize for top junior. Another junior, Arthur Huynh, performed well above
his rating to get second in the Under 1450 with 3½, a section won outright by Mariusz Jarek on 4.
