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12-04-2009, 03:15 PM
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Hamilton Chess, NZ
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Ranges Rookies Shield 2010 (1 blitz, 4 rapid)
COME ONE, COME ALL - Adults and Kids welcome! KIDS beat your DAD or MUM! RANGES CHESS CLUB AND CHESSPLANET PROUDLY PRESENT THE
2010 ROOKIES SHIELD CHESS COMPETITION The Rookies Shield is a series of five Sunday afternoon competitions held in Ferntree Gully Library, 1010 Burwood Hwy (opposite Aldi shopping centre) on the following dates: 28th Feb (Knox Festival) 1 to 4.30pm (9 rounds - 5 min per player) 2nd May 11am to 4.30pm (7 rounds - 15 min) 20th June 11am to 4.30pm (7 rounds - 15 min). This Rookies Comp is also the King and Queen of the Mountain Tournament. 15th August 11am to 4.30pm (7 rounds - 15 min) 14th November 11am to 4.30pm (7 rounds - 15 min). Over-all Shield Winner and Runner-up prize awarded. TROPHIES for the rapid events, and MEDALS for the blitz awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd in Open, Adult, U16, U14, U12, U10, and U8 age groups, and for Top Girl Scorer. PRIZE MONEY is also awarded to Open 1st, 2nd and 3rd; and to 1st in each age division and to Top Girl Scorers. IN NOVEMBER the Overall Winner out of the total of five Rookies competitions held this year will receive a personal trophy plus $100 and be presented with the 2010 Rookies Shield to hold for one year. Runner-Up, Highest Adult Scorer and Highest Girl Scorer will receive a personal trophy plus prizemoney. Those who have entered at least four of the five Rookies Competitions have a chance to win the lucky draw hamper prize! Please note: Each competitor is eligible to win only one prize. Where there are tied scores, places are decided on computer program countback. Also, to encourage the 'rookies', each competitor must have an ACF classic rating under 1700 to enter - adults are especially welcome - and their number keeps growing!. PLEASE enter on-line prior to the day so we have an idea of numbers!! To Pre-Register online visit Ranges Chess Club FIRST ROUND: SUNDAY AFTERNOON 28th Feb from 1 to 4.30pm FERNTREE GULLY LIBRARY 1010 Burwood Hwy (opposite Aldi shopping centre) Entry fee $15 adults, $10 juniors PLAYING SCHEDULE FOR 28/02/2009 12.45 – 1.15 Register (with entry fee) 1.15 – 1.25 Welcome and rules explained 1.25 – 4.20 Rounds 1 to 9, with two short breaks 4.30 Awarding of prizes Have fun and improve your chess, and earn or improve your ACF rapid rating! For further inquiries: Phone Paul on 0417 319 355
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02-23-2010, 02:48 PM
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Hamilton Chess, NZ
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Reminder for this weekend of fun!
Just to remind one and all that the first round is on this Sunday:
28th Feb (Knox Festival) 1 to 4.30pm (9 rounds - 5 min per player) PLAYING SCHEDULE FOR 28/02/2009 12.45 – 1.15 Register (with entry fee) 1.15 – 1.25 Welcome and rules explained 1.25 – 4.20 Rounds 1 to 9, with two short breaks 4.30 Awarding of prizes Have fun and improve your chess, and earn or improve your ACF rapid rating! For further inquiries: Phone Paul on 0417 319 355 PLEASE enter on-line prior to the day so we have an idea of numbers!! To Pre-Register online visit Ranges Chess Club Note that these events are limited to players under 1700 ACF rating. The Knox Festival is a blast! Lots of fun and entertainment - not counting the chess of course! ALSO, for this Saturday 27th Feb, from 10am at the same venue, there will be free basic chess coaching, chess DVDs playing and a mid-size giant (?) chess set for anyone to use (you do not need to be a mid-size giant).
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02-24-2010, 08:45 AM
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where is the venue
Where is the venue?
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02-24-2010, 09:45 AM
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Originally Posted by flavid dude
Dave, FERNTREE GULLY LIBRARY 1010 Burwood Hwy (opposite Aldi shopping centre) MELWAY REFERENCE : 65 A4 Your presence would add strength to the blitz, so most welcome.
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02-24-2010, 10:36 AM
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Thank you very much
Originally Posted by Lakshman
Blitz is too fast for me, but I gather that adults can play.
I hope that it is a great tournament.
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03-01-2010, 10:02 AM
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Hamilton Chess, NZ
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Knox Rookies Shield a great success!!
A record 61 entries were received for the Ranges Rookies Shield Lightning Chess Tournament held on Sunday 28th Feb as part of the Knox Festival. Sadly, because of space limitations, we had no room for seven other last minute entries. Our sincere apologies to those who missed out competing in this competition - we do hope you will come back for the next Rookies Shield on May 2nd when there will be room for everyone. (At next year's Knox Festival the Council organisers have indicated that they will cater for us with more space AND look at sponsoring a Knox Festival Cup with additional prize-money!). But this also shows the benefit to one and all if you please register online before the day!
Despite the cramped conditions everyone joined in the competition with good spirit. Some upsets happened when players overlooked a check, made an illegal move, pressed their clock and so allowed their opponent to claim a win. All part of the fun of Lightning (5 minute) chess. But after the 9 rounds had been completed it was 'the usual suspects' who took top honours: 12 year-old Joseph Wong beat adults and juniors alike to take out 1st in the Open Section on a score of 8, Greg Albarracin was 2nd on 7.5, and Bruce Simpson came 3rd on 7. Ruihong Lu, also on 7 earned 1st in the U14 and Top Girl honours. Three players scored 6.5: Karl Zelesco showed his talent by coming 1st in U12, Serif Tuglaci was 1st in the Adults section, and once again Ethan Lim was among the leaders and won the U8. Vinay Lakshman won the U16 section with 6 points and newcomer Carl Dingfelder won the Under 10s with a score of 4.5. The cinema tickets prizes went to Joshua Devarajh who was the Lucky Entrant prizewinner and to Rose Kelly and Angus McConnell who earned the Encouragement Awards. Many of our Ranges club members gave their time to help throughout the competition, and on the Saturday, for which I am very grateful. It was a real team effort. Thanks, guys! Paul Bearup, Director of Play Results: Code:
Place Name AWARD Age Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 Wong, Joseph 1st OPEN U12 8 37.5 49.0 39.0
2 Albarracin, Greg 2nd OPEN OPEN 7.5 40.5 53.0 40.0
3-4 Simpson, Bruce 3rd OPEN OPEN 7 35.5 45.0 30.0
Lu, Ruihong 1st U14 U14 7 35.0 45.0 31.0
5-7 Zelesco, Karl 1st U12 U12 6.5 44.0 52.5 39.5
Tuglaci, Serif 1st ADULT OPEN 6.5 42.0 54.0 33.0
Lim, Ethan 1st U8 U8 6.5 38.5 49.0 34.0
8-15 Prathiraja, Omesh 2nd U14 U14 6 41.0 53.5 32.0
Humphreys, Scott 2nd ADULT OPEN 6 41.0 52.0 33.0
Chua, Manny 3rd ADULT OPEN 6 38.5 49.5 33.5
Lakshman, Vinay 1st U16 U16 6 37.5 49.0 35.5
Yiu, Trevor 3rd U14 U14 6 37.5 47.5 32.0
Hilbig, Josiah 2nd U16 U16 6 37.0 47.5 34.0
Foo, Cameron U14 6 36.5 47.5 27.0
Cheah, Matthew 2nd U12 U12 6 33.5 43.5 28.0
16-17 Bull-Quijano, Damar U14 5.5 35.5 45.0 28.5
Lim, Denise 3rd U12 U12 5.5 34.0 43.0 30.0
18-29 Williams, Luke U14 5 41.0 51.5 33.0
Devarajh, Joshua U12 5 37.0 48.5 29.0
Chen, Steven U12 5 35.5 46.0 27.0
Hunter, Daniel U14 5 35.0 44.0 23.0
Whitehead, Simon OPEN 5 33.5 44.0 26.0
Moad, David U12 5 33.5 43.0 29.0
Burnicle, Shaun U14 5 32.5 41.5 25.0
Penman, Aidan U14 5 31.5 40.5 22.0
van Scheepen, Frits OPEN 5 30.0 40.5 26.0
Cook, Jamie 3rd U16 U16 5 29.0 36.5 19.0
Penman, Nadia U12 5 28.0 38.0 23.0
Williams, Jay U12 5 27.5 36.0 22.0
30-33 Tissainayagam, Jonathan U12 4.5 33.0 42.5 25.0
Hinh, Patrick U12 4.5 32.5 41.5 24.0
Dingfelder, Carl 1st U10 U10 4.5 28.5 36.0 18.0
Smith, Belinda OPEN 4.5 28.0 35.5 19.0
34-46 Foo, Colin U12 4 39.0 48.0 22.0
Fox, Michael U12 4 35.0 45.0 24.0
Robinson, Lauren U12 4 34.0 44.0 24.0
Brennfleck, Jarod U12 4 33.5 42.5 19.0
Ang, Nathan U12 4 32.0 39.5 24.0
Bock, Magnus 2nd U10 U10 4 30.5 37.5 19.0
Hinh, Raymond 3rd U10 U10 4 29.5 40.5 19.0
Wendleman, Ryan U10 4 28.0 35.5 19.0
Jahn, Brendan 2nd U8 U8 4 27.5 34.5 17.0
Cameron, Damon U10 4 27.0 34.5 19.0
Hunter, Lachlan U12 4 26.5 33.0 14.0
Williams-Skouras, James U10 4 25.0 33.0 15.0
Kelly, Jasmine U10 4 23.5 29.5 14.0
47-57 Ang, Natalie U10 3 31.5 40.5 18.0
Bruce-Tennant, Benjamin U14 3 29.5 37.5 18.0
Foo, Calvin 3rd U8 U8 3 29.0 36.5 17.0
Davis, Brandon U14 3 27.5 35.0 17.0
Shah, Naman U10 3 27.5 34.0 17.0
McAuley-Hines, Quinn U12 3 26.0 33.5 10.0
Chelliah, Anishtha U10 3 25.5 31.0 11.0
Grant-Roy, Christopher U10 3 24.0 32.5 14.0
Bennett, Alex U10 3 22.5 30.0 12.0
Kapadia, Suren U8 3 21.5 28.5 11.0
Bruce-Tennant, Jackson U10 3 21.5 28.0 15.0
58-60 Ball, Nathan U10 2 27.0 35.0 12.0
van Huizen, Rori U8 2 23.5 30.5 11.0
McConnell, Angus U8 2 23.5 29.0 8.0
61 Kelly, Rose U8 1 26.0 34.0 4.0
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04-23-2010, 01:08 PM
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Hamilton Chess, NZ
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Only 8 more sleeps to a weekend of chess!
Just to remind all (in Melb) that the next (Round 2) Ranges Rookies Shield is on Sunday week 2nd May at the excellent venue again of the Ferntree Gully Library, from 11am to 4.30pm.
We will have the library to ourselves this time, so there should be no overcrowding and everyone will get a game! This round and all subsequent rounds will be a seven round swiss system event, 15 minutes on your clock. Entry fee is $10 for juniors, $15 for adults. All players to be under 1700 ACF rating. PLEASE enter on-line prior to the day so we have an idea of numbers!! To Pre-Register online visit Ranges Chess Club Have fun and improve your chess, and earn or improve your ACF rapid rating! For further inquiries: Phone Paul on 0417 319 355 [The Billanook College Chess Championship Cup is on the 1st May from 9.30am]
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05-04-2010, 09:12 AM
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Ranges Rookies - 2nd May'2010
JUNIORS RULE IN BIGGEST ROOKIES SHIELD EVER
Out of the sixty-three eager starters for the Ranges Rookies Shield held at Ferntree Gully Library last Sunday (2nd May) the top places went to ten-year-old, Karl Zelesco and eleven-year-old Joshua Devarajh. The third placing was won by an adult, Bruce Simpson, in his best Rookies performance yet.. WINNERS in 1st, 2nd and 3rd placings: OPEN: Karl Zelesco, Joshua Devarajh, Bruce Simpson; ADULT: Frits van Scheepen, Stephen Davies, Elvis Espejo; UNDER 16: Jamie Cook; UNDER 14: Damar Bull-Quijano, Cameron Foo, Omesh Prathiraja; UNDER 12: Denise Lim, Jonathan Tissainayagam, Jospeh Wong; UNDER 10: Magnus Boch, Raymond Hinh, Jacob Shaw; UNDER 8: Ethan Lim, Calvin Foo, Suren Kapadia; GIRL HIGH ACHIEVEMENT: Ruihong Lu; ENCOURAGEMENT AWARDS: (boy) Matthew Ross, (girl) Tahlia Lacy; LUCKY ENTRANT PRIZE: Jonathan Ho. Congratulations to all the winners  Source: Ranges Chess Club Inc & SHump
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06-18-2010, 11:50 AM
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Hamilton Chess, NZ
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Only 1 more sleep to a weekend of rapid chess!
Just to remind all (in Melb) that the next (Round 3) Ranges Rookies Shield is on this Sunday 20th June at the excellent venue again of the Ferntree Gully Library, from 11am to 4.30pm.
Note that this round is for the title of King and Queen of the Mountain! This round and all subsequent rounds will be a seven round swiss system event, 15 minutes on your clock. Entry fee is $10 for juniors, $15 for adults. All players to be under 1700 ACF rating as at the start of the year. PLEASE enter on-line prior to the day so we have an idea of numbers!! To Pre-Register online visit Ranges Chess Club Have fun and improve your chess, and earn or improve your ACF rapid rating! For further inquiries: Phone Paul on 0417 319 355 [The Billanook College Chess Championship Cup round 3 is on this Sat 19th June from 9.30am]
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06-21-2010, 09:19 AM
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Originally Posted by SHump
Excellent effort by Damar Bull-Quijano to win the King of the Mountain trophy yesterday and Denise Lim as the Queen of the Mountain trophy. Incidently, Damar won the lucky entrant prize as well. Another Junior who did extremely well was Pecori, Rafael  Other winners in various divisions include Joshua Devarjh,Karl Zelesco,Vinay,Ethan Lim,Joseph Wong,Kyle Gibson...... We missed you yesterday Scott Humphreys 
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Hamilton Chess, NZ
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A tough field for the King and Queen!
There was very little separating the top contenders in all the age divisions of this hard fought tournament. Forty-three players braved the cold rainy weather and the close results and number of draws reflected the high standard of play.
14 year-old Damar Bull-Quijano won his final round game against the new adult contender, Claude Romete, to finish outright leader on 6 out of 7 (five wins, two draws) and was crowned 'King of the Mountain' for 2010. 12 year-old Denise Lim retained her 'Queen of the Mountain' title with 4.5 out of 7, placing her just ahead of Ruihong Lu on countback. Here is the complete final standings: Code:
Ranges Rookies Shield K & Q of Mountain 2010Final Standings:
Place Name Club Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 Bull-Quijano, Damar U14 6 24.5 33.0 25.0
2-5 Chua, Manny Adult 5.5 25.0 34.0 24.0
Devarajh, Joshua U12 5.5 22.0 31.0 22.0
Lim, Ethan U8 5.5 21.0 30.0 22.0
Gibson, Kyle U14 5.5 20.0 28.0 24.0
6-8 Romete, Claude Adult 5 22.5 32.0 24.5
Lim, Denise U12 5 18.0 24.0 19.5
Lu, Ruihong U14 5 18.0 24.0 19.0
9-12 Davies, Stephen P Adult 4.5 22.5 31.0 20.0
Wong, Joseph U12 4.5 22.5 30.5 20.5
Zelesco, Karl U12 4.5 19.5 26.5 16.0
Van Scheepen, Frits Adult 4.5 19.0 26.5 19.5
13-20 Espejo, Elvis Adult 4 21.0 29.5 18.0
Simpson, Bruce Adult 4 21.0 28.5 19.5
Hilbig, Josiah U16 4 20.0 27.0 16.0
Williams, Luke U14 4 18.0 25.5 15.0
Foo, Colin U12 4 18.0 25.0 15.0
Cook, Jamie U16 4 17.0 24.0 16.0
Fink, Egon Adult 4 14.5 21.0 13.0
Moad, David U12 4 14.5 18.5 12.0
21-24 Lakshman, Vinay U16 3.5 22.5 30.5 17.5
Foo, Cameron U14 3.5 19.0 26.5 17.5
Pecori, Rafael U10 3.5 17.5 24.5 13.0
Gu Yang, Mingus U10 3.5 15.5 22.0 12.0
25-34 Tissainayagam, Jonathan U12 3 20.0 26.5 15.0
Bock, Magnus U10 3 18.0 25.0 13.0
Punithan, Heman U10 3 18.0 25.0 13.0
Taylor, Will U10 3 17.5 24.5 12.0
Gu Yang, Bonita U12 3 16.0 22.0 10.0
Dingfelder, Carl U10 3 15.5 22.5 11.0
Foo, Calvin U8 3 15.0 19.5 11.0
Hinh, Raymond U10 3 13.5 19.5 9.0
Kapadia, Suren U8 3 13.5 19.5 9.0
Brennfleck, Jarod U12 3 12.5 18.5 9.0
35-36 Burnicle, Shaun U14 2.5 17.5 23.0 12.5
Chen, Steven U12 2.5 16.0 22.5 10.0
37-41 Hinh, Patrick U12 2 17.5 24.5 9.0
Wong, Althea U8 2 17.5 22.5 9.0
Kelly, Jasmine U10 2 14.5 20.0 4.0
Hyde, Benjamin U12 2 14.0 19.0 3.0
Keyhoe, Thomas U10 2 14.0 18.0 7.0
42-43 Kelly, Rose U8 1 16.0 22.5 4.0
Leach, Dougal U10 1 14.0 19.0 5.0
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06-21-2010, 11:31 AM
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Hamilton Chess, NZ
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Originally Posted by Lakshman
Thank you Lakshman - but with my move across the ditch coming up in the next 6 weeks or sooner, you will have to miss a lot more of me in future. Which I am sad about, but am looking forward to revitalising the Hamilton Chess scene, with monthly chess in the Hamilton Gardens planned ;-)
At least on here and elsewhere I can still keep in touch!
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06-21-2010, 07:52 PM
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Originally Posted by SHump
Across the ditch? Are you really moving?
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06-22-2010, 02:53 PM
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Hamilton Chess, NZ
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Yes, I am relocating for work to NZ. So there is a bit of melancoly involved - sad to be leaving my chess friends in Melbourne but also excited about the move and new life style. Though, I am leaving the Victorian chess events that I have started to organise in capable hands!
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06-22-2010, 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by SHump
I'm disappointed to hear about this. You're a top guy SHump, hope you'll still be able to pop around here even though you'll be living in Kiwi-land. If not, we'll certainly miss you.
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