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Does your Club issue newsletters using e-mail facilities.

Box Hill Chess Club has built up a distribution list of 400+ addresses in the past two years.
The weekly newsletter usually runs to 1-page.
But the end-of-year final report is longer; pasted in below.
No charge. And you can arrange to receive from our web-site
http://www.boxhillchess.org.au/lists.htm

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Issue 2007.45 - December 19



December 9 Rookies and Queens cup Cup winners for 2007:
Month Rookies Cup Queens Cup Adults
February Cedric Antolis Sarah Anton Leon Kempen
March Nicholas Liu Nathalie Rosales-Cheng David Flude
April Cedric Antolis Adeline Antolis Leon Kempen
May Nicholas Liu Simran Bhanot Dirk Vielseaker
June John P Wong Sarah Anton Leon Kempen
July John P Wong Elena Galiabovich Jesse Sales
August A Buda, J Wong Sarah Anton Leon Kempen
R Hopkins
September Cedric Antolis Sarah Anton Geo. Zaprutsky
October Cedric Antolis Sarah Anton Sam Chow
November John P Wong Savithri and Janaki Leon Kempen
Narenthran
December Rukm Vijayakumar. Sarah Anton Jesse Sales

As anticipated Cedric Antolis won the Rookies for the year and Sarah Anton won the Queens Cup
Strong senior players entered thus ensuring even our best juniors got stretched. We saw entries from Sam Chow, Jesse Sales, Leon Kempen and on the final day Rukman Vijaya Kumar This was the best year yet for the monthly Rookies and Queens Cup event.
The highlights were
* All-time record entries in both September and December.
* Canteen sales were double anything experienced before.
* Leon Kempen, Denis Bourmistrov, Jesse Sales and many other high-rated adults.
* Trophies for all grades of the Rookies event sponsored by George Zaprudsky’s coaching services, ZedChess.
* Schools coach Toni Ziffer brought many new juniors to the Rookies event to give novices their first taste of a chess tournament. Toni was also successful in encouraging parents to attend and get involved, making each event a lovely social occasion.

MORE follows

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Issue 2007.45 - December 19


Tuesday summer swiss
Well the Tuesday Summer swiss did come to the promised to exiting finish. David and Shane locked together on 5 with Luke only half a point behind and this is how it finished. Aquick win for David on board one and one of the longest games ever witnessed between Luke and Shane, where Shane went from a win to a draw to a loss on time. Actually the most fascinating game was on board 3 between Laurie Dalton and Anurag Sannidhanam The pair had met the week before in the Friday Xmas swiss with a win to Anurag This time Laurie managed to reverse the result. I think laurie had an edge throughout the game but Anurag ever recourceful kept finding good moves almost until the end. Here is the final cross table
Prize winners: 1st David Flude $40 2nd Luke Higham $20
Under 1000 1st Daniel Yuan $40 2nd Micah Dalton $20

Christmas Swiss
After the final round the leader in each division did not change
In A group it is Leon Kempen, in B group it is Laurence Matheson and in C group it is newcomer Anurag Sanndihanam

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Issue 2007.45 - December 19


2008 CANTERBURY SUMMER SWISS
From January 5 to January 8 The second year of this Victorian event.
Now with the participation of International master and chess teacher Leonid Sandler.
You may remember Leonid featured in the famous 6 way tie in the Box Hill Open.
Just a little reminder the extra $10 discount is for those who have paid their 2008 membership. Start entering now with the attractive early bird discount entry fees: Early bird entry fee $45 Pay by January first
Or after that date Full entry fee $60
There is a special discount of $10 for Box Hill, Canterbury Junior and Darkhorse members Entries close at 13.00 Saturday January 5
Free entry for Grand Masters and International Masters.
Web entries are now open an available on the Box Hill Web site.
There are already many top and up and coming Victorian Juniors who have entered: Cedric Antolis, Bobby Cheng, Chris Wallis, Joshua, Sam, and Micah Dalton, Justin Tan, and Anurag Sannidhanam www.boxhillchess.org.au

2008 Canterbury Junior memberships
Memberships for Canterbury Junior Chess are now open for 2008. If you join now you can pick-up the extra discount for the Canterbury Summer swiss Membership fees remains at $50 / family

Losing points lightning
This Friday the final tournament for the year You are allocted x number of points in accordance with your rating. You keep on playting until you have used up your points Here is your points allocation
LOSING POINTS LIGHTNING TOURNEY HANDICAPS
If you are rated
2000+ and you lose 1.5 points you are out
1850-2000 and you lose 2 points you are out
1700-1849 and you lose 2.5 points you are out
1550-1699 and you lose 3 points you are out
1400-1549 and you lose 3.5 points you are out
1250-1399 and you lose 4 points you are out
1100-1249 and you lose 4.5 points you are out
950-1099 and you lose 5 points you are out
800-949 and you lose 5.5 points you are out
Below 800 and you lose 6 points you are out

BOX HILL CHESS CLUB 55th Birthday Celebration

When the Committee first considered holding a celebration to mark our 55th anniversary of formation the key question was, “Will anyone come to a Chess Club Birthday Celebration?”
Leading up to the day of the celebration, Sunday the 16th of December 2007, there was some nervous organisers as interest was not apparently overwhelming.
However, the enthusiasm of our energetic President, Gladys Liu, is contagious and a good crowd arrived at 5pm to be greeted by fresh seafood salads, hot pizzas, and drinks. Quickly the many juniors settled into playing the social TRANSFER and BLITZ, while seniors such as Scott Sharman, David Flude, Roger Croft, Elliott Renzies, Marcus Raine, Trevor Stanning, and Laurie Dalton played more sedate styles of chess and debated the merits of chess variants.
A definite attraction was a couple of GO players who challenged Derek Yu and Chris Wallis in this Asian board-game, and showed that there is a lot to be learned in the deceptively simple game.
6pm came and it was time for speeches. (And in the background, time for Rachel Siah to order another delivery of pizzas as the good turnout had made short work of the first order).
Gladys highlighted the success of Box Hill CC in the chess community and the blossoming of the Canterbury Juniors Chess Club, which was supported in its formative years by Box Hill.
Gerrit Hartland gave a full history of significant occasions for the Box Hill club.
Gary Wastell, President of the Australian Chess Federation, spoke in appreciation of the teamwork by the Box Hill Committee over many years.
Robert Clark, local State Parliamentary member, said he appreciated how significant it was for a voluntary organisation, such as a chess club, to still be going strong after 55 years.
Then it was time for Gladys to introduce the piece de resistance’, a special cake with the decorations having a chess-board theme, topped by fruit pieces dripped in chocolate and carved as chess pieces. Of course we sang the happy birthday song.
My favourite part of the day was the unveiling of a brand-new honour-board to record Box Hill Chess Club champions and presidents. It is a mighty sight and our thanks to the donors who supported the fund-raising earlier in the year.
I spoke with Elliott Renzies after the ceremonies and he said he had a tear in his eye during the speeches.
A tear of joy at being part of a lovely social occasion.
It was time for farewells and best wishes at 8.30pm.
Well-done Gladys and Rachel and their helpers.

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Club President’s message – Gladys Liu

2007 has been a fruitful year for the Box Hill Chess Club.

Core events and Open Day
We have successfully fulfilled our regular commitments set for the year which include our well received tournaments on the Tuesday, Friday and Weekend Calendars. The first ever Chess Open Day hosted by the Club in March attracted more than 150 guests and good media coverage. The Open Day also boosted the number of interested juniors in our coaching sessions and new classes had to be created on Sunday to cater for the increased demand.

Vic Open, Vic Junior and Our Elite Juniors
In June and July, Box Hill Chess Club had the honor to host the Victorian Chess Open and the Victorian Junior Chess Championships. Both events had recorded a significant attendance of strong players and an exhibition of exciting games. A number of our elite juniors including Chris Wallis, Zhigen Lin, Eugene Schon, Lawrence Matheson, Sally Yu and Derek Yu had represented Australia in a number of international competitions this year.

Reaching Out
During the year, the committee of the Box Hill Chess Club has endeavored to extend our service to people with disability, senior citizens and causal chess players. Posters were displayed in local shopping strips and invitations were sent to local Rotaries and Lions to encourage people join our social chess sessions on Friday nights and Sunday afternoons.

55th Anniversary Celebration
Two weeks ago, we celebrated our 55th Anniversary in style. A Birthday party was held at our club venue with special guests Robert Clark MP (Member for Box Hill), Gary Wastell (President of Australian Chess Federation), Neil and Mary Affect (from our landlord Canterbury Masons), sponsors, coaches, media, members and their family and friends.

Committee
I would like to thank the hard working committee, Rolf Exner, Howard Liston, Kerry Lyall, Laurie Dalton, David Schneider for their support. A special thank you to our Club Captain Gerry Hartland for keeping the Club in good shape, our Treasurer Trevor Stanning for ensuring a healthy balance, our very capable Secretary Rachel Siah and a person I can call on anytime David Flude.

The Year Ahead
In order to take the Club to a new height, great talents, new bloods and more hands are needed. I am extremely grateful that George Zaprodsky and Greg Matheson have joined the committee of the Canterbury Junior Chess Club.
Box Hill Chess Club’s AGM will be conducted in the early part of 2008. I invite you to consider joining the committee and to work together in bringing greater results to our Club and those who love chess.

Have a lovely Christmas and a successful and prosperous New Year.


Gladys Liu
President – Box Hill Chess Club
24/12/07

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Issue 2008.01 – January 2
Happy New Year
A happy New Year to all those who support, or take an interest in the Box Hill Chess Club, and Canterbury Junior Chess.
Well to everyone else as well of course in the hope that they will become supporters during 2008

Canterbury Summer Swiss
Following the great success of last year’s Canterbury Summer open weekender the Box Hill chess Club present this year an extended 4 day version of the same tournament and we hope with some small improvements

$1500 prize fund with 6 ratings prizes
7 rounds with time controls of 75minutes per player per game plus 30
sec. per move from move one
A special $10 entry fee discount for Box Hill, Canterbury Junior, and Darkhorse members.

Although the early bird discounts have finished the members discounts remain and entries will be taken right up to the close at 1.00 on Saturday at the venue at 3 Rochester Road Canterbury
Entries can also be submitted via the Box Hill website www.boxhillchess.org.au"
with payments in the mail or on Saturday at the venue.

2008 Calendar
The calendar and tournament information on the web site is still under construction but hard copies of our complete 2008 calendar will be available at the club during the Canterbury Summer Swiss

Victorian Blitz Championship
There will be a Blitz Championship on January 9 at the venue
5 minutes per player per game
11rounds on the day
Entry fees $15
Start time 1 PM
$10 from each entry to go to the prize fund for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd [shared for equal finishers]
There will also be a modest trophy for the winner on count back if necessary

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Canterbury Summer Swiss
Full details of this tournament are now available on the club’s web site www.boxhillchess.org.au Smiling photos of the prize winners [Well most of them] are available on the arbiter’s web site http://gerryhartland.netfirms.com Modesty compelled me to omit the prize giver from the photos. You may see an occasional handshake but no secret ones.
Here are the standings with the prizewinners
1 Wallis, Christopher A 2172 Eq.1st. $375 6
2 Dalton, Samuel B 1747 Eq. 1st. $375 6
3 Yu, Derek B 1854 3 rd $150 5.5
4 Sandler, Leonid A 2312 5
5 Lindberg, Douglas A 1942 5
6 Szuveges, Narelle S B 1710 1st rat. gr.B $100 5
7 Matheson, Laurence D 1547 1st rat.gr. D $100 5
8 Sharman, Scot A C 1682 Eq.1st. rat. gr.C $50 5
9 Lawson, Shane C 1691 Eq.1st. rat. gr.C $50 5
10 Davis, Tony J B 1858 4.5
11 Cheng, Bobby A 1905 4.5
12 Frost, Peter B 1702 4.5
13 Flude, David A C 1660 4.5
14 Chmiel, Rad B 1713 4.5
15 Schön, Eugene A 1912 4
16 Tang, Jason C 1627 4
17 Tan, Justin D 1521 4
18 Podvorac, Zeljko C 1657 4
19 Hopkins, Rhys D 1575 4
20 Vijayakumar, Rengan B 1719 4
21 Yu, Sally D 1573 4
22 Potter, Christopher D 1511 4
23 Croft, Roger C 1652 4
24 Antolis, Cedric B 1810 4
25 Sannidhanam, Anurag C 1687 4


2008 Canterbury Summer SWISS. Bulletin by Trevor Stanning
This was the second year for this new event for Victoria, catering for chess-players at a bit of a loose end in the first week of January.
In its first year, January 2007, the tournament promoter was Geoff Saw from the Dark Horse Chess Club. For 2008, Geoff passed on the opportunity to run the event and instead the Canterbury Junior Chess Club responded to many requests to run an event that prepared juniors for the forthcoming 2008 Australian Juniors in Sydney. Sponsorship money was also available to attract some strong seniors to enter the event, and the opportunity to play against Leonid Sandler proved to be very attractive to seniors who were on holidays over the period.
More than 50 players took advantage of the substantial (25% off) early-bird discount
Many senior players commented on the pleasantness of the 2-round/day schedule, which gave them the opportunity to wander around Canterbury’s tree-lined streets and gardens between rounds. On the other hand this is a bit of a downer for juniors who finish their games earlier and require some supervision by parents between the morning round and the afternoon round. The enjoyment of all seemed apparent over the four days.

A new feature on board 1 was an electronic-sensing-chess-board, called a DGT board, which automatically tracked moves and fed the signal from the board to computers in a viewing area and outwards to the Internet web site for the Club. This feature proved to be good publicity as I was advised by players from other Clubs that they followed (remote from the playing Hall) the progress of board 1 games throughout our tournament.
My many thanks go to Shaun Fielder for extensive work he carried out to set-up the computer facilities. I believe we can quickly activate this facility for all future major events at the Club.

And so to the games, in round 1 the major surprise result was Laurence Matheson’s win over Cedric Antolis. In round 2 Peter Frost ceded 610 rating points to the top seed, but achieved a draw; this may be Peter’s finest result. As it was a board 1 game the moves were displayed in real-time to the viewing lounge, and to the Internet. Leonid Sandler’s loss of a half-point elevated Sam Dalton and Douglas Lindberg to the top board and at the end of round 3 Douglas was the sole player on 3/3. This earned Douglas a pairing against Leonid Sandler, which looked like being the most significant pairing of the tournament; Leonid won the full point. After 4 rounds Sam Dalton, the 9th seed, was on 2/2 and you could have got long odds on him featuring at the prize giving. Jason Tang had a nice upset win against Eugene Schon, and Rhys Hopkins did similar against Cedric Antolis. In round 5 Thomas Feng had a good win against Timothy Trott, but most games went according to ratings.

So to round 6, we had two players on 4.5/6 and paired on board 1; all eyes in the viewing lounge watched with disbelief as Wallis moved both knights twice in the first 6 moves, and Sandler played N(g1)-f3, N(f3)-g1, N(g1)-f3 in the first 6 moves; the ultimate cat and mouse. Just as an extremely complex position developed a series of exchanges reduced the game to a dull bishops ending. There were parallels to Melbourne weather with a storm build-up; a quick front moves through, and then benign conditions after the change. 1/2 - 1/2 was the outcome. Sam Dalton could have been paired in this round against seeds 3, 4, or 19; the computer was kind and arranged 19 as Sam’s opponent. Sam duly won the game against Zeljko Podvorac and is the way of pairings rules that matched Sam against Leonid Sandler in the final round. Surely too hard a task for Sam.
Sam Dalton v Leonid Sandler was the game piped into the viewing lounge and out to the Internet, via the DGT board. It proved to be an intensely competitive offering. Sam came out of the opening better, then totally squandered the advantage and then suddenly had it won again. I will get David Flude to annotate this game and present on our web site in the next week. Two locals were overall winners on 6/7; Chris Wallis and Sam Dalton. Full winners list for each division are available at http://www.boxhillchess.org.au/e2008.../standings.htm
The prize giving was a social affair and it is clear this January event fills a need in the chess calendar. Congratulations to our captain Gerrit Hartland on a successful event, and thanks to Roger Croft who attended early each day to help with the equipment set-up.


2008 Calendar
The calendar and tournament information on the web site is now available. Hard copies of our complete 2008 calendar are also available at the club.

2008 Coaching at the club
All first term coaching details are now on view on the club website complete with on line entry forms Payments may be made by cheque by mail or with cash when we next meet.


Australian Champion
I had a call this morning from Frank Solomon the proud father of Stephen Solomon the newly crowned 2008 Australian Champion. Frank rang to remind me that Stephen started his chess career at the Box Hill Chess Club as a small boy in the sixties. What spurred him on to become a chess player was the gift of a chess book from the club library by the then secretary John Illingworth a book which Stephen apparently still has. Frank’s call started me thinking about the achievements of the many young players we have had at the club since it was formed in 1952. Although Stephen is the only Australian Champion who got his start at BHCC, there are a few Australian Junior champions who got going at the club.
1954 Don Robson
1964/65 Bill Kerr
1980 Stephen Solomon
2004 Denis Bourmistrov
Stephen’s 1st tournament I am not sure of but one of his first wins was against stalwart member Arthur Cottingham whom he beat in 9 moves. Arthur who was the most generous of losers was very proud of the game [!] and showed it to us many times over

08 Australian Junior
There are quite a few Box Hill and Canterbury Junior members playing in the Sydney Australian Junior Championships. You can follow their progress on the web site
http://www.nswjcl.org.au/AustralianJ...2008/index.htm. Members spotted so far in the Under 18 open Chris Wallis, Eugene Schon, Cedric Antolis, Anurag Sannidhanam Derek Yu, Sam, Joshua, and Micah Dalton, Justin Tan.
In the under 12 Michael Chan, Laurence Matheson, Isaac and Joshua Ng, Daniel Yuan, Peter Walmueller, Andrew Gurevich,

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Club re-opens
The club is open again on JANUARY 25 after closure due to electrical improvements to supply facilities. No tournaments yet on Fridays until the start of the Autumn Cup on February 8

2008 Autumn Cup
The tournament that starts in summer but finishes in autumn
Details of this important tournament with web entry forms are now available on our web site www.boxhillchess.org.au
One of the attractions this year will be live broadcast of board one games via our newly acquired DGT board [now also with connected timer]
Remember the early bird entry fee discounts.

Tuesday Events
The Tuesday club opens again on January 29 with Tuesday coaching from 6 to 7.30 and a 5 round allegro tournament starting at 7.45. The week after we have the start of the New Season Swiss

New season Swiss
A 7 round swiss tournament in starting February 6
Details:
• Visitors welcome.
• Clocks start 7:45 pm.
• Rate of play: 60 min. plus 30 seconds per move from move 1
• ACF rated.
• Entry fee $15.
• Visitors fee $15 for non-BHCC or CJCC members.
• 7 rounds
Playing nights:
Rd 1, February 5 Rd 2, February 19 Rd 3, February 26 Rd 4, March 4
Rd 5, March 18 Rd 6, March 25 Rd 7 April 1
Club closed nights: February 12, March 11
Prize fund:
$5 of each entry received will go to the prize fund.
Minimum guaranteed prize fund $100
Entry forms are available at the club and soon will be available on the website

2008 Coaching at the club
All first term coaching details are now on view on the club website complete with on line entry forms Payments may be made by cheque by mail or with cash when we next meet.

2008 Australian Junior
We had hoped to present an evaluation of BHCC and Canterbury Junior members participating in the 2008 Australian Junior Championships but this will have to wait till next week as the tournament is yet to finish Meanwhile check our members progress
http://www.nswjcl.org.au/AustralianJ...2008/index.htm.

2009 Australian Junior
Chess Victoria’s ambitious plans to have the 2009 Australian Junior Championships held in Melbourne at the Box Hill Chess Club’s Rochester Road venue suffered a serious set back when the ACF council rejected the submission canning the venue, the administrators and the submission.

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2008 February Queens and Rookies Cup
Not this Sunday but the next one Sunday February 10 at 12.30 Entry fees and memberships remain the same as last year as do our sponsors The details with web entry forms are up on our web site: www.boxhillchess.org.au

2008 Autumn Cup
The tournament that starts in summer but finishes in autumn
Early bird entry fees are about to finish. Where is every one? Details of this important tournament with web entry forms are now available on our web site www.boxhillchess.org.au Entries so far are also on show
One of the attractions this year will be live broadcast of board one games via our newly acquired DGT board [now also with connected timer]
Tuesday Events
The start of the Tuesday coaching group was a great success with over 30 players of various ages, various skill levels, and various sizes attending. Our 3 coaches were in great form eager to pass on their knowledge and experience. I hope the students are listening.
Coming Tuesday we have the start of the New Season Swiss. I expect a good turn out
New season Swiss
A 7 round Swiss tournament in starting February 6
Details:
• Visitors’ welcome.
• Clocks start 7:45 pm.
• Rate of play: 60 min. plus 30 seconds per move from move 1
• ACF rated.
• Entry fee $15.
• Visitors fee $15 for non-BHCC or CJCC members.
• 7 rounds
Playing nights:
Rd 1, February 5 Rd 2, February 19 Rd 3, February 26 Rd 4, March 4
Rd 5, March 18 Rd 6, March 25 Rd 7 April 1
Club closed nights: February 12, March 11
Prize fund: $5 of each entry received will go to the prize fund.
Minimum guaranteed prize fund $100
Entry forms are available at the club and on the website

Sunday Coaching about to start
All first term coaching details are now on view on the club website complete with on line entry forms Payments may be made by cheque by mail or with cash when we next meet.

2008 Australian Junior
As reported in our last bulletin a group of our players competed in the Australian Junior Championships. Feedback that I am receiving indicates that this was a very well organised and administered tournament. In particular the internet website was excellent providing round by round draws and results as well as games in a format so that they can be played through on the internet.
UNDER 18 OPEN.
Our players all acquitted themselves well in what was a very strong tournament. Brief notes follow.
Chris Wallis [BHCC club champion 07 Vic Junior Champion]
8 points final position 4-5 overall
Chris led the tournament until losing to the eventual winner Junta Ikeda. This was a very difficult long game and Chris lost the following game as well but finished the tournament strongly.
Sam Dalton [07 Under 14 Vic runner up]– 7.5 points final position 6-9 overall, 2-3 under 16
A tremendous performance by Sam including beating Chris Wallace
Cedric Antolis [07 rookies cup winner] – 7 points final position 10-16 overall, 3-4 under 14
This is very good performance by Cedric especially bearing in mind that some of the entrants were several years older.
Eugene Schon – 7 points final position 10-16 overall 3-4, under 14
The same comments apply as to the performance of Cedric. Eugene was clearly winning against Junta Ikeda, the eventual winner of the tournament, but allowed him to escape with a draw in a rook and pawn endgame.
Derek Yu – final position 10-16 overall 4-7 under 16
A very good solid performance.
Joshua Dalton 5.5 points - final position 36-48
A sound performance
Micah Dalton 3.5 points -final position overall 74-78
Tried hard
UNDER 18 – GIRLS
This was a 13 round robin which made it a very tough tournament.
Sally Yu- [Under 18 Vic Girls Champ] 11 points - final position 2 Under 16 Girls Champion
Sally came second a half point behind the winner who she beat in her individual game. Sally played fighting chess throughout the tournament as is shown by her results – eleven wins two losses and no draws. In my opinion she should give serious consideration to playing in the open next year
Stephanie Ang [Under 14 Vic Girls Champ] 4 points overall position 11
Stephanie played above her rating.

UNDER 12 OPEN
We had a large number of entrants in this tournament that all acquitted themselves well.
Lawrence Matheson [07 under 12 Vic champ] 9.5 points Under 12 champion
An excellent all round performance by Lawrence.
Yi Liu – 9 points 2nd overall
Yi played at Box Hill until his family moved to Queensland. The move into banana bender territory does not appear to have had a negative impact on his chess.
Anurag Sannidhanam - 4-5 overall 1-2 under 10 [lost the title play-off]
Another really good performance
Michael Chan 6-13 overall 3rd under10
A very good performance
Andrew Gurevich [07 under 10 Vic Champ] 6.5 points 14-19 overall
very solid result.
Isaac Ng 6.5 points 14-19 overall
As with Andrew a very solid result.
Joshua Ng 6 points 20-24 overall
A good result. The Ng brothers performed well.
Peter Wallmueller 5.5 points Under 8 champion.
Scoring fifty percent in the tournament and winning the under eight prize is a tremendous achievement.
Joshua Devarajh. 5 points 33-41 overall
Another player in the under ten category who scored reasonably despite there being older players in the tournament.
Daniel Yuan. [07 under 8 Vic Champ]. 4.5 points 42-45 overall 2 under 8
Another youngster who performed really well

2009 Australian Junior
Last week I wrote Chess Victoria’s ambitious plans to have the 2009 Australian Junior Championships held in Melbourne at the Box Hill Chess Club’s Rochester Road venue suffered a serious set back when the ACF council rejected the submission canning the venue, the administrators and the submission. Some one queried the meaning of the term to can. Folks it means to rubbish something or someone and that is what they did. Mind you it took them almost 6 months to convey their displeasure


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Australian Chess Federation newsletter - No. 413, February 10, 2008

Available by e-mail; free subscription via the ACF web-site home-page.

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And report on the Oz Championship continues. . This is what i call "up-to-date"

MOZ

Perhaps the Editor or the Distribution Manager had to make a pragmatic choice on message size.

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The Box Hill Chess Club weekly newsletter can be read here.
I particularly liked the report on the previous Sundays Rookies Cup.


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Issue 2008.08 – February 27
March Queens and Rookies Cup on March 16.
Sponsored by Zed chess:
Contact coach George Zaprudsky
SUNDAY CHESS TOURNAMENT at 3 Rochester Road Canterbury
A tournament for Juniors and Seniors
Junior Prizes
First $30 plus Rookies Cup trophy. Second $20.
Highest placed girl $20 plus Queen’s Cup trophy
Trophies for first and second in minimum 3 ratings groups.
Trophies for equal place getters now decided on count back
Senior prizes
$5 of each senior entry to go to the prize fund.
Tournament entry:
$10 for CANTERBURY JUNIOR members, BOX HILL members, students from CHESS RULES AUSTRALIA PTY LTD and Z CHESS
$15 for visitors
Venue:
Box Hill Chess, Canterbury Junior Chess, Emulation Hall 3 Rochester Road Canterbury
Enter at the Club on Tuesdays or Fridays or by mail to 6 Andrew Street Forest Hill 3131 or Enter on the day by 12 at the venue or go to boxhillchess.org.au/junior to enter via the web site and pay on the day
Tournament:
Format and ratings: A 7 round SWISS tournament. 15 minutes/ player/game
All games are rated on the ACF national rapid play ratings list.
Perpetual Junior Trophies: Highest placed junior to hold the Rookies Cup until the next tournament. Highest placed girl to hold Queens cup until that date
Payments: Cash or cheque to Canterbury Junior Chess Club
Refreshments: Available at reasonable prices
Prize giving: Around 5:00 pm.
Entries close: 12.15 Tournament Starts: 12.30

2008 Autumn Cup round 3 completed
The tournament that starts in summer but finishes in autumn
Round 3 was marred by no less than 3 [!] forfeits. [Anurag continued to be ill, Elliott missed out due to an accident on the way to the game and Victor Kildisas was a no show]. David Creedon was impressive in his win against the much higher rated Zeljko Podvorac and Stephanie’s mum was vey pleased with her daughter’s draw against the highly regarded David Schneider. In round 4 Chris Wallis will continue on top board. Victor Kildisas has been withdrawn. The clash Yu v Yu is unfortunate but better now than later



08 Victorian Junior Championships
The Victorian Junior championships will be held during the June July school holidays as follows:
Under 12 tournament 7rounds June 28 and June 29
Under 18 tournament 9 rounds from June 30 to July 3

Tuesday New season Swiss
Club closed nights: February 12, March 11
The round 3 broadcast game between Lawson and Bergmanis provided us with yet another interesting game. The likely pairing for for the broadcast game next Tuesday will be Bergmanis v Flude. Will David trot out an innovation? Due to the continuing absence of Victor Kildisas we finally had an even number. Round 3 crossable set out below



Sunday coaching
The Sunday classes are at last gaining some momentum with 8 attendants in the elite and the novice groups. There are also several super novice mums wanting to learn. No elite coaching this Sunday but the novices continue

Adult Coaching on Sunday mornings.
We are planning to start our Sunday morning senior coaching classes again after Easter
Here are some advance details
The dates: April 6, April 20. May 4, May 18. June1, June 22
The Coach: Grandmaster Darryl Johansen. Last year’s coach
The time: 10.30 to 12
The fee: $90 for the course. BHCC or CJCC membership required.
Flyers with the curriculum details available soon
Where to read for chess information
The Box Hill Chess Club and the Canterbury Junior Chess Club weekly newsletter now reaches near 500 mail addresses and is very successful for keeping our local chess community informed. You can read the back numbers of this newssheet on the BHCC web site http://boxhillchess.org.au
There are other newsletters and bulletin boards that you may wish to access. Here is a list you may wish to consider.
1. The Australian Chess Federation newsletter (about monthly)
 Enrol via this address http://www.auschess.org.au/ see middle of that screen
2. The Chess Victoria newsletter (about fortnightly)
 Enrol via this screen http://chessvictoria.netfirms.com/
3. The OzCHESS bulletin-board (4 regular posters from Box Hill)
 Register via this screen http://www.ozchess.com.au/index.php
4. The chess chat bulletin-board (9 regular posters from Box Hill)
 Register via this screen http://www.chesschat.org/index.php
If you have difficulty with any of these enrolments or registrations please see Trevor Stanning at the Club; he will assist through our on-line computer access at 3 Rochester Road. All 4 on this list are free

BHCC annual general meeting
Trophies will be awarded to the Canterbury Junior Chess most improved junior player, and the BHCC most improved player at the annual general meeting to be held at the club on March 9 starting at 9.00PM [social chess beforehand]

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Issue 2008.09 – March 5

March Queens and Rookies Cup on March 16.
Sponsored by Zed chess: www.zedchess.com.au
Contact coach George Zaprudsky
SUNDAY CHESS TOURNAMENT at 3 Rochester Road Canterbury
A tournament for juniors and seniors
Junior Prizes
First $30 plus Rookies Cup trophy. Second $20.
Highest placed girl $20 plus Queen’s Cup trophy
Trophies for first and second in minimum 3 ratings groups.
Trophies for equal place getters now decided on count back
Senior prizes
$5 of each senior entry to go to the prize fund.
Tournament entry:
$10 for CANTERBURY JUNIOR members, BOX HILL members, students from CHESS RULES AUSTRALIA PTY LTD and Z CHESS
$15 for visitors
Venue:
Box Hill Chess, Canterbury Junior Chess, Emulation Hall 3 Rochester Road Canterbury
Enter at the Club on Tuesdays or Fridays or by mail to 6 Andrew Street Forest Hill 3131 or Enter on the day by 12 at the venue or go to www.boxhillchess.org.au/junior to enter via the web site and pay on the day
Tournament:
Format and ratings: A 7 round SWISS tournament. 15 minutes/ player/game
All games are rated on the ACF national rapid play ratings list.
Perpetual Junior Trophies: Highest placed junior to hold the Rookies Cup until the next tournament. Highest placed girl to hold Queens cup until that date
Payments: Cash or cheque to Canterbury Junior Chess Club
Refreshments: Available at reasonable prices
Prize giving: Around 5:00 pm.
Entries close: 12.15 Tournament Starts: 12.30

2008 Autumn Cup round 4 completed
The tournament that starts in summer but finishes in autumn
There was only one upset victory in round 4 with Isaac getting the better of his mentor David Flude. However there were some interesting draws What about Yu v Yu Dalton S v Chan M Chung v Matheson and Allan Yu v Jusuf Omeragic. This Friday we have the Annual general meeting and round 5 set for next week when we will see the clash Wallis v Schon live on the Internet.

08 Victorian Junior Championships
The Victorian Junior championships will be held during the June July school holidays as follows:
Under 12 tournament 7rounds June 28 and June 29
Under 18 tournament 9 rounds from June 30 to July 3

What gave me a BUZZ this week around the Chess Club.

First.
The Club hosted the playoff for the 2007 Victorian Championship. Last November Mirko Rujevic and Igor Goldenberg tied for first in the Championship proper. A four game play-off was arranged for the past two week-ends with games played at the rate of 90 minutes each and a 30 second increment. We were able to display the games live to the world via the internet by using our new digitised board and clock. [Our Friday and Tuesday board 1 local Club games are also displayed live as they occur. Tune in via the prominent link on our revamped home_page. Or visit the games_archive also displayed on our home_page.]
After 16 hours of hard games, the two honourable gentlemen were locked at 2-2 and declared joint holders of the Victorian title. Congratulations to Mirko and Igor.

Second.
Four of the mums sitting around on the side-lines of the Sunday 2-3.30pm novice coaching class decided that they would like to learn chess. So a starters class was formed with Sophie, Lydia, Carol, May, and 5yo Stephanie using a quiet corner of the building to learn how the pieces move, how to win quickly, and how to have fun.
It was a very pleasant session and we will move on to some more lessons after the term break.

Third
Olgerts (Bob) Bergmanis has been a regular at our Tuesday 7.45pm tournaments. In recent years he has been prone to offering a quick draw and we wondered if the competitive spirit of this 80+ gentleman had dimmed a little. However, two fine wins over Victor Kildisas and Shane Lawson show a rejuvenated veteran. Well done Bob; your games are installed in our games archive on the web-site as they were board 1 games.

Tuesday New season Swiss
Club closed nights: March 11
The round 4 broadcast game between Bergmanis and Flude provided us with an early draw. This was not due to a lack of fighting spirit. The player's reached a position where they both had to repeat moves or suffer a serious disadvantage. Adam Hayman gave his opponent an easy win by allowing his mobile to go off. How can this be I tell them every week TURN YOUR MOBILE OFF! Are we listening out there it applies to all tournaments at all levels. Ait is the rule. The outcome of the Yuan, Chan game is uncertain, as there was no result and a very scratchy scoresheet
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total

1 Bergmanis, Olgerts 1576 [3] .5:.5 Flude, David A 1660 [3]
2 Foo, Kit Ming 601 [2] 0:1 Sannidhanam, Anurag 1687 [2]
3 Wong, Joseph 601 [2] 0:1 Lawson, Shane 1691 [2]
4 Renzies, Elliott 1416 [2] 0:1 Lemmel, Oliver 973 [2]
5 Zhou, Robin 501 [2] 0:1 Matheson, Laurence 1547 [2]
6 Chmiel, Rad 1713 [1.5] 1:0 Hayman, Adam 1201 [1.5]
7 Shore, Dominic 1401 [1.5] 0:1 Guo, Murphy 577 [1.5]
8 Yeong, Ian 401 [1] 1:0 Anderson, Bill 715 [1]
9 Yuan, Daniel 778 [1] 0:1 Chan, Raymond 868 [1]
10 Neymanis, Eric 1281 [1] 1:0 Neymanis, Eric 1281 [1]
11 Li, Oswald 201 [0] 0:1 Sayers, Craig 1089 [1]
12 Bull Quitano, Damar 301 [0] 1:0 Tan, Ryan 201 [0]
13 Yuan, David 456 [0] .5:0 BYE

Sunday coaching next term
We are starting to fill out the details see below
Sunday morning senior coaching
April 6, April 20, May 4, May 18, June 5.
Fee $125 which includes preparation time at the Vic. Open on June 7, 8, and 9
Lessons from 10.30 to 12
Coach GM Darryl Johansen
Sunday morning elite junior coaching
April 13, April 27, May 11, May 25, June 16
Fee $100, which includes preparation time at the Vic. Open on June 7, 8, and 9
Lessons from 10.30 to 12.
Coach GM Darryl Johansen
Sunday afternoon novice junior coaching
April 20, April 27, May 4, May18, May 25, June 1.
Fee $75
Lessons from 2.00 to 3.30
coach Rukman Vijayakumar
Sunday afternoon novice senior coaching
April 20, April 27, May 4, May18, May 25, June 1.
Fee $60 for parents who have a child attending junior classes
others $75
Lessons from 2.00 to 3.30
Where to read for chess information
The Box Hill Chess Club and the Canterbury Junior Chess Club weekly newsletter now reaches near 500 mail addresses and is very successful for keeping our local chess community informed. You can read the back numbers of this newssheet on the BHCC web site http://boxhillchess.org.au
There are other newsletters and bulletin boards that you may wish to access. Here is a list you may wish to consider.
1. The Australian Chess Federation newsletter (about monthly)
 Enrol via this address http://www.auschess.org.au/ see middle of that screen
2. The Chess Victoria newsletter (about fortnightly)
 Enrol via this screen http://chessvictoria.netfirms.com/
3. The OzCHESS bulletin-board (4 regular posters from Box Hill)
 Register via this screen http://www.ozchess.com.au/index.php
4. The chess chat bulletin-board (9 regular posters from Box Hill)
 Register via this screen http://www.chesschat.org/index.php
If you have difficulty with any of these enrolments or registrations please see Trevor Stanning at the Club; he will assist through our on-line computer access at 3 Rochester Road. All 4 on this list are free

BHCC annual general meeting
Trophies will be awarded to the Canterbury Junior Chess most improved junior player, and the BHCC most improved player at the annual general meeting to be held at the club on March 7 starting at 9.00PM [social chess beforehand]

Subscribe / unsubscribe
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