No. 632
13 July 2024
Editorial
by Miles Patterson
Welcome to the July 2024 ACF Newsletter. Thanks for all the contributions for this issue. Please note the Olympiad appeal tournament notice in this issue.
Australian Olympiad Chess.com Fundraiser - July 14th $500 Prize Fund
By Jack Rodgers
Help send the Australian chess team to the Budapest Olympiad!
I am running a Chess.com blitz fundraiser on the 14th of July at 4pm AEST with a $500 prize fund.
All profits will be donated to the Australian Olympiad appeal to help cover the approximate $3,000 the players face just to fly to Budapest.
For $10 you can play for your share of the prize fund and potentially pair with an Australian representative. Open to all Australian citizens and residents.
Additional donations welcome.
Entry details on Chess Chat
ACF Notices
ACF OLYMPIAD APPEAL – 45TH CHESS OLYMPIAD
The biennial Chess Olympiad is one of the world’s largest sporting events, and the premier teams event on the global chess calendar. After a succession of Asian venues in recent years, the Olympiad returns to Europe – Budapest, the Hungarian capital, is hosting the 45th Olympiad from 10-23 September.
Australia has performed remarkably well against the rest of the world. We have contested every Olympiad since 1968, our open team tying for 25th place (of 187) and our women tying for 35th (of 161) at the 2022 Olympiad in Chennai.
Again, this year Australia will be one of the expected 190 nations competing, fielding an open and a women’s team (each five players plus captain) of our best available players, together with a Head of Delegation representing ACF at the FIDE Congress.
…but there’s a catch
…the Australian nemesis, the tyranny of distance – Australia is a long way from just about anywhere. As airlines recover from the Covid-19 downturn, the days of cheap fares are yet to return. By departing on 6th September and delaying the return flight till 24th September, China Eastern is the best available (at mid-March, but fares change almost daily), with a $1561 return fare from Sydney via Shanghai to Budapest – 28 hours outbound and 36 hours homeward bound (via Wuhan, Xi-An and Shanghai).
While other national teams receive government support, our teams must meet their own travel costs.
That’s where you come in. The teams need your support to represent us. Please give what you can to the appeal.
All donations will be acknowledged on the ACF web site and in the ACF Newsletter. The Australian Chess Federation will match all donations dollar-for-dollar up to half of the total cost, leaving an estimated $11,000 to be raised, including incidental costs such as FIDE registration and entry fees; and uniform costs.
To donate, click here:
http://www.acfappeal.aunz.org/donate.html
FIDE RATING SUBMISSIONS
Note that events for FIDE ratings that are completed in the last seven days of the month need to be submitted to ACF FIDE Ratings Officer Bill Gletsos for ratings immediately so that any issues with them can be resolved in time for events to be rated in that month. Also note that intended changes of names or dates of FIDE-rated events need to be notified immediately as they may affect the event's rating status. Note also that all FIDE rated events must be submitted for ACF ratings – no exceptions.
FIDE RATED EVENT REGISTRATION
Australian tournaments to be FIDE rated must be advised to the ACF FIDE Ratings Officer at least 40 days prior to the start of the tournament for tournaments where norms are available and at least 7 days prior to the start of the tournament for all other tournaments. Where these conditions are not met, the decision whether to register it or not is solely at the discretion of the ACF FIDE Ratings Officer.
FIDE ID NUMBER REGISTRATION
FIDE has issued a warning that they will not accept tournaments for FIDE rating where those tournaments contain players who do not have FIDE ID numbers. Although new Australian players can be registered by the ACF FIDE Ratings Officer, this does not apply to new players from overseas. Therefore, organisers should not immediately accept the entries of overseas players who lack FIDE ID numbers to FIDE rated tournaments; instead, those players should be required to first obtain a FIDE ID from their own national federation.
Tournaments submitted that include foreign players who do not have ID numbers end up not being FIDE rated. Organisers need to confirm prior to the start of the tournament that all players without a FIDE ID number are either Australian citizens or have a permanent residency visa.
Players without ID numbers should only be submitted as Australian if they are citizens or are a permanent residency visa holder; if a player is registered under the wrong country, they may incur transfer costs later. For further information/clarification contact the ACF FIDE Ratings Officer Bill Gletsos via fide_ratings@auschess.org.au.
AUSTRALIAN REPRESENTATIVE INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR CHESS TOURNAMENTS
Any inquiries can be sent to Australian Junior Chess Coordinator, Henry Slater-Jones, at henryslaterjones@gmail.com.
ACF POSITIONS
The following ACF Council-appointed positions are vacant. Councillors and others wishing to inquire or register interest in appointment to one or more of these positions are welcome to email executive@auschess.org.au or phone 0409 525 963 at any time.
Advertising Manager. It has been suggested that, ideally, the appointee would be a person with an interest in coordinating advertising in both the ACF newsletter and website, and at or in connection with ACF championships, the Grand Prix and other major ACF events.
Assistant Secretary. This position and the currently filled position of Assistant Treasurer were created to provide opportunities for younger administrators to experience the joys of chess administration at national level.
Archives Director. Generally, the Archives Director would be expected to gather, maintain and build a repository of records and documents that might be of historical interest or value, or which might help in confirming the organisation’s status or credibility for a variety of purposes.
Trophies Officer. Responsibilities relating to trophies and other mementos to be presented in connection with ACF Championships and other events.
ACF FUNDING SUPPORT PROGRAM
The application deadline for activities commencing between 1 March 2025 and 31 August 2025 is 31 December 2024. Application forms and related information are available on request to executive@auschess.org.au.
News from the States / Territories
Australian Capital Territory
Australian Capital Territory Chess Association (ACTCA)
Upcoming Events
ANU Open/Minor 2024
26th, 27th, 28th July
ACF and FIDE rated, 6 round swiss, $4000 prize pool
Room 2.02, Marie Reay Teaching Centre, University Ave, ANU, ACT
Open and Under 1600 sections (Both FIDE Rated), Time control: 60m + 30s
Details and entry
New South Wales
New South Wales Chess Association Inc (NSWCA)
Recent Events
NSW Open
By Shaun Press (chessexpress)
The final day of the 2024 NSW Open ended with a couple of surprise winners, after a very tough day of chess. Going into the final round there were 7 players tied for the lead on 5/6. The top board pairing saw IM Igor Bjelobrk and FM Gary McNamara reach a rook and pawn ending which ended in a draw when McNamara won a rook but had to return it shortly afterwards to eliminate the last pawn on the board. On Board 2 IM George Xie was unable to break down CM Reyaansh Chakrabarty's solid play, and that game was drawn as well. Board 3 saw Willis Lo have the best of it for most of the game against Terrence Tang, until an attempt to avoid a bishop and wrong colour rook pawn finish blew up in his face, resulting in an unexpected win for Tang. And on Board 4 WCM Bayasgalan Khishigbaatar defeated Zhiyuan Shen to join Tang as the only players on 6 points. There was a 5-way tie for third, with the players on the top 2 boards joined by FM Michael Kethro, who defeated Yifei Hu on board 5.
The Under 1600 section had an even stranger finish, with first prize being shared by the players who finished 5th! This was due to ACF unrated players being ineligible to win cash prizes (apart from the unrated prize). Edward Rust won the event on 6.5/7, followed by Vu Ky Anh Nguyen and Bumbayar Khurtsgerel on 6, with Matthew Ottley on 5.5. However, each of these players did not have an ACF standard rating meaning that Steve Hemsley, Arav Callan, Terry Gao, and Winston Yuan picked up the cash with 5/7 (with another 4 unrated on the same score also missing out!)
The tournament attracted a field of 176 players, an increase over the last few years. The new venue was looked upon favourably by the players, and the change of schedule to a maximum of 2 rounds per day was very popular. The NSW Chess Association are looking to expand the event next year, with additional prizes and possibly an extra section being added to the weekender.
Upcoming Events
NSW Rapid 21 July 2024
Sydney Academy of Chess Level 2 Suite 2 1-17 Elsie Street Burwood, NSW
https://www.nswca.org.au/calendar.php
New England Chess Open 14-15 September 2024
Armidale Ex-Services Club, 137 Dumaresq Street, Armidale, NSW, 2350.
Northern Territory
Northern Territory Chess Association
Queensland
Chess Association of Queensland Inc (CAQ)
Recent Events
2024 Gold Coast Open
Premier: 1st= GM Hrant Melkumyan, GM Zong-Yuan Zhao, 7/9, 48 palyers
Major: 1st= Luka Hart, Filip Simic, 6/7, 87 players
Minor: 1st= Nicholas Yuileng Chen, Timothy Lee, Isaac Tebbutt, 6/7, 71 players
Upcoming Events
2024 Strategic Minds Celebrate 100 Rapid
Saturday 20th July 10am to approximately 4pm
Anglican Church Grammar School, Oaklands Parade, East Brisbane QLD
2024 Brisbane Chess Club Rapid Swiss Event
August 4th, Queensland Contract Bridge Club,67 Ipswich Road Woolloongabba.
South Australia
South Australian Chess Association Inc (SACA)
Recent Events
May Rapid 2024
1st: Alex Min, 4/4,
=2nd: Edgar Mdinaradze, 3, =2nd: Luke Keating Hughes, =2nd: David Jeanes
12 players
May Allegro #2 2024
1st: Edgar Mdinaradze, 4.5/5, 2nd: Kyle Treasure, 4, 3rd: Ayman Almutawa, 3.5,
17 players
May Blitz #2 2024
1st: Ren (Alex) Min, 14/14, 2nd: Eryk Paprzycki, 11, 3rd: Aaron Perkins, 10
8 players
June Booster 2024
1st: Finn Reiner, 5/8, 2nd: Eithen Jerry, 3.5, 5 players
June Rapid 2024
1st: Ren (Alex) Min, 3.5/4, 2nd: Jack Last, 3, 3rd: Edgar Mdinaradze, 2.5
11 players
King’s Birthday Weekender 2024
=1st: Ayman Almutawa, Aidan Berg, James Boyd-Norman, James C Foster, 5/6
48 players
June Allegro #1 2024
=1st: James Foster, Edgar Mdinaradze, 4.5/5, 3rd: James Farah, 3.5, 16 players
June Blitz 2024
1st: Edgar Mdinaradze, 13/14, 2nd: Aaron Perkins, 11, 8 players
West Torrens Blitz Classic 2024
Open:
1st: James Boyd-Norman, 10/11, 2nd: FM Tobias Schmidt, 8, 3rd: Ethan Retnaraja, 8
4th: Taras Luchkovskiy, 7.5, 23 players
Junior:
1st: Isaac Schiavone, 11/11, 2nd: Charlotte Chen, 8, 3rd: Hanyue Li, 7.5
4th: Hugh Onnagara, 7, 35 players
Upcoming Events
July Allegro
Thursday 25th of July, 7pm at Chess Centre, Adelaide.
5 Rounds, Swiss System, 10 minutes plus 2 seconds per move.
August Rapid 2024
Thursday 1st of August, 7pm at Chess Centre, Adelaide.
4 Rounds, Swiss System, 10 minutes plus 10 seconds per move.
August Allegro #1 2024
Thursday 8th of August, 7pm at Chess Centre, Adelaide.
5 Rounds, Swiss System, 10 minutes plus 2 seconds per move.
August Booster 2024
Sunday 11th of August, 1.30pm at Chess Centre, Adelaide.
5 Rounds, Swiss System, 15 minutes plus 2 seconds per move.
August Blitz #1 2024
Thursday 15th of August, 7pm at Chess Centre, Adelaide.
11 Rounds, Swiss System or Round Robin, 3 minutes plus 2 seconds per move.
August Allegro #2 2024
Thursday 22nd of August, 7pm at Chess Centre, Adelaide.
5 Rounds, Swiss System, 10 minutes plus 2 seconds per move.
SA Rapid Chess Championship 2024
Sunday 25th of August, 12pm at Chess Centre, Adelaide.
7 Rounds, Swiss System, 15 minutes plus 10 seconds per move.
ACF and FIDE Rated
August Blitz #2 2024
Thursday 29th of August, 7pm at Chess Centre, Adelaide.
9 Rounds, Swiss System, 5 minutes plus 2 seconds per move.
Tasmania
Tasmanian Chess Association Inc (TCA)
Upcoming Events
Launceston Cup 2024
Saturday, September 14 - Sunday, September 15, Rocherlea Memorial Hall, 41 Archer Street, Rocherlea, TAS
Details: https://www.tasmanianchessassociation.org/tournaments-enter/launceston-cup-2024
Launceston Open Lightning 2024
Saturday, September 14, 2024, 18:30-21:30, Rocherlea Memorial Hall, 41 Archer Street, Rocherlea, TAS
Details: https://www.tasmanianchessassociation.org/tournaments-enter/launceston-open-2024
Huon Valley Chess Festival 2024
11-13 October
Huon Valley Chess Festival 2024 hosted by Huon Valley Chess (chesschat.org)
Launceston Northern Champs 2024
Saturday, November 30, 2024, 09:30 17:00
Rocherlea Memorial Hall41 Archer Street, Rocherlea, TAS
Details: https://www.tasmanianchessassociation.org/tournaments-enter/launceston-north-champs-2024
Victoria
Recent Events
New Chess Victoria Executive Committee
By Leonid Sandler
At the last Chess Victoria Annual General Meeting held on Sunday May 12th the following office bearers were appointed
President---Leonid Sandler
Vice President---Alana Chibnall
Secretary---Katrin Aladjova
Treasurer-Trevor Stanning
Executive Members---Julia Ryjanova and John Nemeth.
It is fantastic to see three females on the committee perhaps for the very first time in Australian Chess history!
Julia is a WGM and number one female player in Australia. Katrin is a WFM, and she was twice girls World Champion in her teenage years. Alana is a WFM and renowned International Arbiter.
John Nemeth is FM and former Victorian Champion.
Trevor Stanning is Chess Victoria Life Member with many interesting ideas on how to make chess even more attractive.
Leonid is an International Master amongst other titles (IA, IO, FIDE Trainer).
2024 Victorian Junior Rapid Chess Championship
The 2024 Victorian Junior Rapid Chess Championship saw the record number of participants with more than 400 players!
Photos from this exciting event can be seen here.
Full results can be seen on Chess Chat forum.
Upcoming Events
2024 VICTORIAN MASTERS BLITZ
JULY 17, sponsored by a private sponsor, with first prize being at least $400.
Mentone "Olympiad Appeal" blitz 2024 - 18th July 2024
When: Thursday, 18th of July,
Start: 7:30 p.m. (Please arrive by 7.10pm)
Where: Mentone Activity Hub, 29 Venice St, Mentone VIC
FIDE 100 World Record Allegro @ Melbourne Chess Club - 20 July 2024
Date: Saturday 20th July
Time: 1pm until about 5pm/5:30pm.
Where: Melbourne Chess Club, 66 Leicester Street, Fitzroy
2024 Victorian Championship (Round Robin) and 2024 Victorian Major
Starting on July 20. Details here
Western Winter Juniors Championship 2024
27th July 2024
Venue: Salvation Army, 108 Queen Street Altona
Melbourne Chess Club 3rd August Saturday Allegro - Olympiad Appeal
Come down to Melbourne Chess Club as this Allegro will be run in support of the Australian Olympiad Team, as the profits of this event will be donated to the Appeal, which supports our players travel to the 2024 World Chess Olympiad taking place in Hungary in September.
Where: Melbourne Chess Club, 66 Leicester Street, Fitzroy
When: Saturday 3 August 2024 - 2pm to 6pm approx.
Best in the West 2024
31 August and 1 September 2024. Louis Joel Arts and Community Centre. 5 Sargood Street Altona.
Western Australia
Chess Association of Western Australia Inc (CAWA)
Upcoming Events
South West Chess Festival (South West Open and Rapid)
14 and 15 September 2024, Margaret River, Western Australia
Take advantage of direct budget flights from Sydney or Melbourne straight to Busselton and combine a holiday in the great South West of WA with either the two-day South West Open or the single-day South West Rapid (U1500 ACF). Played in the heart of the Margaret River wine region, the Open carries a $500 first prize and both tournaments are ACF rated. Discounted accommodation available at The River Hotel.
More details here: Information
New Zealand
New Zealand Chess News (newzealandchess.nz)
Recent Events
8 June Kapiti Rapid Tournament 2024
1st: Cohen Young
9 June Otago Winter Rapid 2024
1st equal: Olefsandr Nedyhalov 1st equal: Leo Malcolm
9 June Summit Rookies June 2024
1st equal under2000: Yanshuo Pei 1st equal under2000: Brillion Yan Jun Lau 1st under1600: Marco Leon 1st equal under1000: Michael Huang 1st equal under1000: D Vidun Dulnim Welikala
15-16 June Auckland Blitz Rapid June 2024
1st Blitz: Justin Zhide Wang 1st equal Rapid: Yanbo Jin 1st equal Rapid: Redentor Nailon
28-30 June Peter Stuart Memorial 2024
1st: John Ray B Batucan
7 July Summit Rookies July 2024
1st under2000: Ziyi Huang 1st under1600: D Thevin Dewnim Welikala 1st under1000: Haoteng Yu
Upcoming Events
10-13 July South Island Championships 2024
13-14 July Auckland Blitz Rapid July 2024
14 July South Island Rapid 2024
20-21 July Auckland Chess Weekend July 2024
20 July FIDE100 Super Blitz 2024
4 August Summit Rookies August 2024
8-11 August NZ Senior Championship 2024
24-25 August Auckland Chess Weekend August 2024
1 September Otago Spring Rapid 2024
1 September Summit Rookies September 2024
7-8 September Auckland Chess Weekend September 2024
28-29 September NZCF National Interschools Finals 2024
5-6 October Auckland Blitz Rapid October 2024
13 October Summit Rookies October 2024
20 October NZ Fischer-Random Championship 2024
26-28 October Merv Morrison Memorial 2024
1 December Otago Summer Rapid 2024
1 December Summit Rookies December 2024
7-8 December Papatoetoe Rapid 2024
International News
Upcoming International Events
2024 Blue Chevaliers International Open
21-27 July, Phuket, Thailand
Blue Chevaliers International Open (fide.com)
Asian Seniors 50+ and 65+ Chess Championships 2024 (Change of date)
9-19 August, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Asian Seniors 50+ and 65+ Chess Championships 2024 (fide.com)
Study of the Month
White to play and win
Solution at the end of the newsletter.
Book Review
By IM Gary Lane
Looking for Trouble (Third edition) by Dan Heisman published by Russell Enterprises, 208 pages.
The new edition of the chess classic is designed to take improving players on a journey of identifying threats and how to react to them.
This is arguably everyone’s second chess book because it initially takes you through a number of openings and points out what to do if your opponent makes an error. It takes typical openings such as the Ruy Lopez and King’s Indian and points out how easy it is for White or Black to go wrong in particular “…to spot offensive opportunities that arise for yourself on your move.” It is at times like a puzzle book, but the difference is there is plenty of prose to explain the situation and how one player can easily go wrong.
The American author provides over 300 problems and solutions coping with threats in the opening, middlegame and ending. The difference with having lots of explanation is that it helps the reader to avoid threats as well as to punish them. It makes everything rather more friendly when it is pointed out how the obvious move can be countered in advance by laying a trap. There are times when the potential winning tactic is pointed out, but you have to identify a way to counter it and improve your position.
This is why it should be a favourite with players rated 1800 and above who just want to get better. Of course, there are aspects to appeal to even higher rated players who are diligent in their approach to every aspect of the book.
An insight into the world of tactics and defence for improving players.
Looking Back
By Bob Meadley
100 YEARS AGO AT THE ATHENAEUM
This excellent photograph (kindly brought to our attention through Ross Jackson, by Fiona Moore, Manager of the Melbourne Athenaeum Archives, and published with kind permission of Melbourne Chess Club) may well be the best chess photograph of yesteryear. It shows Boris Kostich sitting on the chair and table at the centre rear looking over his domain during that amazing event in May 1924. Who else can we recognise? Standing at the back on the far right is Andrew Dall Melbourne Chess Club secretary next to him is an unknown but clearly an MCC official. On the other side of Kostich is John Angus Erskine the NZ Champion at times and multi mining millionaire. He gave a massive award to Canterbury University in NZ and is a tall man. Fourth from the left at the back is Gunnar Gundersen the Victorian Champion and popular chess celebrity. He has a distinctive moustache. Sadly, that is all we know. Perhaps viewers can add more names?
Kostich's chess opponents in the six-game simul were Miss Hunter and Messrs Tate, Dall, Edwards, Mosely and Merkel with some sitting on the RHS. Kostich won the event +3=3 no losses. There is one woman at the event and she is not easy to find but look to the left behind the fellow with the prominent hat and you can see her hat. There appear to be 50 chess fans at the function. Kostich was on a tour of the East and he really enjoyed his stay in the capital cities of Australia. There are good write-ups in "The Austral" and later by Cecil Purdy who fell under Boris's spell. The GM was not afraid to use villainy in his simul games to gain a move and win the game. He was caught once at it and managed to joke it away. He was a great ambassador for promoting chess and the money to lure him here (150 pounds) was well spent.
Many years later the Athenaeum, and the MCC who had their meeting room here fell out over the rent and even with the later Judge Woinarksi on their side the MCC were beaten. It is all in that terrific book "CARE FOR A GAME" 1987 by the late Bob Brooking who was a Past President for many years. It raises the question of lost trophies, photos and other memorabilia in a great chapter covering many years of the Club's life. And there are not many clubs that have two books written on their history but the Melbourne Chess Club does with this one and the 1926 one by Rosenblum, "Seventy Years of Victorian Chess". It has an amusing dedication by Edward Ivan Rosenblum who was Hon. Sec. of the MCC - "To my wife whose patience as a "chess widow" I cannot too much admire." Today Ivan would not get off so lightly.
Poor Kostich he got above himself in early 1919 and played Capablanca who demolished him with 5/0 but he loved chess. On the way to this match in Cuba he stopped off at St. Louis Cemetery No.1 in New Orleans and looked at the Morphy mausoleum to get inspiration. He may have been better seeing the Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau who was nearby. He redeemed himself in late 1919 at the Hastings Victory Tourney finishing 2nd to Capa and had no losses. Capa scored 10.5 and Kostich 9.5.
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For details and links of NSW chess clubs, see: NSW Chess Association (nswca.org.au) chess clubs
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Cabra-Vale Diggers Chess Club – Canley Vale
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Coffs Harbour Chess Club
Dooleys Lidcombe Catholic Club - Lidcombe
Dubbo
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Knightclub – Marrickville
Laurieton
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Optus Yes Chess Club – Macquarie Park
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Tamworth Chess Club
University of NSW – Kensington
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New Zealand
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Toowoomba Contact: Sam Buckley sam@toowoombachessclub.com.au
Townsville Pimlico
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South Australian Chess Association Inc (SACA)
Adelaide University North Terrace
LeFevre Queenstown
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Tasmanian Chess Association Inc (TCA)
Burnie Havenview
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Albany Chess Club e-mail: akritaspearce556@gmail.com
Rockingham City Chess Connection e-mail: gregburgess1949@yahoo.com.au
South Perth Senior Citizens Social Chess Club Tel: 9367 9880
Southern Suburbs Chess Club (Facebook page)
UWA Chess Association (Facebook page)
Crobs Coffee and Chess (Facebook page)
ACF Personnel
The Australian Chess Federation is an incorporated association (number A 01325) under the Associations Incorporation Act 1991 of the ACT. It is the governing chess organisation in Australia and is affiliated to FIDE (the Fédération Internationale des Échecs).
ACF COUNCIL
State Asssociation Delegates
NSWCA Delegate: Richard Gastineau-Hills nswcouncillor@auschess.org.au
CV Delegate: Leonid Sandler viccouncillor@auschess.org.au
CAQ Delegate: Doug Williams qldcouncillor@auschess.org.au
SACA Delegate: Misheck Muza sacouncillor@auschess.org.au
TCA Delegate: Tom Saltmarsh tascouncillor@auschess.org.au
ACTCA Delegate: Cam Cunningham actcouncillor@auschess.org.au
CAWA Delegate: Andrew Hardegen andrewhardegen@iinet.net.au
Executive Committee
President: Gary Wastell president@auschess.org.au
Deputy President: Bill Gletsos deputy_president@auschess.org.au
Vice-President: Kevin Bonham vice_president1@auschess.org.au
Vice-President: Hughston Parle vice_president2@auschess.org.au
Secretary: Rob Watson secretary@auschess.org.au
Treasurer: Bob Keast treasurer@auschess.org.au
COUNCIL-APPOINTED PERSONNEL
Assistant Secretary: Vacant
Assistant Treasurer: Mishek Muza asst_treasurer@auschess.org.au
Auditor: Ross Hamilton auditor@auschess.org.au
Equipment Coordinator: Bob Keast equipment_officer@auschess.org.au
FIDE Delegate & Admin Officer: Dr. Kevin Bonham fide_delegate@auschess.org.au
FIDE Ratings Officer: Bill Gletsos fide_ratings@auschess.org.au
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Solution to Study of the Month
White to play and win
Solution:
1 exf5 d4 2 f6 Kxe2 3 f7 d3 4 f8(Q) d2 5 Qe7+ and the white queen and king will manoeuvre to win. 1 exd5 ends up with the black pawn on f2 and, whenever the black king retreats to h1, any queen threat to capture the pawn is fruitless as it would be stalemate, so the white king cannot advance.
(Hultberg, 1940, amended by W Veitch 1970)
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