Editorial
by Miles Patterson
Welcome to the March 2025 ACF Newsletter. Thanks for all the contributions for this issue. Please note the call for applications for the Asian Individual Chess Championships and the FIDE World Cup - U8, U10, 12 and the March 20 and April 12 deadlines.
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ACF Notices
Asian Individual Championships
Applications are invited to represent Australia at the Asian Individual Chess Championships to be held in Al Ain, UAE from 6 to 16 May 2025.
More information can be found here. Inquiries can be sent to ACF Selections Director Tom Saltmarsh, selections_director@auschess.org.au.
Applications for selection close with the ACF on 20 March.
FIDE World Cup for Cadets 2025
Applications are invited to represent Australia at the FIDE World Cup for u8, u10 and u12 to be held in Batumi, Georgia from 22 June to 3 July 2025.
Australia is entitled to enter one male and one female player in each age division. To be eligible, a player shall not have reached the age of 8, 10 or 12 before 1 January 2025. Unlike some other overseas events, there is no ability to register additional players in age divisions. More information can be found at https://www.fide.com/world-cup-u8-u10-u12-last-call-for-wild-cards/
Inquiries can be sent to ACF Juniors Coordinator, Mr Hui Lam Teh tehhuilam@gmail.com, with cc to ACF Selections Director Tom Saltmarsh selections_director@auschess.org.au. Applications for selection close with the ACF on 12 April.
ACF Medals and Awards - Further Information
The last newsletter had just the names of the ACF medal winners. This time we are able to provide a lot more detail.
Steiner Medal – Australian Player of the Year 2024. This medal is to be awarded to the Australian player who has made the greatest impact, not necessarily the highest-rated – it is for the most notable achievement during 2024.
Winner: James Morris
Citation: Last year 30-years old International Master James Morris from Melbourne was pursuing his dream to become next Australian Grandmaster. He played in several events in Spain and Germany achieving some good results. In Australian events he was in form player winning the 2024 Ballarat Begonia Labor Day tournament (6.5 points from 7 games),2024 Australasian Masters IM Norm event scoring an amazing 8.5 points from 9 games, he also strongly performed at the 2024 Doeberl Cup (6.5 points from 9 games) and the 2024 Hjort Memorial. He dominated in many blitz and rapid events including winning all his 11 games in the 2024 Victorian Blitz Masters and becoming the 2024 Victorian Blitz Champion (10 points from 11 games). Morris also won several Rapid play events including the 2024 MCC FIDE World Record Allegro (6.5 points from 7 games) and Melbourne University Rapid 6.5 points from 7 games). His current FIDE rating (January 1/2025) is 2433 making him number 9 player in Australia and definitely the most active in our top 10.
Arlauskas Medal & Award – Australian Under-16 Player of the Year 2024
The Arlauskas Medal is awarded on the same basis as the Steiner Medal but limited to nominees who met the ACF’s age-limit criteria for Australian Under-16 Championships in 2024, i.e. born in or after 2008.
Winner: Reyaansh Chakrabarty
Citation: Reyaansh is currently 10 years old. This year he was:
1) The highest rated U20 player (FIDE rating: 2182) in Australia (based on the published FIDE ratings as of Dec 2024).
2) The U16 National Champion. (He did not defend his U10 title from the previous year but decided to participate in the higher age category).
3) The youngest Australian player to ever defeat a Grandmaster. He achieved this just before he turned 10 at the Ballarat Begonia Open, 2024. He is also one of the top 10 youngest players in the world to have defeated a GM.
4) The Youngest player in Australia to have crossed 2200 rating barrier. His peak published rating was 2217 at the end of Doeberl Cup, 2024 (at the age of 10 years and 2 months).
5) The winner of the Bronze Medal at the 2024 FIDE World Cup (held in Batumi, Georgia).
6) The winner of the ‘Courage and Self Belief’ award at the Doeberl Cup and came first in the Sydney International Blitz, Open category.
Viner Medal & Award – Australian Senior Player of the Year 2024
The Viner Medal is awarded on the same basis as the Steiner Medal but limited to nominees who met the ACF’s minimum-age criteria for the title of Australian Senior Champion in 2024, i.e. born in or before 1974.
Winner: Julia Ryjanova
Citation: 50-years old Woman International Grandmaster Julia Ryjanova played in many events including being a board one player in the Australian Women's Olympiad team at the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest. She won the Chess Artists Club Championship with a perfect score of 7 points from 7 games. Julia is very active in the coaching scene being a role model for juniors especially girls.Her current FIDE rating is 2245.
2025 Koshnitsky Medal
This is awarded for an outstanding contribution to Australian chess administration at a national or a state level. This is a lifetime achievement award, not limited to accomplishments or services during a particular period.
Winner: Patrick Byrom
Citation: Patrick Byrom is well known in Queensland for the many roles he has assumed on the Queensland Chess Association Council and for his long history of involvement in junior chess development. We are indebted to him for acting as Director of Play for many of our Open Tournaments and for freely offering advice and assistance in many areas over the years. Some of our club members, also attend the Brisbane Chess Club or have benefited from chess coaching at one of Patrick’s junior coaching schools.
2025 Purdy Medal
This is awarded for an outstanding contribution to Australian chess as a journalist at a national or state level. This is a lifetime achievement award, not limited to accomplishments or services during a particular period.
Winner: Jack Rodgers
Citation (Extracts): Since finishing a Media degree, specialising in journalism in 2016, Jack has become a well-known chess journalist and advocate for Australian and global chess on top of building his coaching business “Jack Rodgers Chess Coaching”. His freelance work for the world’s most frequented chess website “Chess.com” and the world’s premier chess magazine “New In Chess”, demonstrate his worthiness as a recipient for the Purdy Medal. Jack’s personal blog and radio appearances also detail a history of Australian chess promotion.
Since 2022, Jack has written more than 280 articles for Chess.com covering global tournaments such as the 2023 FIDE World Championships, the 2022 Open and Women’s Candidates tournaments, the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships as well as political and social issues in the chess world. In 2023, Jack was chosen to lead the Chess.com coverage of the FIDE World Championship Match between Ding Liren and Ian Nepomniactchi, making him the youngest journalist ever to cover the event on Chess.com. Jack’s final piece, titled “Ding Liren Wins 2023 FIDE World Championship In Rapid Tiebreaks”, was the first major story to break about the new world champion and this was read by more than 280,000 unique readers. Globally, this was the most read chess news article of 2023.
In 2023, Jack was shortlisted for the “Best Tournament Report National/International” alongside Vanessa West at the Chess Journalist of America awards for his coverage of the FIDE Women’s Candidates tournament. Earlier this year, Jack’s dream of writing for a chess magazine came to fruition when he was endorsed by Peter Doggers to write for New In Chess which is circulated in 116 countries. He was soon offered a column spot by the publishing director Remmelt Otten.
While captaining the Australian Open team at the last three FIDE Olympiads, Jack produced on-the-ground blog coverage for Australian viewers back home, attracting the interest of sponsors for the team. This contribution assisted in raising a record total for the Olympiad fund. Jack produces regular blog articles that cover Australian chess tournaments, such as the 2023 and 2024 Australian Open and Championship events. Jack’s journalistic passion and enthusiasm has been a regular read for many chess players throughout Australia not just covering events but bringing events and chess personalities to life.
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 JUNIORS CHESS TOURNAMENTS
Any inquiries can be sent to ACF Juniors Coordinator, Mr Hui Lam Teh tehhuilam@gmail.com, with cc to ACF Selections Director Tom Saltmarsh selections_director@auschess.org.au.
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 September 2025 and 28 February 2026 is 30 June 2025. 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
ACT Teams Rapid Championship
Sunday 23 March, CHANGE OF VENUE: now Eastlakes, Gungahlin.
Teams of 4, average rating of boards 2-4 must be below 1850. Registration from 9.30 am. Entry $10 per player. Lunch provided. Pre-registration to Shaun Press
2025 Doeberl Cup
17-21 April, Canberra Southern Cross Club, 92-96 Corinna Street, Woden ACT 2606 More information here
Street Chess
Every Saturday. From 10.45 to 2.30. King O’Malley’s in Civic.
More information here and results/photos here
New South Wales
New South Wales Chess Association Inc (NSWCA)
Recent Events
Pirtek Newcastle Open
1st Micah Young 5.5/6, 54 players.
City of Sydney Rapid
1= CM Tri Kien Le, Heath Brown, 6/7. 107 players.
Upcoming Events
City of Sydney Blitz
The 2025 City of Sydney Blitz will take place 16 March. Sydney Academy of Chess Level 2, Suite 2, 1-17 Elsie St, Burwood. 1.30pm: Round 1. Format: 11 round Swiss. Players must register by 15 March - register by 12 March to avoid the late entry fee.
To see the full details, and to enter, please go to the NSWCA website: https://www.nswca.org.au/
UNSW March Open Weekender
21-23rd March. Specific Room TBA; High St, UNSW Sydney, Kensington 2033.
Dubbo RSL Chess Tournament
29-30 March, Dubbo RSL Club – Starlite Rooms, Corner Brisbane and Wingewarra Streets, Dubbo NSW. More information here
2025 Sydney International Open
23-27 April, Novotel West HQ, Conference Rooms 5 & 6, see NSWCA site
2025 Norths State Championship
Tuesday nights from 3 June, The Auditorium, Norths Leagues Club, Cammeray.
Northern Territory
Northern Territory Chess Association
Recent Events
23 February Darwin Social Chess Club Open Tournament.
1st: Ricardo. 2nd equal: Rajeev. 2nd equal: Brodie.
Queensland
Chess Association of Queensland
Upcoming Events
Brisbane Girls Tournament
9 March. Somerville House, 17 Graham St, Sth Brisbane. More details
2025 Gold Cup FIDE Open
Starts: March 14, 2025, Ends: March 16, 2025. Location: Anglican Church Grammar School (Churchie), Oaklands Parade, East Brisbane QLD 4169, Australia.
Churchie International
1st to 5th of May 2025 at Anglican Church Grammar School (Churchie), Oaklands Parade, East Brisbane QLD 4169, Australia.
Premier Division (1800 FIDE or ACF and above) - a 9-round event from Thursday night on the 1st of May to the 5th of May.
Major Division (Under 2000 FIDE or ACF) - a 7-round event from the Friday night on the 2nd of May to the 5th of May.
2025 Wendy Terry Memorial
9-10 August, Redcliffe Chess Club. Brochure here
2025 Christmas Special
13-14 December, Grace Lutheran College, Buchanan St, Rothwell. Enquiries: Text / phone / email Gail YOUNG on 0411 704 815 / qwclqwcl@gmail.com
South Australia
South Australian Chess Association Inc (SACA)
Recent Events
February Rapid
1st Edgar Mdinaradze 4/4
February Allegro No 1
1= Kyle Leaver, Mato Jelic 4.5/5
Upcoming Events
March Allegro #1
7.00pm, Thursday 13th March, Chess Centre of South Australia,
10 Ranelagh Street, Adelaide. Details here
March Blitz
7.00pm, Thursday 20th March 2025, Chess Centre of South Australia,
10 Ranelagh Street, Adelaide. Details here
April Allegro #1
7.00pm, Thursday 3rd April, Chess Centre of South Australia,
10 Ranelagh Street, Adelaide. Details here
Tasmania
Tasmanian Chess Association Inc (TCA)
Upcoming Events
Tony Sturges Memorial
Venue TBC, Hobart,April 28
Victoria
Chess Victoria News
At the 2024 Chess Victoria Inc AGM on 2 March 2025, the following were elected as members of the association’s Executive committee:
President: Dr Peter Clark, Vice-president: Alana Chibnall, Secretary: John Nemeth, Treasurer: Walter Wolffs, Executive Members: Anna Yates & Kuanysh Batyrbekov
Peter Clarke
It was agreed that the President would be the appropriate delegate to the ACF.
Upcoming Events
Melbourne International Open
7-14 April 2025, at the Melbourne Chess Club. Information here
Western Australia
Chess Association of Western Australia Inc (CAWA)
Recent Events
WA Allegro Chess Championship
1st IM Patrick Gong. Report, photos and results
New Zealand
New Zealand Chess News (newzealandchess.nz)
Recent Events
6, 8-9 February Auckland Waitangi Weekender 2025
1st equal: Saptorshi Gupta 1st equal: Ilias Angelo (Leo) Baker
8 February Hawkes Bay Rapid 2025
A tournament 1st: FM Felix Xie B tournament 1st equal: Michael R W Earle 1st equal: Benjamin Firestone
22 February 19th Bay of Plenty Rapid 2025
A tournament 1st equal: FM Alphaeus Wei Ern Ang 1st equal: FM Felix Xie B tournament 1st: Jacob Askin
Upcoming Events
8-9, 22-23 March Auckland Double Weekends March 2025
15 March Latvian Rapid 2025
18-19, 21 April Wellington Open 2025
20 April I Love Chess Rapid April 2025
25-27 April Auckland Anzac Weekender 2025
10-11, 17-18 May Auckland Double Weekends May 2025
31 May - 2 June Trusts Open 2025
20-22 June Peter Stuart Memorial 2025
6 July I Love Chess Rapid July 2025
12-13, 19-20 July Auckland Double Weekends July 2025
International News
Recent Events
Upcoming Events
Asian Individual Men's and Women's Chess Ch Al Ain, UAE 05-16 May-25
Asian Juniors & Girls Chess Championship Colombo, Sri Lanka 18-27 Jul 25
Asian Amateur Chess Championship 2025 Hong Kong, China 01-09 Aug-25
Asian Nations Cup 2025 Abu Dhabi, UAE 5-14 Aug 25
Asian Schools Chess Championship 2025 UlaanBaatar, Mongolia 15-25 Aug-25
Asian Cities Chess Team Championship Salalah, Oman Aug 2025
Asian Seniors 50+ and 65+ Chess Ch 2025 Erbil or Sulaymaniyah, Iraq 08-16 Sep 25
Asian Youth Chess Championship 2025 Bangkok, Thailand 20-30 Nov-25
Check details via the FIDE Chess Calendar
Study of the Month
White to play and win
Solution at the end of the newsletter.
Book Review
By IM Gary Lane
How to Choose a Chess Move by Andrew Soltis, published by Batsford, 208 pages.
A new version of the chess classic designed to improve your decision-making skills.
I have an easy test whenever a book claims to be revised and updated by simply looking in the index for the name Carlsen. The American author has done a good job, because Magnus’s games are dotted throughout the chapters while other players such as Caruana and Duda are also featured.
The games are annotated with prose that is easy to understand while providing insights on how to formulate a plan. There are times the position starts in the middlegame but this gives Soltis the chance to explain the options and then indicate what should sway you to look for certain moves or ideas.
The sixteen chapters include user friendly titles such as ‘Quiet Cues,’ ‘Evaluating’, ‘How Much Analysis?’ and ‘Blunder Check’. There is plenty for the casual player to enjoy and a keen reader will certainly benefit with a ratings boost.
An interesting aspect is the influence of intuition because we have all seen a back-rank checkmate trick and, when it appears on the board, we still take our time. He quotes Magnus Carlsen “usually I know what I am doing after ten seconds. The rest is double-checking”. In a nod to the old edition there is then a similar quote from former World title contender David Bronstein.
A great way to climb the ladder of success.
Looking Back
When Spassky came to Canberra
By Shaun Press (chessexpress)
In 1989 former World Champion Boris Spassky came to Australia for a series of simultaneous displays and lectures. At the time he was still competing at the top level (including the short lived PCA Grand Prix series) and still three years away from his infamous re-match with Bobby Fischer.
The tour was organised by Jaques Englander, who was a well-known chess sponsor and importer of Novag Chess Computers. While Englander handled most of the tour, he asked me to handle the Canberra leg of the trip. I enlisted the help of Alan Hartstein to coordinate local transport, as he had one important attribute, the keys to his father’s Mercedes.
Picking up the former World Champion at the airport, we immediately took him for a round of interviews with local radio and television. He was particularly taken with the variety of plants in Canberra, sampling some of berries and seeds he spotted, despite our concerns for their health effects.
The main purpose of his visit was a 20-board simul at the Belconnen Mall. Organised with the help of the Games Cupboard, it attracted both a strong field of players, and a huge group of spectators. Before the simul began, Spassky announced that he would play 1.e4 on every board, and if his opponent chose to play 1. ... e5, then 2.f4 would be his next move. A number of players took up this challenge and the simul got underway.
As an old hand at these kinds of events, Spassky soon spotted who the main threats were and strategically offered some early draws. One player who accepted the offer was former ACT Champion Milan Gricic. One player who definitely played on was Michael Mescher, who chose to meet the Kings Gambit with Be7 (1.e4 e5 2.f4 ef 3.Nf3 Be7). While I believe the game score has been lost to history, Mescher stayed a pawn ahead before converting the ending into a win. This was only one of two losses by Spassky during the entire tour and was a cause of great celebration for the spectators.
Apart from the loss, and three or four draws, Spassky of course won the remaining games. At one point, words were exchanged between one of the players who took an early draw, and a participant who had reason to resign, but chose not to. The suggestion that he was not being 'respectful' to the former world champion was met with the reply 'But who has got the most value for money tonight?'.
After the simul had finished, Spassky, Mescher, me, Alan Hartstein and former ACF President Nathan Stirling (plus others) returned to the city and had late night coffee at Gus's Cafe. Spassky and Mescher spent most of the time analysing the game just played, trying to find improvements for the ex-World Champion!
The next day, we took Spassky out to Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve, to see the local flora and fauna. He took great delight in seeing the kangaroos and koalas, and exploring the Australian bush. He mentioned that as a younger man he worked as a forest ranger, and so such adventures were very enjoyable.
His last full day in Canberra was spent playing tennis, and relaxing. At one point he needed assistance in ringing his wife from the hotel (in those pre-mobile phone days) and, when told he needed to start with 0 (to dial out) followed by 00 to start an international call, he remarked 'So we start by castling long.'
After that he continued his journey around Australia, entertaining hundreds of local players with his charm, kindness and brilliant chess play.
Boris Spassky (1937 - 2025)
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Cabra-Vale Diggers Chess Club – Canley Vale
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Circular Quay Chess Club
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Knightclub – Marrickville
Laurieton
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Optus Yes Chess Club – Macquarie Park
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University of NSW – Kensington
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ACF COUNCIL
State Association Delegates
NSWCA Delegate: Richard Gastineau-Hills nswcouncillor@auschess.org.au
CV Delegate: Leonid Sandler leonidsandlerchess@gmail.com
CAQ Delegate: Michael D’Arcy michaeldarc@gmail.com.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: Tim Hare wacounsellor@auschess.org.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: Andrew Hardegen 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: Bill Gletsos 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
Juniors Coordinator: Hui Lam Teh tehhuilam@gmail.com
Medals & Awards Convenor: Gary Wastell awards@auschess.org.au
National Ratings Officer: Bill Gletsos acfratings@auschess.org.au
National Ratings Officer: Graham Saint g_saint@tpg.com.au
Newsletter Editor: Keong Ang auschessnews@chessnews.asia
Newsletter Editor: Miles Patterson newsletter editor@auschess.org.au
Publicity Director: Paul Power publicity@auschess.org.au
Selections Director: Tom Saltmarsh selections director@auschess.org.au
Webmaster: David Esmonde webmaster@auschess.org.au
Solution to Study of the Month
White to play and win
Solution:
1 Bf4 Bg5 2 Bh2 Bd8 3 Be8 Bb6 4 Bd7 Bd8 5 Bc8 Bc7 6 Bc7 and 7 Bb7 mate.
(Henri Rinck, 1938)
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