All the news from the latest CAQ Council Meeting including new Arbiter tournament requirements and up and coming events.
NEWS FROM THE CAQ Number 1
All the news from the latest CAQ Council Meeting including new Arbiter tournament requirements and up and coming events.
NEWS FROM THE CAQ Number 1
Starts: November 27, 2020
Ends: November 27, 2020
Location: Marist College Ashgrove, 142 Frasers Rd, Ashgrove QLD 4060, Australia
Description:
The Annual Marcus Porter Memorial organised and run by The Gap Chess Club is back for another two nights of entertainment.
Get special prizes for playing the Grob (or reverse Grob!) in your games and enjoy the celebration of Marcus.
This year the event will be held on Friday 27th November and Friday 4th December.
We hope you can make this great event! 🙂
Marcus Porter Memorial 2020 - flyerConfirmed! The annual Seniors Championship of Queensland always attracts a strong and friendly field and should be another great event.
2020 Seniors Champ
Please see the attached Press Release on the steps necessary for your Club to be able to open and play over-the-board.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the CAQ has taken the following decisions.
1. Any official meeting of CAQ affiliated clubs are suspended immediately until further notice.
2. All CAQ Inter-school tournaments are cancelled until further notice.
3. The CAQ does not endorse any chess tournament until further notice. Any tournaments or events that have been previously endorsed; such endorsement is now retracted until further notice.
According to advice from the Australian Department of Health, the virus is most likely spread through:
We encourage all players and support personnel to exercise good hygiene:
Feeling Unwell? Symptoms of COVID-19 can range from mild illness to pneumonia. Some people will recover easily, and others may get very sick very quickly. People with coronavirus may experience: fever, flu-like symptoms such as coughing, sore throat and fatigue, shortness of breath.
If you are experiencing symptoms, please seek medical advice. If you have recently returned from overseas or if you may have been in contact with a person recently returned from overseas, please monitor your health.
Please note that as the situation evolves, advice from Australian Government and the World Health Organisation may change. Keep up to date with the details with the resource links below:
Gold Coast Open Major Cross Table at round 7 sorted by score Pos NAME Rtg T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | DirE BucM Buc1 BucT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Young,Nathanael 1775 QLD 6.5 | =BYE +W24 +B37 +W6 +B33 +B5 +W4 | 0.0 21.0 26.0 29.5 2 Ryan,Liam 1576 QLD 6.0 | +B68 +W62 =B7 +W9 +B12 =B4 +W8 | 0.0 21.5 26.5 28.5 3 Pakgohar Mahdi 1633 IRI 5.5 | +B40 +W25 +B23 +B12 =W4 -W8 +B13 | 0.0 22.0 27.0 30.5 4 Ooi,Jayden 1697 QLD 5.0 | +B36 +W52 +B19 +W14 =B3 =W2 -B1 | 0.0 24.0 30.5 33.5 5 Stewart,Craig A 1644 QLD 5.0 | +B65 +W11 =B6 +W22 +B13 -W1 =B7 | 0.0 23.5 30.0 32.5 6 Nguyen,Kevin 1568 QLD 5.0 | +W77 +B15 =W5 -B1 +W38 +B22 =W11 | 0.0 22.0 28.5 31.5 7 Hamilton,Don 1696 QLD 5.0 | +W44 +B38 =W2 -B13 +W18 +B14 =W5 | 0.0 22.0 28.0 31.0 8 Aldana,Diego 1439 QLD 5.0 | -W15 +B63 +W48 +B28 +W20 +B3 -B2 | 0.0 21.0 27.0 29.5 9 Salahuddin,Mohammad 1762 QLD 5.0 | =BYE +B43 +W17 -B2 +W44 =W10 +B23 | 0.0 20.5 26.5 29.5 10 Brady,Aiden 1544 QLD 5.0 | +W55 -B12 +W51 =B47 +W30 =B9 +W26 | 0.0 19.0 24.0 26.5 11 Sakran,Bernard 1498 QLD 5.0 | +W58 -B5 =W46 +B56 +B34 +W33 =B6 | 0.0 17.5 22.5 25.0 12 Buciu,Aurel-John 1751 CM QLD 4.5 | +B41 +W10 +B60 -W3 -W2 +B29 =W14 | 0.0 22.5 28.5 31.0 13 Bambah,Chinmaya 1460 QLD 4.5 | +B66 =W33 +B54 +W7 -W5 +B47 -W3 | 0.0 20.5 26.0 28.0 14 Atia,Ben 1549 QLD 4.5 | +B71 +W54 +B35 -B4 +W29 -W7 =B12 | 0.0 20.5 25.5 27.0 15 Duffin,Mike 1819 QLD 4.5 | +B8 -W6 =B59 -W24 +B56 +W37 +B25 | 0.0 19.0 24.0 26.5 16 Stokes,Mark C 1610 QLD 4.5 | =BYE =BYE +B53 =W25 -B22 +W40 +B36 | 0.0 18.0 22.0 24.5 17 Ly-Liu,Alexavier 1422 QLD 4.5 | =BYE +W73 -B9 +W50 =B23 =W35 +B33 | 0.0 17.5 22.5 24.0 18 Devarajh,Joshua 1541 QLD 4.5 | +B53 +W45 =B34 -W33 -B7 +W55 +B35 | 0.0 16.5 21.5 24.0 19 Chan,Jason 1578 QLD 4.5 | +W69 +B48 -W4 -B44 +W46 +B49 =W20 | 0.0 16.0 21.0 23.0 20 Watkins,Bridgette 1457 QLD 4.5 | -B34 +W76 +B72 +W35 -B8 +W45 =B19 | 0.0 16.0 21.0 21.5 21 Peach,Ben 1702 QLD 4.5 | -W31 +B74 -W44 =B58 +W61 +B38 +W39 | 0.0 15.0 19.0 21.5 22 Kodituwakku,Dulin Ne 1124 QLD 4.0 | =BYE +B39 +W26 -B5 +W16 -W6 =B34 | 0.0 20.5 25.5 29.0 23 Tennakoon,Nadula 1552 QLD 4.0 | +W56 +B47 -W3 =B27 =W17 +B44 -W9 | 0.0 20.0 25.5 28.0 24 Chan,Jordan 1408 QLD 4.0 | =BYE -B1 +W75 +B15 =W27 -B26 +W49 | 0.0 19.0 25.5 27.0 25 Ng,Sze-Yong 1467 QLD 4.0 | +W72 -B3 +W58 =B16 =W47 +B48 -W15 | 0.0 17.5 23.0 24.0 26 Young,Dashiell 1565 QLD 4.0 | +B76 =W34 -B22 =W36 +B53 +W24 -B10 | 0.0 17.5 22.5 23.0 27 Tsai,Wei-wei 1612 QLD 4.0 | -B64 +W42 +B68 =W23 =B24 =W36 =B30 | 0.0 17.5 21.5 23.5 28 Davies,Andrew Willia 1586 QLD 4.0 | =BYE =B46 +W31 -W8 -B36 +B69 +W44 | 0.0 17.0 22.0 24.0 29 McCartney,Connor 1433 QLD 4.0 | -B54 +W71 +B45 +W60 -B14 -W12 +B51 | 0.0 17.0 21.5 23.0 30 Young,Micah 753 QLD 4.0 | =BYE -W37 +B65 +W59 -B10 +B50 =W27 | 0.0 16.5 21.5 24.0 31 Xing,Zerui 1375 QLD 4.0 | +B21 -W35 -B28 -W53 +B68 +W46 +B52 | 0.0 16.0 20.5 22.5 32 White,Michael S 1390 NSW 4.0 | -B45 -W53 +B76 =W55 +B70 =W34 +W48 | 0.0 13.0 16.5 17.0 33 Wang,Eason 1643 QLD 3.5 | +W51 =B13 +W49 +B18 -W1 -B11 -W17 | 0.0 21.5 28.0 31.0 34 Lovejoy,David 1864 QLD 3.5 | +W20 =B26 =W18 =B38 -W11 =B32 =W22 | 0.0 21.0 26.0 29.5 35 Lo,Jonathan 1624 QLD 3.5 | +W63 +B31 -W14 -B20 +W51 =B17 -W18 | 0.0 20.5 25.0 27.5 36 Yan,Max 1354 QLD 3.5 | -W4 =B55 +W61 =B26 +W28 =B27 -W16 | 0.0 19.0 24.0 26.5 37 Ming,Kenny 1438 QLD 3.5 | =BYE +B30 -W1 =B46 =W54 -B15 +W63 | 0.0 18.5 25.0 27.5 38 Watkins,Sophie 1514 QLD 3.5 | +B70 -W7 +B62 =W34 -B6 -W21 +B64 | 0.0 17.5 22.5 24.5 39 Liang,Raymond 1579 QLD 3.5 | =BYE -W22 =B55 +W68 =B40 +W59 -B21 | 0.0 16.0 20.5 22.5 40 Ilka,William 1300 QLD 3.5 | -W3 -B58 +W71 +B66 =W39 -B16 +W61 | 0.0 15.0 20.5 22.0 41 Van Der Byl,Orsen 1379 QLD 3.5 | -W12 -B56 +W69 +B72 -B45 =W53 +B55 | 0.0 13.0 17.5 18.5 42 Liu,Charlie 1253 QLD 3.5 | -W60 -B27 +W67 -W54 =B62 +B72 +W59 | 0.0 13.0 17.0 18.0 43 Lam,Colin 1355 QLD 3.5 | =BYE -W9 -B73 -B61 +W75 +W56 +B53 | 0.0 12.5 17.5 19.0 44 Bender,Peter G 1352 QLD 3.0 | -B7 +W70 +B21 +W19 -B9 -W23 -B28 | 0.0 22.0 27.0 29.0 45 Stark,Ken (W) 1756 QLD 3.0 | +W32 -B18 -W29 +B73 +W41 -B20 -- | 0.0 20.0 24.5 26.0 46 Lo,Micah 1133 QLD 3.0 | =BYE =W28 =B11 =W37 -B19 -B31 +W69 | 0.0 19.5 24.5 26.5 47 Kitikov,Oleg (W) 1789 QLD 3.0 | +B59 -W23 +B64 =W10 =B25 -W13 -- | 0.0 19.0 24.0 26.5 48 Tay,Yi Xiang 0 OS 3.0 | +BYE -W19 -B8 +W64 +B52 -W25 -B32 | 0.0 18.5 23.5 26.0 49 Rose,Noah 1225 QLD 3.0 | =BYE +W50 -B33 =W52 +B60 -W19 -B24 | 0.0 17.0 21.5 24.0 50 Dewadasa,Imira 1614 QLD 3.0 | =BYE -B49 +W74 -B17 =BYE -W30 +B68 | 0.0 16.0 20.5 22.5 51 Leong,Benjamin 1318 QLD 3.0 | -B33 +W66 -B10 +W62 -B35 +W60 -W29 | 0.0 15.5 20.5 22.5 52 Hogan,Steven 1518 VIC 3.0 | +W61 -B4 =W56 =B49 -W48 +B58 -W31 | 0.0 14.5 19.5 22.0 53 Cooper,Joshua 1136 QLD 2.5 | -W18 +B32 -W16 +B31 -W26 =B41 -W43 | 0.0 20.0 24.5 28.0 54 Nothdurft,John D (W) 1790 VIC 2.5 | +W29 -B14 -W13 +B42 =B37 -- -- | 0.0 19.5 24.0 27.5 55 Carr,Ethan 1144 QLD 2.5 | -B10 =W36 =W39 =B32 +W63 -B18 -W41 | 0.0 19.0 24.0 26.5 56 Atia,Raphael 1189 QLD 2.5 | -B23 +W41 =B52 -W11 -W15 -B43 +W70 | 0.0 18.5 23.5 25.5 57 Song,Kevin (W) 1612 AUS 2.5 | =W74 +B75 =BYE =BYE -- -- -- | 0.0 18.0 22.5 24.0 58 Williams,Masaki 835 QLD 2.5 | -B11 +W40 -B25 =W21 =B67 -W52 =B60 | 0.0 17.5 22.5 25.0 59 Moss,Jasper 1426 QLD 2.5 | -W47 +B69 =W15 -B30 +W73 -B39 -B42 | 0.0 16.5 21.0 22.5 60 Van Der Meer,Andrew 1602 QLD 2.5 | +B42 +W64 -W12 -B29 -W49 -B51 =W58 | 0.0 16.0 20.5 23.0 61 Scarf,Rex 1118 QLD 2.5 | -B52 =W65 -B36 +W43 -B21 +W67 -B40 | 0.0 16.0 20.5 23.0 62 Micklesson-Scott,Jac 800 QLD 2.5 | +W67 -B2 -W38 -B51 =W42 -B63 +BYE | 0.0 15.0 21.0 22.5 63 Carter,Martin 1272 QLD 2.5 | -B35 -W8 =B70 +W65 -B55 +W62 -B37 | 0.0 14.0 19.0 21.0 64 Ilka,Alexander 1259 QLD 2.5 | +W27 -B60 -W47 -B48 =W72 +B73 -W38 | 0.0 13.5 17.5 18.5 65 Goh,Julien 1346 OS 2.5 | -W5 =B61 -W30 -B63 +W71 =B70 =W66 | 0.0 13.0 18.0 19.5 66 Patch,Ben 0 2.5 | -W13 -B51 +BYE -W40 -B69 +W75 =B65 | 0.0 13.0 17.5 19.0 67 Li,Jason 1475 QLD 2.5 | -B62 -W68 -B42 +W76 =W58 -B61 +W72 | 0.0 10.0 13.5 14.0 68 Ni,Lucas 1241 NSW 2.0 | -W2 +B67 -W27 -B39 -W31 +B76 -W50 | 0.0 17.0 23.0 23.5 69 Qu,Anson 1243 QLD 2.0 | -B19 -W59 -B41 +B71 +W66 -W28 -B46 | 0.0 15.0 19.5 21.0 70 Kuypers,Ron 870 QLD 2.0 | -W38 -B44 =W63 +B75 -W32 =W65 -B56 | 0.0 14.0 18.0 19.5 71 Dullaway,Michael 1159 QLD 2.0 | -W14 -B29 -B40 -W69 -B65 +BYE +W73 | 0.0 13.5 18.0 18.5 72 Hoens,Scott 686 QLD 1.5 | -B25 +BYE -W20 -W41 =B64 -W42 -B67 | 0.0 16.0 20.5 23.0 73 Rose,Joshua 535 QLD 1.5 | =BYE -B17 +W43 -W45 -B59 -W64 -B71 | 0.0 15.5 20.0 21.5 74 Chan,Lyanna (W) 1254 QLD 1.5 | =B57 -W21 -B50 =BYE =BYE -- -- | 0.0 15.0 19.5 22.0 75 Dullaway,Erin 1158 QLD 1.5 | =BYE -W57 -B24 -W70 -B43 -B66 +W76 | 0.0 15.0 19.0 19.5 76 Williams,Elizabeth 1198 QLD 1.0 | -W26 -B20 -W32 -B67 +BYE -W68 -B75 | 0.0 14.0 18.5 19.5 77 Watkins,Rachel Ja(W) 1216 QLD 0.0 | -B6 -- -- -- -- -- -- | 0.0 12.5 17.5 18.5 1st Nathaniel Young 6.5/7 $600 2nd Liam Ryan 6/7 $350 3rd Mahdi Pakgohar 5.5/7 $250 Group AÂ Diego Aldana 5/7 $50 Aiden Brady 5/7 $50 Bernard Sakran 5/7 $50 Group BÂ Dulin Kodituwakku 4/7 $75 Micah Young 4/7 $75
The 54th Peninsula Open starts on Saturday 1st June 2019 at 09:30
The venue is Grace Lutheran College Rothwell in F Block – park in the Grace swimming car park in Buchanan St.
Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr. 1 Zhong, Tony (Junhao) QLD 2019 5.5 15.5 23.5 19.5 2-6 McClymont, Brodie QLD 2374 5 18.0 26.0 19.5 Solomon, Stephen J QLD 2383 5 17.0 24.5 19.0 Peach, Ben QLD 1610 5 15.0 22.5 17.0 Silva, K W C U OS 1848 5 13.5 20.0 15.5 Chan, Jason QLD 1374 5 12.0 19.0 16.0 7-8 Paevskiy, Igor QLD 1824 4.5 16.0 23.5 19.0 Tennakoon, Nadula QLD 1352 4.5 11.5 17.5 14.0 9-19 Lo, Jonathan QLD 1432 4 15.0 23.0 16.0 Nakauchi, Gene QLD 2295 4 14.5 21.0 16.0 Mather, Andrew QLD 1849 4 14.0 21.5 16.0 Ly-Liu, Alexavier QLD 1391 4 13.5 19.0 15.0 Nothdurft, John D VIC 1742 4 12.5 19.5 15.0 Ooi, Jayden QLD 1502 4 12.5 18.5 15.0 Salahuddin, Mohammad QLD 1547 4 12.0 20.0 14.0 Stokes, Mark C QLD 1460 4 12.0 19.5 13.0 Brady, Aiden QLD 1366 4 12.0 17.5 13.0 Gatt, Steven NSW 4 12.0 17.5 12.0 Aanan, Shafiuddin QLD 802 4 10.5 17.5 11.0 20-21 Weller, Tony QLD 1628 3.5 14.0 21.0 14.0 Van Der Byl, Orsen QLD 1239 3.5 8.0 12.0 10.5 22-37 Wang, Eason QLD 1215 3 15.0 20.5 12.0 Esmaili, Ali QLD 1689 3 14.5 21.5 14.0 Cooper, Joshua QLD 721 3 14.5 21.5 10.5 Ming, Kenny QLD 1117 3 14.0 20.0 12.0 Lo, Micah QLD 740 3 13.5 20.0 9.5 Aldana, Diego QLD 1191 3 13.5 19.5 11.0 Macleod, Keith QLD 1349 3 13.0 18.5 12.0 Moss, Jasper QLD 1079 3 13.0 18.5 11.0 Barnard, Ross QLD 877 3 13.0 18.5 10.5 Bender, Peter G QLD 1126 3 12.5 19.0 12.0 Suraweera, Adheesha QLD 853 3 12.5 18.0 10.0 Jones, Jonathan QLD 1204 3 11.5 19.0 12.0 Li, Allan QLD 1113 3 11.5 16.5 12.0 Mulholland, Philip QLD 1096 3 11.0 17.0 10.0 Xing, Zerui QLD 905 3 9.5 17.0 8.0 Ilka, William QLD 907 3 8.5 14.0 9.0 38-45 Chen, Austin QLD 809 2.5 15.0 22.0 12.0 Watkins, Bridgette QLD 1010 2.5 13.0 20.0 9.5 Kodituwakku, Dulin Nethsuka QLD 1008 2.5 11.5 18.0 9.5 Leong, Benjamin QLD 718 2.5 11.5 17.5 7.5 Stewart, Craig A QLD 1436 2.5 11.5 16.5 9.0 Young, Micah QLD 702 2.5 10.5 15.0 8.0 Allen, Kris QLD 385 2.5 10.0 14.0 7.0 Ahern, Sophia QLD 444 2.5 9.0 13.0 6.5 46-56 Qu, Anson QLD 729 2 13.0 19.5 9.0 Kho, Samuel QLD 593 2 12.5 18.0 8.0 Liu, Henry QLD 944 2 12.5 18.0 6.5 Relekar, Kanak QLD 889 2 11.5 16.5 6.5 Luxton, Archie QLD 662 2 11.0 17.5 4.0 Spence, Ian QLD 476 2 11.0 16.0 7.0 Kho, John QLD 287 2 10.5 14.0 4.0 Lam, Colin QLD 874 2 9.5 14.5 7.0 Wang, Kingston QLD 2 9.5 13.0 5.0 Watkins, Rachel Jane QLD 836 2 9.0 13.0 6.0 Wang, Lachlan QLD 2 7.5 12.0 4.0 57-58 Williams, Elizabeth QLD 627 1.5 11.5 15.0 6.0 Carter, Martin QLD 905 1.5 11.0 15.5 3.5 59-60 Leong, Joel QLD 648 1 11.5 16.5 3.5 Bieber, Oliver QLD 1 8.5 13.5 5.0 61-62 Turner, Jai QLD 717 0.5 10.0 15.5 2.5 Ly-Liu, Isaac QLD 538 0.5 7.5 11.5 1.0
No Name Feder Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Tony (Junhao) Zhong QLD 2019 5.5 36:W 33:W 9:W 3:D 11:W 7:W 2 Brodie McClymont QLD 2374 5 37:W 8:W 4:W 11:W 7:D 3:D 3 Stephen J Solomon QLD 2383 5 48:W 6:W 23:W 1:D 10:W 2:D 4 Ben Peach QLD 1610 5 19:W 39:W 2:L 22:W 12:W 13:W 5 K W C U Silva OS 1848 5 0:D 0:D 39:W 20:W 16:W 9:W 6 Jason Chan QLD 1374 5 50:W 3:L 40:W 46:W 15:W 20:W 7 Igor Paevskiy QLD 1824 4.5 53:W 31:W 12:W 10:W 2:D 1:L 8 Nadula Tennakoon QLD 1352 4.5 59:W 2:L 24:D 26:W 38:W 23:W 9 Jonathan Lo QLD 1432 4 41:W 18:W 1:L 34:W 23:W 5:L 10 Gene Nakauchi QLD 2295 4 58:W 22:W 14:W 7:L 3:L 33:W 11 Andrew Mather QLD 1849 4 49:W 27:W 25:W 2:L 1:L 22:W 12 Alexavier Ly-Liu QLD 1391 4 61:W 24:W 7:L 29:W 4:L 30:W 13 John D Nothdurft VIC 1742 4 32:W 25:L 48:W 38:W 14:W 4:L 14 Jayden Ooi QLD 1502 4 46:W 40:W 10:L 31:W 13:L 34:W 15 Mohammad Salahuddin QLD 1547 4 26:D 30:W 29:D 27:W 6:L 31:W 16 Mark C Stokes QLD 1460 4 24:L 41:W 32:W 25:W 5:L 35:W 17 Aiden Brady QLD 1366 4 0:D 26:W 38:L 24:W 28:D 32:W 18 Steven Gatt NSW 4 35:W 9:L 27:L 58:W 29:W 28:W 19 Shafiuddin Aanan QLD 802 4 4:L 56:W 22:L 48:W 25:W 42:W 20 Tony Weller QLD 1628 3.5 38:D 47:W 28:W 5:L 21:W 6:L 21 Orsen Van Der Byl QLD 1239 3.5 47:L 61:D 59:W 42:W 20:L 38:W 22 Eason Wang QLD 1215 3 62:W 10:L 19:W 4:L 36:W 11:L 23 Ali Esmaili QLD 1689 3 55:W 34:W 3:L 33:W 9:L 8:L 24 Joshua Cooper QLD 721 3 16:W 12:L 8:D 17:L 45:W 39:D 25 Kenny Ming QLD 1117 3 52:W 13:W 11:L 16:L 19:L 55:W 26 Micah Lo QLD 740 3 15:D 17:L 45:W 8:L 47:W 37:D 27 Diego Aldana QLD 1191 3 45:W 11:L 18:W 15:L 30:L 49:W 28 Keith Macleod QLD 1349 3 57:D 43:W 20:L 37:W 17:D 18:L 29 Jasper Moss QLD 1079 3 0:D 57:W 15:D 12:L 18:L 46:W 30 Ross Barnard QLD 877 3 0:D 15:L 57:W 0:D 27:W 12:L 31 Peter G Bender QLD 1126 3 44:W 7:L 51:W 14:L 53:W 15:L 32 Adheesha Suraweera QLD 853 3 13:L 52:W 16:L 54:W 39:W 17:L 33 Jonathan Jones QLD 1204 3 51:W 1:L 47:W 23:L 40:W 10:L 34 Allan Li QLD 1113 3 60:W 23:L 44:W 9:L 46:W 14:L 35 Philip Mulholland QLD 1096 3 18:L 50:W 46:L 43:W 41:W 16:L 36 Zerui Xing QLD 905 3 1:L 51:L 50:W 44:W 22:L 53:W 37 William Ilka QLD 907 3 2:L 59:D 61:W 28:L 57:W 26:D 38 Austin Chen QLD 809 2.5 20:D 42:W 17:W 13:L 8:L 21:L 39 Bridgette Watkins QLD 1010 2.5 56:W 4:L 5:L 51:W 32:L 24:D 40 Dulin Nethsuka Kodituwakku QLD 1008 2.5 54:W 14:L 6:L 55:W 33:L 41:D 41 Benjamin Leong QLD 718 2.5 9:L 16:L 52:W 49:W 35:L 40:D 42 Craig A Stewart QLD 1436 2.5 0:D 38:L 60:W 21:L 43:W 19:L 43 Micah Young QLD 702 2.5 0:D 28:L 58:W 35:L 42:L 51:W 44 Kris Allen QLD 385 2.5 31:L 53:W 34:L 36:L 48:D 59:W 45 Sophia Ahern QLD 444 2.5 27:L 58:D 26:L 59:W 24:L 57:W 46 Anson Qu QLD 729 2 14:L 54:W 35:W 6:L 34:L 29:L 47 Samuel Kho QLD 593 2 21:W 20:L 33:L 0:D 26:L 48:D 48 Henry Liu QLD 944 2 3:L 62:W 13:L 19:L 44:D 47:D 49 Kanak Relekar QLD 889 2 11:L 0:D 0:D 41:L 60:W 27:L 50 Archie Luxton QLD 662 2 6:L 35:L 36:L 0:D 58:W 52:D 51 Ian Spence QLD 476 2 33:L 36:W 31:L 39:L 56:W 43:L 52 John Kho QLD 287 2 25:L 32:L 41:L 0:D 61:W 50:D 53 Colin Lam QLD 874 2 7:L 44:L 62:W 60:W 31:L 36:L 54 Kingston Wang QLD 2 40:L 46:L 0:W 32:L 55:L 61:W 55 Rachel Jane Watkins QLD 836 2 23:L 60:L 56:W 40:L 54:W 25:L 56 Lachlan Wang QLD 2 39:L 19:L 55:L 62:W 51:L 60:W 57 Elizabeth Williams QLD 627 1.5 28:D 29:L 30:L 61:W 37:L 45:L 58 Martin Carter QLD 905 1.5 10:L 45:D 43:L 18:L 50:L 62:W 59 Joel Leong QLD 648 1 8:L 37:D 21:L 45:L 62:D 44:L 60 Oliver Bieber QLD 1 34:L 55:W 42:L 53:L 49:L 56:L 61 Jai Turner QLD 717 .5 12:L 21:D 37:L 57:L 52:L 54:L 62 Isaac Ly-Liu QLD 538 .5 22:L 48:L 53:L 56:L 59:D 58:L
The Wendy Terry Memorial 2019 starts on Saturday 6th April 2019 at 09:30
The venue is Grace Lutheran College Rothwell in F Block – park in the Grace swimming car park in Buchanan St.
The Norfolk Island Social Chess Challenge is designed to bring together a competitive chess tournament and a love of travel to provide a unique experience.
The week long adventure will see players have the opportunity to not only enjoy 3 days of competitive chess (with $2000 in prizes!), but to explore the historic Norfolk Island via a combination of self exploration and organised tours.
For those flying from Sydney, the trip will run from July 5 to July 12, and those travelling from Brisbane will travel on July 6 and July 13.
Organised by Go See Touring and supported by the Chess Association of Queensland and Gardiner Chess, make sure you see all the details on the flyer and don’t miss this fantastic opportunity!
*Note, that if minimum numbers are not reached, the event will not go ahead.
For any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Michelle Baker at Go See Touring via michelle@goseetouring.com.
Register from 12:30pm
Description:
The 2018 Queensland Blitz Championship is an exciting way to finish the year! Out think your opponents at warp speed to become crowned the Queensland Junior Blitz Champion!
All participants must be members of the Chess Association of Queensland.
The 2018 Queensland Junior Problem Solving Championships are on! Given 2 hours to solve as many puzzles as they can, who will be the Problem Solving Champion?!
Register from 9:30am December 16, 2018.
The Annual General Meeting of The Chess Association of Queensland Inc. was held at the Hinterland Hotel Nerang on Sunday the 2nd of December 2018.
Outgoing Treasurer Jim Rogers was presented with a token of the CAQ’s appreciation for his wonderful service by President Mark C Stokes and Vice President Andrew FitzPatrick.
Queensland has a new Blitz Champion – IM Brodie McClymont.
2nd – Tom Maguire
3rd – Hughston Parle
Rating Group A
Oliver McCarthy
Eason Wang
Oliver Yang
Rating Group B
Orsen Van Der byl
Rating Group C
Davide Giannini
Junior Prizes
1st – Hughston Parle
2nd – Tony Zhong
3rd – Aiden Brady
Cadet Prizes
1st – Eason Wang
2nd – Oliver Yang
3rd – Alexavier Ly-Liu
It was indeed a fun event to play in – thank-you Shaun and Andrew for running it!
I was pleased to see Redcliffe Chess Club’s Brodie McClymont and Tom Maguire quinella the event – Brodie scoring a Bobby Fischer like 11 out of 11 and Tom scoring a most respectable 9 out of 11! Brodie was lucky against Tom so they both say and his position against Hughston was very interesting indeed – I hope some games get posted here!
Congrats to Hughston for finishing outright 3rd, Oliver McCarthy, Eason Wang and Oliver Yang for sharing equal 1st in Rating Group A, Orsen Van Der Byl for winning Rating Group B all by himself, Davide Gianni for winning Rating Group C outright and all the Juniors and Cadets who took home trophies.
Description:
Re-born in 2018 after many years comes the battle of the regions, Brisbane v Gold Coast!
The event will run with 5 players from Brisbane versus 5 players from Gold Coast in each of the following divisions:
Under 8
Under 10
Under 12
Under 12 Girls
Under 14
Under 16
Under 18
Under 18 Girls
Players will play 2 games against the same opponent and scores will be totalled at the end.
More information coming soon!
Description:
The Queensland Blitz Championship is always a tough fought event which is also a lot of fun!
All players must be financial members of the Chess Association of Queensland.
Tournament registration is at 2.00pm, for a 2.30pm start. Shaun Curtis is the arbiter.
From Dr Peter Tsai
Australian Open Organiser
Hi All,
The Early Bird discount for the Australian Open and Minor will finish on Friday 30 November. There are already 141 entries (76 in the Open and 65 in the Minor). There is a limit of 216 players so register early to avoid disappointment.
To register, use the following url: https://www.trybooking.com/418864
Current entries are always updated on the Australian Open webpage
Open Entries: http://www.boxhillchess.org.au/live/Vega/www2019AO/index.html
Minor Entries: http://www.boxhillchess.org.au/live/Vega/www2019AM/index.html
Australian Open website: https://sites.google.com/view/aus-open-chess-2019/homea
Toowoomba Chess Club is holding a relaunch on Friday 16 November.
More details on the Toowoomba Chess Club website.