Tag: queensland
The Queensland Open – 2023
The Queensland Open is in beautiful Bundaberg this year!
The tournament starts the weekend of July 15 – 16, 2023.
The venue is St Luke’s Anglican School
4 Mezger St, Kalkie QLD 4670, Australia
Bundaberg Classic – November 2022
Bundaberg Chess Club presents an Open Weekender on the 19th and 20th November 2022
A CAQ approved event – a 6 round Swiss 60 minutes per side plus 10 seconds per move Fischer.
Here are some photos from the recent Bundaberg Open 2022 to whet your appetite! The venue is the St Luke’s School in Bundaberg.
Coomera Halloween Rapid
Gold Coast Chess Club presents a one day rapid tournament on Saturday the 29th October.
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2022 Darling Downs Open
The Toowoomba Chess Club invites you to participate in the 2022 Darling Downs Open!
Meet up with like minded chess players and compete to win part of a prize pool over $4000!
21 and 22 May 2022 | Toowoomba, QLD
Date: 21 and 22 May 2022
Venue: Toowoomba Grammar School Junior Hall,
Herries Street, Toowoomba
Time Control: 60 minutes + 20 seconds per move
Ratings: ACF & QJ Rated
Full details and online entry at the Toowoomba Chess Club website
2022 BBC Painting Gold Cup Open
The 2022 BBC Painting Gold Cup Open is being held over the long weekend from 29th April to 2nd May 2022
The venue is the Lone Star Tavern, cnr Sunshine Blvd & Markeri St Mermaid Waters 4218
The event is a 7 Round FIDE rated 90 minute plus 30 second from move 1 and is limited to 100 players.
Covid-19 mandates have now been eased. From 1am AEST Thursday 14 April 2022, the requirement to check-in and to be fully vaccinated in a range of venues and events will end. There is now NO requirement to be vaccinated to be able to play in this event.
Study on Educational Benefits of Chess
Research Project involving matching Queensland Junior Chess ratings with NAPLAN scores.
Your assistance is requested to assist researchers Professor Luke van der Laan, GM Dr David Smerdon and doctoral candidate Graeme Gardiner with an important research project in the field of chess and education which we believe will have worldwide implications.
For a successful outcome, we need as many people as possible who had a Queensland Junior Chess rating at any stage during the 14-year period from January 2008 to December 2021 to provide consent for either their school or QCAA (Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority) to provide their NAPLAN literacy and numeracy scores data, date of birth, gender and school attended, for matching with their chess ratings data before de identifying prior to analysis.
Please click this link to complete your consent. It takes less than two minutes.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Y3NPCGK
Those providing consent will go into a random draw for a beautiful wooden Staunton chess set valued at $470.
Please forward this to any of your friends you believe may have had a Queensland Junior Chess rating at any time during the said period.
Arianne Caoili Memorial 2021
Brilliancy Prize – Arianne Caoili Memorial FIDE Rapid, Nov 27 2021
Round 2 GM David Smerdon Vs Rhys Rakauskas 1-0
The Brilliancy Prize – $100 has been awarded to GM David Smerdon for his game in Round 2 with Rhys Rakauskas.
Congratulations David on your beautiful creation, ideas and attack!
1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.cxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bg5 Bg7 7.e5 dxe5 8.dxe5 Nfd7 9.e6 fxe6 10.Nf3 O-O 11.Bc4 Qb6 12.Qe2 Nf6 13.O-O Kh8 14.Rfe1 Nd5 15.Bxd5 exd5 16.Bxe7 Rxf3 17.Qxf3 Qxb2 18.Ba3 Qxa3 19.Re8+ Bf8 20.Rxf8+ Kg7 21.Qf6+ Kh6 22.Rf7 Bg4 23.Qf4+ Kh5 24.Rxh7# 1-0
GM Smerdon has provided a personal account of this game at the following web address for all to enjoy :
https://lichess.org/study/noYhObaq/vyyVHU8K
Posted by Gold Coast Chess Club on Monday, 29 November 2021
Churchie Chess Festival 2021
The Churchie Chess Festival 2021 features 3 events –
- under 20 Blitz – on Friday the 10th December
- under 20 Swiss – starts Monday the 13th December
- under 20 Rapid – starts Tuesday the 14th December
Featured this year is the rollout of the Churchie ACE system – Advanced Chess Education
DGT e-boards are used to not only broadcast the games virtually live; but are linked into a players’ game storage area where their games are engine analysed. The player then has real-time feedback on the best lines and moves. Coaches can login and provide timely lessons to their students between tournament rounds!
More info on the Churchie DGT ACE System on the Churchie Chess Festival website
QLD Womens and Girls Championships
The Queensland Women’s and Girls Championships was held in the Croci Building of Loreto College, Coorparoo over the weekend of the 16th and 17th October 2021.
A 6 round Swiss ACF and QJ rated event with a time control of 60 minutes and 10 seconds per move incremented from move 1.
QLD Women’s Champion for 2021 is WIM Alexandra Jule
equal 2nd were Regina Edwards and Leteisha Simmonds
QLD Girls Championships was shared by Xintong Zhang and Mia Jigando Balan; and Stephanie Yuan was 3rd.
Best Cadet was Xintong Zhang
Best Junior was Mia Jigando Balan
Best Senior u 1200 was Aditi Sharan
Under 18 was Mia Jigando Balan
Under 16 was Xintong Zhang
Under 14 was Stephanie Yuan
Under 12 was tied between Chloe Wang and Sophia Xu
Under 10 was a three way tie between Ojal Khare, and Alex and Alice Yu
Under 8 a four way tie – Bella Liu, Hamsini Dudipalli, Grace Zheng and Taisiia Starykh
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Queensland Juniors Under 14s 16s and 18s Championship
Micah Young, Zerui Xing and Alexavier Ly-Liu – photo Claire Liu
The Under 18 completed with a clear 2021 Queensland Junior (U18) Champion Shafiuddin Aanan with 7/8.
Congratulations also to 2021 Queensland Under 16 Champions: Alexavier Ly-Liu and Kiamehr Baneshi.
And congratulations to Under 14 Champions: Micah Young, Harvey Zhu and Benjamin Leong.
Thanks to major sponsor Midea!
Queensland Juniors Under 12s Championship
Calen Tang, Zerui Xing, Noah Rose and Elaina Quiang
Another close finish: Under 12s came down to the wire in the last round, with four co-champions emerging: Xing Zerui, Noah Rose, Calen Tang and Elaina Qiang. Congratulations to all!
Thanks to major sponsor Midea!
Queensland Juniors Under 10s Championship
The Queensland Juniors Under 10s Championship was played on the 7th July 2021.
Thanks to sponsors Midea and to the fantastic venue SunPAC – The Sunnybank Performing Arts and Cultural Centre.
Under 10 Champion for 2021 is Calen Tang
Ian Li, Charles Fu and Xin Tong Zhang shared 2nd.
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