Tom Maguire wins on tiebreak
Junior chess players in Queensland have long been suffering from a dearth of events and have had to go interstate to play. Although some inter-schools events exist they usually cater more to the mass of unambitious part-timers. Playing noobs for ribbons doesn't quite do it for the ambitious competitor.
Churchie has hosted a Doubleroo rapid event every term for quite a while and while very popular and well attended, that is a drop of water on a hot stone.
Hughston Parle, of Gregory Terrace Grammar School, decided to take matters into his own hands and organised a tournament at his school. Congratulations are in order for organising this excellent event.
Tom Maguire, David Liu and Colm Hawkins all finished on 6/7 with Tom taking the Gold.
Terra Cup - Round 7
Standings
Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1-3 Maguire, Tom B 2042 6 24.0 32.5 25.0
Liu, David (GC) GC 1703 6 22.0 30.5 26.0
Hawkins, Colm B 913 6 22.0 30.0 23.0
4-6 Therakam, Clint QLD 1648 5 24.0 31.5 23.0
Chan, Jacob GC 1237 5 23.0 33.0 22.0
Chan, Jordan GC 682 5 19.0 27.5 19.0
7-15 Zhuang, Raymond B 869 4 22.0 30.0 19.0
Ng, Sze-Yong B 857 4 21.0 30.0 18.0
Lim, Joseph GC 736 4 21.0 30.0 17.0
Houghton, Sam B 686 4 20.0 28.0 18.0
Gould, Michael B 640 4 18.5 26.0 18.0
Zhang, Yang B 886 4 18.0 25.5 17.0
Huang, Aaron B 643 4 17.5 24.0 17.0
Dahl, Brandon QLD 1307 4 16.0 23.0 16.0
Wong, Ryan 4 14.0 19.5 14.0
16-23 Zhang, Ben 3 18.5 25.0 12.0
Jeyarajah, Justin 3 17.5 24.0 11.0
Macuga, Charles 3 17.5 23.0 12.0
Vivian, Zachary 3 16.0 22.5 10.0
Cotter, Tom 3 16.0 22.0 10.0
Storey, Argus 3 16.0 21.5 11.0
Ooestenbroek, Gus B 500 3 15.0 22.5 7.0
Sheahan, Denis 3 14.0 20.0 10.0
24-25 Gerrard, Ben B 500 2.5 14.0 20.5 8.5
Alfredson, Joshua 2.5 13.0 17.5 6.5
26-28 Maw, Lachlan 2 16.5 23.0 11.0
Tidswell, Dominic 2 14.5 21.5 5.0
Lalic, George 2 14.0 18.5 9.0
29 Farrell, Declan 1 14.0 19.5 5.0
Cross Table
No Name Feder Rtg 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 Maguire, Tom B 24:W 7:W 3:W 4:W 2:L 5:W 9:W 2 Liu, David (GC) GC 22:W 8:W 12:W 5:W 1:W 4:L 7:W 3 Hawkins, Colm B 26:W 13:W 1:L 9:W 6:W 7:W 4:W 4 Therakam, Clint QLD 27:W 9:W 10:W 1:L 8:W 2:W 3:L 5 Chan, Jacob GC 15:W 6:W 11:W 2:L 10:W 1:L 8:W 6 Chan, Jordan GC 19:W 5:L 16:W 17:W 3:L 14:W 11:W 7 Zhuang, Raymond B 18:W 1:L 21:W 26:W 13:W 3:L 2:L 8 Ng, Sze-Yong B 21:W 2:L 23:W 11:W 4:L 10:W 5:L 9 Lim, Joseph GC 16:W 4:L 18:W 3:L 21:W 13:W 1:L 10 Houghton, Sam B 23:W 14:W 4:L 12:W 5:L 8:L 17:W 11 Gould, Michael B 20:W 24:W 5:L 8:L 16:W 12:W 6:L 12 Zhang, Yang B 17:W 28:W 2:L 10:L 18:W 11:L 15:W 13 Huang, Aaron B 29:W 3:L 20:W 14:W 7:L 9:L 18:W 14 Dahl, Brandon QLD 25:W 10:L 17:W 13:L 26:W 6:L 16:W 15 Wong, Ryan 5:L 16:L 22:W 29:W 19:W 26:W 12:L 16 Zhang, Ben 9:L 15:W 6:L 28:W 11:L 24:W 14:L 17 Jeyarajah, Justin 12:L 19:W 14:L 6:L 28:W 21:W 10:L 18 Macuga, Charles 7:L 27:W 9:L 23:W 12:L 19:W 13:L 19 Vivian, Zachary 6:L 17:L 27:W 24:W 15:L 18:L 0:W 20 Cotter, Tom 11:L 0:W 13:L 21:L 25:D 23:W 24:D 21 Storey, Argus 8:L 22:W 7:L 20:W 9:L 17:L 27:W 22 Ooestenbroek, Gus B 2:L 21:L 15:L 27:W 23:L 0:W 28:W 23 Sheahan, Denis 10:L 25:W 8:L 18:L 22:W 20:L 26:W 24 Gerrard, Ben B 1:L 11:L 25:W 19:L 29:W 16:L 20:D 25 Alfredson, Joshua 14:L 23:L 24:L 0:W 20:D 27:L 29:W 26 Maw, Lachlan 3:L 29:W 28:W 7:L 14:L 15:L 23:L 27 Tidswell, Dominic 4:L 18:L 19:L 22:L 0:W 25:W 21:L 28 Lalic, George 0:W 12:L 26:L 16:L 17:L 29:W 22:L 29 Farrell, Declan 13:L 26:L 0:W 15:L 24:L 28:L 25:L
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Human Chess
Meanwhile back at Churchie we celebrated the end of the term with a few games of human chess. Max Condon, our master of chess, is seen here officiating the game. The program is growing in popularity and more students are signing up every term.
Now we have to find a way to stop the little kids taking pieces apart or moving to speak with friends without request, giving new meaning to the term "illegal move".
Churchie International
Brisbane does not have the population of Sydney and Melbourne, nor the chess culture, so our players are at a disadvantage compared to their southern rivals. Despite this they managed to do very well at the Australian Junior championships.
Competing at international level is the next step and giving juniors (and adults) the opportunity to acquire a FIDE (international) rating is very important. This is the main idea behind the Churchie International. Below is a bad copy&paste attempt from me but the details are correct.
Friday 29
April to Monday 2 May 2016
Venue:
Brennan Pavilion, Anglican Church Grammar School, Oaklands Parade,
East Brisbane, QLD, 4169.
Limited
to
only 80
entrants
Registration:
6-7pm Friday 29 April. Players not present
by 7pm will not be paired for the first round.
Opening
Ceremony: Friday 29 April at 7pm.
Forfeit Time:
30 minutes from the start of the round.
Chief
Arbiter: IA Peter Long
Assistant
Arbiter: NA Michael D’Arcy
Chief
Organiser: Max Condon
Entry and Payment
Details:
Name......................................................................
Address...................................................................
...........................................
Postcode.....................
Phone.......................................DOB........................
Email.......................................................................
I request a half point bye
in Round ........
(No half point byes available in the
last two rounds)
Entries can be paid
online, via:
http://churchie.onestopsecure.com/onestopweb/EventsTours/createbooking
I agree to abide by the
decisions of the Director of Play:
Signature.................................................................
Membership:
In
order to participate in this event you must be a member of a state
federation. http://caq.org.au/membership-form/
to join.
Entry
Fees:
IM/WIM
and GM/WGM: Free Entry
FIDE
Rating Over 1800: $90
FIDE
Rating Under 1800: $120
FIDE
Unrated: $200
TIME
CONTROL:
90
minutes + 30 seconds per move from the start (Fischer).
Playing
times:
Friday 29
April Round 1 7:30PM
Saturday
30 April Round 2 10:00AM
Round
3 3:30PM
Sunday 1
May Round 4 10:00AM
Round
5 3:30PM
Monday 2
May Round 6 9:00AM
Round
7 2:30PM
Prizes
will be presented at 7pm on 2 May
Prizes:
1st:
$1200
2nd:
$800
3 Rating Groups – 1st:
$400 2nd: $200
Additional prizes depending on entries
Enquiries:
Now you may wish to surf over to the Chess association of Queensland website coming events page to double check the details as I did and you could be surprised not to find it there, as I was.
I rang a council member to politely point out the omission and enquire about what is required to have it listed. To my great surprise I was told that some members of the council objected to listing the Churchie International because it clashed with a CAQ "endorsed" event, namely the
"Queensland Open"
I must have misunderstood something because that would just be petty and idiotic behaviour unworthy of a state association. All the councillors I know are reasonable people so the mistake must be mine.
Juniors benefit from strong events and interstate/international competition. FIDE ratings are essential for competing overseas and often are essential for participation. I would hope we can all encourage them as much as possible. The Queensland Junior Chess League would be a great help too...if it existed :-(
Enough of my ranting, the Doeberl Cup is starting soon and I have to prepare for my first tournament game in quite a while. Have I still got it? Follow the tournament on the Live link and my reports on this site.
Toodles :-)
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