From: Garvin Gray [president@caq.org.au]
Sent: Thursday, 6 May 2010 3:40 AM
Subject: CAQemailnewsletter Number 13
Chess
Association of Queensland Inc.
www.caq.org.au
Welcome to our thirteenth email newsletter. The next email newsletter is due
for release Monday 17th May 2010.
To help improve the newsletter, I am asking for contributions from organisers,
players and other interested parties to be submitted. For the next newsletter,
these contributions need to be in by Sunday 16th May 2010.
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Important Updates: Local state MP (Steve Dickson) has pledged $100 that will go towards the prize pool. The venue operator has organized to have a caterer at the event, I hope to get a list of what food items and how much soon. This also means that no food from outside the venue will be allowed. The venue operator has given the chess club a large discount on using the venue of over 35%, so I hope that many players will support their catering. Also the club received 5 signed (by Kevin Casey) copies of Australian Chess Brilliancies to be used as prizes in the tournament. Format:
Seven Round Swiss However, email advice to suncoastchess@gmail.com by the Friday night before the
tournament would be appreciated if you are planning to attend. This will
ensure that adequate sets and clocks are available for the tournament. Round Times: Round 1 Saturday 22 May 10:00 am Round 5 Sunday 23 May 09:00 am Start Times are estimates only Presentations: As soon as practical after round 7 estimated at 4:45pm Prizes: Will be a percentage of the prize pool & announced as soon as possible. The prize pool is calculated so that the tournament does not make a loss. Players are only eligible for one prize. Prizes estimates & Prize categories: Prize Pool for 60 entries estimated at $1200. May be more or less due to sponsorship/costs /entries. 1st Place: 33% of Prize Pool. ($396
on estimate prize pool from 60 entries) 4 ratings groups: 1st in each group: 8% Best Placed Under 18 year
old: 5% Mobile Phones: Without the permission of the arbiter, a player is forbidden to have a mobile phone or other electronic means of communication in the playing venue, unless they are completely switched off. If any such device produces a sound, the player shall lose the game. Clocks/Recording of Moves: Clocks will be used for the tournament. Recording of moves is necessary. Note it is no longer permitted to record moves before playing them. Ratings: Current ACF “normal/classical” rating list will be used for all players. If a player does not have an ACF Rating, their QJ or FIDE rating will be used. The Event is Australian Chess Federation rated. CAQ Membership: It is essential for entrants to be members of the Chess Association of Queensland Inc to participate in this tournament Half Point Byes: 1 half point bye will be allowed for any one game if a competitor does not want to play seven games and the bye is nominated with entry. (Excludes round 7) Sponsors: This is a tournament with no sponsors at this current stage. Prizes will be decided on the Saturday Morning when the number of entrants are known Accommodation: See the club web site. http://sites.google.com/site/suncoastchess/ About the venue: Link to Google maps is on the club website with the location marked. Located 300m from the beach and 800m from the start of Coolum’s famous tourist strip with plenty of attractions for the family. Respect needs to be shown for the R.S.L memorabilia items on display at the venue. Items are not to be touched. |
2010 QUEENSLAND GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP
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2010 QUEENSLAND JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP
The Queensland
Junior Championships always features a great week of chess, and this year
should be as good as any. Grandmaster Ian Rogers, arguably Australia's finest
and most industrious coach and very infuential in the development of junior
players, will be providing after game analysis for all players throughout the
week.
Already Robin Wei
from Cairns has confirmed his entry, and billet accommodation will be sought
for any other players from remote areas of Queensland wishing to play. The
more the merrier.
There is a slightly
new routine for the week this year.
Under 8s Monday 28th
June
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2010 BUNDABERG WEEKENDER
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45th Peninsula Open Final Results: http://caq.org.au/htm/Results/2010PenOpen/2010PeninsulaOpen.html |
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No Name Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 SOLOMON, Stephen
J 2371 7 24:W 17:W 4:W 11:W
21:W 6:W 3:W |
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2011 Australian Open |
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2011 Australian Junior Chess Championships, On behalf
of Chess Victoria, a group of chess club (Ranges and Croydon mostly) members
and parents from Victoria will be hosting the Australian Junior 2011 at the Billanook
College, Mooroolbark, Melbourne on behalf of the Australian Junior Chess
League. This will be the first time the Australian Junior has been held in
the state for quite some time, so we are all very excited about the event!
This post is just to give some preliminary basic details, all of which are
subject to final confirmation; full details will be online on a website
established for the event in coming months. · Six championship events, in open and girls divisions · The event runs for 9 days for the U18/U16 players, 6 days for the U14/U12s and 4 days for the U10/U8 players · All lightning and problem solving happen on the Tuesday · There is no rapid tournament · Those under 10 could play in both the U10/U8 and the U14/U12 events Organisers: The main organisers are myself, Scott
Humphreys, Pearl Yung, NY Wong, Yew Sze Lim supported by Paul Bearup, Jamie
Cross and Kerry Lyall and others too numerous to mention at this stage. All
of these people bring a wealth of experience to junior chess events. |
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CAQ AFFILIATED CLUB INFORMATION |
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BUNDABERG CHESS CLUB INC. The Bundaberg Chess Club Inc meets at the U3A rooms 80a Woongarra Street Bundaberg from 6.30 pm on Wednesday nights. Both Junior and Senior members play on club nights. The Club membership fees are $12 per year for adults and $6 per year for children. Playing fees for members are $3 a night for Seniors and $1 per night for Juniors. Non members pay $4 a night for adults and $2 a night for Juniors. The first night attending is free. The Club Members actively teach chess at many schools in the district. The Club has many tournaments in the district for both adults and children, details on the CAQ website. For other CAQ affiliated club information, a list of clubs and their meeting nights, fees etc can be found here: www.caq.org.au/htm/clubs.htm |
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CAQ POLICY ON UNAUTHORISED WITHDRAWALS I think it is fair to say that one of the biggest banes of organisers and arbiters alike is when players decide to not show for their final round games without at least informing the arbiter that they will not be present for the final round so the arbiter can at least take that player out of the draw. Not
only is this type of behaviour selfish and in poor form, but it is also
against the unauthorised withdrawal policy of the CAQ, which states: d) Withdrawals. Any player who has completed the first round of any tournament shall not withdraw from that tournament without approval from the organiser or DOP. A player whose withdrawal has not been approved by the organiser or DOP will be regarded as an unapproved withdrawer. In such cases one or more of the following penalties may be applied:- - listing as an unapproved
withdrawer in CAQ newsletters and/or web site ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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