From: Garvin Gray [president@caq.org.au]

Sent: Tuesday, 18 May 2010 5:30 PM

Subject: CAQ email newsletter 14

Contained in this CAQ email newsletter is information on upcoming CAQ endorsed events, how to join the CAQ, ACF events and information at the bottom of the email if you wish to unsubscribe.

Regards,

Garvin Gray
CAQ President

2010 CAQ MEMBERSHIP

The current CAQ membership list is located here: http://www.caq.org.au/htm/current.htm

If you are considering playing an upcoming tournament, which are listed below in upcoming CAQ endorsed events section, then CAQ encourages to pay your CAQ membership online. All players in tournaments with time controls of 60 minutes or more must be CAQ members, or members of another ACF state association.

To join online: http://www.caq.org.au/htm/membership.htm and follow the information given in the link.

Individual CAQ membership is $10. Family memberships are $20 and both run from Jan 1 to Dec 31.

Upcoming CAQ endorsed events:
http://www.caq.org.au/htm/events.htm

Please note to be eligible for $10 discount entries must be in by Thursday 20th of May.

Format: Seven Round Swiss
Time Control: All moves in 60 minutes for each player plus 10 seconds per move from move one (Fischer)
Contact Details: Jeff Dyer PO Box 196 Buderim QLD 4556 Phone 0438 791 105 b Email: suncoastchess@gmail.com

Registration: 9:00 am to 9:45 am on the Saturday.

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.
If you cannot email, then please advise to 0438791105.

Round Times:

Round 1 Saturday 22 May 10:00 am
Round 2 Saturday 22 May 12:30 pm
Round 3 Saturday 22 May 03:00 pm
Round 4 Saturday 22 May 05:30 pm

Round 5 Sunday 23 May 09:00 am
Round 6 Sunday 23 May 11:30 am
Round 7 Sunday 23 May 02:00 pm

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.

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)
2nd Place:                                      15% of Prize Pool. ($180 on estimate prize pool from 60 entries)
3rd Place:                                       10% of Prize Pool. ($120 on estimate prize pool from 60 entries)

4 ratings groups: 1st in each group:   8%

Best Placed Under 18 year old:         5%
Best Placed Under 14 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/

Food: Please note that there are food outlets available near the venue so competitors need not bring their own lunches, although bringing own lunches is advisable.

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
Full details at: http://www.gardinerchess.com/brochures/2010/2010Girl's%20Champs.pdf

Queensland Girls Championships Sat/Sun 29/30 May at the Chess Centre, Mudgeeraba

Whilst chess tends to be male dominated, this weekend is just for the girls. For the very reason that chess is male dominated, there are great opportunities for girls who make chess one of their passions.

This year in particular we are trying very hard to make this a well attended and important event. Girls, mark it down now and we look forward to seeing you then. We are sure that, win or lose, you will have an enjoyable weekend of chess and making new friends.

Graeme and Wendy Gardiner

2010 GOLD COAST OPEN
A Yulgibar-Think Big Australian Chess Grand Prix Class 5 Event

A highlight of our year at the chess centre (Mudgeeraba) will be the week of chess where we host the Gold Coast Open followed immediately by the Queensland Junior Championships.

The Gold Coast Open, a category 5 Australian Grand Prix event is widely regarded as one of the top five weekenders in the nation. Grandmaster Ian Rogers will be providing live game analysis in our café area throughout the weekend. It will be the first time that we have held this tournament at the chess centre.

Already GM David Smerdon and IM George Xie have confirmed their entries.

Players of any standard can enter the tournament. There are open, under 1600 and under 1000 sections. Thanks to Dr Peter Haron who is sponsoring $1,250 in prizes in the under 1000 section, even relative beginners can win a prize. A great weekend of chess is anticipated for all on 26/27 June.

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
Under 10s Tuesday 29th June
Under 12s Mon/Tues 28th/29th June
Under 14s, 16s and 18s (combined) Wed to Sat 30th June to 3rd July

Age groups are as at 1/1/10. The schedule allows under 8s to also enter the under 10s if they wish, and likewise for the under 12s to enter the combined Under14s/16s/18s if they wish.

Full details at
http://www.gardinerchess.com/brochures/2010/qldjuniorchamp2010.pdf

Graeme and Wendy Gardiner

2010 BUNDABERG WEEKENDER
http://www.caq.org.au/htm/2010BundabergWeekender.pdf

DATES: Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd August
VENUE: Central State School Hall, Crofton Street Bundaberg
FORMAT: Six Round Individual Swiss, 3 Rounds Saturday, 3 Rounds Sunday

PRIZES: 1st $600 2nd $350 3rd $250

TIME CONTROL: 60 minutes per player plus 10 seconds per move (Fischer)

2011 Australian Open, Under 1600 Minor and Under 1800 Classic Tournaments, 2-13 Jan 2011. North Sydney Leagues Club, Sydney, NSW

The Australian Open, Minor and Classic Tournaments have been confirmed for the above dates at the same venue as the 2010 Australian Championship events. As further information is released, this newsletter will be updated to reflect the increasing information.

2011 Australian Junior Championships,
15-23 Jan 2011 Mooroolbark, Victoria
AJCC2011 - flyer.pdf

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.

Note that this was announced and some details were distributed last weekend at the Doeberl Cup.

Dates: January 15-23 2011. Note the event will run a maximum of 9 days (and occupying only 1 working week)

Venue: Billanook College, Mooroolbark (www.billanook.vic.edu.au) is located in the gateway to the Yarra Valley of Melbourne. It is located on 15 hectares of natural bushland in a quiet, semi-rural environment. The venue is first class and chess events are run there on a regular basis. The college is 2km from the nearest station and we will be running shuttle buses to there and also to nearby accommodation, depending on demand.

Accommodation: A range of accommodation styles and costs is being negotiated. Stay tuned for more details! There is handy conference centre accommodation and a dozen motels within 20 minutes of the venue, plus a couple of caravan parks and a mediation centre. Those with more up market tastes, well Melbourne IS the capital of suave.

Schedule: This is brand new, not been tried before, but should prove more attractive, especially for visitors, as the younger players event is finished in fewer days. The attached draft schedule may be more useful. But in summary:

· 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.

Social events: We will be aiming to provide various social events for players and parents to make the event as friendly and enjoyable as possible and give parents more options for things to do while the tournament is on.

Official website should be online by around the end of June, or earlier if the stars align properly. But block out your mini-break in Melbourne dates for now.

Contact: me either via this site, or send an email to ajcc2011@gmail.com. We are looking for all offers of support (in any form, sponsors, volunteers, etc) and am happy to consider all suggestions at this stage.

Scott Humphreys

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: http://www.caq.org.au/htm/clubs.htm

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:
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Unauthorised Withdrawals:

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
- and/or suspension from the CAQ
The secretary may request a verbal or written explanation in determining the appropriate course of action

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Players who do not show for a tournament round without prior explanation can expect a please explain letter in the mail from the CAQ Council asking why they failed to show for their tournament game and why one of the above listed actions should not be taken.

Chess Association of Queensland Inc.

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2010 QUEENSLAND GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP Full details at: http://www.gardinerchess.com/brochures/2010/2010Girl's%20Champs.pdf