The results of our fun Teams Chess Night held on Wednesday night November 1 can be viewed now on the City of Redcliffe Chess Club Inc Website : https://redcliffechessclub.com.au  Congratulations to the Logan City/UQ Team for winning the night by a mere half a point from the Redcliffe Chess Club’s Presidents Team. I know captain Phil Bennet went home a happy man.

It was great to see some former Redcliffe Members like Tom Maguire, Lachlan Wang and Nathanael Young join in too. A big thank you to all the visiting players from Bullwinkle, Logan, Brisbane and UQ – you made it into a great night where every round was keenly contested for each and every player. David Beaumont stated after the event that he really loved it because every game was a tough battle.

Kerry Corker deserves a big thank you from all of us for creating this event in the first place and running it so each board 1 played another board 1 in each round, each board 2 played another board 2 in each round, etc etc.  We will definitely run more of these fun nights in 2024. Thanks a million Kerry!

Next week, on Wednesday night November 8, we have another FREE night of Chess – We are having our Club Championship Warm Up Game at the FIDE time control of 60 minutes each plus 30 seconds a move if both players agree and you will get to play the person rated next to you on the current FIDE rating list in most cases, so it should be a quite competitive warm up game. If you do not have a FIDE rating yet, we will use your ACF if you have one but all players will get a game, whether they are rated or unrated.

On Wednesday night November 15, the FIDE rated 5 round (accelerated) 2023 City of Redcliffe Chess Club Inc Club Championship begins, with a beautiful Chess Set as the prize for both the winner of this event and for the Reserves Winner. The FIDE rated Club Championship will be played at the FIDE time control of 60 minutes each plus 30 seconds a move. The Reserves Division will be run at 60 minutes plus 20 seconds Or 30 minutes plus 30 seconds.

It is now time to enter the 2023 Redcliffe Chess Club Championship and 2023 Redcliffe Chess Club Reserves Championship: Entry fees are the same for both events. We will work out who plays in what event, the Championship or the Reserves, once entries close at 7:30pm on Wednesday night November 15. Both events have beautiful Chess Sets as the first prize!

Adults should direct deposit $20 into the City Of Redcliffe Chess Club’s Westpac Account using their name as the reference:

BSB: 734208    ACCOUNT NUMBER: 070051

Juniors should direct deposit $6 into the above account using their name as the reference.

Our Senior Members should also consider entering the 2023 Qld Seniors Chess Championship soon – it is on Saturday November 11 and Sunday November 12 at Bracken Ridge. See full details on our Redcliffe Chess Club website.

All players should consider playing in the 2023 Bundaberg Classic on Saturday November 18 and Sunday November 19 – it always a very well run event. Mark C Stokes is playing in it for sure! You can drive up to Bundy in less than 5 hours. See the CAQ Inc Website under Coming Events for full details of the Bundaberg Classic:  www.caq.org.au

Junior Chess players should definitely look at the great prize list for the upcoming 2023 Mars Qi Chess Club Junior Rapid on Monday December 11 – full details are on our Redcliffe Chess Club website.

The Australian Chess Championships are on in Adelaide from January 2 to January 11 and the Australian Junior Chess Championships are also in Adelaide just after the Championship – See Chesschat for full details of both these great events.

See you next Wednesday night November 8 before 7:30pm for our Club Championship Warm Up Game!

Regards Mark C Stokes   0431 419 136