NewsletterNo. 623 – 11 November 2023

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NewsletterNo. 623 – 11 November 2023
Editors: Keong Ang & Miles Patterson
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by Miles Patterson

Welcome to the November 2023 ACF Newsletter. Thanks for all the contributions for this issue. If you have not yet entered for the Australian Championships in Adelaide in January, now is the time.
https://australianchesschampionships2024.org/

https://australianjuniorchesschampionship2024.org/

ACF Notices

ACF MEDALS & AWARDS – NOMINATIONS INVITED

Australian Players-of-the-Year 2023

Nominations are invited for potential winners of the following medals, to be awarded to Australian players who have made the greatest impact during 2023.
Recipients are offered financial assistance to participate in significant forthcoming national or international events.

Steiner Medal and Steiner-Holt Award – Australian Player of the Year 2023
This medal is to be awarded to the Australian player who has made the greatest impact, not necessarily the highest-rated – it is for the most notable achievement during 2023.
There is no limit to the number of times the Steiner medal or the Viner medal may be won by the same player.

Viner Medal & Award – Australian Senior Player of the Year 2023
On the same basis as the Steiner Medal, the Viner Medal is limited to nominees born in or before 1973.

Arlauskas Medal & Romanas Arlauskas Award – Australian Under-16 Player of the Year 2023
The Arlauskas Medal, also awarded on the same basis as the Steiner Medal, is limited to nominees born in or after 2007.
The Arlauskas Medal and Romanas Arlauskas Award may not be won by the same person more than twice. Previous recipients are listed at https://auschess.org.au/honour-boards

Service & Achievement Medals

Nominations are also invited for the following medals in recognition of services or contributions at a national or state level. These are lifetime achievement awards, not limited to accomplishments or services during a particular period and may not be awarded more than once to the same person.
Links to lists of previous recipients may be seen at: https://auschess.org.au/honour-boards

Koshnitsky Medal
Awarded annually for outstanding contributions to Australian chess administration at a national or a state level.

Whyatt Medal
Awarded quadrennially for outstanding services and/or achievements in chess problem composition.

Nominations

Nominations need not be from among a State’s own members or residents. A separate document or message containing the following should be provided in respect of each nominee:
• name in full (correctly spelt);
• contact details (phone, email, postal address);
• a citation describing relevant achievements, suitable for reading when the medal is presented and/or publication thereafter;
• anything else relevant to the nomination

Please address email nominations to: awards@auschess.org.au

Deadlines

Koshnitsky & Whyatt medal nominations – Friday 1 December 2023.

Player-of-the-Year medals & awards – Tuesday 2 January 2024.

Nominators must retain copies of documents submitted and phone 0409 525 963 or (03) 9787 7974 if not acknowledged 24 hours after expected delivery time.

2023 AUSTRALIAN REPRESENTATIVE INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR CHESS TOURNAMENTS

The ACF Official 2023 Australian Representative International Junior Chess Tournaments Register is available at:
https://docs.google.com/…/1kyT2UVovzOZWftgI99xuboW…/
Any inquiries can be sent to Australian Junior Chess Coordinator, Henry Slater-Jones, at henryslaterjones@gmail.com.

2023 AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLS TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIPS

To be held at Prince Alfred College, Adelaide, SA, on the first weekend of December – 2nd and 3rd December 2023.

2023 AUSTRALIAN ALLEGRO CHAMPIONSHIP

To be held at Glenelg, SA, on Boxing Day – 26th December 2023

2024 AUSTRALIAN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

Tuesday 2nd January – Thursday 11th January 2024
An 11-round event – 2 double-round days – Wednesday 3rd and Friday 5th January 2024 with the National Conference on Saturday 6th January 2024.
To be played at Glenunga International High School, 99 L’Estrange St, Glenunga SA 5064.

2024 AUSTRALIAN JUNIOR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

To be held at Glenunga International High School, 99 L’Estrange St, Glenunga SA 5064 from Saturday 13th through to Sunday 21st January 2024.

FIDE ID NUMBER REGISTRATION

FIDE has issued a warning that they will not accept tournaments for FIDE rating where those tournaments contain players who do not have FIDE ID numbers. Although new Australian players can be registered by the ACF FIDE Ratings Officer, this does not apply to new players from overseas. Therefore, organisers should not immediately accept the entries of overseas players who lack FIDE ID numbers to FIDE rated tournaments; instead, those players should be required to first obtain a FIDE ID from their own national federation.

Tournaments submitted that include foreign players who do not have ID numbers end up not being FIDE rated.
Organisers need to confirm prior to the start of the tournament that all players without a FIDE ID number are either Australian citizens or have a permanent residency visa.

Players without ID numbers should only be submitted as Australian if they are citizens or are a permanent residency visa holder; if a player is registered under the wrong country they may incur transfer costs later. For further information/clarification contact the ACF FIDE Ratings Officer Bill Gletsos via fide_ratings@auschess.org.au

ACF POSITIONS

The following ACF Council-appointed positions are vacant. Councillors and others wishing to inquire or register interest in appointment to one or more of these positions are welcome to email executive@auschess.org.au or phone 0409 525 963 at any time.

Advertising Manager. It has been suggested that, ideally, the appointee would be a person with an interest in coordinating advertising in both the ACF newsletter and website, and at or in connection with ACF championships, the Grand Prix and other major ACF events.

Assistant Secretary. This position and the currently filled position of Assistant Treasurer were created to provide opportunities for younger administrators to experience the joys of chess administration at national level.

Archives Director. Generally, the Archives Director would be expected to gather, maintain and build a repository of records and documents that might be of historical interest or value, or which might help in confirming the organisation’s status or credibility for a variety of purposes.

Trophies Officer. Responsibilities relating to trophies and other mementos to be presented in connection with ACF Championships and other events.

ACF FUNDING SUPPORT PROGRAM

The application deadline for activities commencing between 1 March 2024 and 31 August 2024 is 31 December 2023. Application forms and related information are available on request to executive@auschess.org.au.

News from the States / Territories

Australian Capital Territory

Australian Capital Territory Chess Association Inc (ACTCA)

Recent Events

2023 LFG ROUND ROBIN
By Shaun Press (chessexpress)

The LFG Round Robin has finished with a comprehensive victory for Harry Press. The event was organised by IA Lee Forace and involved a number of the higher rated Canberra players. In the end it was a tournament that saw the top players dominate the lower rated players (including myself).

Harry Press finished on 8.5/9, conceding a single draw to Wenlin Yin. Tied for 2nd were FM Fred Litchfield and Fabrizio Magrini on 7. Yin finished in 4th place on 6.5. With such heavy scoring at the top (+22=2-0 against the bottom 6 players), it wasn’t a surprise that no one else scored 50%. The best of these players was Sankeertan Badrinarayan who scored 4/9, with Malik Amer (3.5), FM Shaun Press (2.5), Jordan Brown (2.5), Steven Sengstock (2) and Matt Radisich (1.5) rounding out the places.

Despite my ow

View this email in your browser
NewsletterNo. 623 – 11 November 2023
Editors: Keong Ang & Miles Patterson
newsletter_editor@auschess.org.au
Go onto mailing list to subscribe
Read past issues
Usually Published in the Second Week of Each Month
Content Contributions are Most Welcome
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Editorial

by Miles Patterson

Welcome to the November 2023 ACF Newsletter. Thanks for all the contributions for this issue. If you have not yet entered for the Australian Championships in Adelaide in January, now is the time.
https://australianchesschampionships2024.org/

https://australianjuniorchesschampionship2024.org/

ACF Notices

ACF MEDALS & AWARDS – NOMINATIONS INVITED

Australian Players-of-the-Year 2023

Nominations are invited for potential winners of the following medals, to be awarded to Australian players who have made the greatest impact during 2023.
Recipients are offered financial assistance to participate in significant forthcoming national or international events.

Steiner Medal and Steiner-Holt Award – Australian Player of the Year 2023
This medal is to be awarded to the Australian player who has made the greatest impact, not necessarily the highest-rated – it is for the most notable achievement during 2023.
There is no limit to the number of times the Steiner medal or the Viner medal may be won by the same player.

Viner Medal & Award – Australian Senior Player of the Year 2023
On the same basis as the Steiner Medal, the Viner Medal is limited to nominees born in or before 1973.

Arlauskas Medal & Romanas Arlauskas Award – Australian Under-16 Player of the Year 2023
The Arlauskas Medal, also awarded on the same basis as the Steiner Medal, is limited to nominees born in or after 2007.
The Arlauskas Medal and Romanas Arlauskas Award may not be won by the same person more than twice. Previous recipients are listed at https://auschess.org.au/honour-boards

Service & Achievement Medals

Nominations are also invited for the following medals in recognition of services or contributions at a national or state level. These are lifetime achievement awards, not limited to accomplishments or services during a particular period and may not be awarded more than once to the same person.
Links to lists of previous recipients may be seen at: https://auschess.org.au/honour-boards

Koshnitsky Medal
Awarded annually for outstanding contributions to Australian chess administration at a national or a state level.

Whyatt Medal
Awarded quadrennially for outstanding services and/or achievements in chess problem composition.

Nominations

Nominations need not be from among a State’s own members or residents. A separate document or message containing the following should be provided in respect of each nominee:
• name in full (correctly spelt);
• contact details (phone, email, postal address);
• a citation describing relevant achievements, suitable for reading when the medal is presented and/or publication thereafter;
• anything else relevant to the nomination

Please address email nominations to: awards@auschess.org.au

Deadlines

Koshnitsky & Whyatt medal nominations – Friday 1 December 2023.

Player-of-the-Year medals & awards – Tuesday 2 January 2024.

Nominators must retain copies of documents submitted and phone 0409 525 963 or (03) 9787 7974 if not acknowledged 24 hours after expected delivery time.

2023 AUSTRALIAN REPRESENTATIVE INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR CHESS TOURNAMENTS

The ACF Official 2023 Australian Representative International Junior Chess Tournaments Register is available at:
https://docs.google.com/…/1kyT2UVovzOZWftgI99xuboW…/
Any inquiries can be sent to Australian Junior Chess Coordinator, Henry Slater-Jones, at henryslaterjones@gmail.com.

2023 AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLS TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIPS

To be held at Prince Alfred College, Adelaide, SA, on the first weekend of December – 2nd and 3rd December 2023.

2023 AUSTRALIAN ALLEGRO CHAMPIONSHIP

To be held at Glenelg, SA, on Boxing Day – 26th December 2023

2024 AUSTRALIAN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

Tuesday 2nd January – Thursday 11th January 2024
An 11-round event – 2 double-round days – Wednesday 3rd and Friday 5th January 2024 with the National Conference on Saturday 6th January 2024.
To be played at Glenunga International High School, 99 L’Estrange St, Glenunga SA 5064.

2024 AUSTRALIAN JUNIOR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

To be held at Glenunga International High School, 99 L’Estrange St, Glenunga SA 5064 from Saturday 13th through to Sunday 21st January 2024.

FIDE ID NUMBER REGISTRATION

FIDE has issued a warning that they will not accept tournaments for FIDE rating where those tournaments contain players who do not have FIDE ID numbers. Although new Australian players can be registered by the ACF FIDE Ratings Officer, this does not apply to new players from overseas. Therefore, organisers should not immediately accept the entries of overseas players who lack FIDE ID numbers to FIDE rated tournaments; instead, those players should be required to first obtain a FIDE ID from their own national federation.

Tournaments submitted that include foreign players who do not have ID numbers end up not being FIDE rated.
Organisers need to confirm prior to the start of the tournament that all players without a FIDE ID number are either Australian citizens or have a permanent residency visa.

Players without ID numbers should only be submitted as Australian if they are citizens or are a permanent residency visa holder; if a player is registered under the wrong country they may incur transfer costs later. For further information/clarification contact the ACF FIDE Ratings Officer Bill Gletsos via fide_ratings@auschess.org.au

ACF POSITIONS

The following ACF Council-appointed positions are vacant. Councillors and others wishing to inquire or register interest in appointment to one or more of these positions are welcome to email executive@auschess.org.au or phone 0409 525 963 at any time.

Advertising Manager. It has been suggested that, ideally, the appointee would be a person with an interest in coordinating advertising in both the ACF newsletter and website, and at or in connection with ACF championships, the Grand Prix and other major ACF events.

Assistant Secretary. This position and the currently filled position of Assistant Treasurer were created to provide opportunities for younger administrators to experience the joys of chess administration at national level.

Archives Director. Generally, the Archives Director would be expected to gather, maintain and build a repository of records and documents that might be of historical interest or value, or which might help in confirming the organisation’s status or credibility for a variety of purposes.

Trophies Officer. Responsibilities relating to trophies and other mementos to be presented in connection with ACF Championships and other events.

ACF FUNDING SUPPORT PROGRAM

The application deadline for activities commencing between 1 March 2024 and 31 August 2024 is 31 December 2023. Application forms and related information are available on request to executive@auschess.org.au.

News from the States / Territories

Australian Capital Territory

Australian Capital Territory Chess Association Inc (ACTCA)

Recent Events

2023 LFG ROUND ROBIN
By Shaun Press (chessexpress)

The LFG Round Robin has finished with a comprehensive victory for Harry Press. The event was organised by IA Lee Forace and involved a number of the higher rated Canberra players. In the end it was a tournament that saw the top players dominate the lower rated players (including myself).

Harry Press finished on 8.5/9, conceding a single draw to Wenlin Yin. Tied for 2nd were FM Fred Litchfield and Fabrizio Magrini on 7. Yin finished in 4th place on 6.5. With such heavy scoring at the top (+22=2-0 against the bottom 6 players), it wasn’t a surprise that no one else scored 50%. The best of these players was Sankeertan Badrinarayan who scored 4/9, with Malik Amer (3.5), FM Shaun Press (2.5), Jordan Brown (2.5), Steven Sengstock (2) and Matt Radisich (1.5) rounding out the places.

Despite my ow


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