Crosstable R5 of the 2025 Mike Dyer Memorial played on Wed night October 15

October 26, 2025 by Rohan Pyne

Please find attached the Round 5 crosstable for the 2025 Mike Dyer Memorial, played last Wednesday night, October 15.

Round Summary:

The results sheet of the 5th round of the Mike Dyer Memorial reads like that of a typical round of a “super-Grandmaster” tournament, with 6 of the 14 games ending peacefully in a draw! Three of these draws occurred on the top 3 boards; Burgeoning talent Jai Turner held former NZ Olympiad representative CM Tony Dowden to a draw with the black pieces. Allan Fossey and Mark C Stokes’ game on Board 2 was a see-sawing affair, with both players perhaps missing chances to push for the full point. Brett Oakley continues to show enormous potential, with the 10-year-old drawing against the experienced CM David Beaumont. It was a productive evening for the Xia family with James Xia scoring a win against Martin Post, and James’ father, Ryan, winning with the black pieces against Fedra Simic on Board 5. James joins Allan Fossey and Jai Turner as joint-leaders on 4/5 but, with another 5 players trailing the lead by just a half point (3.5/5) and one round still to play, there are still many potential winners for this tournament! Aaron Hamilton and Greg Orme tested each other on Board 6, with a long game eventually ending in a draw, and on Board 7, Tony Weller defeated Nithin Varghese. Jim Porter scored a nice win with black against his friend Max Kershaw, and, two more draws occured on Boards 9 and 10, with Zaichic Turner, Nikola Maljkovic, Rex Scarf and Chris Basiaco all sharing their respective points. Dylan Pu played a nice game to beat Libero Ceccherini on Board 11 in what was the only win for the white pieces this round! Rapidly improving youngster Leo Betty got the better of Don Moore on Board 12, eventually coming away with a well-deserved win. Sophia Xu, one of only two female players in the field, won with black against James Prowse, and in another victory for the black pieces, Jay Otineru bested Khan Otineru on Board 14. Congratulations, all!

Thank you also to everyone who has paid their $20 adult entry fee or $6 junior entry fee for players under 18 years of age! If you still need to pay your entry fee, please Direct Deposit to the Redcliffe Chess Club Inc’s Westpac Account using your surname as the reference:

BSB: 734208 ACCOUNT NUMBER: 070051

Upcoming Event – 2025 Bundaberg Classic

A couple of weeks away on the weekend of Saturday November 1 to Sunday November 2, the 2025 Bundaberg Classic will be held in Bundaberg at Middle School, St Luke’s School Mezger Street, Kalkie, Bundaberg. This tournament features several great prizes and, with Round 1 not starting until 10:30AM on Saturday and Round 6 starting at 2:30PM on Sunday, it is possible to make the approx. 3.5hr drive (from Brisbane) up to Bundaberg on Saturday morning and return home Sunday night! The likely moderate strength of the field will mean many players stand a chance to be in the prizes! Please see the attached flyer for full details.

Upcoming Event – 2025 Queensland Seniors Championship

On the weekend of Saturday November 15 and Sunday November 16, the 2025 Queensland Seniors Championship will be held at Rothwell. This is an ACF-rated classical tournament open to all players born before 1976 (i.e. 50+ or turning 50 this year). This promises to be a very competitive event with senior players of all abilities welcome to play! Please see the attached flyer for full details.

Upcoming Event – 2025 Christmas Special

On the weekend of Saturday December 6 and Sunday December 7, the 2025 Christmas Special will be held at Rothwell. Redcliffe members will be able to enter for the discounted fee of $80! This tournament will feature a very generous $1500 first prize and many other great prizes. It will be a 6-round, FIDE and ACF rated classical tournament with a 60min+30sec time control. Please see the attached flyer for full details.

Don’t forget to check the CAQ Inc website for lots of other upcoming events: www.caq.org.au

The Redcliffe Chess Club Inc website link is: www.redcliffechessclub.com.au

See you on Wednesday night October 22 for the Final Round of the 2025 Mike Dyer Memorial!

Cheers,

Rohan Pyne

0466 600 734 rgpyne@gmail.com