City of Redcliffe Chess Club Inc.

Crosstable R4 of the 2025 Mike Dyer Memorial played on Wed night October 8

October 16, 2025 by Rohan Pyne

Please find attached the Round 4 crosstable for the 2025 Mike Dyer Memorial, played last Wednesday night, October 8.

Round Summary:

We currently have two players tied for the lead on 3.5/4 with Jai Turner and Allan Fossey winning their Round 4 games! Jai overcame some tricky play from Ryan Xia on Board 1 to score the full point, feeling the need to sacrifice the exchange in order to prevent his position from collapsing. Allan defeated Greg Orme with black on Board 2, continuing his recent run of good results. On Board 3, David Beaumont got the better of Aaron Hamilton’s Caro Kann, opting for the quiet exchange variation but managing to outplay Aaron with some strong maneuvers. Mark C Stokes played a nice game against Zaichic Turner on Board 4, with this win moving Mark to 3/4, good enough for a 5-way tie for 3rd place. Precocious talent James Xia outclassed Nithin Varghese on Board 5, and another talented youngster in Brett Oakley also won his game, scoring the full point with black against Simon Levy. Regular member Martin Post won with black against Libero Ceccherini, and 7-year-old Fedra Simic scored a nice win in an exciting game against Braeden Levy on Board 8. Tony Weller used his wealth of experience to defeat Dylan Pu, as did Max Kershaw on Board 10 against improving junior Leo Betty. Resolute junior Nikola Maljkovic scored a win against new member Jordan Cotterill, and Chris Basiaco was treated to a long game against Don Moore, eventually breaking through for the full point. Jim Porter continues to prove that age is only a number by defeating James Prowse on Board 13, and it was great to see Sophia Xu back playing at the club as she demonstrated a fine victory against Craig Aumuller. To round out an impressive 15 boards, two new players met on Board 15, with Ryan Aumuller getting the better of Cedric Schaffer. Congratulations all!

Thank you also to everyone who has already 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

If you missed R4 last Wednesday night, you can still enter next week and we will give you up to two half-point byes for Rounds 1 through 4 – just be in F Block by 7:45pm to be included in the R5 pairings. R5 will begin at 8pm next Wednesday night October 15. Look forward to another round of exciting chess!

Upcoming Event – 2025 Bundaberg Classic

A few 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. 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 15 for Round 5 of the 2025 Mike Dyer Memorial!

Cheers,

Rohan Pyne

0466 600 734 rgpyne@gmail.com