Crosstable R4 of the 2025 Club Championship played on Wed night November 19

November 30, 2025 by Rohan Pyne

Please find attached the Round 4 crosstable for the 2025 Redcliffe Club Championship, played on Wednesday night, November 19.

Round 4 Summary:

Board 1 featured a showdown between co-leaders Jai Turner and Tony Truscott, a potentially pivotal fixture in deciding the winner of this years’ club championship! The two didn’t disappoint, producing an exciting display of chess wherein Jai as white established a strong initiative in the opening and early middle-game. However, Tony defended stoically, finding several great resources and before long it seemed Jai’s attack had begun to run out of steam. A pawn or two ahead in material, it was now Tony who was pushing for the win, before offering a draw that was largely influenced by time trouble and the complicated nature of the position! Jai was more than happy to share the point, so with this draw Jai and Tony remain outright leaders on 3.5/4! Another terrific battle occured on board 2 between club president Mark C Stokes and long-time RCC member Allan Fossey; the two players traded blows and pieces all the way to an endgame in which Mark had two distant, well-advanced pawns to Allan’s lone rook! In mutual time trouble, both players missed chances to win this complicated game and a draw was finally reached with bare kings on the board. On board 3, CM David Beaumont was black against prodigious young talent James Xia, showing great composure in winning a close game courtesy of an extra tempo in a complicated endgame. Please see the attachment for full results of the round. With two players sharing the lead on 3.5/4 and another 3 players on 3/4, the 2025 club championship is wide open with 3 rounds left to play!

Round 5 – 8:00PM tonight, Wednesday 26 November:

If you missed Round 4 last Wednesday night, you can still enter tonight and we will give you up to two half point byes for R1 – R4 – just be in F Block by 7:45pm to be included in the R5 pairings. R5 will begin at 8pm tonight, Wed November 26. Look forward to another round of exciting chess!

Thank you 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

Tony Dowden’s Chess Book Lending Library

Club member and former NZ Olympiad chess team member, CM Tony Dowden, has recently initiated a free chess book lending library! Please see details in the attached flyer. Simply email Tony (email address is on the flyer) with your request. This is a wonderful resource for anyone looking to improve their game!

Upcoming Event – 2025 Christmas Special

Fast approaching 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 tonight, Wednesday November 26 for the fifth round of the 2025 Redcliffe Club Championship!

Cheers,

Rohan Pyne

0466 600 734 rgpyne@gmail.com