Crosstable R5 of the 2025 Club Championship played on Wed night November 26

December 13, 2025 by Rohan Pyne

Please find attached the Round 5 crosstable for the 2025 Redcliffe Club Championship, played on Wednesday night, November 26.

Round 5 Summary:

Tony Truscott is now the outright leader in the 2025 Redcliffe Club Championship! On board 1, Jai Turner suffered his first loss of the tournament, falling victim to Allan Fossey’s sharp opening preparation and tactical eye. As white, Allan thrusted his c, d, e and h pawns forward to combat Jai’s trusty Modern defence, and after sacrificing a couple of pawns, soon had great attacking chances against Jai’s king. Jai managed to defend well, and despite having a cramped position, was 3 pawns up and hoping to exchange pieces into what would be a winning endgame. Allan continued to build pressure before the game came to an abrupt conclusion when Jai missed a surprise queen check that resulted in a checkmate. You can see this game on the Redcliffe chess club website: Club Championship Games. I am hoping to add many other games soon! If you would like your game added, simply reply to this email. On board 2, Tony Truscott moved into the outright lead by defeating the rapidly improving 10-year-old Brett Oakley. Tony managed to gain a positional advantage with the white pieces, but had to be careful as Brett, tenacious as ever, created tactical complications with his well-placed rooks. Tony held his nerve and when the dust settled, he was able to convert his endgame advantage into a win. This victory leaves Tony as outright leader with the near-perfect score of 4.5/5, but with Allan Fossey and CM David Beaumont just behind him on 4/5 (and two rounds still to play), the club championship is still up for grabs! On board 3, CM David Beaumont used his wealth of experience in conducting a positional squeeze over improving member Zaichic Turner, creating threat after threat before finally cashing in to obtain a winning advantage. Please see the attachment for full Round 5 results. Congratulations, all!

Round 6 – 8:00PM Wednesday 3 December:

If you missed Round 5 last Wednesday night, you can still enter this week and we will give you up to two half point byes for R1 – R5 – just be in F Block by 7:45pm to be included in the R6 pairings. R6 will begin at 8pm this Wednesday night, December 3. 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

Upcoming Event – 2025 Christmas Special

This weekend on 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 this Wednesday night December 3 for the sixth round of the 2025 Redcliffe Club Championship!

Cheers,

Rohan Pyne

0466 600 734 rgpyne@gmail.com

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