Crosstable R1 of the 2025 Club Championship played on Wed night October 29
Please find attached the Round 1 crosstable for the 2025 Redcliffe Club Championship, played on Wednesday night, October 29.
Round Summary:
The final tournament on the RCC calendar for 2025 is the marquee event – the Club Championship! A field of 32 players presented for Round 1 of the 2025 Redcliffe Club Championship; it was great to see such strong numbers! It is a testament to the depth in both numbers and talent at the club that there is no clear favourite to take out this tournament, with the likes of the experienced Jai Turner and David Beaumont facing tough competition from rising young stars including James Xia, Brett Oakley and Simon Yousafi.
Top seed CM David Beaumont got his campaign off to a great start by defeating long-time RCC member Tony Weller in an interesting game that saw David win an exchange early in the game, only for Tony to gain counterplay by virtue of a strong knight and bishop-pair before eventually winning the exchange back, albeit down a pawn. This was enough for David to eventually grind out the win in the endgame. Despite the large rating gap, Max Kershaw put up a great fight against Jai Turner on board 2, testing Jai the entire game before coming up short in a tricky king-knight-pawn endgame. This was a great start to Jai’s campaign and perhaps he’ll be pleased with a long, tough game in Round 1. It was great to see returning member Tony Truscott appear mere seconds before the pairings were finalised, a surprise entrant who also walked away from the night with a victory, this time with white against the dangerous Simon Yousafi, displaying clinical endgame technique to secure the full point. Sophia Xu, the clear favourite for the Best Woman trophy in this tournament, found herself in a tough spot out of the opening against veteran Allan Fossey. Allan converted this early advantage into a win and is now poised for a showdown with one of the top seeds in the next round. Rohan Pyne exacted revenge for his last-start loss to Nikola Maljkovic, this time walking away with the win by virtue of a positional squeeze in the English opening. The longest game of the night occurred on board 6 between Simon Levy and club president Mark C Stokes which saw Mark, in somewhat characteristic fashion, almost spoil a large advantage with a double-pawn “sacrifice” on victory’s doorstep allowing Simon to fight back albeit to no avail; certainly a very exciting game! Two of the most promising 10-year-old chess talents in the country squared off on board 7, with James Xia managing to overpower Brett Oakley in an imbalanced endgame, his two rooks eventually proving too strong for Brett’s rook and knight. New RCC member Sonny Mantello, yet another talented junior, showed endgame composure beyond his years in shepherding his extra pawns to promotion against Martin Post, despite being down an exchange. Zaichic Turner played a nice game to beat Don Moore on board 9, and Braeden Levy scored a quick win with black against Khan Otineru. Chris Basiaco took down Jim Porter on board 11 courtesy of prudent opening preparation, and Iris Wang returned to the club after a spell and her efforts were rewarded with victory over Cedric Schaffer. The improving Libero Ceccherini scored a composed victory over Albert Schaus on board 13, and the only draw of the night occured between 7-year-old portrait artist Fedra Simic, and Dylan Pu. New member James Whitfried enjoyed victory over enthusiastic youngster Leo Betty on board 15, and to round out 16 boards, Ryan Xia continues to prove he is much more than just a “bye-breaker” by taking down Adam Duncan in control of the white pieces. Congratulations to all the winners and well done to all for providing a great night of entertainment!
If you missed Round 1 last night, you can still enter next week and we will give you a half point bye for R1- just be in F Block by 7:45pm to be included in the R2 pairings. R2 will begin at 8pm next Wed night November 5. 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 Queensland Seniors Championship
Fast approaching 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 November 5 for the second round of the 2025 Redcliffe Club Championship!
Cheers,
Rohan Pyne
0466 600 734 rgpyne@gmail.com
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