Crosstable R3 of the 2025 Club Championship played on Wed night November 12

November 23, 2025 by Rohan Pyne

Please find attached the Round 3 crosstable for the 2025 Redcliffe Club Championship, played last Wednesday night, November 12.

Round Summary:

There are now two outright leaders after 3 rounds of the 2025 Redcliffe Club Championship! Jai Turner and Tony Truscott both won their round 3 games to move to a perfect 3/3. Well done, guys! On board 1, CM David Beaumont opted for the dynamic Austrian Attack against Jai Turner’s Pirc, and after some good opening play by both sides, a long, complicated battle ensued. Jai ultimately held his nerve as the endgame emerged and capitalised on a couple of inaccuracies by David to walk away with the full point. Yet another interesting game between these two strong players! Tony Truscott had white against Rohan Pyne on board 2, and after a long pause on moves 1 and 2, eventually decided on employing the English. An opening mistake from Rohan soon saw Tony trap and win a piece, however black managed to stay in the game courtesy of positional control of white’s knights and it was not clear how Tony would eventually break through. As a result, Tony decided to sacrifice the piece back to free up his position, and the resulting position, whilst now equal in material, proved to be advantageous for white as Tony scored the win. This was an inspired practical decision from Tony that is a reminder not to be too materially-focussed! Club president Mark C Stokes took advantage of some careless opening moves from Martin Post to quickly score the win, bolstering his chances of a deep finish in the tournament. Martin will be hoping to put this game behind him and will surely be a stronger player for the remainder of the tournament. Young gun James Xia outclassed Nithin Varghese on board 4 with the black pieces, proving that he is a legitimate chance of winning the tournament, and certainly one of the favourites for Best Junior. Another immense young talent in Brett Oakley scored a fine victory as black against club stalwart Max Kershaw, this win moving Brett to 2/3 and close to the leaders. Sophia Xu and Chris Basiaco played out a fighting draw on board 6, a fine result for the lower-rated Chris. Greg Orme scored another win for black on board 7, against Simon Levy in an interesting encounter that lasted long into the night. Nikola Maljkovic had a strong performance to score his first win of the tournament by defeating Don Moore, and Zaichic Turner moves to a very respectable 2/3 by getting the better of Jim Porter on board 9. Improving player Libero Ceccherini will be pleased with his efforts in defeating talented youngster Braeden Levy, and on board 11, 8-year-old Iris Wang pounced on some tactical opportunities to score the full point against Ryan Xia. Tony Weller got his campaign underway after a rough start, scoring a win with black against new member Cedric Schaffer. With 4 rounds still to play, it’s not too late for Tony and many others to make a deep run in this tournament! Youngsters Leo Betty and Dylan Pu met on board 13, victory this time going to Dylan. To round out 14 boards of action, new member Adam Duncan scored the 9th victory for black on the evening by showing he is a quick learner in out-maneuvering Albert Schaus. Well done, all!

If you missed Round 3 last Wednesday night, you can still enter this week and we will give you up to two half point byes for R1 – R3 – just be in F Block by 7:45pm to be included in the R4 pairings. R4 will begin at 8pm this Wed night November 19. 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

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 this Wednesday night November 19 for the fourth round of the 2025 Redcliffe Club Championship!

Cheers,

Rohan Pyne

0466 600 734 rgpyne@gmail.com

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