Hi All

Last Wednesday night we welcomed Malakai Graf to our Club.

The next City of Redcliffe Chess Club Inc Committee Meeting will be held at 12 noon this Sunday August 27 at the Redcliffe Dolphins Football Club, cnr Klingner Rd and Ashmole Rd, Redcliffe.

If you have a matter you would like discussed at this meeting please email our Secretary Max Kershaw asap: maxkershaw@bigpond.com

Remember, too, that our next Week Ender, the 2023 Leo Wilkinson Memorial, is fast approaching – it is on Saturday September 23 and Sunday September 24 here at Rothwell and current City of Redcliffe Chess Club Members can enter this FIDE, ACF and QJ rated event for the bargain basement price of just $20! I have attached the flyer for this event.

Here are the R4 Results of the 2023 Norm Braybrooke Classic played last Wednesday night August 16:

Max Phillips 0.5-0.5 Michael D’Arcy

Jai Turner 1-0 James ChengYi Xia

Bob Peihua Xu 0-1 Allan Fossey

Sophia Xu 0-1 Sam Meder

Braeden Levy 0-1 Nikola Maljkovic

Grace Wang 1-0 PJ Bargo

Simon Levy 1-0 Dylan Pu

Chris Basiaco 1-0 Varvara Milyakova

Malakai Graf 0-1 Iris Wang

Jacques De Villiers 1-0 Timofey Bardin

Byes were R4 were taken by Filip Simic, Tony Weller, Mark C Stokes, Max Kershaw, Victor Davidovici, Bob Goodwin, Lawson Brady, Chris Gravestock, Michael Mahler, Jordan Mellors, Pradeep Sinnya, Kevin Te, Yi Wang, Angela Wren, Simon Yousafi, David Beaumont, Tony Waraich, Stephen Wetheim, Max Windsor, Rex Scarf, Clove Passmore and Jay Passmore.

The final round, R5, of the 2023 Norm Braybrooke Classic is on this Wednesday night, August 23. If you cannot make this round, please text me by 7:30pm on Wednesday night so I know to leave you out of the pairings for this round. Text Mark on

0431 419 136 if you cannot make it.

On Wednesday night August 30 and on Wednesday night September 6 we have our 2023 City of Redcliffe Chess Club Inc Allegro Championships. We will play 3 rounds on each Wednesday night at 15 minutes each plus 3 seconds a move and a number of trophies will be awarded to Adults and to Juniors. Entry Fees for this 2 night Event will be just $6 for Adults and just $2 for Juniors. Enter by Direct Deposit into our Westpac Chess Club Account: BSB: 734208  Account Number: 070051, using your name as the reference.

Looking forward to seeing you all this Wednesday night August 23 for the final round of our 2023 Norm Braybrooke Classic.

Cheers Mark C Stokes   0431 419 136

PS  The exciting final games of the FIDE World Cup can be viewed on Chess.com from 9pm each night.

PPS Don’t forget to check the City of Redcliffe Chess Club Website under News for interesting current chess news from Kerry Corker : https://redcliffechessclub.com.au