Results slowly coming in from Aussie School Teams. Crow encountering head winds! The crows have arrived!
This is by far Australia’s largest chess tournament each year – with thousands playing all over the country. And yet very hard to get results. I am hearing reports that the following divisions have been decided Primary Girls – Somerville House (QLD) Primary Open – Citipointe Christian College (QLD) This is unofficial with no confirmation […]
READ MORE »OZJunFide file update – Vic. and Qld. done – other states to follow.
Congratulations on their new FIDE Classical World Ratings to: Jae Hoo Chan 1333 Aidan Batyrbekov 1188 Jaden Chi 1068 2005 players have been deleted from Junior list.
READ MORE »Christmas News from Gardiner Chess
Our office will be closing for 3 and a half weeks – Monday 18th December – Wednesday 10th January returning on Thursday 11th January. If you need to contact us urgently during this time, please text either Andrew or myself on:- Justine 0432 832 810 Andrew 0438 348 995 Schools go back for term 1 week commencing […]
READ MORE »News from RCC Inc. President, Mark C Stokes
With the 2 leaders after R2 both losing in R3 of the 2023 FIDE Rated Redcliffe Chess Club Championship, we now have 2 new leaders after R3, David Beaumont and Max Phillips, both on 2.5 out of 3. Another 11 players are close behind the leaders on 2/3 and another 6 players are just 1 […]
READ MORE »RCC Inc. 2023 AGM News from President, Mark C Stokes.
Hi All The City of Redcliffe Chess Club Inc AGM will be held at 7:30pm on Wednesday December 20 2023. It will also be a FREE PIZZA NIGHT, CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTATION NIGHT and FUN CHESS NIGHT! Do not miss it! Could you please email me back if you wish to nominate for a position please? […]
READ MORE »RCC Inc. Championships Rd. 2 results
Only 2 players share the lead on a perfect score of 2/2 in the 2023 Redcliffe Chess Club Inc C’ship: Nathanael Young and James ChengiYi Xia. See the attached crosstable for full scores. See you on Wednesday night November 29 at 7:30pm for R3. If you need a half point bye for R3, contact by […]
READ MORE »World Senior Teams Championships 2023 – Qld. Teams results have been released.
World Senior Team-Composition with round-results 1. USA (RtgAvg:2514, Captain: Shabalov, Alexander / TB1: 15 / TB2: 26) Bo. Name Rtg FED FideID Typ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts. Games RtgAvg Rp K rtg+/- 1 GM Shabalov, Alexander 2465 USA 2008572 S50 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 4 […]
READ MORE »Aussie Jnrs. at the World Youth Championships, Italy 2023 – a comparison.
Greece – population 10,341,000 Australia – population 25,700,000 Girls U/14 Greece – 43 Australia – 99 Girls U/16 Greece – 57 Australia – 101 Girls U/18 Greece – 53 Australia – 37! ———————————————————————————————————– Open U/14 Greece – 38 Australia – 76, 138 Open U/16 Greece – 19 Australia – 111, 115 Open U/18 Greece – […]
READ MORE »Qld. is getting another IM!
IM elect Sravan Renjith It is great happiness to say after round 3 of the current UQ Masters in Brisbane, Sravan has surpassed 2200 FIDE and he has reached the rating required for his conditional IM title. I’ve had the privilege to have known Sravan for six years now, and I’ve been really impressed by […]
READ MORE »CAQ Inc. AGM News from RCC Inc. President, Mark C Stokes
Hi Hughston Thanks for all the CAQ Council Meeting Minutes of 2023 and for the 2023 AGM Notice and 2023 AGM Agenda and Call for Tenders and for the minutes of the CAQ Inc 2022 AGM. Could you add my motions passed at the CAQ Inc 2022 AGM to the motions for the 2023 CAQ […]
READ MORE »More news from Club President, Mark C Stokes
Hi All Redcliffe Chess Club Inc will pay your entry fee for the Teams of 6 Chess Day on Saturday November 25 at King’s Christian College, Pimpama Campus, Jacobs Well Rd, Pimpama, from 9:30am, if you want to play in a Redcliffe Team. Games will be played with 10 minutes each plus 2 seconds a […]
READ MORE »Greek Team Championship 2023 – 25 to 30 August in Athens – 34 teams x 20
Australian Team Championship 2023 – not allowed. Just how far behind the rest of the world are we? Australian Juniors should think about playing for one of these teams as part of their player development. You will never get this chance in Australia. Perhaps Qld. Juniors with Greek ancestry could form a team and play […]
READ MORE »World Youth U/18 Rd.11 Final Round – CM Ruicheng Wang – 112 and CM James Hartley – 105
Final Ranking crosstable after 11 Rounds Rk. Name Rtg FED 1.Rd 2.Rd 3.Rd 4.Rd 5.Rd 6.Rd 7.Rd 8.Rd 9.Rd 10.Rd 11.Rd Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 IM GREBNEV Aleksey 2500 FID 98b1 19w1 63b1 25w1 3b½ 10w1 5b1 23w1 9b1 7w1 2b0 9,5 0 74 78,5 2 GM MURZIN Volodar 2625 FID 49b1 55w1 8b½ […]
READ MORE »World Youth U/16 Rd.11 Final Round – Australia’s Leo Kalina – 115 and CM Lachlan Lee – 111
Final Ranking crosstable after 11 Rounds Rk. Name Rtg FED 1.Rd 2.Rd 3.Rd 4.Rd 5.Rd 6.Rd 7.Rd 8.Rd 9.Rd 10.Rd 11.Rd Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 IM SEEMANN Jakub 2417 POL 84w1 48b½ 28w1 29b1 11w1 63b1 2w1 3w1 4b½ 9b½ 10w1 9,5 0 73,5 78,5 2 IM KLIMKOWSKI Jan 2520 POL 33b1 21w1 16b1 […]
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