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Players that represented WA at the Australian Junior Championships performed well.
Yihe (Rebo) Fu (7.0/9) was second in the Under 14 (also 1st Under 16 Blitz) and Emily Zhang (5.0/8) was 3rd in the Under 10 Girls.
Other scores:
Under 16 - Jamie Labbacher 4.0/9; Under 14 - Kundan Dharmapuri 6.0/9 & Alex Pimenov 2.5/9; Under 12 - Iker Hernandez Mendez 5.5/9 & Aarnav Gupta 4.5/9. Under 12-18 Girls - Celine Ong 5.0/9 (tied 3rd in the Under 14 Girls, also 1st Under 14 Girls Blitz, and 3rd Under 14 Girls Problem Solving) & Anouska Gupta 3.0/9 (3rd Under 12 Girls Blitz, 3rd Under 12 Girls Problem Solving).
This year the CAWA is proud to introduce the inaugural Allegro & Blitz Grand Prix Competition where Allegro & Blitz Grand Prix Events are played at venues around the Perth metropolitan area. GP points are awarded for results in each tournament similarly to the WA Grand Prix.
Details regarding the Allegro & Blitz Grand Prix is obtainable from the link below:
The Australian Junior Chess League is pleased to invite applications from talented Australian juniors (U/18) for the 2020 Australian Junior Elite Training Squad - JETS.
The JETS Squad is Australia's premier development squad, aimed at encouraging and challenging the next generation of Australian champions. (Past JETS members have gone on to become Grandmasters and International Masters.)
Applicants are judged by enthusiasm, commitment and recent improvement, as well as rating, with a loading for applicants aged 14 and under.
Eligibility for the Squad will generally require participation in at least one of the following events in December/January 2019/20: the Australian Young Masters in Adelaide, an Australian Championship event in Sydney, or the Australian Junior Championships on the Gold Coast.
The selected members of the 2020 JETS Squad must commit to attend the JETS national junior training camp, to be held on the Gold Coast from July 4-9.
Apply via: http://australianjuniorchess.org.au/apply
Deadline for applications February 20, 2020.
Further information about JETS can be found on the information sheet available from the link below:
In 1995 Fred started a company Chess Supplies of WA which supplied equipment to the WA chess playing community including schools and prisons until 2008.
Fred has maintained an active role of coaching at several schools. He is currently coaching at the Lake Joondalup Baptist College.
As a member of the WA Sports Federation, The Chess Association of WA Inc was invited to nominate RAC stars for chess. This year the CAWA Council nominated Temur Kuybokarov for RAC Sports Star and Yihe Fu (Rebo) for the RAC Junior Sports Star.
Temur has had a very successful year both internationally and nationally. He won the 2019 Australian Open Championship in late December last year. Subsequently he was awarded the title of Grandmaster in March. He has played in several international and national tournaments this year. His most notable results in 2019 were:
a) 9th = in the World Junior championships held in New Delhi India in October in a field of 94 players. This was despite having a viral infection for most of the tournament.
b) Recently winning the 2019 Australian Masters GM Norm tournament in Melborne with a near perfect score of 8.5 from 9.
c) Closer to home he won the WA Allegro with a perfect score of 9/9.
Rebo has been very active tournament player this year. He is particularly adept in the shorter time games. This is reflected in his results this year which included:
a) 2nd Under 14s Australian Junior Championships
b) 3rd= Under 18s Australian Junior Lightning Championships
c) 1st Under 16s WA State Junior Championships
d) 1st WA Junior Lightning Championships.
e) 1st WA Junior Rapid Play
f) 1st WA Junior Allegro Championships
In 2017 the Perth Chess Club introduced its 5th rated tournament of the year, a FIDE rated swiss. In 2019 the players were split into 2 swiss tournaments known as "Over 1500 " and "Under 1500" (based on rating). This split was a more popular format, so the Perth Chess Club committee agreed this should continue and be named in recognition of 2 long serving members: Wolfgang Leonhardt and John Brooke.
The "Over 1500" will now be known as the "Wolfgang Leonhardt Cup" (with a Perpetual trophy). Wolfgang has been winning tournaments at the club since the 1950's. He was club champion 4 times between 2003 and 2009 when aged over 70 years. Besides his success at the club he won the WA State Championship 8 times between 1954 and 1972. Further information about Wolfgang is on the Perth Club and CAWA websites.
The "Under 1500" tournament will now be known as the John Brooke Cup (with a Perpetual trophy). John has been a volunteer at the club since the 1990's. John has been the Treasurer throughout this time and also organises the refreshments (tea, coffee and biscuits) each week. As keyholder he spends the longest at the club each week opening up and setting up at the start and packing away and locking up at the end. His dedicated selfless service for the benefit of his fellow players and his happy friendly manner, contribute to the pleasant atmosphere at Perth Chess Club.
It is with much sadness that I advise members of the passing of Kelvin Taylor.
In view of the increase in the number of virus cases in WA, it has been decided by the Presidents of the three senior chess clubs, Metro, Perth and Southern Suburbs that all activity at their clubs will cease immediately until further notice, (for further information view the club websites).
The following websites are available if you would like to meet up and play chess online:
The Cracovia Club has informed CAWA that due to the pandemic the club is closed to the end of April. Consequently the Blitz tournament scheduled for the 5th of April is cancelled.
Congratulations to GM Temur Kuybokarov, 2020 Australian Chess Champion!
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Starting from this month if you are in town and want to play chess in a quiet environment then consider going to the State Library where there is a designated area on the Second floor with chess sets and clocks provided by CAWA.
The Koshnitsky Medal is awarded annually by the Australian Chess Federation to an individual who has made an outstanding lifetime contribution to the administration of chess in Australia. This year the CAWA Council nominated Fred Maris for this medal in recognition of nearly 30 years' service to the Western Australian chess community. This has included starting up the Mandurah Chess Club in 1990, the Midlands Chess Club in 1993 and being actively involved with the 
