ACF 2010 Olympiad Appeal High Quality WA Chess Sets Proud sponsors of the Yulgilbar-Think Big Australian Chess Grand Prix Australian Chess Enterprises Welcome to the CAWA Website Here you will find all the information you need regarding chess in Western Australia. The site primarily caters for registered CAWA chess players be they Senior or Junior. But if you are an unregistered player, casual player or even an interested visitor feel free to look around. Perhaps after viewing the CAWA site you may wish to join the CAWA. By becoming a member you are then eligible to participate in ratified tournaments and obtain an official rating. We hope you enjoy the CAWA site and if you have any comments, corrections or questions please forward them to the CAWA web master: mike.mcgregor@cawa.org.au Last updated 01 September 2010 2010 STATE CLOSED CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 8 AND 2010 WA QUALIFYING & RESERVES CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS (01/09/10) The 2010 WA Closed Chess Championship in conjunction with the 2010 WA Qualifying & Reserves Championship have now commenced. Now available are some PGN game scores of all available games if you click on the links below: Closed Championship Games Qualifying Tournament Games WA Championship Round 8 Ryan Sam 0-1 Gordon Dunlop Haydn Barber 0-1 Tim Hare Dave Dempster 1-0 Robin Shaw Akef Saleh 1-0 Tom Donaldson Yita Choong 1-0 Derek Elkington WA Qualifying John Fedec 1-0 Nedeljko Tomic (postponed from round 6) Congratulations to John Fedec (6.5/7) for winning the 2010 WA Qualifying Tournament 2010 WA Closed Chess Championship Cross Table 2010 WA Qualifying Tournament Cross Table 2010 WA JUNIOR TEAMS & SECONDARY INTERSCHOOL TOURNAMENT (01/09/10) The 2010 WA Junior Teams & Secondary Interschool Tournament was played on the 28th of August at Mount Lawley Senior High School. A report and full results can be found in the Recent Results section or from the Calendar of Events. 2010 GUILDFORD NOVICE TOURNAMENT RESULTS (19/08/10) The 2010 Guildford Novice Tournament was played on the 14th of August at Guildford Grammar School. A report and full results can be found in the Recent Results section or from the Calendar of Events. Also on the web page for this event you will find a nice selection of photos, kindly taken by Shane Shaw, to look at in the photo viewer. 2010 WA JUNIOR ALLEGRO (12/08/10) The 2010 WA Junior Allegro Championship was played on the 7th of August at Applecross Senior High School. Congratulations to Neville Shah - 2010 WA Junior Allegro Champion. A report and full results can be found in the Recent Results section or from the Calendar of Events. AUGUST CAWA NEWSLETTER (10/08/10) The August Edition of the CAWA Newsletter is now available. Please enjoy!!!! For those wishing to contribute anything to the next edition please send your submission to the Newsletter Editor Mike McGregor by the 30th of September. 2010 OLYMPIAD APPEAL - A GENTLE REMINDER (06/08/10) The biennial Chess Olympiad is one of the world's biggest sporting events, and the most important teams event on the world chess calendar. The 39th Olympiad is being held at Khanty-Mansiysk, 1900 km from Moscow in western Siberia in September - it's hard to imagine a more remote venue from Australia! Australia will be fielding an open and a women's team, each five players and a team captain, of our best available players. Please click here for a flyer about the appeal. With experience at the last two or three Olympiads, our new young stars GM Zong-Yuan Zhao, GM David Smerdon and IM George Xie will be out to continue our fine record. Unlike most competing nations, the Australian teams receive no government support and must pay their own way, a burden compounded by the distance involved from Australia to Siberia and the corresponding high air fares. The costs increase with every Olympiad. They can't do it alone, but depend on the support of the Australian chess community. We ask you all to reach for the hip pocket, and give what you can to the ACF Olympiad Appeal. No donation is too large or too small - all will get the teams that much closer to Khanty-Mansiysk and will be acknowledged on the Olympiad Appeal website. All donors of $50 or more to the last Olympiad Appeal received email bulletins from the players direct from Dresden. A similar thank-you gesture is anticipated from the players in Khanty-Mansiysk. Enquiries from organisations interested in sponsoring the teams are most welcome If you wish to donate please click on the link below: 2010 Olympiad Appeal Many thanks, Ian Murray (Olympiad Appeal Coordinator) 2010 GOLD COAST INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL (25/07/10) Kings of chess club incorporated would like to introduce our new tournament named: 2010 Gold Coast International Chess Festival. Some important points of this tourney include: 1. The Tournament will be held just after Christmas Holidays, from 26-30 December 2010 2. The Tournament is a FIDE Tournament with 9 rounds / 4 days / 90 minutes +30 seconds time control (Surfers Paradise Open), additionally 1 Rapid tournament and Public Simul will be held. 3. The Tournament is open to anyone who wish to achieve International Chess rating (FIDE rating) or to increase own FIDE rating or ACF rating. 4. The Tournament will be held at most exotic place on the Gold Coast, Kurrawa Surf Club in the center of Broadbeach (next to the Beach), great chance for the Family Holiday, of course booking a room on time is essential (check out website info and recommendation about accommodation) For more information please visit the website: www.goldcoastchessfestival.com 2010 WA GRAND PRIX PROGRESS SCORES (25/07/10) From Organiser David Ellis: Please click on the link below for a progress report of scores after 4 events in this year's Grand Prix. 2010 Grand Prix Progress Scores 2010 HARRIS EDWARDES INTERIM REPORT (14/07/10) From Organiser Gordon Dunlop: Congratulations to Metro Chess Club for winning the A division and Perth Chess Club for winning the C division. The B division final will be held at Metro Chess Club on the 30th of September. An interim report from this years Harris/Edwardes competition is available if you click on the link below. Harris/Edwardes Interim Report 2010 STATE CLOSED CHAMPIONSHIP PAIRINGS (04/07/10) The pairings and cross table for this years WA Closed Chess Championship, which commences on the 11th of July, are now available. Please click on the links below to obtain a copy of each 2010 WA Closed Chess Championship Pairings 2010 WA Closed Chess Championship Cross Table Please note: Anybody who thought they had entered, but are not on the list, please get in touch with CAWA President Haydn Barber as soon as possible. 2010 PERTH OPEN (01/07/10) The 2010 Perth Open was held on the 19th & 20th of June, at North Woodvale Primary School.and proudly hosted by the Perth Chess Club, on behalf of the Chess Association of Western Australia Inc. Congratulations to Tristan Boyd, Yita Choong & Tom Donaldson for sharing first place with a score of 5.0/6. A full report and results of the Perth Open can be found in the Recent Results section or from the Calendar of Events. 2011 AUSTRALIAN JUNIORS WEBSITE (19/06/10) From Organiser Scott Humphries: The Australian Junior Chess Championship 2011 web site is now up and running. The address is: http://ajcc2011.com.au. To summarise: u Championship events held over 15-23 Jan 2011, held at Billanook College, Mooroolbark, Victoria. u 9 days for U18/U16, 5 days for U14/U12, 3 days for U10/U8, so 12 divisions in open and girls sections. u Lightning and problem solving events (U18/U12) on the Tuesday rest day, in open and girls sections. u $5,000+ prizemoney, plus trophies and medals Entrants with payment by 1 Nov can order 1 free T-shirt. u More information now on the web site, including: some accommodation options, playing schedule, local transport options, AJCC history, things to do, sponsorship. u The web site allows you to register and/or sign up for the newsletter, or 'contact us' with any questions. A flyer for next year's Australian Juniors is also available if you click here 2010 STATE CLOSED CHAMPIONSHIP AND 2010 WA QUALIFYING & RESERVES CHAMPIONSHIP (13/06/10) The 2010 WA Closed Chess Championship in conjunction with the 2010 WA Qualifying & Reserves Championship will commence on the 11th of July and run for 9 consecutive Sundays until the 5th of September Full details of each event can be found on the entry forms available below: 2010 WA Closed Chess Championship Entry Form 2010 WA Qualifying & Reserves Championship Entry Form PRIMARY SCHOOLS INTERSCHOOLS RESULTS (13/06/10) Round 1 of the Primary Schools Interschool Competition was played at Highgate Primary School on May 26th and 27th. Also the Independant Private Primary Schools Interschool was held at St. Stephen's College, Carramar on the 1st June. Full results of each event are available if you click on the links below: Primary Interschool Private Schools Primary Interschool 2010 FOUNDATION DAY OPEN (13/06/10) The 2010 Foundation Day Open was held over the Foundation Day weekend on the 6th & 7th of June at Legacy House in South Perth. Congratulations to the winner Edik Gilmetdinov. A report and full results can be found in the Recent Results section or from the Calendar of Events. 2011 AUSTRALIAN JUNIOR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS (20/04/10) On behalf of Chess Victoria, a group of chess club (Ranges and Croydon mostly) members and parents from Victoria will be hosting the Australian Junior 2011 at the Billanook College, Mooroolbark, Melbourne on behalf of the Australian Junior Chess League. This will be the first time the Australian Junior has been held in the state for quite some time, so we are all very excited about the event! This post is just to give some preliminary basic details, all of which are subject to final confirmation; full details will be online on a website established for the event in coming months. Note that this was announced and some details were distributed last weekend at the Doeberl Cup. Please click on the link below for further information: 2011 Australian Junior Chess Championships Flyer Dates: January 15-23 2011. Note the event will run a maximum of 9 days (and occupying only 1 working week) Venue:, Billanook College, Mooroolbark (www.billanook.vic.edu.au) is located in the gateway to the Yarra Valley of Melbourne. It is located on 15 hectares of natural bushland in a quiet, semi-rural environment. The venue is first class and chess events are run there on a regular basis. The college is 2km from the nearest station and we will be running shuttle buses to there and also to nearby accommodation, depending on demand. Accommodation: A range of accommodation styles and costs is being negotiated. Stay tuned for more details! There is handy conference centre accommodation and a dozen motels within 20 minutes of the venue, plus a couple of caravan parks, holiday parks and a meditation centre. Those with more up market tastes, well Melbourne IS the capital of suave. Schedule: This is brand new, not been tried before, but should prove more attractive, especially for visitors, as the younger players event is finished in fewer days. The attached draft schedule may be more useful. But in summary: u Six championship events, in open and girls divisions u The event runs for 9 days for the U18/U16 players, 6 days for the U14/U12s and 4 days for the U10/U8 players u All lightning and problem solving happen on the Tuesday u There is no rapid tournament u Those under 10 could play in both the U10/U8 and the U14/U12 events Organisers: The main organisers are myself, Scott Humphreys, Pearl Yung, NY Wong, Yew Sze Lim supported by Paul Bearup, Jamie Cross and Kerry Lyall and others too numerous to mention at this stage. All of these people bring a wealth of experience to junior chess events. Social events: We will be aiming to provide various social events for players and parents to make the event as friendly and enjoyable as possible and give parents more options for things to do while the tournament is on. Official website should be online by around the end of June, or earlier if the stars align properly. But block out your mini-break in Melbourne dates for now. Contact: me/the committee via email: ajcc2011@gmail.com We are looking for all offers of support (in any form, sponsors, volunteers, etc) and am happy to consider all suggestions at this stage. As the T-shirt says: Chess - get on board! Scott Humphreys, DOP HIGH QUALITY WEST AUSTRALIAN MADE CHESS SETS FOR SALE (25/08/09) Jock MacNaughton makes high quality chess sets using West Australian timber for sale. $25 from each set sold will be donated to the Chess Association of WA. If you would be interested in purchasing a set please click on the link below for further details. Please mention that you heard about the sets on the CAWA website. High Quality Chess Sets Flyer

2010 WA Closed Championship Round 8 and 2010 WA Qualifying & Reserves Championship Results 2010 Junior Teams & Secondary Interschool Tournament 2010 Guildford Novice Tournament 2010 WA Junior Allegro August CAWA Newsletter 2010 Olympiad Appeal - A gentle reminder 2010 Gold Coast International Chess Festival 2010 Grand Prix Progress Scores 2010 Harris Edwardes Interim Report 2010 WA Closed Championship Parings 2010 Perth Open 2011 Australian Juniors Website 2010 WA Closed Championship and 2010 WA Qualifying & Reserves Championship Primary Schools Interschools Results 2010 Foundation Day Open 2011 Australian Juniors High Quality WA Chess Sets 4 Sep Swan Christian Blitz 5 Sep - Round 9 WA Closed Championship WA Qualifying & Reserves Championship 12 Sep WA Lightning Championship 18 Sep Hale Junior GP Tournament 30 Sep Harris Edwardes Competition B Final at Metro Previous tournament results for 2009 can be found in Archives under the Past Tournaments section. 2010 WA Qualifying Tournament 2010 Junior Teams & Secondary Interschool Tournament 2010 Guildford Novice 2010 WA Junior Allegro 2010 Perth Open 2010 Foundation Day Open 2010 State Allegro Championship 2010 Prim & Sec Students Championsips 2010 May Novice Tournament 2010 WA Open 2010 State Junior Championships DHTML / JavaScript Tree by TwinHelix Designs