Perth Chess Club welcome all members in 2010 and wishing you all the best and a lots of memorable moments behind the chess board.
The 6th round of Club Championship will be played next Wednesday - the 10th of March. In round 5 of the tournament were a few quite big upsets: Lee Harris-Brown rated 1370 won game with Nhial Gabriel rated 1700, Hermann Scheidler rated 807 won game with John Brooke rated 1304, Andrzej Patron rated 1734 drew game with Robert Maris rated 1943 and Stephen Hintz rated 1417 drew game with Ross List rated 1772. After five rounds first is still Andrzej Patron with 4.5 points, second Dennis Holland with 4 points and third Alex Janceski also with 4 points. In round 6 Andrzej Patron will play with Dennis Holland on board 1, Rob Maris will play with Alex Janceski on board 2 and Mike Nairn will play with Fred Maris on board 3. Tournament details are available in result page.
Instead of 9 rounds
played in our Club Championship, only 7 rounds will be played. That gives us
the 24th and 31st March to play a 6 round novelty
event. Entry fee will be any item to the value of at least $10.00. Prizes
will be first pick of items for highest point scorer with the last placed
player getting the last article left. The format will be four different time
controls plus two fixed openings to be drawn out a hat.
The Rapid Play Tournament will start on 7th April.
Format: 9 rounds
Time Control: 30 minutes
DOP: Joe Klimczak
The list of the players and rules of the tournament will be available in the club and on web page from 24th March. Please put your name on the list of the players before 7th April, or call Joe Klimczak on 94011842 , or email him to: mj.klimczak@nscom.net.au .
The 2010 Lightning Tournament was won by Andrew Patron (10pts); second was Natalie Maris (9pts) and third Wolfgang Leonhardt (7pts).
Congratulations to the winners. Results are available on Results page.
2010 Perth Chess Club Calendar of Events is available for viewing in Events section and for downloading here.
December 2009 ACF Ratings you can find in Ratings Section.
The FIDE Laws of Chess are available for viewing and downloading
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