News from 2007

  • 20/12/2007 - Congratulations to Michael Morris and Jimmy Burt who won the 2 final divisions of the "Pocket Knight" rapid chess at our Christmas party on Monday night. Michael had an 100% record for the whole night. Participants were initially split into 2 groups to establish and A Grade and a B Grade. The club will now break until 7 January when we will be open again for friendly games.
  • 11/12/2007 - At last night's AGM the following Committee was elected for the 2007-2008 year:
    President: Chris Dimock,
    Vice President: Gordon Struk,
    Secretary: Tom Accola,
    Treasurer: Norman Greenwood,
    Games Captain: Tze Weng Foong,
    Webmaster: Martin van Elmpt,
    Committee members: Ruth Zalai, Alex Papp (Junior Representative), Martin Lakeland and Steven Liu.
    Positions of Leagues Club rep and Publicity Officer to be decided by the committee (which meets 14 January). Note that Gordon Miller, Jonathan Adams and Jacob Graham were unavailable for re-election.
    Coaching by GM Dejan Antic at 7pm at the club starts 21 Jan.
    Subscription stayed the same at $15 per member– a new surcharge for non-members of NSWCA was passed - if we did not accept it no tournaments at the club could be rated.
  • 11/12/2007 Congratulations to Arno Vogelman who has won the Spring Handicap Tournament and to Jacques Horringa who has won the Biggest Upset prize.
    We hope to see you all at the Christmas party next Monday night 17 Dec. We will be playing a fun variant of chess called “pocket knight”, with probably a 15-15 time limit (depending on number of players).
  • 07/12/2007 - Congratulations to Steffen Bayani who has won the Spring Tournament by a clear point. Second and third places are still in doubt with Jack Mejzini a certain placegetter on 7.0 points. There is a mathamatical possibility that any one of Tze Weng Foong and Steven Liu on 6.0 points with a game in hand, Gordon Struk on 5.5 with a game to play and James Burt, Chris Dimock, Jonathan Adams and Norman Greenwood all on 5.0 with a game to play can end up a placegetter. Where possible, postponements will be played after the AGM on Monday 10 December.

    In the Handicap Section Steffen Bayani leads with 8.0 Handicap points from Jack Mejzini 7.5 points but, as Open Section winners, both are ineligible for a Handicap Prize. As a result the Handicap winner on 7.5 Handicap points is likely to be Arno Vogelman (1223) who has a lower rating than Martin Van Elmpt (1359) also on 7.5 Handicap points although George Varda (1194) on 7.0 Handicap points has a game to play and can supplant Arno.

    At the moment Jacques Horringa has the biggest Upset win and is unlikely to be overtaken.

    * 23/11/2007 - Our club Annual General Meeting and presentation of prizes will be on Monday 10 December. Our last formal night for the year is 17 December, which will be our chess-themed Christmas party with some drinks and nibbles. The results and postponements from Round 8 are now on this web site under "Tournament Results". Round 9 (of 9) will be played on Monday 3 Dec.
  • 16/11/2007 - The draw for Round 8 of the Spring Tournament together with progress results is on this web site under "Tournament Results". Round 8 will be played on Monday 19 Nov. 26 Nov. will be a postponements night.
  • 08/11/2007 - The draw for Round 7 of the Spring Tournament together with progress results is on this web site under "Tournament Results". Round 7 will be played on Monday 12 Nov. Many games will start late (target 8.15) owing to a committee meeting that night which starts at 7.15.
  • 24/10/2007 - The draw for Round 6 of the Spring Tournament together with progress results is on this web site under "Tournament Results". Please let Jonathan Adams (0425 304 187; jdadams1@optusnet.com.au) know if you cannot play on any Monday night- and if it is not until the day itself that you know you can’t play, please SMS him before 5.30 PM (so that your opponent can hopefully be notified). Thanks. Note that the "Little Board" results (both legs) are now also available under "Tournament Results".
  • 18/10/2007 - Manly put up a good fight in the Little Board match v Norths. We only lost the second leg 9-8, which means Norths won the match over 2 legs by only 3 points. Not bad since they outrated us and had a lot of our dual members playing for them to keep the numbers up.
  • 09/10/2007 - Next Monday night is our "Little Board" match against Norths at home. Please let Norman Greenwood know (0431 234 741 or email normg74@mysoul.com.au) if you are available to be picked for our team. Those not playing will be able to play Spring tournament postponed games (see file post.xls under "Tournament Results", 2007 Spring Tournament and Handicap Championship) or friendly games.
  • 18/09/2007 - YouTube Humorous Simul!
  • 14/09/2007 - Results, Progress scores and Postponed games for the nine round Spring Tournament (including the Handicap Tournament) can be seen under the "Tournament Results" tab in this web site. The draw for Round 2 is there now.
  • 07/09/3007 - Steffen Bayani (who returned to the club this year after last playing here in the 1990s) won the play-off for the title of Allegro (15 minutes chess) champion with Vice President Gordon Struk 2-1. 3rd equal in the Allegro were Steven Liu and our President Chris Dimock. Steven Liu's performance was notable as he only played 8 games (out of 12) and won them all. Steffen Bayani and Gordon Struk each scored 9 out of 12. The Manly Spring tournament (11 rounds at 90 minutes each plus 30 seconds per move) starts this coming Monday night.
  • 21/08/2007 - The Winter 30/30 tournament has now finished. The overall winner was Steven Liu and the winner of the handicap event for players Under 1500 was Mick Waters (who also finished second overall). Because any player can only win one prize, second overall went to Steffen Bayani and third to Gordon Struk. Last night the 12 rounds Allegro 15 minute chess started and the leader with 4/4 is Steven Liu. This tournament continues the next 2 Monday nights then the Manly Spring tournament starts. Entries are now being accepted for the Spring. Please contact Jonathan Adams (0425 304 187) or Norman Greenwood (0431 234 741).
  • 01/08/2007 - Steven Liu has a substantial lead in the Winter 30/30 tournament. The handicap event run in conjunction, for players rated Under 1500 or unrated, is wide open. Check out the latest results under Tournament Results.
  • 01/08/2007 - The club is having a dinner for members and partners on Friday 24 August. The restaurant is the Thai Lanna in Narrabeen. Contact Gordon Struk (ph. 99138898) for details.
  • 20/07/2007 - There will be a committee meeting at the club rooms on Monday 30 July at 7.45 PM, commencing once the next round of the 30/30 tournament has been organised.
  • 20/07/2007 - Congratulations to our inter-club Grade match teams who all finished creditably. the u 1700 team finished fourth equal, the U 1500 team finished 6th and the U 1300 team finished 3rd. Many thanks to our captains, Jonathan Adams, Chris Dimock and Tom Accola, for organising the teams.
  • 22/06/2007 - Our inter-club teams are having mixed success. See http://nswca.org.au/gradematches/allgrade.htm for details. 8 rounds of the 30/30 have now been played and the leader is Steven Liu with 5 out of 5 played.
  • 11/06/2007 - Congratulations to Steven Liu who finished second in the club championships A Grade after drawing with Alex Papp tonight.
  • 09/06/2007 - Chess is on as usual on Monday 11 June. If you wish to play postponed games from the club champs (and there are still a number) you must either play this night or one week later. Games uncompleted after Mon 18 June will be recorded as a loss to both players for the tournaments (but will not affect ratings). Note there are no 30/30 rounds on the 11th.
  • 09/06/2007 - Congratulations to Bruce Douglas who won the C Grade play-off match 2: 1. Many thanks to Gordon Struk for being Arbiter for the Winter 30/30 competition.
  • 31/05/2007 - Bruce Douglas and Arno Vogelman are currently playing off for the club C Grade title. Bruce is ahead 1.5 - 0.5 in a 3 game match, extendable if Arno wins game 3. Our inter-club teams are having mixed success. See http://nswca.org.au/gradematches/allgrade.htm for details.
  • 31/05/2007 - Congratulations to Jonathan Adams who finished third equal in the Mingara Major Open. See http://www.mingara.centralcoastchess.com/2007/MingaraOpen2007Report.htm for details.
  • 29/05/2007 - Congratulations to John McParland, who has won the B Grade of the club championship. He now gains automatic entry to the A Grade next year. Chris Dimock, our President, finished second.
  • 28/05/2007 - Congratulations to Mark De Groen, who has once again won the club championship. Second place is yet to be determined. Tonight there are championships postponements, inter-club games and 30/30 games happening.
  • 17/05/2007 - Next Monday 21 May there are multiple things happening (as well as a rugby league game at Brookie between Manly and the Broncos which will put parking at a premium): 1. Our U 1700 and U 1500 teams travel to Rooty Hill to play. 2. Our U 1300 team hosts Rooty Hill at home. 3. Postponed Games for all Grades of the club champs can be played and should be given precedence over 4. 4. It is the first night of the 24 round Winter 30/30 tournament. Gordon Struk wil be Arbiter for this tournament. See notes below for more detail. This web site has been updated with the latest Club Champs results. See the Tournament Results page.
  • 09/05/2007 - Next Monday 14 May is a Postponed Games night for all Grades of the club champs. Up to date details of the divisions are visible through the Tournament Results page. Jonathan Adams will be Arbiter for this night. Please ring him on 0425304187 and your opponent (before 5 PM on 14 May) if you cannot play a scheduled game on Monday night. There are no other remaining scheduled nights for postponements. NB. It is up to you to arrange your postponed games - the Arbiters will not do it for you. If you have more than one, you will need to play on a night other than Monday as agreed with your opponent. It is possible to play at the club on other nights, but a quiet room cannot be guaranteed. Contact Jonathan Adams or Norman Greenwood (0431234741) to organise access to a chess set and clock if required. The tournament will be closed off on Monday 18 June. Any games still outstanding then will be recorded as a loss to both players. If one player genuinely endeavours to play and the other can’t, the former will win the game by forfeit.
  • 09/05/2007 - Well we put up a good fight against Norths last night, only losing 7.5 to 5.5. Congratulations to the 5 winners for us - who included 4 committee members! Tze Weng Foong (our webmaster), Jonathan Adams (Games Captain), Chris Dimock (President), Tom Accola (Secretary) and Bob Moxom. Matthew Carden drew his game.
  • 09/05/2007 - Our next tournament begins on Monday 21 May. It is the Club Winter Tournament [Rapid Play 30 minutes each for the whole game] Rounds 1 and 2. This tournamant will run for 12 nights but you do not have to play every night. This means that people in inter-club teams can still enter. The standard FIDE rules for 30 minutes chess apply. The club's Rapid Play (30/30) tournament goes through to August 13 (2 rounds per night). The winner is determined by strike rate out of players who have played at least 16 games out of a possible 24. There will also be a handicap prize. The Arbiters, one of whom will act each night, for this event are Norman Greenwood, Gordon Struk, Jonathan Adams and Tze Weng Foong.

The Rules

Apart from the obvious ones, like 30 minutes for all your moves or you lose, our special rules are: 

    * This is a tournament where you don't have to play every week, 
      so inter-club team members can still play.
    * The winner is determined by strike rate out of players who 
      have played at least 16 games out of a possible 24.
    * There will also be a handicap prize. This goes to the highest 
      strike rate by a player Under 1500 or unrated who has played 
      at least 16 games.
    * Once you have played 16 games your strike rate cannot go down - only up. 
    * Strike rate is percentage of won games converted to a decimal. 
      So 3 out of 4 = 75% = 0.75 strike rate. 

    Question : Winners play winners? or Equal Strike rates play Equal strike rates?

    Answer: The draw is done as much as possible on strike rate, so someone with 1 out of 1

= strike rate of 100 may play someone with 4 out of 4 e.g. The draw is worked out by a program developed by NSWCA Ratings Officer Steve Carratt called "wchess".

  • 03/05/2007 - Round 11 (the last one) of all Grades of the club champs is on Monday night 7 May. The draw is accessible through the Tournament Results page. See the Excel "Draw" file for the Round. You can also see all results to date in the "Grade" files and a zipped version of the Leading Scores and Postponed Games Word documents. Norman Greenwood will be Arbiter for this night. Please ring him on 0431234741 and your opponent (before 5 PM on 7 May)if you cannot play your scheduled game on Monday night. The only remaining scheduled night for postponement is Monday 14 May. NB. It is up to you to arrange your postponed games - the Arbiter will not do it for you. If you have more than one, you will need to play on a night other than Monday as agreed with your opponent. It is possible to play at the club on other nights, but a quiet room cannot be guaranteed. Contact Jonathan Adams (0425304187)or Norman Greenwood (0431234741) to organise access to a chess set and clock if required. The tournament will be closed off on Monday 18 June. Any games still outstanding then will be recorded as a loss to both players.
  • 03/05/2007 - The club offers our sincere condolences to our Secretary, Tom Accola, on the passing of his wife Robin last Sunday. Robin's funeral will be held tomorrow (Friday 04 May) at 1 PM at St. Kieran's Catholic Church in Manly Vale. The club committee is making a donation to the nominated charity, the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation. President Chris Dimock and Games Captain Jonathan Adams and possibly others will represent the club.
  • 03/05/2007 - On Tuesday 8 May we are playing the first leg of our annual "Little Board" match against Norths (North Sydney LC Chess Club) commencing at 7.30 PM. If you are available to play please contact Norman Greenwood on 0431234741.
  • 27/04/2007 - Round 10 of all Grades of the club champs is on next Monday night. The draw is accessible through the Tournament Results page. See the Excel "Draw" file for the Round. You can also see all results to date in the "Grade" files and a zipped version of the Leading Scores and Postponed Games Word documents. Jonathan Adams will be Arbiter for 30 April. Please ring him on 0425 304 187 and your opponent (both before 5 PM on 30 April) if you cannot play your scheduled game that night. The next scheduled night for postponement is Monday 14 May. NB. It is up to you to arrange your postponed games - the Arbiter will not do it for you. If you have more than one, you will need to play on a night other than Monday as agreed with your opponent. It is possible to play at the club on other nights, but a quiet room cannot be guaranteed. Contact Jonathan or Norman Greenwood (0431 234 741) to organise access to a chess set and clock if required.
  • 23/04/2007 - Round 9 of all Grades of the club champs is on tonight. The draw is accessible through the Tournament Results page. See the Excel "Draw" file for the Round. You can also see all results to date in the "Grade" files and a zipped version of the Leading Scores and Postponed Games Word documents. Gordon Struk will be Arbiter for 23 April. Please ring him on 9913 8898 or Jonathan on 0425 304 187 and your opponent (both before 7 PM) if you cannot play your scheduled game tonight. The next scheduled night for postponement is Monday 14 May. NB. It is up to you to arrange your postponed games - the Arbiter will not do it for you. If you have more than one, you will need to play on a night other than Monday as agreed with your opponent. It is possible to play at the club on other nights, but aquiet room cannot be gauaranteed. Contact Jonathan or Norman Greenwood (0431 234 741) to organise access to a chess set and clock if required.
  • 14/04/2008 - Round 8 of all Grades of the club champs is on next Monday night. The draw is accessible through the Tournament Results page. See the Excel "Draw" file for the Round. You can also see all results to date in the "Grade" files and azipped version of the Leading Scores Word document. Jonathan Adams will be Arbiter for this night. Please ring him on 0425 304 187 and your opponent if you cannot play your scheduled game on Monday night.
  • 27/03/2007 - Round 7 of all Grades of the club champs is on next Monday night. The draw is accessible through the Tournament Results page. Jonathan Adams will be Arbiter for this night. Please ring him on 0425 304 187 and your opponent if you cannot play your scheduled game on Monday night. Note that Easter Monday 9 April is the next Postponed Games night. After that the next Postponed games night is 14 May.
  • 25/03/2007 - An updated ACF Ratings List is out. Big improvers in the Club include: 
          Michael Morris from 2030 to 2112 +82;
          David Webster from 1699 to 1739 +40;
          David Cook from 1352 to 1403 +51;
          Bruce Douglas from 1088 to 1194 +106;
          Tom Accola from 1112 to 1175 +63;
          Jacob Graham from 1030 t0 1144 +114.
          Also Arno Vogelman 1109 is back on the Active List.
          It is pleasing that both a "senior" (Bruce) and junior player (Jacob) are the biggest 
          improvers.
  • 24/03/2007 - Round 6 of all Grades of the club champs is on Monday night 26 March. The draw is accessible through the Tournament Results page. Norman Greenwood will be Arbiter for this night. Please ring him on 0431234741 and your opponent if you cannot play your scheduled game on Monday night.
  • 17/03/2007 - Round 5 of all Grades of the club champs is on tomorrow night. The draw is accessible through the Tournament Results page.
  • 11/03/2007 - Round 4 of all Grades of the club champs is on tomorrow night. The draw is accessible through the Tournament Results page. If you are playing in the club champs please inform Jonathan Adams on 0425 304 187 if you are unable to be at the club. Welcome back to Gordon Miller from Queensland! PS. The picnic below took place last Sunday and photos are available from Gordon Struk.
  • 03/03/2007 -The club is (weather permitting) having a picnic at Jamieson Park, South Narrabeen for members and partners and families on Sunday March 4 (TOMORROW!!) from 10 am. Please let Gordon Struk (phone 9913 8898, mobile on the day 0416 435 184, email roxicom@optusnet.com.au) know if you are attending.
  • 03/03/2007 - This coming Monday 5 March is a night for Postponed games. But still come along if you don't have a postponed game as there should be plenty of people available for a game. See under the Tournament Results page for the list of postponed games.
  • 03/03/2007 - Tom Hollings has unfortunately had to withdraw from the Club Champs A Grade. Whenever players are drawn to play him, they will now have a non-scoring Bye.
  • 24/02/2007 - The draw for Round 3 of the Club Champs is now available on this site. See the 2007 Championships link under the Tournament Results page.
  • 20/02/2007 - The results for the 2007 Manly club championships Round 2 are now up on this site, plus the updated list of postponed games. See the 2007 Championships link under the Tournament Results page.
  • 16/02/2007 - The C Grade draw for Round 2 is now on this site. See the 2007 Championships link under the Tournament Results page.
  • 15/02/2007 - The results for the 2007 Manly club championships Round 1 are now up on this site, plus the list of postponed games. The draw for A and B Grade Round Robins can be seen there. C Grade is a Swiss tournament and the draw will be available each Monday night at the club, and earlier on this site if possible.
  • 08/02/2007 - The results for the 2007 Lightning championships are up. You can find it from the Tournament Results page. Michael Morris won with a picket fence - 16 out of 16!
  • 06/02/2007 - The draws are up for the 2007 Manly club championships see Tournament Results to see who you are playing! Lets get ready to Rumble !!
  • 01/02/2007 - Entries are now open for the club championship, starting Feb 12. Please inform Norman Greenwood or myself (email jdadams1@optusnet.com.au, Mobile Ph. 0425304187) if you wish to enter. Entries close after the club lightning championship ends on Feb 5. Not unexpectedly, Michael Morris leads the lightning after 7 rounds. Late entries will be accepted for the last rounds of the lightning tourney next Monday, 5 Feb. [Jonathan Adams]
  • 01/02/2007 - The club is planning a picnic at Jamieson Park, South Narrabeen for members and partners on Sunday March 4 from 10 am. Please let Gordon Struk (email roxicom@optusnet.com.au) know if you are interested. Maps are available at the club.[Jonathan Adams]
  • 01/02/2007 - Mark de Groen took on 15 players in his simul. He won 7, drew 7 (some were generous offers on his part) and only lost one game - to our new club President, Chris Dimock (now enjoying a well-earned holiday!). Congratulations, Mark and Chris! [Jonathan Adams]
  • 1/02/2007 - New upgrade to our site. All pages are still to be transfered so check back soon for more information.. Hope you like it.. {Tze Weng Foong}
  • 19/01/2007 - On Monday January 22 Club Champion (many times over) Mark de Groen will take on all-comers in a simultaneous exhibition at the club. Taking a board is free though a donation to help with the club's expenses is encouraged. Please email me at jdadams1@optusnet.com.au if you are intending to play so that I can get an idea of the number of boards that will be required. 20 might be the practical maximum. [Jonathan Adams]
  • 16/01/2007 - Congratulations to the following people: 1. MICHAEL MORRIS who finished a very creditable 9th in the FULL AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP!! Well above his rating (which will now go up!). 2. DAVID WEBSTER, who performed well in the next division of the same tournament in Canberra. 3. TOM HOLLINGS, WHO WON THE 2006 MANLY SPRING TOURNAMENT to cap a successful return to the club this year. 4. BRUCE DOUGLAS, who ensured the Juniors did not have everything their own way by winning the Handicap event run in conjunction with our Spring tournament. 5. MICK WATERS, who won the Upset prize in the Manly Spring event. [Jonathan Adams]
  • 16/01/2207 - The 2006 AGM in December appointed the following club commitee for 2007. President, Chris Dimock; Immediate Past President , Gordon Miller; Vice President, Gordon Struk; Secretary, Tom Accola; Treasurer, Norman Greenwood; Games Captain, Jonathan Adams; Publicity Officer and Manly Leagues Club delegate, John Radovan; Web Master, Tze Weng Foong; and committee members Ruth Zalai and Jacob Graham. [Jonathan Adams]


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