Kin Kora Chess Club
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Kin Kora Chess Club
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News Archive
July-August 2001 Hervey Bay Whale Open Results: http://www.caq.org.au/htm/results.htm Kin Kora Junior Chess Club had seven members contest the Hervey Bay Whale Open in late August. A great weekend was had by all and Mr Kirby and Mrs Forsyth were certainly kept on their toes. Michael Webster made his mark by being named best junior with three and a half wins, including a win over Doug Walker (1347) and a draw with Tony Hancocks (1366). Despite a shaky start, James Forsyth finished strongly with three wins to secure overall equal first place in division C of the tournament. Highlights included a 1601 win to Luke Wagner in round one, a 1470 draw to Kimberley Kirby in round four and some close contests for open first timers Joshua Foley, Colin Lynch and Jonathan Bush. Tournament winner was Biloela International Master Stephen Solomon.
ALMOST 50 young guns put their tactical skills to the test on July 31 with Kin Kora State School's B team winning the primary school division and St Stephen's College winning the senior division of a zonal qualifier of an all-Queensland chess championship. Ten teams from Gladstone, Yeppoon, Biloela and Thangool contested the Chess Association of Queensland CQ (South) Regional Inter-school Chess Championships at the Gladstone RSL Club, the first time Queensland's chess governing body had extended the competition outside the south-east of the state. CAQ secretary and organiser of the Gladstone tournament Ian Murray said the tournament had highlighted some outstanding chess talent and the rapidly growing nature of the sport in Central Queensland. Individually, St Stephen's College Year 3 student Luke Wagner finished on top of the points table on a countback after finishing equal first with Gladstone State High School's Michael Webster and Rade Radovanovich, and St Stephen's College secondary student James Forsyth. James had missed the first round due to other school commitments and completed his five rounds undefeated. Results: PRIMARY SCHOOL OPEN: 1 - Kin Kora State School B Team (Michael Cusack 4.5, Sarah Cook 4, Joshua Foley 3.5 and Michael Cameron 3) 15; 2 - St Stephen's College (Luke Wagner 5, John Abbott 4.5, Bianca Paterson 3.5 and Nicole Mellor 1) 14; and, 3 - Kin Kora State School A Team (Timothy Work 3.5, James Lee 3.5, Jack Stuart 3 and Damon McKenzie 3) 13. PRIMARY SCHOOL NOVICE: 1 (c/b) - Kin Kora State School C Team (Kyle Stein 4, Michael Lee 3.5, Daniel O'Brien 2.5 and Faye Cutajar 2) 12; 2 - Redeemer Biloela (Grant Wissemann 3.5, Thomas Craig 3, Michael Schmidt 3 and Amiee Groundwater 2.5) 12; and, 3 - West Gladstone State School (Danielle johnston 4, Callum Duncan-Kemp 2.5, Aiden Kennedy Williams 2.5 and Graham Hick 1) 10. SECONDARY SCHOOL OPEN: 1 - St Stephen's College (James Forsyth 5, Daniel Scott 3.5, Chris Scott 3, Nathan Adnum 2.5) 14; and, 2 - Gladstone State High (Michael Webster 5 and Rade Radovanovich 5) 10. SECONDARY SCHOOL NOVICE: 1 - St Ursula's Yeppoon (Samantha McPherson 4, Alice Barker 2, Claire Moyle 2 and Anna Waters 1.5) 9.5. August 2001 Mackay representative Eight-year-old member Luke Wagner was junior runner-up at the Mackay Open on August 4&5. Luke recorded two wins and two draws (including one of 1250) for a total of 3/7 and overall 13th place. Results
July 2001 Brisbane tournament experience Kin Kora Junior Chess Club member Jonathan Bush finished a credible 18th place from a field of 41 players in the 2001 Queensland Fastrain Tournament (Under 14 Division) at Brisbane on Sunday, July 22. Jonathan, still a primary school student, is in his first year of chess and was one of the youngest players in the strong field. Jonathan finished with three and a half wins from seven games, defeating 19th placed Chris Sauermann, 22nd placed Daniel Middleton, 28th placed Raymond Setiadi, and drawing with 20th placed Byron Tworek on the way. The tournament was won by well known Brisbane Under-14 player Philip Ee with a perfect seven wins. http://www.caq.org.au/htm/results.htm
July 2001 Best Player of Kin Kora State School Challenge Grade 6 student Timothy Work was the winner of the 2001 Kin Kora Best Player
Challenge on Sunday. Timothy scored 8.5/10 on the day, a half point ahead of
Colin Lynch. Twenty-nine children from Years 1 to 7 took part in the annual
event.
July 2001 Inspirational stuff! The chess community in Queensland is abuzz with news that Gold Coast 18-year-old chess talent Matt Sonter, who won the Hervey Bay Open earlier this year, has received a scholarship to study chess at the University of Texas, Dallas, the United States. Matt has been player chess since the age of five and is looking forward to having access to full-time chess coaching and competing in national and international competitions. He has his sights set on an International Master title and hopefully in the future he will return to Australia and pass on some of the knowledge learned. The scholarships is estimated to be worth $77,000 Australian dollars. 2nd July 2001 Great Australian Icecreamery Fun Day Results from the Fun Day at the Great Australian Ice Creamery in
Gladstone on Wednesday, July 4. Nine-minute a side times were set for the
eight round challenge. Best Girl at the tournament was Kimberley Kirby with 5/8 games. Two girls shared Best Girl's spot with 5/8 games but after using the Buchholtz points system, Kimberley just pipped Danielle Johnston for the prize. The boys had a five way tie for Best Boy. Group results: Group A, Michael Webster 1st, 2nd James Forsyth. Group B, Shannon Pink 1st, Mark Johnson 2. Group C, Jonathan Bush 1, Joshua Foley 2. Group D, Sarah Cook 1, Rachel Kirby 2/ Unrated, Tristan Lyon 1. Hirru Manivasagan was picked and received the encouragement award. Each first placed person received a cap from QR while the others received a A fun day was had by everyone.
Darryl Kirby,
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