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https://auschess.org.au/oceania-hybrid-3-6-zonal-2021/

Good showing by local Ballarat players James Watson and Jamie Brotheridge 2.5/4. Scott Stewart, Bas Van Riel and Sean Macak also doing ok with 2/4.

Yes I think 41.Kd5 was a very good move. 41.Kd6 going after the black kside pawns was too slow, and at least this gives black more to think about,...

Begonia Open 2021: Pairing of round 5, at 7:30pm of 07/03/2021 ===================================================================================...

Begonia Open 2021: Pairing of round 4, at 2:30pm of 07/03/2021 ===================================================================================...

Tony, I presume that Black was planning 41...Kxc2 but then noticed 42. Kc4 in reply. Black is still more than OK, but maybe he got worried seeing...

Tas Champs 2021: Pairing of round 3 =================================================================================== 1 = Patterson,Miles ...

Interesting query Scott but, no, 36...d4 is not much different - using my 2000 (-ish) brain and an engine here and there ;) Later on Black could have...

what's goin' ?

They could have consulted with Australia instead of heavy handed interference in a commercial agreement. Trump will be laughing at us.

It was an excellent round for white and board 2 was also on the verge of winning too Scott. lost

Round 5 pairings: 1 = Read,William ( 3.0) - Lojanica,Milenko ( 4.0) = 5 - 1 = ... ...

It would appear Begonia is still using the “abominated” accelerated pairing system instead of the FIDE “Baku” system.

Was doing some statistics research the other day re: USSR Olympic teams from 1952 to 1990. Of the 33 players they used 18 were not Russian (vast...

I belong to a generation that had to wait a couple, (sometimes three) days to see games (usually one and often not analysed at all) in the papers by...

Begonia Open 2021: Pairing of round 4, at 2:30pm of 07/03/2021 ===================================================================================...

Begonia Open 2021: Pairing of round 3, at 9:30am of 07/03/2021 ===================================================================================...

I mean you could just have a rule that you can't change to represent a second country if you've already represented your first country as an adult....

Armenia was already a lot weaker than when they won the Olympiads. The USA was stronger even before Aronian switches. At the top level it might be...

Perhaps so, but Armenia got weakened at the same time. Armenia won 3 of the last 7 olympiads, USA just 1. OK, but changed for the better or worse?

One of the motivations for forming the CAQ in 1897 was to set the ground rules for the Queensland Championship. Lack of established rules however,...

Yes, he is clearly hundreds of points underrated, definitely a 2000+ player

https://tornelo.com/chess/orgs/melbourne-chess-club/events/mcc-tuesday-night-blitz-over-the-board--4/summary Next Tuesday's blitz is now open for...

Absolutely. Likewise, no reason why Aronian and So are any less American than their teammates :). Also, likewise, as we would not complain that they...

and he drew his round 2 game.

well according to what he says here, he totally agrees with you Michael

See Post #124

Worth following the old saw that you should never exchange into a P endgame unless you know you can win the position blindfolded with both hands tied...

From the Perth Chess Club website: http://www.perthchessclub.org.au/history.htm Perth Chess Club is a senior club based in the Northern...