Melbourne Chess Club Championships 2008 - Chess Chat

**macavity** · 30-12-2007, 08:32 PM

Hello everyone,

Here are the details about the MCC club Championships for the coming year

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Melbourne Chess Club Championship, A FIDE rated event

A 9 Round Swiss

Time Control; 90 minutes + 30 seconds\move

Starts:  4/2 	Round 1 7.00 pm entries close 6.00 pm
	11/2   	Round 2	7.00 pm
	18/2 	Round 3	7.00 pm
	25/2 	Round 4	7.00 pm
	3/3 	Round 5 7.00 pm
	10/3   	Labour Day (Ballarat Begonia)
	17/3 	Round 6	7.00 pm
	24/3 	Easter ( Doeberl )
	31/3 	Round 7	7.00 pm
	7/4 	Round 8	7.00 pm
	14/4	Round 9	7.00 pm

Entry fee: $65 working, $55 concession, all players must be club members.

Enquiries: Club Rooms on (03) 9416 3149
or John Davenport on 0416 032 779

Take care and God Bless, Macavity

**Davidflude** · 31-12-2007, 12:51 PM

how much does membership cost?

**Garvinator** · 31-12-2007, 12:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Davidflude

how much does membership cost?

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Full    	  $150
Concession 	$100
Juniors 	$50

**macavity** · 31-12-2007, 01:28 PM

Hi David,

Club membership is $100 concession, $150 full.

Juniors under 12 may join for $50, and over that the concession rate applies,

Take care and God Bless, Macavity

**Davidflude** · 01-01-2008, 07:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by macavity

Hi David,

Club membership is $100 concession, $150 full.

Juniors under 12 may join for $50, and over that the concession rate applies,

Take care and God Bless, Macavity

Thank you Mccavity. If you send me a copy of the information preferably in RTF format I will email it to everybody on the Chess Victoria mailing list.

FM_Bill · 21-01-2008, 12:33 PM

Melbourne Chess Club Championship

Format: 9 round Swiss

Monday 4th February to Monday 14th April; no play 10th March

Time Control: 90 minutes + 30 seconds \ move
All rounds at 7.00 pm,
entries close on Monday 4th February at 6.00 pm

Entry fee: $65 working, $55 concession,
all players must be club members.

**bobby1972** · 29-01-2008, 01:17 PM

is it going to be fide rated

**MichaelBaron** · 29-01-2008, 01:28 PM

Yep! It will be Fide-rated

FM_Bill · 05-02-2008, 10:49 AM

Code:

No Name               Loc  Total  Result   Name               Loc  Total

 1 Paul Kovacevic     1748 [0]      0:1    Guy West           2337 [0]  
 2 Mirko Rujevic      2232 [0]      1:0    Felix Wyss         1696 [0]  
 3 James Martin       1662 [0]      0:1    Jesse Jager        2147 [0]  
 4 Douglas G Hamilton 2140 [0]      1:0    Roger Beattie      1655 [0]  
 5 Bill Reid          1613 [0]      0:1    Domagoj Dragicevic 2131 [0]  
 6 Carl Gorka         2121 [0]      1:0    Roger McCart       1599 [0]  
 7 Alex Kaplan        1568 [0]      0:1    Malcolm L Pyke     2100 [0]  
 8 Ascaro Pecori      2097 [0]      1:0    Nikola Ivanov      1539 [0]  
 9 Wilfredo Jose      1463 [0]      0:1    Pano Skiotis       2057 [0]  
10 John Beckman       1556 [0]      0:1    Jack Shanks        1451 [0]  
11 Brendan Podbury    1386 [0]      0:1    Richard McCart     1826 [0]  
12 Garry Lycett       1815 [0]      1:0    Andrew Louis       1301 [0]  
13 Robert Brooking    1280 [0]      0:1    Bosko Mijatovic    1801 [0]  
14 Thomas Kalisch     1798 [0]      1:0    Jean Watson        1192 [0]  
15 Bryan Shanks            [0]      0:1    Jim Papadinis      1786 [0]  
16 Eddy L Levi        2156 [0]      0:0    BYE                          
17 Adel Ghobrial      1630 [0]      0:0    BYE

FM_Bill · 05-02-2008, 11:19 AM

The only upset was Jack Shanks checkmating John Beckham.

Kalisch-Watson was the last game to win. Jean had a winning position at
one stage.

**Shirty** · 05-02-2008, 12:32 PM

Mods, please merge this thread with the one Macavity started on 30/12, which contains extra important info such as "A FIDE Rated Event".

FM_Bill · 09-02-2008, 05:22 PM

Code:

Melbourne Chess Club Championships - Round 2
Results

No Name               Loc  Total  Result   Name               Loc  Total

 1 Guy West           2337 [1]       :     Ascaro Pecori      2097 [1]  
 2 Pano Skiotis       2057 [1]       :     Mirko Rujevic      2232 [1]  
 3 Jesse Jager        2147 [1]       :     Richard McCart     1826 [1]  
 4 Bosko Mijatovic    1801 [1]       :     Douglas G Hamilton 2140 [1]  
 5 Domagoj Dragicevic 2131 [1]       :     Garry Lycett       1815 [1]  
 6 Jim Papadinis      1786 [1]       :     Carl Gorka         2121 [1]  
 7 Malcolm L Pyke     2100 [1]       :     Thomas Kalisch     1798 [1]  
 8 Jack Shanks        1451 [1]       :     Paul Kovacevic     1748 [0]  
 9 John Beckman       1556 [0]       :     David Beaumont     1886 [0]  
10 Felix Wyss         1696 [0]       :     Wilfredo Jose      1463 [0]  
11 Nikola Ivanov      1539 [0]       :     James Martin       1662 [0]  
12 Roger Beattie      1655 [0]       :     Brendan Podbury    1386 [0]  
13 Adel Ghobrial      1630 [0]       :     Robert Brooking    1280 [0]  
14 Andrew Louis       1301 [0]       :     Bill Reid          1613 [0]  
15 Roger McCart       1599 [0]       :     Bryan Shanks            [0]  
16 Jean Watson        1192 [0]       :     Alex Kaplan        1568 [0]

Players entering after the start of the tournament will be paired against
each other.

FM_Bill · 12-02-2008, 11:09 AM

Code:

No Name               Loc  Total  Result   Name               Loc  Total

 1 Guy West           2337 [1]     .5:.5   Ascaro Pecori      2097 [1]  
 2 Pano Skiotis       2057 [1]      0:1    Mirko Rujevic      2232 [1]  
 3 Jesse Jager        2147 [1]      1:0    Richard McCart     1826 [1]  
 4 Bosko Mijatovic    1801 [1]      0:1    Douglas G Hamilton 2140 [1]  
 5 Domagoj Dragicevic 2131 [1]      1:0    Garry Lycett       1815 [1]  
 6 Jim Papadinis      1786 [1]      0:1    Carl Gorka         2121 [1]  
 7 Malcolm L Pyke     2100 [1]      1:0    Thomas Kalisch     1798 [1]  
 8 Jack Shanks        1451 [1]      1:0    Paul Kovacevic     1748 [0]  
 9 John Beckman       1556 [0]      1:0    David Beaumont     1886 [0]  
10 Felix Wyss         1696 [0]      0:1    Wilfredo Jose      1463 [0]  
11 Nikola Ivanov      1539 [0]      0:1    James Martin       1662 [0]  
12 Roger Beattie      1655 [0]       P     Brendan Podbury    1386 [0]  
13 M Cheema           1630 [0]     .5:.5   Robert Brooking    1280 [0]  
14 Andrew Louis       1301 [0]     .5:.5   Bill Reid          1613 [0]  
15 Roger McCart       1599 [0]      0:1    Bryan Shanks            [0]  
16 Jean Watson        1192 [0]      0:1    Alex Kaplan        1568 [0]

FM_Bill · 15-02-2008, 08:08 PM

Code:

No Name               Loc  Total  Result   Name               Loc  Total

 1 Mirko Rujevic      2232 [2]       :     Domagoj Dragicevic 2131 [2]  
 2 Carl Gorka         2121 [2]       :     Jesse Jager        2147 [2]  
 3 Douglas G Hamilton 2140 [2]       :     Jack Shanks        1451 [2]  
 4 Ascaro Pecori      2097 [1.5]     :     Malcolm L Pyke     2100 [2]  
 5 Richard McCart     1826 [1]       :     Guy West           2337 [1.5]
 6 James Martin       1662 [1]       :     Pano Skiotis       2057 [1]  
 7 Garry Lycett       1815 [1]       :     John Beckman       1556 [1]  
 8 Alex Kaplan        1568 [1]       :     Bosko Mijatovic    1801 [1]  
 9 Thomas Kalisch     1798 [1]       :     Mohammad Cheema         [1]  
10 Wilfredo Jose      1463 [1]       :     Jim Papadinis      1786 [1]  
11 Bryan Shanks            [1]       :     Roger Beattie      1655 [.5] 
12 Bill Reid          1613 [.5]      :     Richard Voon       1861 [.5] 
13 Brendan Podbury    1386 [.5]      :     Andrew Louis       1301 [.5] 
14 Paul Kovacevic     1748 [0]       :     Roger McCart       1599 [0]  
15 Nikola Ivanov      1539 [0]       :     Felix Wyss         1696 [0]  
16 Jean Watson        1192 [0]      1:0    BYE

Richard Voon and Mohammad Cheema have joined the tournament.
Bob Brooking has withdrawn.

**MichaelBaron** · 15-02-2008, 10:37 PM

Btw, is MCC Allegro Back this year?

31-12-2007, 12:51 PM	#2
Davidflude CC Grandmaster Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,395	membership how much does membership cost?

21-01-2008, 12:33 PM	#6
FM_Bill CC FIDE Master Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Melbourne Posts: 79	Melbourne chess club championship 2008 Melbourne Chess Club Championship Format: 9 round Swiss Monday 4th February to Monday 14th April; no play 10th March Time Control: 90 minutes + 30 seconds \ move All rounds at 7.00 pm, entries close on Monday 4th February at 6.00 pm Entry fee: $65 working, $55 concession, all players must be club members.

29-01-2008, 01:28 PM	#8
MichaelBaron CC Grandmaster Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 3,701	MCC Championship will be Fide Rated! Yep! It will be Fide-rated __________________ Visit my chess Blog: http://australianchess.blogspot.com

05-02-2008, 11:19 AM	#10
FM_Bill CC FIDE Master Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Melbourne Posts: 79	Round 1 The only upset was Jack Shanks checkmating John Beckham. Kalisch-Watson was the last game to win. Jean had a winning position at one stage.

05-02-2008, 12:32 PM	#11
Shirty FIDE Medium Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,346	Mods, please merge this thread with the one Macavity started on 30/12, which contains extra important info such as "A FIDE Rated Event". __________________ FIDE-rated registrations (AUS) Australian FIDE Ratings archive

31-12-2007, 01:28 PM	#4
macavity CC Grandmaster Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,890	Hi David, Club membership is $100 concession, $150 full. Juniors under 12 may join for $50, and over that the concession rate applies, Take care and God Bless, Macavity

29-01-2008, 01:17 PM	#7
bobby1972 CC Grandmaster Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 560	is it going to be fide rated

15-02-2008, 10:37 PM	#15
MichaelBaron CC Grandmaster Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 3,701	Btw, is MCC Allegro Back this year? __________________ Visit my chess Blog: http://australianchess.blogspot.com

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