2004 Vic Open News


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Item: In the continuous search for perfect playing conditions for the Vic Open the organizers will be providing a room for casual play and dare we say, transfer, at the nearby leisure centre where you can also go for a swim, have a coffee and talk to your coach. Although the centre is within easy walking distance we will provide transport to and fro for those who don't like using their feet.

Item: Carrington Road and nearby Station Street have a good selection of reasonable restaurants 8 of which appear in « the Age cheap eats » and 4 of those made it into « the Age good food guide »

Item:14.2.04
After further discussion the committee has agreed to amend the starting times for the Saturday rounds as follows:
Round 1 starts 12.00
Round 2 starts 16.30
Discussion with the Chess Victoria president has clarified the cost involved in accepting non affiliated players in the tournament. It seems that it is not as high as first thought. Therefore we are able to reduce this registration fee to $10

That was supposed to be poisoned

Will this man be a starter in the Vic Open?

I will take it off when the photographer leaves

He may not play but he will sell his books at the venue

Broad perspective

There will be room for everyone at the 2004 Vic Open

item 12.3.04
Accommodation and travel inquiries can be directed to HARVEY World Travel [Forest Hill] who will look after your accommodation and travel needs for your stay during the tournaments.
Contact Peta Mc Ildoon on [03] 9877 2444 or Email peta@jetage.com.au

item 12.3.04
John Frangakis of the Ballarat Chess Club is the first paid up entrant for the Vic Open.
Welcome aboard John

Speak no evil.

John Kable Chess Victoria
honorary life member will be the convener of the disputes committee if one is required

I.M. Peter Froehlich – Chess Trainer
pxfro@web.de
Born:   Weilheim, Germany, 3 August 1972
Nationality: German citizen
Education:1989 – 1993    Altensteig Chess College,
Altensteig, Germany
Chess Trainers: GM Vogt and GM Filip
(World Championship Candidate)
Chess qualifications:
1999 Fide Master
2000 International Master
Tournaments and Prizes:
2004 Equal Second, Doeberl Cup
2003 winner Auckland International Chess Open
Equal Second, Australian Masters
2002    Second Place, Norway Open
1999 Winner, Augsburg Open
2000 – 2002 Member, Bundeslige (Bamberg Team)
Chess teaching experience:
Chess Trainer with Chess Ideas, Melbourne,
January 2003 - ongoing
Box Hill Chess Club Sunday Master Class coach
Peter has an ACF rating of 2400 and a FIDE rating of 2397.
He is looking forward to the Vic. Open
as it will give him home ground advantage

Donations: Box Hill Chess Club and Whitehorse Junior Chess are running an appeal to help defray the cost of the 04 Vic Open and the 04 Vic Junior.
All donations are acknowledged on the combined donors list on the index page.

GM Darryl Johansen aims at World Cup
By Derek Parker, tel 9807 3967, email derekparker@bigpond.com
Grand Master Darryl Johansen, well-known at the Box Hill Chess Club, is set to again step into the international arena when he plays in the World Cup in Libya in June.
Darryl is one of only three Grand Masters in Australia. He has won the Australian championship five times, most recently in 2002, and the Victorian Open competition eight times. He will be a high-profile entrant in the 2004 Victorian Open in June, playing as the top seed in the competition. A week after that, he will be off to Tripoli and the World Cup.
“The World Cup attracts the very best, and the level of play will be extremely high,” he says. “It takes a lot of preparation and effort. I would be lying if I said that I expect to reach the top levels in what is, in effect, a knockout competition. But I hope to be able to show them some tricks they might not have seen, and I think I can give a fair account of myself.
“It’s a matter of staying focused and playing your own game. I am mainly a positional player, and I like to play that style rather than get drawn into someone else’s strategy. And my preparation for the World Cup will involve a lot of revision, especially of my opening tactics. And of course I will be looking at the recent games of possible opponents.
“At a big competition, it can be tempting to think you’ve seen something, and jump on it without thinking it through. That’s a fatal error. Cool is the key.”
Darryl has formerly played on the full-time circuit in Europe, and is familiar with the pressure and tempo of top-class competition. While chess is a central activity for him – he plays a prominent role with Chess Ideas and provides a range of coaching services – he admits that a lack of recent tournament experience could place him at a disadvantage.
“The main problem any Australian chess player faces is that there is simply not much top-level competition play in the country,” he says. “You have to remember that in some countries – especially Russia, which is really the superpower of the game – chess is a very big sport, and the best players play in major competitions nearly all the time. It’s an edge that is hard to match.”
Darryl identifies mental discipline, as much as technical skill, as a crucial factor in world-class play. Although his preparation for the World Cup involves book study and analysis using a computer database and tactics and strategy, he sees the Victorian Open competition as important in getting into ‘tournament mode’.
“There will be some strong players in the state competition, and you can be sure that there will be plenty of people wanting to make their mark,” Darryl says. “So I will be forced to play at my best, and that makes for good preparation for the World Cup.”
Darryl's rating is 2509 and his FIDE rating is 2519

IM Stephen Solomon will be there. Defending Vic open champion and scourge of Ballarat and Canberra will defend his title. We are hoping for a publicity photo

14.5.04 Arbiter appointed Chess Victoria president Gary Wastell has been appointed arbiter for the 04 Vic Open. He will make the decision to accelerate or not to accelerate closer to the tournament when the field is known

21.05 Amiel Rosario the lion of the ACF bulletin board has entered! Amiel is our first entrant from NSW, we hope to see many more of our friends from across the border

26.05 IM David Smerdon is now also an entrant. He has told me he can hardly wait !

Contrary to the popular belief of the devotees of the bulletin board, the famous Starter is not the organiser
of the 04 Vic Open. The tournament organiser is Gerrit Hartland whose portrait you see on the left. It was painted by his daughter. The portrait was completed
well before last week's Victorian Junior Championships and has aged during and since.

Starter is the one who takes your money and hands
over the prizes at the end

ENTRANTS As at June 11 [3pm]
Name	State / club	entry paid	ACF rating	FIDE rating
G.M. Darryl Johansen	Vic. Box Hill	free	2509	2519
I.M. David Smerdon	Qld	free	2380	2418
I.M. Stephen Solomon	Qld	free	2446	2397
I.M. Peter Froehlich	Vic. Box Hill	free	2400	2397
John Frangakis	Vic. Ballarat	$45	1380	.
Eugene Schön	Vic. Box Hill	$45	853	.
Kai Jensen	Vic. Hobsons Bay	$45	.	.
Felix Wyss	Vic. Melbourne	$45	1823	2053
Jake Kostrzewa	Vic. Hobsons Bay	$45	1123	.
John Nemeth	Vic. Box Hill	$45	2055	2148
Elliott Renzies	Vic. Box Hill	$45	1401	.
Trevor Chong	Vic. Box Hill	$45	1422	.
Shuyu Wang	Vic. Box Hill	$45	801	.
Zhigen Lin	Vic. Box Hill	$45	1559	.
Peter Braham	Vic. Box Hill	$45	1398	.
Olgerts Bergmanis	Vic. Box Hill	$45	1678	.
Francesco Antoniazzi	Vic. Elwood	$45	1715	.
Paul Bearup	$10 reg. fee paid	$45	1539	.
Scot Sharman	Vic. Box Hill	$45	1830	.
Marcel Rothlisberger	Vic. Box Hill	$45	1909	.
Sean Devoy	Vic. Box Hill	$45	685	.
Peter Wolf	Vic. Hobsons Bay	$45	1655	.
Peter Hyland	$10 reg. fee paid	$45	1889	2043
Marieke Van Dijk	Vic. Box Hill	$45	753	.
Alan Glenton	$10 reg. fee paid	$45	.	.
Roland Brockman	$10 reg. fee paid	$45	1703	.
James Morris	$10 reg. fee paid	$45	1420	.
Amiel Rosario	NSW	$45	1702	.
Lorna Hopf	Vic. Box Hill	$45	1164	.
Richard Voon	Vic. Melbourne	$45	1920	.
Peter Frost	Vic. Box Hill	$45	1833	.
Andrew Fletcher	Vic. Melbourne	$45	1754	.
Alex Stanisheff	Vic. Melbourne	$45	1492	.
Thai Ly	Vic. Melbourne	$45	1730	1996
Rick Nayar	$10 reg. fee paid	$45	.	.
Ion Kloprogge	Vic. Box Hill	$45	1446	.
Geoff Lee	Vic. Dandenong	$45	1299	.
John Seehusen	Vic. Dandenong	$45	1231	.
Graham Paterson	Vic. Dandenong	$45	910	.
Bas Van Riel	$10 reg. fee paid	$45	1829	.
Mark Mc Kenzie	$10 reg. fee paid	$45	1247	.
Marcus Ogden	$10 reg. fee paid	$45	1703	.
Maxwell Mollard	Vic. Bendigo	$45	1612	.
Elena Galiabovich	Vic. Box Hill	$45	1116	.
Svetozar Stojic	Vic. Box Hill	$45	1772	2010
Dusan Stojic	Vic. Box Hill	$45	1935	2038
Christopher Wallis	Vic. Box Hill	$45	1549	.
Chew Chi Li	Malaysia	$45	.	.
Miralim Campara	Vic. Box Hill	$45	1838	.
Garry Lycett	Vic. Box Hill	$45	1678	.
Mehmed Dizdarevic	Vic. Box Hill	$45	2006	??
Milenko Lojanica	Vic. Box Hill	$45	2085	.
Artem Nikolayevsky	Vic. Box Hill	$45	1495	.
Rengan Vijayakumar	Vic. Box Hill	$45	1185	.
Jason Tang	Vic. Box Hill	$45	522	.
Jusef Omeragic	Vic. Box Hill	$45	1541	.
Leon Kempen	Vic. Box Hill	$45	2018	.
Shane Lawson	Vic. Box Hill	$45	1694	.
Mehmed Burak	Vic. Dandenong	$45	1656	.
Nur Yachou	Vic. Box Hill	$45	1891	.
Christopher Potter	Vic. Box Hill	$60	1493	.
Michael Potter	Vic. Dandenong	$45	409	.
Matthew Potter	Vic. Dandenong	$45	1513	.
Daniel Potter	Vic. Dandenong	$45	162	.
Tom Lea	Vic. Melbourne	$45	1793	.
Ruperto Lugo	Vic. Box Hill	$45	1781	.
Jerome Lugo	Vic. Box Hill	$45	909	.
Devrim Van Dijk	Vic. Box Hill	$45	1560	.
Narelle Szuveges	Vic. Box Hill	$45	1774	1914
Mitchel Bailey	Vic. Ballarat	$45	1259	.
Norm Wilson	Vic. Box Hill	$45	1575	.
Dennish Qian	$10 reg. fee paid	$45	721	.
Sam Zivkovic	Vic. Melbourne	$45	1416	72+3

01.06 04 The above list is the early bird entry list. From now on full entry fees of $60 apply. Plenty more room at the inn though as the field limit of 120 is a long way off. Below is the list of post early bird entrants.

08.06.04 The ratings given on this the web entries are the March ACF ratings. The tournament entry list will be based on the just in time June ratings list

Name	State / club	entry paid	ACF rating	FIDE rating
Reuben Fraser	Vic. Latrobe Valley	$60	.	.
Alan Elliott	Vic. Box Hill	$60	1572	.
Anthony Miller	Vic. Box Hill	$60	1620	.
Grant Bultman	Vic. Hobsons Bay	$60	1578	.
William Stokie	Vic. Geelong	$60	1583	.
Ian Hamilton	Vic.LatrobeValley	$60	1364
Malcolm Belletty	Vic. Melbourne	$60	1857	.
Jamie Kenmure	$10 reg. fee paid	$60	446	.
Ascaro Pecori	Vic. Ballarat	$60	2023	.
Jesse Mac Guire	ACT	$60	.	.
IM Mirko Rujevic	Vic. Serbia	Free	2276	.
Clint Steward	Vic. Ballarat	$60	1308
Scott Steward	Vic. Ballarat	$60	1618
Oliver Lemmel	Vic. Box Hill	$60
Paul Sanderson	Vic Elwood	$60	1214
Sam Biondo	Vic. Dandenong	$60	1578
Craig Baxter	Vic. Dandenong	$60
Jing Qu Jia	Vic. Ballarat	$60	1769
Brad Ashlock	Vic. Melbourne	$60	1623
John Kable	Vic. Box Hill	$60	1593
Barbaros Kara		$60	1715
Youssef Abdelrahman	Vic. Hobsons Bay	$60
Alex Malejew	Vic. Melbourne	$60		23

08.06.04 GM Darryl Johansen has informed me that due to the pressure of work prior to his departure to the World Cup in Libya on Tuesday morning it is now unlikely that he will be able to play in the 04 Vic Open.
Gerrit Hartland tournament organiser

17.07.04 Due to some website problems we have been unable to announce the winner of the $60 best played game prize.
The winner was James Morris for his win against Garry Lycett in round 3 James had white. The game with annotations by the judge Bill Collins is yet to follow

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