| NOTE: ALL TOURNAMENTS ARE NOW AT THE SCOTS CLUB, 29 BURROWS ST, ARNCLIFFE. |
The Friendly Club!
The St George Leagues Chess Club prides itself on a diverse membership with a range of chess abilities. We foster a social atmosphere for players of all ages and abilities.
The club runs regular internal club competitions and participates in interclub tournaments. More information about the activities can be found from the calendar.
Club Games: 7:30pm Tuesday nights, the Scots Club, 29 Burrows St, Arncliffe, NSW. Right next to Arncliffe Station.
News
St George Club Swiss Round 4 Report
Round 4 saw a tightening at the top of the standings, with only CM Terrence Tang and Frank Tefanis still on perfect scores. Nick Kordahi sits on 3.5, with ten players on 3.
The following players had victories against players at least 10 positions above them on the initial ranking list or a draw against a player 20 positions or more above (the number in parentheses shows the difference): Win: Robert Wilkinson (26); Yik Tai Zhou (18); Aaron Hu (13).
ACF Ratings: Update for St George Members
For many years, St George member Par Johansson has been comparing the quarterly change in classical ACF ratings of St George players. You might have noticed his collated results in printed form on the notice board in our rooms at St George. Recently, our club Registrar Tibor Lendvai has taken on this task, using Par’s advice, and the results are now posted here for the first time. The ratings are simply a filtered version of those published on the ACF’s ratings page with the added comparison to last quarter’s rating thrown in as a bonus.
The ACF ratings used are updated every quarter by the ACF’s rating officer, Bill Gletsos, based on all the ACF-rated games played under a standard (‘classical’) time control. A ‘standard time control’ means that, in games without increment, each player has at least 60, 90 or 120 minutes, with the longer time requirements coming into play if one player in the game has a rating between 1800-2399 (90 mins) or 2400 and above (120 mins). If an increment is used, then the following simple formula must yield a time of at least 60/90/120 minutes for each player: (the base time) + (the increment time treated as if it were minutes rather than seconds). Thus all of the following are standard time controls for a tournament in which the maximum rating is 2200, because the two numbers add up to the minimal requirement of 90: 60 minutes+ 30 secs; 75 minutes + 15 secs; 80 minutes + 10 secs. FIDE does not stipulate any minimum base time, but would likely reject a tournament using a very long increment. Faster standard time controls are currently under testing by FIDE.
Upcoming Events at St George & elsewhere
NSWCA October Weekender: Oct 4-6, Burwood
The long weekend is coming up, and it’s waiting for you to fill it up with your chess highlights. The opportunities come thanks to seven rounds of classical chess over three days, with a time control 60 minutes and a 30 second increment per move. And if you are a footy tragic, don’t worry, there are no rounds on Sunday night. Full details here on the NSWCA website.
Gosford Open Weekender: Oct 25 & 26
Fancy a chessy weekend on the Central Coast? Well, the FIDE-rated Gosford Open is coming up, a six-round event with a time control of 60+30. It’s held in the Gosford Leagues Club, only a short walk from Gosford Station, so you can either stay the night, or catch an early train up from Sydney for both days. Full details here.