Comeback Kramnik
After starting the 2013 World Champion Candidates Tournament with seven consecutive draws, the former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik has won four games on the trot to take a half-point lead over wunderkind Magnus Carlsen after the Norwegian lost his first game with white in over a year! Only three rounds to go! Round 12 kicks off 12:00AM Bri [...]
Runaway Leaders Carlsen, Aronian
The World Championship Candidates Tournament in London has not even reached the halfway stage and already the two favourites have opened up a 1.5 point lead on the rest of the field.
What is remarkable is how they both won their games early this morning { Australian time}. Levon Aronian was Black against world number four Teimur Radjabov and [...]
History in the making
Weekend roundup
First, our sign is up again, tournament hall is ready, demo boards are hung up and we are ready for business! Now to this weekends chess!
The Somerville house senior team faces the Brisbane Grammar team in the high schools competition.
Saturday training squad at the academy. These girls are very keen and even in a week filled with chess the [...]
Weekend of Chess
Dear Chess friends,
First, the expression “simple things amuse simple minds” is well known and applicable here. I find myself terribly amused by our listing in the building directory 🙂
There is a full weekend of Chess coming up. Apart from our Saturday event Somerville house is also running two tournaments. Details below.
Satur [...]
Academy update
Dear Chess Parents,
Parking
Our new venue in Albert street is up and running. We had our first “Saturday Girls Club” last Saturday. Some issues have been solved, others remain temporarily. My thanks to Cathy Congreve who solved one by finding economic parking just around the next corner in Charlotte st. (and thanks for the delicio [...]
Change of Venue to Albert Street
Dear Chess Parents,
Please do not go to 91 Cordelia street West End
On Tuesday I saw a venue in West End and was perhaps a little over-enthusiastic about it. It seems my enthusiasm was not shared by all, in fact not enough to justify renting the venue for our Saturday Girls Club. Therefore this Saturday we will meet at our new Academy Venue [...]
Saturday Girls Club Venue
91 Cordelia Street West End
Since opening the Academy in May 2012 we have been looking for the perfect venue. Milton was not bad but not perfect. Our office in the city has parking issues and no green area. Musgrave park has everything!
This is the former clubhouse of the Brisbane Women’s Croquet Club and is now administered by the Wes [...]
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