CHESS
HARBORD DIGGERS
Centenary Shield Match
NSW Chess Association’s Inter-Club Competition 2017
HD Chess Club v Norths Chess Club
The Inter-Club Chess Competition between Sydney chess clubs,
On November 14 2016 HD Chess Club hosted 14 members of
organised by the NSW Chess Association, commenced on May 22
Norths Chess Club for the second leg of the Centenary Shield
2017. HD Chess Club entered a team in two divisions, namely the
Match. Norths won 12-2 on the night, retaining the shield for 2016.
Under 1700 Grade Team under the captaincy of Chris Dimock,
This competition has been held annually since 2005, with Harbord
and the Under 1500 Grade Team under the captaincy of Norman
winning only once, in 2008.
Greenwood. Other chess clubs participating were Burwood,
Spring Tournament 2016 Our Spring tournament concluded in November 2016 and the
Norths, Ryde-Eastwood, Cabra-Vale, Combined Universities USYD/UNSW, UTS, and Rooty Hill.
winner with a ‘picket fence’ score of nine wins from nine games was
The U1500 team reached the finals. Ryde-Eastwood Chess Club
George Winter. Well done, George! In equal second place were
was the winner of both divisions.
Chris Dimock and Ivan Case. In fourth place was James Burt. Ivan Case also won the Handicap Prize and Tom Accola won the Upset Prize. In equal second places in the Handicap Table were Chris
Rapid Tournament 2017 This event was held concurrently with the Inter-Club Competition
Dimock and Tom Accola.
and the winner of the tournament was George Winter. Chris
Simultaneous Exhibition
respectively.
The 2017 Simultaneous Exhibition was conducted by Lev Aptekar, the coach of our Junior Chess Group. Lev took on 14 players including two boys from the Junior Chess Group and won nine games, drew four and lost one game, which was against Rex Simmonds. Blitz Championship 2017 (Games of five minutes per player) Our 2017 Blitz Championship was held over two nights. George Winter was the winner of the event, scoring nine points from a possible 10. In second and third places were Thomas Ban and Jozsef
Dimock and Hans Schwandl were in second and third places
Spring Tournament 2016 This tournament commenced on September 4 and will be in progress until the end of November/early December. Junior Chess Group at HDCC HDCC commenced a Junior Chess Group in 2013 for weekly coaching sessions for primary school children with knowledge of the game. The coach is Lev Aptekar and he is assisted in the administration by Tom Accola, the Club Secretary. The current
Gonda on eight and seven points respectively.
membership of the Junior Chess Group is 16 children.
Club Championship 2017
HDCC nominated Benjamin Szabo-Virag (aged 8) as the Mounties
The 2017 Club Championships were held in two divisions. The winner of the A Grade Division, and Club Champion for 2017, was Chris Dimock. Congratulations, Chris! In second place was George Winter, and James Burt came third. The B Grade Division Champion was Jozsef Gonda with Hugh Allen and Tom Accola in
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second and third places respectively.
Junior Sportsperson of the year 2016, and he was awarded the runner-up prize. The 2017 Australian Junior Chess Championships were held at the Anglican Church Grammar School in Brisbane (QLD) from January 14 to 22. Six children from the Junior Chess Group, namely Benjamin Szabo-Virag (2016 Junior Chess Champion),