News: Edgar Mdinaradze won the Queen's Birthday weekender with a score of 5.5/6. The tournament cross-table can be found here. Bob Cowley won the April Rapid tournament, with a score of 5/6. The tournament cross-table can be found here. Goran Srdic is the new SA Lightning Champion, winning the tournament with a perfect score of 11/11. The tournament cross-table can be found here. R.I.P. Andrew Saint and Hannibal Swartz. The Australian chess community is in shock over the horror crash on Easter Monday that took the lives of Andrew Saint and Hannibal Swartz and left James Morris and Dimitri Partsi seriously injured in hospital. They were all returning to Melbourne after playing in the Doeberl Cup in Canberra, where Andrew had just won the Major event. South Australians in particular will be devastated by Andrew's death, as he was a former President of the SA Chess Association, and one of the nicest and most helpful persons around. Andrew was just 31, and was always a delight, had a lovely sense of humour, a great grin, and was very caring. He was a brilliant, tireless organiser and ran fabulous tournaments like the Lidums Checkmate tournament at Adelaide University and helped greatly with the Australian Open at Mt. Buller. He moved to Melbourne about four years ago, where he naturally became very involved with chess administration. Andrew's funeral was held on Monday 15th April at 1:30pm at the Heysen Chapel at Centennial Park cemetary, 760 Goodwood Road, Pasadena. Our deepest sympathies go to his father, his brother Alex and all those connected to him, and of course to all those close to the other victims of this tragedy. Alex Saint has written a dedication to his brother, available here. Goran Srdic won the April Allegro tournament winning all five of his games. The cross-table is available here. Congratulations to Fedja Zulfic, the new 2013 SA Chess Champion, who won the very strong tournament with a score of 7 out of 9. Also, SACA president William Wedding won the Candidates tournament, with a score of 7 out of 9. Cross-tables of the championships are here, and for the candidates here. The 2013 SACA Calendar is now available. The end of year rapid tournaments saw the following results: Lidums Australian Allegro Championship: A four way tie between Mark Chapman, Giang Nguyen, Tristan Stevens and Alistair Cameron. Lidums Christmas Allegro: Won by Edgar Mdinaradze December Blitz: Won by Goran Srdic Lidums December Allegro: Won by Alistair Cameron November Rapid: Won by Goran Srdic. Pennant matches have completed, with Adelaide finishing first in A-grade ahead of Modbury Marauders. ABZS finished first in B-grade. Round 6 results for Division1 can be found here, and Division 2 can be found here. Alistair Cameron won the Labour Day Weekender ahead of Bill Kerr. Geoffrey Barber and Denny Han were first in the U1600 section. The City of Adelaide competition has been won by Bill Kerr and Colin Cloudsdale with a score of 7.0/9. Final round results can be found here. In other less recent tournament news, George Xie won the Checkmate Weekender ahead of GM Darryl Johansen and IM Trevor Tao. Eric Staak won the Checkmate Challengers tournament. Also, Goran Srdic and Mark Chapman finished equal first in the July Allegro, as did Farzin Rad and Edgar Mdinaradze in the July Blitz. The Modbury Chess Club won both the Interclub A and B grade competitions with their teams Modbury Marauders and Modbury Barons. Congratulations to the club and the members of the winning teams. Final Standings A Grade B Grade The Queen's Birthday Weekender saw a strong field compete over the long weekend. Goran Srdic finished first in this hard fought event. Alex Sykes and Mato Jelic finished equal second. Full Results The SA Lightning Championship was won by Farzin Rad with 10/11. Second was Alistair Cameron while Colin Cloudsdale shared equal third with best under 1800 prize winner Punala Kiripitige. Full Results Trevor Tao is now an International Master after having his title confirmed at the recent FIDE Presidental Board Meeting. Congratulations IM Trevor Tao. Goran Srdic won the April Rapid with 5/6. Equal second were Robert Cowley, Minir Nanavati and Alex Sykes Crosstable Alistair Cameron is the 2012 SA Champion after drawing his last game against 2nd placed finisher Kevin Sheldrick Championship Round 1 Results Round 2 Results Round 3 Results Round 4 Results Round 5 Results Round 6 Results Round 7 Results Round 8 Results Round 9 Results Alex MacAdam won the SA Candidates with 7/9 after drawing his last round game with Denny Han. Michael Courtney finshed second after he was beaten by Gavin Haydn. Candidates Round 1 Results Round 2 Results Round 3 Results Round 4 Results Round 5 Results Round 6 Results Round 7 Results Round 8 Results Round 9 Results The first three tournaments of the chess year have been played and won. The January Blitz was won by Edgar Mdinaradze with a perfect 13/13! Full Results The Australia Day Rapid was won by Farzin Rad with a perfect 5/5! Full Results The January Allegro was won by Robert Cowley with 4.5/5 Full Results The Lidums Australian Allegro held at Glenelg was won by SA State Champion Goran Srdic. He finished with a perfect 7/7 ahead of Alan Goldsmith on 6/7. IM Mark Chapman and Kevin Sheldrick finished equal third on 5.5/7 Full Results The 2012 SACA Calendar is available.

Coming Events:   Interclub: Tuesdays 30th April to 25th June. July Rapid: Tue 2nd and Tue 9th July, (20 minutes + 10 seconds per move). Download Entry Form. Checkmate Open: Sat 6th to Sun 7th July, (60 minutes + 10 seconds per move). Download Entry Form [updated 10/6/13]. Enter these tournaments today and pay on the day Online Entry Payments for online entries must be made at least 15 minutes before the start of the tournament. If you would like to arrange a team to play Inter-club, or would like to be part of a team, contact the Match secretary, Eric Staak, as soon as possible at estaak@ozemail.com.au . 2013 SA Champion, Fedja Zulfic If you have a feedback or complaint please use our Feedback Form Check your ACF rating FAQ Sponsor a SACA tournament

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