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The Interclub Grade matches have started.
Results for round 3 and draws for the rest of the round robin section are available.
A Grade
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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.
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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
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Alistair Cameron is the 2012 SA Champion after drawing his last game against 2nd placed finisher Kevin Sheldrick
Championship
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Round 3 Results
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Round 5 Results
Round 6 Results
Round 7 Results
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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
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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!
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The Australia Day Rapid was won by Farzin Rad with a perfect 5/5!
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The January Allegro was won by Robert Cowley with 4.5/5
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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
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The 2012 SACA Calendar is available.
The December Rapid was jointly won by Mato Jelic and Edgar Mdinaradze as both Modbury players finished a point ahead of third placed Farzin Rad.
Final Results
The Lidums Australian Young Masters Chess Festival was held at the Chess Centre. It saw four ten player round robin tournaments
The Lidums Australian Young Masters won by Yi Liu
The Lidums Australian Junior Masters won by Allen Setiabudi on countback over Sally Yu
The Lidums Australian Girls Masters won by WFM Megan Setiabudi
The Lidums South Australian Junior Masters won by Denny Han on countback over Stuart Nicholls
The December Blitz was a very strong tournament with players and coaches from the Australian Young Masters playing in a warm up to that competition. IM Vladimir Smirnov won with fellow IM George Xie coming second. The best SA player was SA Blitz Champion Goran Srdic who finished third.
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The November Rapid was won by Farzin Rad with 5/6 ahead of four players tied for second, Goran Srdic, Alistair Cameron, Edgar Mdinaradze and Eddie Han, on 4/6
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The Lidums November Allegro was won by Fedja Zulfic with a perfect 5/5 ahead of Edgar Mdinaradze and Alistair Cameron
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The 2011 Pennant Interclub matches ended with Adelaide winning Pennant A and ABZS winning Pennant B
Labour Day Weekend Chess Tournament was won by Mark Chapman Read more
Bill Kerr and Alistair Cameron were equal first in the City of Adelaide Open Championships.
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July 2011 Rapid Tournament was won by Alistair Cameron Read more
Goran Srdic is SA Blitz Champion. Read more
Checkmate Open 2011 was won by Trevor Tao Read more
Checkmate Challengers 2011 was won by Cameron Lachlan Read more
Farzin Rad won the Queen's Birthday Tournament
The April Blitz was won by junior Alistair Cameron.
The April Allegro was won by Farzin Rad.
Goran Srdic has won the South Australian 2011 Championship.
Leading scores: Goran Srdic (7.5/9); Kevin Sheldrick (7); Mark Chapman (6.5), Fedja Zulfic (6).
Full results here
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Candidates Tournament final scores: Bill Anderson-Smith (9/9)!!; Michael Courtney, Gavin Haydn, Alex MacAdam (6).
Full results here.
Alistair Cameron is the winner of the February Rapid with Mato Jelic placing second.
The 2011 chess year kicked off in style with a January Allegro. Farzin Rad and Alexander Sykes tied for first place.
The Australia Day Rapid was held the next day and this also resulted in a tie for first, with Kevin Sheldrick and Alexander Sykes taking the honours.