Ballarat Chess Club has entered a team in the Victorian Teams Competition 2010 in Second Division. Two rounds have been completed and our Club has done well. In Round 1 we hosted City of Yarra Chess Club 2 and won with the following board results :

           Board 1 Bosko Mijatovic (Yarra) v Rob Loveband (Ballarat)  1-0
           Board 2 Patrick Cook (Ballarat)   v Milan Brklac (Yarra)        ½-½
           Board 3 Milan Ilic (Yarra)            v Peter Miitel (Ballarat)       0-1
           Board 4 Rod Jacobs (Ballarat)      v Cviko Radovanovic (Yarra) 1-0

Ballarat travelled to Melbourne in Round 2 to play Melbourne Chess Club 4 and we felt disappointed with the drawn result.

           Board 1 Bas van Riel (Ballarat)  v  Frank Lekkas (MCC4) 0-1
           Board 2  Michael Addamo (MCC4) v Rob Loveband (Ballarat) 1-0
           Board 3 Patrick Cook (Ballarat) v Michael Tanner (MCC4) 1-0
           Board 4 Adolph Lekkas (MCC4) v Joel Beggs (Ballarat) 0-1

Despite the drawn result we remain in a good position in equal first with a number of other clubs and will host Dandenong Chess Club in Round 3. Further details of the competition can be viewed on the Chess Victoria website, and stay tuned here for updates on our progress.

Ballarat Chess Club hosted Dandenong Chess Club on Sunday afternoon in Round 3 of the 2010 Victorian Teams Competition.
All four games ended in wins for White, so a 2-2 drawn match was the result with the following board results :

            Board 1 : Garry Lycett (Dan.)     v   Bas van Riel (Bal.)   1-0
            Board 2 : Rob Loveband (Bal.)   v   Matthew Potter (Dan.) 1-0
            Board 3 : Chris Potter (Dan.)       v  Rod Jacobs (Bal.)        1-0
            Board 4 : Joel Beggs (Bal.)   v   Kevin Forster (Dan.)   1-0    

The Ballarat team travelled to Croydon for our Round 4 match, with Peter Lumsdon making a return to competition chess as a last minute replacement for Joel Beggs. We scored a good match victory with board scores as follows :

            Board 1 :  Bas van Riel (Bal.)       vs  Ian Birchall (Croy.)     0-1
            Board 2 :  Jean Watson (Croy.)     vs  Peter Lumsdon (Bal.)  0-1
            Board 3 :  Patrick Cook (Bal.)       vs  Rodney Matthews (Croy.) ½-½
            Board 4 :  Herman Naude (Croy.)  vs  Rod Jacobs (Bal.)        0-1