2011 Arthur Koelle Reserves

2011 Reserves Champions: Jonathon Yates, Chris Segrave

Reserves Group

Winners

In the Koelle ‘B’, another of our up and coming junior players shone! Jonathon Yates scored an unbeaten 6 ½ from 7, conceding a draw only to equal first placed Chris Segrave. 


Jonathon Yates vs Chris Segrave.

Enter your games at Chessmicrobase

Mr. Arthur Koelle was Victorian Junior champion in 1968 at 14, Country Victorian champion in the same year, and Club champion, also in 1968 as well as 1969. Most of these achievements are age records to this day! He went on to win the Australian Junior championship in 1971. Arthur has been living in Germany since 1982 and competed in the famous Bundesliga club competition, mixing it with experienced grandmasters, up until the mid-1990’s when work commitments became more pressing. Like the Club Championship, the A Grade is a round robin tournament restricted to 8 players, while the B Grade tournament format depends on the number of entries. The inaugural tournament was held in 2011.