Dear Chess Friends,
As of Monday April 26, 116 entries have already been received for the FIDE OPEN GOLD CUP that starts this Friday night April 30. Entries are still being accepted as Grace Lutheran College, Buchanan Street, Rothwell have kindly made available an extra double classroom!
The current top 10 in FIDE Rating order are:
1. GM Daniel Howard 2472
2. IM Brodie McClymont 2403
3. IM Stephen Solomon 2307
4. FM Dusan Stojic 2267
5. FM Yiu Liu 2250
6. Tom Maguire 2154
7. FM Gene Nakauchi 2120
8. FM Manish Hamal 2040
9. CM Tony Dowden 2031
10. Sravan Renjith 2026
If you wish to enter, get full entry details off the CAQ Website under Coming Events: www.caq.org.au
The top 30 entries can now be seen on Chesschat.
The Marcus Porter Memorial is coming soon: Friday night December4 and Friday night December 11 at The Gap State High School (Room B6) on Waterworks Road The Gap. Be there by 7:30pm! Full details on The Chess Association of Queensland Website under Coming Events: www.caq.org.au
Entries are still being taken for this long weekend's FIDE Gold Cup as Grace Lutheran College Rothwell have kindly made available a third block!
Join Hughston, Tom, Andrew, and special guest Grandmaster Moulthun Ly tonight at 8:30 as we analyse the penultimate round of the 2020-2021 FIDE Candidates Tournament.
Visit twitch.tv/glomnipotent to watch!
PS: The audio difficulties have been resolved.
The Queensland Junior Chess Championships 2021 flyer is now on the CAQ page and we are taking registrations. But make sure to get in quick!
Thank you to our sponsor Midea for sponsoring prize money!

















