Balwyn High CV Secondary Schools Championship 2008

An interschool chess competition, the Balwyn High CV Secondary Schools Competition, was held at Balwyn High School. It was a 7-round tournament with many schools competing. Teams consist of 5 players, players cannot play against teammates but can play against players from other teams in the same school. The team which scores the most points, with the most possible being 28, wins the event.

Scotch College Team 1 won the event, with players (in order of scoring from most points to least) Zhigen Lin (2104), Derek Yu (1886), Eugene Schon (1960), Nicholas Liu (1428) and Kai Nagao.

The best individual results, which received trophies, were:
1st Chris Wallis (2153) 6.5/7
2nd-4th Zhigen Lin, Derek Yu and James Cameron (1709) 6/7

Coming Australian Grand Prix Events

The following are events that are coming soon. These events are part of the 2008 Myer Tan Australian Chess Grand Prix, a large chess competition with prizes (all strong events are normally part of the grand prix).

Event Place Class Start Finish Contact Mackay Open Mackay, Qld 1 2/8/08 3/8/08 www.caq.org.au North Queensland Open Townsville, Qld 1 9/8/08 10/8/08 www.caq.org.au Bundaberg Open Bundaberg, Qld 2 16/8/08 17/8/08 Website Hobart Weekender Hobart, Tas 1 16/8/08 17/8/08 www.chesstasmania.org.au/ Surfers Paradise Open Surfers Paradise, Qld 5 29/8/08 31/8/08 www.kingsofchess.biz/ Blayney Open Blayney, NSW 1 6/9/08 7/9/08 www.nswca.org.au/index.shtml Nell van de Graaf Classic Gold Coast, Qld 1 20/9/08 21/9/08 www.caq.org.au/ Ryde-Eastwood Weekender Sydney, NSW 4 4/10/08 6/10/08 www.nswca.org.au/ Wendy Terry Memorial Rothwell, Qld 1 4/10/08 5/10/08 www.caq.org.au/ Labour Day Weekender Adelaide, SA 1 4/10/08 5/10/08 www.sachess.org/ Burnie Shines Weekender Burnie, Tas 1 25/10/08 26/10/08 www.chesstasmaina.org.au/ Elwood Bendigo Bank Open Melbourne, Vic 5 31/10/08 4/11/08 chessvictoria.netfirms.com/