Tuesday, October 09, 2007

Boyd Grabs WA Title

Tristan Boyd was undefeated over the 9-round WA Championships to take out this year's state title event. Boyd's total score was 8 points, a half point ahead of second placer Jay Lakner.



Complete tournament info is available here and PGN is here.

In other Western Australian news, the state's chess body is having a hard time finding volunteers. An "interim council" is running the show for CAWA when "no one would stand for each major executive position" at the AGM late last month. A special meeting is planned to address future direction. We'll be closely watching.
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3 comments:

  1. Anonymous8:40 pm, October 09, 2007

    We should give every encouragement to the interim council as they try to find volunteers from the local chess players in the West.
    When a shortage like this occurs it illustrates how the degree of difficulty would be heightened if a National Chess Commission was trying to run Perth chess from an Eastern States platform.

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  2. Anonymous7:25 am, October 10, 2007

    WA is more than just Perth mate!

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  3. Anonymous11:50 am, October 11, 2007

    I agree with you anon2.
    You simply highlight that the Eastern states are too far-away to facilitate WA chess administration. Influence maybe, facilitate unlikely.
    An Australian Chess Commission would never resolve this tyranny of distance.(anon1)

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