{"id":74135,"date":"2021-02-23T04:56:34","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T17:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/?p=74135"},"modified":"2021-02-24T21:34:13","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T10:34:13","slug":"begonia-chess-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/news\/begonia-chess-open\/","title":{"rendered":"City\u2019s chess scene returns for Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">GLOBAL participation in chess has grown since the release of Netflix series, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Queen\u2019s Gambit<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If the board game captured your imagination, you may be fascinated to discover Australia\u2019s second longest continuously running tournament is Ballarat\u2019s own.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The 55th annual Begonia Open will be held at Ballarat Tech School over the long weekend; Saturday, 6, Sunday, 7 and Monday, 8 March.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Ballarat Chess Club\u2019s seven-round comp already has 90 players registered, from primary-aged children to 80 year olds. BCC secretary Anna Yates said they\u2019re expecting about 120 entries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe\u2019ve got players from Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland. Three grandmasters are playing, including one Englishman based in Australia,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe have people representing Bangladesh, China, and Hong Kong. We have quite a lot of local Ballarat players which is really nice.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mrs Yates said the diversity of competitors is exciting, with some players so little, their feet don\u2019t touch the floor when they sit at the board.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt\u2019s a nice feel having an event where people of all ages can compete on the basis of their skill and ability, not their gender, age, or nationality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAs a lesser-rated player, I love getting to be in the same field as some really top players. The chances of me winning those games is small, but anyone can have a bad day and make a mistake,\u201d she laughed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The player, or players, who have won the most games in the seven rounds win the tournament. There have been multiple winners before, like a four-way tie, but only one winner in the Begonia Open\u2019s history has won all seven rounds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Due to COVID-19, last year\u2019s Begonia Open was the city\u2019s most recent in-person tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe\u2019ve had really positive messages from players who are very keen to play because there have been very few tournaments in Australia, and this is the first big tournament back.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The BCC has a COVID-safe plan. Mrs Yates said the Club adapted well to online tournaments in 2020, but it was never the same as playing over the board.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Visit <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/ballaratchess.com\"><b>ballaratchess.com<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to enter.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GLOBAL participation in chess has grown since the release of Netflix series, The Queen\u2019s Gambit. If the board game captured your imagination, you may be fascinated to discover Australia\u2019s second longest continuously running tournament is Ballarat\u2019s own. 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