Chess in New Caledonia

The Oceania Chess Confederation (of which I am the Treasurer) has been pretty busy lately, organising a number of activities in the South Pacific. The current event is a FIDE rated Round Robin in New Caledonia which, like previous events in Palau and the Solomon Islands, is designed to allow local players to achieve FIDE ratings. Three Australian players have made the trip to Noumea, Lee Jones, Tony Weller and event organiser, Gary Bekker. A couple of the local players already have FIDE ratings (via the French Chess Federation) and hopefully they will be joined by a few more. Early results from the event are here, and full results should be available in a day or two.
There is also a tournament coming up in the Solomon Islands, while on the organisational side the OCC will be organising another arbiters seminar, in Queenstown in 2012. Importantly, the OCC have been able to attract financial support for these events from both the Asian Chess Confederation and FIDE. There are also plans to hold some larger events, like the Asian Seniors Championship in the next year, with a number of member countries being considered as likely hosts.

Jones,Lee (2114) - Weller,Tony (1895) [A52]
Nouvelle Calédonie Nouméa (2), 03.09.2011

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Be2 Ngxe5 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 a6 9. b4 Be7 10. Bb2 Bf6 11. Nc3 d6 12. Rc1 Be6 13. Nd2 Qd7 14. Nde4 Bh4 15. Nd5 f5 16. Nd2 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Ne7 18. Qb3 Kh8 19. g4 Bf6 20. Rc2 Nxg4 21. Bf3 Bxb2 22. Qxb2 Rf6 23. Bg2 Rh6 24. h3 Ne5 25. Qd4 Rc8 26. Rfc1 b6 27. f4 Nf7 28. e4 fxe4 29. Nxe4 Nf5 30. Qxb6 cxb6 31. Rxc8+ Nd8 32. R1c7 Qe8 33. Rb8 Ne7 34. Ra7 Rf6 35. Raa8 Rf8 36. Nxd6 Qg6 37. Rxd8 Rxd8 38. Rxd8+ Ng8 39. Ne4 h6 40. d6 b5 41. Kh2 Qf7 42. Ra8 Kh7 43. Nc5 Nf6 44. d7 Nxd7 45. Be4+ g6 46. Ra7 Qa2+ 47. Bg2 Qxa3 48. Nxd7 Kg7 49. Nc5+ Kf8 50. Nxa6 Qe3 51. Rb7 Qa3 52. Nc7 Qxb4 53. Nxb5 Qd2 54. Nc7 g5 55. Ne6+ Ke8 56. f5 Qf2 57. f6 g4 58. Re7# 1-0