What's New

Identifying changes that have been made to the Australian Chess web site over the last month, where games (...) from means games played by Australians (with the odd exception for some important Australian events)

20260712

For the 2026 Asia Championship #21 in Ulan Bator on the Asia Championship page featuring FM Albert Winkelman & FM Yi Liu, uploaded:

a. Annotations to:

- - R1.3 Aditya-Winkelman
  - R9.33 Dai-Winkelman

b. A report to accompany the crosstable

For the 2026 World Team Rapid & Blitz Championships in Hong Kong featuring Harry Press, FM Frederick Litchfield, CM Ryan Lane, WIM Heather Richards, WFM Chao Xin Cheng, Miles Patterson, Matt Radisich, Lee Forace & WCM Linda (Zhiling) Qian on the Teams OS page, merged the crosstables to one document and added a report
42 games plus crosstable from the 2026 King's Birthday Weekender uploaded to the Adelaide SA page
1 annotated game plus crosstable from the 1997 John Adler Black Bishop Award at Innisfail uploaded to the Regional QLD page

20260711

34 games plus crosstable from the 2026 Queensland Junior U18, U16 & U14 Championship in East Brisbane uploaded to the Queensland Championships & Opens page
9 games plus crosstable from the 2026 City of Melbourne Open in Fitzroy uploaded to the Melbourne VIC page
84 games (6 annotated) from the 2003 Melbourne Winter Interclub uploaded to the Teams Intrastate page

20260710

27 games (6 annotated) plus report and crosstable from the 2003 ANU Open #11 uploaded to the Canberra ACT page
3 games (2 annotated) plus crosstable from the 1996 Queensland Major Championship in Brisbane uploaded to the Queensland Championships & Opens page

20260709

1 annotated game from the 1983 Voss Baldwin in Townsville uploaded to the Regional QLD page
On the Australian Championships & Opens Other page and for the:

a. 1991 Australian Junior Girls Championship in Perth:

- - Added game introductions to two games
  - Revised the crosstable to include additional fields

b. 1991 Australian Junior Championship #42 in Perth:

Add a game introduction to R11.2 Speck-Cregan
Revised the crosstable for current formats and to include additional fields
Added a report

20260708

2 games from the 2026 Coupe de France in Pointiers featuring GM Bobby Cheng uploaded to the France page
16 games from the 20260518 3-0 Thursday #3 blitz featuring CM Josh Liu & FM Jack Rodgers uploaded to the Server page
1 annotated game plus report and crosstable from the 1981 Australian Junior Girls Championship in Perth uploaded to the Australian Championships & Opens Other page
For the 1895 West Australia Championship in Perth on the West Australia Championships & Opens page and thanks to David Barry:
- Uploaded a full set of games, albeit the majority are empty (0-moves)
- Revised player names
- Revised the crosstable

20260707

Uploaded to the Italy page and featuring Colin Morris:
- 4 games (2 annotated) plus report from the 1981 Palermo Open #2-A
- 2 games (1 annotated) plus report from the 1981 Imperia Open #23-A
1 annotated game plus report from the 1981 GM Mihail Tal 40-board simultaneous in Merano featuring Colin Morris uploaded to the Simuls OS page
1 annotated game plus report and table of results from the 1981 Queensland Championship in Brisbane uploaded to the Queensland Championships & Opens page
For the 1977 Darling Downs Open #12 on the Toowoomba QLD page:
- Uploaded an additional annotated game Harris-Myers
- Revised the report and table of results
For the 1905 West Australia Championship in Perth on the West Australia Championships & Opens page and thanks to David Barry:
- Added the balance 0-move games to the games' file
- Added a short report to the revised crosstable

20260706

1 annotated game from the 1981 Bratto Open #1 featuring Colin Morris uploaded to the Italy page
2 annotated games from the 1981 Singer Cup in Brisbane uploaded to the Teams Intrastate page
For the 1981 North Queensland Championship in Cairns on the Regional QLD page, uploaded a report and table of results

20260705

1 annotated fragment plus report and table of results from the 1981 Australia Day Weekender at Woolloongabba uploaded to the Brisbane QLD page
For the 2003 Hardy's Classic at Mudgeeraba on the Gold Coast QLD uploaded:

a. Another 13 games

b. Annotations to:

- - R5 Solomon-Pengelley
  - R9 Pengelley-Kimura

c. A crosstable

20260704

8 games (7 annotated, 3 fragments) plus report and table of results from the 1980-81 Australian Open in Brisbane QLD uploaded to the Australian Championships & Opens page
For the 1990 West Australia Masters in Perth on the Masters AUS page:

a. Uploaded additional games:

- - R1 Raymond-Teh
  - R1 Kinsman-West
  - R2 Hawkins-Dunlop
  - R3 Dunlop-Ballantyne
  - R4 Dunlop-Bell
  - R8 Ballantyne-Barber
  - R8 (or 9) Bell-West
- Added a report to the crosstable

20260703

11 games plus crosstable from the 2026 World Youth Championship U16 Girls #42 at Montesilvano featuring WCM Isabella Guan uploaded to the World Championships page
7 games (1 annotated) from the 2003 Fairfield Winter Cup #3 uploaded to the Sydney NSW page

20260702

Uploaded to the World Championships page:
- 11 games plus crosstable from the 2026 World Youth Championship U16 #44 at Montesilvano featuring CM Micah Young
- 11 games plus crosstable from the 2026 World Youth Championship U14 #40 at Montesilvano featuring Mason Tay

20260701

11 games plus crosstable from the 2026 World Youth Championship U18 Girls #38 at Montesilvano featuring WCM Elaina Qiang uploaded to the World Championships page
8 games from the 20260623 Titled Tuesday blitz featuring CM Toby Huey uploaded to the Server page
For the 1980 Queensland Championship in Brisbane on the Queensland Championships & Opens page:
- Added ACF ratings to games
- Uploaded a report and table of results
1 game plus plus report and crosstable from the 1990 Gufeld Cup at Willeton uploaded to the Perth WA page

20260630

88,000 game milestone reached!!
55 games from the 2003 City of Adelaide Championship uploaded to the Adelaide SA page
4 annotated game fragments plus crosstable from the 1990 West Australia Championship in Perth uploaded to the West Australia Championships & Opens page
1 annotated game from the 1982 North Queensland Championship uploaded to the Regional QLD page

20260629

For the 1989-90 Australian Junior Championship in Sydney on the Australian Championships & Opens Other page:
- Uploaded an additional game Arnott,V-Edwards
- Added game introduction to de Silva-Farber
- Added ACF ratings to the games' files and the table of results
On the Regional QLD page and for the

a. 1980 North Queensland Championship in Townsville, uploaded a table of results

b. 1996 Atherton Open:

- - Uploaded an additional game R2 Napier-Laird
  - Added a report and prizelist to the crosstable

20260628

On the Simuls AUS page:
- Restored games links to the 1999 Simultaneous by GM Joel Benjamin
- Uploaded 2 annotated games plus report on the 1996 Simultaneous by GM Lubomir Kavalek in Cairns
For the 1989-90 Australian Championship Major in Sydney on the Australian Championships & Opens Other page:

a. Added additional games:

- - Balance of Roger Cook’s games
  - An annotated game Alcantara-Lilly

b. Adjusted dates for some games

c. Added ACF ratings wherever possible

d. Uploaded a report and table of results

For the 1990 North Rocks Open #6 on the Sydney NSW page, uploaded:
- A game introduction to R6 Johansen-Barber
- An additional game R1 van der Wal-Barber
- ACF ratings to all games
- A report and table of results

20260627

Uploaded to the World Championships page:
- 1 annotated game plus crosstable from the 1989 World Youth Championship U18 #3 at Aguadilla featuring Jason Field
- 2 games (1 annotated) plus crosstable from the 1989 World Youth Championship U16 #9 at Aguadilla featuring Lee Jones
- 1 annotated game plus crosstable from the 1989 World Youth Championship U14 #5 at Aguadilla featuring Timo Farber
- 2 games (1 annotated) plus crosstable from the 1989 World Youth Championship U14 Girls #5 at Aguadilla featuring Sulyn Teh
- 3 games (2 annotated) plus crosstable from the 1989 World Cadet Championship U12 #4 at Aguadilla featuring Eu Jin Teh & Faisal Rahman
- 1 game plus crosstable from the 1989 World Cadet Championship U12 Girls #4 at Aguadilla featuring Roseanne Holloway
On the France page:
- Uploaded 8 games (1 annotated) plus table of results from the 2003 Naujac Open #6 at Naujac sur Mer featuring IM Alex Wohl
- For the 2002 Naujac Open #5 at Naujac sur Mer, uploaded annotations to R4.1 Iordachescu-Wohl
1 annotated game plus report and crosstable from the 1996 Far North Queensland Championship in Atherton uploaded to the Regional QLD page

20260626

11 games from the 20260618 3-0 Thursday #1 blitz featuring CM Haran Salasan uploaded to the Server page
238 games (1 annotated) plus crosstable from the 2003 University Open uploaded to the Adelaide SA page

20260625

4 games from the 2026 France Team Championship Top 16 Haute in Chartres featuring GM Bobby Cheng uploaded to the France page
66 games plus crosstable from the 2026 World Team Blitz Championship in Hong Kong featuring Harry Press, FM Frederick Litchfield, CM Ryan Lane, WIM Heather Richards, WFM Chao Xin Cheng, Matt Radisich, Lee Forace & WCM Linda (Zhiling) Qian uploaded to the Teams OS page
32 games from the 20260616 Titled Tuesday blitz featuring CM Joshua (Haojia) Liu, CM Haran Salasan & FM John Curtis uploaded to the Server page

20260624

76 games plus crosstable from the 2026 World Team Rapid Championship in Hong Kong featuring Harry Press, FM Frederick Litchfield, CM Ryan Lane, WIM Heather Richards, WFM Chao Xin Cheng, Miles Patterson, Matt Radisich, Lee Forace & WCM Linda (Zhiling) Qian uploaded to the Teams OS page
1 annotated game plus crosstable from the 1995 Mackay Open uploaded to the Regional QLD page

20260623

66 games (10 annotated) plus report and crosstable from the 2003 Australian Masters #16 (Australian IM #12) at Ormond uploaded to the Masters AUS page
1 annotated game plus crosstable from the 1996 Atherton Open uploaded to the Regional QLD page

20260622

On the Perth WA page:
- Uploaded 3 annotated games plus report and table of results from the 1988 Thomson Cup
- For the 1989 Perth Open, uploaded a table of results
1 annotated game plus crosstable from the 1995 Coral Coast Open at Innisfail uploaded to the Regional QLD page
30 games plus crosstable from the 2003 Australian Championship Computer #3 Red Hill ACT uploaded to the Australian Championships & Opens Other page

20260621

171 games plus crosstable from the 2026 Melbourne International Open #3-Rapid at Fitzroy uploaded to the International AUS page
1 annotated game plus report and crosstable from the 1998 North Queensland Open in Townsville uploaded to the Regional QLD page
9 games from the 1998 Ford Memorial in Cammeray uploaded to the Sydney NSW page

20260620

87 games (3 annotated) plus crosstable from the 2026 Melbourne International Open #3-Amateurs at Fitzroy uploaded to the International AUS page

20260619

11 games plus crosstable from the 2003 Asia Championship Junior #26 in Negombo featuring Andrew Hardegan & Prasanga R Dissanayake uploaded to the Asia Championship page
2 games plus report and table of results from the 2003 Queen's Birthday Open at West Ryde uploaded to the Sydney NSW page
8 games (2 annotated) plus report and table of results from the 1974 Victorian Open in Melbourne uploaded to the Victorian Championships & Opens page

20260618

On the Victorian Championships & Opens page:

a. Uploaded 32 games plus crosstable from the 2026 Victorian Open at Fitzroy

b. For the 1974 Victorian Minor Championship in Melbourne and the 1974 Victorian Junior, Youth & Cadet Championships at Hawthorn & Melbourne:

- - Improved some player names
  - Added ratings where possible
  - Uploaded a report and tables of results
2 games from the 1974 Queen's Birthday Open uploaded to the Sydney NSW page

20260617

7 games from the 2026 France Team Championship Top 16 GpA in Chartres featuring GM Bobby Cheng uploaded to the France page
11 games from the 20260609 Titled Tuesday blitz featuring CM Haran Salasan uploaded to the Server page

20260616

Uploaded to the Queensland Championships & Opens page:
- 4 games plus crosstable from the 2003 Queensland Junior U18 & U16 Championship in Brisbane
- 3 games plus crosstable from the 2003 Queensland Youth U14 Championship in Brisbane
For the 1974 City of Sydney Championship on the Sydney NSW page, uploaded:

a. Four additional games:

- - R1 Viner-Flatow
  - R3 Viner-McLaren
  - R5 Viner-Travers
  - R8 Jens-Viner

b. A report and tables of results

For the 1974 Sydney Interclub A-Grade on the Teams Intrastate page, uploaded additional annotated game Fuller-Viner

20260615

23 games from the 2003 Modbury Chess Club Championship uploaded to the Adelaide SA page
For the 1974 Begonia Open #8 on the Ballarat VIC page:
- Made some correction and improvements to player names
- Corrected some game sources
- Added ACF ratings to the games wherever possible
- Add the game fragment Parr,D-Jamieson,R
- Added ACF ratings to the table of results
For the 1974 Simultaneous Tal vs Australia on the Simuls AUS page:
- Add playing venues to the games
- Uploaded a report
For the 1974 Doeberl Cup #12 on the Canberra ACT page:
- Improved some player names
- Added some round numbers
- Corrected some annotators and made various minor improvemnets to annotations
- Corrected and added ACF ratings
- Expanded the report and table of results

20260614

87,000 game milestone reached!!
28 games (3 annotated) plus report and crosstable from the 2026 Australian Capital Territory Championship in Griffith uploaded to the Australian Capital Territory Championships & Opens page
36 games plus crosstable from the 2026 Wendy Terry Memorial at Rothwell uploaded to the Redcliffe QLD page

20260613

7 games from the 2002 Xmas Swiss uploaded to the Melbourne VIC page
5 games (3 annotated) from the 2003 Australian Schools Team Championship in Melbourne uploaded to the Teams Interstate page
For the 2002 Olympiad #35 in Bled featuring GM Ian Rogers, GM Darryl Johansen, IM Gary Lane, IM Alex Wohl, Nick Speck & IM Mikhail Gluzman on the Olympiads page:
- Made a few minor changes to the games’ files
- Uploaded a report
- Revised the crosstables to current formats
For the 2002 Vikings Weekender in Wanniassa on the Canberra ACT page, uploaded three additional games:
- R1.2 West-Murphy
- R3.2 Petersen-West
- R4.2 West-Wei

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