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)

20261022

30 games plus crosstable from the 2004 FIDE Rating April swiss uploaded to the Box Hill VIC page
71 games (11 annotated) plus report and table of results from the 2004 Doeberl Cup #42 Major uploaded to the Canberra ACT page
Minor edits have been made to the questions on the FAQs page, with more significant updating of the questions:
- #6 Why are there sometimes multiple sets of games within the same file?
- #7 Are the games with 0-moves (or only a few moves) counted in the totals and why include them at all?
- #8 How do I download games, reports, crosstables and tables from Australian Chess?
- #11 Is this site just a duplicate of the old OzBase?
- #12 Can I make the tables on the event and locational pages larger and is there more information not initially visible?

20261021

11 games from the 2026 Serbia Super Liga Team Championship in Vrnjacka Banja featuring GM Temur Kuybokarov uploaded to the Serbia page
On the Server page, uploaded:
- 11 games from the 20261015 3-0 Thursday #3 blitz featuring FM Jack Rodgers
- 8 games from the 20261013 Titled Tuesday blitz featuring FM Nicholas Ilic & CM Jeffrey Xu

20261020

93,000 game milestone reached!!😀
9 games plus crosstable from the 2004 Cutro Open #10-A featuring IM Alex Wohl uploaded to the Italy page
257 games (18 annotated) plus report and crosstable from the 2004 Doeberl Cup #42 uploaded to the Canberra ACT page

20261019

On the Server page and played on the ICC:
- 2 games from the 20040311 Dos Hermanas 10A G8+2s rapid featuring Shoshiro Karita
- 17 games from the 20040311 Dos Hermanas 10B G8+2s rapid featuring Tony Ayris, Shoshiro Karita & Jack Ellis
- 18 games from the 20040311 Dos Hermanas 11A G8+2s rapid featuring Colin McKenzie, Peter Jones & Mark McKenzie
- 21 games from the 20040311 Dos Hermanas 11B G8+2s rapid featuring Tony Ayris, Colin McKenzie & Shoshiro Karita

20261018

On the Server page and played on the ICC:
- 3 games from the 20040309 Dos Hermanas 09A G8+2s rapid featuring Shoshiro Karita
- 9 games from the 20040309 Dos Hermanas 09B G8+2s rapid featuring Colin McKenzie & Brendan Norman
414 games (3 annotated) from the 2004 Adelaide Interclub uploaded to the Teams Intrastate page
On the Sydney NSW page, uploaded:
- 11 games (3 annotated) from the 2004 Anzac Open at Lidcombe
- 7 games from the 2004 Anzac Round Robin at Lidcombe
- A reports and crosstables for both events
For the 1975 Victorian Minor Championship in Melbourne on the Victorian Championships & Opens page:
- Added ACF ratings wherever possible
- Uploaded a report and table of results

20261017

11 games plus crosstable from the 1928 Cafe Koenig II in Berlin featuring Lajos Steiner uploaded to the Germany page
On the Server page and played on the ICC:
- Uploaded 16 games from the 20040307 Dos Hermanas 07A G8+2s rapid featuring Shoshiro Karita, Dean Hogg & Mark McKenzie
- Uploaded 30 games from the 20040307 Dos Hermanas 07B G8+2s rapid featuring Colin McKenzie, Wang Wei, Rafael Kaplan & Mark McKenzie
- Uploaded 13 games from the 20040308 Dos Hermanas 08A G8+2s rapid featuring Shoshiro Karita & Mark McKenzie
- Uploaded 16 games from the 20040308 Dos Hermanas 08B G8+2s rapid featuring Colin McKenzie, Francesco Antoniazzi & Peter Wolf
- Restored games' file links to the 20040306 Dos Hermanas 06A G8+2s rapid featuring Shoshiro Karita & Mark McKenzie
For the 1975 Victorian Junior Championship at Toorak on the Victorian Championship & Opens page:
- Uploaded annotations to R5 Rogers-West
- Added ACF ratings wherever possible
- Expanded the table of results to include ratings and additional players
For the 1975 North Queensland Championship at Mackay on the Regional QLD page:
- Added a short report to the crosstable
- Added source notes regarding player names
For the 1975 Victorian Interclub on the Teams Intrastate page:
- Added ACF ratings to the Summer tournament games and a few to the Winter games
- Added a report and tables of results

20261016

44 games (8 annotated) from the 2026 Women's Olympiad #46 at Samarkand featuring WGM Julia Ryjanova, WFM Zhiyuan Shen, WIM Heather Richards, WFM Nguyen Mai Chi Phan & WFM Thu Giang Nguyen uploaded to the Olympiads page
13 games (5 annotated) plus crosstable from the 1928 Berlin BSG Centenary featuring Lajos Steiner uploaded to the Germany page

20261015

11 games from the 20261008 3-0 Thursday #3 featuring CM Ryan Lane uploaded to the Server page
For the 1975 Doeberl Cup #13 on the Canberra ACT page:
- Removed one incorrect game and added one annotated game from an exhibition match
- Added ACF ratings wherever possible
- Uploaded a report and table of results

20261014

92,000 game milestone reached!!😀
9 games plus crosstable from the 2026 Arco Open #48 featuring WFM Thu Giang Nguyen uploaded to the Italy page
On the Server page and played on the ICC:
- Uploaded 19 games from the 20040306 Dos Hermanas 06A G8+2 rapid featuring Shoshiro Karita & Mark McKenzie
- Uploaded 64 games from the 20040306 Dos Hermanas 06B G8+2 rapid featuring Dean Hogg, Moulthun Ly, Colin McKenzie, Mark McKenzie, Reubban Muthusamy, Brendan Norman, John Redgrave, Neil Wright & Ronald Yu
- Restored links to the games' files for the 20030317 Dos Hermanas 17-B blitz featuring Francesco Antoniazzi, Lindsay Went & Peter Wolf
28 games (27 annotated) plus report and crosstable from the 2004 Tasmanian Championship at Burnie uploaded to the Tasmanian Championships & Opens page
43 games (7 annotated) plus report and table of results from the 2004 Begonia Open #38 uploaded to the Ballarat VIC page
36 games plus report and crosstable from the 1914 New South Wales Championship uploaded to the New South Wales Championships & Opens page

20261012

54 games plus crosstable from the 2026 Queensland Championship (inc. Darling Downs Open) at Toowoomba uploaded to the Queensland Championships & Opens page
9 games (6 annotated) plus crosstable from the 2004 Reykjavik Open #21 featuring GM Ian Rogers uploaded to the Iceland page
For the 2024 Peninsula Open at Rothwell on the Redcliffe QLD page, uploaded:
- 7 additional games (1 annotated) by Rohan Pyne & Mark Stokes
- A revised crosstable

20261011

24 games plus crosstable from the 2026 Nell van de Graaff Classic at Nerang uploaded to the Gold Coast QLD page
45 games plus crosstable from the 2026 Box Hill Chess Club Championship at Ashwood uploaded to the Box Hill VIC page
Uploaded to the Melbourne VIC page:
- 10 games plus crosstable from the 2026 Chess Excellence Open at Caulfield
- 30 games from the 2004 Purdy Cup Open at Williamstown

20261010

28 games plus crosstable from the 2026 Hobsons Bay Cup at Altona uploaded to the Melbourne VIC page
For the 1975 Begonia Open #9 on the Ballarat VIC page:
- Made various name improvements in the games' files
- Added ACF ratings wherever possible
- Uploaded a report and table of results

20261009

Balance Round 8 games from the 2025 Gold Coast Open at Mermaid Waters uploaded to the Gold Coast QLD page
56 games plus crosstable from the 1908 New South Wales Championship uploaded to the New South Wales Championships & Opens page

20261008

Uploaded to the Server page:
- 18 games from the 20261001 3-0 Thursday #3 blitz featuring CM Khushal Lingineni & CM Leo Kalina
- 22 games from the 20260929 Titled Tuesday blitz featuring FM Nicholas Ilic & CM Haran Salasan
16 games (1 annotated) plus crosstable from the 1953 Hungarian Championship #9 at Budapest featuring Bela Berger uploaded to the Hungary page
For the 1982 Queensland Junior Championship in Brisbane on the Queensland Championships & Opens page:
- 8 additional games by Andrew van Rooy
- Made various name improvements and added additional ACF ratings to games
- Made various edits to report and table of results

20261007

22 games from the 20261001 3-0 Thursday #1 blitz featuring CM Leo Kalina & CM Haran Salasan uploaded to the Server page
For the 1975 Australian Junior Championship in Rosney on the Australian Championships & Opens Other page:

a. Uploaded annotations to:

- - R2.3 Chandler-Dick
  - R5 Goldschmidt-Chandler

b. Added game fragments, annotations or game introductions to many other games

c. Added ACF ratings wherever possible

d. Uploaded a report and table of results

20261006

11 games (1 annotated) plus crosstable from the 2004 European Women's Championship #5 in Dresden featuring WIM Heather Richards uploaded to the Germany page
For the 1975 Australian Open in Adelaide on the Australian Championships & Opens page:
- Made some name improvements
- Supplemented FIDE ratings with ACF ratings where found
- Revised the table of results to include ratings and prizes and added a report
For the 1974 Victorian Championship in Melbourne on the Victorian Championship & Opens page, replaced the table of results with a crosstable

20261005

44 games (16 annotated) from the 2026 Olympiad #46 at Samarkand featuring GM Bobby Cheng, GM Temur Kuybokarov, IM Rishi Sardana, GM David Smerdon & IM James Morris uploaded to the Olympiads page
For the 1975 Zonal #ZNL2 [Asia-Pacific Championship] in Melbourne on the International AUS page:
- Revised the crosstable
- Added a report
For the 1974 Asia Team Championship #1 in Penang on the Asia Championships page:

a. Tidied team names

b. Uploaded annotations to:

- - R1.1 Abdul Rahman-Fuller
  - R1.3 Quah-Pope

c. Uploaded new game fragment Dipo-Jordan

20261004

5 games plus crosstable from the 2026 Medway Open in Chatham featuring Ryan Zheng uploaded to the England page
7 games (1 annotated) from the 2004 Bad Woerishofen Open #20 featuring IM Alex Wohl & James Bonning uploaded to the Germany page
3 games plus table of results from the 1983-84 Australian Reserve Championship at Bondi uploaded to the Australian Championships & Opens page

20261003

For the 1983-84 Australian Women's Championship at Bondi on the Australian Championships & Opens page:
- Added 11 games by Cathy Travers
- Adjusted tournament dates and the report and crosstable
For the 1994 Atherton Open on the Regional QLD page, uploaded 5 additional games (3 annotated) by Jason Sou

20261001

26 games from the 20260922 Titled Tuesday blitz featuring CM Haran Salasan, FM Nicholas Ilic & CM Kevin Willathgamuwa uploaded to the Server page
3 games (1 annotated) plus report and crosstable from the 1984 Australian Women's Championship at Bondi uploaded to the Australian Championships & Opens page
For the 1966-67 New Zealand Championship #74 [Canterbury Chess Club Centennial] at Christchurch on the New Zealand page, uploaded an additional game R3.1 Dozsa-Averbakh
For the 1983-84 Australian Championship at Bondi on the Australian Championships & Opens page, adjusted various ratings for consistency with the crosstable and uploaded:

a. Additional annotated games:

- - R1 Viner-Hamilton
  - R8 Depasquale-Hamilton
  - R10 Depasquale-Smith
  - Barber-Purdy

b. A completed game score for R13 Ferris-MacFarlane

c. Additional annotations for R10 Hamilton-Hjorth

d. A report and revised crosstable

20260929

32 games (5 annotated) plus report and crosstables from the 2004 Asia Cities Team Championship #14 at Tagaytay City featuring FM Brett Tindall, FM Lee Jones, FM Brian Jones & Theos Rippis uploaded to the Asia Championships page
11 games plus crosstables from the 1962 Olympiad Student U26 #9 at Marianske Lazne featuring Paul Dozsa uploaded to the Czech Republic page
For the 2001 Fairfield Summer Cup #1 on the Sydney NSW page:
- Uploaded an additional game R3 Dozsa-Kimura
- Added an additional note on the 50th game between Rogers & Solomon
- Made minor changes to the report

20260928

8 games (1 annotated) plus crosstables from the 1961 World Student U26 Team Championship #8 at Helsinki featuring Paul Dozsa uploaded to the Finland page
45 games plus crosstable from the 2004 Ruth Coxhill Memorial Mudgeeraba uploaded to the Gold Coast QLD page
30 games plus crosstable from the 2004 South Australia Championship in Adelaide uploaded to the South Australian Championships & Opens page
7 games from the 1994 Ford Memorial at Cammaray uploaded to the Sydney NSW page
For the 1994 Atherton Open on the Regional QLD page:
- Added ACF ratings and dates to all games
- Uploaded a crosstable

20260927

60 games (10 annotated) from the 2004 Melbourne Chess Club Championship at Fitzroy uploaded to the Melbourne VIC page
3 games (2 annotated) plus report and crosstable from the 2003 Midland Masters #9 uploaded to the Perth WA page

20260826

4 games from the 2004 Gueugnon Open featuring IM Alex Wohl uploaded to the France page
27 games (6 annotated) from the 2004 City of Sydney Championship at West Ryde uploaded to the Sydney NSW page

20260924

2 games (1 annotated) from the 2003-04 Belgium Team Championship featuring GM Ian Rogers uploaded to the Belgium page
2 games (1 annotated) from the 2003-04 Germany Team Championship II [Bundesliga] featuring GM Ian Rogers uploaded to the Germany page
Uploaded to the Netherlands page and featuring GM Ian Rogers:
- 1 game from the 2004 Dutch Cup in Eindhoven
- 7 games from the 2004 Netherlands Team Championship & Final
- An additional game R2 Sokolov-Rogers from the 2002-03 Netherlands Team Championship
For the 1994 Australian Cadet Girls U12 Championship at Mudgeeraba on the Australian Championships & Opens Other page, removed bye games and updated the crosstable

20260923

9 games from the 20260915 Titled Tuesday blitz featuring FM Nicholas Ilic uploaded to the Server page
For the 1994 Australian Junior Girls Championship at Mudgeeraba on the Australian Championships & Opens Other page, uploaded:
- Additional annotations for R6.41 Teh,S-Low
- A revised crosstable

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