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)
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)
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 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
20260612
15 games (2 annotated) plus report, crosstable and table of results from the 2003 Gold Coast Open at Robina uploaded to the Gold Coast QLD page
For the 1974 Goolwa Cup on the Adelaide SA page, expanded the table of results
20260611
18 games plus crosstable from the 2026 Asia Championship #21 in Ulan Bator featuring FM Albert Winkelman & FM Yi Liu uploaded to the Asia Championships page
23 games (20 annotated) from the 1973-74 Australian Championship #36 Reserve at Cooma uploaded to the Australian Championships & Opens Other page
20260610
3 games (1 annotated) plus report and crosstable from the 1974 Australian Women's Championship #4 in Cooma uploaded to the Australian Championships & Opens page
For the 1973 Waverley Open #2 on the Waverley VIC page, uploaded a report and table of results
20260609
1 annotated game plus report and crosstable from the 2003 Newcastle Open at Cardiff uploaded to the Newcastle NSW page
102 games from the 2003 Australian Capital Territory Teams Championship at Belconnen uploaded to the Teams Intrastate page
For the 1973 Victorian Junior Open in Melbourne on the Victorian Championships & Opens page:
Corrected and improved player names
Added a report and table of results
202606008
90 games (87 annotated) plus reports and a crosstable from the 1973-74 Australian Championship #36 in Cooma uploaded to the Australian Championships & Opens page
20260607
10 games (5 annotated) plus report and crosstable from the 2003 New South Wales Open in West Ryde uploaded to the New South Wales Championships & Opens page
1 game plus report and crosstable from the 2003 Dubbo Open uploaded to the Regional NSW page
20260606
1 annotated game from the 1987 West Australia Championship uploaded to the West Australian Championships & Opens page
For the 2003 Caloundra Open on the Suncoast QLD page:
Improved player names
Added ACF ratings to all games
Uploaded a report and crosstable
20260605
3 annotated games plus report and crosstable from the 2003 West Australia Championship uploaded to the West Australian Championships & Opens page
293 games (1 annotated) plus crosstable from the 2003 Australian Capital Territory Championship at Belconnen uploaded to the Australian Capital Territory Championships & Opens page
20260604
For the 1974 Australian Junior Championship #25 in Mitchelton on the Australian Championships & Opens Other page:
Improved player names
Added tournament dates,
Added round numbers and dates to most games
Added ratings where possible
Corrected the game score and added annotations to R5 di Renzo-Kinsman
Uploaded a report and table of results
20260603
19 games from the 20260526 Titled Tuesday blitz featuring CM Haran Salasan & CM Ryan Liaw uploaded to the Server page
18 games (1 annotated) from the 2003 Rose Bay Open uploaded to the Sydney NSW page
3 games from the 2003 Ocean Grove Rapid uploaded to the Regional VIC page
20260602
On the Teams Intrastate page, uploaded:
4 games (1 annotated) plus report and tableof results from the 2003 Big Boards Match at Chatswood & Kogarah
8 games (2 annotated) from the 2003 Sydney Interclub
For the 1974 Goolwa Cup:
Relocated the event to the Adelaide SA page
Added ACF ratings to all games
Uploaded a report and table of results
20260601
32 games (8 annotated) from the 2003 City of Melbourne Championship at Fitzroy uploaded to the Melbourne VIC page (HELP WANTED: Results for this tournament are yet to be located. If you can help with results or a crosstable, please email me)
2 games (1 annotated) plus report and crosstable from the 2003 West Australia Women's Championship in Perth uploaded to the West Australian Championships & Opens page
2 games (1 annotated) plus report and crosstable from the 2003 Australian Capital Territory Youth U16 Championship uploaded to the Australian Capital Territory Championships & Opens page
20260531
30 games plus crosstable from the 2003 Victorian Masters Reserves in Melbourne uploaded to the Masters AUS page
12 games (6 annotated) from the 2003 Ballarat Chess Club Championship uploaded to the Ballarat VIC page
7 games from the 1965 Queen's Birthday Open uploaded to the Sydney NSW page
For the 2003 Midland Masters on the Perth WA page, corrected and updated the report and crosstable
For the 2003 Doeberl Cup #41 uploaded to the Canberra ACT page, added a game score for R5.34 Zivanovic-Song
200260530
45 games (8 annotated) plus report and crosstable from the 2003 Victorian Masters in Melbourne uploaded to the Masters AUS page
On the South Australia Championships & Opens page, uploaded:
30 games plus crosstable from the 2003 South Australia Championship in Adelaide
2 games from the 2003 South Australia Championship Playoff in Adelaide
20260529
45 games plus crosstable from the 2003 FIDE Rating #2 round robin uploaded to the Box Hill VIC page
For the 2003 Perth Open on the Perth WA page, uploaded the following additional games (1 annotated):
R3 Hardegen-Ellis
R5 Stead-Ellis
20260527
7 annotated games plus crosstable from the 2026 Tasmanian Championship in Newstead uploaded to the Tasmanian Championships & Opens page
1 annotated game plus table of results from the 1973 Grantham Homes Cup uploaded to the Canberra ACT page
20260526
86,000 game milestone reached!!
217 games plus crosstable from the 2026 Perth Chess Club Championship at Woodvale uploaded to the Perth WA page
86 games plus crosstable from the 2026 Box Hill Summer Cup at Ashwood uploaded to the Box Hill VIC page
20260525
12 games (10 annotated) from the 2025 Hobart Chess Club Championship uploaded to the Hobart TAS page
5 games plus crosstable from the 2026 Anzac Day Weekender at Fitzroy uploaded to the Melbourne VIC page
20260524
On the International AUS page:
Relocated the 2025 Churchie International to the page
Uploaded 117 games plus crosstable from the 2025 Churchie International at East Brisbane
2 annotated games plus report and crosstable from the 2003 South West Open in Bunbury uploaded to the Regional WA page
2 games plus report and crosstable from the 2003 Perth Open uploaded to the Perth WA page
20260523
On the Gibraltar page:
a. Relocated the 2020 Gibraltar Masters to the page
b. For the 2003 Gibraltar Masters:
Added new or additional annotations to the following:
i) R1 Wohl-Vea
ii) R2 Johansen-Speelman
iii) R9 Jonkman-Wohl
Updated the crosstable to current formats
1 game plus crosstable from the 2003 Australian Open Rapid in Penrith uploaded to the Australian Championships & Opens Other page
For the 2003 Begonia Open #37 on the the Ballarat VIC page, uploaded annotations to the following:
R6 Smerdon-Wallace
R7 Solomon-Froehlich
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