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)

20260511

Updated report and crosstable for the 1977 Hoogovens #39-B Reserve at Wijk aan Zee featuring Ian Rogers on the Netherlands page
For the 1976-77 Australian Open in Melbourne on the Australian Championships & Opens page:
- Made various name adjustments and improvements.
- Added ACF ratings to all games and to the table of results.

20260510

87 games (9 annotated) plus report and table of results from the 2003 Melbourne Chess Club Championship uploaded to the Melbourne VIC page

20260509

On the Netherlands page and for the:

a. 1977 Hoogovens #39-B at Wijk aan Zee, uploaded additional annotations to R10 Bellon Lopez-Jamieson

b. 1977 Hoogovens #39-B Reserve at Wijk aan Zee, uploaded annotations to:

R5 Dobosz-Rogers
R8 Dieks-Rogers
R9 Sribar-Rogers

3 games (1 annotated) from the 2003 Ginninderra Cup at Belconnen uploaded to the Canberra ACT page

20260508

Uploaded to the Server page:
- 11 games from the 20260430 3-0 Thursday #1 blitz featuring CM Haran Salasan
- 11 games from the 20260430 3-0 Thursday #3 blitz featuring CM Ryan Lane

20260507

Uploaded to the England page:
- 3 additional games from the 2025-26 4NCL Division 1 in Daventry featuring FM Sam Chow
- 2 games from the 2025-26 4NCL Division 2 in Coventry featuring WFM Thu Giang Nguyen
- 3 games plus reports and crosstable from the 1912 Great Britain Championship #9 at Richmond featuring Spencer Crakanthorp
- 1 game from the 1912 Great Britain Championship #9 Match Championship-Major Open at Richmond featuring Spencer Crakanthorp
2 annotated games plus report and crosstable from the 1974 Easter Bunny Special uploaded to the Sydney NSW page

20260506

In the crosstable for the 2003 Australian Open in Penrith on the Australian Championships & Opens page:
- Corrected various errors
- Added colours for all players
For the 1974 Begonia Open #8 on the Ballarat VIC page:
- Improved some player names
- Added annotations to R4 Rogers-Sugrue
- Added a report and table of results

20260405

1 annotated game from the 2003 Australian Open First Week swiss in Penrith uploaded to the Australian Championships & Opens Other page
For the 2003 Australian Open in Penrith on the Australian Championships & Opens page, uploaded new or additional annotations by IM Zong Yuan Zhao, to the following games:
- R1.2 Castor-Froelich
- R1.3 Smerdon-Humphrey
- R2.1 Gerdell-Wallace
- R2.3 Van Renen-Smerdon
- R2.6 Harp-Samar
- R3.1 Wallace-Wilkins
- R3.2 Dick-Froehlich
- R3.3 Smerdon-Partsi
- R3.4 Solomon-Lip
- R4.1 Hamilton-Wallace
- R4.4 Rej-Samar
- R4.5 Smerdon-Chan
- R5.1 Wallace-Schultz Pedersen
- R5.2 Solomon-Rej
- R5.3 Fischer Nielsen-Smerdon
- R6.1 Solomon-Wallace
- R6.6 Boyd-Humphrey
- R7.1 Smerdon-Wallace
- R7.4 Fischer Nielsen-Lane
- R8.1 Solomon-Smerdon
- R8.3 Lane-Samar
- R8.4 Froehlich-Pecori
- R9.1 Samar-Wallace
- R9.4 Humphrey-Hamilton
- R10.3 Solomon-Humphrey
- R10.4 Xie-Samar

20260504

1 game plus crosstable from the 2003 Cappelle la Grande Open #19 featuring WIM Heather Richards uploaded to the France page
45 games plus crosstable from the 2003 FIDE Rating #1 round robin uploaded to the Melbourne VIC page

20260503

10 games from the Aragon Team Championship featuring IM Javier Gil Capape uploaded to the Spain page
7 games (6 annotated) from the 2003 Burnie Chess Club Championship uploaded to the Regional TAS page

20260502

11 games from the 20260416 3-0 Thursday #1 blitz featuring CM Haran Salasan uploaded to the Server page
Uploaded to the Sydney NSW page
- 15 games (2 annotated) plus crosstable from the 2003 City of Sydney Championship (& Playoff) at West Ryde (& Sydney)
- 1 game plus crosstable from the 2003 City of Sydney U1700 Championship at West Ryde

20260501

Uploaded to the Server page:
- 20 games from the 20260421 Titled Tuesday blitz featuring FM Luis Chan & CM Haran Salasan
- 2 games from the 20260416 3-0 Thursday #1 blitz featuring CM Austin Chen
2 games (1 annotated) from the 2003 Australian Open Minor in Penrith uploaded to the Australian Championships & Opens Other page

20260429

On the Spain page and for the:
- 1988 San Sebastian Open #11, uploaded annotations to the game Gomez Esteban-Gil Capape
- 1991 Benidorm Open #15, uploaded additional annotations to the game R6 Gil Capape-Sadler

20260428

286 games (30 annotated) plus reports and crosstable from the 2003 Australian Open in Penrith uploaded to the Australian Championships & Opens Other page

20260427

86 games (3 annotated) plus crosstable from the 2003 Autumn Cup uploaded to the Box Hill VIC page

20260426

13 games (10 annotated) plus crosstable from the 2003 Corus-B GM in Wijk aan Zee featuring GM Ian Rogers uploaded to the Netherlands page

20260424

For the 1980 Olympiad #24 at Valetta on the Olympiads page:

a. Corrected some team names

b. Expanded some names

c. Corrected many ratings

d. Added balance scores to some games

e. Added game introductions to most games and minor additional annotations to many games

f. Added new or extensive additional annotations to:

- - R4.2 Sollars-Jamieson
  - R5.1 Alvarez-Jamieson
  - R6.2 Hoi-Jamieson
  - R6.3 Johansen-Fedder
  - R7.4 Fuller-Nogueiras Santiago
  - R8.1 Rogers-Sunye Neto
  - R8.2 Carvalho-Johansen
  - R9.1 Rogers-Kouatly
  - R9.3 Fuller-Khechen
  - R10.4 Shaw-Renman
  - R11.2 Schmidt-Johansen
  - R11.4 Bielczyk-Shaw
  - R12.1 Hecht-Jamieson
  - R13.1 Jamieson-Diez del Corral
- Added reports to the crosstables
For the 1976 West Wales Open #11 in Swansea on the Wales page:
- Improved player names
- Corrected annotator in one game
- Uploaded an additional annotated game White-Viner
88 games plus crosstable from the 2003 Australian Junior Championship in Adelaide uploaded to the Australian Championships & Opens Other page
For the 1977 Victorian Open in Melbourne on the Victorian Championships & Opens page, uploaded an additional game Hamilton-Lee
For the 1973 NSW Chess Centre Championship in Sydney on the the Sydney NSW page, uploaded an additional annotated game Goodsell-Parr

20260423

6 annotated games plus crosstable from the 2026 Hawkes Bay Rapid B in Napier featuring Paul Summers uploaded to the New Zealand page
8 games plus crosstable from the 2026 Bangkok Open #23-B at Hua Hin featuring Jacob Bumbak , Joshua Steink, Tony Weller, Ali Farbood, Sean Robertson, Hossein Ghodosi & Nicholas Goodey uploaded to the Thailand page
Uploaded to the Server page
- 3 games from the 20260416 Titled Tuesday blitz featuring CM Austin Chen
- 2 games from the 20260416 3-0 Thursday #1 blitz featuring CM Austin Chen
- 11 games from the 20260416 3-0 Thursday #3 blitz featuring CM Ryan Lane

20260422

On the Thailand page:

a. Uploaded 12 games plus crosstable from the 2026 Bangkok Open #23-A at Hua Hin featuring FM Albert Winkelman, IM James Morris, GM Zong Yuan Zhao, Daniel Poberezovsky, CM Jeremy O'Carroll, Peter Frost, James Watson, Andrew Davies, Mark Vucak & Lillian Lu

b. Restored links to the games' files and crosstables for the:

- - 2025 Blue Chevaliers International Open #4 at Phuket featuring Pano Skiotis, James Attwood, Jacob Bumbak, Wallace Sheridan & Ali Farbood
  - 2024 Big Rook Open #4 at Bangkok featuring GM Moulthun Ly & Peter Frost
  - 2023 Blue Chevaliers International Open #2 at Phuket featuring GM Moulthun Ly, James Attwood, Andrew Davies, Peter Frost, Peter Clark, Ali Farbood & Wallace Sheridan
  - 2023 Rooky International Open at Bangkok featuring Peter Frost
100 games plus crosstable from the 2026 Melbourne International Open #3-Masters in Fitzroy uploaded to the International AUS page

20260421

84,000 game milestone reached!!
Uploaded to the Australian Championships & Opens Other page:
- 443 games (14 annotated) plus crosstable from the 2003 Australian Junior Championship in Adelaide
- 88 games plus crosstable from the 2003 Australian Cadet U12 Girls Championship in Adelaide

20260420

48 games (2 annotated) from the 2003 Auckland International Open featuring Theo Rippis, Lee Jones, Brian Jones, Raymond Song, Alek Safarian & Angela Song uploaded to the New Zealand page
On the Australian Championships & Opens Other page:
- Uploaded 286 games (4 annotated) plus crosstable from the 2003 Australian Cadet U12 Championship in Adelaide
- For the 2002 Australian Cadet U12 Championship at Bellevue Hill uploaded annotations to R6.17 Wallis-Wu

20260418

7 games from the 2001 Russia Team Championship Club Women in St Petersburg featuring WGM Julia Ryjanova uploaded to the Russia page
117 games plus crosstable from the 2026 Sydney International Open at Rooty Hill uploaded to the International AUS page
7 games plus report from the 2002 Tweed Heads Open #3 uploaded to the Regional NSW page

20260417

83,000 game milestone reached!!
30 games (3 annotated) plus report and crosstable from the 2003 New Zealand Championship #110 in Wanganui featuring IM Aleks Wohl & FM Tim Reilly uploaded to the New Zealand page
9 games plus crosstable from the 2002 Rudenko Memorial #3 in St Petersburg featuring WGM Julia Ryjanova uploaded to the Russia page

20260416

2 games plus crosstable from the 2002-03 Hastings #78 Challengers featuring WIM Heather Richards uploaded to the England page
18 annotated games plus crosstable from the 2025 University of Queensland Classic in St Lucia uploaded to the Brisbane QLD page

20260415

1 game plus crosstable from the 2026 Menorca Open #5-A at Ciutadella de Menorca featuring Samuel Asaka uploaded to the Spain page
Uploaded to the Server page:
- 11 games from the 20260409 3-0 Thursday #1 blitz featuring CM Khushal Lingineni
- 21 games from the 20260409 3-0 Thursday #3 blitz featuring CM Khushal Lingineni & CM Ross Lam
- 8 games from the 20260407 Titled Tuesday blitz featuring IM Tedric Li & IM Sravan Renjith
8 games plus report and crosstable from the 2002 Vikings Weekender at Wanniassa uploaded to the Canberra ACT page

20260414

1 game plus crosstable from the 2002 World Youth U18 Girls Championship #16 at Heraklion featuring Andjelija Zivanovic & Shannon Oliver uploaded to the World Championships page
14 games (2 annotated) from the 2002-03 4NCL featuring IM Alex Wohl & WIM Heather Richards uploaded to the England page

20260413

1 annotated game plus crosstable from the 2002 World Youth U18 Championship #16 at Heraklion featuring Denis Bourmistrov uploaded to the World Championships page
9 games from the 1993 Ford Memorial in Cammeray uploaded to the Sydney NSW page
3 annotated games plus report and table of results from the 2002 Tasmanian Open in Hobart uploaded to the Tasmanian Championships & Opens page
For the 1973 West Australian Championship in Perth, added 3 annotated games by David Ellis on the West Australian Championships & Opens page, thanks David

20260412

2 games from the 1993-94 Australian Championship Reserves in Melbourne uploaded to the Australian Championships & Opens Other page
1 annotated game from the 1941 South Australian Women's Championship in Adelaide uploaded to the South Australian Championships & Opens page
2 games from the 1993 Match New South Wales-South Australia Women & Girls TeleChess uploaded to the Teams Interstate page
On the Canberra ACT page and for the
- 2026 Doeberl Cup #63 in Woden uploaded a report to accompany the crosstable
- 1993 Match Carbon-Silicon #1 , uploaded 2 games (1 annotated) plus report and tables
For the 1993 Victorian Open in Melbourne on the Victorian Championships & Opens page:
- Uploaded new game Snider-Tanti
- Added tournament dates and rating type

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