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)
20260822
6 games (5 annotated) from the 2003 All-Canterbury Open in Christchurch featuring IM Guy West uploaded to the New Zealand page
8 games plus crosstable from the 2026 Melbourne Chess Club Championship at Fitzroy uploaded to the Melbourne VIC page
5 games plus report and crosstable from the 1987 Mackay Open uploaded to the the Regional QLD page
20260821
9 games (3 annotated) plus crosstable from the 2003 Essent Open #7 in Hoogeveen featuring GM Ian Rogers uploaded to the Netherlands page
2 games from the 2003 Sandefjord MGP-A featuring WIM Heather Richards uploaded to the Norway page
For the 1978 Lloyds Bank Masters in London featuring Rey Casse on the England page, updated the crosstable and included a note by Leonard Barden
For the 1993 Perth Open on the Perth WA page, uploaded 3 additional games (2 annotated) by David Ellis
For the 1987 Capricornia Open at Rockhampton on the Regional QLD page:
Uploaded an additional 4 games (2 annotated) by IM Darryl Johansen
Added additional notes to R4.1 Solomon-Johansen
20260820
11 games from the 20260813 3-0 Thursday #3 blitz featuring GM Temur Kuybokarov uploaded to the Server page
6 annotated games plus crosstable from the 2026 Tasmanian Open in Devonport uploaded to the Tasmanian Championship & Opens page
20 games plus crosstable from the 2026 Western Masters at Altona uploaded to the Melbourne VIC page
1 game plus crosstable from the 2003 World Youth Championship U16 #23 at Halkidiki featuring Sam Chow, Ronald Yu, Gareth Oliver & Peter Jovanovic uploaded to the World Championships page
For the 1987 Central Queensland Championship at Gladstone on the Regional QLD page, uploaded 4 additional games by IM Darryl Johansen
20260819
9 games plus crosstable from the 2026 Spilimbergo Open #24 featuring IM Rishi Sardana uploaded to the Italy page
27 games from the 20260811 Titled Tuesday blitz featuring FM Nicholas Ilic, CM Haran Salasan & WCM Hannah Sayce uploaded to the Server page
For the 1987 Biel #22 MTO on the Switzerland page featuring GM Ian Rogers, uploaded a table of results
60 games plus crosstable from the 2025 Victorian Reserve Championship at Ashwood uploaded to the Victorian Championships & Opens page
20260818
For the 1974 World Championship Junior #13 in Manila on the World Championships page:
Added game score for R5 Sunye Neto-Bartnik
Uploaded a report and crosstables
On the Victorian Championships & Opens page, uploaded:
36 games plus crosstable from the 2025 Victorian Championship at Ashwood
A report and table of results for the 1975 Victorian Open in Melbourne
1 annotated game plus report and crosstable from the 1993 Perth Open uploaded to the Perth WA page
20260817
Uploaded to the World Championships page:
1 annotated game plus crosstable from the 2003 World Youth Championship U18 #17 at Halkidiki featuring Tomek Rej
3 games plus crosstable from the 2003 World Youth Championship U16 Girls #21 at Halkidiki featuring Heather Huddleston
9 games (1 annotated) plus crosstable from the 2003 Arco Open #25 featuring IM Alex Wohl uploaded to the Italy page
20260816
For the 1974 Olympiad #21 at Nice on the Olympiads page:
a. Compiled a complete game set, albeit one that contains many 0-move games
b. Corrected relevant preliminary or final events and associated dates
c. Improved some names
d. Added a new annotated game: PR6.2 Fuller-Browne
e. Added additional annotations to many games including:
PR1.2 Keene-Fuller
PR1.3 Shaw-Penrose
f. Added new annotations and game introductions for:
PR6.1 Byrne-Jamieson
P6.3 Reshevsky-Shaw
g. Uploaded reports and crosstables
20260815
Uploaded to the Victorian Championships & Opens page:
An additional annotated game from the 1975 Victorian Open in Melbourne
2 annotated games from the 1969 Victorian Open #1 in Melbourne
3 games from the 1965 NSW Chess Centre Championship uploaded to the Sydney NSW page
20260814
Uploaded to the Server page:
11 games from the 20260806 3-0 Thursday #3 blitz featuring GM Temur Kuybokarov
17 games from the 20260804 Titled Tuesday featuring CM Haran Salasan & FM Nicholas Ilic
7 games (6 annotated) plus crosstable from the 2026 Gold Coast Open Major at Mermaid Waters uploaded to the Gold Coast QLD page
9 games plus report and crosstable from the 2003 Redcliffe Challenge #13 at Rothwell uploaded to the Redcliffe QLD page
For the 1992 West Australia Championship on the West Australia Championship & Opens page:
Added ACF ratings to all games
Uploaded a report and crosstable
For the 1973 Melbourne Interclub on the Teams Intrastate page, uploaded an additional annotated game Neymanis-Herbert
Changed the tournament location to Brisbane for the 1982 Queensland Junior Championship on the Queensland Championships & Opens page
20260813
9 games plus crosstable from the 2026 MCF GM Invitational in Kuala Lumpur featuring IM James Morris uploaded to the Malaysia page
On the England page, uploaded:
9 games plus crosstable from the 2026 Great Britain Championship #112 in Warwick featuring FM Sam Chow
9 games plus crosstable from the 2026 Great Britain Championship #112 Major in Warwick featuring James Attwood
8 games plus table of results from the 2026 Adolf Anderssen Memorial Open-A in Wroclaw featuring CM Rudra Verma uploaded to the Poland page
5 games from the 2003 OSKA Open B featuring Bas van Riel uploaded to the Netherlands page
62 games (2 annotated) from the 2003 Redcliffe Chess Club Championship at Rothwell uploaded to the Redcliffe QLD page
20260812
2 games (1 annotated) plus table of results from the 1988 Nottingham Open #13 featuring IM Gary Lane & Greg Canfell uploaded to the England page
For the 1982 Queensland Junior Championship in Cairns on the Queensland Championships & Opens page:
Uploaded an additional 8 games (4 annotated) by Jason Sou
Added some round numbers
Revised tournament dates, dates of all games and dates in the report
On the Regional QLD page and for the 1987 Central Queensland Championship at Gladstone and the 1987 Capricornia Open at Rockhampton:
Added tournament and game dates
Uploaded a table of results
20260811
For the 1987 Biel #22 MTO on the Switzerland page, uploaded additional annotations for R9 Dizdarevic-Rogers
10 games (9 annotated) plus report and crosstable from the 2003 Tasmanian Championship in Hobart uploaded to the Tasmanian Championships & Opens page
3 annotated games plus crosstable from the 2003 Robert Isted Memorial in Burnie uploaded to the Regional TAS page
20260809
Australian Chess turns 4 today; commenced 09 August 2022 🎉🎈🎇
6 annotated games plus report and crosstable from the 2026 ANU Open #31 uploaded to the Canberra ACT page
16 games from the 2022 Gold Coast Chess Club Championship at Burleigh Heads uploaded to the Gold Coast QLD page
1 annotated game plus report and crosstable from the 1983 Queensland Women's Championship in Brisbane uploaded to the Queensland Championships & Opens page
20260808
31 games (15 annotated) plus report and table of results from the 1982 Queensland Junior Championship in Cairns uploaded to the Queensland Championships & Opens page
Restored links to all the games' files on the Teams OS page, thanks Henry He 👍
20260807
9 games (5 annotated) plus report and table of results from the 2003 Isle of Man International #12 at Port Erin featuring IM Gary Lane uploaded to the England page
13 games (6 annotated) plus report and table of results from the 2003 Gold Coast Classic at Mudgeeraba uploaded to the Gold Coast QLD page
20260806
Uploaded to the Server page:
10 games from the 20260730 3-0 Thursday #3 featuring GM Temur Kuybokarov
10 games from the 20260728 Titled Tuesday blitz featuring CM Haran Salasan
5 games from the 2003 Fuzesabony Open featuring Laszlo Nemeth uploaded to the Hungary page
On the Serbia page:
Uploaded 9 games from the 2003 Jezero Open #9 in Belgrade featuring Ilya Ilic
Restored games' links to the 2001 European Club Cup Women in Belgrade featuring WGM Julia Ryjanova
6 games (1 annotated) from the 2003 Mingara Chess Club Championship at Tumbi Umbi uploaded to the Regional NSW page
20260805
1 game plus crosstable from the 2026 Czech Open #37-A in Pardubice featuring CM Rudra Verma uploaded to the Czech Republic page
18 games plus crosstable from the 2003 Asia Women's Championship #10 Calicut featuring Jilin Zhang & Vineetha Wijesurya uploaded to the Asia Championship page
For the 1982 World Open #10 in Philadelphia featuring IM Ian Rogers on the United States of America page, revised the table of results to include prizemoney
20260803
9 games plus crosstable from the 2003 Zonal 3.3 in Yongchuan featuring Jilin Zhang uploaded to the Interzonals & Zonals OS page
9 games plus crosstable from the 2003 Netherlands Open Championship in Dieren featuring Mike van Renen uploaded to the Netherlands page
8 games from the 2003 Matra Cup in Gyongyos featuring Laszlo Nemeth uploaded to the Hungary page
For the 1992 Foundation Day Weekender on the Perth WA page:
Removed duplicate games
Added a game fragment Haasse-NN
Added tournament dates, some game dates and additional ratings
Uploaded a report and table of results
20260802
9 games plus crosstable from the 2003 Zonal 3.2a in Ho Chi Minh City featuring WIM Arianne Caoili uploaded to the Interzonals & Zonals OS page
11 games plus crosstable from the 2003 European Championship Women #4 at Istanbul WIM Heather Richards uploaded to the Turkey page
7 games (1 annotated) plus crosstable from the 2003 Metz Open #21 featuring IM Alex Wohl uploaded to the France page
4 games (3 annotated) plus report and crosstables from the 2003 Malcolm Foord Memorial in Dunedin featuring Tony Dowden uploaded to the New Zealand page
20260801
9 games (1 annotated) plus table of results from the 2003 Lido Estensi Open #4 featuring IM Alex Wohl uploaded to the Italy page
11 games plus crosstable from the 2003 Politiken Cup #25 in Copenhagen featuring WIM Heather Richards uploaded to the Denmark page
For the 1996 Queensland Major Championship in Brisbane on the Queensland Championships & Opens page, add dates and round numbers
20260731
Uploaded to the Server page:
11 games from the 20260721 Titled Tuesday blitz featuring CM Ashvin Balavignan
3 games from the 20260723 3-0 Thursday #1 blitz featuring CM Ashvin Balavignan
7 games from the 20260723 3-0 Thursday #3 blitz featuring FM Jack Rodgers
6 games from the 2003 Norway Junior Championship in Oslo featuring WIM Heather Richards uploaded to the Norway page
1 annotated game plus report and table of results from the 1996-97 Far North Queensland InterCity Shield uploaded to the Teams Intrastate page
20260730
On the Asia Championship page, uploaded:
1 game plus crosstable from the 2026 Asia Youth Championship #28 U18 at Shenzhen featuring Iker Hernandez Mendez
2 games plus crosstable from the 2026 Asia Youth Championship #28 U16 at Shenzhen featuring Ethan Chang & Issa Majidi
5 games plus crosstable from the 2026 Asia Youth Championship #28 U14 at Shenzhen featuring Harvey Zhu & Andy Kaiyang Luo
8 games plus crosstable from the 2026 Asia Cadet Championship #28 U12 at Shenzhen featuring FM Reyaansh Chakrabarty, CM Lucas Zhao & Zhu Zane
8 games plus crosstable from the 2026 Asia Cadet Championship #28 U12 Girls at Shenzhen featuring Emma Zhou
1 game plus crosstable from the 2026 Asia Cadet Championship #28 U10 at Shenzhen featuring Matthew Jia
9 games plus crosstable from the 2026 Serbia Open Masters in Belgrade featuring CM Daniel Melamed uploaded to the Serbia page
On the Server page, restored links to the games' files for the 20030315 Dos Hermanas 15-A blitz featuring Shoshiro Karita
For the 2026 ØBRO & CXU International at Copenhagen on the Denmark page, uploaded two additional games:
R1 Bekker-Jørgensen
R5 Bekker-Thorsbro
20260729
7 games plus crosstable from the 2026 ØBRO & CXU International at Copenhagen featuring CM Gary Bekker uploaded to the Denmark page
17 games plus crosstable from the 2026 Sant Marti Open #26 featuring Shaurya Jain & CM Micah Young uploaded to the Spain page
2 games plus table of results from the 2003 Fajr Open #11 in Tehran featuring Bahman Kargosha uploaded to the Iran page
3 games plus crosstable from the 2003 Canberra Chess Club Championship uploaded to the Canberra ACT page
For the 1981 Fun in the Sun #2 at Cairns on the Regional QLD page:
Added 5 games (3 annotated) by Jason Sou
Updated the table of results
20260728
89,000 game milestone reached!!😀
2 games plus table of results from the 2003 Znojmo Open #3 featuring Bruce Harris uploaded to the Czech Republic page
52 games plus table of results from the 2003 Melbourne Chess Club Open at Fitzroy uploaded to the Melbourne VIC page
64 games from the 2003 Geelong Chess Club Championship & Playoff uploaded to the Geelong VIC page
Corrected errors in the crosstable for the 2003 Queensland Championship in Yeronga on the Queensland Championships & Opens page
Revised year of play for the 1941 West Australia Championship in Perth on the West Australia Championships & Opens page
20260727
4 games plus tables of results from the 2003 City of Sydney Junior Championship at Lidcombe uploaded to the Sydney NSW page
For the 2003 Australian Team Championship Clubs at Caloundra QLD on the Teams Interstate page:
Corrected and merged some names
Added ACF ratings to all games
Added board numbers
Uploaded a report and tables of results
20260726
3 annotated games plus report from the 2003 Australian Championship (2002 Title) at Mudgeeraba uploaded to the Australian Championships & Opens page
Uploaded to the Queensland Championships & Opens page:
2 games plus crosstable from the 2003 Queensland Championship in Yeronga
1 annotated game plus crosstable from the 2003 Queensland Women's Championship at Mudgeeraba
1 annotated game plus table of results from the 2003 Queensland Reserve Championship in Brisbane
An additional game Chuang-Olm Milligan from the 2003 Queensland Youth U18 & U16 Championship in Brisbane
An additional game Jule-Barnard from the 2003 Queensland Youth U14 Championship in Brisbane
20260725
On the Germany page:
Uploaded 9 games from the 2003 Munich Open featuring IM Alex Wohl
Restored link to PGN file for the 2003 Leipzig VfB Open #10
Uploaded to the Adelaide SA page:
18 games plus crosstable from the 2026 Checkmate Open
18 games plus crosstable from the 2026 Checkmate Challengers
Started process of resetting font colours for hyperlinks to distinguish between visited and unvisited links (only to later discover that Google does not support changing hyperlinks, ☹️)
20260724
5 games (3 annotated) plus report and table of results from the 1982 Voss Baldwin #1 in Townsville uploaded to the Regional QLD page
20260723
34 games from the 2026 Autumn Classical uploaded to the Adelaide SA page
2 annotated games from the 1982 Singer Cup in Brisbane uploaded to the Teams Intrastate page
16 games (3 annotated) from the 2003 Ford Memorial in Cammeray uploaded to the Sydney NSW page
Relocation and renaming of the 1923 West Australia Championship (Match 1923 Title) in Perth to the West Australia Championships & Opens page and addition of a report
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20220809 Web site inception - an historical record of What's New from 04 August 2024 onwards is available by visiting Australian Chess Games, Reports & Crosstables on ChessChat