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)
20260910
21 annotated games plus report and crosstable from the 2026 Great Barrier Reef Open at Smithfield uploaded to the Regional QLD page
20260909
Uploaded to the Server page:
10 games from the 20260903 3-0 Thursday #3 blitz featuring CM Ross Lam
21 games from the 20260901 Titled Tuesday blitz featuring CM Haran Salasan & CM Daniel Wang
For the 2003-04 Australian Reserve Championship in Adelaide on the Australian Championships & Opens Other page, uploaded:
a. New annotations to:
R11.20 Ly-Short
R11.3 Hare-Flitney
b. A crosstable
20260908
For the 2003 Victorian Championship in Melbourne on the Victorian Championship & Opens page, uploaded:
a. Additional annotated games:
Smerdon-Rujevic
Froelich-Depasquale
b. New annotations for Smerdon-Hamilton
c. Additional annotations for R6 Johansen-Depasquale
d. A report and crosstable
20260907
5 games from the 1965 Monster tournament uploaded to the Sydney NSW page
For the 1986 Begonia Open #20 on the Ballarat VIC page, uploaded:
a. Two additional annotated games:
R3.1 Depasquale-Johansen
R4.3 Johansen-Hacche
b. A report and table of results
20260905
On the England page:
Uploaded one annotated game from the 1955 Paignton #5 Premier featuring John Purdy
Restored links to the games' files for the 1992 Paignton #41 Premier featuring Tim Reilly
Made various minor adustments to the annotations, names and ratings for the 2003 Paignton #53 Premier in Devon featuring IM Gary Lane & Chris Edwards
20260903
17 games (1 annotated) plus crosstable from the 2003 Vikings Weekender at Tuggeranong uploaded to the Canberra ACT page
6 annotated games plus report and crosstable from the 2003 New South Wales Country Teams Championship at Gosford NSW uploaded to the Teams Intrastate page
20260902
5 games plus crosstable from the 2026 Sants Open #27 at Barcelona featuring IM Rishi Sardana uploaded to the Spain page
20 games from the 20260827 3-0 Thursday #3 blitz featuring CM Khushal Lingineni & WCM Hannah Sayce uploaded to the Server page
17 games (1 annotated) plus report and table of results from the 1974 Victorian Championship in Melbourne uploaded to the Victorian Championship & Opens page
20260831
Fiji page created and:
11 games plus crosstable from the 2003 First Saturday IM-12 in Budapest featuring Jonathan Humphrey uploaded to the Hungary page
3 annotated games plus report and table of results from the 2003 Paignton #53 Premier in Devon featuring IM Gary Lane & Chris Edwards uploaded to the England page
For the 1987 Mackay Open on the Regional QLD page, uploaded 5 games (2 annotated) by Jason Sou
20260830
30 games plus crosstable from the 2003-04 Australian Championship Senior in Adelaide uploaded to the Australian Championships & Opens Other page
20 games (1 annotated) plus crosstable from the 2003 Fairfield Summer Cup #3 uploaded to the Sydney NSW page
20260829
11 games plus crosstable from the 2003 World Senior Championship #13 at Bad Zwischenahn featuring Phillip Viner uploaded to the World Championships page
9 games (2 annotated) plus crosstable from the 2003 Cultural Village IM at Wijk aan Zee featuring IM Alex Wohl uploaded to the Netherlands page
17 games (6 annotated) from the 2003 Victorian Championship in Melbourne uploaded to the Victorian Championship & Opens page
20260828
On the World Championships page:
a. Uploaded 14 games (1 annotated) plus crosstable from the 2003 World Cadet Championship U12 #18 at Halkidiki featuring Jingqu Jia, Justin Huang & Junta Ikeda
b. For the 1993 World Youth Championship U16 #13 in Bratislava featuring Danny Dwyer:
Added a 0-move game for Round 2
Added game introductions to a number of games
Improved player names
Added a report, titles and ratings to the crosstable
4 games from the 2003 Spanish Team Championship #47 Final in Sanxenxo featuring IM Javier Gil Capape uploaded to the Spain page
1 annotated game plus report and crosstable from the 1974 New South Wales Championship in Sydney uploaded to the New South Wales Championships & Opens page
1 annotated game plus report and table from the 1974 Match Melbourne Chess Club-Waverley Chess Club in Melbourne uploaded to the Teams Intrastate page
20260827
90,000 game milestone reached!!😀
Uploaded to the World Championships page:
9 games (1 annotated) plus crosstable from the 2003 World Cadet Championship U12 Girls #18 at Halkidiki featuring Adelaide Soltysik, Angela Song & Tamzin Oliver
11 games (2 annotated) plus crosstable from the 2003 World Cadet Championship U10 #18 at Halkidiki featuring Raymond Song
3 annotated games plus report and table of results from the 2003 Launceston Weekender uploaded to the Regional TAS page
The Norths page transitioned to the North Sydney NSW page and:
Relocated associated tournaments
Updated the Weekenders, Clubs & Others page
Included North Sydney on the Site Map
Uploaded 12 games from the 2003 NSWCA November Weekender
For the 1974 City of Melbourne Championship on the Melbourne VIC page, uploaded a report and table of results
20260826
11 games from the 20260818 Titled Tuesday blitz featuring CM Haran Salasan uploaded to the Server page
5 games plus crosstable from the 2003 Ryde-Eastwood Open in West Ryde uploaded to the Sydney NSW page
On the Victorian Championship & Opens page, uploaded:
3 games plus report and crosstable from the 1983 Victorian Championship in Melbourne
A table of results for the 1983 Victorian Reserve Championship in Melbourne
For the 1983 Victorian Interclub in Melbourne VIC on the Teams Intrastate page:
a. Added more ratings
b. Uploaded additional games:
Duke-Hacche
Revelins-Andersen
Ho-Helander
Gerritson-Peterson
Diviny-Wigglesworth
20260825
1 annotated game plus report and table of results from the 1974 South Australia Reserve Championship in Adelaide uploaded to the South Australian Championships & Opens page
On the Regional VIC page:
Uploaded 4 games (3 annotated) from the 2003 Victorian Country Championship #48 at Bendigo
Uploaded 1 game from the 1995 Victorian Country Championships #40 at Maryborough
Uploaded 1 game plus report and table of results from the 1993 Victorian Country Championships #38 at Maryborough
Relocated the 2022 and 2023 Victorian Country Championships at Geelong
20260824
4 games plus crosstable from the 2003 World Youth Championship U14 #19 at Halkidiki featuring Michael Wei, Dusan Stojic & James Cronan uploaded to the World Championships page
4 games (3 annotated) plus crosstable from the 2003 New South Wales Championship at West Ryde uploaded to the New South Wales Championships & Opens page
11 games (3 annotated) from the 2003 Hobsons Bay Chess Club Championship at Williamstown uploaded to the Melbourne VIC page
For the 2003 City of Sydney Championship & Playoff at West Ryde on the Sydney NSW page:
Uploaded additional annotations to R2 Yu-Canfell (playoff)
Added a short report to the crosstables
On the West Australia Championship & Opens page, uploaded:
A report and crosstable for the 1993 West Australia Championship in Perth
1 game and report for the 1993 West Australia Junior Championship in Perth
20260823
1 game plus crosstable from the 2003 World Youth Championship U14 Girls #19 at Halkidiki featuring Michelle Lee uploaded to the World Championships page
20 games plus table of results from the 2026 Purdy Cup Open at Altona uploaded to the Melbourne VIC page
1 game plus report and table of results from the 1988 Central Queensland Championship at Rockhampton uploaded to the the Regional QLD page
38 games from the 2003 Wollongong Chess Club Championship uploaded to the Regional NSW page
1 annotated game plus crosstable from the 1974 West Australia Championship in Perth uploaded to the West Australia Championship & Opens page
For the 1974 Victorian Interclub on the Teams Intrastate page, uploaded 1 additonal annotated game fragment Drane-Jamieson
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 table of results from the 1987 Mackay Open uploaded to 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
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