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)

20260314

18 games (1 annotated) from the 2002 Patras International Open #4 featuring IM Alexej Khamatgaleev & WGM Julia Ryjanova uploaded to the Greece page
For the 1986 Matalascanas Open #3 on the Spain page:
- Added annotations to Fernandez Garcia-Gil Capape
- Updated the report and table of results, revising some names and adding titles
6 games from the 1965 Australia Day Weekender uploaded to the Sydney NSW page

20260313

8 games from the 2002 Matra Open #25 at Gyongyos featuring Laszlo Nemeth uploaded to the Hungary page
9 games from the 2002 Summers IM in Aarhus featuring WIM Heather Richards uploaded to the Denmark page
197 games (2 annotated) from the 2002 Australian Capital Territory Championship in Canberra uploaded to the Australian Capital Territory Championships & Opens page
For the 1972 Waverley Open on the Waverley VIC page, uploaded a report and table of results

20260312

Uploaded to the Server page:
- 22 games from the 20260305 3-0 Thursday #1 blitz featuring CM Khushal Lingineni & CM Hannah Sayce
- 10 games from the 20260305 3-0 Thursday #2 blitz featuring FM Jack Rodgers
- 11 games from the 20260303 Titled Tuesday blitz featuring CM Khushal Lingineni

20260311

3 games plus crosstable from the 2025 Prague International - D Open featuring FM Reyaansh Chakrabarty, FM Chris Wallis, Kelvin Finke & CM Anthony Fikh uploaded to the Czech Republic page
For the 1998 World Championship Junior Girls #16 in Calicut on the World Championships page, uploaded annotations to R10 Demirdag-Szuveges
70 games (2 annotated) plus crosstable from the 2026 Begonia Open #60 uploaded to the Ballarat VIC page

20260310

11 games plus crosstable from the 2002 Copenhagen Open #24 (Politiken Cup #24) featuring WIM Heather Richards uploaded to the Denmark page
For the 1972 Olympiad #20 in Skopje on the Olympiads page:

a. Made various name improvements or corrections

b. Uploaded annotations to:

- - R3.2 Al Hamani-Hay
  - R6.3 Hamilton-Berrios Pagan
  - R7.2 Alvarez-Fuller

c. Uploaded crosstables

For the 1964-65 Australian Championship in Hobart on the Australian Championships & Opens page, uploaded game scores (replacing empty games) for the following:
- R4.7 Cook-Viner (and correcting colours)
- R6.14 Weber-Cook

20260308

9 games plus table of results from the 2002 Cseppko Open #11-A in Aggtelek featuring Laszlo Nemeth uploaded to the Hungary page
1 game plus table of results from the 1997 World Amateur Championship at Hastings featuring Heather Richards uploaded to the England page
4 games from the 1976 Scotland Championship #83 at Dundee featuring Michael Partis uploaded to the Scotland page
For the 1972 Waverley Open on the Waverley VIC page, uploaded an additional game Wright-Hartung
For the 1984 Commonwealth Championship #2 in Hong Kong on the Commonwealth Championships page:

a. Corrected or improved some names

b. Corrected some dates dates

c. Uploaded an additional annotated game R10 Thipsay-Solomon

d. Uploaded game introductions or additional notes to:

- - R8 Garbett-Johansen
  - R11 Chandler-Rogers

e. Uploaded a crosstable

20260307

11 games (1 annotated) plus table of results from the 2002 Aegean Open #25 at Ikaros featuring WGM Julia Ryjanova & IM Alexej Khamatgaleev uploaded to the Greece page
For the 1972 Olympiad Women #5 at Skopje on the Olympiads page:
- Merged Preliminary 1 and Final B games to a single file
- Added additional annotations to R1.1 Kellner-Gaprindashvili
- Uploaded crosstables
For the 1972 City of Melbourne Championship on the Melbourne VIC page, uploaded additional annotated game Drane-Davis

20260305

8 games plus table of results from the 2026 Cappelle la Grande Open #42 featuring GM Bobby Cheng uploaded to the France page
For the 1972 Melbourne Interclub on the Teams Intrastate page and for the winter series, uploaded:

An additional game Bergmanis-Savage
A table of results

20260303

4 annotated games plus report and tables of results from the 1984 Asian Cities Team Championship in Penang featuring Greg Hjorth, Terrey Shaw, Max Fuller, Roy Travers, John Purdy, Craig Laird, Pat Halpin, Alex Wohl, David Colhoun, Alan Goldsmith, Philip Brown, Malachi O'Donoghue, Gordon Comben, Ian Parsonage & Maurice Needleman uploaded to the Asian Championships page

20260302

17 games plus crosstable from the 2026 Honourable Bob Open at Altona uploaded to the Melbourne VIC page

20260228

For the 2002 Great Britain Championship #89 in Torquay featuring IM Gary Lane, IM Aleks Wohl & WIM Heather Richards on the England page:
- Tidied various annotations
- Replaced crosstable with current version
202 games (10 annotated) plus report and crosstable from the 2002 University Open uploaded to the Adelaide SA page

20260227

1 game plus table of results from the 1949-50 Hastings #25 Premier Reserves D in East Sussex and featuring Alan Nield uploaded to the England page
2 games from the 2002 10-Board Blindfold Simultaneous Rogers on the Gold Coast uploaded to the Simuls AUS page
13 games plus report and tables of results from the 2002 Gold Coast Open at Robina uploaded to the Gold Coast QLD page
6 games from the 1964 Australia Day Weekender uploaded to the Sydney NSW page

20260226

For the 1972 Victorian Open in Melbourne on the Victorian Championships & Opens page:
- Added and corrected some dates to games' files and tournament details
- Added rounds and ratings to all games
- Uploaded a report and table of results

20260225

2 games plus crosstable from the 2026 Noteboom Open #85 in Leiden featuring FM Yi Liu uploaded to the Netherlands page
On the England page:

a. Uploaded 9 games plus crosstable from the 2026 Isle of Wight Masters in Ryde featuring FM Reyaansh Chakrabarty

b. For the 1988 Great Britain Championship #75 at Blackpool, uploaded annotations to:

- - R4.5 Lane-Anand
  - R5.9 Pritchett-Rogers
  - R10.7 Plaskett-Rogers

20260224

8 games plus table of results from the 2002 Najuac Open #5 at Naujac sur Mer featuring IM Aleks Wohl uploaded to the France page
22 games from the 2002 Modbury Chess Club Championship uploaded to the Adelaide SA page
For the 2002 Noosa Open #10 Sunshine Beach on the Noosa QLD page, uploaded:
- Additional game R2 Potts-Rogers
- A table of results

20260223

6 games from the 2002 Asian Championship Junior #25 at Marawila featuring IM David Smerdon uploaded to the Asia Championships page
7 games (1 annotated) plus table of results from the 2002 Lido Estensi Open #3 featuring IM Aleks Wohl uploaded to the Italy page
42 games plus crosstable from the 2026 Australia Day Weekender uploaded to the Adelaide SA page

20260222

9 games plus crosstable from the 2002 Black Sea Championship Women at Batumi featuring WIM Anastasia Sorokina uploaded to the Georgia page
For the 1974 Asia Teams Championship #1 at Penang featuring Max Fuller, Mike Woodhams, Arthur Pope & Bill Jordan:

a. Added annotations or game introductions to:

- - R1.3 Sinulingga-Flude
  - R5.3 Flude-Chan
  - R6.1 Fuller-Goffin
  - R6.2 Flude-Woodhams (and corrected result)
  - R6.3 Pope-Chandler

b. Uploaded a report and crosstable

20260221

For the 1983 Commonwealth Championship #1 in Melbourne featuring IM Ian Rogers, Greg Hjorth, IM Darryl Johansen, Stephen Solomon, Guy West, Terrey Shaw, FM Max Fuller, Bill Jordan & Chris Depasquale on the Commonwealth Championships page, uploaded:
- Additional annotations to R4.4 Hjorth-Solomon
- A report and crosstable
For the 1983 Asian Championship Cities #4 in Hong Kong on the Asia Championships page:

a. Revised some player names

b. Added ratings and team names

c. Uploaded new annotated games:

R1 Rogers-Khun
R3 Rogers-de Guzman
R5 Solomon-Fauzi
R7 Li-Solomon
O’Donoghue-Kwan

d. Added annotations to:

R5 Travers- Marbra
R6 Johansen-Zhang

e. Added additional annotations to R4 Suradiradja- Johanesen

f. Uploaded a report and table of results

20260219

Uploaded to the Server page:
- 23 games from the 20260210 Titled Tuesday blitz featuring WCM Hannah Sayce, IM Sravan Renjith & FM Yihe Fu
- 22 games from the 20260212 3-0 Thursday #2 blitz featuring CM Haran Salasan & WCM Hannah Sayce
On the Teams Intrastate page:
- Uploaded 9 games (1 annotated) from the 2002 Sydney Interclub
- Rationalised the 2001 Adelaide Interclub games, separating files and removing duplicate games

20260218

4 games plus crosstable from the 2026 Blackpool Open #49 featuring Stephen Pickles uploaded to the England page
For the 1983 Asian Masters in Hong Kong on the China page:

a. Added dates and ratings to all games

b. Added annotations to:

- - R2 Rogers-Parameswaran
  - R8 Rogers-Liew

c. Uploaded reports and a crosstable

20260217

7 games (6 annotated) plus table of results from the 2002 Laurieton May Open uploaded to the Regional NSW page
9 annotated games plus report and table of results from the 2002 Melbourne Chess Club Championship uploaded to the Melbourne VIC page

20260216

Revised guidelines for downloading all games on Countries pages and Australian pages, correcting various links along the way
For the 1972 Victorian Junior Championship on the Victorian Championships & Opens page:
- Updated the tournament details
- Expanded dates and some names
- Add ratings where they existed
- Uploaded a report and table of results

20260215

For the 2002 Peninsula Open on the Redcliffe QLD page:
- Added annotations to R3 Abylkassov-Solomon
- Added tournament and game dates
- Added ratings to all games
- Uploaded a report and crosstable
On the Sydney NSW page:

a. For the 1972 Queen's Birthday Open,:

- - Uploaded 1 additional annotated game Fuller-Roubis
  - Added tournament dates and ratings to games wherever possible
  - Uploaded a report and table of results

b. Uploaded 1 annotated game plus report and table of results from the 1972 New South Wales Country Championship in Ultimo

c. Revised the table of results for the 1972 City of Sydney Reserves Championship, with adjusted final scores

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