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)
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20260202
80,000 game milestone reached!!
4 games from the 1981 Gausdal International Open featuring Craig Laird uploaded to the Norway page
4 annotated games plus report and crosstable from the 2002 Toukley U2000 uploaded to the Regional NSW page
20260201
63 games plus crosstable from the 2026 Australian Junior U18 & U16 Championship in Griffith uploaded to the Australian Championships & Opens Other page
6 games plus crosstable from the 2026 Chess Artists Rujevic 80th Allegro at Caulfield uploaded to the Melbourne VIC page
20260131
7 games plus crosstable from the 2026 Australia Day Weekender (Felix Wyss Memorial) at Fitzroy uploaded to the Melbourne VIC page
4 games (1 annotated) plus crosstable from the 2002 Easter Cup in Belmore uploaded to the Sydney NSW page
For the 2002 Doeberl Cup #40 on the Canberra ACT page:
a. Added extensive additional annotations to:
R4.2 Lane-Smerdon
R5.1 Smerdon-Rogers
R6.1 Johansen-Smerdon
b. Revised the crosstable adding additional information and a report
20260130
Uploaded the game score for R11.2 Shaw-Giam (replacing an empty game) from the 1969 Zonal 10 East Asia in Singapore on the Interzonals & Zonals OS page
2 annotated games plus crosstable from the 2026 Australia Day Weekender uploaded to the Hobart TAS page
Report and table of results from the 1966 Doeberl Cup #4 uploaded to the Canberra ACT page
For the 1966 City of Perth Championship on the Perth WA page, uploaded:
Dates and further tournament details in the games' files
Report and table of results
Uploaded a report and tables of results for the 1970 Maroczy Memorial on the Sydney NSW page
20260129
On the Server page, uploaded:
18 games from the 20260122 3-0 Thursday #3 blitz featuring CM Haran Salasan & WCM Hannah Sayce
8 games from the 20260120 Titled Tuesday blitz featuring CM Kevin Willathgamuwa
4 games plus crosstable from the 2025 Victorian Rapid Championship uploaded to the Victorian Championships & Opens page
2 annotated games from the 1970 Australian Championship #34 Reserves in Sydney on the Australian Championships & Opens Other page
2 annotated games and 1 annotated fragment from the 1970 Maroczy Memorial uploaded to the Sydney NSW page
5 annotated games from the 2025 Tasmanian Team Championship in Hobart uploaded to the Teams Intrastate page
Report and crosstable updated for the 1969-70 Australian Championship #34 in Sydney on the Australian Championships & Opens page
20260128
17 games plus crosstable from the 2026 Bob Wade Masters at Mt Wellington featuring IM James Morris & IM Sravan Renjith uploaded to the New Zealand page
On the Thailand page:
Uploaded 3 games plus crosstable from the 2025 Blue Chevaliers International Open #4 at Phuket featuring Pano Skiotis, James Attwood, Jacob Bumbak, Wallace Sheridan & Ali Farbood
Restored link to the crosstable for the 2025 Bangkok Open #22
Updated crosstable for the 2025-26 Rilton Cup #50 in Stockholm featuring IM Rishi Sardana & WFM Thu Giang Nguyen on the Sweden page
Uploaded a crosstable for the 2002 Hervey Bay Open #6 on the Regional QLD page
For the 2026 Australian Championship in Darlington uploaded to the Australian Championships & Opens page, uploaded the gamescore for R1.4 Tang-Soo
Uploaded 1 additional game R4 Koshnitsky-Koelle from the 1969 Begonia Open #3 on the Ballarat VIC page
20260127
1 game plus table of results from the 1953 Bognor Regis Premier Reserves B featuring Alan Nield uploaded to the England page
For the 1970 Begonia Open #4 on the Ballarat VIC page:
Removed two games
Added ratings to all games
Uploaded a report and tables of results (for the Cup and Reserves as well)
For the 1970 Doeberl Cup #8 on the Canberra ACT page:
a. Corrected some names and dates
b. Added more round numbers
c. Added ratings to all games
d. Added additional annotations to:
R7 Purdy-Shaw
Knezovich-Wiedenhofer
e. Uploaded a report and table of results
20260126
2 games plus crosstable from the 1960 Australian Junior Championship #12 in Sydney uploaded to the Australian Championships & Opens Other page
59 games (2 annotated) plus table of results from the 2002 Doeberl Cup #40 Minor uploaded to the Canberra ACT page
20260125
7 games from the 2002 Norway Youth U18 Championship at Lysaker featuring WFM Heather Richards uploaded to the Norway page
7 games from the 1963 Australia Day Weekender uploaded to the Sydney NSW page
20260124
For the 1977 Australian Championship Junior #27 in Perth on the Australian Championships & Opens Other page:
a. Removed one doubled game and uploaded an additional annotated game and game fragment:
R4 Love-Hjorth
R9 Fardell-Love
b. Substantially updated the report and adjusted and corrected names and ratings in the crosstable
For the 1962 Match Auckland-Sydney by telex featuring IM Cecil Purdy, Phil Viner, Lloyd Fell, John Purdy, Harry Klass, Yaroslav Shewchyk, Karl Madjaric, Frank Crowl, John Kellner, Fred Flatow, Max Fuller, Trevor Hay, Murray Stewart, R Ulrich, Serge Rubanraut & Alan Stewart on the Teams OS page, uploaded:
Additional and revised annotations for all games
A report and table of results
2020123
Uploaded a report to the crosstable for the 1969-70 New Zealand Championship #77 at Auckland featuring IM Cecil Purdy on the New Zealand page
For the 1969-70 Australian Championship #34 in Sydney on the Australian Championships & Opens page, uploaded:
a. New or additional annotations added to:
R1.2 Flatow-Fell
R3.1 Flatow-Cook
R4.3 Shaw-Flatow
R6.5 Shaw-Kerr
R9.1 Flatow-Purdy
R10.5 Hill-Kellner
R11.1 Flatow-Shewchyk
R12.8 Hutchings-Wright
b. A report and crosstable
On the Australian Championships & Opens Other page:
a. Uploaded 1 game plus report and table of results from the 1970 Australian Junior Girls Championship in Adelaide SA
b. For the 1970 Australian Junior Championship #21 in Melbourne, uploaded:
1 additional annotated game Booth-Sauran
Revisions to the report and crosstable
61 games (5 annotated) from the 2002 Doeberl Cup #40 Major uploaded to the Canberra ACT page
8 games (6 annotated) from the 2002 Dubbo Open uploaded to the Regional NSW page
20260122
For the 1969 Great Britain Championship #56 at Rhyl on the Wales page:
Uploaded notes to R10 Parr-Fuller
Updated crosstable
On the Server page, uploaded:
11 games from the 20260113 Titled Tuesday blitz featuring CM Ryan Liaw
11 games from the 20260106 Titled Tuesday blitz featuring CM Daniel Wang
Uploaded a new game fragment Basta-Drane from the 1969 Victorian Championship in Melbourne on the Victorian Championships & Opens page
20260121
173 games (11 annotated) plus crosstable from the 2026 Australian Championship in Darlington uploaded to the Australian Championships & Opens page
147 games (11 annotated) plus crosstable from the 2002 Doeberl Cup #40 uploaded to the Canberra ACT page
1 annotated game plus report and table of results from the 1969 Tasmanian Women's Championship in Launceston uploaded to the Tasmanian Championships & Opens page
20260120
For the 1969 Zonal 10 East Asia in Singapore featuring Walter Browne & Terrey Shaw, uploaded report and crosstable
7 games from the 2002 Matra Cup in Gyongyos featuring Laszlo Nemeth uploaded to the Hungary page
16 games plus crosstable from the 2025 Melbourne Chess Club Classic Round Robin at Fitzroy uploaded to the Melbourne VIC page
20260119
35 games plus crosstable from the 2025 Spring IM at Burwood uploaded to the International AUS page
7 games from the 1962 Australia Day Weekender uploaded to the Sydney NSW page
Uploaded report and table of results for the 1969 Newcastle & District Championship on the Newcastle NSW page
On the Victorian Championships & Opens page:
a. For the 1969 Victorian Open #1 in Melbourne, uploaded:
1 annotated game
Report and table of results
b. Restored links to the:
Games files for the games files for the 1967 Victorian Championship Playoff in Melbourne
2CBV file for the 1966 Victorian Championship in Melbourne
20260118
27 games (2 annotated) plus crosstable from the 2025 Hjorth Memorial Open at Fitzroy uploaded to the Melbourne VIC page
Uploaded a small table of results for the 1969 Peninsula Open on the Redcliffe QLD page
Restored links to the games files for the 1969 Blackheath Cup on the Regional NSW page
For the 1969 Begonia Open #3 on the Ballarat VIC page:
Added some ratings to the Open event
Revised the name of the Reserve event
Updated the report and table of results
Uploaded table of results for the 1969 Perth Chess Club Championship on the Perth WA page
Removal of Invitationals AUS page and distribution of games files, reports and crosstables to their respective locational folders i.e. Adelaide SA; Melbourne VIC; Perth WA & Sydney NSW and update of Site Map and Australia page accordingly
Restored link to the PGN file for the 1979 National Junior Invitational on the Adelaide SA page
20260117
19 games from the 20260108 3-0 Thursday #3 featuring WCM Hannah Sayce & CM Kyle Leaver uploaded to the Server page
On the Teams Interstate page, uploaded:
20 games from the 2025 Australian Teams Schools Championship Secondary Girls at Glen Waverley
28 games from the 2025 Australian Teams Schools Championship Secondary Open at Glen Waverley
Uploaded to the Melbourne VIC page:
15 games from the 2025 Spring Showdown
13 games plus crosstable from the Hobsons Bay Chess Club Championship at Altona
1 annotated game plus report and crosstable from the 2025 Queensland Senior Championship at Rothwell uploaded to the Queensland Championships & Opens page
20260116
22 games plus crosstable from the 2025 SACA December Classical uploaded to the Adelaide SA page
6 games plus crosstable from the 2025 Bob Brooking RR#1 at Fitzroy uploaded to the Melbourne VIC page
35 games plus crosstable from the 2025 Xmas Special at Rothwell uploaded to the uploaded to the Redcliffe QLD page
For the 1961-62 New South Wales Championship in Sydney on the New South Wales Championships & Opens page, uploaded:
10 games by Roger Cook
An update to the report and crosstables
20260115
10 games plus crosstable from the 2026 Young Talents GM #7 in Upplands Vasby featuring IM Rishi Sardana uploaded to the Sweden page
For the 2025-26 4NCL Division 1 on the England page, uploaded 4 additional games played in Coventry:
R3.2 Fava-Tan
R3.19 Chow-Khoury
R4.4Tan-Grieve
R4.9 Williams-Chow
4 games plus table of results from the 2025 Chess Artists Summer Open in Caulfield uploaded to the Melbourne VIC page
20260114
17 games plus crosstable from the 2026 New Zealand Championship #133 at Invercargill featuring CM Haran Salasan & CM Tony Dowden uploaded to the New Zealand page
For the 2025-26 Germany Team Championship [Bundesliga] on the Germany page, uploaded 2 games from the Bremen round featuring GM Bobby Cheng
1 annotated game from the 1969 Perth Chess Club Championship uploaded to the Perth WA page
1 annotated game from the 1969 Blackheath Cup uploaded to the Regional NSW page
20260113
7 games from the 2002 Anibal Open #9 in Linares featuring IM Aleks Wohl uploaded to the Spain page
Uploaded to the Ballarat VIC page:
42 games plus crosstable from the 2002 Begonia Open #36
2 games plus report and table of results from the 1969 Begonia Open #3 Div 1
On the Canberra ACT page and for the:
a. 1967 Doeberl Cup #5, uploaded new annotated game Viner-Hamilton
b. 1969 Doeberl Cup #7:
Added dates to more games
Uploaded a report and table of results
c. 1972 Doeberl Cup #10 & Reserves, uploaded tables of results
20260111
7 games plus report and crosstable from the 2002 Tin Cup U1750 at Mudgeeraba uploaded to the Gold Coast QLD page
1 annotated game from the 1967 City of Fremantle Championship uploaded to the Regional WA page
Updated report and table of results for the 1967 Goolwa Cup on the Regional SA page
Uploaded report and table of results for the 1966 Cardoso Invitational in Sydney uploaded to the Invitationals AUS page
20260110
2 annotated games from the 1966 Cardoso Invitational in Sydney uploaded to the Invitationals AUS page
For the 1966 Zonal Qualifier on the Sydney NSW page:
a. Altered the name of the event
b. Uploaded 8 additional games (1 annotated):
R1 Flatow-Cook
R2 Cook-McCarthy
R3 Fuller-Cook
R4 Cook-Geus
R5 Kellner-Cook
R6 Brent-Cook
R9 Cook-Johnson
Johnson-Viner
Viner-Flatow
Geus-Flatow
3 annotated games from the 1967 West Australia Youth U16 Championship in Perth uploaded to the West Australia Championships & Opens page
20260109
79,000 game milestone reached!!
Sri Lanka page created and:
For the 1978 Zonal 10 SouthEast Asia in Ito on the Interzonals & Zonals OS page:
a. Compiled all games to a single file
b. Added the balance games by Max Fuller, Terrey Shaw & Craig Laird
c. Corrected and improved player names
d. Corrected some dates
e. Added board numbers, where known
f. Uploaded new or additional annotations for:
R1.1 Rogers-Shaw
R4.4 Rogers-Chen
45 games plus crosstable from the 2002 South Australia Candidates Championship uploaded to the South Australia Championships & Opens page
20260108
6 games plus crosstable from the 2025-26 Rilton Cup #50 in Stockholm featuring IM Rishi Sardana uploaded to the Sweden page
For the 2025 World Open Blitz in Doha on the Qatar page, uploaded an additional 4 games featuring IM James Morris
On the Server page, uploaded:
19 games from the 20260101 3-0 Thursday #3 blitz featuring CM Kyle Leaver & WCM Hannah Sayce
11 games from the 20251230 Titled Tuesday blitz featuring CM Daniel Wang
20260107
For the 2025 Hong Kong International Open on the China page featuring Samuel Asaka, GM Zong Yuan Zhao, Harvey Zhu, FM Yifei Hu, John Papantoniou, Yuan Huang, CM Brendan Anderson, Matthew Jia, Harry Ruan, CM Lucas Ni, Ian Stalker & Dean Chen, uploaded an additional 23 games
12 games plus crosstable from the 2002 North Sydney Chess Club Championship uploaded to the Sydney NSW page
For the 1966-67 Australian Junior Championship in Sydney on the Australian Championships & Opens Other page, uploaded an additional annotated game R4 Pope-Craske
1 annotated game from the 1966 Perth League uploaded to the Teams Intrastate page
For the 1967 Metropolitan Chess Club Championship on the Perth WA:
Uploaded additional game Lubtschenko-McLean
Added ratings to all games
For the 1968 Queensland Championship in Brisbane on the Queensland Championships & Opens page:
Corrected games in the PGN file
Updated the table of results with more given names
20260106
For the 1976 Begonia Open #10 on the Ballarat VIC page, updated report and table of results to include all 106 players
On the Sydney NSW page and:
a. Uploaded 1 game plus table of results for the 2002 City of Sydney Championship
b. For the 1966 Ford Memorial Playoff at Chatswood:
Added dates and tournament details
Added balance moves in R4 Kepper-Gastineau-Hills
Uploaded a short report
For the 1966 Doeberl Cup #4 on the Canberra ACT page:
a. Improved some player names
b. Uploaded additional annotations to:
Krstic-Hamilton
Bertram-Bunes
c. Uploaded a report
20260105
Uploaded to the Regional WA page:
73 games (35 annotated) plus report and crosstable from the 2025 South West Open in Margaret River
5 annotated games from the 1966 City of Fremantle Championship
1 annotated game from the 1966 Brisbane Chess Club Championship uploaded to the Brisbane QLD page
On the Sydney NSW page:
Uploaded two annotated games from the 1966 Ford Memorial Playoff at Chatswood
Restored games' links to the 1966 Pre-Zonal Selection event
20260104
For the 1968 Olympiad #12 at Teeside England featuring Doug Hamilton, Max Fuller, Gary Koshnitsky, Fred Flatow, Phil Viner & Terrey Shaw on the Olympiads page:
a. Compiled the preliminary and final games to a single file
b. Added annotations to:
R3.4 de Lange-Shaw
R7.1 Hamilton-Bakali
R9.2 Siaperas-Flatow
b. Added the games of Glen Gibbs (playing for Hong Kong)
c. Uploaded crosstables
24 games plus crosstable from the 2002 South Australia Championship uploaded to the South Australia Championship & Opens page
Uploaded a table of results for the 1968 Queensland Championship in Brisbane on the Queensland Championships & Opens page
For the 1966 West Australia Championship on the West Australia Championships & Opens page, uploaded:
a. Two additional games:
Leonhardt-Jones
Doney-Leonhardt
b. Crosstable
20260103
7 games plus crosstable from the 2002 Jersey Open at St Helier featuring WFM Heather Richards uploaded to the England page
For the 1973 World Championship Junior #12 in Teeside featuring Greg Melrose on the World Championships page:
Consolidated the preliminary and final events to single file
Uploaded crosstables
On the Sydney NSW page, uploaded:
7 games by Roger Cook from the 1968 Australia Day Weekender
An additional 4 games by Roger Cook from the 1968 Karl Stegmaier Cup
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