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)
20251019
7 annotated games plus report from the 2001 Iceland Rapid in Reykjavik featuring IM Zong Yuan Zhao uploaded to the Iceland page
On the Queensland Championships & Opens page:
Uploaded 1 game plus eport and tables of results from the 1975 Queensland Championship #63 in Brisbane
Updated the report on the 1976 Queensland Championship #64 in Brisbane and recorded a full table of results for the Championship and the Reserves
Updated the report on the 1977 Queensland Championship #65 in Brisbane
20251018
7 games plus crosstable from the 2001 World Championship Youth U16 Girls #19 in Oropesa del Mar featuring Shannon Oliver uploaded to the World Championships page
On the Australian Championships & Opens Other page and:
a. For the 1988 Australian Junior Girls Championship:
Corrected location to Adelaide
Uploaded additional game R8.1 Jones-Gordon
Added or corrected ratings for all games
Uploaded a report and crosstable
b. Uploaded 1 annotated game plus report and crosstable from the 1969 Australian Junior Girls Championship in Sydney
20251016
For the 1968-69 Hastings #44 Premier on the England page:
Uploaded additional annotations to R5 Smyslov-Fuller
Added ratings to all games
Updated crosstable
1 game plus report and crosstable from the 1969 Australian Women's Championship in Adelaide uploaded to the Australian Championships & Opens page
For the 1969 Australian Junior Championship in Brisbane on the Australian Championships & Opens Other page, uploaded two additional games:
R5 Harris-Watson
R7 Cassettari-Harris
20251015
18 games plus crosstable from the 2025 Fagernes International Autumn Open GM featuring CM Aidan Odenthal & CM Anthony Fikh uploaded to the Norway page
22 games from the 20251007 Titled Tuesday blitz featuring GM David Smerdon & CM Haran Salasan uploaded to the Server page
8 games from the 2001 Arco Open #23 featuring IM Aleks Wohl uploaded to the Italy page
For the 1976 Victorian Junior Open in Melbourne on the Victorian Championships & Opens page, updated various names in the table of results - thanks Darryl
20251014
10 games (6 annotated) from the 2001 Asia-Europe #1 Rapid Match in Batumi featuring GM Ian Rogers uploaded to the Georgia page
1 game plus crosstable from the 2001 World Cadet Championship U12 #16 at Oropesa del Mar featuring Dusan Stojic uploaded to the World Championships page
69 games from the 2001 Adelaide Interclub Spring B [SA Pennants] uploaded to the Teams Intrastate page
20251013
90 games plus crosstable from the 2025 Darling Downs Open uploaded to the Toowoomba QLD page
35 games (1 annotated) plus crosstable from the 2025 Perth International Open in Manning uploaded to the International AUS page
20251012
10 games plus crosstable from the 2001 World Championship Youth U12 Girls #16 in Oropesa del Mar featuring Heather Huddleston uploaded to the World Championship page
For the 1976 Victorian Junior Open in Melbourne on the Victorian Championships & Opens page:
Added ratings to all games
Corrected winner
Uploaded a report and table of results
20251011
Further updates to the report and crosstable for the 1977 Hoogovens #39-B Reserve at Wijk aan Zee featuring Ian Rogers on the Netherlands page
For the 1977 Australian Junior Championship in Perth on the Australian Championships & Opens Other page:
Improved player names
Added ratings to all games
Uploaded a report and table of results
For the 1999 Phoenix Interclub in Brisbane on the Teams Intrastate page, uploaded two additional games:
Muller-Vink
Edwards-Ager
20251010
On the World Championships page:
Uploaded 2 games plus crosstable from the 2001 World Cadet Championship U10 #16 in Oropesa del Mar featuring Khoi Hoang
Updated the report on the 1976-77 World Junior Championship & #15 and European Championship #6 in Groningen featuring Ian Rogers
For the 1977 Hoogovens #39-B Reserve at Wijk aan Zee featuring Ian Rogers on the Netherlands page:
Retitled the event for consistency with others
Added dates to all games
Added ratings to games where possible
Uploaded a crosstable
20251008
5 games plus crosstable from the 2025 World Cadet Championship U12 Girls #38 in Almaty featuring Emma Zhou uploaded to the World Championships page
22 games from the 20250930 Titled Tuesday blitz featuring GM David Smerdon & CM Haran Salasan uploaded to the Server page
20251007
For the 1976-77 World Junior Championship & #15 and European Championship #6 in Groningen and featuring Ian Rogers on the World Championships page:
Altered the title of the event to include the European reference
Updated the crosstable and added a report
20251006
For the 1977 Hoogovens #39-B at Wijk aan Zee featuring IM Robert Jamieson on the Netherlands page:
a. Added new or additional annotations to:
R3 Jamieson-Kupriechik
R4 Szmetan-Jamieson
R10 Bellon Lopez-Jamieson
b. Added tournament dates and dates to all games
c. Uploaded a report (derived from yours in CIA) and a crosstable.
For the 1977 Queensland Championship #65 in Brisbane on the Queensland Championships & Opens page:
Added 7 additional games by Bruce Littleboy
Added tournament dates and other tournament details
Amended report to include tournament details
20251005
10 games (1 annotated) plus report crosstable from the 2001 World Championship Youth U16 #21 at Oropesa del Mar featuring IM Zong Yuan Zhao & Svetozar Stojic uploaded to the World Championship page
On the Australian Championships & Opens Other page and for the:
a. 1982 Australian Junior Championship in Sydney corrected tournament dates and place
b. 1970 Australian Junior Championship in Melbourne:
Uploaded additional games: R7 Goldsmith-Harris & R8 Harris-Mott
Added ratings to all games
Adjusted some game dates
Added extra results and ratings to the crosstable
20251004
3 games plus report crosstable from the 2001 World Championship Youth U18 #15 at Oropesa del Mar featuring Justin Tan uploaded to the World Championship page
4 games (1 annotated) plus report table of results from the 1977 Queensland Championship #65 in Brisbane uploaded to the Queensland Championships & Opens page
1 annotated game plus report table of results from the 1997 Victorian Junior Championship in Melbourne uploaded to the Victorian Championships & Opens page
Renamed the 1982 Brisbane Chess Club Championship on the Brisbane QLD page and:
Adjusted players to Holliday-Lovejoy
Added ratings
Uploaded a report and table of results
20251003
21 games plus crosstable from the 2001 World Championship Youth U18 Girls #15 at Oropesa del Mar featuring WFM Arianne Caoili & WFM Heather Richards uploaded to the World Championship page
76 games from the 2001 Adelaide Interclub Spring A [SA Pennants] uploaded to the Teams Intrastate page
For the 1977 Darling Downs Open on the Toowoomba QLD page, expanded the existing report with additional information
20251002
1 game plus crosstable from the 2001 World Senior Championship #11 at Arco featuring Phillip Viner uploaded to the World Championship page
3 annotated games from the 2001 New Zealand South Island Championship at Dunedin featuring CM Tony Dowden uploaded to the New Zealand page
20251001
17 games from the 20250923 Titled Tuesday blitz featuring CM Haran Salasan FM Luis Chan & CM Austin Chen uploaded to the Server page
Relocation of all Australian Women's Championship events to the Australian Championships & Opens page
For the 1981-82 Australian Women's Championship on the Australian Championships & Opens page, updated the crosstable and added a report
20250930
For the 1981-82 Australian Championship in Melbourne on the Australian Championships & Opens page, added new or additional annotations to:
R1.2 Rogers-Halpin
R4.1 Jamieson-Hamilton
R4.7 West-Booth
R8.1 Hamilton-Flatow
R9.4 Hamilton-Brown
R10.4 West-Hamilton
R11.12 Solomon-Pickles
R13.11 Harrison-Purdy
For the 1981-82 Australian Reserves Championship on the Australian Championships & Opens Other page, uploaded:
Another annotated game Norris-Skiotis
A table of results
For the 1982 Begonia Open #16 on the Ballarat VIC page, updated the report with:
Corrected prizemoney
Round dates
Power loss anecdote
20250929
24 games (5 annotated) from the 2025 Harris Edwardes Team Trophy Minor in Leeming uploaded to the Teams Intrastate page
4 annotated games plus report and table of results from the 1982 Australian Junior Championship uploaded to the Australian Championships Other page
Removed further 'Top' extension references from various pages that link to the Australian Championships & Opens page
20250928
7 games from the 2002 San Miguel Open #7 at Trevias featuring IM Aleks Wohl uploaded to the Spain page
20250927
116 games plus crosstable from the 2001 Lidums Cup uploaded to the Adelaide SA page
25 games from the 2001 North Sydney Chess Club Championship in Cammeray uploaded to the Sydney NSW page
For the 1969 Begonia Open #3 on the Ballarat VIC page:
Corrected sequence number and tournament and game dates
Uploaded a report and tables of results
20250926
11 games from the 20250916 Titled Tuesday blitz featuring CM Haran Salasan uploaded to the Server page
8 games plus crosstable from the 2001 Ford Memorial uploaded to the Sydney NSW page
For the 1982 Begonia Open #16 on the Ballarat VIC page:
Added an additional annotated game Roza-Barber
Updated the report report (mainly a section on rating groups)
20250925
9 games plus crosstable from the 2025 SixDays September in Budapest featuring FM Reyaansh Chakrabarty uploaded to the Hungary page
4 games plus crosstable from the 2025 Malaysia Open #20 in Kuala Lumpur featuring FM Albert Winkelman uploaded to the Malaysia page
9 games plus crosstable from the 2025 Slovakia Open in Bratislavia featuring Edward Losiv uploaded to the Slovakia page
20250924
Removed the 'Top' extension from the Australian Championships & Opens page and adjusted the Site Map and Australia index page accordingly
For the 1981-82 Australian Championship in Melbourne on the Australian Championships & Opens page:
Made minor adjustments to a few annotations
Added ACF ratings to all games
Uploaded an improved crosstable and added a report
20250923
For the 1982 Zonal 10 SouthEast Asia in Hong Kong featuring FM Ian Rogers, FM Max Fuller & Greg Hjorth:
a. Replaced multiple games file with a single
b. Removed three bye 'games'
c. Added annotations to the following games:
P1R1 Aritonang-Hjorth
P1R3 Liew-Hjorth
P1R5 Rogers-Goh
P1R9 Hjorth-Torre
P1R10 Aritonang-Rogers
P2R9 Jhunjhnuwala-Fuller
d. Uploaded a report and table of results
20250921
75,000 game milestone reached!!
368 games (1 annotated) from the 2001 Box Hill Open uploaded to the Box Hill VIC page
3 annotated game fragments from the 1966 Pre-Zonal Selection tournament uploaded to the Sydney NSW page
20250920
2 annotated games from the 2001 World Championship KO in Moscow featuring IM Mikhail Gluzman uploaded to the World Championship page
7 games from the 2001 European Club Cup Women in Belgrade featuring WGM Julia Ryjanova uploaded to the Serbia page
7 games from the 2001 Spanish Team Championship Division 2 in Vila Real featuring GM Ian Rogers uploaded to the Spain page
For the 2001 Tasmanian Championship in Hobart on the Tasmanian Championships & Opens page:
Removed one incorrect game
Added 4 additional annotated games
Updated annotations to the balance games
Uploaded a crosstable (thanks to Kevin Bonham for the corrections, games and crosstable)
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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