Report

The 2026 Perth International Open was held at Manning Hall, Manning, Western Australia, from 25–28 September 2026, with the Blitz held on Saturday 26 September.

The event included the Open, Minor and Blitz tournaments and attracted a good mix of local, interstate and international players.

Open

The Open had 27 players.

This included 3 overseas players representing France, Malaysia and Algeria, together with 1 interstate player from Queensland. 

Winners list:

• Equal 1st Overall – IM Patrick Gong – 6/7

• Equal 1st Overall – CM Ashvin Balavignan – 6/7

• 3rd Overall – Issa Majidi – 5.5/7

• 4th Overall – Yonal De Vas – 5/7

• 5th Overall – Nadir El Amari – 4.5/7

• Equal 6th Overall – Adam Moussa Deboosere – 4/7

• Equal 6th Overall – Hui Lam Teh – 4/7

Category awards:

• Under 1800 1st – Quang Minh Le – 4.5/7

• Under 1800 2nd – Aidan Malik – 4/7

• Best Senior – David Ellis – 4.5/7

Minor

The Minor had 51 players.

The field included overseas players from India, Iran and England. There were 5 female players in the Minor section.

Winners list:

• 1st Overall – Aditya Kumar – 6.5/7

• Equal 2nd Overall – Jaswanth Ram Sethuraman – 6/7

• Equal 2nd Overall – Florentyna Rithauddin – 6/7

Rating awards:

• Under 1200 1st – Yan Wei Yu – 4.5/7

• Equal Under 1200 2nd – Atharv Agrawal – 4/7

• Equal Under 1200 2nd – Daniel Luong – 4/7

• Equal Under 1200 2nd – Elijah Liaw – 4/7

• Equal Under 1200 2nd – Jayan Gopalakrishnan – 4/7

• Equal Unrated 1st – Jacob Sanderson – 4.5/7

• Equal Unrated 1st – Benjamin Zhang – 4.5/7

Blitz

The Blitz had 50 participating players.

There was 1 female player and 1 overseas player in the Blitz.

Winners list:

• 1st Overall – FM Yihe (Rebo) Fu – 10/11

• Equal 2nd Overall – IM Patrick Gong – 9/11

• Equal 2nd Overall – CM Ashvin Balavignan – 9/11

Rating and category awards:

• Under 2100 1st – CM Oscar Gao – 8/11

• Equal Under 1800 1st – Kaviru Perera – 7/11

• Equal Under 1800 1st – Ares Yin – 7/11

• Equal Under 1800 1st – Alex Pimenov – 7/11

• Equal Under 1800 1st – Yuqi (Ricky) Huang – 7/11

• Under 1500 1st – Jaswanth Ram Sethuraman – 7/11

• Under 1200 1st – Hardy Dai – 6/11

• Best Junior – Issa Majidi – 7.5/11

• Best Played Game – Quang Minh Le – 7/11

• Equal Unrated 1st – Benjamin Zhang – 6/11

• Equal Unrated 1st – Kale Wood – 6/11

• Equal Unrated 1st – Ugamm Shah – 6/11

Special thanks

Special thanks to everyone who contributed to the organisation and promotion of the event:

• Chief Arbiter – Andrew Hardegen

• Arbiters – Rebo Fu and Kobe Wu

• Property Manager – Tim Hare

• CAWA website updates – Mike McGregor

• Official event website setup – David Barry

• Official event website updates – Kobe Wu

• The West Australian newspaper announcement – David Ellis