Australian Chess Championship

Summary

The Australian Chess Championship is a tournament organised by the Australian Chess Federation and held every two years. The tournament is largely restricted to Australian chess players, although it is common to allow a small number of strong overseas players to compete. The highest-scoring eligible player (frequently the tournament winner) holds the title of Australian Chess Champion until the next tournament is held. The tournament format is normally a restricted Swiss system, and in case of a tie for first place, a playoff match or tournament is conducted.

Since 1971, the Australian Open has been held in the intervening years. This event is open to all players, regardless of nationality, and the winner holds the title of Australian Open Champion.

The Australian Junior Championship and Australian Girls Championship are held annually. The Australian Women's Championship was previously organised as a separate tournament but current regulations award the title of Australian Women's Champion to the highest placed Australian female player in the Australian Open (dependent on a minimum number of female entries).[1]

Australian Champions

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Prior to 2008, the tournament usually began in late December (after Christmas) and finished in January. Since 2008, the tournament has usually been held entirely in January. In the table, the year refers to the date the tournament finished.

Year Location Winners
1885 Melbourne Frederick Karl Esling (won one match game before George Hatfeild Dingley Gossip defaulted)
1887 Adelaide Henry Charlick
1888 Melbourne William Crane
1893 Sydney Albert Edward Noble Wallace
1895 Melbourne Albert Edward Noble Wallace
1896 Sydney Albert Edward Noble Wallace
1897(1) Warrnambool William Crane
1897(2) Sydney Julius Leigh Jacobsen
1906 Perth William Samuel Viner
1912 Sydney William Samuel Viner
1913 Bellingen William Samuel Viner
1922 Melbourne Charles Gilbert Marriott Watson
1924 Brisbane William Samuel Viner
1926 Sydney Spencer Crakanthorp
1927 Perth Spencer Crakanthorp
1931 Melbourne Charles Gilbert Marriott Watson
1933 Sydney Gary Koshnitsky
1935 Melbourne C.J.S. Purdy
1937 Perth C.J.S. Purdy
1939 Sydney Gary Koshnitsky
1945 Sydney Lajos Steiner
1947 Adelaide Lajos Steiner
1949 Melbourne C.J.S. Purdy
1951 Brisbane C.J.S. Purdy
1953 Hobart Lajos Steiner
1955 Perth John Purdy
1957 Melbourne Karlis Ozols / Lazare Suchowolski (Suchowolski emigrated to Israel before a playoff could be arranged)
1959 Hobart Lajos Steiner
1960 Adelaide Lucius Endzelins
1963 Perth John Purdy
1965 Hobart Douglas Hamilton
1967 Brisbane Douglas Hamilton
1969 Melbourne Walter Browne
1970 Sydney Alfred Flatow
1972 Melbourne Maxwell Fuller / Trevor Hay (playoff match tied 5–5)[2]
1974 Cooma Robert Murray Jamieson
1976 Sydney Serge Rubanraut
1978 Perth Robert Murray Jamieson
1980 Adelaide Ian Rogers
1982 Melbourne Douglas Hamilton
1984 Sydney Darryl Johansen
1986 Toowoomba Ian Rogers
1988 Gosford Darryl Johansen
1990 Sydney Darryl Johansen
1992 Melbourne Aleksandar Wohl
1994 Melbourne John-Paul Wallace
1996 Sydney Guy West
1998 Melbourne Ian Rogers
2000 Tumbi Umbi Darryl Johansen
2002 Melbourne Darryl Johansen
2004 Adelaide Gary Lane
2006 Brisbane Ian Rogers
2008 Parramatta Stephen Solomon
2010 North Sydney Zong-Yuan Zhao
2012 Geelong Darryl Johansen
2014 Springvale Max Illingworth
2016 Melbourne Bobby Cheng
2018 North Sydney Max Illingworth
2020 Sydney Temur Kuybokarov
2022 Gold Coast Temur Kuybokarov[3]
2024 Adelaide Rishi Sardana

Australian Women's Champions

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Australian Junior Champions

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The Australian Junior Chess Championship is a tournament organised by the Australian Chess Federation and is held every year. It is restricted to junior players under 18 years of age. The Australian Girls Championship is held concurrently.

  • 1949 W. Levick
  • 1951 John Purdy
  • 1952 J. Hortovanyi
  • 1953 Malcolm Broun
  • 1954 D. Robson
  • 1955 J. Hortovanyi
  • 1956 A. Irving
  • 1957 J. Ferguson
  • 1958 D. Rudd
  • 1959 Ron Klinger
  • 1960 Peter Lay
  • 1961 Trevor Hay
  • 1962 N. Alexander
  • 1963 Maxwell Fuller
  • 1964 William Kerr
  • 1965 William Kerr
  • 1966 Mike Woodhams
  • 1967 Arthur Pope
  • 1968 Noel Craske
  • 1969 John Hendry
  • 1970 Alan Sauran
  • 1971 Arthur Koelle
  • 1972 Greg Melrose
  • 1973 Robert Bartnik
  • 1974 William Jordan
  • 1975 David Dick (finished third behind Murray Chandler and Kai Jensen who were ineligible for title because they were New Zealand residents [4])
  • 1976 Ian Rogers
  • 1977 Darryl Johansen / D. Fardell
  • 1978 Murray Smith
  • 1979 Stephen Kerr
  • 1980 Stephen Solomon (tied with Donald MacFarlane who was ineligible for title because he was a South African resident)
  • 1981 Rey Casse (tied with Jonathan Sarfati who was ineligible for title because he was a New Zealand resident)
  • 1982 Paul Broekhuyse
  • 1983 Konrad Hornung
  • 1984 Peter Evans
  • 1985 Timothy Reilly
  • 1986 Shane Hill
  • 1987 Colin Davis
  • 1988 Lee Jones
  • 1989 Peter Cotton
  • 1990 Nick Speck
  • 1991 Lee Jones
  • 1992 Trevor Tao
  • 1993 John Paul Wallace
  • 1994 Ry Curtis
  • 1995 Charles Pizzato
  • 1996 David Cordover
  • 1997 Max Leskiewicz
  • 1998 Geoff Saw
  • 1999 David Smerdon
  • 2000 Justin Tan
  • 2001 Zong-Yuan Zhao
  • 2002 Kuan-Kuan Tian
  • 2003 Tomek Rej
  • 2004 Denis Bourmistrov
  • 2005 Moulthun Ly
  • 2006 Angela Song
  • 2007 Michael Wei
  • 2008 Junta Ikeda
  • 2009 Cedric Antolis
  • 2010 Bobby Cheng
  • 2011 Bobby Cheng
  • 2012 Alistair Cameron
  • 2013 Gene Nakauchi
  • 2014 Anton Smirnov
  • 2015 Yi Liu
  • 2016 Ari Dale
  • 2017 Ray Yang
  • 2018 David Cannon
  • 2019 Sterling Bayaca
  • 2020 Cameron McGowan
  • 2023 Ruicheng Wang
  • 2024 Anh Quan Nguyen

Australian Girls Champions

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  • 1960 Irene Tannenthal
  • 1964 Rosalind Jones
  • 1965 Rosalind Jones
  • 1966 Rosalind Jones
  • 1967 Marilyn Urlick
  • 1968 Nona Monachowec
  • 1969 Nona Monachowec
  • 1970 Linda Maddern
  • 1971 Linda Maddern
  • 1972 Lillian Goldsmith
  • 1973 Irena Duluk
  • 1974 Cathy Innes-Brown
  • 1975 Cathy Innes-Brown / Cathy Depasquale / Karen Hancock
  • 1976 Kate Marshall
  • 1977 Anne Martin
  • 1978 Anne Slavotinek
  • 1979 Anne Slavotinek
  • 1980 Astrid Ketelaar
  • 1981 Jill Clementi
  • 1982 Josie Wright
  • 1983 Trudi Potter
  • 1984 Colleen Lau
  • 1985 Gina Soto-Olivo
  • 1986 Natalie Mills / J. Rees / Blanche Wilkie / Nga Phan
  • 1987 Tam Nguyen
  • 1988 Nancy Jones
  • 1989 Nancy Jones
  • 1990 Gabrielle Grbovac / J. King & Barbara Remenyi / Boglarka Remenyi
  • 1991 Boglarka Remenyi
  • 1992 Jennifer Harrington
  • 1993 Veronica Klimenko / I. Liubomirskaia / Narelle Szuveges
  • 1994 Sulyn Teh
  • 1995 Jasmine Lauer-Smith
  • 1996 Laura Moylan
  • 1997 Elaine Chong
  • 1998 Kylie Coventry
  • 1999 Catherine Lip / Jasmine Lauer-Smith / Shiloh Norris
  • 2000 Catherine Lip
  • 2001 Michelle Lee
  • 2002 Shannon Oliver
  • 2003 Angela Song
  • 2004 Heather Huddleston
  • 2005 Rebecca Harris
  • 2006 Alexandra Jule
  • 2007 Emma Guo
  • 2008 Deborah Ng
  • 2009 Sally Yu
  • 2010 Leteisha Simmonds
  • 2011 Savithri Narenthran
  • 2012 Miranda Webb-Liddle
  • 2013 Nicole Chin
  • 2014 Shirley Gu
  • 2015 Kristine Quek
  • 2016 Zhi Lin Guo
  • 2017 Yifan Eva Wang
  • 2018 Cassandra Lim
  • 2019 Jody Middleton
  • 2020 Lillian Lu
  • 2023 Chloe Fan
  • 2024 Om O'Carroll

Australian Open

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Australian Grand Prix

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Since 1989 a system has been in place with points accumulated in different Australian weekend tournaments. The winners have been:[5]

The Grand Prix has not been held since 2019.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Australian Chess Federation Constitution and By-laws". Archived from the original on 2017-02-17. Retrieved 2007-07-08.
  2. ^ Australian Chess Championship 1974 – 100 Best Games, Edited by W. MacLean, published by Chess Mates of Australia, October 1974
  3. ^ The regular Australian Championship tournament was not held but the Australian Champion title was awarded to the highest eligible finisher in the Gold Coast Open, held in June 2022
  4. ^ Chess in Australia, February 1975
  5. ^ 2007 Myer Tan Australian Chess Grand Prix – History Archived March 26, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  • Australian Chess Federation. "ACF Records". Archived from the original on 19 May 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-29.
  • Whyld, Kenneth (1986), Guinness Chess, The Records, Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives, ISBN 0-85112-455-0. (Men's champions through 1986)
  • Rogers, Ian (1981), Australian Chess – Into the Eighties, Melbourne: Sun Books, ISBN 0-7251-0384-1. (Men's champions through 1980)
  • http://www.ozbase.com.au/ – an incomplete list, including games in PGN format.
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  • https://web.archive.org/web/20150624114332/http://2016.chesschampionship.org.au/
  • http://auschesschamps.com/ (2014 Championships) Archived 2014-01-10 at the Wayback Machine
  • http://www.ajcc.org.au/ Archived 2016-08-27 at the Wayback Machine