2009 Freytag Checkmate Open

The 2009 Freytag Checkmate Open was held at Rostrevor College in Adelaide from the 4-5th of July. There was a strong turnout of 40 players with top seed being IM (GM next rating period) David Smerdon (2526). This was a class 5 Grand Prix event.

Here are the final results:
1st David Smerdon (2526) on 6/7
2nd FM (IM next rating period) James Morris (2089) on 5.5/7
3rd-5th Trevor Tao (2397), Yi Yuan (2199) and GM Darryl Johansen (2459) on 5/7

Click here to see the final crosstable for the 2009 Freytag Checkmate Open.

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2009 Victorian Junior Chess Championship

The 2009 Victorian Junior Chess Championship was held at Box Hill Chess Club (Melbourne) from the 27th of June to the 2nd of July. There were two sections, the under 12 and the under 18. The top seed was Bobby Cheng (2130).

Here are the final results to the under 18:
1st Jason Tang (1838) on 8.5/9, and winning the title of Victorian Junior Champion
2nd Bobby Cheng on 7.5/9
3rd-4th Thomas Feng (1524) and Jonathan Tang (1291) on 6.5/9

The under 12 was won by Ari Dale (1001), Joshua Devarajh (673), Kyle Gibson (1222) and Anurag Sannidhanam (1516) with 6/7. Ari Dale won the under 12 title on countback.

Click here to see the final cross table for the 2009 Victorian Junior Chess Championship.

Click here to see the final cross table for the 2009 Under 12 Victorian Junior Chess Championship.

2009 Gold Coast Open

The 2009 Gold Coast Open was played from the 27-28th of June. It was held at the Outrigger Twin Towns Resort in Tweed Heads (same as the Oceania Zonal from two posts before). The top seed was GM Gawain Jones (2560).

Here are the final results:
1st GM Gawain Jones with 6/7
2nd-5th In countback order, Puchen Wang (2361), David Smerdon (2526), Stephen Solomon (2379) and Max Illingworth (2190) with 5.5/7

Click here to see the final crosstable for the 2009 Gold Coast Open.

2009 Box Hill Club Championship

The 2009 Box Hill Club Championship was a 9-round tournament from the 24th of April to the 26th of June, held at Box Hill Chess Club. The top seed was Douglas Hamilton (2144). Laurence Matheson (1926) comfortably led the tournament from start to finish.

Here are the final results:
1st Laurence Matheson with 8/9
2nd-3rd Bobby Cheng (2133) and Jason Tang (1808) with 7/9

Click here to see the final crosstable for the 2009 Box Hill Club Championship.