Coming Australian Grand Prix Events

The following are events that are coming soon. These events are part of the 2008 Myer Tan Australian Chess Grand Prix, a large chess competition with prizes (all strong events are normally part of the grand prix).

Event Place Class Start Finish Contact March Madness Open Zillmere, Qld 4 1/3/08 2/3/08 qwcl@hotmail.com Ballarat Begonia Open Ballarat, Vic 3 8/3/08 10/3/08 ballaratchess@hotmail.com ; www.ballaratchess.com Tasmanian Championship Launceston, Tas 1 8/3/08 10/3/08 Darling Downs Open Toowoomba, Qld 1 8/3/08 9/3/08 sam76@ozonline.com.au O2C Doeberl Cup Canberra, ACT 5 20/3/08 24/3/08 info@doeberlcup.com.au ; www.doeberlcup.com.au Queensland Open Brisbane, Qld 3 22/3/07 24/3/07 Gufeld Cup Perth, WA 1 23/3/08 24/3/08 andrewhardegen@iinet.net.au Sydney International Open Parramatta, NSW 5 25/3/08 29/3/08 info@chessaustralia.com.au Dubbo Open Dubbo, NSW 1 12/4/08 13/4/08 Peninsula Open Rothwell, Qld 1 3/5/08 5/5/08 info@chessaustralia.com.au ; www.caq.org.au/htm/penopenad.htm Laurieton May Open Laurieton, NSW 1 3/5/08 4/5/08 Mingara Open Mingara, NSW 1 17/5/08 18/5/08 Broadbeach Open Broadbeach, Qld 1 31/5/08 1/6/08 info@kingsofchess.biz

Coming Australian Grand Prix Events

The following are events that are coming soon. These events are part of the 2008 Myer Tan Australian Chess Grand Prix, a large chess competition with prizes (all strong events are normally part of the grand prix). I will be reporting on events regularly as part of this blog.

Event Place Class Start Finish Contact Newcastle Open Cardiff, NSW 1 16/2/08 17/2/08 Kingsley Open Perth, WA 1 16/2/08 17/2/08 andrewhardegen@iinet.net.au March Madness Open Zillmer, Qld 4 1/3/08 2/3/08 qwcl@hotmail.com Ballarat Begonia Open Ballarat, Vic 3 8/3/08 10/3/08 Tasmanian Championship Launceston, Tas 1 8/3/08 10/3/08 Darling Downs Open Toowoomba, Qld 1 8/3/08 9/3/08 O2C Doeberl Cup Canberra, ACT 5 20/3/08 24/3/08 Queensland Open Brisbane, Qld 3 22/3/07 24/3/07 Gufeld Cup Perth, WA 1 23/3/08 24/3/08 andrewhardegen@iinet.net.au Sydney International Open Parramatta, NSW 5 25/3/08 29/3/08 info@chessaustralia.com.au

Zong-Yuan Zhao has become Australia's 3rd Grandmaster

Zong-Yuan Zhao has become Australia's 3rd Grandmaster after Ian Rogers and Darryl Johansen. Zhao gained his last GM norm on the 31st of January in a strong international tournament in Gibraltar. Since Zhao's rating is over 2500, he becomes Australia's 3rd GM.

Zhao completed the extraordinary feat of collecting 3 GM norms is about two months. Australia's two other grandmasters, Ian Rogers, 47, and Darryl Johansen, 48, both achieved their GM status at the respective ages of 24 and 35.

2008 Australian Junior Chess Championships

The 2008 Australian Junior Chess Championships was held between the 13th to the 25th of January, 2008. The venue was Cranbrook School in Sydney's Bellevue Hill. Junta Ikeda (ACT) became 2008 Australian Junior Chess Champion.

You can see the standings to the four separate tournaments at http://www.nswjcl.org.au/AustralianJunior/2008/standings.htm.

Games can be viewed (without the need for a PGN viewer) at http://www.nswjcl.org.au/AustralianJunior/2008/livegames.htm.

Australian Chess News Launched!

Welcome to Australian Chess News. Here you will find updates on Australian chess, specifically regarding results.