Coming Australian Grand Prix Events

The following are events that are coming soon. These events are part of the 2010 Yulgilbar-Think Big Grand Prix, a large chess competition with prizes (all strong events are normally part of the grand prix). The column on the far right denotes what Grand Prix class the tournament is.

		Ranges Summer Sizzler	VIC	Upwey	06/02/10	07/02/10	1
		Newcastle Open	NSW	Newcastle	13/02/10	14/02/10	1
		Launceston Cup	TAS	Launceston	13/02/10	14/02/10	1
		Kingsley Open	WA	Perth	20/02/10	21/02/10	1
		Begonia Open	VIC	Ballarat	06/03/10	08/03/10	3
		Tasmanian Championships	TAS	Hobart	06/03/10	08/03/10	1
		10th Anniversary Dubbo RSL Open	NSW	Dubbo	20/03/10	21/03/10	3
		Doeberl Cup Premier	ACT	Canberra	01/04/10	05/04/10	5
		Doeberl Cup Major	ACT	Canberra	01/04/10	05/04/10	5
		Doeberl Cup Minor	ACT	Canberra	01/04/10	05/04/10	5
		Queensland Open	QLD	Toowoomba	02/04/10	05/04/10	3
		Gufeld Cup	WA	Perth	04/04/10	05/04/10	1
		Sydney International Open	NSW	Parramatta	07/04/10	11/04/10	5
		Sydney International Challengers	NSW	Parramatta	07/04/10	11/04/10	5

2009/2010 Australian Junior Chess Championships

The 2009/2010 Australian Junior Chess Championships was played from January 14th-25th, 2010 at The Hutchins School, Sandy Bay, Hobart. The turnout was reasonably strong, with 47 players playing in the U14-U18 tournament. The top seed was IM-elect James Morris (2196).

Here are the final results:

1st FM-elect Bobby Cheng (2193) with 10/11
2nd Andrew Brown (1991) with 9/11
3rd-5th Yi Yuan (2128), IM-elect James Morris and Yilun Ding (1934) with 7.5/11

Click here for the final standings and crosstable to the 2009/2010 Australian Junior Chess Championships.

The Australian Junior Girls Chess Championships was won by Abbie Kanagarajah (1221, higher countback) and Leteisha Simmonds (1323) with 8/11.

Tournament results can be found at the 2009/2010 Australian Junior Chess Championships website.

The champions list after playoffs:

U18 FM-elect Bobby Cheng
U16 IM-elect James Morris
U14 Alex Stahnke
U12 Andrew Pan
U10 Peter Wallmueller
U8 Ethan Lim
GU18 Leteisha Simmonds
GU16 Abbie Kanagarajah
GU14 Megan Setiabudi
GU12 Savithri Narenthran
GU10 Kashish Christian
GU8 Yuvini Perera

2009/2010 Australian Junior Lightining Chess Championships

The 2009/2010 Australian Junior Lightning Chess Championships was played on the 22nd of January, 2010. This was quite a strong tournament with top seed being IM-elect James Morris (2196).

Here are the final results:
1st-3rd FM-elect Bobby Cheng (2193), Eugene Schön (2107), Yi Yuan (2128) on 8/11

In a play-off for the title, Eugene Schön beat FM-elect Bobby Cheng 1.5-0.5, making him the new Australian Junior Lightning Chess Champion.

The U12 division was won by Anton Smirnov (1713).

The adult division was won by GM Zong-Yuan Zhao (2568).

Click here for the final standings to the 2009/2010 Australian Junior Lightining Chess Championships.

2009/2010 Australian Chess Championships

The 2009/2010 Australian Chess Championships was held at "norths" (North Sydney Leagues Club) in Cammeray NSW from the 2nd-13th of January. The top seed was GM Zong-Yuan Zhao (2572).

Here are the final results:
1st GM Zong-Yuan Zhao on 10/11, becomes Australian Chess Champion
2nd IM George Xie (2448) on 9/11 (I expect this performance was good enough for a GM norm)
3rd GM Gawain Jones (2561) on 7.5/11

Click here for the final crosstable to the 2009/2010 Australian Chess Championships.

The Major was won by David Garner (higher countback, 2178) and Jason Hu (2113) with 9/11.

The Minor was won by Mark Stokes (1845) with 9/11.

The Lightning was won by GM Gawain Jones (2537) with 9.5/11.

Click here for the results to all the sections of the 2009/2010 Australian Chess Championships.

2009/2010 Australian Lightning Chess Championship

The 2009/2010 Australian Lightning Chess Championship was played on the 5th of January, 2010 at "norths" (North Sydney Leagues Club) in Cammeray NSW as part of the Australian Championship. The 88-player turnout was a surprisingly strong field and the top seed was GM Gawain Jones (2537).

Here are the final results:

1st GM Gawain Jones with 9.5/11
2nd-3rd Moulthun Ly (2338), Junta Ikeda (2336) with 9/11

As GM Jones is still associated with England according to the ACF, there was a playoff between Moulthun Ly and Junta Ikeda. Junta defeated Moulthun 2-0 and became the new Australian Lightning Champion.

Click here to see the crosstable to the 2009/2010 Australian Lightning Chess Championship.

Happy New Year! (and other chess information)

Click here for a new chess calendar for the 2010 Yulgilbar-Think Big Australian Chess Grand Prix.

The Austalian Chess Championships will begin on Saturday, 2nd of January. Click here for the official website to the 2010 Australian Chess Championships.