2010 Victorian Open

The 2010 Victorian Open Chess Championships was held at Box Hill Chess Club (Melbourne) over the Queen's Birthday long weekend June 12th-14th. There was a strong turnout of 89 players. That top seed was Grandmaster David Smerdon (2511).

Here are the final results:
1st-2nd FM Bobby Cheng (2280), FM Erik Teichmann (2321)
3rd-4th GM David Smerdon, Christopher Wallis (2130)

Full standings for the 2010 Victorian Open Chess Championships will soon be uploaded.

2009 Victorian Open

The 2009 Victorian Open had a great turnout of 94 players. It was held at Box Hill Chess Club (Melbourne) from the 6th-8th of June. The top seed was GM Gawain Jones (2560). This tournament has been registered as a Class 4 Grand Prix tournament, improving on last year.

Here are the final results:
1st-2nd IM Mirko Rujevic (2223, and winner on countback) and FM Erik Teichmann (2296) on 6/7
3rd-7th Domagoj Dragicevic (2166), GM Gawain Jones, IM Stephen Solomon (2379), IM Igor Goldenberg (2384) and IM Guy West (2292) on 5.5/7

2008 Victorian Open

The 2008 Victorian Open Championship was held on the Queens Birthday weekend June 7th-9th. The 2008 Championship was organised by the Box Hill Chess Club on behalf of Chess Victoria. This tournament has been registered as a Class 3 Grand Prix tournament.

The tournament was won by FM Igor Goldenberg (2362) and Domagoj Dragicevic (2125). Here is the final crosstable:

If the crosstable is difficult to view, click here to go to the official crosstable page.

No Name                    Feder Rtg  Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5    6    7 

1  Goldenberg, Igor        VIC        2362 6     31:W 14:W 15:D  9:W  8:W  2:D  7:W
2  Dragicevic, Domagoj     VIC        2125 6     52:W 40:W 17:W  7:D  5:W  1:D  4:W
3  Lojanica, Milenko       rg1        2016 5.5   19:D 18:W 28:W  6:D 14:D 17:W 16:W
4  Cheng, Bobby            rg1        1958 5     46:W 26:W  6:D 15:W  7:D 11:W  2:L
5  Rujevic, Mirko          VIC        2191 5     22:W 32:W 11:W  8:D  2:L 14:W  6:D
6  Sandler, Leonid         VIC        2282 5     38:W 10:W  4:D  3:D 36:W 16:D  5:D
7  Wallis, Christopher     VIC        2153 5     47:W 25:W 36:W  2:D  4:D 23:W  1:L
8  Hacche, David J         VIC        2127 5     33:W 29:W 54:W  5:D  1:L 10:D 23:W
9  Morris, James           rg1        2036 5     30:W 24:W 21:W  1:L 10:D 20:D 25:W
10 Kildisas, Victor E      rg2        1830 5     50:W  6:L 47:W 22:W  9:D  8:D 19:W
11 Dizdarevic, Mehmedalija rg1        1929 5     43:W 34:W  5:L 24:W 31:W  4:L 20:W
12 Schon, Eugene           rg1        1960 5     49:W 20:D 16:D 19:D 27:D 21:W 24:W
13 Stojic, Svetozar        rg2        1836 5     57:W 54:L 22:L 46:W 38:W 48:W 26:W
14 Davis, Tony J           rg2        1828 4.5   60:W  1:L 42:W 64:W  3:D  5:L 33:W
15 Kempen, Leon            rg1        1969 4.5   41:W 27:W  1:D  4:L 21:D 31:D 32:W
16 Bashar, Omar Khaled     rg1   2088 1901 4.5   58:W 28:D 12:D 40:W 37:W  6:D  3:L
17 Mijatovic, Bosko        rg3        1777 4.5   65:W 63:W  2:L 21:D 34:W  3:L 36:W
18 Zoppi, Mario            rg2        1832 4.5   56:L  3:L 68:W 45:W 42:W 33:D 31:W
19 Podbury, Brendan        rg6        1426 4      3:D 42:W 20:W 12:D 23:L 29:W 10:L
20 Chmiel, Rad             rg4        1654 4     35:W 12:D 19:L 39:W 32:W  9:D 11:L
21 Tang, Jason             rg4        1660 4     67:W 23:W  9:L 17:D 15:D 12:L 37:W
22 Brockman, Roland        rg5        1562 4      5:L 65:W 13:W 10:L 25:L 51:+ 40:W
23 Yu, Derek               rg2        1886 4     39:W 21:L 38:W 26:W 19:W  7:L  8:L
24 Bearup, Paul            rg3        1708 4     61:W  9:L 49:W 11:L 52:W 37:W 12:L
25 Tsagarakis, Angelo      rg3        1788 4     53:W  7:L 37:L 43:W 22:W 27:W  9:L
26 Frost, Peter            rg3        1708 4     45:W  4:L 43:W 23:L 41:W 36:W 13:L
27 Flude, David A          rg4        1665 4     59:W 15:L 44:W 32:D 12:D 25:L 39:W
28 Chan, Michael           rg4        1616 4     69:W 16:D  3:L 34:L 30:W 39:D 41:W
29 Wyss, Felix             rg3        1764 4     62:W  8:L 30:W 37:L 47:W 19:L 46:W
30 Ivanov, Nikola          rg6        1459 4      9:L 62:W 29:L 55:W 28:L 58:W 48:W
31 Cook, Geoff L           rg5        1599 3.5    1:L 55:W 63:W 54:W 11:L 15:D 18:L
32 Tionko, Efrain          rg3        1794 3.5   55:W  5:L 33:W 27:D 20:L 34:W 15:L
33 Stokie, William         rg5        1491 3.5    8:L 53:W 32:L 44:W 40:W 18:D 14:L
34 Yu, Sally               rg4        1609 3.5   44:W 11:L 39:D 28:W 17:L 32:L 52:W
35 Loh, Zachary            unr        1301 3.5   20:L 43:L 55:L 67:W 66:W 42:W 45:D
36 Voon, Richard           rg2        1861 3     51:W 56:W  7:L 48:W  6:L 26:L 17:L
37 Lee, Kam                rg5        1518 3     63:L 68:W 25:W 29:W 16:L 24:L 21:L
38 Podvorac, Zeljko        rg5        1580 3      6:L 50:W 23:L 51:W 13:L 41:L 59:W
39 Feng, Thomas            rg7        1314 3     23:L 69:W 34:D 20:L 53:W 28:D 27:L
40 Szuveges, Narelle S     rg3        1711 3     68:W  2:L 41:W 16:L 33:L 43:W 22:L
41 Davies, Stephen P       rg6        1403 3     15:L 61:W 40:L 50:W 26:L 38:W 28:L
42 Forster, Tim            unr        1501 3     48:W 19:L 14:L 59:W 18:L 35:L 57:W
43 Dalton, Laurie          rg7        1316 3     11:L 35:W 26:L 25:L 60:W 40:L 58:W
44 Tuncer, Deniz           unr        1301 3     34:L 51:W 27:L 33:L 49:W 52:D 50:D
45 Cannon, Jim             unr        1351 3     26:L 52:W 48:L 18:L 50:D 62:W 35:D
46 Kostrzewa, Jake         rg6        1383 3      4:L 67:W 64:L 13:L 57:W 54:W 29:L
47 Sannidhanam, Anurag     rg5        1532 3      7:L 58:W 10:L 56:L 29:L 59:W 55:W
48 Lawson, Shane           rg4        1690 3     42:L 60:W 45:W 36:L 54:W 13:L 30:L
49 Zivkovic, Sam           rg6        1393 3     12:L 59:W 24:L 63:L 44:L 65:W 56:W
50 Toper, David            rg7        1160 3     10:L 38:L 65:W 41:L 45:D 53:W 44:D
51 Renzies, Elliott        rg7        1312 3     36:L 44:L 58:W 38:L 61:W 22:- 54:W
52 Ng, Isaac               rg6        1474 2.5    2:L 45:L 56:W 60:W 24:L 44:D 34:L
53 Hamilton, Liam          rg8        866  2.5   25:L 33:L 57:W 61:D 39:L 50:L 60:W
54 Cerina, Igor            unr        1851 2     64:W 13:W  8:L 31:L 48:L 46:L 51:L
55 Gibson, Kyle            rg8        936  2     32:L 31:L 35:W 30:L 59:L 67:W 47:L
56 Lyons, Linden           rg7        1168 2     18:W 36:L 52:L 47:W  0:L 60:L 49:L
57 Froiland, Gunnar        rg7        1191 2     13:L 64:L 53:L 65:W 46:L 61:+ 42:L
58 Ng, Joshua              rg8        998  2     16:L 47:L 51:L 68:W 69:W 30:L 43:L
59 Hayman, Adam            unr        1301 2     27:L 49:L 69:W 42:L 55:W 47:L 38:L
60 Lemmel, Oliver          rg8        1056 2     14:L 48:L 62:W 52:L 43:L 56:W 53:L
61 Brennan, James          unr        1101 2     24:L 41:L 67:D 53:D 51:L 57:- 68:W
62 Anguswamy, Nivedita     unr        501  2     29:L 30:L 60:L 69:D 67:W 45:L 65:D
63 Gorka, Carl             VIC        2139 2     37:W 17:L 31:L 49:W  0:   0:   0:
64 Escribano, Jose         rg4        1700 2     54:L 57:W 46:W 14:L  0:   0:   0:
65 Ng, Ben                 rg8        564  1.5   17:L 22:L 50:L 57:L 68:W 49:L 62:D
66 Sankaran, Angus         cas        601  1      0:   0:   0:   0:  35:L  0:L  0:L
67 Leyzerman, Almog        unr        501  1     21:L 46:L 61:D 35:L 62:L 55:L 69:D
68 Anguswamy, Manoj        unr        1001 1     40:L 37:L 18:L 58:L 65:L 69:W 61:L
69 Mills, Terence          unr        1001 1     28:L 39:L 59:L 62:D 58:L 68:L 67:D