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.

2009 Canterbury Summer Swiss

The 2009 Canterbury Summer Swiss was held at the Box Hill Chess Club (Melbourne) from the 27th-29th of December. It was a 7-round swiss tournament, which was both ACF and FIDE-rated. Top seed was Samuel Chow (2328).

Here are the final results:

1st CM Max Illingworth (2264) on 6/7
2nd-4th Igor Dyment (2125), Domagoj Dragicevic (2137) and Leon Kempen (1867) on 5.5/7

Click here to see the final crosstable to the 2009 Canterbury Summer Swiss.

The games from the ASTC will be up soon, the webmaster is still awaiting to receive the game file. While you're waiting, here is an ASTC tournament report by Kerry Lyall and Charles Zworestine.

Next tournament to be reported on: 2009/2010 Australian Championships

2009 Australian Schools Teams Championships

The 2009 Australian Schools Teams Championships was held in Scotch College, Melbourne, on the 5th and 6th of December. The highly populated tournament was organised by Kerry Lyall and arbitered by Dr Charles Zworestine.

Here are the final results:

Secondary Open
1st Scotch College VIC (19/20)
2nd North Sydney Boys High NSW (13/20)
3rd Kings Christian College QLD (12.5/20)

Winning team in board order: Zhigen Lin (2146), Eugene Schön (2171), Derek Yu (2009), Nicholas Liu (1847), Richard Owen (unr)

Secondary Girls
1st Somerset College QLD (16/20)
2nd Presbyterian Ladies College VIC (15/20)
3rd Radford College ACT (12/20)

Primary Open
1st Mount View VIC (18/20)
2nd Kings QLD (12.5/20)
3rd Carlingford West NSW (9.5/20)

Primary Girls
1st Somerville House QLD (18/20)
2nd Curtin ACT (15/20)
3rd Presbyterian Ladies College VIC (11/20)

Click here for the final results to the 2009 Australian Schools Teams Championships.

The games from the tournament will be available in due course on the website.

2009 Victorian Blitz Chess Championship

The 2009 Victorian Blitz Chess Championship was played on the 29th of November. The tournament was held at Box Hill Chess Club.

Here are the final standings:

1st-2nd IM Igor Goldenberg (2384), IM Leonid Sandler (2228) with 9.5/11
3rd FM Bobby Cheng (2130, recent World U12 Chess Champion) with 8.5/11

Click here for the full standings to the 2009 Victorian Blitz Chess Championship.