2010 Gold Coast Open

The 2010 Gold Coast Open was played from the 26th-27th of June at the Gardiner Chess Centre. The top seed was GM Zong-Yuan Zhao (2585).

Here are the final results:
1st GM Zong-Yuan Zhao on 6.5/7
2nd-5th GM-elect George Xie (2475), Moulthun Ly (2283), FM Gene Nakauchi (2009), IM James Morris (2213) with 5/7

The U1600 was won by Mark Stokes (1550) with 6/7.

The U1000 was won by Travis Baker (901) with 7/7.

Click here for the final crosstables to the 2010 Gold Coast Open.

2010 NSW Open

I apologise for forgetting about this tournament, along with the Gold Coast Open.

The 2010 NSW Open was played from 12th-14th of June in Parramatta NSW. The top seed was GM Zong-Yuan Zhao (2583).

Here are the final results:
1st GM Zong-Yuan Zhao with 6/7
2nd-3rd IM Gary Lane (2367), GM-elect George Xie (2482) with 5.5/7

There was a four-way tie in the U1600 between Willis Lo, Alana Chibnall, Mark Stokes and Matthew Bennett, all with 6/7.

Click here for the final crosstable to the 2010 NSW Open.

2010 Victorian Junior Chess Championship

The 2010 Victorian Junior Chess Championship was held at Box Hill Chess Club (Melbourne) from the 26th of June to the 1st of July. There were two sections, the under 12 and the under 18. The top seed was Laurence Matheson (2009).

Here are the final results to the under 18:
1st Laurence Matheson (2009) with 7.5/9, and winning the title of Victorian Junior Champion
2nd Jason Tang (1992) with 6.5/9
3rd-8th Jonathan Tang (1456), Thomas Feng (1711), Kyle Gibson (1285), Michael Addamo (1589), Karl Zelesco (1604), Nicholas Liu (1612) with 6/9

The under 12 was won by Joshua Devarajh (1280) and Karl Zelesco with 6/7. Joshua Devarajh won the under 12 title on countback.

Click here to see the final crosstable for the 2010 Victorian Junior Chess Championship.

Click here to see the final crosstable for the 2010 Under 12 Victorian Junior Chess Championship.

Click here to see the 2010 Victorian Junior title winners.

2010 Box Hill Chess Club Championship

The 2010 Box Hill Chess Club Championship was played from the 23rd of April to the 25th of June. The top seed was rising junior FM Bobby Cheng (2239).

Here are the final results:

1st Christopher Wallis (2113) with 8.5/9
2nd Eugene Schön (2059) with 8/9
3rd David Hacche (2041) with 6.5/9 (Incomplete, there are likely to be other players who are =3rd, but the results have not been published yet.)

Click here to see the final crosstable for the 2010 Box Hill Chess Club Championship. (Results will soon be uploaded.)

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.