Anton Smirnov wins 2016 Australasian Masters GM Norm Tournament
Final Ranking crosstable after 9 Rounds Rk. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 IM Smirnov Anton 2514 AUS * ½ 0 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 6,0 0,0 5 24,50 2 GM Kasparov Sergey 2464 BLR ½ * 1 ½ ½ […]
Anton Smirnov leads 2016 Australasian Masters GM Norm Tournament
Ranking crosstable after Round 8 Rk. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 IM Smirnov Anton 2514 AUS * 1 ½ 0 1 0 1 1 1 5,5 0,0 5 19,25 2 IM Cheng Bobby 2446 AUS 0 * ½ 1 0 1 1 […]
Liu & Yeoh win 2016 Lidums Australian Young Masters
Final Ranking crosstable after 9 Rounds Rk. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts. TB1 TB3 1 FM Liu Xiangyi 2431 SGP * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6,0 1,0 0,00 2 FM Yeoh Li Tian 2432 MAS 0 * ½ ½ ½ ½ […]
IM Morris leads Lidums Australian Young Masters
Ranking crosstable after Round 2 Rk. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 IM Morris James 2457 AUS * 1 1 2,0 0,50 0,0 2 2 IM Cheng Bobby 2446 AUS * ½ 1 1,5 1,50 0,0 1 FM Liu Xiangyi 2431 SGP * […]
Historic day for Victorian and Australian chess!
Yesterday was a historical day for Victorian and Australian chess! 205 girls competed in the 2016 Chess Victoria Secondary and Primary Girl Schools Finals.This was the record number of girls for day tournament in Victoria and Australia!! In the Primary Schools division 127 players represented 26 schools with youngest player being only 7-years old! The […]
Melbourne Chess Club celebrates 150th birthday
The Melbourne Chess Club is the oldest chess club in the Southern Hemisphere which celebrated its 150th birthday on the 4th of August. The Club celebrated with a small dinner of pizza’s and snacks before the lecture that was given by IM Guy West, a multiple club champion. He showed us games from three different […]
Australia announced Olympiad Team Lineups
Jamie Kenmure informs about the lineups of the Australian teams for the 42nd Chess Olympiad to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan. Open: 1.GM David Smerdon 2.GM Zong-Yuan Zhao 3.IM Moulthun Ly 4.IM Anton Smirnov 5.GM Max Illingworth Women: 1.WIM Heather Richards 2.WIM Giang Nguyen 3.WIM Emma Guo 4.WIM Biljana Dekic 5.WIM Alexandra Jule
2016 Australian Chess Championships LIVE!
The 2016 Australian Chess Championships that runs from the 2-12 January 2016 and will be held at the Fitzroy Town Hall in the inner city suburb of Melbourne. The 2016 Australian Chess Championships are presented by the Melbourne Chess Club – Celebrating 150 Years, and is proudly supported by the City of Yarra. The 11 […]
IMs Izzat & Cheng lead Australian Championship after 8
Rank after Round 8 (top 25) http://chess-results.com/tnr202273.aspx Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg TB1 1 3 IM Izzat Kanan AZE 2480 6,5 7 IM Cheng Bobby AUS 2417 6,5 3 2 GM Papin Vasily RUS 2480 6,0 18 FM Zelesco Karl AUS 2278 6,0 5 6 IM Morris James AUS 2422 5,5 15 FM Li Luke […]