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The Australian Chess Championship is a tournament organised by the
Australian Chess Federation The Australian Chess Federation (ACF) is dedicated to promoting the game of chess in Australia, and is a member of FIDE, the World Chess Federation. The ACF administers its own chess rating system for tournaments in Australia, and runs the ACF ...
and held every two years. The tournament is largely restricted to Australian
chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to disti ...
players, although it is common to allow a small number of strong overseas players to compete. The highest-scoring eligible player (frequently the tournament winner) holds the title of Australian Chess Champion until the next tournament is held. The tournament format is normally a restricted
Swiss system A Swiss-system tournament is a non-eliminating tournament format that features a fixed number of rounds of competition, but considerably fewer than for a round-robin tournament; thus each competitor (team or individual) does not play all the other ...
, and in case of a tie for first place, a playoff match or tournament is conducted. Since 1971, the Australian Open has been held in the intervening years. This event is open to all players, regardless of nationality, and the winner holds the title of Australian Open Champion. The Australian Junior Championship and Australian Girls Championship are held annually. The Australian Women's Championship was previously organised as a separate tournament but current regulations award the title of Australian Women's Champion to the highest placed Australian female player in the Australian Open (dependent on a minimum number of female entries).


Australian Champions

Prior to 2008, the tournament usually began in late December (after Christmas) and finished in January. Since 2008, the tournament has usually been held entirely in January. In the table, the year refers to the date the tournament finished. :


Australian Women's Champions

*1966
Marion Mott-McGrath Marion Mott-McGrath (born 6 February 1940), née McGrath, is an Australian chess player. She is a four-time winner of the Australian Women's Chess Championship (1966, 1969, 1976, 1980). Biography From the 1960s to the 1980s Marion Mott-McGrath ...
*1969
Marion Mott-McGrath Marion Mott-McGrath (born 6 February 1940), née McGrath, is an Australian chess player. She is a four-time winner of the Australian Women's Chess Championship (1966, 1969, 1976, 1980). Biography From the 1960s to the 1980s Marion Mott-McGrath ...
*1972 Narelle Kellner *1974 Narelle Kellner *1976
Marion Mott-McGrath Marion Mott-McGrath (born 6 February 1940), née McGrath, is an Australian chess player. She is a four-time winner of the Australian Women's Chess Championship (1966, 1969, 1976, 1980). Biography From the 1960s to the 1980s Marion Mott-McGrath ...
*1978
Lynda Pope Lynda Pope ( Maddern, born 19 April 1953) is an Australian chess player who holds the title of Woman International Master (WIM, 1972). She is a winner of the Australian Women's Chess Championship (1978). Biography Lynda started playing chess ...
*1980
Marion Mott-McGrath Marion Mott-McGrath (born 6 February 1940), née McGrath, is an Australian chess player. She is a four-time winner of the Australian Women's Chess Championship (1966, 1969, 1976, 1980). Biography From the 1960s to the 1980s Marion Mott-McGrath ...
*1982 Anne Slavotinek *1984 Anne Slavotinek *1986 Josie Wright *1988 Carin Craig *1990 Josie Wright *1992 Katrin Aladjova *1994 Boglarka Remenyi, Narelle Szuveges, Liz Ports and Lee Fraser *1995 Dana Nuțu-Gajic *1996 Biljana Dekic & Ngan Phan-Koshnitsky *1998 Ngan Phan-Koshnitsky *1999 Irina Feldman *2002 Narelle Szuveges *2003 Slavica Sarai *2015 Heather Richards *2017 Alexandra Jule *2019 Julia Ryjanova


Australian Junior Champions

The Australian Junior Chess Championship is a tournament organised by the
Australian Chess Federation The Australian Chess Federation (ACF) is dedicated to promoting the game of chess in Australia, and is a member of FIDE, the World Chess Federation. The ACF administers its own chess rating system for tournaments in Australia, and runs the ACF ...
and is held every year. It is restricted to junior players under 18 years of age. The Australian Girls Championship is held concurrently. *1949 W. Levick *1951 John Purdy *1952 J. Hortovanyi *1953 Malcolm Broun *1954 D. Robson *1955 J. Hortovanyi *1956 A. Irving *1957 J. Ferguson *1958 D. Rudd *1959
Ron Klinger Ron Klinger (born 8 November 1941) is an Australian contract bridge player and a leading English-language bridge writer, the author of more than 70 books on the game. He is an Australian Grand Master and a World Bridge Federation International ...
*1960 Peter Lay *1961 Trevor Hay *1962 N. Alexander *1963
Maxwell Fuller Maxwell Leonard Fuller (born 28 January 1945 – 27 August 2013) was an Australian chess FIDE Master (FM). He was born and died in Sydney, and represented Australia in nine Chess Olympiads between 1964 and 1990. Chess career Fuller won th ...
*1964 William Kerr *1965 William Kerr *1966
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*1967 Arthur Pope *1968 Noel Craske *1969 John Hendry *1970 Alan Sauran *1971 Arthur Koelle *1972 Greg Melrose *1973
Robert Bartnik Robert Bartnik (1956-2022) was an Australian mathematician based at Monash University. He is known for his contributions to the rigorous mathematical study of general relativity. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Melbourne Univ ...
*1974 William Jordan *1975 David Dick (finished third behind
Murray Chandler Murray Graham Chandler (born 4 April 1960, Wellington, New Zealand) is a chess grandmaster who has played internationally for New Zealand and for England, after he gained British citizenship in the early 1980s. Chandler is also known as a ches ...
and Kai Jensen who were ineligible for title because they were New Zealand residents ) *1976 Ian Rogers *1977
Darryl Johansen Darryl Keith Johansen (born 4 February 1959 in Melbourne) is an Australian chess grandmaster. He has won the Australian Chess Championship a record six times (in 1984, 1988, 1990, 2000, 2002, and 2012), and represented Australia at fourteen Che ...
/ D. Fardell *1978 Murray Smith *1979 Stephen Kerr *1980
Stephen Solomon Stephen John Solomon (born 24 July 1963) is an Australian chess International Master (IM). He became a FIDE Master (FM) in 1986, and an International Master (IM) in 1990. He won the Australian Junior Chess Championship in 1980 and the Austra ...
(tied with Donald MacFarlane who was ineligible for title because he was a South African resident) *1981 Rey Casse (tied with
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who was ineligible for title because he was a New Zealand resident) *1982 Paul Broekhuyse *1983 Konrad Hornung *1984 Peter Evans *1985 Timothy Reilly *1986 Shane Hill *1987 Colin Davis *1988 Lee Jones *1989 Peter Cotton *1990 Nick Speck *1991 Lee Jones *1992 Trevor Tao *1993 John Paul Wallace *1994 Ry Curtis *1995 Charles Pizzato *1996 David Cordover *1997 Max Leskiewicz *1998 Geoff Saw *1999 David Smerdon *2000 Justin Tan *2001 Zong-Yuan Zhao *2002 Kuan-Kuan Tian *2003 Tomek Rej *2004 Denis Bourmistrov *2005 Moulthun Ly *2006 Angela Song *2007 Michael Wei *2008 Junta Ikeda *2009 Cedric Antolis *2010
Bobby Cheng Bobby Cheng (born 20 March 1997) is a Chinese-Australian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2019. Cheng was world champion in the under 12 category in 2009, the only Australian in history to win a world title. Ch ...
*2011
Bobby Cheng Bobby Cheng (born 20 March 1997) is a Chinese-Australian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2019. Cheng was world champion in the under 12 category in 2009, the only Australian in history to win a world title. Ch ...
*2012 Alistair Cameron *2013 Gene Nakauchi *2014 Anton Smirnov *2015 Yi Liu *2016 Ari Dale *2017 Ray Yang *2018 David Cannon *2019 Sterling Bayaca *2020 Cameron McGowan


Australian Girls Champions

*1960 Irene Tannenthal *1964
Rosalind Jones Rosalind or Rosalinde is a girls' name derived from the Germanic ''hros'', which meant horse, and ''lind'' which meant ''soft'' or ''tender'': People *Rosalind Ashford (born 1943), American singer, member of Martha and the Vandellas *Rosalind Bl ...
*1965
Rosalind Jones Rosalind or Rosalinde is a girls' name derived from the Germanic ''hros'', which meant horse, and ''lind'' which meant ''soft'' or ''tender'': People *Rosalind Ashford (born 1943), American singer, member of Martha and the Vandellas *Rosalind Bl ...
*1966
Rosalind Jones Rosalind or Rosalinde is a girls' name derived from the Germanic ''hros'', which meant horse, and ''lind'' which meant ''soft'' or ''tender'': People *Rosalind Ashford (born 1943), American singer, member of Martha and the Vandellas *Rosalind Bl ...
*1967 Marilyn Urlick *1968 Nona Monachowec *1969 Nona Monachowec *1970 Linda Maddern *1971 Linda Maddern *1972 Lillian Goldsmith *1973 Irena Duluk *1974 Cathy Innes-Brown *1975 Cathy Innes-Brown / Cathy Depasquale / Karen Hancock *1976 Kate Marshall *1977 Anne Martin *1978 Anne Slavotinek *1979 Anne Slavotinek *1980 Astrid Ketelaar *1981 Jill Clementi *1982 Josie Wright *1983 Trudi Potter *1984 Colleen Lau *1985 Gina Soto-Olivo *1986 Natalie Mills / J. Rees / Blanche Wilkie / Nga Phan *1987 Tam Nguyen *1988 Nancy Jones *1989 Nancy Jones *1990 Gabrielle Grbovac / J. King & Barbara Remenyi / Boglarka Remenyi *1991 Boglarka Remenyi *1992 Jennifer Harrington *1993 Veronica Klimenko / I. Liubomirskaia / Narelle Szuveges *1994 Sulyn Teh *1995 Jasmine Lauer-Smith *1996 Laura Moylan *1997 Elaine Chong *1998 Kylie Coventry *1999 Catherine Lip / Jasmine Lauer-Smith / Shiloh Norris *2000 Catherine Lip *2001 Michelle Lee *2002 Shannon Oliver *2003 Angela Song *2004 Heather Huddleston *2005
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*2006 Alexandra Jule *2007 Emma Guo *2008 Deborah Ng *2009 Sally Yu *2010 Leteisha Simmonds *2011 Savithri Narenthran *2012 Miranda Webb-Liddle *2013 Nicole Chin *2014 Shirley Gu *2015 Kristine Quek *2016 Zhi Lin Guo *2017
Yifan Eva Wang Hou Yifan ( ; born 27 February 1994) is a Chinese chess Grandmaster (chess), grandmaster, four-time Women's World Chess Champion and the second highest Elo rating system, rated female player of all time.
*2018 Cassandra Lim *2019 Jody Middleton *2020 Lillian Lu


Australian Open

*1971
Lajos Portisch Lajos Portisch (born 4 April 1937) is a Hungarian chess Grandmaster, whose positional style earned him the nickname, the "Hungarian Botvinnik". One of the strongest non-Soviet players from the early 1960s into the late 1980s, he participated ...
(Hungary) *1973
Maxwell Fuller Maxwell Leonard Fuller (born 28 January 1945 – 27 August 2013) was an Australian chess FIDE Master (FM). He was born and died in Sydney, and represented Australia in nine Chess Olympiads between 1964 and 1990. Chess career Fuller won th ...
*1975
Maxwell Fuller Maxwell Leonard Fuller (born 28 January 1945 – 27 August 2013) was an Australian chess FIDE Master (FM). He was born and died in Sydney, and represented Australia in nine Chess Olympiads between 1964 and 1990. Chess career Fuller won th ...
*1977 Trevor Hay /
Stewart Booth Stewart may refer to: People * Stewart (name), Scottish surname and given name *Clan Stewart, a Scottish clan *Clan Stewart of Appin, a Scottish clan Places Canada * Stewart, British Columbia *Stewart Township, Nipissing District, Ontario (hist ...
/ Michael Woodhams *1979
Maxwell Fuller Maxwell Leonard Fuller (born 28 January 1945 – 27 August 2013) was an Australian chess FIDE Master (FM). He was born and died in Sydney, and represented Australia in nine Chess Olympiads between 1964 and 1990. Chess career Fuller won th ...
*1981 Robert Murray Jamieson *1983
Darryl Johansen Darryl Keith Johansen (born 4 February 1959 in Melbourne) is an Australian chess grandmaster. He has won the Australian Chess Championship a record six times (in 1984, 1988, 1990, 2000, 2002, and 2012), and represented Australia at fourteen Che ...
*1985
Guy West Guy West (born 7 September 1958) is an Australian chess player who holds the FIDE title of International Master (IM). He is a former Australian Chess Champion. West was born in Babinda, Queensland, and moved to Melbourne at the age of 12. He ...
*1987
Gyula Sax Gyula Sax (18 June 1951 – 25 January 2014) was a Hungarian chess grandmaster and International Arbiter (1995). In 1972 he won the European Junior Chess Championship in Groningen. Sax was awarded the IM title in 1972 and the GM title ...
(Hungary) *1989
Aleksandar Wohl Aleksandar H. Wohl (born 21 July 1963) is an Australian chess player. He was awarded the title of International Master by FIDE in 1994. Chess career Wohl won the Australian championship in 1992 ahead of English Grandmaster Tony Miles. In 1989 ...
/ Robin Hill *1991 Lembit Oll (Estonia) / Edvins Kengis (Latvia) /
Stefan Djuric Stefan may refer to: * Stefan (given name) * Stefan (surname) * Ștefan, a Romanian given name and a surname * Štefan, a Slavic given name and surname * Stefan (footballer) (born 1988), Brazilian footballer * Stefan Heym, pseudonym of German writ ...
(Yugoslavia) /
Darryl Johansen Darryl Keith Johansen (born 4 February 1959 in Melbourne) is an Australian chess grandmaster. He has won the Australian Chess Championship a record six times (in 1984, 1988, 1990, 2000, 2002, and 2012), and represented Australia at fourteen Che ...
/
Tony Miles Anthony John Miles (23 April 1955 – 12 November 2001) was an English chess player and the first Englishman to earn the Grandmaster title. Early and personal life Miles was an only child, born 23 April 1955 in Edgbaston, a suburb of Birming ...
(England) *1993 Ian Rogers *1995 Dinh Duc Trong (Vietnam) *1997
Darryl Johansen Darryl Keith Johansen (born 4 February 1959 in Melbourne) is an Australian chess grandmaster. He has won the Australian Chess Championship a record six times (in 1984, 1988, 1990, 2000, 2002, and 2012), and represented Australia at fourteen Che ...
*1999
Vadim Milov Vadim Milov (born 1 August 1972) is a Swiss chess player who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in 1993. Early life Born in Ufa, following the collapse of the USSR, he moved to Israel in 1992, before finally settling in Switzerlan ...
(Switzerland) *2001
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*2003 John-Paul Wallace *2005
Elena Sedina Elena Sedina (russian: Елена Седина; ua, Оле́на Се́діна, ''Olena Sedina''; born 1 June 1968 in Kyiv) is a Ukrainian-Italian chess player who holds the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM) ...
(Italy) *2007 Zong-Yuan Zhao *2009
Aleksandar Wohl Aleksandar H. Wohl (born 21 July 1963) is an Australian chess player. He was awarded the title of International Master by FIDE in 1994. Chess career Wohl won the Australian championship in 1992 ahead of English Grandmaster Tony Miles. In 1989 ...
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George Xie George Xie is an International Master (IM) of chess, chess tutor and a former Australian Open chess champion. Career George Xie tied for first in the 2009 and 2011 Australian Open Chess Championship tournaments, winning the Australian Open C ...
*2011
George Xie George Xie is an International Master (IM) of chess, chess tutor and a former Australian Open chess champion. Career George Xie tied for first in the 2009 and 2011 Australian Open Chess Championship tournaments, winning the Australian Open C ...
/ Zong-Yuan Zhao / Moulthun Ly *2013
Bobby Cheng Bobby Cheng (born 20 March 1997) is a Chinese-Australian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2019. Cheng was world champion in the under 12 category in 2009, the only Australian in history to win a world title. Ch ...
*2015
Ni Hua Ni Hua (born May 31, 1983 in Shanghai) is a Chinese chess grandmaster and the national team captain. He is three-time national champion. In 2003, he became China's 15th Grandmaster at the age of 19. In April 2008, Ni Hua and Bu Xiangzh ...
*2017
Max Illingworth Max Illingworth (born 5 November 1992) is an Australian former chess player, and current chess trainer and writer. In 2022 he started playing poker professionally. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2016, becoming the fifth Austra ...
/ Temur Kuybokarov (Uzbekistan) / Kanan Izzat (Azerbaijan) / Yi Liu *2019 Temur Kuybokarov / Kanan Izzat (Azerbaijan)


Australian Grand Prix

Since 1989 a system has been in place with points accumulated in different Australian weekend tournaments. The winners have been:2007 Myer Tan Australian Chess Grand Prix – History
*1989 Ian Rogers *1990
Stephen Solomon Stephen John Solomon (born 24 July 1963) is an Australian chess International Master (IM). He became a FIDE Master (FM) in 1986, and an International Master (IM) in 1990. He won the Australian Junior Chess Championship in 1980 and the Austra ...
*1991
Darryl Johansen Darryl Keith Johansen (born 4 February 1959 in Melbourne) is an Australian chess grandmaster. He has won the Australian Chess Championship a record six times (in 1984, 1988, 1990, 2000, 2002, and 2012), and represented Australia at fourteen Che ...
*1992
Darryl Johansen Darryl Keith Johansen (born 4 February 1959 in Melbourne) is an Australian chess grandmaster. He has won the Australian Chess Championship a record six times (in 1984, 1988, 1990, 2000, 2002, and 2012), and represented Australia at fourteen Che ...
*1993
Darryl Johansen Darryl Keith Johansen (born 4 February 1959 in Melbourne) is an Australian chess grandmaster. He has won the Australian Chess Championship a record six times (in 1984, 1988, 1990, 2000, 2002, and 2012), and represented Australia at fourteen Che ...
*1994 Ian Rogers *1995
Darryl Johansen Darryl Keith Johansen (born 4 February 1959 in Melbourne) is an Australian chess grandmaster. He has won the Australian Chess Championship a record six times (in 1984, 1988, 1990, 2000, 2002, and 2012), and represented Australia at fourteen Che ...
*1996
Darryl Johansen Darryl Keith Johansen (born 4 February 1959 in Melbourne) is an Australian chess grandmaster. He has won the Australian Chess Championship a record six times (in 1984, 1988, 1990, 2000, 2002, and 2012), and represented Australia at fourteen Che ...
*1997
Stephen Solomon Stephen John Solomon (born 24 July 1963) is an Australian chess International Master (IM). He became a FIDE Master (FM) in 1986, and an International Master (IM) in 1990. He won the Australian Junior Chess Championship in 1980 and the Austra ...
*1998 Ian Rogers *1999
Stephen Solomon Stephen John Solomon (born 24 July 1963) is an Australian chess International Master (IM). He became a FIDE Master (FM) in 1986, and an International Master (IM) in 1990. He won the Australian Junior Chess Championship in 1980 and the Austra ...
*2000 Ian Rogers *2001
Stephen Solomon Stephen John Solomon (born 24 July 1963) is an Australian chess International Master (IM). He became a FIDE Master (FM) in 1986, and an International Master (IM) in 1990. He won the Australian Junior Chess Championship in 1980 and the Austra ...
*2002 Ian Rogers *2003 Ian Rogers *2004 Ian Rogers *2005 Igor Bjelobrk *2006
George Xie George Xie is an International Master (IM) of chess, chess tutor and a former Australian Open chess champion. Career George Xie tied for first in the 2009 and 2011 Australian Open Chess Championship tournaments, winning the Australian Open C ...
*2007
Dejan Antić Dejan Antić (; born 9 December 1968) is a Serbian chess player who holds the title of Grandmaster (chess), Grandmaster. Biography In March 1988 he won the Belgrade Open. In 1989, Antic became a FIDE Master (FM). In 1991 he became an Internati ...
*2008
Stephen Solomon Stephen John Solomon (born 24 July 1963) is an Australian chess International Master (IM). He became a FIDE Master (FM) in 1986, and an International Master (IM) in 1990. He won the Australian Junior Chess Championship in 1980 and the Austra ...
*2009 David Smerdon *2010
Zhao Zong-Yuan Zhao Zong-Yuan (; born 26 June 1986) is an Australian chess Grandmaster. , he was the third-ranked active chess player in Australia. Early life Zhao was born in Beijing. He grew up in Coffs Harbour, Australia, a pharmacy graduate from the ...
*2011
Stephen Solomon Stephen John Solomon (born 24 July 1963) is an Australian chess International Master (IM). He became a FIDE Master (FM) in 1986, and an International Master (IM) in 1990. He won the Australian Junior Chess Championship in 1980 and the Austra ...
*2012
George Xie George Xie is an International Master (IM) of chess, chess tutor and a former Australian Open chess champion. Career George Xie tied for first in the 2009 and 2011 Australian Open Chess Championship tournaments, winning the Australian Open C ...
*2013 Brodie McClymont *2014 Moulthun Ly *2015 Anton Smirnov *2016 Brodie McClymont *2017
Stephen Solomon Stephen John Solomon (born 24 July 1963) is an Australian chess International Master (IM). He became a FIDE Master (FM) in 1986, and an International Master (IM) in 1990. He won the Australian Junior Chess Championship in 1980 and the Austra ...
*2018
Stephen Solomon Stephen John Solomon (born 24 July 1963) is an Australian chess International Master (IM). He became a FIDE Master (FM) in 1986, and an International Master (IM) in 1990. He won the Australian Junior Chess Championship in 1980 and the Austra ...
*2019
Stephen Solomon Stephen John Solomon (born 24 July 1963) is an Australian chess International Master (IM). He became a FIDE Master (FM) in 1986, and an International Master (IM) in 1990. He won the Australian Junior Chess Championship in 1980 and the Austra ...
*2020 Grand Prix not held


See also


References

* *. (Men's champions through 1986) *. (Men's champions through 1980) * http://www.ozbase.com.au/ – an incomplete list, including games in PGN format.


External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20150624114332/http://2016.chesschampionship.org.au/ *http://auschesschamps.com/ *http://www.ajcc.org.au/ {{Australian National Championships Chess national championships Women's chess national championships
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