Australian Chess Championship


The Australian Chess Championship is a tournament organised by the Australian Chess Federation and held every two years. The tournament is largely restricted to Australian chess players, although it is common to allow a small number of strong overseas players to compete. The highest-scoring eligible player holds the title of Australian Chess Champion until the next tournament is held. The tournament format is normally a restricted Swiss system, 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.

Australian Champions

Prior to 2008, the tournament usually began in late December 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

Australian Junior Champions

The Australian Junior Chess Championship is a tournament organised by the Australian Chess Federation and is held every year. It is restricted to junior players under 18 years of age. The Australian Girls Championship is held concurrently.

Australian Girls Champions

  • 1960 Irene Tannenthal
  • 1964 Rosalind Jones
  • 1965 Rosalind Jones
  • 1966 Rosalind Jones
  • 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 Rebecca Harris
  • 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
  • 2018 Cassandra Lim
  • 2019 Jody Middleton
  • 2020 Lillian Lu
  • 2023 Chloe Fan
  • 2024 Om O'Carroll
  • 2025 Athena-Malar Retnaraja
  • 2026 Isabella Guan

Australian Open

Where players tied for first place and the winner of the Australian Open Champion title on countback is known, the title winner is indicated followed by the players they tied with in brackets.

Australian Grand Prix

From 1989 to 2019 a system was in place with points accumulated in different Australian weekend tournaments. The winners were:
The Grand Prix has not been held since 2019.

Lists

Individual events

  • https://web.archive.org/web/20150624114332/http://2016.chesschampionship.org.au/
  • http://auschesschamps.com/
  • http://www.ajcc.org.au/

Games

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