Aussie Juniors – Hobart – entries so far.
First name Last name Category State or Territory
Poshya Balaji U8 Girls Classical VIC
Daphne Goh U8 Girls Classical VIC
Nihira Kommina U8 Girls Classical VIC
Xiangyi (Aniya) Mao U8 Girls Classical QLD
Kayra Thusithana U8 Girls Classical VIC
Raina Xue U8 Girls Classical OS
Poshya Balaji U8 Open Classical VIC
Ian Chen U8 Open Classical QLD
Xiangyi (Aniya) Mao U8 Open Classical QLD
Shourya Tallapally U8 Open Classical NSW
Leo Yu U8 Open Classical QLD
Mishleen Kaur U10 Girls Classical VIC
Advaitha Madduluri U10 Girls Classical VIC
Fedra Simic U10 Girls Classical QLD
Anvika Singh U10 Girls Classical NSW
Mingchen Han U10 Open Classical QLD
Max Mao U10 Open Classical ACT
Alden Shen U10 Open Classical QLD
Anvika Singh U10 Open Classical NSW
Daphne Goh U12 Blitz VIC
Bhavishya Kommina U12 Blitz VIC
Xiangyi (Aniya) Mao U12 Blitz QLD
Lucas Parker U12 Blitz VIC
Fedra Simic U12 Blitz QLD
Anvika Singh U12 Blitz NSW
Leo Yu U12 Blitz QLD
Echo Feng U12 Girls Classical ACT
Bhavishya Kommina U12 Girls Classical VIC
Zoe Meredith U12 Girls Classical TAS
Max Mao U12 Open Classical ACT
Lucas Parker U12 Open Classical VIC
Wesley Soon U12 Open Classical NSW
Poshya Balaji U12 Problem Solving VIC
Bhavishya Kommina U12 Problem Solving VIC
Nihira Kommina U12 Problem Solving VIC
Xiangyi (Aniya) Mao U12 Problem Solving QLD
Lucas Parker U12 Problem Solving VIC
Fedra Simic U12 Problem Solving QLD
Anvika Singh U12 Problem Solving NSW
Xinyao Fan U14 Open Classical VIC
Ryan Lo U14 Open Classical QLD
Mason Tay U14 Open Classical NSW
Ryan Lo U18 Blitz QLD
Mason Tay U18 Blitz NSW
Vihaan Anup Kumar U18 Open Classical NSW
Qiming Niu U18 Open Classical NSW
Ryan Lo U18 Problem Solving QLD
Mason Tay U18 Problem Solving NSW
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“Blue Chevaliers International Open”, 7-13 September – Olympiad News!
“Blue Chevaliers International Open”, 7-13 September
From the Tournament Organizer (Australian!) Peter Frost:
”Our coming “Blue Chevaliers International Open”, 7-13 September in Phuket, has 8 Australians playing, including GM David Smerdon, WIM Heather Richards, and FM Jack Rodgers, all on their way to the Olympiad. Panno Skiotis is a regular, too.”
Thus, many Australians entered already and hopefully some more will!
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Brisbane Chess Club Calendar for the rest of 2026
Brisbane Chess Club Calendar 2026
Entries close for all events at 7.30 pm, with play starting at 7.45 pm.
August 27
Blitz Championship 11 rounds
3 mins + 2 secs (Fischer)
September 3 – October 1
Lasker Memorial 5 rounds
60 mins + 20 secs (Bronstein)
Baku Acceleration
October 8 – November 19
Club Championship 7 rounds
60 mins + 10 secs (Fischer) Trophy
November 26
AGM (and Social Chess):
All Welcome
Annual General Meeting and Social Blitz
December 2026 – January 2027
CLOSED
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UQ October Chess Series (min $2500+ Prize Pool)
UQ October Chess Series (min $2500+ Prize Pool)
A big month of chess for UQ chess club with the UQ October chess Series! A FIDE, ACF and QJ rated event for all three formats with a minimum Prize Pool of $2500 (will increase with more entries). The breakdown of prize distributions will happen closer to the start of October.
BLITZ
Date: Friday 9th October
Time: 6pm-9pm
Rounds: 11
Time Control: 3min + 2sec from move 1
Entry fee: Members: $20 Non-Members:$25
Registrations close 12pm 9th October
RAPID
Date: 10th October
Time: 10am-4:30pm (with a lunch break)
Rounds: 9
Time control: 13min + 2sec from move 1
Entry Fee: Members: $35 Non-Members $40
Registrations close 11:59pm 9th October
Classic
Dates: 24th-25th October
Time control: 60min + 30sec from move 1
Schedule: 24th October Rounds 1-3: 10am (9am registration), 1:30pm, 4:30pm
25th October Rounds 4-6: 9:30am, 12:30pm, 3:30pm
Entry fee: Members $60 Non-Members: $65
Registrations close 8pm 23rd October
Venue and room capacities will be announced in the coming weeks
For those playing all 3 events, $105 deal (member) or $115 deal (non-member)
IM/WIM/GM/WGM contact Filip Simic to claim your free entry. WFM/FM also contact to get your discounted entry
The Chief Arbiter for all three events will be NA Filip Simic, with the Deputy Chief Arbiter being NA Chandy Dai. If there are any further questions, please email fsimic594@gmail.com
ENTER: https://www.trybooking.com/DPEVU
Refunds will be offered up until 24 hours before the commencement of each event. Any withdrawing after this time will result in no refunds.
Important: Participants must also register for the Chess Association of Queensland (CAQ) to play. This costs $20 for a year and can be done on the following link: https://caq.org.au/membership-levels/.
View registrations and results here: https://www.vegaresults.com/vega/8901
Looking forward to seeing you all there!
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Olympiad Blitz results – GM Bobby Cheng won 8.5/9!
Bobby Cheng won on 8.5/9 ahead of Temur Kuybokarov 8.
Hopefully this link works for you:
https://www.chess.com/tournament/liv…swiss-31062039
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The 2027 Australian Open Chess Championships will take place in Darwin from Saturday, January 2 to Monday, January 11, 2027, at the DoubleTree by Hilton on The Esplanade. The historic event features a $15,000 prize pool spanning classical and blitz formats with no rating prerequisites for entry.Event DetailsDates: January 2 – January 11, 2027 (Rest day on January 7)Location: DoubleTree by Hilton, 116 The Esplanade, Darwin NTEvents: Classical Tournament (9 rounds Swiss) and Blitz Tournament (11 rounds Swiss)Cost: Classical entry is $200 for adults ($120 for children/concessions); Blitz entry is $40 ($30 for concessions); Grandmasters are freeRegistration: Tickets and sign-ups are available via TryBooking.
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Leo Wilkinson Memorial – message from President, Mark C Stokes
An excellent flyer for the 2026 LWM is now up on the CAQ Inc Website thanks to CAQ Inc Secretary David Esmonde. View it under Upcoming Tournaments on the Chess Association of Queensland Inc Website: www.caq.org.au
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RCC Juniors score Top 3 spots in Norm Braybrooke Memorial!!!
Congratulations to Simon Yousafi winning with 5.5/6 and to Nikola Maljkovic and Brett Oakley both with 4.5/6, placing equal second.
See the full cross table on previous post.
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Olympiad Fundraise now has 75 Blitz players!
Updated entry list 19/08 – 75 players!
Great to see the level of support for Aussie chess. 48 hours until entry closes.
Name
GM Bobby Cheng 2570
GM Temur Kuybokarov 2534
GM David Smerdon 2461
IM James Morris 2419
IM Mihajlo Radovanovic 2385
IM Junta Ikeda 2366
IM Sravan Renjith 2318
FM Yifei Hu 2223
FM Jayden Ooi 2221
WGM Julia Ryjanova 2180
Atash Iddon 2171
WGM Jilin Zhang 2162
FM Dusan Stojic 2151
FM Jack Rodgers 2150
WFM Zhiyuan Shen 2106
WIM Heather Richards 2096
Bruce Williams 2056
CM Ross Lam 2002
Andrew Fitzpatrick 1999
Oscar Tan 1974
Nigel Barrow 1940
Kevin Reid 1868
Jordan Brown 1856
Rick Lopis 1825
Peter Frost 1791
Filip Simic 1767
Trent Parker 1743
Emma Zhou 1728
Martin Chen 1718
Joel Bounsall 1711
William Searle 1693
Brett Oakley 1669
Tan Nguyen 1660
Zachary Pedros 1654
Justin Dingley 1649
George St. Clair 1643
Simon Yousafi 1642
Ethan Joseph 1623
David Escobar 1583
Mia Tan 1575
Sebastian Williams 1568
Rohan Babu 1556
Brandon Deng-Xia 1535
Alex Borycz 1506
Alden Shen 1502
Dhairya Bansal 1494
Marlon Chen 1491
Zack Chubo Wang 1485
Adhvik Arun 1452
Jacob Zeng 1409
(Confirming first name) Zhao
Vedang Nandaki
Naksh Kabbur
Julian Lee
Martin Xu
William Clem
Roy Chidiac
Lachlan Huang
Kacper Pajak
Lachlan Walker
Isaac Huang
Louie Zhang
Ayden Tiu
Mahil Mohamed
Aidan Li
Guillaume Lacroix
Jack Sharkey
Will Sharkey
Nikita Yemtsov
Kynan Long
Max Lin
Dhruv Bansal
Christopher Poulton
Derek Li
Dmitry Lisenko
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RCC Club night events for the rest of the year.
Does anyone have a list of CAQ events for the rest of the year? Their website is a bit clunky.
19 August 2026 Norm Braybrooke Memorial Rd. 6/6 Rothwell 60/20 or 30/30 Term 3 Week 6
26 August 2026 Mike Dyer Memorial Rd. 1/5 Rothwell 60/20 or 30/30 Term 3 Week 7
02 September 2026 Mike Dyer Memorial Rd. 2/5 Rothwell 60/20 or 30/30 Term 3 Week 8
09 September 2026 Mike Dyer Memorial Rd. 3/5 Rothwell 60/20 or 30/30 Term 3 Week 9
16 September 2026 Mike Dyer Memorial Rd. 4/5 Rothwell 60/20 or 30/30 Term 3 Week 10
23 September 2026 Mike Dyer Memorial Rd. 5/5 Rothwell 60/20 or 30/30 School Holidays
30 September 2026 Club Championship Warmup Rd. 1/5 Rothwell 60/20 or 30/30 School Holidays
07 October 2026 Club Championship Warmup Rd. 2/5 Rothwell 60/20 or 30/30 Term 4 Week 1
14 October 2026 Club Championship Warmup Rd. 3/5 Rothwell 60/20 or 30/30 Term 4 Week 2
21 October 2026 Club Championship Warmup Rd. 4/5 Rothwell 60/20 or 30/30 Term 4 Week 3
28 October 2026 Club Championship Warmup Rd. 5/5 Rothwell 60/20 or 30/30 Term 4 Week 4
04 November 2026 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP Rd. 1/7 Rothwell 60/20 Term 4 Week 5
11 November 2026 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP Rd. 2/7 Rothwell 60/20 Term 4 Week 6
18 November 2026 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP Rd. 3/7 Rothwell 60/20 Term 4 Week 7
25 November 2026 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP Rd. 4/7 Rothwell 60/20 Term 4 Week 8
02 December 2026 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP Rd. 5/7 Rothwell 60/20 Term 4 Week 9
09 December 2026 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP Rd. 6/7 Rothwell 60/20 Term 4 Week 10
16 December 2026 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP Rd. 7/7 Rothwell 60/20 School Holidays
23 December 2026 Club Breakup and Trophy Night Rothwell School Holidays
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Heaps of RCC players for the Great Barrier Reef Open already!
Great Barrier Reef Open is coming up fast, top boards are looking exciting already
Doug McClure 1891
Andrew Farley 1771
Tony Dowden 1719
Damian Norris 1664
Michael D’Arcy 1657
Paul Summers 1525
Rohan Pyne 1499
Hayden Van Rys 1481
Scott Humphreys 1397
Jason Sou 1385
Spots are filling up fast so get your entry in quick!
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RCC remains unchallenged as the strongest Chess Club in Queensland.!
We are still waiting for other Clubs to dethrone us as Queensland’s strongest Chess Club.
FIDE ratings as of August 2026.
Send challenges to our President, Mark C Stokes – don’t forget to send some chocolates as well! And some potato chips.
NAME FIDE Title FIDE
1 CORKER, Kerry 2040
2 TRUSCOTT, Tony 2006
3 READING, Jeremy 1966
4 DOWDEN, Tony CM FT 1961
5 TURNER, Jai 1889
6 D’ARCY, Michael 1874
7 BEAUMONT, David CM 1852
8 PYNE, Rohan 1775
9 SIMIC, Filip 1767
10 SPACEK, Libor 1751
11 FOSSEY, Allan 1730
12 STOKES, Mark C 1689
13 OAKLEY, Brett 1669
14 MALJKOVIC, Nikola 1658
15 WELLER, Tony 1658
16 YOUSAFI, Simon 1642
17 POST, Martin 1622
18 HAMILTON, Aaron 1503
19 SIMIC, Fedra 1493
20 BASIACO, Chris 1427
21 CONNELL, Chris 1422
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