The Australian Chess Championship is a tournament organised by the Australian Chess Federation

Australian Chess Federation

The Australian Chess Federation is dedicated to promoting the game of chess in Australia, and is a member of FIDE, the world chess federation...

 and held every two years. The tournament is usually restricted to Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n chess

Chess

Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...

 players, although exceptions have been made on occasion. The winner of the tournament holds the title of Australian Chess Champion until the next tournament is held. The tournament format is normally a restricted Swiss system

Swiss system tournament

A Swiss-system tournament is a commonly used type of tournament where players or teams need to be paired to face each other for several rounds of competition. This type of tournament was first used in a Zurich chess tournament in 1895, hence the name "Swiss system". The Swiss system is used when...

, 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).

The 2010 Australian Championship tournament website is here.

Australian Champions

The tournament usually begins in late December (after Christmas) and finishes in January. In the table, the year refers to the date the tournament finished.

Year	Location	Winners
2010	North Sydney North Sydney, New South Wales North Sydney is a suburb and commercial district on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. North Sydney is located 3 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of North Sydney...	Zong-Yuan Zhao
2008	Parramatta Parramatta, New South Wales Parramatta is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located in Greater Western Sydney west of the Sydney central business district on the banks of the Parramatta River. Parramatta is the administrative seat of the Local Government Area of the City of Parramatta...	Stephen Solomon
2006	Brisbane Brisbane Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...	Ian Rogers Ian Rogers (chess player) Ian Rogers , is a retired Australian chess grandmaster and FIDE Senior Trainer .-Career:Rogers was the first Australian to become a Chess Grandmaster, a title he achieved in 1985 after becoming an International Master in 1980...
2004	Adelaide Adelaide Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...	Gary Lane Gary Lane Gary William Lane is a professional chess player and author. He became an International Master in 1987 and won the Commonwealth Chess Championship in 1988...
2002	Melbourne Melbourne Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...	Darryl Johansen Darryl Johansen Darryl Keith Johansen is an Australian chess Grandmaster. He became an International Master in 1983 and Australia's second Grandmaster, after Ian Rogers, in 1995....
2000	Tumbu Umbi Tumbi Umbi, New South Wales Tumbi Umbi is a mostly semi-rural suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, located northwest of Bateau Bay. It is part of the Wyong Shire local government area....	Darryl Johansen Darryl Johansen Darryl Keith Johansen is an Australian chess Grandmaster. He became an International Master in 1983 and Australia's second Grandmaster, after Ian Rogers, in 1995....
1998	Melbourne Melbourne Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...	Ian Rogers Ian Rogers (chess player) Ian Rogers , is a retired Australian chess grandmaster and FIDE Senior Trainer .-Career:Rogers was the first Australian to become a Chess Grandmaster, a title he achieved in 1985 after becoming an International Master in 1980...
1996	Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...	Guy West Guy West Guy West is a chess International Master, and a former Australian Chess Champion.West was born in Babinda, Queensland, and moved to Melbourne when he was 12...
1994	Melbourne Melbourne Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...	John-Paul Wallace John-Paul Wallace John-Paul Wallace is a professional chess player awarded the title of International Master in 1995 by FIDE ....
1992	Melbourne Melbourne Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...	Aleksandar Wohl Aleksandar Wohl Aleksandar Wohl is an Australian chess player, International Master.-Chess career:He won the Australian Championship in 1992. In 1989 he won the Australian Open Chess Championship and in 2009 tied for 1st with George Xie...
1990	Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...	Darryl Johansen Darryl Johansen Darryl Keith Johansen is an Australian chess Grandmaster. He became an International Master in 1983 and Australia's second Grandmaster, after Ian Rogers, in 1995....
1988	Gosford	Darryl Johansen Darryl Johansen Darryl Keith Johansen is an Australian chess Grandmaster. He became an International Master in 1983 and Australia's second Grandmaster, after Ian Rogers, in 1995....
1986	Toowoomba Toowoomba, Queensland Toowoomba is a city in Southern Queensland, Australia. It is located west of Queensland's capital city, Brisbane. With an estimated district population of 128,600, Toowoomba is Australia's second largest inland city and its largest non-capital inland city...	Ian Rogers Ian Rogers (chess player) Ian Rogers , is a retired Australian chess grandmaster and FIDE Senior Trainer .-Career:Rogers was the first Australian to become a Chess Grandmaster, a title he achieved in 1985 after becoming an International Master in 1980...
1984	Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...	Darryl Johansen Darryl Johansen Darryl Keith Johansen is an Australian chess Grandmaster. He became an International Master in 1983 and Australia's second Grandmaster, after Ian Rogers, in 1995....
1982	Melbourne Melbourne Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...	Douglas Hamilton Douglas Hamilton General Douglas Hamilton was a British Indian Army officer, gazetted to the 21st Regiment of the Madras Native Infantry from 1837 to 1871. He was a well known surveyor of the early British hill stations in South India and a famous sportsman, shikari, big-game hunter and trophy collector. He was an...
1980	Adelaide Adelaide Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...	Ian Rogers Ian Rogers (chess player) Ian Rogers , is a retired Australian chess grandmaster and FIDE Senior Trainer .-Career:Rogers was the first Australian to become a Chess Grandmaster, a title he achieved in 1985 after becoming an International Master in 1980...
1978	Perth Perth, Western Australia Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....	Robert Murray Jamieson Robert Murray Jamieson Robert Murray Jamieson is an Australian chess player, International Master.-Chess career:He won the Australian Championship in 1974 and 1978. In 1981 he won the Australian Open...
1976	Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...	Serge Rubanraut Serge Rubanraut Serge Rubanraut was an Australian chess master.He won Australian Chess Championship at Sydney 1976, and represented Australia in the 22nd Chess Olympiad at Haifa 1976....
1974	Cooma	Robert Murray Jamieson Robert Murray Jamieson Robert Murray Jamieson is an Australian chess player, International Master.-Chess career:He won the Australian Championship in 1974 and 1978. In 1981 he won the Australian Open...
1972	Melbourne Melbourne Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...	Maxwell Fuller / Trevor Hay (playoff match tied 5–5)
1970	Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...	Alfred Flatow
1969	Melbourne Melbourne Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...	Walter Browne
1967	Brisbane Brisbane Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...	Douglas Hamilton Douglas Hamilton General Douglas Hamilton was a British Indian Army officer, gazetted to the 21st Regiment of the Madras Native Infantry from 1837 to 1871. He was a well known surveyor of the early British hill stations in South India and a famous sportsman, shikari, big-game hunter and trophy collector. He was an...
1965	Hobart Hobart Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1804 as a penal colony,Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney. In 2009, the city had a greater area population of approximately 212,019. A resident of Hobart is known as...	Douglas Hamilton Douglas Hamilton General Douglas Hamilton was a British Indian Army officer, gazetted to the 21st Regiment of the Madras Native Infantry from 1837 to 1871. He was a well known surveyor of the early British hill stations in South India and a famous sportsman, shikari, big-game hunter and trophy collector. He was an...
1963	Perth Perth, Western Australia Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....	John Purdy John Purdy (chess player) John Purdy was an Australian chess player and Family Court judge.- Early life and education :John Spencer Purdy was born on 25 September 25 1935 in Sydney, New South Wales...
1960	Adelaide Adelaide Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...	Lucius Endzelins
1959	Hobart Hobart Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1804 as a penal colony,Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney. In 2009, the city had a greater area population of approximately 212,019. A resident of Hobart is known as...	Lajos Steiner Lajos Steiner Lajos Steiner was a Hungarian–born Australian chess master.Steiner was one of four children of Bernat Steiner, a mathematics teacher, and his wife Cecilia,, and a younger brother of Endre Steiner...
1957	Melbourne Melbourne Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...	Karlis Ozols Karlis Ozols Kārlis Ozols was a Latvian-Australian chess player.Ozols represented Latvia on eighth board in the unofficial Chess Olympiad, at Munich 1936, where he won the individual bronze medal. He also played on fourth board in the 7th Olympiad at Stockholm 1937.In 1937, he tied for 17-18th in Kemeri...  / Lazare Suchowolski (Suchowolski emigrated to Israel before a playoff could be arranged)
1955	Perth Perth, Western Australia Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....	John Purdy John Purdy (chess player) John Purdy was an Australian chess player and Family Court judge.- Early life and education :John Spencer Purdy was born on 25 September 25 1935 in Sydney, New South Wales...
1953	Hobart Hobart Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1804 as a penal colony,Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney. In 2009, the city had a greater area population of approximately 212,019. A resident of Hobart is known as...	Lajos Steiner Lajos Steiner Lajos Steiner was a Hungarian–born Australian chess master.Steiner was one of four children of Bernat Steiner, a mathematics teacher, and his wife Cecilia,, and a younger brother of Endre Steiner...
1951	Brisbane Brisbane Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...	C.J.S. Purdy Cecil Purdy Cecil John Seddon Purdy was an Australian chess International Master and inaugural World Correspondence Chess champion. Purdy earned the Grandmaster title at Correspondence Chess in 1953...
1949	Melbourne Melbourne Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...	C.J.S. Purdy Cecil Purdy Cecil John Seddon Purdy was an Australian chess International Master and inaugural World Correspondence Chess champion. Purdy earned the Grandmaster title at Correspondence Chess in 1953...
1947	Adelaide Adelaide Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...	Lajos Steiner Lajos Steiner Lajos Steiner was a Hungarian–born Australian chess master.Steiner was one of four children of Bernat Steiner, a mathematics teacher, and his wife Cecilia,, and a younger brother of Endre Steiner...
1945	Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...	Lajos Steiner Lajos Steiner Lajos Steiner was a Hungarian–born Australian chess master.Steiner was one of four children of Bernat Steiner, a mathematics teacher, and his wife Cecilia,, and a younger brother of Endre Steiner...
1939	Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...	Gary Koshnitsky Gary Koshnitsky Gregory Koshnitsky was an Australian chess master.Born in Kishinev, Bessarabia , he emigrated in his youth to Australia....
1937	Perth Perth, Western Australia Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....	C.J.S. Purdy Cecil Purdy Cecil John Seddon Purdy was an Australian chess International Master and inaugural World Correspondence Chess champion. Purdy earned the Grandmaster title at Correspondence Chess in 1953...
1935	Melbourne Melbourne Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...	C.J.S. Purdy Cecil Purdy Cecil John Seddon Purdy was an Australian chess International Master and inaugural World Correspondence Chess champion. Purdy earned the Grandmaster title at Correspondence Chess in 1953...
1933	Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...	Gary Koshnitsky Gary Koshnitsky Gregory Koshnitsky was an Australian chess master.Born in Kishinev, Bessarabia , he emigrated in his youth to Australia....
1931	Melbourne Melbourne Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...	Charles Gilbert Marriott Watson
1927	Perth Perth, Western Australia Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....	Spencer Crakanthorp Spencer Crakanthorp Spencer Crakanthorp, was a chess player and Australian Chess Champion in 1923−24, 1925−26, 1926 and 1927. He was the father-in-law of chess master Cecil Purdy and grandfather to another chess master, Cecil's son John Purdy John Purdy.-External links:...
1926	Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...	Spencer Crakanthorp Spencer Crakanthorp Spencer Crakanthorp, was a chess player and Australian Chess Champion in 1923−24, 1925−26, 1926 and 1927. He was the father-in-law of chess master Cecil Purdy and grandfather to another chess master, Cecil's son John Purdy John Purdy.-External links:...
1924	Brisbane Brisbane Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...	William Samuel Viner William Samuel Viner William Samuel Viner was an Australian chess master.He was the West Australian champion in 1900, 1901, 1903 and 1905, and won the Perth Chess Club's handicap tournament three times...
1922	Melbourne Melbourne Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...	Charles Gilbert Marriott Watson
1913	Bellingen Bellingen Bellingen may refer to:*Bellingen, Rhineland-Palatinate, a municipality in the district Westerwaldkreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany*Bellingen, Saxony-Anhalt, a municipality in the district of Stendal, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany...	William Samuel Viner William Samuel Viner William Samuel Viner was an Australian chess master.He was the West Australian champion in 1900, 1901, 1903 and 1905, and won the Perth Chess Club's handicap tournament three times...
1912	Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...	William Samuel Viner William Samuel Viner William Samuel Viner was an Australian chess master.He was the West Australian champion in 1900, 1901, 1903 and 1905, and won the Perth Chess Club's handicap tournament three times...
1906	Perth Perth, Western Australia Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....	William Samuel Viner William Samuel Viner William Samuel Viner was an Australian chess master.He was the West Australian champion in 1900, 1901, 1903 and 1905, and won the Perth Chess Club's handicap tournament three times...
1897(1)	Warnambool	William Crane
1897(2)	Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...	Julius Leigh Jacobsen
1896	Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...	Albert Edward Noble Wallace
1895	Melbourne Melbourne Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...	Albert Edward Noble Wallace
1893	Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...	Albert Edward Noble Wallace
1888	Melbourne Melbourne Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...	William Crane
1887	Adelaide Adelaide Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...	Henry Charlick Henry Charlick Henry Charlick was a leading Australian chess master in the 1880s. He won the second Australian Chess Championship at Adelaide 1887 with 7.5 points out of 9 games, ahead of reigning champion Frederick Karl Esling and George H. D. Gossip...
1885	Melbourne Melbourne Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...	Frederick Karl Esling (won one match game before George Hatfeild Dingley Gossip defaulted)

Australian Women's Champions

• 2003 Slavica Sarai
• 2002 Narelle Szuveges
• 1999 Irina Feldman
• 1998 Ngan Phan Koshnitsky
• 1995 Dana Nutu-Gajic
• 1992 Katrin Aladjova-Wills
• 1990 Josie Wright
• 1988 Carin Craig
• 1986 Josie Wright
• 1984 Anne Slavotinek
• 1982 Anne Slavotinek
• 1980 Marion McGrath
• 1978 Lynda Pope
• 1976 Marion McGrath
• 1974 Narelle Kellner
• 1972 Narelle Kellner
• 1969 Marion McGrath
• 1966 Marion McGrath

Australian Junior Champions

The Australian Junior Chess Championship is a tournament organised by the Australian Chess Federation

Australian Chess Federation

The Australian Chess Federation is dedicated to promoting the game of chess in Australia, and is a member of FIDE, the world chess federation...

 and is held every year. It is restricted to junior amateurs under 18 years of age. The Australian Girls Championship is held concurrently.

• 2011 Bobby Cheng
• 2010 Bobby Cheng
• 2009 Cedric Antolis
• 2008 Junta Ikeda
• 2007 Michael Wei
• 2006 Angela Song
• 2005 Moulthun Ly
• 2004 Denis Bourmistrov
• 2003 Tomek Rej
• 2002 Kuan-Kuan Tian
• 2001 Zong-Yuan Zhao
• 2000 Justin Tan
• 1999 David Smerdon
  David Smerdon
  David Smerdon is a chess grandmaster from Brisbane, Australia. David attended Anglican Church Grammar School and Melbourne University....
  
  
• 1998 Geoff Saw
• 1997 Max Leskiewicz
• 1996 David Cordover
• 1995 Charles Pizzato
• 1994 Ry Curtis
• 1993 John Paul Wallace
• 1992 Trevor Tao
• 1991 Lee Jones
• 1990 Nick Speck
• 1989 Peter Cotton
• 1988 Lee Jones
• 1987 Colin Davis
• 1986 Shane Hill
• 1985 Timothy Reilly
• 1984 Peter Evans
• 1983 Konrad Hornung
• 1982 Paul Broekhuyse
• 1981 Rey Casse (tied with Jonathan Sarfati
  Jonathan Sarfati
  Jonathan D. Sarfati is a former New Zealand national chess champion and creationist author with a PhD in chemistry. Sarfati works for Creation Ministries International , formerly part of Answers in Genesis , a non-profit Christian Apologetics ministry specialising in Young-Earth creationism...
  
   who was ineligible for title because he was a New Zealand
  New Zealand
  New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
  
   resident)
• 1980 Stephen Solomon (tied with Donald MacFarlane who was ineligible for title because he was a South Africa
  South Africa
  The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
  
  n resident)
• 1979 Stephen Kerr
• 1978 Murray Smith
• 1977 Darryl Johansen
  Darryl Johansen
  Darryl Keith Johansen is an Australian chess Grandmaster. He became an International Master in 1983 and Australia's second Grandmaster, after Ian Rogers, in 1995....
  
   / D. Fardell
• 1976 Ian Rogers
  Ian Rogers (chess player)
  Ian Rogers , is a retired Australian chess grandmaster and FIDE Senior Trainer .-Career:Rogers was the first Australian to become a Chess Grandmaster, a title he achieved in 1985 after becoming an International Master in 1980...
  
  
• 1975 David Dick (finished third behind Murray Chandler
  Murray Chandler
  Murray Graham Chandler is a New Zealand chess grandmaster who has played internationally for that nation and for England, after gaining citizenship there in the early 1980s...
  
   and Kai Jensen who were ineligible for title because they were New Zealand
  New Zealand
  New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
  
   residents )
• 1974 William Jordan
• 1973 Robert Bartnik
  Robert Bartnik
  Robert Bartnik is an Australian mathematician based at Monash University, where he holds the position of Professor of Pure Mathematics. He is known for his contribution to general relativity, particularly for demonstrating that the ADM mass of an asymptotically flat spacetime is a well-defined...
  
  
• 1972 Greg Melrose
• 1971 A. Koelle
• 1970 A. Sauran
• 1969 J. Hendry
• 1968 N. Craske
• 1967 A. Pope
• 1966 Mike Woodhams
• 1965 W. Kerr
• 1964 W. Kerr
• 1963 Maxwell Fuller
• 1962 N. Alexander
• 1961 Trevor Hay
• 1960 P. Lay
• 1959 Ron Klinger
  Ron Klinger
  Ron Klinger is a leading bridge author, writing more than 50 books on the game. He is an Australian Grand Master and a World Bridge Federation International Master.-Biography:...
  
  
• 1958 D. Rudd
• 1957 J. Ferguson
• 1956 A. Irving
• 1955 J. Hortovanyi
• 1954 D. Robson
• 1953 M. Broun
• 1952 J. Hortovanyi
• 1951 John Purdy
  John Purdy (chess player)
  John Purdy was an Australian chess player and Family Court judge.- Early life and education :John Spencer Purdy was born on 25 September 25 1935 in Sydney, New South Wales...
  
  
• 1949 W. Levick

Australian Girls Champions

• 2011 Savithri Narenthran
• 2010 Leteisha Simmonds
• 2009 Sally Yu
• 2008 Deborah Ng
• 2007 Emma Guo
• 2006 Alexandra Jule
• 2005 Rebecca Harris
• 2004 Heather Huddleston
• 2003 Angela Song
• 2002 Shannon Oliver
• 2001 Michelle Lee
• 2000 Catherine Lip
• 1999 Catherine Lip / J. Lauer-Smith / S. Norris
• 1998 Kylie Coventry
• 1997 E. Chong
• 1996 Laura Moylan
• 1995 Jasmine Lauer-Smith
• 1994 S. Teh
• 1993 Veronica Klimenko / I. Liubomirskaia / Narelle Szuveges
• 1992 J. Harrington
• 1991 Bo Remenyi
• 1990 G. Grbovac / J. King & Ba Remenyi / Bo Remenyi
• 1989 Nancy Jones
• 1988 Nancy Jones
• 1987 Tam Nguyen
• 1986 Natalie Mills / J. Rees / Blanche Wilkie / Nga Phan
• 1985 Gina Soto-Olivo
• 1984 Colleen Lau
• 1983 Trudi Potter
• 1982 Josie Wright
• 1981 Jill Clementi
• 1980 Astrid Ketelaar
• 1979 Anne Slavotinek
• 1978 Anne Slavotinek
• 1977 Anne Martin
• 1976 Kathy Marshall
• 1975 Cathy Innes-Brown / Cathy Depasquale / K. Hancock
• 1974 Cathy Innes-Brown
• 1973 Irena Duluk
• 1972 L. Goldsmith
• 1971 L. Maddern
• 1970 L. Maddern
• 1969 N. Monachowec
• 1968 N. Monachowec
• 1967 M. Urlick
• 1966 R. Jones
• 1965 R. Jones
• 1964 R. Jones
• 1960 I. Tannenthal

Australian Open

• 2011 George Xie
  George Xie
  George Xie is an Australian chess player and 2009 and 2011 Joint Australian Open Chess Champion. He became an International Master in 2006 is ranked 3rd in Australia. He was a board 4 member of the Australian national team at the 2008 Dresden Olympiad.He gained his first GM norm at the 2009 Sydney...
  
   / Zong-Yuan Zhao / Moulthun Ly
• 2009 Aleksandar Wohl
  Aleksandar Wohl
  Aleksandar Wohl is an Australian chess player, International Master.-Chess career:He won the Australian Championship in 1992. In 1989 he won the Australian Open Chess Championship and in 2009 tied for 1st with George Xie...
  
   / George Xie
  George Xie
  George Xie is an Australian chess player and 2009 and 2011 Joint Australian Open Chess Champion. He became an International Master in 2006 is ranked 3rd in Australia. He was a board 4 member of the Australian national team at the 2008 Dresden Olympiad.He gained his first GM norm at the 2009 Sydney...
  
  
• 2007 Zong-Yuan Zhao
• 2005 Elena Sedina (Italy/Ukraine)
• 2003 John-Paul Wallace
  John-Paul Wallace
  John-Paul Wallace is a professional chess player awarded the title of International Master in 1995 by FIDE ....
  
  
• 2001 Stefan Djuric
• 1999 Vadim Milov
  Vadim Milov
  Vadim Milov is a Russian–born Israeli–Swiss Grandmaster of chess.Following the collapse of the USSR he moved to Israel, before finally settling in Switzerland in 1996....
  
   (Switzerland)
• 1997 Darryl Johansen
  Darryl Johansen
  Darryl Keith Johansen is an Australian chess Grandmaster. He became an International Master in 1983 and Australia's second Grandmaster, after Ian Rogers, in 1995....
  
  
• 1995 Dinh Duc Trong (Vietnam)
• 1993 Ian Rogers
  Ian Rogers (chess player)
  Ian Rogers , is a retired Australian chess grandmaster and FIDE Senior Trainer .-Career:Rogers was the first Australian to become a Chess Grandmaster, a title he achieved in 1985 after becoming an International Master in 1980...
  
  
• 1991 Lembit Oll
  Lembit Oll
  Lembit Oll was an Estonian chess grandmaster. He was already successful as a junior, becoming champion of Estonia in 1982 and junior champion of the Soviet Union in 1984. He also won multiple European and World junior championships. FIDE awarded him the IM-title in 1983 and the GM-title in 1992...
  
   (Estonia) / Edvis Kengis (Latvia) / Darryl Johansen
  Darryl Johansen
  Darryl Keith Johansen is an Australian chess Grandmaster. He became an International Master in 1983 and Australia's second Grandmaster, after Ian Rogers, in 1995....
  
   / Tony Miles
  Tony Miles
  Anthony John Miles was an English chess Grandmaster.- Early achievements in chess :Miles was born in Edgbaston, a suburb of Birmingham...
  
   (England)
• 1989 Aleksandar Wohl
  Aleksandar Wohl
  Aleksandar Wohl is an Australian chess player, International Master.-Chess career:He won the Australian Championship in 1992. In 1989 he won the Australian Open Chess Championship and in 2009 tied for 1st with George Xie...
  
   / Robin Hill
• 1987 Gyula Sax
  Gyula Sax
  Gyula Sax is a Hungarian chess player and International Arbiter , born in Budapest.He was awarded the IM title in 1972 and the GM title in 1974. He was the Hungarian Chess Champion in 1976 and 1977 . In 1971-72, he was the European Junior Champion, and he placed first at Rovinj-Zagreb 1975,...
  
   (Hungary)
• 1985 Guy West
  Guy West
  Guy West is a chess International Master, and a former Australian Chess Champion.West was born in Babinda, Queensland, and moved to Melbourne when he was 12...
  
  
• 1983 Darryl Johansen
  Darryl Johansen
  Darryl Keith Johansen is an Australian chess Grandmaster. He became an International Master in 1983 and Australia's second Grandmaster, after Ian Rogers, in 1995....
  
  
• 1981 Robert Murray Jamieson
  Robert Murray Jamieson
  Robert Murray Jamieson is an Australian chess player, International Master.-Chess career:He won the Australian Championship in 1974 and 1978. In 1981 he won the Australian Open...
  
  
• 1979 Maxwell Fuller
• 1977 Trevor Hay / Stewart Booth / Michael Woodhams
• 1975 Maxwell Fuller
• 1973 Maxwell Fuller
• 1971 Lajos Portisch
  Lajos Portisch
  Lajos Portisch is a Hungarian chess Grandmaster, whose positional style earned him the nickname, the "Hungarian Botvinnik"...
  
   (Hungary)

Australian Grand Prix

Since 1989 a system has been in place with points accumulated in different Australian weekend tournaments. The winners have been:

• 2010 Zhao Zong Yuan
• 2009 David Smerdon
  David Smerdon
  David Smerdon is a chess grandmaster from Brisbane, Australia. David attended Anglican Church Grammar School and Melbourne University....
  
  
• 2008 Stephen Solomon
• 2007 Dejan Antic
  Dejan Antic
  Dejan Antić is a Serbian grandmaster, who began in 1988 professionally.-External links:*...
  
  
• 2006 George Xie
  George Xie
  George Xie is an Australian chess player and 2009 and 2011 Joint Australian Open Chess Champion. He became an International Master in 2006 is ranked 3rd in Australia. He was a board 4 member of the Australian national team at the 2008 Dresden Olympiad.He gained his first GM norm at the 2009 Sydney...
  
  
• 2005 Igor Bjelobrk
• 2004 Ian Rogers
  Ian Rogers (chess player)
  Ian Rogers , is a retired Australian chess grandmaster and FIDE Senior Trainer .-Career:Rogers was the first Australian to become a Chess Grandmaster, a title he achieved in 1985 after becoming an International Master in 1980...
  
  
• 2003 Ian Rogers
  Ian Rogers (chess player)
  Ian Rogers , is a retired Australian chess grandmaster and FIDE Senior Trainer .-Career:Rogers was the first Australian to become a Chess Grandmaster, a title he achieved in 1985 after becoming an International Master in 1980...
  
  
• 2002 Ian Rogers
  Ian Rogers (chess player)
  Ian Rogers , is a retired Australian chess grandmaster and FIDE Senior Trainer .-Career:Rogers was the first Australian to become a Chess Grandmaster, a title he achieved in 1985 after becoming an International Master in 1980...
  
  
• 2001 Stephen Solomon
• 2000 Ian Rogers
  Ian Rogers (chess player)
  Ian Rogers , is a retired Australian chess grandmaster and FIDE Senior Trainer .-Career:Rogers was the first Australian to become a Chess Grandmaster, a title he achieved in 1985 after becoming an International Master in 1980...
  
  
• 1999 Stephen Solomon
• 1998 Ian Rogers
  Ian Rogers (chess player)
  Ian Rogers , is a retired Australian chess grandmaster and FIDE Senior Trainer .-Career:Rogers was the first Australian to become a Chess Grandmaster, a title he achieved in 1985 after becoming an International Master in 1980...
  
  
• 1997 Stephen Solomon
• 1996 Darryl Johansen
  Darryl Johansen
  Darryl Keith Johansen is an Australian chess Grandmaster. He became an International Master in 1983 and Australia's second Grandmaster, after Ian Rogers, in 1995....
  
  
• 1995 Darryl Johansen
  Darryl Johansen
  Darryl Keith Johansen is an Australian chess Grandmaster. He became an International Master in 1983 and Australia's second Grandmaster, after Ian Rogers, in 1995....
  
  
• 1994 Ian Rogers
  Ian Rogers (chess player)
  Ian Rogers , is a retired Australian chess grandmaster and FIDE Senior Trainer .-Career:Rogers was the first Australian to become a Chess Grandmaster, a title he achieved in 1985 after becoming an International Master in 1980...
  
  
• 1993 Darryl Johansen
  Darryl Johansen
  Darryl Keith Johansen is an Australian chess Grandmaster. He became an International Master in 1983 and Australia's second Grandmaster, after Ian Rogers, in 1995....
  
  
• 1992 Darryl Johansen
  Darryl Johansen
  Darryl Keith Johansen is an Australian chess Grandmaster. He became an International Master in 1983 and Australia's second Grandmaster, after Ian Rogers, in 1995....
  
  
• 1991 Darryl Johansen
  Darryl Johansen
  Darryl Keith Johansen is an Australian chess Grandmaster. He became an International Master in 1983 and Australia's second Grandmaster, after Ian Rogers, in 1995....
  
  
• 1990 Stephen Solomon
• 1989 Ian Rogers
  Ian Rogers (chess player)
  Ian Rogers , is a retired Australian chess grandmaster and FIDE Senior Trainer .-Career:Rogers was the first Australian to become a Chess Grandmaster, a title he achieved in 1985 after becoming an International Master in 1980...