Australian Masters (chess)
Encyclopedia
The Australian Masters is a chess
tournament that has been held in Melbourne
, Australia
, annually since 1987. The tournament is an invitational event, normally run as a 10-player round-robin tournament
.
The regular sponsor of the tournament has been Eddy Levi (or his company Hallsten), with the only condition to his sponsorship being that he be given a place in the tournament.
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...
tournament that has been held in 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...
, 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...
, annually since 1987. The tournament is an invitational event, normally run as a 10-player round-robin tournament
Round-robin tournament
A round-robin tournament is a competition "in which each contestant meets all other contestants in turn".-Terminology:...
.
The regular sponsor of the tournament has been Eddy Levi (or his company Hallsten), with the only condition to his sponsorship being that he be given a place in the tournament.
Winners
- 1987 Darryl JohansenDarryl JohansenDarryl Keith Johansen is an Australian chess Grandmaster. He became an International Master in 1983 and Australia's second Grandmaster, after Ian Rogers, in 1995....
- 1989 Stephen Solomon Guy WestGuy WestGuy 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...
- 1990 Stephen Solomon
- 1991 Stephen Solomon
- 1992 Anthony Miles
- 1993 Michael Gluzman
- 1994 Leonid Sandler
- 1995 Tu Hoang Thong
- 1996 Nguyen Anh Dung
- 1997 Stephen Solomon
- 1998 Chris Depasquale
- 1999 Gary LaneGary LaneGary William Lane is a professional chess player and author. He became an International Master in 1987 and won the Commonwealth Chess Championship in 1988...
- 2000 Adam Hunt
- 2001 Guy WestGuy WestGuy 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...
Darryl JohansenDarryl JohansenDarryl Keith Johansen is an Australian chess Grandmaster. He became an International Master in 1983 and Australia's second Grandmaster, after Ian Rogers, in 1995.... - 2002 Guy WestGuy WestGuy 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...
Michael Gluzman - 2003 Stephen Solomon
- 2004 David SmerdonDavid SmerdonDavid Smerdon is a chess grandmaster from Brisbane, Australia. David attended Anglican Church Grammar School and Melbourne University....
Darryl JohansenDarryl JohansenDarryl Keith Johansen is an Australian chess Grandmaster. He became an International Master in 1983 and Australia's second Grandmaster, after Ian Rogers, in 1995.... - 2005 Jesse Sales
- 2006 George XieGeorge XieGeorge 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...
- 2008 Vladimir Smirnov
- 2009 Stephen Solomon
- 2010 Stephen Solomon