Oceania Chess Championship

Leading chess players from the FIDE Oceania Zone 3.6 are allowed to play in the Oceania Chess Championships.[1][2] The tournament is conducted by the FIDE Oceania Zone President and Oceania Chess Confederation under the auspices of the world chess federation, FIDE.[3]

## History

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Before January 2012, the Oceania Chess Championship was scheduled as part of the FIDE World Chess Championship cycle, and winners qualified to represent the FIDE Oceania Zone at the Chess World Cup. Since 2012 the Oceania Chess Championship has been held every year, with only each alternate (odd numbered) year acting as the Oceania Zone Championship and Chess World Cup qualifier. In these years, the title of International Master (IM) is awarded to the winner(s) of the Oceania Zone Championship event, as per the FIDE title regulations.[4]

The first Oceania Chess Championship was organised by the inaugural Oceania Zone President, Graeme Gardiner, on the Gold Coast, Australia in 1999. Vladimir Feldman of Australia won the event, undefeated, with a score of 7/9. In May 2000, an additional Oceania Zonal Chess Championship was held to coincide with changes in the schedule of the FIDE World Chess Championship cycle. Only an open event was held that year, without a separate women's championship, and was won by Aleksandar Wohl with a score of 7.5/9.

In 2001, Mikhail Gluzman and Mark Chapman shared first place with a score of 7/9, but the former won a rapid chess play-off match and the title. In 2011 the Women's event resulted in a tie between Irina Berezina and Emma Guo. A playoff match was held later in the year in Sydney, and was won by Berezina with a score of 2.5/3. The 2013 Women's event again resulted in a tie between Irina Berezina and Emma Guo. Berezina won the playoff match, at the end of the tournament, with a score of 2/2. In 2015, untitled player Brodie McClymont beat IM Max Illingworth in the last round to catch him for 1st= with scores of 7.5/9, which means an automatic IM title. Illingworth beat McClymont 1.5–0.5 in the rapid chess playoff match for Zonal Champion.

## Oceania Chess Champions

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Year | City | Open Champion | Women's Champion

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1999[5][6] | Gold Coast |  Vladimir Feldman (Australia) |  Laura Moylan (Australia)
2000[7][8][9] | Auckland |  Aleksandar Wohl (Australia) |
2001[10][11][12] | Gold Coast |  Mikhail Gluzman (Australia) |  Ngan Phan-Koshnitsky (Australia)
2002[13][14] | Coral Coast |  Darryl Johansen (Australia) |  Irina Berezina (Australia)
2005[15][16] | Auckland |  Gary Lane (Australia) |  Irina Berezina (Australia)
2007[17] | Denarau |  Zong-Yuan Zhao (Australia) |  Irina Berezina (Australia)
2009[18][19][20][21] | Gold Coast |  David Smerdon (Australia) |  Arianne Caoili (Australia)
2011[22] | Rotorua |  Zong-Yuan Zhao (Australia) |  Irina Berezina (Australia)
2012[23] | Queenstown |  Darryl Johansen (Australia) |  Helen Milligan (New Zealand)
2013[24][25][26] | Nadi |  Igor Bjelobrk (Australia) |  Irina Berezina (Australia)
2014 | Ballarat |  Christopher Wallis (Australia) |  Vineetha Wijesuriya (Australia)
2015 | Sydney |  Max Illingworth (Australia) |  Emma Guo (Australia)
2016 | Auckland |  Alexei Kulashko (New Zealand) |  Heather Richards (Australia)
2017 | Auckland |  Anton Smirnov (Australia) |  Layla Timergazi (New Zealand)
2019  | Guam |  Max Illingworth (Australia) |  Julia Ryjanova (Australia)
2021[27] | Online chess |  Temur Kuybokarov (Australia) |  Julia Ryjanova (Australia)
2023 [28][29] | Melbourne |  Temur Kuybokarov (Australia) |  Julia Ryjanova (Australia)

## Oceania Senior Chess Champions

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Year | City | Senior Champion | Senior Women's Champion

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2010[30] | Christchurch |  Brian Jones (Australia) |  Vivian Smith (New Zealand)
2011[31] | Melbourne |  Mirko Rujevic (Australia) |  Vivian Smith (New Zealand)
2012[32][33] | Parramatta |  Anthonie Luchtmeijer (Australia) |  Helen Milligan (New Zealand)
2013[34] | Christchurch |  David Lovejoy (Australia) |  Helen Milligan (New Zealand)
2014 | Sydney |  Gary Lane (Australia) |  Vivian Smith (New Zealand)
2015 | Auckland |  Leonard McLaren (New Zealand) |  Helen Milligan (New Zealand)
2016 | Nadi |  Gary Lane (Australia) |
2019[35] | Auckland |  Michael Steadman (New Zealand) |
2021 | Noosa | Cancelled due to COVID | Cancelled due to COVID

## Oceania Youth Chess Champions

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Year | City | Youth Champion | Youth Girls Champion

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2023[36] | Canberra |  Cameron McGowan (Australia) |  Lillian Lu (Australia)

## Oceania Presidents

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Year | President

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1998-2002 | Graeme Gardiner (Australia)
2002-2010 | Gary Bekker (Australia)
2010-2014 | Brian Jones (Australia)
2014-2022 | Paul Spiller (New Zealand)
2022- | Shaun Press (Papua New Guinea)

## See also

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* Chess portal

## References

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1. ^ World Chess Championship Regulations FIDE Handbook
2. ^ Zonal Chess Championship Regulations FIDE Handbook
3. ^ FIDE Zone 3.6 Draft Regulations[permanent dead link] Oceania Chess Confederation
4. ^ FIDE International Title Regulations from www.fide.com
5. ^ The World Chess Championship Zonals 1998-99 Mark Weeks
6. ^ The Week in Chess 233, 26 April 1999 Archived 2 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine Mark Crowther
7. ^ The World Chess Championship Zonals 2000-2001 Mark Weeks
8. ^ The Week in Chess 290, 29 May 2000 Mark Crowther
9. ^ ACF Bulletin No. 67, 28 May 2000 Archived 7 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine Australian Chess Federation
10. ^ The World Chess Championship Zonals 2001-2002 Mark Weeks
11. ^ The Week in Chess 338, 30 April 2001 Archived 2012-10-07 at the Wayback Machine Mark Crowther
12. ^ ACF Bulletin No. 114 – 29 April 2001 Archived 21 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine Australian Chess Federation
13. ^ The World Chess Championship Zonals 2002-2004 Mark Weeks
14. ^ The Week in Chess 392, 13 May 2002 Archived 2012-10-07 at the Wayback Machine Mark Crowther
15. ^ The World Chess Championship Zonals 2004-2005 Mark Weeks
16. ^ The Week in Chess 535, 7 Feb 2005 Mark Crowther
17. ^ Oceania Zonal 2007 ChessChat forum
18. ^ The World Chess Championship Zonals 2008-2009 Mark Weeks
19. ^ The Week in Chess 764, 29 Jun 2009 Archived 2012-06-12 at the Wayback Machine Mark Crowther
20. ^ 2009 Oceania Zonal Championship report from www.fide.com
21. ^ 2009 Oceania Women's Zonal Championship report from www.fide.com
22. ^ 2011 Oceania Zonal Championship Archived 2016-01-29 at the Wayback Machine official web page
23. ^ 2012 Queenstown Chess Classic Archived 4 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine official web page
24. ^ 2013 Oceania Zonal Championship results from www.chessdom.com
25. ^ 2013 Oceania Zonal Championship results from www.chess-results.com
26. ^ 2013 Oceania Womens Zonal results from www.chess-results.com
27. ^ Temur Kuybokarov wins 3.6 Zonal FIDE News, www.fide.com
28. ^ [1] Open www.chess-results.com, [2]
29. ^ [3] Womens www.chess-results.com, [4]
30. ^ 2010 NZ Senior Championship report from www.fide.com
31. ^ 2011 Oceania Senior Championship report from www.fide.com
32. ^ 2012 Asian Senior Championship report from www.fide.com
33. ^ Luchtmeijer wins Asian Seniors Archived 14 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine from www.fide.com
34. ^ 2013 Oceania Senior Championship final standings from www.chesschat.org
35. ^ 2019 NZ and Oceania Seniors tournament report from www.fide.com
36. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2023 Oceania Junior Championship Under 20". chess-results.com. Retrieved 21 April 2023.

## External links

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* Oceania Chess Confederation website

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