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Champions and Titles

Australian World Champions

1950-1953
Cecil J.S. Purdy
World Correspondence Chess Champion

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Grandmasters

GM (1970)
IM (1969)
Walter S Browne*
GM (1985)
IM (1980)
Ian Rogers
GM (1995)
IM (1982)
Darryl Johansen
GM (2008)
IM (2000)
Zong-Yuan Zhao
GM (2009)
IM (1999)
David Smerdon
GM (2015)
IM (2012)
Max Illingworth
GM (2016)
IM (2011)
Moulthun Ly
GM (2017)
IM (2014)
Anton Smirnov
GM (2018)
IM (2015)
Justin Tan
GM (2019)
IM (2016)
Temur Kuybokarov
GM (2019)
IM (2013)
Bobby Cheng
Note: Listing Walter Shaw Browne as an Australian Grandmaster is contentious. His GM title was ratified in 1970, and he represented Australia in the 1970 Olympiad, but he himself did not identify with being Australian.
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Australian Champions

1885 (Melbourne)
Frederick Karl Esling
1887 (Adelaide)
Henry Charlick
1888 (Melbourne)
William Crane
1893 (Sydney)
Albert Edward Noble Wallace
1895 (Melbourne)
Albert Edward Noble Wallace
1896 (Sydney)
Albert Edward Noble Wallace
1897 (Warrnambool)
William Crane
1897 (Sydney)
Julius Leigh Jacobsen
1899
(title lapsed)
1906 (Perth)
William Samuel Viner
1912 (Sydney)
William Samuel Viner
1913 (Bellingen, NSW)
William Samuel Viner
1922 (Melbourne)
Charles Gilbert Marriott Watson
1924 (Brisbane)
William Samuel Viner
1926 (Sydney)
Spencer Crackanthorp
1929 (Perth)
Spencer Crackanthorp
1931 (Melbourne)
Charles Gilbert Marriott Watson
1933 (Sydney)
Gary Koshnitsky
1935 (Melbourne)
Cecil John Seddon Purdy
1937 (Perth)
Cecil John Seddon Purdy
1939 (Sydney)
Gary Koshnitsky
1945 (Sydney)
Lajos Steiner
1947 (Adelaide)
Lajos Steiner
1949 (Melbourne)
Cecil John Seddon Purdy
1951 (Brisbane)
Cecil John Seddon Purdy
1953 (Hobart)
Lajos Steiner
1955 (Perth)
John Purdy
1957 (Melbourne)
Karlis Ozols & Stefan Lazare
1959 (Sydney)
Lajos Steiner
1960 (Adelaide)
Lucius Endzelins
1963 (Perth)
John Purdy
1965 (Hobart)
Douglas G. Hamilton
1967 (Brisbane)
Douglas G. Hamilton
1969 (Melbourne)
Walter Shawn Browne
1970 (Sydney)
Alfred Flatow
1972 (Melbourne)
Maxwell Fuller & Trevor Hay
1974 (Cooma, NSW)
Robert M. Jamieson
1976 (Sydney)
Serge Rubanraut
1978 (Perth)
Robert M. Jamieson
1980 (Adelaide)
Ian Rogers
1982 (Melbourne)
Douglas G. Hamilton
1984 (Sydney)
Darryl .K. Johansen
1986 (Toowoomba QLD)
Ian Rogers
1988 (Gosford, NSW)
Darryl K. Johansen
1990 (Sydney)
Darryl K. Johansen
1992 (Melbourne)
Aleksandar Wohl
1994 (Melbourne)
John-Paul Wallace
1996 (Sydney)
Guy West
1998 (Melbourne)
Ian Rogers
2000 (Tumbi Umbi, NSW)
Darryl K. Johansen
2002 (Melbourne)
Darryl K. Johansen
2004 (Adelaide)
Gary Lane
2006 (Brisbane)
Ian Rogers
2008 (Parramatta, NSW)
Stephen Solomon
2010 (Cammeray, NSW)
Zong-Yuan Zhao
2012 (Geelong, VIC)
D.K. Johansen
2014 (Springvale, VIC)
Max Illingworth
2016 (Fitzroy, VIC)
Bobby Cheng
2018 (Cammeray, NSW)
Max Illingworth
2020 (Kogarah, NSW)
Temur Kuybokarov
2022 (Gold Coast, QLD). Title awarded to the highest eligible finisher in the 2022 Gold Coast Open
Temur Kuybokarov
2024 (Adelaide)
Rishi Sardana
Note: The table shows when the title tournament (which prior to 1922 was usually a match) finished, irrespective of the date of any playoff match. (This standard for reference to the years of events was formalised by the ACF Council in 2016.) The Champion retains their title until the next tournament starts if they do not contest it, or until the next tournament ends (including any playoff they are involved in) if they do.
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Australian Women's Champions

1966
Marion McGrath

1969
Marion McGrath

1972
Narelle Kellner

1974
Narelle Kellner

1976
Marion McGrath

1978
Lynda Pope

1980
Marion McGrath

1982
Anne Slavotinek

1984
Anne Slavotinek

1986
Josie Wright

1988
Carin Craig

1990
Josie Wright

1992
Katrin Aladjova-Wills

1994
Boglarka Remenyi
Narelle Szuveges
Liz Ports
Lee Fraser

1995
Daniela Nutu-Gajic

1996
Biljana Dekic
Ngan Phan-Koshnitsky

1998
Ngan Phan Koshnitsky

1999
Irina Feldman

2002
Narelle Szuveges

2003
Slavica Sarai

2015
Heather Richards

2017
Alexandra Jule

2019
Julia Ryjanova

2023
Leah Rice

Between 2005 and 2013 the title was not awarded as criteria for awarding it (based on the number of female players in the Australian Open) were not met. Prior to the 2015 Australian Open the criteria for awarding the title were relaxed.
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Australian Junior Champions

1949
William Levick

1951
John Purdy

1952
Joszef Hortovanyi

1953
Malcolm Broun

1954
Donald Robson

1955
Joszef Hortovanyi

1956
Alan Irving

1957
James Ferguson

1958
Daryl Rudd

1959
Ron Klinger

1960
Peter Lay

1961
Trevor Hay

1962
Neil Alexander

1963
Maxwell Fuller

1964
William Kerr

1965
William Kerr

1966
Michael Woodhams

1967
Arthur Pope

1968
Noel Craske

1969
John Hendry

1970
Alan Sauran

1971
Arthur Koelle

1972
Greg Melrose

1973
Robert Bartnik

1974
William Jordan

1975
David Dick

1976
Ian Rogers

1977
Darryl Johansen
Dan Fardell

1978
Murray Smith

1979
Stephen Kerr

1980
Stephen Solomon

1981
Rey Casse

1982
Paul Broekhuyse

1983
Konrad Hornung

1984
Peter Evans

1985
Timothy Reilly

1986
Shane Hill

1987
Colin Davis

1988
Lee Jones

1989
Peter Cotton

1990
Nicholas Speck

1991
Lee Jones

1992
Trevor Tao

1993
John-Paul Wallace

1994
Ry Curtis

1995
Charles Pizzato

1996
David Cordover

1997
Max Leskiewicz

1998
Geoff Saw

1999
David Smerdon

2000
Justin Tan

2001
Zong-Yuan Zhao

2002
Kuan-Kuan Tian

2003
Tomek Rej

2004
Denis Bourmistrov

2005
Moulthun Ly

2006
Angela Song

2007
Michael Wei

2008
Junta Ikeda

2009
Cedric Antolis

2010
Bobby Cheng

2011
Bobby Cheng

2012
Alistair Cameron

2013
Gene Nakauchi

2014
Anton Smirnov

2015
Yi Liu

2016
Ari Dale

2017
Ray Yang

2018
David Cannon

2019
Sterling Bayaca

2020
Cameron McGowan

2023
Ruicheng Wang

2024
Anh Quan Nguyen

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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 Dulek

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
Jane Rees
Blanche Wilkie
Ngan 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
Irina 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

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Australian Open Winners

1971
Lajos Portisch (HUN)
1973
Maxwell Fuller
1975
Maxwell Fuller
1977
Trevor Hay
(on tiebreak from Stewart Booth & Michael Woodhams)
1979
Maxwell Fuller
1981
Robert Jamieson
1983
Darryl K. Johansen
1985
Guy West
1987
Gyula Sax (HUN)
1989
Aleksandar Wohl
Robin Hill – title was shared.
1991
Lembit Oll (EST)
Edvins Kengis (LAT)
Stefan Djuric (YUG)
Darryl K. Johansen
Tony Miles (ENG)
1993
Ian Rogers
1995
Dinh Duc Trong (VIE)
1997
Darryl K. Johansen
1999
Vadim Milov (SUI)
2001
Stefan Djuric
2003
John-Paul Wallace
2005
WGM Elena Sedina (ITA/UKR)
2007
Zong-Yuan Zhao
2009
Aleksandar Wohl
(on countback over George Xie)
2011
George Xie
(on countback over Zong Yuan Zhao and Moulthun Ly)
2013
Bobby Cheng
2015
Ni Hua (CHN)
2017
Max Illingworth
(on countback over Temur Kuybukarov (UZB), Kanan Izzat (AZE) and Yi Liu)
2019
Temur Kuybukarov
(on countback over Kanan Izzat (AZE)
2023
Temur Kuybukarov
Note: If two or more players tie for first in the Australian Open tournament, one is awarded the title Australian Open Chess Champion on countback. For 1989 Wohl, and for 1991 Oll, are included alone on the perpetual trophy but information is sought about whether and how the tie was broken for those years.
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ACF Grand Prix Winners

1989
Ian Rogers
1990
Stephen Solomon
1991
Darryl Johansen
1992
Darryl Johansen
1993
Darryl Johansen
1994
Ian Rogers
1995
Darryl Johansen
1996
Darryl Johansen
1997
Stephen Solomon
1998
Ian Rogers
1999
Stephen Solomon
2000
Ian Rogers
2001
Stephen Solomon
2002
Ian Rogers
2003
Ian Rogers
2004
Ian Rogers
2005
Igor Bjelobrk
2006
George Xie
2007
Dejan Antic
2008
Stephen Solomon
2009
David Smerdon
2010
Zong-Yuan Zhao
2011
Stephen Solomon
2012
George Xie
2013
Brodie McClymont
2014
Moulthun Ly
2015
Anton Smirnov
2016
Brodie McClymont
2018
Stephen Solomon
2019
Stephen Solomon
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ACF Awards

Steiner Medallists - Player of the Year

1985
Ian Rogers
1986
Ian Rogers
1987
Ian Rogers
1988
Darryl Johansen
1989
Dimitri Gedevani
1990
Darryl Johansen
1991
Darryl Johansen
1992
Ian Rogers
1993
Trevor Tao
1994
John-Paul Wallace
1995
Darryl Johansen
1996
Guy West
1997
Stephen Solomon
1998
Zong-Yuan Zhao
1999
David Smerdon
2000
Darryl Johansen
2001
Ian Rogers
2002
David Smerdon
2003
Darryl Johansen
2004
Gary Lane
2005
George Xie
2006
George Xie
2007
Zong-Yuan Zhao
2008
Zong-Yuan Zhao
2009
David Smerdon
2010
George Xie
2011
Max Illingworth
2012
Max Illingworth
2013
Bobby Cheng
2014
Anton Smirnov
2015
Max Illingworth
2016
Anton Smirnov
2017
Anton Smirnov
2018
Anton Smirnov
2019
Anton Smirnov
2020
Temur Kubokarov
2021
Temur Kubokarov
2022
Bobby Cheng
2023
Temur Kubokarov
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Viner Medallists - Senior Player of the Year

2019
Leonid Sandler
2020
Leonid Sandler
2021
Darryl Johansen
2022
Gary Lane
2023
Gary Lane
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Arlauskas Medallists - Junior Player of the Year

2009
Bobby Cheng
2010
Bobby Cheng
2011
Yi Liu
2012
Anton Smirnov
2013
Ari Dale
2014
Anton Smirnov
2015
Kristine Quek
2016
Kris Chan
2017
Luis Chan
2018
Albert Winkelman
2019
Cameron McGowan
2020
Cassandra Lim
2021
Yihe Fu
2022
Yihe Fu
2023
Rui Gen Teh
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Whyatt Medallists - Problem Composition and Promotion

2003
Denis Saunders
Peter Wong
2008
Arthur Willmott
2011
Geoff Foster
2016
Ian Shanahan
2020
Dennis Hale
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Purdy Medallists - Chess Journalism

1982
Bernie Johnson

1983
Garry Koshnitsky

1984
Doug Hamilton

1985
Terrey Shaw

1986
George Stern

1987
Peter Parr

1988
John Van Manen

1989
Ian Rogers

1990
Evelyn Koshnitsky

1991
Phil Viner

1992
Ian Murray

1993
Chris Depasquale

1994
Robert Jamieson

1995
Keith Whittam

1997
David McKinnon

1999
Paul Dunn
Shaun Press

2001
David Ellis

2003
Bob Meadley

2005
Paul Broekhuyse

2007
Brian Jones

2009
Amiel Rosario

2011
David Cordover

2013
Ian Rout

2015
Alan Goldsmith

2017
Richard Gastineau-Hills

2019
Frank Low

2021
David Smerdon

2023
Tony Wright

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Koshnitsky Medallists - Chess Administration

1982
Evelyn Koshnitsky
1983
Phil Viner
1984
Robert Jamieson
1985
Gerrit Hartland
1986
Haydn Barber
1987
Ian Laurie
1988
Alan Goldsmith
1989
Jacques Engelander
1990
Larry Ermacora
1991
Bob Pilgrim
1992
John Maddix
1993
John Kable
1994
Bill Powell
1995
Margaret Cuckson
1996
Don Maciulaitis
1997
Not awarded
1998
Gary Wastell
1999
Edwin Malitis
2000
Ian Murray
2001
Richard Gastineau-Hills
2002
Kevin Perrin
2003
Graeme Gardiner
2004
Norm Greenwood
2005
Bill Gletsos
2006
Jenni Oliver
2007
Peter Cassattari
2008
Denis Jessop
2009
Charles Zworestine
2010
Allan Wright
2011
Kevin Bonham
2012
Trevor Stanning
2013
William Anderson-Smith
2014
Andrew Saint
2015
Leonid Sandler
2016
Keith Farrell
2017
Neville Ledger
2018
Gail Young
2019
Norbert Muller
2020
Mark C Stokes
2021
David Ellis
2022
Paul Glissan
2023
Peter Tsai
2024
Patrick Cook
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ACF Life Members

Phil Viner (dec.)

Gerrit Hartland

Garry Koshnitsky (dec.)

Evelyn Koshnitsky (dec.)

Peter Parr (dec.)

Robert Jamieson IM

Gary Wastell

John Hanks (dec.)

Karlis Lidums (dec.)

Eric Doeberl (dec.)

Norman Greenwood

Denis Jessop (dec.)

Darryl Johansen GM

Bill Gletsos

Kevin Bonham

Biljana Novakovic-Dekic WIM

Alan Goldsmith

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