Honour Boards
Champions and Titles
Australian World Champions
1950-1953
Cecil J.S. Purdy
World Correspondence Chess Champion
World Correspondence Chess Champion
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Grandmasters
GM (1970)
IM (1969)
IM (1969)
Walter S Browne*
GM (1985)
IM (1980)
IM (1980)
Ian Rogers
GM (1995)
IM (1982)
IM (1982)
Darryl Johansen
GM (2008)
IM (2000)
IM (2000)
Zong-Yuan Zhao
GM (2009)
IM (1999)
IM (1999)
David Smerdon
GM (2015)
IM (2012)
IM (2012)
Max Illingworth
GM (2016)
IM (2011)
IM (2011)
Moulthun Ly
GM (2017)
IM (2014)
IM (2014)
Anton Smirnov
GM (2018)
IM (2015)
IM (2015)
Justin Tan
GM (2019)
IM (2016)
IM (2016)
Temur Kuybokarov
GM (2019)
IM (2013)
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)
F.K. Esling
1887 (Adelaide)
H. Charlick
1888 (Melbourne)
W. Crane
1893 (Sydney)
A.E.N. Wallace
1895 (Melbourne)
A.E.N. Wallace
1896 (Sydney)
A.E.N. Wallace
1897 (Warrnambool)
W. Crane
1897 (Sydney)
J.L. Jacobsen
1899
(title lapsed)
1906 (Perth)
W.S. Viner
1912 (Sydney)
W.S. Viner
1913 (Bellingen, NSW)
W.S. Viner
1922 (Melbourne)
C.G.M. Watson
1924 (Brisbane)
W.S. Viner
1926 (Sydney)
S. Crackanthorp
1929 (Perth)
S. Crackanthorp
1931 (Melbourne)
C.G.M. Watson
1933 (Sydney)
G. Koshnitsky
1935 (Melbourne)
C.J.S. Purdy
1937 (Perth)
C.J.S. Purdy
1939 (Sydney)
G. Koshnitsky
1945 (Sydney)
L. Steiner
1947 (Adelaide)
L. Steiner
1949 (Melbourne)
C.J.S. Purdy
1951 (Brisbane)
C.J.S. Purdy
1953 (Hobart)
L.Steiner
1955 (Perth)
J. Purdy
1957 (Melbourne)
K. Ozols & S. Lazare
1959 (Sydney)
L. Steiner
1960 (Adelaide)
L. Endzelins
1963 (Perth)
J. Purdy
1965 (Hobart)
D.G. Hamilton
1967 (Brisbane)
D.G. Hamilton
1969 (Melbourne)
W.S. Browne
1970 (Sydney)
A. Flatow
1972 (Melbourne)
M. Fuller & T. Hay
1974 (Cooma, NSW)
R.M. Jamieson
1976 (Sydney)
S. Rubanraut
1978 (Perth)
R.M. Jamieson
1980 (Adelaide)
I. Rogers
1982 (Melbourne)
D.G. Hamilton
1984 (Sydney)
D.K. Johansen
1986 (Toowoomba QLD)
I. Rogers
1988 (Gosford, NSW)
D.K. Johansen
1990 (Sydney)
D.K. Johansen
1992 (Melbourne)
A. Wohl
1994 (Melbourne)
J-P. Wallace
1996 (Sydney)
G. West
1998 (Melbourne)
I. Rogers
2000 (Tumbi Umbi, NSW)
D.K. Johansen
2002 (Melbourne)
D.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
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
M. McGrath
1969
M. McGrath
1972
N. Kellner
1974
N. Kellner
1976
M. McGrath
1978
Lynda Pope
1980
M. McGrath
1982
A. Slavotinek
1984
A. Slavotinek
1986
J. Wright
1988
C. Craig
1990
J. Wright
1992
K. Aladjova-Wills
1994
Boglarka Remenyi
Narelle Szuveges
Liz Ports
Lee Fraser
Narelle Szuveges
Liz Ports
Lee Fraser
1995
D. Nutu-Gajic
1996
Biljana Dekic
Ngan Phan-Koshnitsky
Ngan Phan-Koshnitsky
1998
Ngan Phan Koshnitsky
1999
Irina Feldman
2002
Narelle Szuveges
2003
Slavica Sarai
2015
Heather Richards
2017
Alexandra Jule
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
SW. Levick
1951
J. Purdy
1952
J. Hortovanyi
1953
M. Broun
1954
D. Robson
1955
J. Hortovanyi
1956
A. Irving
1957
J. Ferguson
1958
D. Rudd
1959
R. Klinger
1960
P. Lay
1961
T. Hay
1962
N. Alexander
1963
M. Fuller
1964
W. Kerr
1965
W. Kerr
1966
M. Woodhams
1967
A. Pope
1968
N. Craske
1969
J. Hendry
1970
A. Sauran
1971
A. Koelle
1972
G. Melrose
1973
R. Bartnik
1974
W. Jordan
1975
D. Dick
1976
I. Rogers
1977
D. Johansen
D. Fardell
D. Fardell
1978
M. Smith
1979
S. Kerr
1980
S. Solomon
1981
R. Casse
1982
P. Broekhuyse
1983
K. Hornung
1984
P. Evans
1985
T. Reilly
1986
S. Hill
1987
Colin Davis
1988
L. Jones
1989
P. Cotton
1990
N. Speck
1991
L. Jones
1992
T. Tao
1993
J. Wallace
1994
R. Curtis
1995
C. Pizzato
1996
D. Cordover
1997
M. Leskiewicz
1998
G. Saw
1999
D. Smerdon
2000
J. 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
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Australian Girls Champions
1960
I. Tannenthal
1964
R. Jones
1965
R. Jones
1966
R. Jones
1967
M. Urlick
1968
N. Monachowec
1969
N. Monachowec
1970
L. Maddern
1971
L. Maddern
1972
L. Goldsmith
1973
I. Dulek
1974
C. Innes-Brown
1975
C.Innes-Brown
C.Depasquale
K.Hancock
C.Depasquale
K.Hancock
1976
K. Marshall
1977
A. Martin
1978
A. Slavotinek
1979
A. Slavotinek
1980
A. Ketelaar
1981
J. Clementi
1982
J. Wright
1983
T. Potter
1984
C. Lau
1985
G. Soto-Olivo
1986
N.Mills
J.Rees
B.Wilkie
N.Phan
J.Rees
B.Wilkie
N.Phan
1987
T. Nguyen
1988
N. Jones
1989
N. Jones
1990
G.Grbovac
J.King
Ba Remenyi
Bo Remenyi
J.King
Ba Remenyi
Bo Remenyi
1991
Bo Remenyi
1992
J. Harrington
1993
V.Klimenko
I.Liubomirskaia
N.Szuveges
I.Liubomirskaia
N.Szuveges
1994
S. Teh
1995
J. Lauer-Smith
1996
L. Moylan
1997
E. Chong
1998
K. Coventry
1999
C.Lip
J.Lauer-Smith
S.Norris
J.Lauer-Smith
S.Norris
2000
C. 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
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Australian Open Winners
1971
Lajos Portisch (HUN)
1973
Max Fuller
1975
Max Fuller
1977
Trevor Hay
(on tiebreak from S. Booth & Mike Woodhams)
(on tiebreak from S. Booth & Mike Woodhams)
1979
Max Fuller
1981
Robert Jamieson
1983
Darryl Johansen
1985
Guy West
1987
Gyula Sax (HUN)
1989
Alex Wohl
Robin Hill – title was shared.
Robin Hill – title was shared.
1991
Lembit Oll (EST)
Edvins Kengis (LAT)
Stefan Djuric (YUG)
Darryl Johansen
Tony Miles (ENG)
Edvins Kengis (LAT)
Stefan Djuric (YUG)
Darryl Johansen
Tony Miles (ENG)
1993
Ian Rogers
1995
Dinh Duc Trong (VIE)
1997
Darryl Johansen
1999
Vadim Milov (SUI)
2001
Stefan Djuric
2003
John-Paul Wallace
2005
WGM Elena Sedina (ITA/UKR)
2007
Zong-Yuan Zhao
2009
Alex Wohl
(on countback over George Xie)
(on countback over George Xie)
2011
George Xie
(on countback over Zong Yuan Zhao and Moulthun Ly)
(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)
(on countback over Temur Kuybukarov (UZB), Kanan Izzat (AZE) and Yi Liu)
2019
Temur Kuybukarov
(on countback over Kanan Izzat (AZE)
(on countback over Kanan Izzat (AZE)
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
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Viner Medallists - Senior Player of the Year
2019
Leonid Sandler
2020
Leonid Sandler
2021
Darryl Johansen
2022
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
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Whyatt Medallists - Problem Composition and Promotion
2003
Denis Saunders
Peter Wong
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
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
Tont 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
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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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