Australian Team Report

by Australian Team Captain, Leonid Sandler

The Australian team is as follows:

Open:

GM Anton Smirnov (board 1)
GM Max Illingworth (board 2)
GM Moulthun Ly (reserve)
IM James Morris( reserve)

FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich – photo David Llada

The International Chess Day is celebrated annually on July 20, the day the International Chess Federation (FIDE) was founded, in 1924.…

In a statement published on the FIDE website, the council has postponed the events in Moscow and Khanty-Mansiysk to the summer of 2021 at the same locations.

The ACF will endeavor to publish any information on the status of up-and-coming tournaments as soon as received. 

Advice from the Australian Department of Health re: novel coronavirus (COVID-19)

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