Leading chess players from the FIDE Oceania Zone 3.6 are allowed to play in the Oceania Chess Championships.World Chess Championship Regulations FIDE HandbookZonal Chess Championship Regulations FIDE Handbook The tournament is conducted by the FIDE Oceania Zone President and Oceania Chess Confederation under the auspices of the world chess federation, FIDE.FIDE Zone 3.6 Draft Regulations Oceania Chess Confederation
History 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.FIDE International Title Regulations from www.fide.com
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 {| class="sortable wikitable" ! Year !! City !! Open Champion !! Women's Champion |- | 1999The World Chess Championship Zonals 1998-99 Mark WeeksThe Week in Chess 233, 26 April 1999 Mark Crowther || Gold Coast || || |- | 2000The World Chess Championship Zonals 2000-2001 Mark WeeksThe Week in Chess 290, 29 May 2000 Mark CrowtherACF Bulletin No. 67, 28 May 2000 Australian Chess Federation || Auckland || || |- | 2001The World Chess Championship Zonals 2001-2002 Mark WeeksThe Week in Chess 338, 30 April 2001 Mark CrowtherACF Bulletin No. 114 – 29 April 2001 Australian Chess Federation || Gold Coast || || |- | 2002The World Chess Championship Zonals 2002-2004 Mark WeeksThe Week in Chess 392, 13 May 2002 Mark Crowther || Coral Coast, Fiji || || |- | 2005The World Chess Championship Zonals 2004-2005 Mark WeeksThe Week in Chess 535, 7 Feb 2005 Mark Crowther || Auckland || || |- | 2007Oceania Zonal 2007 ChessChat forum || Denarau || || |- | 2009The World Chess Championship Zonals 2008-2009 Mark WeeksThe Week in Chess 764, 29 Jun 2009 Mark Crowther2009 Oceania Zonal Championship report from www.fide.com2009 Oceania Women's Zonal Championship report from www.fide.com || Gold Coast || || |- | 20112011 Oceania Zonal Championship official web page || Rotorua || || |- | 20122012 Queenstown Chess Classic official web page || Queenstown || || |- | 20132013 Oceania Zonal Championship results from www.chessdom.com2013 Oceania Zonal Championship results from www.chess-results.com2013 Oceania Womens Zonal results from www.chess-results.com || Nadi || || |- | 2014 || Ballarat || || |- | 2015 || Sydney || || |- | 2016 || Auckland || || |- | 2017 || Auckland ||
|2019 |Guam
|2021Temur Kuybokarov wins 3.6 Zonal FIDE News, www.fide.com |Online chess
|2023 Open www.chess-results.com, Womens www.chess-results.com, |Melbourne
Oceania Senior Chess Champions {| class="sortable wikitable" ! Year !! City !! Senior Champion !! Senior Women's Champion |- | 20102010 NZ Senior Championship report from www.fide.com || Christchurch || || |- | 20112011 Oceania Senior Championship report from www.fide.com || Melbourne || || |- | 20122012 Asian Senior Championship report from www.fide.comLuchtmeijer wins Asian Seniors from www.fide.com || Parramatta || || |- | 20132013 Oceania Senior Championship final standings from www.chesschat.org || Christchurch || || |- | 2014 || Sydney || || |- | 2015 || Auckland || || |- | 2016 ||Nadi|||| |- | 20192019 NZ and Oceania Seniors tournament report from www.fide.com ||Auckland||||
| 2021 ||Noosa||Cancelled due to COVID ||Cancelled due to COVID
Oceania Youth Chess Champions {| class="sortable wikitable" ! Year !! City !! Youth Champion !! Youth Girls Champion
| 2023||Canberra||
Oceania Presidents Year President1998-2002Graeme Gardiner (Australia)2002-2010Gary Bekker (Australia)2010-2014Brian Jones (Australia)2014-2022Paul Spiller (New Zealand)2022-Shaun Press (Papua New Guinea)
References
External links Oceania Chess Confederation website