Begonia2018
Begonia Open Chess Tournament 2018
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Aryn Gooch
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ACF President Gary Wastell
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David Cannon
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John Nemeth
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GM Moulthun Ly
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David Schepisi
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Ballarat's Kalen Douglas
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Chris Barlow
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IM James Morris
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GM Darryl Johansen
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Ballarat's Dylan Douglas
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Ballarat's Bas van Riel
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DOP Peter Tsai presents special prize to Michael Holding
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Bruce Hesketh
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Geelong's Reza Deneshvar
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Ballarat's Kiki Dunn
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Ballarat's Bas van Riel
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Milenko Lojanica
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Roger Beattie
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Tom Lea
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David Cannon
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GM Anton Smirnov
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James Watson
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James Watson
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GM Zong-Yuan Zhao
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Ballarat's Chantelle Barnett
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Chris Bradley
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Ballarat's Caitlin Barnett
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GM Moulthun Ly
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Francesco Antoniazzi
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Angelo Tsagarakis
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Stewart Booth
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FM Jack Puccini
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Geelong's Mio Ristic
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Ballarat's Jasan Barnett
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GM Anton Smirnov
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Ballarat's Robert Bailey
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CM Tony Davis
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Im James Morris vs Ballarat's Rob Loveband
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Tom Lea
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Carl Nater
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FM Donato Mallari vs GM Moulthun Ly
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Geelong's Mio Ristic
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Asst.Arbiter Bjorn Lategan and Chief Arbiter Peter Tsai assist Caitlin before a game
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GM Zong-Yuan Zhao vs Marcus Raine
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GM Moulthun Ly vs IM James Morris
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Stewart Booth
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Ballarat's Kalen Douglas
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Chris Barlow
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Ken Czuczman
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Alana Chibnall assists GM Ian Rogers
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Playing venue
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Kevin Perrin Barista Extraordinaire in his 52nd Begonia Open!!
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Ken Czuczman
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Thai Ly
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Ballarat's Kalen Douglas
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Peter presents an 'upset' prize
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Ballarat's Dylan Douglas
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Rod Hessing
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Richard Voon
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Amit Ben Harim
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Chris Charnley
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Marcus Ogden
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Cathy Rogers noting moves from David Cannon vs Alistair Anderson game
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Ballarat's Anna Yates
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Sharjeel Ansari returns to Ballarat
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IM Junta Ikeda
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Om O'Carroll
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Leigh Healey
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IM Stephen Solomon
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Russell Murray
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Arbiters Bjorn and Peter
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Om
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IM Stephen Solomon
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Sally Yu back from the USA
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Ballarat's Jamie Brotheridge
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The tall and the short of it
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Ballarat's Rob Loveband
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GM Johansen
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The Dream Team: Alana, Rob, Bjorn, Peter, Kevin, Patrick, and Anna
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IM Morris
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Bjorn and Ben Naughton
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The organising committee: Rob Loveband (Webmaster), Kevin Perrin (Treasurer), Patrick Cook (President), Anna Yates (Secretary)
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Ballarat's Heath Gooch
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Peter presents a special prize
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Bendigo's Max Mollard
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Mehmedalija Dizdarevic
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Patrick picks a pawn
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Anna ponders
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FM Christopher Wallis
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Ballarat's Louis Douglas
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Kathleen Hooi
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FM Puccini
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GM Smirnov
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Khosrou Ghafouri
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IM Leonid Sandler in the Analysis Room with GM Ian Rogers
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Anna
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Alistair Anderson
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Kalen
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Live commentary by GM Rogers
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Daniel Barker
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Ballarat's Cassandra Barnett
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Michael Holding
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Aryn Gooch
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Bruce Hesketh
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David Flude
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David Lumsdon
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James with the Winner's Trophies
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Winners
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More Winners
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Anna presents Ben Naughton with a rating prize of $600! Winners are grinners!
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Bas with the local players prize
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President Cook farewells the players for another year
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Judd Madden
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Max Mollard
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CV President Sandler
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David Cannon with the Under 18 Aust.Junior Trophy
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Anna and Bas
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Anna presents a prize
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winners with cheques
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more winners
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