Bunbury Open – Bunbury Chess Club

The Bunbury Open is hosted annually on a weekend in mid May after Mother’s Day weekend.

It is a 6 round Classical event with a time control of 60+10 played over two days at Manea Senior College. The tournament is open to everyone and is ACF Rated.

The prize money is distributed throughout divisions that are based on the ratings of the participants. So everyone can reasonably be eligible to win a prize if they play well. For example divisions could be Open division, Under 1800, Under 1500 and Under 1200.

The entry fee is $40. You do not need to be a member of the Bunbury Chess Club to participate.

You must know the rules of chess and know how to write down your moves using algebraic notation. https://www.chess.com/terms/chess-notation

There will be a pre-tournament briefing that covers the tournament rules and etiquette, we will walk you through everything so you can just focus on turning up and playing chess.

If you have any questions please reach out to Michael at mmolenaar@posteo.com

Previous Bunbury Opens

The inaugural Bunbury Open was a huge success, thank you to everyone who participated.

We had 19 entrants on the day at the awesome venue at Manea Senior College. It was a great weekend with a bunch of friendly people from across WA, including Perth, Margaret River and even Denmark.

Congratulations to the winner Tim Hare, he is our Bunbury Open Champion! He took home $500 and gets his name on the Bunbury Open Trophy!

Open Division

1st place: Tim Hare with 5.5/6

2nd place: FM Boyd Mccamon with 4.5/6

3rd place: Michael Molenaar & Dennis Holland with 4.0/6

Best Under 1700

1st place: Gary Donaldson with 4.0/6

2nd place: Sid Bhosale with 4.0/6

3rd place: Varun Mukhedkar with 3.0/6

Best under 1350

1st place: Graeme Cotterill with 4.0/6

2nd place: Stephen Mazza with 3.5/6