Achievers

Many of our members make notable achievements on the local and world stage.

Note: Players named below are members of the club in the membership year.

2024

• At the NSW Rapid
• 1st Tony Zheng; =3rd Reyaansh Chakrabarty
• For the Olympiad
  • Alaina Vincent selected for the Australian Women's team
  • Bibek Thing selected to play Board 1 for the Nepalese team
• At the Sydney International
  • Open: U2000 =1st Daniel Wang;  U1800 1st Dean Chen
  • Classic: =2nd Vicky Qian 
  • Blitz: 1st Reyaansh Chakrabarty $300
• Reyaansh Chakrabarty won the Bronze medal at the inaugural FIDE World Cup 2024 held in Batumi, Georgia
• At the NSW Open
  • Open: =3rd Reyaansh Chakrabarty, 1800 =1st Leo Gong, Ian Stalker and Ian Welch; =1st Female Kristine Quek
  • U1600: =main prizewiners Callan Arav and Winson Yuan
• At the Doberl Cup
  • Premier: Reyaansh Chakrabarty. Courage & Self-Belief Prize
  • Major: Ethan Chang 3rd; Daniel Wang, Under 1950 Medallion
  • Minor Paul Glissan, Under 1650 Medallion
  • Mini: Alexander Warne 2nd; Matthew Turek 3rd
• Reyaansh Chakrabarety enters the record books with a win over GM Darryl Johansen at at the Ballarat Begonia. The youngest Australian to have ever beaten a GM, and in the top 10 worldwide. 
• At the City of Sydney Blitz: Reyaansh Chakrabarety 2nd; Clive Ng =3rd,  at City of Sydney Blitz
• At the Australian Championships, Samual Asaka =2nd in the Championships; Aiden Odenthal wins the  Reserves
• At the Australian Junior Chess Championships
  Open:  U18 Open =3rd Seth Peramunetilleke; U16 Open: 1st Reyaansh Chakrabarty; =3rd Leo Gong; U14 Open: =3rd Lucas Ni, Daniel Wang, Ethan Chang; U12 Girls: 2nd Vicky Qian; U8 Open: 3rd Joey Su 
  Blitz: U18 Girls: 2nd Linda (Zhiling) Qian; U16 Open: =1st Harvey Zhu; U12 Open: 1st Leo Gong; U12 Girls: 3rd Vicky Qian; U10 Open: 1st Reyaansh Chakrabarty; 2nd Marcus Ni; U8 Open: 1st Joey Su
  Problem solving: U18 Open : 1st Harvey Zhu; U16 Open: 1st Daniel Wang; U12 Open: 3rd Mason Tay; U12 Girls: Vicky Qian
• At the NSWCA Australia Day Weekender 
  • =2nd FM Sterling Bayaca, Nestor Chan, Cameron McGowan and Aiden Odenthal
    Under 1800-1600: =1st Nestor Chan
    Under 1600-1400: = 2nd Nathan He
    Under 1400: 1st Angela He; =2nd Daniel Ding, Josh Liu , Aiden Maleki, Deves Manoji, Vicky Qian 

2023

• At THE N SW Seniors:
  • =2nd Pieter Bierkens
  • U1800 =1st Nikola Vujasin
    U1600 =1st Tom Beeh
  • U1400 =1st Darryl Ross
• At the Ryde Eastwood Open:"
  • =1st Samuel Asaka
  • =4th Sterling Bayaca and Bahman Kargosha
  • Under 1600-1400 =1st Katherine Pan and Banjamin Tee
  • Under 1400 =2nd Mason Tay 
• Cameron McGowan wins the NSWCA August Weekender; Lucas Ni =1st U1800; Jason Li =1st U1600; Jonathan Si Seng Ong =2nd U1400
• At the NSW Junior Championships: 
  • U18: 1st Seth Peramunetilleke, =3rd Ethan Chang
  • U18 Reserves: 3rd Savin Peramunetilleke
  • U12: 1st Reyaansh Chakrabarty, 2nd Callan Arav, =3rd Benjamin Tee and Daniel Ding         
• At the NSW Rapid: 1st Harvey Zhu; Under 1600- 1400 =1st Vedantik Bhattacharyya and Jason Li
• At the At the NSW Open
  • In the Open section, Sterling Bayaca =5th; Harvey Zhu =2nd U2000; Kristine Quek =2nd U1800
  • In the Minor section: CJ de Mooi =3rd plus 1st unrated; Jayden Arav, Maxwell Ponza and Haowei Wang  =1st U1400; Daniel Ding and Michael Zhang =1st U1200
• At the Oceania Youth Championship:
  • Cameron McGowan 1st and achieves the IM title
  • Reyaansh Chakrabarty 2nd U10 and CM title
  • Callan Arav 3rd U10 and CM title
• At the Doberl Cup
  • Reyaansh Chakrabarty =3rd in the Minor
  • Nathan Arav =1st in the Mini
• At the City of Sydney Blitz, Benjamin Wise Jiang =1st U2000–1800
• At the Oceania Zonal:
  • Sterling Bayaca, Cameron McGowan and Bahman Kargosha take the tile of FIDE Master (FM)
  • FM performances were made by Anthony Fikh, John Papantonio and Harry Ruan who now need to meet a rating qualification for the title
  • Cantidate Master (CM) performances were made by Lucas Ni, Joshua Brown, Aiden Odenthal, Toby Huey, Andriy Bukreyev, Viney Kumar, Jongmin Lim, Seth Peramunitilleke Nikola Vujasin and Chelsea Huey who now need rating qualification for the title: .
• At the NSWCA Australia Day Weekender: Biljana Dekic 2nd; Samuel Asaka and Arthur Huynh =3rd; Pertti Sirkka =1st U18–1600
• At the Australian Juniors:
  • U8: Marcus Ni 2nd
  • U10: Reyaansh Chakrabarty =1st
  • U12: Lucas Ni =3rd
  • U12 Blitz: Harvey Zhu 2nd; Lucas Ni =3rd
• At the Australian Open, Jayden Arav wins the Minor and Nathan Arav =2nd.  Jayden also takes =1st Under 1300 in the Blitz.

2022

• At the NSWCA Seniors: =1st Biljana Dekic, Ian Parsonage; U1800–1600 1st Paul Glissan =2nd Robert Watson; U1400 1st Darryl Ross
• At the 2022 Ryde Eastwood Open: 1st Cameron McGowan; =3rd Bahman Kargosha, Sterling Bayaca, and Andriy Bukreyev; Rating prizes: U18-16 1st Lucas Ni, =2nd Harvey Zhu; U16-14 =1st Benjamin Wise Jiang; U14 =1st Joy Liu, Benjamin Tee, and Daniel Ding
• David Stern is awarded Norths President's Shield, which recognises the hard work done in the background to ensure the success of its sporting and social clubs.
• At the NSWCA August Weekender. 1st Bahman Kargosha; 2nd Cameron McGowan; 3rd Harvey Zhu; U1800-1600 =1st Robert Watson; U1600-1400 =2nd Benjamin Jiang; Kamal Jain $75; U1400 =1st Norman Greenwood and Ethan Chang
• At the NSW Open =2nd Open U2000 Alaina Vincent; =2nd Minor Shane Dibley; =5th Minor U1200 Jayden Arav
• At the Dubbo Open 1st Cameron McGowan; 3rdLucas Ni
• At the City of Sydney Blitz 1stClive Ng; =3rd Robert Sunaryo and Dimitri Miscenko; 1st U1400 Dean Miscenko
• At the City of Sydney Rapid, =1st Cameron McGowan and Gareth Charles; =1st U1800 Kristine Quek; 1st U1600 Ethan Chang
• Gareth Charles wins the NSWCA Australia Day Weekender. Bruce Murray =2nd; U1800 =2nd Rob Waton; U1600  1st Harvey Zhu; U1400 =2nd Ethan Chang and Benjamin Jiang
• At the Greg Hjorth Weekender, Rating Group 2: =1st Anthony Fikh and Paul Russell; Rating Group 3: =1st Dean Chen. Dean also wins the Junior Biggest Upset. 
• Paul Glissan, ACF Koshnitsky Medal for lifetime achievement, for services to chess as an administrator

2021

• Rob Watson is certified as FIDE Arbiter
• Lucas Ni, U1400 Medallion, Doberl Minor
• Anthony Fikh and James Spencer.=1st Begonia Open rating Group A (1587-1999)

2020

• Marco le lun Zheng =1st JZMC Rising Stars
• Clive Ng becomes a FIDE Master
• Brandon Clarke wins City of Sydney Blitz; =3rd Jack Rodgers and Dimitri Miscenko
• Jason Hu, John Papantoniou =1st 2020 Newcastle Open
• Clive Ng =1st and City of Sydney Rapid Champion; =3rd Brandon Clarke, Dimitri Miscenko, Bruce Murray,  John Papantoniou and Jack Rodgers
• At the NSWCA Australia Day Weekender: =1st Jason Hu, =3rd Henry Cronin, Bruce Murray, Clive Ng; U1800 =1st Pertti Sirkka; U1400 =2nd Tony Baldwin, Vince Chiara, Benjamin Jiang, Robert Laurie
• At the Juniors: Cameron McGowan, Australian Junior Chess Champion and =2nd in the Blitz; Dhwani Patel 3rd U14 Girls
• Toby Huey, =1st U1600, Australian Championship
• ACF Medals
• Anton Smirnov, Steiner Medal for Player of the Year 
• Cameron McGowan, Arlauskas Medal for Junior Player of the Year

2019

• Anton Smirnov wins London Chess Classic FIDE Open 
• Sterling Bayaca wins Liddums Young Masters Open
• Jack Rodgers NSW State Champion
• Jack Rodgers =1st NSW Blitz Championship
• Lucas Ni represented Australia in the Under 8 section of the World Cadet Championships
• Jack Rodgers =3rd, Ryde-Eastwood CJS Purdy Memorial Open
• Pertti Sirkka =3rd, Newcastle Kings Gambit Tournament
• Cameron McGowan wins NSW State Championship, Jack Rodgers 2nd
• Cameron McGowan wins NSWCA August Weekender; Peter Abbott 3rd; Michael Blaszczyk =1st 1400-1599;  Gary Armstrong =2nd 1600-1799; Ralph Shaw =2nd Under 1400
• Shane Dibley, wins NSWCA Minor; Norman Greenwood =3rd
• Cameron McGowan wins NSW Junior Championships
• Anton Smirnov wins Adelaide's Checkmate Weekender
• Clive Ng 2nd NSW Rapid; Johannes Brack =3rd
• Andriy Bukreyev and Paul Russell =2nd Dubbo Open
• Frank Low awarded ACF Purdy Medal for Chess Journalism
• Anton Smirnov awarded ACF Steiner medal for Australian Player of the Year, again! 
• Biljana Dekić granted Honorary Life Membership of the Australian Chess Federation for services to Australian chess and recognising her feat in serving as a team member in twelve Women's Olympiads
• Jack Rodgers =3rd City of Sydney Rapid
• Max Illingworth wins Oceania Zonal; Clive Ng =3rd and earns an IM norm.
• Jason Hu wins the NSWCA Australia Day Weekender, Bahman Kargosha 3rd
• Sterling Bayaca wins the U18 Open the Australian Junior Chess Championship. Also at the event: Marco le lun Zheng =3rd U16 Open; Joshua Li =2nd U12 Open; Aiden Wen wins U10 Open; Dhwani Patel =2nd U14 Girls; Chelsea Huey =3rd U10 Girls 
• Brandon Clarke =1st New Zealand Chess Congress, Open Championship
• Brandon Clarke wins George Trundle Masters in New Zealand and and achieves his third IM norm and the title of International Master
• Anton Smirnov 1st Australian Blitz Championship; Clive Ng =3rd in rating group 1900<2199
• Anton Smirnov =3rd Australian Open

2018

• Anton Smirnov 1st, 2018 Australasian Masters GM Norm Tournament
• Brandon Clarke 2nd, 2018 Australasian Masters IM Norm Tournament and achieves his second IM norm
• Brandon Clarke 1st Gold Coast FIDE Open 
• Anton Smirnov 1st, Victorian Blitz Championship
• Brandon Clarke =2nd, Liddums Australian Young Masters IM Norm Event 
• Brandon Clarke 1st (by tiebreak), Clive Ng 2nd, NSW Blitz Championship
• Anton Smirnov 1st, Brandon Clarke =2nd, Vikings Weekender
• Brandon Clarke wins Gosford Open
• Brandon Clarke =1st Ryde Eastwood Open
• Nick Cooper is awarded Norths President's Shield, which recognises the hard work done in the background to ensure the success of its sporting and social clubs.
• At the ANU Open, Brandon Clarke 1st, Bahman Kargosha =3rd
• Anton Smirnov =1st Najdorf Chess Festival
• Anton Smirnov =2nd Gold Coast Open
• Peter Abbott =1st, June Newcastle Rapid Play
• At the NSW Open, Max Illingworth =3rd; in the Minor Frank Low 1st, Gary Armstrong =2nd
• Four Norhs Chess players are selected to represent Australia at 2018 Commonwealth Chess Championships: Seniors, Paul Glissan; Boys U20 Aleksy Ginovic; Girls U18, Fiona Shen; Boys U14: Kevin Shen
• Max Illingworth wins the Peninsula Open with a perfect score.
• Playing for the Kangaroos in the PRO Chess League All Stars, Brandon Clarke took the U2400 prize and was described as "the best value in the league this year".
• Brandon Clarke wins City of Sydney Blitz
• Anton Smirnov =1st, Begonia Open
• Brandon Clarke =3rd City of Sydney Rapid
• Brandon Clarke =1st, Newcastle Open; Paul Russell wins Best Game Prize.
• Brandon Clarke wins NSWCA Australia Day Weekender; Justin Vowles and Norman Greenwood win rating prizes
• Max Illingworth =3rd, Gold Coast Grand Prix
• Brandon Clarke achieves his first IM norm al the Doeberl Cup; takes 2nd in the blitz; Sterling Bacaya 2nd in the Major
• At the Australian Junior Chess Championships 
• Kieran Willathgamuwa 2nd U8yo Open Blitz
• Dhwani Patel 3rd U12yo Girls Problem Solving
• Annabel Li 1st U8yo Girls Blitz and 1st U8yo Girls Problem Solving
• Max Illingworth, Australian Chess Champion. At the Championships:
• Championship Tournament:  Max Illingworth 1st; Anton Smirnov 2nd and and Offshore Oil Limited Encouragement Prize for best junior  
• Reserves Tournament: Clive Ng =3rd and =1st U2000-1800; David Marsh =1st U1800-1600
• Blitz: Kevin Willathgamuwa =1st U2100-1800 

2017

• Anton Smirnov wins Victorian Blitz Championship
• NSW Blitz Championship. Blair Mandla 2nd; Clive Ng 3rd 
• Max Illingworth wins MCC Hjorth Open, again
• At the NSWCA Ryde-Eastwood Open: 
• U1799-1600 =1st  Michael Gong, Robert Watson
• U1599-1400 =1st Kamal Jain, Udit Talpade
• U1400 1st Ryan Hii
• Gareth Charles =2nd North Queensland Open
• Max Illingworth wins Leo Wilkinson Memorial 
• Anton Smirnov, =1st, Capablanca Memorial GM Norm, earning his third GM norm and the title of Grandmaster.
• Max Illingworth wins a sixth NSW Championship; Malcolm Stephens 3rd.
• At the NSWCA August Weekender:
• Ian Parsonage =3rd
• U1800: Rob Watson 1st; Pertti Sirkka 2nd
• U1600: Kamal Jain and Anshika Jain =1st
• U1400: Scott O'Callaghan 1st 
• After being selected for the World U17 team in the Match of the Millennials, Anton Smirnov performed strongly to score 3.5/6, including wins against GM Sam Sevian and GM Ruifeng Li and a draw with Black against World Junior Champion GM Jeffery Xiong. This contributed to an upset win for his team.
• Our U1500 team, led by Tristan Weijermars, finishes the NSWCA Grade Matches in second place. Players contributing are Robert Laurie, Gary Armstrong, Andrew Johnson, Matthew Carden, Timothy Leong, Tristan Weijermars and Andrew Coey 
• Clive Ng 3rd, 2017 NSW Rapid Championship 
• Anton Smirnov =3rd, Gold Coast Open
• Max Illingworth =1st, and winner on countback, NSW Open
• Anton Smirnov =1st Begonia Open
• Max Illingworth wins City of Sydney Rapid; Clive Ng 2nd 
• Donato Mallari =2nd, Newcastle Open  
• Max Illingworth wins NSWCA Australia Day Weekender
• At the Australian Junior Championships, Max Mikkelsen 3rd U16 Lightning and 2nd U16 Problem Solving
• Anton Smirnov wins the Oceania Zonal: 
• Max Illingworth =2nd; Anthony Fikh, 1st U1600
• Donato Mallari and Jason Hu achieve FM title 
• Anthony Fikh and Paul Russell achieve CM title
• Max Illingworth =1st and, on countback, the 2017 Australian Open Champion

2016

• Max Illingworth wins MCC Hjorth Open
• At the NSWCA Ryde-Eastwood Open:
• U1800-1600 =1st Pertti Sirkka
• U1600-1400 1st Frank Low, =2nd Michael Gong and Ivan Case
• Jason Hu and Soumya Thakurta, =1st, NSWCA Rapid Championship
• Soumya Thakurta, 1st, NSWCA August Weekender. Donato Mallari and Thomas Xuan =3rd
• Soumya Thakurta, 3rd, ANU Chess Festival
• Max Illingworth wins a fifth NSW Championship; Malcolm Stephens and Jason Hu =2nd.
• Max Illingworth and Biljana Dekic are selected to play for Australia in the 2016 Chess Olympiad.
• Newcastle One Day Rapid: Peter Abbot, =2nd; Gary Armstrong =1st U1600
• At the NSW Open:
• In the Open:
• Max Illingworth =1st
• Donato Mallari =3rd
• U2000 - U1800: Ian Parsonage =1st 
• In the Minor
• Michael Gong and Frank Low =1st
• U1400 - 1200: Anthony Fikh 1st
• Blair Mandla, 2nd, City of Sydney Lightning
• Donato Mallari, =2nd NSWCA Australia Day Weekender
• Kevin Willathgamuwa, 3rd, Australian Junior Chess Championships Under 16 Open
• ACF Medals
• Max Illingworth, Steiner Medal for Player of the Year
• Kristine Quek, Arlauskas Medal for Junior Player of the Year

2015

• Max Illingworth, 2nd, Australian Masters, earning his third GM norm and the title of Grandmaster.
• The Abbotsleigh team, coached by David Webster, wins the Secondary Girls Division of the Australian Schools Teams Championships. Kristine Quek on board 1 scores 5/5, Alysha Chin on board 2 4/5.
• During the spring school holidays:
• Fiona Shen, NSW Girls Champion; Kristine Quek 2nd; Jennifer Zhang NSW U12 Girls Champion.
• Michael Pogrebinsky and Max Mikkelsen, =1st City of Sydney Under 15 Championship (Michael wins tiebreak); Kevin Shen wins Under 12 title.
• Luke Marsh =1st in the Spring Two-Day Tournament, =2nd in the Spring One-Day Tournament.
• Max Illingworth, 2nd, MCC Hjorth Open Weekender
• At the Ryde Eastwood Open: U1800 - 1600 =1st  Pertti Sirkka and Dennis Wan; U1600 – 1400 =1st  Frank Low and Michael Gong; U1400 1st Bob Quek
• Anton Smirnov =1st, Malaysian Open
• Max Illingworth wins the NSW Championship for the fourth time; Anton Smirnov 2nd
• At the Oceania Zonal Championships:
  • Open:
    • Max Illingworth, =1st and Oceania Zonal Champion
    • Malcolm Stephens, =3rd and achieves his first IM norm
    • Anton Smirnov, =3rd
    • Christopher Ball, =Best U2000 and qualifies for the Candidate Master title
    • Peter Abbott, Donato Mallari ,Ton Luchtmeijer, Adrian Chek, Bruce Murray, Anthony Chan and Thomas Xuan qualify for the Candidate Master title
  • Women's:
    • Biljana Dekica; Kristine Quek =3rd, Kristine achieves the Women's Federation Master title
• Anton Smirnov =1st Gold Coast Open
• At the NSW Open:
  • In the Open section:
    • Max Illingworth and Anton Smirnov =1st
    • Thomas Xuan =4th
    • U2000 - U1800: Bruce Murray =1st; David Webster =3rd  
    • U1800: Christopher Ball =1st
  • Parunithan Ranganathan wins the Minor
• At the Australian Junior Chess Championships:
  • Kristine Quek, 1st, U18 Girls
  • Jennifer Zhang, 1st U10 Girls
• At the Australian Open Chess Championships:
  • Max Illingworth, =2nd, and highest performing Australian player
  • U2200: Ton Luchtmeijer =3rd; Barak Atzmon-Simon 4th
  • Australian Minor: Frank Low 9th; Fred Schuetz 1st U1400
  • ACF 2014 Medals: Anton Smirnov, Arlauskas Medal awarded to a junior; Steiner Medal for player of the year. 

2014

• Blair Mandla wins the 2014 NSW Blitz Championship; Jason Hu 2nd, Anthony Fikh =1st U1400
• Max Illingworth wins MCC Hjorth Open with a perfect score
• Anton Smirnov wins the Gosford Open; Jason Hu, Pertti Sirkka and Bruce Murray =2nd; Norman Greenwood NSW Country Champion 
• At Macquarie University Chess Challenge:
  • David Webster wins the University Division; Christopher Ball 3rd
  • Thomas Xuan and Joe Chua play for the Killara team winning the Secondary division
  • Sebastian Bracks and Xander Leibert play for Sydney Grammar team coming 2nd in the Primary Division
• At the Ryde Eastwood Open: Anthony Fikh 1st U1400; Christopher Ball and Kamal Jain =2nd U1800; Norman Greenwood and Michael Tracey =2nd U1600 
• Anthony Fikh wins the Primary Intersshool Chess Challenge; Aleksy Ginovic =2nd 
• Max Illingworth wins the First Saturday tournament in Hungary, achieving his second GM norm.
• Mick Zekic, playing for norths bears U1700 team, wins a performance prize in the NSWCA Grade Competition.
• Vasil Tulevsky =2nd, Rooty Hill Open, Mick Zekic Best U1800
• Anton Smirnov, achieves his 3rd IM norm at the Olympiad
• Norman Greenwood is awarded Norths President's Shield, which recognises the hard work done in the background to ensure the success of its sporting and social clubs
• Peter Abbott, =3rd, 2014 NSW Rapid Championships
• Max Illingworth wins the 2014 Croydon Chess Classic in Victoria
• At the Integra NSW Open 2014
  • Open: =3rd Max Illingworth; U2000-1850 =1st Peter Abbott, Donato Mallari 
  • Minor: =2nd Joe Chua; =4th Michael Pogrebinsky; U1450-1300 =1st Shane Dibley, Bob Quek, Luke Marsh; U1300 1st David Marsh     
• Phil Viner, Meritorious Service Award, granted at the 1st Annual Asian Chess Excellence Awards
• Max Illingworth, Biljana Dekic and Anton Smirnov selected to play for Australia in the 2014 Chess Olympiad.
• At the Doeberl Cup: Michael Morris, Best U2200 in the Premier; Michael Pogrebinsky, Best U1200 in the Minor
• David Marsh and Thomas Xuan, =1st NSWJCL Sydney Autumn One-Day Tournament
• At the Sydney International
  • Open: Barak Atzmon-Simon =1st U2200; Tomas Xuan =1st U2000
  • Minor: Jose Escribano 2nd U1700; Norman Greenwood and Roger Jeffreys =1st U1500 
• Paul Sike, =2nd U1600, St George Summer Open
• Paul Sike, 1st U1600, City of Sydney Rapid 
• At the NSWCA Australia Day Weekender
  • Dennis Wan, 1st U1800
  • Luke Marsh, =1st U1400
• At the Australian Junior Chess Championships 
  • Anton Smirnov, Australian Junior Chess Champion
  • Kevin Willathgamuwa, U12 Lightning Champion
  • Rowan Willathgamuwa, =2nd U16
  • Thomas Xuan, =2nd U18 Lightning
• At the Australian Chess Championships:
  • Max Illingworth, Australian Chess Champion 2014
  • Anton Smirnov, =5th and =2nd in the Blitz

2013

• At the NSW State Blitz Championship Anton Smirnov 2nd; Norman Greenwood =1st U1800; Paul Sike =1st U1600
• Anton Smirnov, 2nd, Vikings Weekender.
• Max Illingworth wins Gosford Open 
• At the City of Sydney Junior Championship: Anton Smirnov wins U18 division; Luke Marsh 2nd U12 and wins the U12 Lightning.
• Anton Smirnov achieves his second International Master norm at the Indonesian Open.
• David Webster is awarded the FIDE Arbiter title.
• Ton Luchtmeijer convincingly wins Rooty Hill FIDE rated Amateur U2200 tournament with a score of 8/9.
• Max Illingworth, =2nd, 2013 Malaysia Open.
• David Stern, playing for norths U1700 team, wins a performance prize in the NSWCA Grade Competition.
• Max Illingworth wins his third consecutive NSW Championship; Malcolm Stephens 2nd; Anton Smirnov 3rd.
• At the NSW State Rapid Play Championship: Max Illingworth and Anton Smirnov =1st.
• Norman Greenwood wins the U1700 division of Parramatta Chess Club championships.
• At the NSW Open: Max Illingworth =1st; Anton Smirnov =3rd; Patrick Champion =1st U2000.
• At the 2013 Oceania Zonal Championships: Anton Smirnov gains the title of FIDE Master; Oscar Wang and Blair Mandla gain the titles of Candidate Master
• David Marsh, =2nd, NSW Junior Chess League, Inner West Chess Challenge 12; Luke Marsh missed 9 years trophy on tiebreak 
• Luke Halpin, =1st, NSW Junior Chess League Autumn One-Day Tournament; Luke Marsh =3rd.
• At the Sydney International: In the Open tournament Anton Smirnov achieves his first IM Norm; Julian Kuan =1st U2000. In the Challengers tournament Ian Dickson =1st U1700; Ivan Case =1st U1500 
• Max Illingworth wins NSWCA City of Sydney Rapid
• Anton Smirnov wins Newcastle Open Grand Prix; Vladimir Smirnov 2nd; Donato Mallari =3rd; Michael Tracey =2nd U1700
• Paul Sike wins the U1400 Division of the St George Summer Open
• Gareth Charles wins NSWCA Australia Day Weekender; Patrick Champion =2nd
• Oscar Wang, U16 Champion, Australian Junior Chess Championships 
• Joshua Behar, =1st, NSWJCA Summer tournament; Thomas Xuan =3rd
• At the Australian Open:
• Max Illingworth, =2nd Open
• Greg Canfell, =5th Open; =4th Australian Lightning 
• Barak Atzmon-Simon, best U2100 Open
• Clive Lane, 3rd, norths classic 
• Vladimir Smirnov, =3rd, Australian Lightning
• ACF 2012 Medals: Max Illingworth, Steiner Medal awarded to a player; Anton Smirnov, Arlauskas Medal awarded to a junior.
• Norman Greenwood was granted Life Membership of the ACF.

2012

• Max Illingworth, 2nd, 2012 Myer Tan Australian Grand Prix
• Max Illingworth, =1st, Christmas Swiss GP
• Anton Smirnov, Australasian Masters 2012 Champion
• Vladimir Smirnov, NSW State Lightning Champion; Anton Smirnov =3rd
• Max Illingworth wins the Melbourne Cup of Chess
• Gareth Charles =3rd, Queensland Championships
• Max Illingworth wins Ryde-Eastwood Open 
• Max Illingworth and Biljana Dekic:
  • Selection to the Australian Open team and Australian Women's team for the 2012 Chess Olympiad in Turkey.
  • Joint top scorers for their teams.
  • Max fulfils the requirements for the title of International Master.
• Greg Canfell wins Hobsons Bay Chess Club's Best in the West weekender.
• Anton Smirnov and Max Illingworth =3rd, ANU Open
• Max Illingworth wins his second consecutive NSW Championship; Malcolm Stephens =3rd.
• Max Illingworth =2nd, Gold Coast Open.
• Ton Luchtmeijer wins the Asian Seniors and Oceania Seniors.
• Donato Mallari, 3rd, Asian Amateur U2100 FIDE.
• Blair Mandla =1st in the Oceania Blitz; Vladimir Smirnov =3rd.
• norths chess club membes shine at the Parramatta Chess Club championships: Vladimir Smirnov wins the championship division; Gregory Canfell 2nd; Shane Dibley =2nd in the U1800 division.
• Norman Greenwood =3rd best score in the Dubbo Open Grand Prix
• Greg Canfell wins the City of Sydney Championship; Michael Morris =3rd.
• Max Illingworth wins the City of Sydney Rapid with a picket fence score of 7/7; Julian Kuan and Blair Mandla =2nd with one other.
• Greg Canfell wins the Hornsby Open, with Max Illingworth and Anton Smirnov =3rd and Tarek Elgindy taking the U1400 prize.
• Max Illingworth wins the Newcastle Open; Vladimir and Anton Smirnov share 3rd.
• Max Illingworth and Blair Mandla, =2nd at the Australia Day Weekender
• Anton Smirnov at the 2012 Australian Junior Chess Championships: =2nd (3rd on tiebreak) Under 18; 1st (on tiebreak) U18 Lightning; =1st Under 18 problem solving.
• Max Illingworth, Steiner Medal – Australian Player of the Year 2011
• Vladimir Smirnov, 2nd (on tiebreak), Australian Chess Championship. 
• Max Illingworth =2nd, Australian Lightning Chess Championship.

2011 

• Michael Anderson, Harbord Diggers Chess Club champion 2011
• In the December ratings norths chess club has four of the top 15 rated players. Between them, Max Illingworth, Vladimir Smirnov, Malcolm Stephens and Gregory Canfell have 26% of the group's rating.
• Blair Mandla becomes NSW State Lightning Champion.
• At FIDE's 2nd quarter Presidential Board Meeting, the title of International Master is bestowed on Vladimir Smirnov.
• Max Illingworth wins Ryde Eastwood Open. 
• Max Illingworth equal first in the First Saturday tournament in Hungary, scoring 7/9 in a field of 3 GMs, 3 IMs and 3 FMs, obtaining a GM norm.
• Roger Jeffreys takes a board prize for his score of 4.5/6 in the Under 1400 division of the NSWCA Grade Competition.
• Shane Dibley wins all his eight games in the NSWCA Grade Competition, helping the U1600 Grizzly Bears into second place.
• Anton Smirnov scores 5/8 and takes a board prize in the U2150 team's =2nd performance in the NSWCA Grade Competition. 
• Max Illingworth wins the Integra NSW State Championship 2011; Vladimir Smirnov =2nd.
• Max Illingworth 3rd, Gold Coast Open.
• Blair Mandla wins the City of Sydney Rapid, with David Webster equal 3rd and Best U1800
• At the Oceania Zonals: Max Illingworth 3rd in the Open division; Biljana Dekic 3rd in the Women's division. 
• At the Australian Open Vladimir Smirnov earns his final International Master norm 

2010 

• Max Illingworth wins NSW 2010 State Lightning; Vladimir Smirnov 3rd.
• In the May rating list, with his rating passing 2300, Max Illingworth is now officially recognised as a FIDE Master (FM). 
• Frank Hutchings, =3rd, Oceania Seniors, New Zealand. 
• our members shine at the City of Sydney Rapid, won by Max Illingworth; Vladimir Smirnov 2nd; Peter Abbott =1st U1800; Jonathan Adams 1st U1600.
• Anton Smirnov takes multiple prizes at the Australian Junior Championships: 3rd, Under 14 Open; 1st, Under 10 Rapid; 1st, Under 12 Lightning.
• With his win over IM Gary Lane in the Australian Chess Championships, Vladimir Smirnov secures his second International Master norm. 
• 2009 
• Anton Smirnov, =2nd Under 8, World Youth Championships, Turkey 
• Max Illingworth, =2nd, Gold Coast Open 
• The Bear Cubs, all juniors with an average age of 12, win the U1800 division of the NSW Chess Association grade competition; norths teams take a clean sweep of the division
• Steven Javor, shares the Senior’s Prize, Australian Open Chess Championships