The annual Perth International Chess Open 2024 is scheduled to take place from 1-4th March at the Rendezvous Hotel Perth Scarborough. Western Australiaโs leading weekend chess event is organized by the Chess Association of Western Australia.
The 2024 Perth International Open is a 7 round Swiss. All players in the Open must be rated above 1400 FIDE or above 1500 ACF. The 2024 Perth Minor is another 7 round Swiss tournament, running parallel to the Perth International Open. All players in the Minor must be rated below 1500 FIDE or below 1600 ACF. Starting list of players can be found below.
The total prize fund is AUD 6800. Top prizes in the Open are AUD 2000, 1000, 600 respectively. Top prize in the Minor tournament is AUD 400.
Starting list of players – Perth Chess Open 2024:
No. | Name | FED | RtgI | |
1 | IM | Gong, Patrick | WA | 2300 |
2 | de Boer, Eelke | WA | 0 | |
3 | Spirin, Victor | WA | 2022 | |
4 | FM | Fu, Yihe (Rebo) | WA | 1938 |
5 | O’Mahoney, Keegan | WA | 1906 | |
6 | Andador, Dominador | WA | 1833 | |
7 | Holland, Dennis | WA | 1799 | |
8 | King, David | WA | 1777 | |
9 | WFM | Hardegen, Kathryn | WA | 1773 |
10 | Wang, Lachlan | QLD | 1698 | |
11 | Clarke, Daniel | WA | 1684 | |
12 | Feng, Angela | VIC | 1662 | |
13 | Wolstencroft, Alan | WA | 1656 | |
14 | Gunawan, Tjermin | WA | 1610 | |
15 | Taylor, Noah | WA | 1595 | |
16 | Roebuck, Derek J | WA | 1568 | |
17 | Huang, Hui | WA | 1546 | |
18 | Kerr, Carter | WA | 1540 | |
19 | Deng, Eric | WA | 1538 | |
20 | Chen, Angus | WA | 1522 | |
21 | Gunawan, Marco | WA | 1498 | |
22 | Bumbak, Jacob | WA | 1479 | |
23 | Kerr, Lennon | WA | 1462 | |
24 | Wu, Kobe | WA | 1435 | |
25 | Balavignan, Ashvin | WA | 1407 | |
26 | Baines-Dell, Maxwell | WA | 1406 | |
27 | Moseley, Paul | WA | 1375 | |
28 | De Jong, Sjef | WA | 1372 | |
29 | Sheridan, Wallace | WA | 1332 | |
30 | Sethuraman, Jaswanth Ram | WA | 1225 |