The 2026 Bunbury Open was played on the 2nd & 3rd of May at Manea Senior College in Bunbury.
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The 3rd annual Bunbury Open was the biggest ever, attracting 30 players from across WA. 11 Bunbury Locals, 14 from Perth and 5 from Country WA ranging all the way down to Denmark.
Congratulations to the 2026 Bunbury Open Champion Bradley Lucas! Winning with a perfect 6/6 score. The first perfect score in Bunbury Open history. Also well done to the runner up Josh Davoll with a well fought 5/6. Josh vs Bradley's game in the penultimate round was very interesting; Bradley defended well from a bad position and came out the victor, ultimately clinching the tournament. The decisive moment was 34. e8=Q?? where whites advantage was lost and it went back to equal. See the full game below: Bunbury Open 2026 Winners Study @ lichess.org Young 13 year old Uudamkhishig Togtmol rated 1074 scored some big upsets defeating Michael Molenaar rated 1785 and another 1650 player on his way to 4/6 and tied 5th overall. Well done Uudam! Clint Stewart seeded 8th had a great tournament to finish 3rd overall and winning the best under 1800 prize. Stephen Mazza was Bunbury's best player with 4/6 and had a nice win over former 3x state champion David Ellis. The players were well fed with Bunbury locals bringing in cake, cheese, sausage, biscuits and fresh fruit from the Bunbury Farmers Market. Many players commented it was one of the best chess venues they've been to, and the tournament was well run, we hope the word gets out further and we have a bigger turnout next May. The list of prize winners is provided below. Prize Winners 1st Place Open Category: Bradley Lucas (6.0/6) 2nd Place Open Category:Josh Davoll (5.0/6) 3rd Place Open Category & Winner Under 1800 Category: Clint Stewart & Simon Voggenreiter (4.5/6) Under 1800 - Runner Up: Stephen Mazza (4.0/6) Under 1500 - Winner & Runner Up: Uudamkhishig Togtmol & Gavin Mercer (4.0/6) Under 1200 - Winner: Christian Newbold (3.0/6) Under 1200 - Runner up: Charlie Williams, Allan Miller & Ashton Hurst (2.0/6) Best Junior: Florentina Rithauddin (3.0/6) Bonus prize - Best Win: Uudamkhishig Togtmol (719 rating difference win) Tournament report kindly provided by Michael Molenaar - tournament organiser and President of the Bunbury Chess Club. |
Pos Name Rtg T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 | BH-C1 BH ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Lucas,Bradley 2129 WA 6.0 | +B14 +W22 +B3 +W5 +B2 +W7 | 20.5 22.5 2 Davoll,Josh 1978 WA 5.0 | +B29 +W13 +B6 +W9 -W1 +B5 | 20.5 22.5 3 Stewart,Clint 1727 VIC 4.5 | +B24 +W28 -W1 =B19 +W20 +B9 | 16.5 17.5 4 Voggenreiter,Simon 2000 WA 4.5 | +W21 =B9 =W10 =B20 +W19 +B15 | 15.0 17.5 5 Plaganyi,Gyula 1974 CM WA 4.0 | +W8 +B20 +W19 -B1 +W13 -W2 | 20.5 23.0 6 Mazza,Stephen 1503 WA 4.0 | +W26 +B10 -W2 -W15 +B14 +B13 | 17.5 19.0 7 Togtmol,Uudamkhishig 1074 WA 4.0 | -B13 +W29 +B14 +W22 +B15 -B1 | 17.0 19.0 8 Mercer,Gavin 1326 ACT 4.0 | -B5 +W30 -B22 +W28 +B16 +W17 | 13.5 14.5 9 Donaldson,Gary 1596 WA 3.5 | +B30 =W4 +B11 -B2 +W10 -W3 | 21.0 22.5 10 Ellis,David 1950 WA 3.5 | +B27 -W6 =B4 +W11 -B9 +W21 | 18.0 19.5 11 Iwach,Dylan 1427 WA 3.5 | =HPB +B12 -W9 -B10 +W27 +B20 | 14.5 18.0 12 Prince,John 1585 WA 3.5 | =HPB -W11 +B27 -W16 +B26 +B19 | 12.0 15.5 13 Rithauddin,Florentyna 1532 WA 3.0 | +W7 -B2 +W23 +B17 -B5 -W6 | 20.0 22.0 14 Moseley,Paul 1482 WA 3.0 | -W1 +B25 -W7 +B18 -W6 +F27 | 20.0 22.0 15 Molenaar,Michael 1785 WA 3.0 | +W18 -B19 +W21 +B6 -W7 -W4 | 18.0 20.5 16 McAteer,Ian 1809 WA 3.0 | =HPB =HPB -- +B12 -W8 +B25 | 15.5 18.5 17 Newbold,Christian 1000 WA 3.0 | -W20 +B18 +W26 -W13 +B22 -B8 | 14.5 16.0 18 Lipton,Geoff 1222 WA 3.0 | -B15 -W17 +B30 -W14 +B23 +W22 | 13.0 14.5 19 Cameron,Seale 1500 AUS 2.5 | +B23 +W15 -B5 =W3 -B4 -W12 | 19.5 21.5 20 Fyfe,Andrew 1509 WA 2.5 | +B17 -W5 +B28 =W4 -B3 -W11 | 19.5 20.5 21 Hunt,Stewart 1461 WA 2.5 | -B4 +W24 -B15 +W23 =HPB -B10 | 15.0 17.5 22 Zoller,Bradley 1650 WA 2.0 | +W25 -B1 +W8 -B7 -W17 -B18 | 20.0 22.0 23 Hurst,Ashton 900 WA 2.0 | -W19 +PAB -B13 -B21 -W18 +W26 | 13.0 14.5 24 Williams,Charlie 1179 WA 2.0 | -W3 -B21 -W25 -B26 +PAB +W28 | 12.5 13.5 25 Miller,Allan 1124 WA 2.0 | -B22 -W14 +B24 -W27 +B28 -W16 | 11.5 12.5 26 Rotter, Luca 945 WA 1.5 | -B6 =W27 -B17 +W24 -W12 -B23 | 14.5 16.0 27 Tyler,Jason 1245 WA 1.5 | -W10 =B26 -W12 +B25 -B11 -F14 | 14.0 15.5 28 Pecoult,Gabriel 900 WA 1.0 | +PAB -B3 -W20 -B8 -W25 -B24 | 15.0 16.0 29 McDonald,Flynn (W) 1350 WA 0.5 | -W2 -B7 =HPB -- -- -- | 10.5 11.0 30 Skerman,Cameron (W) 1123 WA 0.0 | -W9 -B8 -W18 -- -- -- | 10.5 10.5 31 Riley,Matthew (W) 1232 WA 0.0 | -- -- -- -- -- -- | 0.0 0.0 |