Thanks to the hard work and inspiration of Carl Gorka, open teams chess is back in Tasmania; while there have been occasional matches between clubs in the north of the state the last multi-team tournament was last held in 2000.

The Southern Championship was played today in Hobart

Round 1
JDT (Junior Dream Team) 1.5-2.5 Kingborough Knights
William Dunbabin (W) 1/2-1/2 Kevin Bonham
Yung-Shin Wells (B) 1-0 Tan Than Nguyen
Lachie Hughes (W) 0-1 Dave Rolph
Sam Banks (B) 0-1 Alex Nagy

JAMiNG 2-2 Monkey Mind
Noah Carpenter (W) 0-1 Zach Lim
Anya Song (B) 0-1 Toby Straton
Gary Morris (W) 1-0 Yusuf Khodjaev
Mary Khodjaeva (B) 1-0 Yien Zheng

Round 2
Monkey Mind 2.5-1.5 Kingborough Knights
Zach Lim 1-0 Kevin Bonham
Toby Straton 1-0 Dave Rolph
Yusuf Khodjaev 1/2-1/2 Andrew Martini
Karl Lee 0-1 Chris Shepherd

JAMiNG 3-1 JDT
Noah Carpenter 1-0 William Dunbabin
Anya Song 1-0 Yung-Shin Wells
Gary Morris 1-0 Esteban Prieto
Jethro Sih 0-1 Samuel Cassidy

Round 3
JDT 2-2 Monkey Mind
Lachie Hughes 0-1 Zach Lim
Sam Banks 0-1 Toby Straton
Esteban Prieto 1-0 Yusuf Khodjaev
Samuel Cassidy 1-0 Yien Zheng

Kingborough Knights 2-2 JAMiNG
Kevin Bonham 1/2-1/2 Noah Carpenter
Dave Rolph 0-1 Anya Song
Andrew Martini 1-0 Jethro Sih
Alex Nagy 1/2-1/2 Mary Khodjaeva

Team JAMiNG 2 matches 7 games
Team Monkey Mind 2-6.5
Team Kingbrough Knights 1.5-6
Team JDT 0.5-4.5

Teams JAMiNG and Monkey Mind qualify for the state finals.