Achievements

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2024 Queensland Team Champion🏆

Congratulations to Mars Chess Club for winning the 2024 Queensland Chess Team Championship at the Queensland Team Tournament organized by CAQ (Chess Association of Queensland). Mars Chess Club fielded 5 teams, making the club with the largest number of participants. Mars Chess Club Team 1 delivered an outstanding performance to claim the Queensland Team Champion and Mars Chess Club Team 2 won the Rating Group Champion. This tournament brought together top talents, including 1 GM, 5 IMs, and over 10 FMs and CMs with nearly 200 of Queensland finest players from 32 teams competing.

CM Terrence Li

2026:

Awarded the official FIDE Candidate Master (CM) title

FIDE Rating Above 2000

2025:

Oceania Youth Zonal U10 Open: Equal 1st Place (2nd on tie-breaks), awarded the Provisional FIDE Candidate Master (CM) title.

Australian Junior Chess Championships U10 Champion

Queensland Junior Chess Championships U10 Champion

2024:

Australian Junior Chess Championships U10 3rd

Gold Coast U10 Champion

Gold Coast Open Major Division =3rd

Arianne Caoili Memorial Minor Division =3rd

Sunnybank Hills State School Team 1 Board 1

2023:

Oceania U8 Champion

Queensland U8 Champion

Gold Coast U8 Champion

June FIDE rating 1556, ranking U8 15th in the world

2022:

Queensland Junior Champion 3rd

CM Isaac Liu

2026:

Awarded the official FIDE Candidate Master (CM) title

FIDE Rating Above 2000

2025:

Oceania Youth Zonal U16 Open: Equal 2nd Place (3rd on tie-breaks), awarded the Provisional FIDE Candidate Master (CM) title.

2024:

Queensland U18 Champion =1st

Gold Coast U16 Champion

Brisbane State High School Premium team representative

2023:

Gold Coast U18 Champion

2022:

Queensland U12 3rd Place

Fergus Tang

2025:

Taiwan Youth Cup Chess Championships U12 Rapid Champion

Victorian Junior Championships U12 2nd

2024:

Victoria Junior Championships U10 Champion

Taiwan Youth Cup Chess Championships Junior Champion

2023:

Victoria Junior chess championships U10 2nd 

Victoria Junior Rapid championships U10 2nd

Australia Day Open  1st for Open Division

Victoria Inter-school chess tournament 1st

CM (Provisional)
Richard Liu

2025:

Oceania Youth Zonal U12 Open: Equal 2nd Place (3rd on tie-breaks), awarded the Provisional FIDE Candidate Master (CM) title.

47th Trusts Chess Open 2025 B-Grade 1st

South Island Chess Championships U1900 1st

South Island Rapid Championships 1st=

2024:

New Zealand official representative for the U12 World   Cadets Chess Championships

New Zealand U12 Champion

Best Board 1 interschool intermediate West Auckland

2023:

February Summit Rapid, 2nd equal of Open Division

Congress Best Under 12

Best Board 1, NZCF Interschool Primary final

Best Board 1, NZCF Interschool Primary Division of West Auckland

2022:

Congress Best Under 12 

 Best Board 1, NZCF Interschool Primary Division of West Auckland

18th October 2022,  1st summit chess club Open division 

Chess Power 2022,  1st of Online Champions Trophy, earned Junior Master title

Great Lau

2025:

Australian Junior Chess Championships U12 Problem Solving Champion

Participated in the FIDE World Cadet Chess Championships 2025 and scored 6/11

2024:

New Zealand Junior Chess Championships U8 Champion

Australian Junior Chess Championships U8 2nd Place

Australian Junior Chess Championships U8 Problem Solving 3rd Place

2023:

Oceania U8 3rd Place

Ryan Hou

2026:

South Australia Chess League 2026 City of Adelaide Junior Championships U8 Champion

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