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Battle chess 20157/14/2023 "All eyes are on Smirnov really in this tournament," Rogers said. ![]() He said Chinese grandmaster Ni Hua is the topped ranked player to attend and goes in as favourite, but 13-year-old Sydney wunderkind Anton Smirnov is the one to watch. ![]() Retired grandmaster Ian Rogers, who was the first Australian to achieve that rank, will commentate some of the matches at the hall and on the web. ![]() Twelve grandmasters will be among 150 competitors from 16 countries, with the audience following the matches online expected to number in the tens of thousands. The biennial 10-day tournament pits child prodigies against seasoned experts and will begin on Friday at the Castle Hill RSL hall, which is packed with tables and chess sets for the occasion. One of the strongest fields of international chess grandmasters ever assembled in the country is about to face off at the Australian Chess Open in suburban Sydney.
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