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The Sydney International Open took place March 25th - 29th.
Top 20 Participants.
| Country | Rating | | Final Standings |
| Zhang, Zhong | SIN | 2617 | | 1. | Ganguly | 7.0 |
| Malakhatko, Vadim | BEL | 2600 | | 2. | Zhang | 7.0 |
| Akobian, Varuzhan | USA | 2599 | | 3. | Jones | 7.0 |
| Ganguly, Surya Shekhar | IND | 2579 | | 4. | Zhao | 7.0 |
| Jones, Gawain C B | ENG | 2562 | | 5. | Gagunashvili | 6.5 |
| Gagunashvili, Merab | GEO | 2553 | | 6. | Antonio | 6.5 |
| Chandler, Murray G | NZL | 2540 | | 7. | Akobian | 6.5 |
| Antonio, Rogelio | PHI | 2529 | | 8. | Bitansky | 6.5 |
| Zhao, Zong-Yuan | AUS | 2487 | | 9. | Malakhatko | 6.5 |
| Antic, Dejan | SRB | 2476 | | 10. | Soloman | 6.5 |
| Johansen, Darryl K | AUS | 2475 |
| Solomon, Stephen J | AUS | 2468 |
| Bitansky, Igor | ISR | 2424 |
| Lane, Gary W | AUS | 2412 |
| Reprintsev, Alexander | UKR | 2406 |
| Kizov, Atanas | MKD | 2398 |
| Goldenberg, Igor | AUS | 2395 |
| Wang, Puchen | NZL | 2383 |
| Mas, Hafizulhelmi | MAS | 2382 |
| Zozulia, Anna | BEL | 2344 |
Schedule
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Round 1 - Mar 25
| Morris | - | Zhang | 0-1 |
| Malakhatko | - | Bennett | 1-0 |
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Round 2 - Mar 26
| Zhang | - | De Ramos | 1-0 |
| Samar | - | Malakhatko | 0-1 |
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Round 3 - Mar 26
| Kizov | - | Zhang | 0-1 |
| Malakhatko | - | Bitansky | 1-0 |
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Round 4 - Mar 27
| Zhang | - | Antonio | 1-0 |
| Zhao | - | Malakhatko | 1-0 |
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Round 5 - Mar 27
| Gagunashvili | - | Zhang | 1/2 |
| Ganguly | - | Zhao | 1-0 |
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Round 6 - Mar 28
| Zhang | - | Ganguly | 1/2 |
| Akobian | - | Gagunashvili | 1/2 |
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Round 7 - Mar 28
| Ganguly | - | Jones | 1/2 |
| Gagunashvili | - | Zhao | 1/2 |
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Round 8 - Mar 29
| Zhang | - | Chandler | 1/2 |
| Akobian | - | Ganguly | 1/2 |
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Round 9 - Mar 29
| Akobian | - | Zhang | 1/2 |
| Ganguly | - | Gagunashvili | 1/2 |
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