Dutch GM Loek van Wely grabbed the winner’s trophy at the Sydney International Open 2013 which took place on 2nd – 7th April at the Parramatta Town Hall in the Australian city.
Van Wely obtained 7.5/9 points to edge Doeberl Cup winner Li Chao by half a point. Hungarian GM Attila Czebe and Czech GM Jiri Stocek both got 6.5 points, but Czebe finished third on tiebreaks.
Arif Hassani won the Challengers event with the same 7.5 score obtained by van Wely.
The event is one of the biggest chess tournaments in Australia. It attracts beginners to grandmasters from all parts of Australia and from several other countries around the world.
GM Loek Van Wely
Final Standings:
| 1 | GM | Van Wely Loek | NED | 2684 | 7.5 |
| 2 | GM | Li Chao B | CHN | 2686 | 7.0 |
| 3 | GM | Horvath Adam | HUN | 2509 | 6.5 |
| 4 | GM | Stocek Jiri | CZE | 2544 | 6.5 |
| 5 | GM | Sethuraman S.P. | IND | 2541 | 6.0 |
| 6 | GM | Vajda Levente | ROU | 2632 | 6.0 |
| 7 | GM | Czebe Attila | HUN | 2479 | 6.0 |
| 8 | GM | Zhao Zong-Yuan | AUS | 2537 | 6.0 |
| 9 | IM | Solomon Stephen J. | AUS | 2387 | 6.0 |
| 10 | IM | Lane Gary W. | AUS | 2412 | 6.0 |
| 11 | Smirnov Anton | AUS | 2194 | 6.0 | |
| 12 | IM | Akshat Khamparia | IND | 2393 | 6.0 |
| 13 | GM | Johansen Darryl K. | AUS | 2430 | 5.5 |
| 14 | GM | Varga Zoltan | HUN | 2472 | 5.5 |
| 15 | IM | Palit Somak | IND | 2449 | 5.5 |
| 16 | FM | Cheng Bobby | AUS | 2425 | 5.5 |
| 17 | Rishi Sardana | IND | 2232 | 5.5 | |
| 18 | Lei Tingjie | CHN | 2232 | 5.5 | |
| 19 | Li Zuhao Luke | NZL | 2287 | 5.5 | |
| 20 | FM | Nakauchi Gene | AUS | 2221 | 5.5 |
| 21 | GM | Heberla Bartlomiej | POL | 2562 | 5.0 |
| 22 | FM | Bjelobrk Igor | AUS | 2329 | 5.0 |
| 23 | Tan Justin | AUS | 2249 | 5.0 | |
| 24 | IM | Stany G.A. | IND | 2432 | 5.0 |
| 25 | Hu Xi | CHN | 2280 | 5.0 | |
| 26 | WFM | Otgonjargal Sengeravdan | MGL | 2171 | 5.0 |
| 27 | Ayvazyan Armen | AUS | 2211 | 5.0 | |
| 28 | Ferozkohi Ihsan | GER | 2107 | 5.0 | |
| 29 | GM | Laxman R.R. | IND | 2429 | 4.5 |
| 30 | Kuan Julian | HKG | 1948 | 4.5 | |
| 31 | Charles Gareth | AUS | 2156 | 4.5 | |
| 32 | Lee Kah Meng Elgin | MAS | 2068 | 4.5 | |
| 33 | Wei Michael | AUS | 2104 | 4.5 | |
| 34 | Castor David | AUS | 2116 | 4.5 | |
| 35 | Zheng Shucheng | AUS | 1852 | 4.5 | |
| 36 | Puccini Jack | AUS | 1891 | 4.0 | |
| 37 | Nazari Sattar | IRI | 2163 | 4.0 | |
| 38 | Setiawan A. | INA | 2160 | 4.0 | |
| 39 | Dale Ari | AUS | 2222 | 4.0 | |
| 40 | Fuatai Fuatai | NZL | 2021 | 4.0 | |
| 41 | Yermolenko Taras | UKR | 1816 | 4.0 | |
| 42 | Mallari Donato | AUS | 1978 | 4.0 | |
| 43 | Spuler David | AUS | 1987 | 4.0 | |
| 44 | Lester George E | AUS | 2012 | 4.0 | |
| 45 | Abbott Peter | AUS | 1975 | 4.0 | |
| 46 | Selnes Hamish | AUS | 1886 | 4.0 | |
| 47 | Cabilin Jeff | AUS | 1950 | 4.0 | |
| 48 | Press Harry | AUS | 1845 | 4.0 | |
| 49 | Wan Dennis | AUS | 1798 | 3.5 | |
| 50 | Davis Tony J | AUS | 1922 | 3.5 | |
| 51 | Hagist Fred M | AUS | 1944 | 3.5 | |
| 52 | Marner Gavin | NZL | 1995 | 3.5 | |
| 53 | Camer Angelito | AUS | 2054 | 3.5 | |
| 54 | Ilic Ilija | AUS | 1981 | 3.5 | |
| 55 | Dibley Shane E | AUS | 1671 | 3.5 | |
| 56 | Willathgamuwa Kevin | AUS | 1729 | 3.0 | |
| 57 | Bellingham John | AUS | 1729 | 3.0 | |
| 58 | Lam Ross | AUS | 1661 | 3.0 | |
| 59 | Buciu Aurel-John | AUS | 1783 | 3.0 | |
| 60 | Brockman Roland | AUS | 1708 | 3.0 | |
| 61 | William Lee Kah Howe | MAS | 1759 | 2.5 | |
| 62 | Willathgamuwa Rowan | AUS | 1683 | 2.5 | |
| 63 | Myers Stephen P | AUS | 1777 | 2.5 | |
| 64 | Kuan Ying Fatt | HKG | 1781 | 2.5 | |
| 65 | Broekhuyse Paul | AUS | 2076 | 2.0 | |
| 66 | Sewell Bob | AUS | 1472 | 1.0 | |
| 67 | Christensen Joshua | AUS | 1859 | 0.0 | |
| 68 | Rad Farzin | IRI | 1989 | 0.0 | |
