by Ian Birchall | Apr 17, 2025 | Latest News
One of Australia’s premier chess events, the Doeberl Cup is held in Canberra each year over the Easter long weekend. It is segmented into 5 tournaments: Premier, Major, Minor, Mini, U1200. This year, the Premier has 5 GMs from Australia, India (2), Poland and...
by Ian Birchall | Apr 16, 2025 | Latest News
Ju Wenjun retains the Women’s World Champion title after a commanding win over challenger, Tan Zhongyi. Ju Wenjun won 6.5 – 2.5. (Ju Wenjun won 5 games, Tan Zhongyi won 1 with 3 draws) The games can be seen : Official FIDE website Chess.com...
by Ian Birchall | Apr 11, 2025 | Information, Latest News
A number of our Senior Club members have joined our Chess.com online club. Their first tournament, the Thursday 10th April – School Holiday Rapid, was played on Thursday night. Thanks to Terv for organising. The results and games can be found on Chess.com here....
by Ian Birchall | Apr 10, 2025 | Latest News
2025 Croydon Junior Open – Results This year’s tournament had 46 entries. Congratulations to the following: Overall: 1st Shun Him Leung 2nd Kaisar Batyrbekov 3rd Isaac Lockwood Age group prizes: Top U14: Daniel Josev-Cussen (on...
by Ian Birchall | Apr 8, 2025 | Latest News
Official website: 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour – Paris, April 7 – 14 “Freestyle” refers to chess played with the Fischer-Random (also known as 960Chess) rules. The “Grand Slam” refers to a series of events played in...
by Ian Birchall | Apr 1, 2025 | Latest News
Congratulations to the following medalists in our end-of-term Gukesh Blitz events: Youth Club: 1st Isaac Lockwood (5/6) (Gold medal) = 2nd Daniel Jesov-Cussen & Jack Tiley (4.5) (Silver medals) Youth – full...
by Ian Birchall | Mar 21, 2025 | Latest News, Uncategorized
Congratulations to all the prize-winners: 1st Kyle Gibson $240 =2nd Shun Him Leung, Ian Birchall $125 each U1600 Bryce Mott $90, Luke Cutting $60 U1300 Hasas Abeygunawardana $90, ...
