The Friendly Club!
The St George Chess Club prides itself on a diverse membership with a range of chess abilities. We foster a social atmosphere for players of all ages and abilities.
The club runs regular internal club competitions and participates in interclub tournaments. More information about the activities can be found from the calendar.
Club Games: 7:30pm Tuesday nights, Prince Edward Rooms, St George Leagues Club, 124 Princes Highway, Kogarah NSW
News
2024 St George Swiss Report Rounds 5-6
After the last two rounds, we now have a clear leader, Bayasgalan Khishigbaatar, who has managed to remain undefeated on 6/6. Three players have the three remaining rounds to close a one-point gap: Terrence Tang; John-Stuart Plant and Vu Ky Anh Nguyen.
The following players had victories against players at least 10 positions above them on the initial ranking list or a draw against a player 20 positions or more above (the number in parentheses shows the difference): Round 5: Wins:Reno Sciberras (26); Abhiskek Anand (unrated; 23); Stephen Elliott (21); Christian Lagarez (late entry; 21); Paul Jovanoski (late entry; 20); Joel Blake (unrated; 17); Evgheny Glukikh (11). Round 6: Wins: Aidan Cash (unrated; 43); Andres Peres (37); Christian Lagarez (late entry; 30); Emmanuel Vardakis (20); Trilok Shenoy (18); Paul Jovanoski (late entry; 17); William Liu (15); Nicolas Nunez (unrated; 13); Andrew Salman (unrated; 12); Tibor Lendvai (11); Draws: Marshall Scott (unrated; 22); Ryan Mangini (20).
UNSW Niemannites plot World Domination! Starts Sunday, October 20
“No matter the obstacles that we face, no matter how much you try to blacklist us, no matter what you do to try to ruin our career or slander our reputation—these difficult times have only invigorated us even more to reach the top of chess. There will be a day when the UNSW Chess Club will be the best chess club in the world.” – Hans Niemann (quote altered slightly).
With these defiant words, the UNSW Chess Club has announced its mission: no less than the cold-hearted humiliation of every chess club on the planet! As fanatical disciples of Hans ‘He Man’ Niemann, their deluded ambitions know no bounds. Some say they dream of a world where no-one will be allowed to play chess unless they can boast a PhD in Endgame Theory!
But they must start – and one can only pray, be stopped – somewhere. And their first target is us: the simple, humble chess clubs of the Harbour City. They challenge us to send forth twenty of our best to take on twenty of theirs, on Sunday October 20. Such is their disdain for our chances that they will play their games while blindfolded and suspended upside-down in tanks of ice water (tournament conditions altered slightly)!
If you have an ACF rating of 1600+, the future of civilisation lies in your hands. Sign-up here. The current participants can be seen in this thread on ChessChat.
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