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
It’s a Tie! Remarkably perfect symmetry in Big Boards 2024
Having won the Home leg of our annual Big Boards battle against Norths earlier in the year (20.5-19.5), it was Norths turn to win by exactly the same score in last night’s second (and final) match, the Away leg, held at Norths. St George Club Captain Charles Zworestine called it “A miraculous overall tie!!” and also was impressed that “Norths are going to do the noble thing. They’ll have the names of both clubs engraved on the trophy with a 40-40 result.”
Bayasgalan Khishigbaatar crushes the 2024 St George Swiss
WCM Bayasgalan Khishigbaatar maintained her perfect record in the final round of the 2024 St George Swiss to win the tournament by a clear two points. Based on our website records, this is the first time since 2008 (Charles Zworestine) and 2007 (Adrian Rose) that a player has gone undefeated throughout the Club Swiss. It also caps a fantastic year for Bayasgalan, who apart from winning our club championships, was equal first in both the NSW State Open and the NSW State Championships, and sole first in the City of Sydney Rapid Championships. Congratulations to Bayasgalan!
Congratulations also to John-Stuart Plant and CM Terrence Tang who tied for second/third place on 7 points. Results of all nine rounds are here and the final standings are here.
Upcoming Events at St George & elsewhere
St George Summer Open: Nov 26 to Jan 21
Chess-life slows down over summer – but not at St George! One of our big annual events – the Summer Open – kicks off soon, on Tuesday, November 26, 7.30pm, and continues for six more rounds, with just a short two night break (Dec 24, Dec 31) over Xmas /New Year.
The tournament is a classical, FIDE and ACF-rated event, with 75 minutes per player, and a 30 second increment.
Registration is now open!