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
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.
2024 St George Swiss Report: Round 7
Bayasgalan Khishigbaatar, with another win in round 7, has consolidated her lead. She has increased the gap to the three next players (Terrence Tang, Charles Zworestine and Vu Ky Anh Nguyen) to 1.5 points. It looks like yet another trophy is coming her way!
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): Wins: Nicolas Nunez (unrated; 43); Christian Lagarez (late entry; 35); Stephen Elliott (unrated; 28); Choijilsuren Khishigbaatar (unrated; 26); Paul Jovanoski (unrated; 23); Emmanuel Vardakis (19); Trilok Senoy (unrated; 17); Joel Blake (unrated; 14); Leo Xu (10); Draws: Jason Hakim (unrated; 28). Full results are here.
Upcoming Events at St George & elsewhere
St George Lightning Tournament: Nov 5
Our annual Club Lightning Championships are coming up soon. Fans of the fast and furious can get their fill with 11 rounds of games, with a 3 minute + 2 secs increment per move time control.
No prior registration is required, and entry is free for all current St George members. Non-members need to pay the $10 social club entry fee. Trophies will be presented at the St. George Chess Club Presentation Night held on the 12th November.
St George Club Presentation Night: Nov 12
The club takes great pride in honouring the top performers of the year with an impressive line-up of trophies. These are not just for winners in the top divisions, but are awarded to all players who have done well in their own rating group.
Trophy winners will be advised in advance of any prizes they are due to receive.
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, November 26, 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, ACF-rated event, with 75 minutes per player, and a 30 second increment. We will open a registration page in due course, but entries will be accepted up to the first night.