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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, St George Leagues Club, 124 Princes Highway, Kogarah NSW

Error in Calendar: There was an error in the online calendar’s dates for the away edition of the Big Boards match and the final catch-up night of the club championships. These have now been corrected in that calendar, and also in the short article about the Big Boards match further down this page. Apologies for the confusion and any inconvenience. In the the PDF version of the calendar, the dates were already correct, and it remains as it was.

Charles’ newsletter for Round 7 is now out! For earlier editions, see the Results page.

The results up to the end of Round 8 (including the adjourned games within those rounds that have now been played) for all six divisions are up here.

Most games from Rounds 1-7 are now accessible via the links in the tables at the top of the Results page. They can be viewed using a simple viewer, or, for more options, by using the Chessbase viewer.

The 2023 Club Championship started Tuesday March 7 – nine rounds, classical time-control. The turn-out was very pleasing, with sixty players. Thus, the tournament has six divisions, each with 10 contestants, of roughly equal rating. The structure of the tournament is described here.

The third edition of this event was a great success with 106 players of all ages playing in a six-round, 15 minutes a side, Swiss tournament at Blakehurst High School. Co-organised by the Sydney Academy of Chess and the Georges River Council, it returned to an outdoor venue for 2023, and luckily the forecast rain did not eventuate. The St George Chess Club turned up in force, with more than 20 players attending and many of those winning prizes in their age division. Last year’s winner, former St George Chess Club member James Griggs, turned up as a spectator and played some blitz; and former Australian Number 1 player (for 30 years!) Ian Rogers and his wife Cathy Rogers were also there.

Undefeated in the current Club Championships, John Stuart Plant was also an engaging MC for the event, keeping spirits high with his remarkable treasury of chess puns and jokes. John also runs the Hurstville Junior Chess Club, a local branch of Sydney Academy of Chess, and his young proteges loomed large in the prize-giving line-up. The local Lions Club put on a sausage sizzle, and provided free soft drinks.

Three players ended up on 5.5/6, with club visitor (and perhaps future member) Fernando Pinget winning on tiebreaks. The other top scorers were the indefatigable former Australian Chess Champion, Fred Flatow, and our own club captain, Charles Zworestine. Other club members who won prizes in their age divisions were: Ashton Li (4.5), Lisa Brandenburg (5/6), Sait Buzgan (5/6), and Sam Sharkawy (5/6).

The results of current, past and future club players are shown below:

Srijan Badam, Geoff Hyde, Ryan Mangini, Nathan McLean, Ralph Shaw, Huey Teng, Elijah Udovitch 4

An annual event since 1987 sees St George take on one of the other big clubs of Sydney, Norths, across two matches, home and away. On Tuesday May 23, participating Dragons will cross the waters to do battle against Norths, matched against their counterparts in a classical time-format game. After the second leg, a home match in November, the overall winner gains the honour of holding on to the John Kellner/Terrey Shaw Trophy (see photo) for the year.

Play starts at the regular time, 7.30pm, at Norths Leagues Club, 12 Abbott St, Cammeray NSW. A record of results throughout the tournament’s life can be viewed here.

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