Coming up Classic Championship 2026 21 Jul 2026 Did you know Busiest year at the board: 2023 saw 1822 rated games played at WCC. Did you know Most decisive WCC tournament: 2025 January Holiday Rapid, 1% of games drawn (1 of 84). Winner 2026 Winter WonderBlitz Kumaresan, Aditya Did you know Drawing-circle tournament: 2023 Summer Classic, 19% of games drawn (11 of 59). Did you know Marathon night: 158 rated games were played in a single evening at the 2025 Blitz Ladder on 9 September 2025, the club's busiest night at the board. Coming up Blitz Championship 2026 8 Sep 2026 Did you know Busiest month at WCC: April, 898 rated games played across all years on file. Did you know Highest ACF rating ever recorded at a WCC tournament: Jordan Morris at 2204, first at the 2024 Wollongong Blitz Championship. Winner 2026 June Swiss Soutter, Jake Did you know Prefers White (≥50 games as each colour): Siyuan Wu, 63% as White vs 42% as Black (22-point edge). Did you know Biggest tournament upset by seed: Edmund Esterbauer entered the 2022 Champs Warmup as the #10 seed and won outright. Coming up 960 Classic 2026 15 Sep 2026 Did you know WCC has hosted 6,654 rated tournament games on file. Did you know Biggest final-round flip: at the 2023 Top and Tail Rapid 2, Steve Ascic took a 1-point lead into the last round, lost to Vincent Qiang, and watched the title walk away. Winner Wollongong Rapid June Planiden, Chayne Did you know Prefers Black (≥50 games as each colour): Jye Giddings, 61% as Black vs 41% as White (19-point edge). Did you know Across all 6,654 rated games at WCC, White wins 48%, Black wins 46%, and 6% end in a draw. Coming up Classic Championship 2026 21 Jul 2026 Did you know Busiest year at the board: 2023 saw 1822 rated games played at WCC. Did you know Most decisive WCC tournament: 2025 January Holiday Rapid, 1% of games drawn (1 of 84). Winner 2026 Winter WonderBlitz Kumaresan, Aditya Did you know Drawing-circle tournament: 2023 Summer Classic, 19% of games drawn (11 of 59). Did you know Marathon night: 158 rated games were played in a single evening at the 2025 Blitz Ladder on 9 September 2025, the club's busiest night at the board. Coming up Blitz Championship 2026 8 Sep 2026 Did you know Busiest month at WCC: April, 898 rated games played across all years on file. Did you know Highest ACF rating ever recorded at a WCC tournament: Jordan Morris at 2204, first at the 2024 Wollongong Blitz Championship. Winner 2026 June Swiss Soutter, Jake Did you know Prefers White (≥50 games as each colour): Siyuan Wu, 63% as White vs 42% as Black (22-point edge). Did you know Biggest tournament upset by seed: Edmund Esterbauer entered the 2022 Champs Warmup as the #10 seed and won outright. Coming up 960 Classic 2026 15 Sep 2026 Did you know WCC has hosted 6,654 rated tournament games on file. Did you know Biggest final-round flip: at the 2023 Top and Tail Rapid 2, Steve Ascic took a 1-point lead into the last round, lost to Vincent Qiang, and watched the title walk away. Winner Wollongong Rapid June Planiden, Chayne Did you know Prefers Black (≥50 games as each colour): Jye Giddings, 61% as Black vs 41% as White (19-point edge). Did you know Across all 6,654 rated games at WCC, White wins 48%, Black wins 46%, and 6% end in a draw.

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Deep Thinkers

10 March 2024 · Illawarra

Find out all about what the Wollongong Chess Club is up to.

Tournament Results

After 6 rounds of our classic we have the results. Congratulations to all of our winners.

1st Place - Martin Hill 5/6

2nd Place - Jeff Suptut 4.5/6

3rd Place - Bevan Clouston, Martin Barakat, Greg Kurrell, Marco Quaranta 4/6

Under 1600 Prize - Marco Quaranta 4/6

Under 1300 Prize - Fernando Barasoain 3.5/6

Unrated Prize - Greg Kurrell 4/6

Next Tournament

Our next tournament is a 2 week Rapid competition (March 12th and 19th).

The time control is 15min + 5sec per move and we will be playing four games per night. Tell your friends about it. This is the best speed for new players to join us.

Wollongong Online

Last week our online tournament consisted of 8 players. Congratulations to Bevan (BMunage) and Jordan (WollongongChess) who shared first place with 5/6. It was smaller than most of our online tournaments but there was some fantastic chess played. The next online tournament will be on Monday 1st April.

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ANZAC Rapid - Save the date

We are preparing our club for a major tournament at ANZAC day. Unfortunately we are unable to use the auditorium on Thursday 25th April so we are running a tournament on Saturday 27th April. We have a large prize pool and will be encouraging players from Sydney and other places to join us for this tournament. Details will be announce next week in the DT newsletter. We hope that you can play.