Coming up Classic Championship 2026 21 Jul 2026 Did you know WCC has hosted 6,654 rated tournament games on file. Did you know Largest WCC tournament by field size: 2026 January Classic (39 entrants). Winner 2026 Winter WonderBlitz Kumaresan, Aditya Did you know Highest ACF rating ever recorded at a WCC tournament: Jordan Morris at 2204, first at the 2024 Wollongong Blitz Championship. Did you know Most decisive WCC tournament: 2025 January Holiday Rapid, 1% of games drawn (1 of 84). Coming up Blitz Championship 2026 8 Sep 2026 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. Did you know Busiest year at the board: 2023 saw 1822 rated games played at WCC. Winner 2026 June Swiss Soutter, Jake Did you know In Round 1 at WCC, the lower-rated player has won 13% of decisive games (87 of 649). Did you know Prefers Black (≥50 games as each colour): Jye Giddings, 61% as Black vs 41% as White (19-point edge). Coming up 960 Classic 2026 15 Sep 2026 Did you know Longest WCC tournament by round count: 2023 Quick March (12 rounds). Did you know 101 WCC tournaments are catalogued on this site. Winner Wollongong Rapid June Planiden, Chayne Did you know Biggest tournament upset by seed: Edmund Esterbauer entered the 2022 Champs Warmup as the #10 seed and won outright. Did you know No quarter given: Steve Ascic and Matthew Sweeney have played 25 times, never a draw. Coming up Classic Championship 2026 21 Jul 2026 Did you know WCC has hosted 6,654 rated tournament games on file. Did you know Largest WCC tournament by field size: 2026 January Classic (39 entrants). Winner 2026 Winter WonderBlitz Kumaresan, Aditya Did you know Highest ACF rating ever recorded at a WCC tournament: Jordan Morris at 2204, first at the 2024 Wollongong Blitz Championship. Did you know Most decisive WCC tournament: 2025 January Holiday Rapid, 1% of games drawn (1 of 84). Coming up Blitz Championship 2026 8 Sep 2026 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. Did you know Busiest year at the board: 2023 saw 1822 rated games played at WCC. Winner 2026 June Swiss Soutter, Jake Did you know In Round 1 at WCC, the lower-rated player has won 13% of decisive games (87 of 649). Did you know Prefers Black (≥50 games as each colour): Jye Giddings, 61% as Black vs 41% as White (19-point edge). Coming up 960 Classic 2026 15 Sep 2026 Did you know Longest WCC tournament by round count: 2023 Quick March (12 rounds). Did you know 101 WCC tournaments are catalogued on this site. Winner Wollongong Rapid June Planiden, Chayne Did you know Biggest tournament upset by seed: Edmund Esterbauer entered the 2022 Champs Warmup as the #10 seed and won outright. Did you know No quarter given: Steve Ascic and Matthew Sweeney have played 25 times, never a draw.

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Deep Thinkers

17 March 2024 · Illawarra

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

Current Tournament

This pairing is highly likely to change as we expect more players to enter and some players may not be in attendance. The top of the draw is unlikely to change.

Next Tournament

For our next tournament we are back to Classic. We will have a five week classic tournament from Tuesday 26th March to Tuesday 23rd April. Following that is our ANZAC Rapid. Read about it below. Next week we will send you an entry form which you can fill in and either email to us or return to us on Tuesday nights.

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.