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 247 distinct players have appeared in a WCC tournament. Winner 2026 Winter WonderBlitz Kumaresan, Aditya Did you know Across all 6,654 rated games at WCC, White wins 48%, Black wins 46%, and 6% end in a draw. Did you know Highest ACF rating ever recorded at a WCC tournament: Jordan Morris at 2204, first at the 2024 Wollongong Blitz Championship. Coming up Blitz Championship 2026 8 Sep 2026 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. 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 In Round 1 at WCC, the lower-rated player has won 13% of decisive games (87 of 649). Coming up 960 Classic 2026 15 Sep 2026 Did you know WCC has hosted 6,654 rated tournament games on file. Did you know Prefers Black (≥50 games as each colour): Jye Giddings, 61% as Black vs 41% as White (19-point edge). Winner Wollongong Rapid June Planiden, Chayne Did you know Most decisive WCC tournament: 2025 January Holiday Rapid, 1% of games drawn (1 of 84). Did you know 101 WCC tournaments are catalogued on this site. 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 247 distinct players have appeared in a WCC tournament. Winner 2026 Winter WonderBlitz Kumaresan, Aditya Did you know Across all 6,654 rated games at WCC, White wins 48%, Black wins 46%, and 6% end in a draw. Did you know Highest ACF rating ever recorded at a WCC tournament: Jordan Morris at 2204, first at the 2024 Wollongong Blitz Championship. Coming up Blitz Championship 2026 8 Sep 2026 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. 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 In Round 1 at WCC, the lower-rated player has won 13% of decisive games (87 of 649). Coming up 960 Classic 2026 15 Sep 2026 Did you know WCC has hosted 6,654 rated tournament games on file. Did you know Prefers Black (≥50 games as each colour): Jye Giddings, 61% as Black vs 41% as White (19-point edge). Winner Wollongong Rapid June Planiden, Chayne Did you know Most decisive WCC tournament: 2025 January Holiday Rapid, 1% of games drawn (1 of 84). Did you know 101 WCC tournaments are catalogued on this site.

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Deep Thinkers

26 May 2024 · Illawarra

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

Back to Classic!

Come join us this week for our classic tournament. Please arrive by 6:45pm to register for the tournament. We endeavour to start the games at 7pm.

Completed Tournament - Blitz

Our Blitz tournament was a success. Thank you all for coming along.

This tournament welcomed back some players who we haven’t seen for a while including Ngoc Hai who placed first and Jordan who placed second. Welcome back!

PRIZES!!

Open Category

1st: Ngoc Hai Nguyen

2nd: Jordan Morris

3rd: Chayne Planiden

Rated 1500 - 1700

1st: Peco Petkovski

2nd=: Ben Bryant, Brendan Bermingham, Taras Wansbrough

Rated Under 1500

1st: Ethan Carruthers

2nd=: Flynn Jacob, Ali McCosker, Matthew Sweeney

Unrated Prize: Minh Khue Pham

Wollongong Junior Chess

The Wollongong Junior Chess tournament was held yesterday. Congratulations to all the prize winners, especially to Gabriel Pires da Silva who placed first on 7.5/8

For a full list of results, visit the Junior Chess League website by clicking below.

Wollongong Junior Chess Tournament Results