Coming up Classic Championship 2026 21 Jul 2026 Did you know Largest WCC tournament by field size: 2026 January Classic (39 entrants). Did you know Busiest month at WCC: April, 898 rated games played across all years on file. Winner 2026 Winter WonderBlitz Kumaresan, Aditya Did you know 247 distinct players have appeared in a WCC tournament. 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 The Returner, biggest gap between two WCC tournaments by an active regular: Mehmed Ceylan sat out 31 months between the Wollongong 2023 Spring Holiday Rapid and the 2026 April Holiday Rapid. 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 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 960 Classic 2026 15 Sep 2026 Did you know WCC has hosted 6,654 rated tournament games on file. Did you know Longest WCC tournament by round count: 2023 Quick March (12 rounds). Winner Wollongong Rapid June Planiden, Chayne 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 Busiest year at the board: 2023 saw 1822 rated games played at WCC. Coming up Classic Championship 2026 21 Jul 2026 Did you know Largest WCC tournament by field size: 2026 January Classic (39 entrants). Did you know Busiest month at WCC: April, 898 rated games played across all years on file. Winner 2026 Winter WonderBlitz Kumaresan, Aditya Did you know 247 distinct players have appeared in a WCC tournament. 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 The Returner, biggest gap between two WCC tournaments by an active regular: Mehmed Ceylan sat out 31 months between the Wollongong 2023 Spring Holiday Rapid and the 2026 April Holiday Rapid. 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 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 960 Classic 2026 15 Sep 2026 Did you know WCC has hosted 6,654 rated tournament games on file. Did you know Longest WCC tournament by round count: 2023 Quick March (12 rounds). Winner Wollongong Rapid June Planiden, Chayne 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 Busiest year at the board: 2023 saw 1822 rated games played at WCC.

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Deep Thinkers

24 June 2024 · Illawarra

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

Current Tournament - Classic

Going into the last round of the classic this week we have four players leading with three wins and a draw each. Players will be looking for a win to get ahead of the pack.

Results from last week are below.

Current Leaders!

Open Category - 3.5/4

Steve Ascic, Bevan Clouston, Ngoc Hai Nguyen, Minh Khue Pham

Rated 1300 - 1600

Minh Khue Pham 3.5/4

Alan Morrow 2.5/4

Rated Under 1300 (8 players)

Fernando Barasoain 2.5/4

Mebin Mathew 2/4

Annual General Meeting

Next week is our AGM. We have a number of important documents attached. If you want to be considered for a position, please read over the forms and get them back Martin via email throughout the coming week. We highly encourage you fill these out prior to the AGM, however we will accept forms on the night.

Club Committee Roles

The Annual General Meeting will commence at 7pm sharp. We aim to get through the AGM quickly and get back to playing chess. However we also acknowledge this is highly important and we will not ignore anything that we need to accomplish.

We hope you can all make it to the AGM. See you there.