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Classic Prizes and AGM
30 June 2024 · Illawarra
Find out all about what the Wollongong Chess Club is up to.
Classic Tournament
Our Classic tournament concluded on Tuesday night. Congratulations to everyone who won a prize - especially to Ngoc Hai Nguyen and Jay Pham who shared first.
We would love to hear your feedback on the pairings that were done for this tournament. They were different to the standard tournaments we usually run.
Prizes
Open Category
1st= ($90): Ngoc Hai Nguyen, Minh Khue Pham (4.5/5)
3rd ($60): Martin Hill (4/5)
Rated 1300 - 1600
1st= ($70): Craig Curtin, Marco Quaranta (3/5)
Rated Under 1300
1st= ($70): Fernando Barasoain, Paul Parker (2.5/5)
This Coming Week - Our AGM
On Tuesday 2nd July we have our Annual General Meeting. We will be presenting a number of short reports as to how the club is going and voting in a new committee to take us through the next 12months. Please join us as we would love your input and to answer any questions you may have about the club. If you want more information or would like to help us through the next 12months please email our secretary, Martin Hill, by clicking below.
Chess960 Following the AGM
Following our AGM we will be having a number of games of Chess 960 or Fischer Random. For those of you who are unfamiliar with it - the back rank of chess pieces start in a random order. There are 960 possibilities with the following two rules:
The bishops must be on opposite colours
The King must be between the two rooks
The King is placed between the two rooks to still allow for castling. When you castle, the king and rook end of the squares they would be on after castling in a usual chess game. A short explanation of castling will be given before the first round.
If you want to know more, read up on chess960 online.
You can also play some practice games on chess.com or Lichess.
About Chess960
Wollongong Online
Our Monthly tournament is online tomorrow night!! Check it out. This starts promptly at 7pm. Don’t be late. When you are in the tournament lobby, make sure you click on the register button in the top right to be included in the first round. If you are late you will be given a half point bye for round 1. Even 2seconds late, we cannot include you as it is an automatic pairing system.