Coming up Classic Championship 2026 21 Jul 2026 Did you know 101 WCC tournaments are catalogued on this site. Did you know Drawing-circle tournament: 2023 Summer Classic, 19% of games drawn (11 of 59). Winner 2026 Winter WonderBlitz Kumaresan, Aditya Did you know Longest WCC tournament by round count: 2023 Quick March (12 rounds). Did you know Prefers Black (≥50 games as each colour): Jye Giddings, 61% as Black vs 41% as White (19-point edge). 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 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 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. Coming up 960 Classic 2026 15 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 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. 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 WCC has hosted 6,654 rated tournament games on file. Coming up Classic Championship 2026 21 Jul 2026 Did you know 101 WCC tournaments are catalogued on this site. Did you know Drawing-circle tournament: 2023 Summer Classic, 19% of games drawn (11 of 59). Winner 2026 Winter WonderBlitz Kumaresan, Aditya Did you know Longest WCC tournament by round count: 2023 Quick March (12 rounds). Did you know Prefers Black (≥50 games as each colour): Jye Giddings, 61% as Black vs 41% as White (19-point edge). 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 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 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. Coming up 960 Classic 2026 15 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 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. 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 WCC has hosted 6,654 rated tournament games on file.

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Deep Thinkers - Wollongong Chess Club News

11 August 2024 · Illawarra

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

Rapid Champs Results

Congratulations to Jordan Morris who won the Rapid Championship on 8/9.

This makes three years running!! Last year he won all three. Keep an eye on him!

Full standings are listed below.

Wollongong Online

Our Monthly online tournament attracted 4 players. Congratulations to CircuitBender for his win on 3.5/4 performing well above his rating!! Due to low numbers we will be taking a break for the next few months. We hope to get it going again later this year with more oomph. We will let you know when we do.

Wollongong Online Chess Club

Wollongong Classic Championships

This week we start our biggest competition of the year!

Our 7 week Classic Championship begins tomorrow night and will run through until Tuesday 24th September. We hope to see our classic players back to challenge for the club championship title. All players are invited to join us and we will have rating prizes along side the open prizes.