Coming up Classic Championship 2026 21 Jul 2026 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. Did you know WCC has hosted 6,654 rated tournament games on file. Winner 2026 Winter WonderBlitz Kumaresan, Aditya 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. Coming up Blitz Championship 2026 8 Sep 2026 Did you know Largest WCC tournament by field size: 2026 January Classic (39 entrants). 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 Across all 6,654 rated games at WCC, White wins 48%, Black wins 46%, and 6% end in a draw. Did you know Prefers White (≥50 games as each colour): Siyuan Wu, 63% as White vs 42% as Black (22-point edge). Coming up 960 Classic 2026 15 Sep 2026 Did you know 101 WCC tournaments are catalogued on this site. Did you know In Round 1 at WCC, the lower-rated player has won 13% of decisive games (87 of 649). Winner Wollongong Rapid June Planiden, Chayne 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 Most decisive WCC tournament: 2025 January Holiday Rapid, 1% of games drawn (1 of 84). Coming up Classic Championship 2026 21 Jul 2026 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. Did you know WCC has hosted 6,654 rated tournament games on file. Winner 2026 Winter WonderBlitz Kumaresan, Aditya 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. Coming up Blitz Championship 2026 8 Sep 2026 Did you know Largest WCC tournament by field size: 2026 January Classic (39 entrants). 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 Across all 6,654 rated games at WCC, White wins 48%, Black wins 46%, and 6% end in a draw. Did you know Prefers White (≥50 games as each colour): Siyuan Wu, 63% as White vs 42% as Black (22-point edge). Coming up 960 Classic 2026 15 Sep 2026 Did you know 101 WCC tournaments are catalogued on this site. Did you know In Round 1 at WCC, the lower-rated player has won 13% of decisive games (87 of 649). Winner Wollongong Rapid June Planiden, Chayne 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 Most decisive WCC tournament: 2025 January Holiday Rapid, 1% of games drawn (1 of 84).

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Deep Thinkers - Wollongong Chess Club News

24 February 2025 · Illawarra

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

February Tournaments

We ran a blitz tournament on February 4th. This attracted 22 players. Results are:

Following this we held a rapid tournament across two weeks. Well done to Joerg for winning both tournaments on a perfect score.

Following this we are back into Classic tomorrow night. Our rapid tournament was done with accelerated pairings, our classic will be too. What this means is that the top half of the tournament meet each other in round 1, and so does the bottom half. There is some maths involved, if you want to know more about it check out the link below. After reading this, if you have more questions please ask Bevan.

FIDE handbook - Accelerated Pairings

Classic tournament!

Our classic tournament starting tomorrow night will run for six weeks, from 25th Feb until April Fools Day. Luckily our last games will be late in the day so we won’t have any April Fools games. This tournament will use Accelerated Pairings. If you have feedback on how it goes, please let us know. We hope to see you there tomorrow evening.

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