Coming up Classic Championship 2026 21 Jul 2026 Did you know 101 WCC tournaments are catalogued on this site. Did you know Most decisive WCC tournament: 2025 January Holiday Rapid, 1% of games drawn (1 of 84). 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 Drawing-circle tournament: 2023 Summer Classic, 19% of games drawn (11 of 59). 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 Prefers White (≥50 games as each colour): Siyuan Wu, 63% as White vs 42% as Black (22-point edge). Winner 2026 June Swiss Soutter, Jake Did you know Longest WCC tournament by round count: 2023 Quick March (12 rounds). 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 Biggest tournament upset by seed: Edmund Esterbauer entered the 2022 Champs Warmup as the #10 seed and won outright. Did you know Across all 6,654 rated games at WCC, White wins 48%, Black wins 46%, and 6% end in a draw. Winner Wollongong Rapid June Planiden, Chayne Did you know Highest ACF rating ever recorded at a WCC tournament: Jordan Morris at 2204, first at the 2024 Wollongong Blitz Championship. Did you know 247 distinct players have appeared in a WCC tournament. Coming up Classic Championship 2026 21 Jul 2026 Did you know 101 WCC tournaments are catalogued on this site. Did you know Most decisive WCC tournament: 2025 January Holiday Rapid, 1% of games drawn (1 of 84). 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 Drawing-circle tournament: 2023 Summer Classic, 19% of games drawn (11 of 59). 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 Prefers White (≥50 games as each colour): Siyuan Wu, 63% as White vs 42% as Black (22-point edge). Winner 2026 June Swiss Soutter, Jake Did you know Longest WCC tournament by round count: 2023 Quick March (12 rounds). 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 Biggest tournament upset by seed: Edmund Esterbauer entered the 2022 Champs Warmup as the #10 seed and won outright. Did you know Across all 6,654 rated games at WCC, White wins 48%, Black wins 46%, and 6% end in a draw. Winner Wollongong Rapid June Planiden, Chayne Did you know Highest ACF rating ever recorded at a WCC tournament: Jordan Morris at 2204, first at the 2024 Wollongong Blitz Championship. Did you know 247 distinct players have appeared in a WCC tournament.

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Deep Thinkers - Wollongong Chess Club News

19 October 2025 · Illawarra

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

Graded Spring Classic Starting This Week October 21st

5 weeks

60 minutes + 30 seconds per move

1 game per night

Wollongong Chess Club Annual General Meeting (AGM)

Our AGM is coming up on this week on 21st of October at 6:30pm at Collegians Wollongong. During this meeting we will give members updates on our priorities as a committee and also hold votes for club president and the club committee.

Round Robin Rapid Results

As you can see, the round robin lead to close results. Well done to Aaron as the only player who won all 3 games.

Gosford Open Weekender

The Gosford Open Weekender is coming up on 25th and 26th of October. If you would like more information about the tournament, click the icon below.

Join us on Facebook!

We have a full calendar up on Facebook now. We have also listed it below.

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Join our Facebook Group if you have anything you’d want to discuss!

As we resume our DT newsletter we are looking for games or content you want included. If you have had an interesting position in a game, let us know. If there is something you would like to see at the club or in the newsletter, let us know.