Coming up Classic Championship 2026 21 Jul 2026 Did you know 101 WCC tournaments are catalogued on this site. Did you know Biggest tournament upset by seed: Edmund Esterbauer entered the 2022 Champs Warmup as the #10 seed and won outright. Winner 2026 Winter WonderBlitz Kumaresan, Aditya 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 247 distinct players have appeared in a WCC tournament. 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 Busiest month at WCC: April, 898 rated games played across all years on file. 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 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 960 Classic 2026 15 Sep 2026 Did you know Drawing-circle tournament: 2023 Summer Classic, 19% of games drawn (11 of 59). Did you know Prefers Black (≥50 games as each colour): Jye Giddings, 61% as Black vs 41% as White (19-point edge). Winner Wollongong Rapid June Planiden, Chayne Did you know Busiest year at the board: 2023 saw 1822 rated games played at WCC. 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 Biggest tournament upset by seed: Edmund Esterbauer entered the 2022 Champs Warmup as the #10 seed and won outright. Winner 2026 Winter WonderBlitz Kumaresan, Aditya 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 247 distinct players have appeared in a WCC tournament. 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 Busiest month at WCC: April, 898 rated games played across all years on file. 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 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 960 Classic 2026 15 Sep 2026 Did you know Drawing-circle tournament: 2023 Summer Classic, 19% of games drawn (11 of 59). Did you know Prefers Black (≥50 games as each colour): Jye Giddings, 61% as Black vs 41% as White (19-point edge). Winner Wollongong Rapid June Planiden, Chayne Did you know Busiest year at the board: 2023 saw 1822 rated games played at WCC. Did you know WCC has hosted 6,654 rated tournament games on file.

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Deep Thinkers - Wollongong Chess Club News

15 December 2025 · Illawarra

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

Round Robin Rapid Chess (16th of December)

Time Control: 15+10

Number of rounds: 3

1 weeks

Location: Collegians Wollongong Auditorium

Cost: $5 each week

Players will be split into groups of 4. You will play each player in your group once. There may be uneven numbers in which case there will be one swiss tournament for players who don’t fit in to a group of 4.

Wollongong Chess Club Christmas Party

The final event of the year will take place on the 23rd of December. It will be a hand and brain tournament. Hand and brain is when players are split into teams of two in which one player (the brain) tells the hand (another player) what type of piece to move. For example the brain may say pawn, but not which pawn or where to move it. This creates some ambiguity and fun. There will be no chess club on December 30th. The date we return in the new year is undecided but I will let everyone know by email.

Chess Club Feedback

We are looking for feedback on how the club is run. You can click the link below to answer some questions and let us know what you like and don’t like about our events. You don’t have to answer every question. Even answering one question would be great.

Pre Chess Club Rapid Ladder

When: Every Tuesday, 6:00–7:00 pm (games must begin before 6:30)

Time control: 10 minutes + 5 seconds increment

Cost: Free entry

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