Winter Rapid Continues

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

Winter Rapid

When: 2nd and 9th of June 7pm-10pm

Registration: No later than 6:50pm. If you arrive after that you will miss the first round. Half point byes are available for two rounds per tournament besides the last two rounds. Let the tournament organiser know if you want a bye for any round.

Location: Wollongong Collegians Auditorium (3A Charlotte Street)

Cost: $5 each week

Time control: 15+5

Number of rounds: 4 per week

Who can play: Anyone who knows the rules of chess. If you don’t know the rules of chess, we can teach you.

Collegians have asked us to put our cups and plates near the bar and take any rubbish with us before we leave. Also tuck the chairs under the table.

Below is a provisional pairing of round 5. If you didn’t come last week you can still join the tournament.

Online Tournament

When: 12th of June 7pm-9pm

Registration: No later than 7pm. If you arrive after that you will miss the first round. You cannot join the tournament after round 3.

Cost: Free

Time Control: 8+3

Number of Rounds: 6 rounds. 10 seconds between rounds. If you need to withdraw mid-tournament, click the withdraw button.

How to participate and play:

Step 1: Create a lichess account (click the link below).

Create a Lichess account

Step 2: Join the Wollongong Chess Lichess team. The team joining code is WollongongChess. Once you join the team you can see the upcoming tournaments (click the link below).

Wollongong Chess Lichess team

Step 3: Click the tournament you want to participate in. When you click the link you will be taken to a tournament lobby. You must then click the join button to be registered as a player. Don’t click join until you are there on the night so you don’t register and forget you joined the tournament.

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