Coming up Classic Championship 2026 21 Jul 2026 Did you know 101 WCC tournaments are catalogued on this site. 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. Winner 2026 Winter WonderBlitz Kumaresan, Aditya 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 No quarter given: Steve Ascic and Matthew Sweeney have played 25 times, never a draw. Coming up Blitz Championship 2026 8 Sep 2026 Did you know Busiest month at WCC: April, 898 rated games played across all years on file. Did you know Drawing-circle tournament: 2023 Summer Classic, 19% of games drawn (11 of 59). Winner 2026 June Swiss Soutter, Jake Did you know Largest WCC tournament by field size: 2026 January Classic (39 entrants). Did you know Busiest year at the board: 2023 saw 1822 rated games played at WCC. Coming up 960 Classic 2026 15 Sep 2026 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 WCC has hosted 6,654 rated tournament games on file. Winner Wollongong Rapid June Planiden, Chayne Did you know 247 distinct players have appeared in a WCC tournament. 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. Coming up Classic Championship 2026 21 Jul 2026 Did you know 101 WCC tournaments are catalogued on this site. 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. Winner 2026 Winter WonderBlitz Kumaresan, Aditya 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 No quarter given: Steve Ascic and Matthew Sweeney have played 25 times, never a draw. Coming up Blitz Championship 2026 8 Sep 2026 Did you know Busiest month at WCC: April, 898 rated games played across all years on file. Did you know Drawing-circle tournament: 2023 Summer Classic, 19% of games drawn (11 of 59). Winner 2026 June Swiss Soutter, Jake Did you know Largest WCC tournament by field size: 2026 January Classic (39 entrants). Did you know Busiest year at the board: 2023 saw 1822 rated games played at WCC. Coming up 960 Classic 2026 15 Sep 2026 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 WCC has hosted 6,654 rated tournament games on file. Winner Wollongong Rapid June Planiden, Chayne Did you know 247 distinct players have appeared in a WCC tournament. 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.

Tournaments

2026

DateNameFormatTCPlayersRounds
23 Jun2026 Winter WonderBlitzBlitz3+22611
16 Jun2026 June SwissRapid15+10103
2 JunWollongong Rapid JuneClassical60+30364
26 MayWollongong May BlitzBlitz5+5339
21 Apr2026 April Classic Grade 1Classical60+30255
21 Apr2026 April Classic Grade 2Classical60+30155
7 Apr2026 April Holiday RapidRapid15+10338
24 Mar2026 Quick March, WollongongBlitz5+52611
10 Mar2026 March RapidRapid15+10368
27 Jan2026 January ClassicClassical60+30396
13 Jan2026 January RapidRapid15+10216
6 Jan2026 January BlitzBlitz5+51311

2025

DateNameFormatTCPlayersRounds
16 Dec2025 Christmas Round Robin Div 1Rapid15+1043
16 Dec2025 Christmas Round Robin Div 2Rapid15+1043
16 Dec2025 Christmas Round Robin Div 3Rapid15+1043
16 Dec2025 Christmas Round Robin Div 4Rapid15+1043
16 Dec2025 Christmas Round Robin Div 5Rapid15+1043
16 Dec2025 Christmas SwissRapid15+1063
2 Dec2025 Christmas RapidRapid15+10268
14 OctWollongong Mini RR Div1Rapid15+1043
14 OctWollongong Mini RR Div2Rapid15+1043
14 OctWollongong Mini RR Div3Rapid15+1043
14 OctWollongong Mini RR Div4Rapid15+1043
14 Oct2025 Mini SwissRapid15+1063
23 Sep2025 Wollongong Rapid ChampionshipRapid15+10299
16 Sep2025 Chess 960Social-185
9 Sep2025 Blitz LadderBlitz5+53011
22 Jul2025 Wollongong Classic ChampionshipClassical60+30297
8 Jul2025 July Holiday RapidRapid15+5257
1 Jul2025 Wollongong Blitz ChampionshipBlitz3+22211
20 May2025 Autumn ClassicClassical60+30256
29 Apr2025 Autumn RapidRapid15+10306
15 Apr2025 April Holiday RapidRapid15+5348
8 Apr2025 April BlitzBlitz5+52011
25 Feb2025 February ClassicClassical60+30296
11 Feb2025 February RapidRapid15+10228
4 Feb2025 February BlitzBlitz5+5229
28 Jan2025 Australia Day Round Robin Div 1Rapid15+1043
28 Jan2025 Australia Day Round Robin Div 2Rapid15+1043
28 Jan2025 Australia Day Round Robin Div 3Rapid15+1043
28 Jan2025 Australia Day SwissRapid15+1063
14 Jan2025 January Holiday RapidRapid15+10268
7 Jan2025 January BlitzBlitz5+51711

2024

DateNameFormatTCPlayersRounds
3 Dec2024 End of Year RapidRapid15+10218
26 Nov2024 Mini Round Robin Div 1Rapid15+1043
26 Nov2024 Mini Round Robin Div 2Rapid15+1043
26 Nov2024 Mini Round Robin Div 3Rapid15+1043
26 Nov2024 Mini Round Robin Div 4Rapid15+1043
26 Nov2024 Mini SwissRapid15+1074
22 Oct2024 Graded Classic SwissClassical60+30235
22 OctWollongong Graded RRClassical60+3065
15 Oct2024 Wollongong Blitz ChampionshipBlitz3+2299
1 Oct2024 Spring Holiday RapidRapid15+5368
13 Aug2024 Wollongong Classic ChampionshipClassical60+30267
23 Jul2024 Wollongong Rapid ChampionshipRapid15+10299
9 Jul2024 July Holiday RapidRapid15+5328
2 Jul2024 Chess 960Social-165
28 May2024 Random Pairing ClassicClassical60+30265
21 May2024 May BlitzBlitz5+5299
30 Apr2024 April RapidRapid15+10349
27 Apr2024 ANZAC RapidRapid15+10797
26 Mar2024 Wollongong Easter ClassicClassical60+30225
12 Mar2024 Slow MarchRapid15+10278
30 Jan2024 Summer ClassicClassical60+30286
16 Jan2024 January RapidRapid15+10236
9 Jan2024 January BlitzBlitz5+5189

2023

DateNameFormatTCPlayersRounds
12 Dec2023 Rapid Thirds Part 3Rapid15+10204
5 Dec2023 Rapid Thirds Part 2Rapid15+10174
28 Nov2023 Rapid Thirds Part 1Rapid15+10204
21 Nov2023 Thematic NightRapid15+10225
10 Oct2023 Spring ClassicClassical60+30225
26 SepWollongong 2023 Spring Holiday RapidRapid15+5258
5 Sep2023 Wollongong Rapid ChampionshipRapid15+53011
18 Jul2023 Wollongong Classic ChampionshipClassical60+30277
4 Jul2023 Winter Holiday RapidRapid15+5288
27 Jun2023 Wollongong Blitz ChampionshipBlitz3+22111
20 Jun2023 Blitz WarmupBlitz5+2229
13 Jun2023 Chess 960Social10+5265
1 May2023 Autumn ClassicClassical60+30316
25 Apr2023 ANZAC RapidBlitz15+5, 10218
11 Apr2023 Autumn RapidRapid15+53510
28 Mar2023 Long MarchRapid20+0278
21 Mar2023 Slow MarchRapid10+0207
14 Mar2023 Quick MarchBlitz5+02212
7 Feb2023 Summer ClassicClassical60+30295
31 Jan2023 January Rapid Week 5Rapid12+3246
24 Jan2023 January Rapid Week 4Rapid12+3266
17 Jan2023 January Rapid Week 3Rapid12+3236
10 Jan2023 Top and Tail Rapid 2Rapid12+3256
3 Jan2023 Top and Tail Rapid 1Rapid12+0226

2022

DateNameFormatTCPlayersRounds
20 Dec2022 December BlitzBlitz5+0267
9 Aug2022 Wollongong Classic ChampionshipClassical60+30377
26 Jul2022 Wollongong Rapid ChampionshipRapid15+5348
19 Jul2022 Wollongong Blitz ChampionshipBlitz5+5219
5 Jul2022 Winter RapidRapid15+5278
31 May2022 Champs WarmupClassical60+30245
26 Apr2022 Autumn ClassicClassical60+30265
12 Apr2022 Easter Rabbit RapidRapid15+5238
6 Apr2022 Wednesday NOT Tuesday BlitzBlitz5+01610
22 Mar2022 Rapid MarchRapid15+5268
15 Mar2022 Quick MarchBlitz5+5179
8 Feb2022 Rating ScrambleClassical60+10265