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Autumn Allegro (Youth/Junior): 2 May to 6 Jun
President's Cup (Senior): 9 May to 20 Jun
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| Next Senior Club Tournament
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The President's Cup
9 May to 20 June
The tournament has 2 sections. An OPEN section with a 60m/30s time control and ACF rated, and an Under 800 section with a 30m/30s time control.
Details for both sections:
- Format: Seven round Swiss over 7 Thursday evenings.
- Round 1, 9th May: 7:40 pm sign in, round starts at 8:00 pm. All other rounds: 7:45 pm.
- Forfeit time: 30 min
- Byes: One half-point bye allowed in the first three rounds only
- Arbiters: Kyle Gibson (FA) & Ian Birchall
- Venue: Croydon RSL, 1 Civic Square, Croydon
OPEN section:
- Time Control: 60min + 30s/move
- ACF Classic Rated
- Entry Fee: $15 members, otherwise $35
U800 section:
If you are a non-member who is considering entering this section, please contact the organiser prior to the day for further details.
- Restriction: Unrated or Under 800 rated players only
- Time Control: 30min + 30s/move, games finish by 9:30pm
- Internal Club Rated
- Entry Fee: $10 members, $25 otherwise.
For further information, you can:
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Croydon Chess wishes to thank the following organisations instrumental in the development of our club:
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| State level events
Vic Open - 7 Jun to 10 Jun
Queen's B/day Weekender at MCC.
Discount entry closes 1 Jun. Details here.
Vic Junior Championships - 29 Jun to 2 Jul
These are at the start of the June school holidays.
Discount entry closes 25 Jun. Details here.
Other:
Noble Park Teams Open - starts 11 May
6 Sat afternoons - 4 player teams. Details here.
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| Croydon Junior Open - 11 Apr
19 players participated in this holiday tournament.
Congratulations to the folowing on their success:
=1st Jayden Zhang & Stefan Lee
3rd Julian O'Brien
Top U8: Michael Pan & Kingsley Wang
Top U7: Vallen Zhang & Ken Lin
Encouragement: Hazel Lam
Puzzles: Josh McAliece & Dhruva Sarvepalli
See the final cross table here.
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| Senior Club News - 7 Apr
Croydon Open - Prize winners
Congratulations!
1st IM Guy West
2nd Kyle Gibson
=3rd Garry Lycett, Ian Birchall and
Tanya Kolak (=U1600), Ion Kloprogge (=U1600)
=Top Junior & U1200: Tiger Zhao, Jayden Zhang
U800 Section:
=1st Timothy Brown & Chunting Li
3rd Derek Qian
Full results are here.
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| Youth & Junior Club News - 7 Apr
Polgar Blitz - Results
When the mayhem of blitz chess cleared, these were the place-getters.
Well done all!
Youth Club: 1st Jayden 6/6,
2nd Felix 5, 3rd Hayden 4
Junior A: 1st Boris 5/6,
=2nd Jason H, Kingsley, Tommy 4/6
Junior B: 1st Samuel 4/4
=2nd Jaylen, Michael 3/4
Full results are here.
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| Youth & Junior Club News - 22 Mar
Summer Allegro - Results
Final placings for the Summer Allegro
Youth: =1st Eric Z & Jayden, =3rd Samuel & Ursula
Junior A: 1st Stefan, 2nd Kingsley,
=3rd Emily, Josh, Boris, Jason C, Lucas, Callen
Junior B: =1st Samuel & Lachlan, 3rd Ray
The full tournament results here.
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| New Australian GMs13 Feb - Congratulations to the following Australian players who have recently had their titles approved by FIDE:
Grand Masters: Bobby Cheng & Temur Kuybokarov
International Masters: Karl Zelesco &
Brandon Clarke (officially Eng)
Of more local interest, also approved:
FIDE Arbiter: Kyle Gibson
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We're on a break for school holidays
& ANZAC Day. We resume 2nd May
Junior Club - Swinburne Croydon Campus
Thursdays 6:30-7:30 pm:
May 02 Coaching & Autumn Allegro
Youth Club - Croydon RSL
Thursdays 6:30-7:30 pm:
May 02 Coaching & Autumn Allegro
Senior Club - Croydon RSL
Thursdays 7:30 pm -
May 02 Senior Coaching with IM Guy West
See the 2019 Calendar
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Croydon Chess offers an enjoyable, family-friendly environment suitable for chess players of all ages and skill levels.
- We meet on Thursday nights during school terms. Juniors: 6:30pm to 7:30pm, Youth: 6:30pm to 7:30pm and Seniors: 7:30pm onwards.
- We have a tiered coaching program for our junior & youth players and coaching nights for our senior players.
- We run regular tournaments from fun Blitz events to strong ACF rated Open events.
For more information about our club and how to become a member please see our "Membership" page
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Senior & Youth Club Meeting Place:
Croydon RSL
Civic Square
Croydon VIC 3136
(Behind the EV Youth
Centre, Mt Dandenong Rd)
Google Map Link
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Junior Club Meeting Place:
CG Building
Swinburne University
Croydon Campus
Norton Rd
Croydon VIC
See Campus Map
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| Location - Senior & Youth Club
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| Website Viewing Problems?
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Different browsers may treat our website differently:
- Firefox works best.
- Edge is mostly fine, but some versions of Internet Explorer require the website to be added to 'Tools > Compatibility view'.
- Safari and Chrome sometimes have difficulty opening links on our tournament pages. You may need to Right-Click on the link and open in a new tab.
Downloadable documents are mostly pdf files and wiil require a pdf reader (such as Adobe Reader) to view.
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Croydon Chess services the following areas:
Bayswater, Blackburn, Boronia, Box Hill, Chirnside Park, Croydon, Doncaster, Donvale, Ferntree Gully, Forest Hill, Glen Waverley, Healesville, Heathmont, Heatherdale, Kilsyth, Knox, Lilydale, Mitcham, Monbulk, Montrose, Mooroolbark, Mount Dandenong, Mount Evelyn, Mount Waverley, Narre Warren, Nunawading, Park Orchards, Ringwood, Rowville, Scoresby, Seville, Silvan, Templestowe, Vermont, Wandin, Wantirna, Warburton, Warrandyte, Wheelers Hill, Wonga Park, Woori Yallock, Yarra Glen, Yarra Valley (covering council areas of Knox, Manningham, Maroondah, Whitehorse and Yarra Ranges).
We have also listed other Melbourne and Victorian clubs on our external links page.
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Croydon Chess exists to:
- encourage the enjoyment of chess amongst residents of Croydon and surrounding suburbs
- educate our community about the benefits of a lifetime of playing chess
- train participants of all ages to become more technically proficient in their play
- facilitate the running of structured (competitive) chess tournaments as well as informal (casual) play
- provide a welcoming club environment that fosters development of productive, long-term relationships between our members
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