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Capablanca Blitz (Youth/Junior) has concluded.

President's Cup (Senior) has concluded.

Next Senior Club Tournament

The Frost Winter Warmer

18 July to 15 August

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: Five round Swiss over 5 Thursday evenings.
Round 1, 18th July: 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 (IA) & Ian Birchall
Venue: Croydon RSL, 1 Civic Square, Croydon

OPEN section:

Time Control: 60min + 30s/move
ACF Classic Rated
Entry Fee: $10 members, otherwise $25

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: $5 members & parents of members, $20 otherwise.

For further information, you can:

email the Secretary:

Sponsors and Supporters

Croydon Chess wishes to thank the following organisations instrumental in the development of our club:

GOLD SPONSOR
Bendigo Bank
Mooroolbark

GOLD SPONSOR
L J Hooker
Mooroolbark

COACHING SPONSOR Northern Star Chess
EQUIPMENT SPONSOR Maroondah City Council
EQUIPMENT SPONSOR Chess Victoria	VENUE SUPPORT Swinburne University

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Latest News

St Bridget's Cup - Event 3 - 7th July

Sunday 7th July in Nth Balwyn - 7 round allegro (15min) organised by one of our sponsors Northern Star Chess. Great event for individuals and families. See Results here.

Vic Junior Championships - 3 July

Congratulations to Gavyn Sanusi-Goh on finishing equal top on points (5.5) and 2nd place on tie-break in the Open U12 section. Chengyun (4.5) and Tiger (4.0) were not far off the pace.

Capablanca Blitz - 27 June

Youth: 1^st Jayden Zhang, =2^nd Felix Chen, Lucas Cheong

Junior A: 1^st Kingsley Wang, 2^nd Joshua McAliece, 3^rd Stefan Lee

Junior B: 1^st Lachlan Zhang, 2^nd Jaylen He, 3^rd Michael Pan

Full Results

President's Cup Results - 21 June

President wins President's Cup!

Open: 1st Kyle Gibson 6.5/7

2nd Ian Birchall 5.5

3rd Garry Lycett 5

U800: 1st Lucas Cheong 5.5/7

2nd Timothy Brown 4 (on tiebreak)

3rd Abtin Bekloo 4

Full results.

Autumn Allegro Results - 7 June

Place-getters in each group:

Youth

1st Jayden Zhang, 2nd Felix Chan, 3rd Patrick Hoang

Junior A

1st Stefan Lee, 2nd Emily Wu, 3rd Analia Luscombe

Junior B

1st Lachlan Zhang, 2nd Samuel Gu 3rd Jaylen He

Full results are here.

New ACF Ratings - June

The latest ACF Ratings are here.

Most improved members:

Jayden Zhang

Tiger Zhao

Jean Watson

Croydon Junior Open - 11 Apr

19 players participated in this holiday tournament.

Congratulations to the following 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.

End of Announcements

Next two club nights

The club is closed over the school holidays

and will resume Thursday 18th July.

Junior Club - Swinburne Croydon Campus

Thursdays 6:30-7:30 pm:

Jul 18 Coaching & Casual games

Youth Club - Croydon RSL

Thursdays 6:30-7:30 pm:

Jul 18 Coaching & Casual games

Senior Club - Croydon RSL

Thursdays 7:30 pm -

Jul 18 The Frost (5 rd Swiss)

See the 2019 Calendar

What We Offer

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

Addresses

Senior & Youth Club Meeting Place:

Croydon RSL
Civic Square
Croydon VIC 3136

(Behind the EV Youth

Centre, Mt Dandenong Rd)

Google Map Link

Junior Club Meeting Place:

CG Building

Swinburne University
Croydon Campus

Norton Rd

Croydon VIC

See Campus Map

Location - Senior & Youth Club

Location - Junior Club

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Your Local Chess Club

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.

Statement of Purpose

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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