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Senior Club Tournament

Our current Senior Club event:

The President's Cup

19 Apr to 17 May

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, 19th April: 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: Ian Birchall & Kyle Gibson
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:

What We Offer

Croydon Chess offers a fun and family-friendly environment suitable for chess players of all ages and skill levels.

We have a tiered coaching program for our junior players and coaching nights for our senior players.

We have regular tournaments for our Junior and Adult players ranging from fun events, such as Blitz (all moves in 5 minutes), through to more serious events such as the Croydon Open.

Croydon Chess is affiliated with Chess Victoria which, in turn, is an affiliate of the Australian Chess Federation.

Club Membership (2018 fees)
-- $70.00 / year for seniors
-- $50.00 / year for children
---- $30.00 / year for 2nd child
---- additional children free

Coaching Program for Juniors
-- 6:30pm to 7:30pm

Youth (A division juniors) at Croydon RSL

Juniors at Swinburne Croydon

Please see here for more details

Senior Program
-- Start time: 7:30pm

ACF-rated Tournaments

-- 60min/30s time control
-- $10.00* / tournament (5 rounds)

-- $20.00* / tournament (7 rounds) with prizes

*members rates

Transition (U800) Tournaments

-- 30min/30s time control

-- $10 for 7 rounds (club rated)

-- $5 for 5 rounds (club rated)

Casual Play
-- $5.00 / visit (first time free)

Sponsors and Supporters

Croydon Chess wishes to thank the following organisations instrumental in helping develop 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

Latest News

2018 Croydon Junior Open - 5 Apr

There were 26 enthusiastic and well-behaved participants in this year's Croydon Junior Open. We hope everyone had a great time. The main prize-winners, each receiving a chess book, were:

=1st to 3rd : Chengyun Xu, Jayden Zhang &Tiger Zhao

Top Under 8: Lucas Mi

Encouragement Awards : Carol Lu & Callen Hermann

Full Results

Polgar Blitz Results - 3 Apr

The last couple of weeks of term 1 saw some fun 5 minute chess. The leading speed players were:

Youth Club

1st Eric Zheng

2nd Colin He

3rd Tiger Zhao

Junior Club

Intermediate A

1st Analia Luscombe

2nd Chunting Li

3rd Callen Hermann

Senior Coaching - 29 Mar

Guy made a plea for more principled opening play, focusing on errors made in games from the recent Croydon Open and emphasising the necessity of moves which promote development and king safety over unnecessary, tempo wasting moves. He also emphasised the importance of reviewing and analysing our own games for errors and weaknesses in order to improve our play. Thanks Guy!

Croydon Open - Final Results - 22 Mar

Open Section

   1st    Guy West 6/7
   2nd Ian Birchall 5.5
   3rd   Simon Andersson 5

   Top U1600: Richard Goldsmith, Tanya Kolak 4/7
   Top Junior:   Chengyun Xu 3.5/7

U800 Section

   =1st     Felix Chen &   Eric Zheng 5/7

=3rd Jayden Zhang & Riley McCullough 4.5

Junior Summer Allegros - Final - 22 Mar

Here's the results of the 3 Junior Summer Allegros held this term:

Youth Club:

1st Gavyn Sanusi-Goh

2nd Tiger Zhao (on tiebreak)

3rd Jayden Zhang

Intermediate A:

1st Jimmy Dong

2nd Chunting Li

3rd Denis Perifylev

Intermediate B - updated results

1st Allen Han

2nd Jason Cui

3rd Hayden Goldsmith

Congratulations! Each will receive a certificate and, on Presentation Night, a medal.

New March ACF Ratings - 6 Mar

The new March ACF ratings are out. Some of our juniors participated in the Oz Juniors in January and have achieved their first ratings or boosted their old ones. In particular:

Tiger Zhao +344 to 635

Chengyun Xu +115 to 773

Check members ratings here.

End of Announcements

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Upcoming events

Junior Club - Swinburne Croydon Campus

Thursdays 6:30-7:30 pm:

Apr 26 Coaching & Autumn Allegro R1/5

May 03 Coaching & Autumn Allegro R2/5

Youth Club - Croydon RSL (A-div. Juniors)

Thursdays 6:30-7:30 pm: -

Apr 26 Coaching & Autumn Allegro R1/5

May 03 Coaching & Autumn Allegro R2/5

Senior Club - Croydon RSL

Thursdays 7:30 pm -

Apr 26 The President's Cup R2/5

May 03 The President's Cup R3/5

See the 2018 Calendar

Location - Senior & Youth Club

Location - Junior Club

Addresses

Senior & Youth Club Meeting Place:

Croydon RSL
1 Civic Square
Croydon VIC 3136

(Behind the EV Youth Centre

on Mt Dandenong Rd)

Google Map Link

Junior Club Meeting Place:

Cafeteria (CF,CG)
Swinburne University
Croydon Campus

Norton Rd

Croydon VIC 3136

See Campus Map

Post:

Croydon Chess

C/O Croydon RSL
PO Box 75
Croydon VIC 3136

AUSTRALIA

Phone:

0490 125 926

Email:

Web:

www.croydonchess.com

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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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