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The annual NSW chess Championships commenced last Tuesday night at Norths club. The championship will be contested as a 10 player round robin with...

Funding for this article from the Copyright Agency Limited’s Cultural Fund is gratefully acknowledged/. Says it all!

Congratulations to Alex Khamatgaleev on scoring a picket fence today - 7/7 - he also picked up the bonus ''jackpot'' $50 prize

Here is a list of current entries. Unfortunately James Morris has had to withdraw due to a scheduling conflict. A reminder that early bird...

Vega 8 should not be used to process tournaments that started in Vega 7and are in progress. Tournaments start in Vega 7 need to continue using Vega...

Vega 8.0.12 has been released.

John is in the outright lead with 5/5, after winning his game against Eugene. Round 5 Results Noble Park Chess Club Open: Pairing of round 5, at...

Dream Team.

Reminder: NSC Allegro Open 2018 This Sunday: 27th May in Balwyn Nth, VIC Note: Remember to register before Sunday to get the entry fee...

If Moulton plays it will be a super tournament and if Smerdon plays I think will be the strongest tourney in a thousand yrs!!

Looking for trouble Inside Story 18.5.18 Four months after the summer troubles, a reporter heads to Melbourne’s western fringe in search of...

Whole Olympiad team together in one tournament is great!

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2 h6 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Nf6 11.Qe2 b6 12.Bd2 Bb7 13.O-O-O Qc7 14.Kb1 O-O-O...

Pairings updated.

I am truly surprised that the Russian Federation endorsed Illumzhinov despite his patchy relationship with Filatov. Re Short - he is not an...

With Early bird entry closing on the 31st May don't miss the chance to save! This event is shaping up to be a fantastic event and one not to be...

So now what? Leonard Barden in his Guardian column today writes: "Short is widely popular among ordinary chess fans, but, given the very...

Why We Must Not Appoint A Commissioner For Racial Division Morgan Begg, 22 May 2018, Parliamentary Research Briefs, IPA TODAY This IPA...

Division 1 2018BHCCChampionshipDiv1: Pairing of round 5, at 19:30 of 25/05/2018 ...

I think that's a very accurate translation. Nigel has a lot of experience with stirring and trolling and is rather good at pushing people's buttons....

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 Nc6 9. Be3 Na5 10. Qc2 a6 11. b3 f5 12. Rd1 fxe4 13. Qxe4 Bf5 14....

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. e3 $11 (9. Nf3 $142 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qxc5 11. e3 Nxd2 12. Nxd2...

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 d6 8. f3 Nd7 9. Qd2 Nb6 10. Be2 Ne5 11. b3 Bd7 12. a4 Rc8 13. a5 Na8 14. Nd5...

Round 2 Pairings 1 Plaza-Quinteros, Francisco 1987 2009 : Hu, Jason 2153 2233 2 Feldman, Vladimir 2097 2131 ...

I think Nigel does have a point :)

Four boards from Division 1 can be seen live on the Box Hill Chess Club Website. http://www.boxhillchess.org.au/live/bhcc-flash-replacement.html

Reminder: NSC Allegro Open 2018 This Sunday: 27th May in Balwyn Nth, VIC Note: Remember to register before Sunday to get the entry fee...

No worries Bobby1943. I had a similar misunderstanding many years ago regarding the title. Thanks for the kind words guys - it seems two other...

There's no evidence the arbiter has manually paired inappropriately or anything of that kind. As Andrew suggests it looks like a combination of...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9ySbkJ9Tzs if this guy Bill Maher does not get you laughing then you must be Capa Fan