Norths Chess is again closed due to COVID safety concerns Our host venue on government guidance has imposed a maximum of 10 people at any event. Watch this space for notice of any changes.
 
We are still running our chess.com tournaments. Access is for members of Norths Chess so first go to www.northsydneychess.org/about-us/membership to join and contact northsydneychess@gmail.com for instructions on how to find it.

New Members Always Welcome! 

Norths Chess Club is proud to be one of the oldest chess clubs in Australia (formed in 1908), and welcomes new members of all abilities. The club meets weekly (mostly Tuesday evenings) at Norths, 12 Abbott Street, Cammeray, NSW.

Check the calendar below for our schedule.

Allegro
1st: John Papantoniou
=2nd Johannes Brack, Bruce Murray, Peter Brand and Robert Watson
Rating Group A: Toby Huey
Rating Group B: Alaina Vincent
Unrated: Tim Lee

President's Message 
We can look back on 2019 as another successful year for the club. Membership numbers were up and our tournaments were again strongly supported. The club championships, in particular, drew a record field. There are new names on our major trophies ... Read more.

Boards 

Congratulations to both St George and Harbord for their wins in the 2019 contests. 




See HERE for the Big Board detailed results and HERE for the Little Board.

Purdy Memorial 

Congratulations to 2019 John Purdy Memorial champion Jack Rodgers and other prizewinners.

 

John Purdy Memorial Trophy: Jack Rodgers 
Open: 1st Jack Rodgers; =2nd Vladimir Feldman, Clive Ng 
Rating Group A (U1770-1570) 1st Robert Cregan; =2nd Pertti Sirkka, Robert Watson, Justin Vowles, Michael Blaszczyk, Stephen Garner Bosko Aleksovski 
Rating Group B (U1570-1422) 1st Rex Simmonds; =2nd James Jiang, Frank Low Peter Creek 
Rating Group C (U1422-950) =1st Joshua Li, Lucas Ni 
Rating Group D (U950) 1st Darien Hsu; 2nd Ansom Pham 
Senior: =1st Biljana Dekic and Rex Simmonds 
Junior: 1st Marco Le Lun Zheng 
Upsets: Lindsay Chegwidden, Pieter Stoltz, Darien Hsu, Neil Ashton, Lucas Ni, Anson Pham, Chelsea Huey, Joshua Li, Liam Stankovic-Spice 

CLICK HERE to see all the prizewinners and results.

Norths Rapid
Congratulations to 2019 Champion Jack Rodgers and other prizewinners 

1st Jack Rodgers 
=2nd Luis Javier Sanchez Botella and Joshua Brown  
=Rating Group A (U1722-1540) Michael Blaszczyk, Anup Kumar Siva Sankaran and Tristan Weijermars 
Rating Group B (U1540-1380) Peter Creek 
Rating Group C (U1380) Alaina Vincent 
Unrated or provisional Michael Todd

Seniors

Congratulations to 2019 Champion Angelito Camer and other prizewinners 
1st: Angelito Camer 
2nd: Stephen Garner
3rd: Mark Baterowicz and Yu-Shiun Chen
Rating Group A (U1580-1450): Clive Lane, Ivan Case and John Pepping
Rating Group B (U1450): Norman Greenwood and Robert Laurie

Winter Classic

Congratulations to 2019 Champion Joshua Brown and other prize winners:
1st: Joshua Brown 
2nd: Christopher Ball
3rd: Andriy Bukreyev and Jigando Balan 
Rating Group A (U1430-930): Michael Blaszczyk and Jonas Sze-To
Rating Group B (U930): Jonathan Kuba
Unrated (or provisional): Andriy Bukreyev wins half since no player may win more than one prize, with Johnny Teves winning the remaining half

Club Championship
Congratulations to Club Champion Vladimir Feldman and other winners: 

Championship: 1st Vladimir Feldman; =2nd Jack Rodgers, Donato Mallari
Candidates: 1st Stephen Ireland; =2nd Adam Mazay, Peter brand
Division A: =1st Paul Glissan, John Redgrave; =3rd Anup Kumar Siva Sankaran, Kamal Jain
Division B: 1st Andriy Bukreyev; 2nd Kanishka Premathilaka; 3rd Aram Sandalcyan
Division C: 1st Scott O'Callaghan; 2nd Clive Lane; =3rd Peter creek, Tim Singleton
Division D: 1st Michael Blaszczyk; 2nd Jonas sze-To; 3rd Toby Huey
Division E: 1st Rowan Cargill; 2nd James Jiang; 3rd Ralph Shaw
Swiss: 1st Huey Chelsea; =2nd Lan Le; Cameron Timms, Joshua Li
CLICK HERE for detailed results