Congratulations to Arthur and Peter, and other prizewinners Major 1st: Arthur Huynh =2nd/3rd: Terrence Tang & Van Vo Rating group A: Daniel Wang Rating group B: Benjamin Tee Minor 1st: Peter Cai 2nd: Nathan Arav =3rd: Mason Tay and Jacob McGruddy Rating group A: Michael Zhang =Rating group B: Albert Xiong, Nick Harrigan, Lindsay Chegwidden |
Congratulations to 2023 Allegro Champion Sterling, with a perfect score, and other prizewinners 1st: Sterling Bayaca 2nd: Cameron McGowan 3rd: Changhao Yu Rating group A (1401 - 1730): Leo Gong =Rating group B (1400 and under): Clara Zhou, Marcus Ni, Deves Manoji, Craig Duker, Jason Gemenis, Michael Tonon Unrated: Winston Bai |
A Special General Meeting of Norths Chess Club for will be held on 25 July 2023 at 7.30pm, at Norths Leagues Club, Cammeray The meeting is called to vote on adopting a constitution for Norths Chess Club. The constitution put forward by the Committee for adoption may be found at: www.northsydneychess.org/Constitution There are no other items of business. Notes. This meeting is called purely to vote on the constitution, not to debate it so commencement of play should not be unduly delayed. |
![]() 1st Daniel Gong 2nd Samuel Asaka 3rd Ryan Can Rating group A. Joy Liu Rating group B. =1st Marcel Lima, Nathan Arav and Maxwell Ponza Rating Group C. =1st Jonathan Kuba, Mason Tay, Marcus Ni, and Jason Gemenis Unrated. Paul Ventura |
Congratulations 2023 Club Champion Cameron McGowan and all division winners
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Warren Morris, who died on Christmas Day, was a great supporter of Norths Chess. He was a director of Norths Leagues Club for 30 years, and served as secretary its Sports Council for much of that time. Our Treasurer Steve Garner worked alongside Warren inthe 1990s; at the time the chess club met at the hall of Willoughby Uniting Church. The church often complained about our members smoking on the premises. Overnight the rent they charged for using the hall doubled and we were losing money fast. Warren suggested to Steve that we move to Norths Leagues. It took a lot of convincing but eventually we agreed to move. What Warren kept relatively quiet at the time because he couldn’t guarantee it, was that Norths gave grants to its sporting clubs. So, we went from paying rent we couldn’t afford to a much better hall that was rent free. And we were given a monetary grant each year. Initially it was around $400; last year we got $3,000. Warren was more than a supporter of our Club - he helped transform it into the strongest chess club in Sydney, |
![]() 1st Clive Ng, =2nd Robert Sunaryo, Bruce Murray, Benjamin Wise Jiang Here Clive plays Benjamin in the 8th round, prevailing in a King's Indian game. He commented later that Benjamin played well but blundered an exchange in an equal position in the middle game. ![]() |
Congratulations to our 2022 Purdy Champion Cameron McGowan and other prizewinners |
![]() Our club committee nominated David Stern who does so much for us. David was adjudged the stand-out nominee by our hosts, Norths, and awarded the Shield at the President’s Shield dinner last Friday. Wonderful recognition for David’s hard work and dedication. |
Congratulations to our 2022 Allegro Champion Anthony Fikh and other prizewinners CLICK HERE for the detailed results. |
Congratulations to our 2022 Classic Champion Alaina Vincent and other prizewinners: CLICK HERE for the full results. |
Congratulations to our 2022 Seniors Champion Denis Wan and other prizewinners 1st: Dennis Wan 2nd: Bruce Murray =3rd: Stephen Garner, Gary Armstrong Over 75: =1st Marek Baterowicz, Paul Glissan Rating Group A: Bob Quek = Rating Group B: Vince Chiara, David Cook CLICK HERE for the detailed results.. |
Norths leads in both of our interclub games. After overwhelming Harbord at home 15 - 2, we travelled to St George expecting a difficult match. However we siurprised the Dragons by taking the night 25 - 13. The 12 point buffer should secure the 2022 title but no doubt St George will come to Norths hungry for revenge in November. For details of the matches see www.northsydneychess.org/little-board and www.northsydneychess.org/big-board |
Congratulations 2022 Rapid Champion Cameron McGowan and all winners Open: 1st Cameron McGowan, =2nd Arthur Huynhand Clive Ng Rating Division A Jared Cheung Rating Division B Jason Xu Rating Division C Lucas Ni Unrated Division Lachlan Kavanagh For full tournament details see http://www.northsydneychess.org/rapid |
Congratulations 2022 Club Champion Cameron McGowan and all division winners
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The federation’s 2022 annual lifetime achievement medal for services to chess as an administrator has been awarded to its former Secretary, Paul Glissan. Paul was Norths Chess Club President during 2008-2018 and guided organisation at the club of numerous major chess events, including two Australian Championships, two Australian Open Championships and Oceania Zonal and Seniors championships. |
The new Club Blitz Champion is Robert Sunaryo, taking the title on tiebreak with Clive Ng. Prizewinners were =1st Robert Sunaryo and Clive Ng; 3rd Arthur Huynh; Rating group A =1st Daniel Seaton, David Stern, and Joy Liu; Rating group B =1st David Miller and Robert Fenton-Lee Click here for detailed results . |
25 January our tournament calendar starts with the Club Championship Blitz. No registration is needed ... come play! The following week 1 February is the first round of the Club Championship on 1 February. Details and entry for the Club Championship are @ www.northsydneychess.org/club- |
2021 It was another unusual year with a number of highs interspersed with some Covid-induced lows. Fortunately, the negatives were few. We had to close the club for a significant part of the year and as a result had to truncate and declare results for our two winter tournaments – Ford-Greenwood Seniors and Winter Classic just after the half way mark. We were also unable to run the 2021 Purdy Memorial which was a pity as the 2021 edition was to incorporate State Championship and State Women’s Championship. The positives were many though. Winning back both the Big Board and Little Board trophies from St George and Harbord was a highlight. Winning both legs of each so emphatically was special. Many thanks to all who supported those fixtures – wonderful results for our club. We have a new club champion in Matthew Bennett. This year we trialled a new format of small swisses across the various sections of our club championship. I personally feel that this was a good innovation that deserves repeating. The sections all proved well contested and the elimination of postponements was welcomed by many. We have also been able to run Rapids and Blitzes and our online club continues twice a week. Congratulations to all of our prize winners in our tournaments this year. The growth in our membership this year was extraordinary and we gained a number of very strong new recruits. All this bodes well for the club but our sheer size makes it tricky when government imposes venue capacity restrictions. In term of our committee, Rob Watson very ably slotted into the Director of Play role. David Stern delivered a new website which gives us a good base for future development. In addition, there was a huge amount of work by some unsung heroes behind the scenes. During the year Tristan Weijermars left our committee due to a move interstate and Pertti Sirkka was unable to stand again as secretary. Thanks to my fellow committee members for their hard work in keeping our club running and developing. We all also appreciate the longstanding support from our hosts at Norths Leagues Club. The running of our large club falls on a small number of people and that creates a risk. Broadening our resources will be a clear focus as we move into, hopefully, a covid-unaffected 2022. Peter Abbott, President Norths Chess Club |
Congratulations to Jack Rodgers, who took the event over 2nd Robert Sunaryo and =3ed Gareth Charles and Dmitry Miscenko Click here for detailed results The next at the club will be the 2022 Club Championship Blitz on 25 January. |
Norths have taken the Little Board, with thirteen point win on 13 Decemer and an overall 2021 result of 27.5 - 11.5. For detailed results of the match CLICK HERE A team of 44 Norths players travelled to St George in November and scored a fantastic 9 point win on the night, and an 18 points overall in 2021 to bring home the John Kellner/Terrey Shaw Trophy. For detailed results of the match CLICK HERE We look forward to retaining the trophies in 2022. Thanks Natalie Chen for thebgroup photo taken at St George.
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We are pleased to be reopening and have the following events to take us to the end of the year. 9 November - Social chess 16 November - Social chess 23 November - Big Board at St George Leagues Club 30 November - Rapid 7 December - Rapid Monday 13 December - Little Board at Harbord Diggers Club 14 December - Rapid 20 December - Blitz (includes prizegivings & AGM) Our return to Norths is under Covid-safe conditions which are set out in the attached Safety Plan which has been approved by Norths, and Safety Guidelines that must be complied with by vistors to the chess club. Note that Norths requires all guests over 16 entering the club to show proof of double-vaccination and check in with the NSW government QR code. For detailed requirements see https://norths.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/SignInRequirements.pdf |
Although we hoped we could return on 19 October, Notths now plan to open their hospitality services first and allow the return of their sporting and social groups a little later. We will stay in regular contact with them and let everyone know as soon as chess can resume. By the time we return they will have completed the finishing touches to their auditorium renovation. |
We will be open on Tuesdays from 19 October. At first this will be social chess; we hope to have an event later in the year. Norths has set the following conditions for entry to the club: --- We will be adhering to the guidelines from the NSW Government which states that all those entering venues over the age of 16 must be fully vaccinated. Upon entry you will need to show proof of double vaccination and to find out how you can download this to your device, please follow this link https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/health-and-wellbeing/covid-19-vaccination-nsw/proof. --- There may be more detail on protocols as government and the club prepare for opening. Watch here for updates. |
Unfortunately we weren't able to complete all rounds of the tournaments. In that case results are based on the scores after round 5. And we congratulate ===== Ford Greenwood Seniors. Seniors Champion Paul Glissan, on tiebreak for 1st with Bruce Murray and George Morgan. Rating Group A. David Stern Rating Group B. Rex Simmonds and Robert Laurie. There were insufficient unrated players to award an unrated prize. For tournament details see www.northsydneychess.org/seniors Winter Classic 1st and Classic Champion. Sterling Bayaca. |
Congratulations to prizewinners: 1st: Jack Rodgers =2nd: Vladimir Chugunov, Henry Cronin U1800: Ethan (Yuze) Li U1510: Peter Creek Unrated: =1st Michael Kyaw, Kurt Daley For full details see www.northsydneychess.org/allegro |
2021 Club Champion: As winner of Tournament 1, Matthew Bennett Tournament 1 Championship: 1st Stirling Bayaca; 2nd Gareth Charles; 3rd Jack Rodgers Tournament 2 A: 1st Chris Taffard; 2nd Pertti Sirkka; 3rd. Toby Huey Tournament 3 C: 1st Thomas Ban; 2nd Ian Case; 3rd Yuze (Ethan) Li Tournament 4 E: 1st Sean McDonald; 2nd Ethan Chang; 3rd James Ford (6.5/9) For full results, see: www.northsydneychess.org/club-championship |
Well done Josh winning our first on-line long-play tournament on chess.com. Silver and bronze went to Jack Rodgers and Dmitry Miscenko Click here for detailed results of the knock-out event go to www.chess.com/tournament/norths-long-play-1 |
Norths Chess is open!! The situation remains fluid though and your committee will keep monitoring Government regulations and our host's instructions. Plus take note of our protocols regarding safe practices, personal hygiene and social distancing to help keep yourself and others COVID-19 safe. We are still running our chess.com tournaments. Access is for members of Norths Chess so first go to www.northsydneychess.org/membership to join and contact northsydneychess@gmail.com for instructions on how to find it. ========== Chess is a game that requires touching shared objects and surfaces, and physical proximity. Attendees of Norths Chess Club meetings must therefore take care for their own and others' wellbeing. Visitors to Norths Leagues Club are required to register on entry, and we encourage you to have the CovidSafe app on your mobile phone. Visitors must comply with the COVID-19 safety plans and instructions of of Norths Leagues Club. At the club the following rules will apply 1. Do not attend if you * have been overseas or in a COVID-19 hotspot in the last two weeks * have a fever, cough, cold or other signs of illness * have been in contact with a COVID-19 positive person until you have had a negative test * are awaiting the result of a COVID-19 test for yourself or a close contact. 2. Wash/cleanse your hands before and after a game, and as needed during a game. If possible bring your own hand sanitiser and use it before touching your face and after touching your face. The chess club will have hand sanitiser only at the entrance of the playing area. If coughing or sneezing, cover your nose and mouth with flexed elbow or a paper tissue. Dispose of tissues hygienically, eg in closed bins. Wash/cleanse your hands before touching shared objects and surfaces. 3. Maintain physical distancing of 1.5 metres from another person. Do not shake hands or have any physical contact with another person other than those in your own household. 4. During play: - At the commencement of the session players’ chairs will be set 1.5 metres apart. Players should try to maintain as much distance from their opponent as practically possible during the game. Respect the personal space of your opponent. - If observing a game, stay at least 1.5 metres from the players and their equipment, and from other observers - More than one game may be required to be played during the session. Should that lead to any item of equipment being handled by more than two players, the Director of Play will determine any additional equipment sanitation protocols required 5. Parents must supervise their children at all times and ensure they are following these measures. 6. You are welcome to use your own standards above these, such as wearing a face mask or gloves. |