UOW Chess Club

24/04/2024

Chess Tournament Alert🚨

Our friends at the Wollongong Chess Club are hosting a ANZAC day tournament this Saturday

Here are the juicy details👇🏼

🗓️ 27/04, this Saturday at 10:30 am
🚪Entry Fees is $30 unless you're a titled player
⏲️ Time control is Rapid, so (15 min|10 sec per move)
🏆 First place wins $300 for each division
♟️ Junior plays are also welcomed
📍 Collegians Rugby League Football Club, Wollongong (up the escalator after the entrance)

Sign up here 👉🏼 https://bit.ly/wollongong-chess-club-rapid-tournament

**Disclaimer** this event isn't associated with UOW or UOW pulse, it's run and managed by the Wollongong chess club, we are sharing it here as we think here as we think you might find this interesting

21/03/2022

🎉Lucky Draw Winners🎉 We have finally selected our 3 lucky members who will win a FREE Chessboard

Congratulations to 👇🏼
✨ Rohan Sims
✨Lisa Burge
✨ Dushanth Theivendran

Please message us to arrange a pickup time😊

21/03/2022

♟️THANK YOU♟️

Everyone who came to our stall for campus fest & become a member of our chess club. We would like to take this opportunity to welcome everyone to our Chess Club, we are excited to have a great year with you.

👉🏽 We are currently working on finalising our masterclass event & our weekly chess meetups

Stay tuned for events being announced later this week‼️

We are so excited to see you all at our upcoming events🥳

12/03/2022

♟️Upcoming Chess Nights♟️
Wollongong Chess Club will be hosting weekly events 👇🏼

✨Blitz Night (5 Minutes)✨
🗓️ 15/03/22 - Tuesday
💰$5 entry

✨Rapid Nights (15|10)✨
🗓️ (22/03/22 - 29/03/22) Tuesday
💰$10 entry

📍Wollongong Collegians Rugby Football Club: up the stairs to the right after the entrance. You'll need ID to enter the club.

⌚ The competition starts at 7 pm, so aim to get there at 6:50pm or so to register.

04/09/2021

Hello Everyone! There will be another online rapid (10+5) tournament this Tuesday 7/9/21 at 7pm.

Keep in mind this is a themed tournament! We have chosen the reversed sicilian (1. c4 e5) as the starting position.

If you wish, you can prepare by checking out some game collections:
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1026570
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1023225

These will teach you the many ways the opening can be played. The goal is for everyone to learn and gain exposure to new positions.

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How to join the tournament:
1. Create a lichess account:
https://lichess.org/signup

2. Join the team Wollongong Chess. https://lichess.org/team/wollongong-chess
Team joining code is:
WollongongChess

3. On the Wollongong Chess team page, click on the latest tournament then hit the green JOIN button.
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People of all levels are welcome to join! We're here to banter and have fun 🙂

P.S: Not a Delta event.

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23/08/2021

If anyone is interested in an online Wollongong Tournament, Jordan Morris has organised a 5 round 10+5 Rapid Tournament for Tuesday 24th August at 7pm!
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How to join the tournament:
1. Create a lichess account:
https://lichess.org/signup
2. Join the team Wollongong Chess. https://lichess.org/team/wollongong-chess
Team joining code is:
WollongongChess
3. The tournament is here:
https://lichess.org/swiss/1X1HEyYp
My username is panicblue, you should see that player in the tournament.
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People of all levels are welcome to join! We're here to banter and have fun 🙂
P.S: Not a Delta event.

Free online chess server. Play chess in a clean interface. No registration, no ads, no plugin required. Play chess with the computer, friends or random opponents.

21/08/2021

More positions are available so if you love chess as much as we do, maybe this is your chance to study and do your hobby at the same time!? We have several positions we are looking to fill. It's a great way to get involved with the growing chess community at UOW!

Positions available are:
- President
- Vice President
- Secretary
- Social Media Coordinator

We will be holding our Annual AGM in the first week of September, where we will elect new executives.
If you have any questions or would like to express interest in one of the positions, please message us on Facebook with the position.

We cannot wait to meet you all.

16/08/2021

If anyone is interested in an online Wollongong Tournament, Jordan Morris have organised a 5 round 10+3 Rapid Tournament for Tuesday 17th August at 7pm!
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How to join the tournament:
1. Create a lichess account:
https://lichess.org/signup
2. Join the team Wollongong Chess. https://lichess.org/team/wollongong-chess
Team joining code is:
WollongongChess
3. The tournament is here:
https://lichess.org/swiss/N8fdNOZc
My username is panicblue, you should see that player in the tournament.
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People of all levels are welcome to join! We're here to banter and have fun 🙂.

Free online chess server. Play chess in a clean interface. No registration, no ads, no plugin required. Play chess with the computer, friends or random opponents.

15/08/2021

If you love chess as much as we do, maybe this is your chance to study and do your hobby at the same time!? We have several positions we are looking to fill. It's a great way to get involved with the growing chess community at UOW!

Positions available are:
- Vice President
- Secretary
- Social Media Coordinator

If you have any questions or would like to express interest in one of the positions, please message us on Facebook with the position.