The 2019 Southern Suburbs Open is now complete, and was won by FM Patrick Gong! Congratulations to Patrick and to the other prizewinners:

1st: FM Patrick Gong (6.0/7)
2nd: Andrew Hardegen (5.5/7)
Equal 3rd: Dennis Holland, David Ellis & Tim Hare (5.0/7)
Equal 1st - Rating Group A (1500-1950 ACF): Ben Dagza, Andrey Lugovskoy & Tjermin Gunawan (4.0/7)
Equal 1st - Rating Group B (Under 1500 ACF): Jon Prunty, Marco Gunawan, Steve Milovanovic & Oscar Gao (3.0/7)
The final standings and crosstable can be viewed on the 2019 Southern Suburbs Open page.

The 2019 Perth Open was hosted by Southern Suburbs Chess Club on 9th & 10th February. A full report is posted at http://www.cawa.org.au/perthopen.html. Congratulations to all prizewinners:

1st: Sam Marin (5.5/6)
Equal 2nd: Tim Hare & Jens Mueller (4.5/6)
Equal 1st -- Rating Group A (1500-1900 ACF): Nedeljko Tomic & Derek Roebuck (4.0/6)
Equal 1st -- Rating Group B (Under 1500 ACF): Kundan Dharmapuri & Alex Pimenov (3.0/6)

A 7-round blitz tournament was held immediately following the CAWA Annual General Meeting on 29th January. Congratulations to the prizewinners:

Equal 1st: Andrew Hardegen & Sri Dharmapuri (6.0/7)
Equal 1st - Rating Group A (1600-1800 ACF): Alan Wolstencroft & Ian McAteer (3.0/7)
1st - Rating Group B (Under 1600 ACF): Steven Hughes (3.0/7)
Full results can be viewed on the SSCC January Blitz Vega pages.

The CAWA Annual General Meeting was held at Southern Suburbs Chess Club on 29th January.

SSCC President Andrew Hardegen was re-elected unopposed as CAWA Senior Vice-President. SSCC members David Ellis, Jay Lakner and Ian McAteer were also re-elected to the CAWA Council.

A discussion and vote on the 2019 CAWA membership fee took place, with members resolving to maintain the current fee of $30 per year.

Players can now check out the club's calendar of events for 2019:

2019 Calendar of Events

Our first club tournament in 2019, the Southern Suburbs Open, will begin on Tuesday 5th February.

We are now issuing memberships to the end of 2019. Membership forms are available here:

2019 SSCC Membership Forms

New players are always welcome!

The club's final event of the year, 2018 SSCC Christmas Blitz Tournament, was played on 11th December and was won by Ihsan Ferozkohi! Congratulations to Ihsan and the other prizewinners: Luciano Pavez, Dominador Andador, Ben Dagza, Ian McAteer, Dennis Holland, Oscar Gao & Steven Hughes. A tournament crosstable and prize list can be found on the 2018 SSCC Christmas Blitz page.

This year's end of year celebration was enjoyed by players and families alike. Many thanks to those who brought food to share.

We wish all chess players and their families a Merry Christmas and look forward to seeing you back at the club in 2018!

The 2018 SSCC AGM was held on 4th December. The composition of the new SSCC Council for 2019 is detailed on the SSCC Council page. The President's and Treasurer's annual reports, have been posted to the Minutes page: Minutes of the AGM will be posted soon.

All members of the 2018 Council nominated to continue in Council positions in 2019, and we thank all of these ongoing members for their tireless work. We offer a warm welcome to the new members of our SSCC Council: Jay Lakner (Councillor) and Gavin Soutar (Councillor).

The 2018 Southern Suburbs Championship has been completed, and was won by Ihsan Ferozkohi! Congratulations to Ihsan and to the other prizewinners:

1st: Ihsan Ferozkohi (6.0/7)
2nd: CM Adam Kelly (5.5/7)
3rd: Tim Hare (5.0/7)
1st - Rating Group A (1500-1950 ACF): Simon Ayling (5.0/7)
Equal 2nd - Rating Group A: Colin Koehler & Ben Dagza (4.5/7)
1st - Rating Group B (Under 1500 ACF): Oscar Gao (3.5/7)
Equal 2nd - Rating Group B: Bernard Laugery & David Spatar (3.0/7)

The final standings, crosstable and list of prizewinners can be viewed on the 2018 Southern Suburbs Championship page.

All SSCC members are encouraged to attend the SSCC Annual General Meeting, which will be held on Tuesday 4th December, starting at 7:30pm. At this meeting, we will discuss the events of the club's fourth year, and what we believe will be the main challenges and opportunities that lie in store for us in the year ahead.

We are asking for expressions of interest from players who may be willing to support the Council in 2019, either by nominating themselves for a Council position, or by helping the club in any other capacity in 2019.

The Spring Blitz Tournament (Tuesday 9th October) was played as a round-robin with 10 players. Congratulations to the convincing winner: FM Patrick Gong (9.0/9), and congratulations to Ihsan Ferozkohi, whose 2nd place (8.0/9) was sufficient to earn him the title of 2018 SSCC Blitz Champion! Ihsan won one of 3 SSCC blitz tournaments in 2018, and was runner-up in both of the other 2 tournaments.

The final SSCC Blitz Championship standings, together with crosstables and full lists of prizewinners from all of this year's Blitz tournaments, can all be found on the Blitz Championship page.

The SSCC Allegro Championship was completed on 2nd October. Congratulations to the winner, Ihsan Ferozkohi!

The final standings, crosstable and full list of prizewinners can be found on the SSCC Allegro Championship page.

The 2018 David Ellis Cup concluded on 18th September, and was won by Jay Lakner! Congratulations to Jay and to the other prizewinners:

1st: Jay Lakner (5.0/6)
Equal 2nd: Ihsan Ferozkohi & David Ellis (4.5/6)
Equal 1st - Rating Group A (1550-1950 ACF): Dominador Andador & Ian McAteer (3.5/6)
Equal 1st - Rating Group B (Under 1550 ACF): Jon Prunty, Steven Hughes & Oscar Gao (3.0/6)
The final standings and crosstable can be viewed on the 2018 David Ellis Cup official page.

The CAWA-run 2018 Gufeld Cup was played on 8th and 9th September at Southern Suburbs Chess Club.

Congratulations to the winner, Tim Hare. Second was Andrew Hardegen (4.5/6), and equal third were WFM Kathryn Hardegen and David Ellis (4.0/6).

A full report can be found on the CAWA website:. See also the tournament Vega pages.

The 2017 SSCC Rapidplay Championship is now complete, and was won by Jay Lakner! Congratulations to Jay and to the other prizewinners:

1st: Jay Lakner (7.0/8)
2nd: Ihsan Ferozkohi (6.5/8)
3rd: Edward Calado (5.5/8)
Equal 1st - Rating Group A (1500-1899 ACF): Colin Koehler, Dominador Andador & Brent Geronimo (5.0/8)
1st - Rating Group B (1200-1499 ACF): Marco Gunawan (4.0/8)

1st - Rating Group C (Under 1200 ACF): Oscar Gao (3.5/8)

The final standings, crosstable and list of prizewinners can be viewed on the 2018 Rapidplay Championship page.

The 2018 Harris Edwardes Interclub Competition is now complete, with Southern Suburbs Chess Club teams winning all 3 divisions!

A report with full results is now available on the SSCC Harris Interclub page:

2018 Harris Interclub Competition

The 2018 SSCC Winter Blitz Tournament (Tuesday 10th July) was contested by 20 players and was won by Patrick Gong. The tournament crosstable, full list of prizewinners, and the current SSCC Blitz Championship Standings can all be found on the Blitz Championship page.

The 2018 CAWA Harris Interclub Competition will be held at North Woodvale Primary School (Perth Chess Club) on Sundays 29th July and 5th August.

Once again, Southern Suburbs Chess Club will be entering teams in each division.

The club was well represented in this tournament in 2017, with 23 SSCC players competing for the club's teams, which won all 3 divisions.

We hope that as many club members as possible will choose to play for the club again in 2018!

The 2018 WA Open Championship was played over 7 Sundays from 20th May through until 1st July.

Congratulations to Stephanus Kurniawan -- 2018 WA Open Champion. Stephanus scored 6.5/7: his one draw was to FM Patrick Gong who finished 2nd with 6.0/7. Andrew Hardegen followed in 3rd with 5.0/7.

Stephanus also attained an interim FIDE rating of 2303 as a result of his Round 7 win, and has thereby met the requirement for the FIDE Master (FM) title!

Congratulations also to:

Natalie Maris -- 2018 WA Women's Champion
Craig Kinsman -- 2018 WA Seniors' Champion
Alan Wolstencroft -- 2018 WA Reserves Champion.

Full results and the tournament PGN file are available on the CAWA website:

www.cawa.org.au/statechamps.html

The 2018 SSCC Round Robin concluded on Tuesday 3rd July.

Congratulations to the winner: FM Patrick Gong (9.0/9). Ihsan Ferozkohi achieved 2nd place with 7.5/9, followed by CM Adam Kelly who finished 3rd with 6.0/9.

Full results can be seen on the official tournament page:

2018 Southern Suburbs Round Robin and Swiss - Information.

For additional information, see the tournament Vega pages:

2018 Southern Suburbs Round Robin - Results

2018 Southern Suburbs Swiss - Results

The 2018 SSCC Winter Allegro Tournament is now complete, with the final 4 rounds having been played on 3rd July. Final results can be viewed at http://southernsuburbschessclub.org.au/Vega2018/www2018WinterAllegro/.

Congratulations to the following prizewinners:

Equal 1st: Ihsan Ferozkohi & Saminda De Vas (7.0/9)
Equal 3rd: Colin Koehler & Michael Horstmann (6.0/9)
Equal 1st Under 1800: Neo Jun Wei & Ben Dagza (6.0/9)
1st Under 1600: Oscar Gao (5.0/9)
1st Under 1100: Yonal De Vas (4.5/9)

The 2018 SSCC Round Robin is in progress, and the SSCC Swiss has now been completed. Results from Rounds 1-7 of the Round Robin, pairings for all future rounds of the Round Robin and final results for the Swiss can be seen on the official tournament page:

2018 Southern Suburbs Round Robin and Swiss - Information.

Congratulations to Ben Dagza & Craig Kinsman -- joint winners of the 2018 SSCC Swiss!

For additional information, see the tournament Vega pages:

2018 Southern Suburbs Round Robin - Results

2018 Southern Suburbs Swiss - Results

The 2018 SSCC Winter Allegro Tournament will be played on Tuesdays 26th June and 3rd July. See the information sheet for the details:

2018 SSCC Winter Allegro

The 2018 SSCC Winter Blitz Tournament will be played on Tuesday 10th July. See the SSCC Blitz Championship page for more information.

The 2018 SSCC Rapidplay Championship will be held over 4 Tuesday evenings from 17th July until 7th August. Details can be found on the SSCC Rapidplay Championship page.

The 2018 David Ellis Cup will be played over 6 weeks, starting 14th August. This will be ACF- and FIDE-rated and is open to all CAWA members. Full details are published on the David Ellis Cup page.

The 2018 WA Junior Chess Championships were held at Southern Suburbs Chess Club during the Term 1 school holidays, over 4 days from 16th to 19th April.

Congratulations to Brent Geronimo - 2018 WA Junior Champion, and Celine Ong - 2018 WA Girls' Champion!

A full report and some photos from the event can be found on the CAWA website.

Members of Southern Suburbs Junior Chess Club (SSJCC) are hereby advised that due to absence of junior club coordinators, SSJCC will not be running this Tuesday 1st May.

Southern Suburbs Chess Club (SSCC) is not affected by this and will run as usual from 7:00pm this Tuesday 1st May, with Round 3 of the SSCC Round Robin and Swiss tournaments to take place that evening starting at 7:30pm.

The 2018 SSCC Novelty Tournament, which this year took the form of an Odds Tournament, was held on Tuesdays 3rd and 10th April. In terms of numbers, the tournament was a success relative to the previous editions of the SSCC Novelty Tournament which were run as Fischerandom / Chess960 events.

Congratulations to the winner, Kuan Han Sen!

Some information about the tournament can be found on the 2018 Novelty Tournament page.

The 2018 SSCC Easter Blitz was held on 27th March. The tournament was one of SSCC's most well attended blitz events with 23 entries and a very strong overall field. Congratulations to the following players:

1st: Ihsan Ferozkohi (8.0/9)
2nd: Edward Calado (7.5/9)
1st Under 1900: Neo Jun Wei (5.5/9)
1st Under 1500: Pranav Senthil Kumar (5.0/9)

The tournament crosstable can be viewed on the Blitz Championship page.

The SSCC `Odds' Tournament will be played on Tuesdays 3rd & 10th April. This is a fun, new, unrated tournament. Games will be played at `material odds' based on rating difference, in order to give lower-rated players a greater chance of winning games against highly-rated players.

The WA Junior Championships will be played at Leeming Primary School between Monday 16th April and Thursday 19th April. See the information sheet for the schedule of each age division and for details on how to enter. Entries close on Friday 13th April.

Two of SSCC's main events in 2018, the ACF- and FIDE-rated SSCC Round-Robin and SSCC Swiss, will commence on Tuesday 17th April.

The 2018 Southern Suburbs Open is now complete, and was won by Craig Kinsman, Ihsan Ferozkohi, CM Adam Kelly and Edward Calado! Congratulations to all 4 winners and to the other prizewinners:

Equal 1st: Craig Kinsman, Ihsan Ferozkohi, CM Adam Kelly & Edward Calado (5.5/7)
Equal 1st - Rating Group A (1650-1899 ACF): Colin Koehler & Gavin Soutar (4.5/7)
Equal 1st - Rating Group B (1250-1649 ACF): Stevica Milovanovic, Alan White, Jon Prunty & Robert Cunningham (3.5/7)
Equal 1st - Rating Group C (Under 1250 ACF): Bernard Laugery, Hugo Morandini & Kai Luo (3.0/7)

The final standings and crosstable can be viewed on the 2018 Southern Suburbs Open page.

The next tournament on the SSCC calendar is the Easter Blitz Tournament which will be played on Tuesday 27th March. More information is posted on the SSCC Blitz Championship page: 2018 SSCC Blitz Championship.

The March 2018 ACF and FIDE ratings have been posted on the Ratings page. All CAWA members can view their ACF ratings, and SSCC members can also find their FIDE ratings there.

The 2018 Perth Open was held on 17th & 18th February. Ihsan Ferozkohi and FM Patrick Gong were joint winners with 5.0/6.

The event was a great success, with the 38 players including many strong locals and a few overseas visitors. Thanks go to the arbiter/organiser Gordon Dunlop for an enjoyable and well-run tournament.

Well done to all prizewinners:

=1st: Ihsan Ferozkohi & FM Patrick Gong (5.0/6)
=3rd: Jens Mueller, Derwent Maggs & FM Tristan Boyd (4.5/6)
1st Under 2000: Leo Padva (4.5/6)
=2nd Under 2000: WFM Kathryn Hardegen & Craig Kinsman (4.0/6)
1st Under 1700: Gary Donaldson (4.0/6)
2nd Under 1700: Jack Byram (3.5/6)
=1st Under 1000 & Unrated: Ari Petridis, Riley Stolk & Angus Wylie (3.0/6)

2018 Perth Open Results

The 2018 Australian Junior Chess Championships were held at Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Melbourne from 13th-21st January. With over 400 players, it was the largest Australian Junior Championship in recent memory, and perhaps the largest ever.

Congratulations to the winners, David Cannon (VIC) and WCM Cassandra Lim (VIC).

Five SSCC players participated: Brent Geronimo (Under 14), Harry Geronimo (Under 10 and Under 12), Alex Pimenov (Under 12), Oscar Gao (Under 10) and Yonal De Vas (Under 8).

The standout result among SSCC players was Brent Geronimo's 2nd place in the Australian Under 14 Championship, with a score of 7.5/9. Congratulations, Brent!

Well done to all SSCC players on their strong results:

Under 14 Open (69 players)

Brent Geronimo - 7.5/9 (2nd)

Under 12 Open (101 players)

Harry Geronimo - 6.0/9 (=12th)
Alex Pimenov - 5.0/9 (=29th)

Under 10 Open (71 players)

Harry Geronimo - 6.0/9 (=8th)
Oscar Gao - 5.5/9 (=17th)

Under 8 Open (42 players)

Yonal De Vas - 4.0/9 (=22nd)

Full results, photos, and more details can be found on the Australian Junior Championships website.

Southern Suburbs Chess Club will re-open on Tuesday 30th January!

All chess players are invited to participate in the 2018 Southern Suburbs Open, which will commence on 6th February. See the 2018 Southern Suburbs Open page for full details.

This will be the first tournament to be held at the club in 2018. It is open to all CAWA members. It usually attracts large numbers of SSCC players, as well as a few new players and players from other clubs.

The Southern Suburbs Open had 36 entries in 2017. Don't miss it this year!

Details for each of the club's tournaments in 2018 are now available from the Tournaments and Results menu.

The 2018 Australian Chess Championships were held at Norths Chess Club in Sydney from 2nd to 12th January. In all, there were 199 participants in 3 separate tournaments.

The Australian Championship featured 34 of Australia's best players and was won by GM Max Illingworth (10.0/11) from GM Anton Smirnov (9.0/11) and IM Ari Dale (8.5/11), with the latter achieving his maiden GM norm.

Western Australia was represented in the Championship by Ihsan Ferozkohi and Andrew Hardegen, both of whom are SSCC players, and both returned solid results with Ihsan scoring 5.0/11 (+4,=2,-5) and Andrew scoring 4.5/11 (+2,=5,-4).

The Australian Reserves (open to players rated under 2150 ACF) was won by WCM Nguyen Mai Chi Phan (9.0/11) with WA's Richard Lilly scoring 5.0/11.

The Australian Classic (open to players rated under 1800 ACF) was won by David Lovejoy (6.5/7).

Full results and more details can be accessed through the Norths Chess Club website.

The 2017 David Ellis Cup is now complete, and was won by Ihsan Ferozkohi! Congratulations to Ihsan and to the other prizewinners:

1st: Ihsan Ferozkohi (5.5/6)
2nd: WFM Kathryn Hardegen (4.5/6)
Equal 3rd: David Ellis, Edward Calado, Dennis Holland & Andrew Hardegen (4.0/6)
1st - Rating Group A (1470-1850 ACF): Han Sen Kuan (4.0/6)
Equal 2nd - Rating Group A: Andrey Lugovskoy & Darrian Low (3.5/6)
Equal 1st - Rating Group B (Under 1470 ACF & Unrated): Oscar Gao, Pranav Senthil Kumar, Harry Geronimo & Florante Osorio (2.5/6)

The final standings, crosstable and list of prizewinners can be viewed on the 2017 David Ellis Cup page.

The CAWA Christmas Open was played at SSCC on 18th-19th November. Thanks to Gordon Dunlop for organising and running the event, and congratulations to the following prizewinners:

Open

1st: FM Tristan Boyd (5.5/6)
2nd: FM Patrick Gong (5.0/6)
=3rd: Ihsan Ferozkohi, CM Adam Kelly (4.5/6)

Rating Group A: 1500-2000 ACF

=1st: Gordon Dunlop, Yihe (Rebo) Fu (4.0/6)

Rating Group B: Under 1500 ACF and Unrated

=1st: Alan White, Harry Geronimo, Celine Ong (2.5/6)

Full results from the tournament can be viewed here:

Players can now check out the club's calendar of events for 2018:

2018 Calendar of Events

Our first club tournament in 2018, the Southern Suburbs Open, will begin on Tuesday 6th February.

We are now issuing memberships to the end of 2018. Membership forms are available here:

2018 SSCC Membership Forms

New players are always welcome!

The Kingsley Open was played on 21-22 October. It was reasonably well attended with 22 players, of which 12 were SSCC players. Thanks to the arbiting/organising team (Andrew Hardegen, Tristan Boyd, Evan Yeung, David Ellis), and congratulations to the following prizewinners:

Open

1st: Andrew Hardegen (5.0/6)
=2nd: FM Patrick Gong, FM Tristan Boyd (4.5/6)

Rating Group A: 1601-1900 ACF

=1st: Nedeljko Tomic, Saminda De Vas, Sri Dharmapuri (4.0/6)

Rating Group B: 901-1600 ACF

1st: David Barry (3.5/6)

Rating Group C: Unrated

=1st: Nick Ley, Oscar Gao (2.5/6)

Full results from the tournament can be viewed here:

The Spring Blitz Tournament (Tuesday 17th October) was played as a round-robin with 11 players. Congratulations to the winner: Michael Horstmann (10.0/10). This result means that Michael is the 2017 SSCC Blitz Champion, having won 2 of this year's 3 Blitz Championship events.

The final SSCC Blitz Championship standings, together with crosstables and full lists of prizewinners from all of this year's Blitz tournaments, can all be found on the Blitz Championship page.

The SSCC Allegro Championship was completed on 10th October. Congratulations to the winner, Ihsan Ferozkohi!

The final standings, crosstable and full list of prizewinners can be found on the SSCC Allegro Championship page.

The October 2017 FIDE ratings have been published. Results from the Southern Suburbs Championship are included in this list. SSCC players Victor Sun and Han Sen Kuan have received new ratings.

September ACF and October FIDE Ratings

The 2017 Southern Suburbs Championship is now complete, and was won by Andrew Hardegen! Congratulations to Andrew and to the other prizewinners:

1st: Andrew Hardegen (6.5/7)
2nd: Ihsan Ferozkohi (6.0/7)
Equal 3rd: WFM Kathryn Hardegen, Ignatius Yap & Ben Dagza (4.5/7)
1st - Rating Group A (1500-1799 ACF): Ben Dagza (4.5/7)
Equal 2nd - Rating Group A: Ian McAteer, Andrey Lugovskoy & Brent Geronimo (4.0/7)
1st - Rating Group B (Under 1500 ACF & Unrated): Victor Sun (4.0/7)

The final standings, crosstable and list of prizewinners can be viewed on the 2017 Southern Suburbs Championship page.

The Willetton Open was played on 19-20 August. It was reasonably well attended with 20 players, of which 7 were juniors. Thanks to David Ellis for organising and running the tournament, and congratulations to the following prizewinners:

Open

Under 1850 ACF

Under 1250 ACF and Unrated

The simultaneous display given by IM Temur Kuybokarov attracted a fair degree of interest, with 23 players participating and many spectators turning out to watch the event. The Uzbek IM was undefeated, impressively winning 20 games and being held to only 3 draws (Yita Choong, Andrew Hardegen, Peter de Yaak). Well done to all!

The Winter Blitz Tournament (Tuesday 8th August) was contested by 16 players and was won by Michael Horstmann. The tournament crosstable, full list of prizewinners, and the current SSCC Blitz Championship Standings can all be found on the Blitz Championship page.

The 2017 Harris Edwardes Interclub Competition is now complete, with Southern Suburbs Chess Club teams winning all 3 divisions! This year's competition was one of the largest in recent memory with 10 teams -- 5 from Southern Suburbs Chess Club, 3 from Perth Chess Club, 1 from Metro Chess Club and 1 from Kingsley Junior Chess Club.

A report with full results is now available on the new and improved SSCC Harris Interclub page:

2017 Harris Interclub Competition

The 2017 Southern Suburbs Rapidplay Championship is now complete, and was won by Dennis Holland! Congratulations to Dennis and to the other prizewinners:

1st: Dennis Holland (6.5/8)
2nd: Tim Hare (6.0/8)
1st - Rating Group A (1470-1799 ACF): Edward Calado (6.0/8)
3rd: Brent Geronimo (5.5/8)
1st - Rating Group B (Under 1470 ACF & Unrated): Han Sen Kuan (4.5/8)

The final standings, crosstable and list of prizewinners can be viewed on the 2017 Rapidplay Championship page.

The 2017 WA Championship is now finished. Congratulations to Igor Butsenko, who won the Closed Championship with 5.5/7 and is the 2017 WA Chess Champion!

Three other SSCC players participated in the WA Closed Championship: Tim Hare (4.5/7), Andrew Hardegen (3.5/7) and Ihsan Ferozkohi (3/7).

The Reserves Championship was won by Craig Kinsman (6.5/7).

The 2017 SSCC Fischerandom Championship is now complete. Congratulations to the winner: Edward Calado!

Full results are posted on the 2017 Fischerandom Championship page.

The July 2017 FIDE ratings have been released.

Divisions A and B of the SSCC Round-Robin were rated in this list. Four SSCC players -- Edward Calado, Kim Fong, George France and Stan Mott -- have obtained new FIDE ratings. This brings to 8 the number of SSCC members who have obtained new FIDE ratings since the start of the year.

Club members can view their new FIDE ratings on the Ratings page. Current ACF ratings for all CAWA members are also shown..

Division C of the SSCC Round-Robin finished on 27th June. Congratulations to the prizewinners:

1st -- Sebastian Vearncombe (7.0/8), 2nd -- Victor Sun (6.5/8), Equal 3rd -- Robert Cunningham & Jon Prunty (4.5/8).

The final tournament crosstables for each division can be viewed on the 2017 SSCC Round-Robin Tournament page.

After opening the page, please refresh your browser to ensure that you are viewing the final crosstables.

Divisions A and B of the SSCC Round-Robin finished on 20th June. Congratulations to the following prizewinners:

Division A: 1st -- Michael Horstmann (8.0/9), 2nd -- Ihsan Ferozkohi (7.5/9), 3rd -- Adam Kelly (6.0/9).
Division B: 1st -- Edward Calado (7.0/9), Equal 2nd -- Ignatius Yap & Colin Koehler (6.5/9).

Remaining Division C games will be played on Tuesday 27th June.

The updated tournament crosstables for each division can be viewed on the 2017 SSCC Round-Robin Tournament page.

After opening the page, please refresh your browser to ensure that you are viewing the current crosstables.

The 2017 South-West Open was held on 17th & 18th June in Boyup Brook, WA (approx. 270km from Perth).

Thanks go to the arbiter/organiser Gordon Dunlop for a successful and well-organised tournament and weekend.

Well done to all prizewinners:

1st: Andrew Hardegen (5.5/6)
2nd: David Ellis (4.5/6)
=3rd: Gordon Dunlop & WFM Kathryn Hardegen (4.0/6)
=1st Under 1600 and joint WA Country Champions: Steven Wood & Mike Nairn (3.0/6)
=2nd Under 1600: John Bamfield, Paul Moseley & John Prince (2.5/6)

2017 South-West Open Results

The 2017 State Lightning Championship was held at Leeming Primary School on the 23rd of April.

Congratulations to FM Tristan Boyd (9.0/11) -- 2017 WA Lightning Champion, WFM Kathryn Hardegen (5.5/11) -- 2017 WA Women's Lightning Champion, and Craig Kinsman (6.5/11) -- 2017 WA Seniors' Lightning Champion.

We were pleased to welcome IM Temur Kuybokarov to the WA chess scene! Temur, from Uzbekistan, is already well-known in Australia, being a joint winner of the 2017 Australian Open. Temur will be residing in WA for around 12 months. We hope he participates in many more tournaments while he is here, particularly the upcoming WA Championship.

The tournament was not only stronger than many other WA events, as we have come to expect with WA Lightning Championships, but also well attended. Well done to all 34 players for making this tournament a very successful one.

See www.cawa.org.au/statelightning.html for the tournament report and results.

The 2017 Gufeld Cup was played over 2 days on the Easter weekend. Many regular local players were absent: the long weekend, school holidays, and clash with the Doeberl Cup may all have contributed to this. Nevertheless, all of those who could attend seemed to enjoy themselves.

SSCC players Andrew Hardegen and Ignatius Yap shared 1st place together with Gordon Dunlop on 4.5/6. 1st Under 1700 with 3.5/6 was Australind junior and current WA Country Champion, Ramudu Rathnayake. 2nd Under 1700 with 3.0/6 was another SSCC member, Sebastian Vearncombe. Sri Krishna Dharmapuri (3.5/6) won the junior prize.

Thanks go to Gordon Dunlop for organising and arbitering the event. Gordon's tournament report with full results has been posted on the CAWA website: 2017 Gufeld Cup Results

Following the Primary Students' Championship, the WA Secondary Students' Championship was played at Leeming Primary School on 11th-12th April. The event was contested by 40 players from 13 schools, with many of WA's top young players taking part.

Congratulations to Patrick Gong (1st Under 18: 6/6), Safiyya Aljunied (1st Under 16: 5/6), and Ignatius Yap (2nd Under 18: 5/6), and to Leeming Senior High School for winning the Schools' Trophy.

Thanks go to the arbiters, Darrian Low & George Carolin-Unkovich, and to everyone who helped to promote and run this highly successful event.

For a full report on the tournament, go to: 2017 WA Secondary Students' Championship

This event was played at Leeming Primary School on Sunday 9th April: 57 players participated.

Congratulations to Pranav Senthil Kumar (1st: 9/9), Kundan Dharmapuri (2nd: 8/9), Vinura Elvadura (1st Under 10 and 3rd: 7/9), and to SSJCC player Yonal De Vas Gunawardhana, who at age 6 was not only one of the youngest participants, but also scored an amazing 6.0/9 to win the 1st Under 8 trophy and finish =5th overall.

Congratulations also go to Yita Choong for successfully organising and running one of the largest CAWA junior tournaments in recent memory. Thanks go to Ben Dagza and Dante Osorio for their help on the day, and to our host, Leeming Primary School, for providing extra tables and chairs at short notice.

For a full report on the tournament, go to: 2017 WA Primary Students' Championship

The Autumn Blitz Tournament (Tuesday 28th March) was contested by 19 players and was won by Ihsan Ferozkohi. The tournament crosstable, full list of prizewinners, and the current SSCC Blitz Championship Standings can all be found on the Blitz Championship page.

The SSCC Round-Robin Tournament will begin on Tuesday 4th April!

The Southern Suburbs Open has now concluded. Full results are available on the tournament Vega pages:

http://southernsuburbschessclub.org.au/Vega2017/www2017SouthernSuburbsOpen/

Congratulations to all prizewinners:

Equal 1st: FM Yita Choong & Igor Butsenko (6.0/7)
3rd: Ihsan Ferozkohi (5.5/7)
1st - Rating Group A (1650-1869 ACF): Saminda De Vas Gunawardhana (5.0/7)
Equal 2nd - Rating Group A: Simon Ayling & Ignatius Yap (4.0/7)
1st - Rating Group B (1250-1649 ACF): Edward Calado (4.0/7)
1st - Rating Group C (Under 1250 & Unrated): Victor Sun (4.0/7)

A tournament report has been posted to the Southern Suburbs Open page:

2017 Southern Suburbs Open

The 2017 WA Allegro Championship was held at Leeming Primary School on Sunday 19th March. Thanks to the arbiter and organiser, Gordon Dunlop, for an excellent event.

Congratulations to the following players:

2017 WA Allegro Champion: FM Tristan Boyd (8.5/9)
Equal 2nd: FM Yita Choong & Syakir Shazmeer (7.0/9)
2017 WA Women's Allegro Champion: WFM Kathryn Hardegen (6.5/9)
2017 WA Seniors' Allegro Champion: Alan Wolstencroft (5.5/9)

A full list of prizewinners will be published on the CAWA website.

Full results: 2017 WA Allegro Championship Results

Photos from the event, kindly provided by John Pimenov, can be viewed here: 2017 WA Allegro Championship Photos

The 2017 Perth Open was held on 18th & 19th February. Andrew Hardegen and Ihsan Ferozkohi were joint winners with 5.0/6.

Thanks go to the arbiter/organiser Gordon Dunlop for a successful, enjoyable and well-run tournament.

Well done to all prizewinners, 6 of whom are SSCC players:

=1st: Andrew Hardegen & Ihsan Ferozkohi (5.0/6)
=3rd: FM Patrick Gong & CM Adam Kelly (4.5/6)
1st Under 1850: Lorenzo Escalante (4.0/6)
2nd Under 1850: Ben Dagza (3.5/6)
=3rd Under 1850: Edward Ottschoffski, Sri Krishna Dharmapuri, Alan Wolstencroft & Sjef de Jong (3.0/6)
=1st Under 1250 & Unrated: Thales Bortotti, Jack Byram & Alex Pimenov (3.0/6)

2017 Perth Open Results

The 2017 Oceania Zonal Championships, held in Auckland NZ, concluded on 20th January. In the Women's Championship, Kathryn Hardegen finished =2nd with 6.5/9 (+5, =3, -1) and was the only player to defeat the eventual winner, Layla Timergazi. Kathryn's score and placing will see her receive the Women's FIDE Master title and a 9-game Women's International Master norm.

Final standings (Open)

Final standings (Women)

Plenty of nice photos of the tournament are provided at the event's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/oceaniazonals2017

Patrick Gong has fulfilled the requirements of the coveted FIDE Master (FM) title, having attained a live FIDE rating of 2300 or above. Patrick achieved this feat at the 2016 Lidums Young Masters in Adelaide, which finished today. The premier section of this event was a 10-player tournament which featured 6 of Australia's strongest players aged under 25, together with 4 overseas players.

Patrick scored an exceptional 5/9 in the event, achieving wins against IM James Morris (2457), IM Kanan Izzat (2456) and FM Yi Liu (2311), and drawing with GM Adrien Demuth (2546), FM Yeoh Li Tian (2432), FM Liu Xiangyi (2431) and FM Zachary Loh (2340). He very nearly attained his maiden IM norm.

Our congratulations go to Patrick: he is a truly deserving recipient of the FM title.

Two supporting events ran alongside the Young Masters. These were the Junior Masters (Open) and the Junior Masters (Under 1600). The latter event was contested by one of our club players, 9-year-old Alex Pimenov, who scored an excellent 4.5/9.

Full results from the Young Masters can be viewed here:
2016 Lidums Young Masters