News and Upcoming Events

  • September Ratings
    The September 2008 rating list for club members is now availabe here

  • Ford Memorial began on August 26th
    This year's Ford Memorial tournament is now in progress. Latest results and draws are available here.

  • 13 May 2008 - Big Board vs. St. George
    The first leg of the Big Board match against St. George was held on Tuesday May 13th. The score after the fist leg stands at 22½-17½. The results are available here.

  • 12 Feb 2008 - Club Championship Begins
    The Centenary Club Championship, incorporation the H Edmunds Memorial Championship, begins on February 12th. The draw and results throughout the tournament will be available here.

  • 29 Jan 2008 - Club Champion Simul
    It was nearly a "clean sweep" to Max Illingworth at the Club Champion Simul on Tuesday 29th January with 14 wins and 1 draw. Congratulations to new member Garry Jennings who shared a one-half point with the Club Champion.

    Twelve members and three visitors (including Anton Smirnov) were the players with the following members participating:
    Raymond Bailey, Marek Baterowicz, Tom Beeh, Frank Low, Paul Glissan, Norman Greenwood, Allan Hill, Garry Jennings (Draw), Simon Parker, Rex Simmonds, David Stern and Justin Vowles.

  • 17 Nov 2007 - Ford Open Won By Vladimir Smirnov
    Congratulations to Vladimir Smirnov who is the winner of the Ford this year with a score of 8/8 with a round to spare. Results after final round.

  • 28 Aug 2007 - Ford Open Begins
    The annual nine round FIDE-Rated Ford Open Tournament commences on August 28th. Details here.

  • 22 May 2007 - Club Library Book List
    A list of the books in the club's library has been compiled by Barak Atzmon-Simon and is now available on the web site by clicking here.

General Information

North Sydney Chess Club meets each Tuesday evening at 7.30pm in the Auditorium at North Sydney Leagues Club, 12 Abbott Street, Cammeray. The club was established in 1908. The activities of the club for this year are available in the Club Programme. This website is maintained on a volunteer basis by club member Peter Nosworthy, with the support of the club committee. If you have questions or comments about this web site, email us at: webmaster@northsydneychess.org

For general information about the club, contact:
Norm Greenwood (Treasurer) Email: normg74@mysoul.com.au
Phone: (02) 9476-4533

Tournaments

Two major tournaments are held at North Sydney Chess Club each year. Click below for information on these tournaments, latest results and games.

Web Game Collections

The club maintains an on-line collection of chess games. This includes games played in club tournaments and other games of general interest from various events throughout the chess world. The games may be viewed on-line in a javascript viewer or downloaded and for use with other chess software. The games are in PGN format.

Click to visit the Game Collections main page.

Miscellaneous

Read about some of the other activities at North Sydney Chess Club and other pages available on this web site by clicking on the links below.