Ballarat Chess Club in Ballarat, Victoria | Country club/Clubhouse

Ballarat Chess Club

Locality: Ballarat, Victoria

Phone: +61 499 255 240

Address: Ballarat Mechanics Institute, 117 Sturt St. 3350 Ballarat, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.ballaratchess.com

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21.01.2022 2020 Review It has been quite an amazing year for everyone including our club. We have experienced life under the massive influence of the Covid-19 global pandemic which included travel restrictions, lockdowns and even a curfew for some of our members based in Melbourne. The club however has continued to function actively and quite incredibly has flourished during this period. We will finish the year with 68 online members which is over 50% more than we had at the start of th...e year! The club has welcomed a number of new online members many of whom are located in and around Ballarat. Some are more remote and include a few who were regulars at the club before they moved away. We recognise that playing chess online is not the same and it does not suit all our members. We are looking forward to returning to the BMI and meeting some of our new members across the board over the coming months. Please go to https://www.ballaratchess.com/events/2020/2020news.html to read the rest of the post

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14.01.2022 Interclub League: Rapid at 5pm then Blitz at 6:15pm, this SUNDAY! Don't forget - set a reminder on your phone now! Here's the match link... be 5 or 10 minutes early please. https://www.chess.com/live#tm=300392

14.01.2022 Chess Coaching 2021 The Term 1 Chess Coaching sessions are due to commence on 28 January 2021. We welcome enrolments from any junior chess player whether they have been part of the program previously or not. Term Dates: Term 1 - 28th January 2021 1st April 2021... Term 2 - 22nd April 2021 24th June 2021 Term 3 - 15th July 2021 16th September 2021 Term 4 - 7th October 2021 9th December 2021 more at https://ballaratchess.com/bjcc/index.html See more

13.01.2022 Queen's Gambit Have a look at this short video from Facebook featuring Judit Polgar and Anya Taylor-Joy who played Beth in the Queens Gambit. It is an amazing interchange between the two. https://fb.watch/2zHExcFjkB/ It has just been announced that the Queen’s Gambit 7 part series was the highest rating drama show on Netflix for the year to the end of November.

07.01.2022 https://www.chess.com/live#r=819728 5m5s Arena just for fun! Come here now! Merry Xmas

06.01.2022 Round 7 The round began with the news that top seed FM Simon Rutherford has withdrawn from the tournament. Since he has played 6 of the 11 rounds, his results to date will stand, and his remaining games will be forfeits. Happily, it is unlikely that this will have any bearing on the final outcome. Patrick Cook faced up-and-coming Sean Macak in a Benoni Defence. After 10 moves of theory, Patrick managed to gain a positional grip in a dynamic middle game and went on to make it ...count and score his first win. Ben Naughton met Scott Stewart in a Sicilian, Hyper-Accelerated Dragon, resulting in a sharp, very tactical game. Ben soon got lost in the forest of complications and Scott finished him off with a wicked combination. Kevin Perrin versus Ruari Coffey was an English Opening. A quiet, positional game ensued, until Kevin snatched a pawn in the middle game. He later went astray in some tactics to be a piece for pawn down, before Ruari finished him off with an elegant mate. Bas van Riel took on James Watson in a Sicilian, Dragon. James was his usual sharp, aggressive self. Bas was unrecognisable, and he resigned after just 13 moves, apparently fearing immediate material losses. Rob Loveband faced George Maksacheff in a Dutch, Lenigrad. After castling on opposite sides, Rob made a speculative attack, giving up a piece for 2 pawns. George quickly regained the pawns whilst keeping the piece, and went on to make his advantage count. Simon Rutherford versus Joel Beggs was a forfeit for Joel. Meanwhile, the postponed Rd.6 game James Watson versus Kevin Perrin was played. It was a Dutch, Staunton Gambit! Typically aggressive play by James gave him a strong position, picking up material along the way, before going on to score a convincing win. After 7 rounds, James Watson leads with 6/7, with Ruari a half point behind. George Maksacheff with 5/7 and Scott Stewart on 4.5/6 are still in the running. In the Reserves, Leonard Goodison continues his dominance with 6/6, followed by Paul Dao on 5.5/7 and Patrick Lenne on 5/7. In the 'C' group, Lewin Blanch leads with 5.5/6, followed by Jason Mann on 4/5 and Kanishk Mahasuar on 3.5/5. The inaugural Associates Championship has ended with Nigel Barrow seizing the title on 6.5/7, followed by Leo Kalina on 5.5/7 and Greg Brown on 4.5/7. Congratulations to Nigel. See more

01.01.2022 BCCC Round 6 Sean Macak faced Rob Loveband in a Semi-Slav. In a lively game Sean won a pawn in the middle game activity. Rob kept the Queens on and reached an endgame that he was able to hold. George Maksacheff met defending Champion Bas van Riel in an open Sicilian. In a sharp game both players castled Queen side. It was an interesting and even battle until a case of chess blindness resulted in Bas dropping a rook. He resigned on the spot. Ruari Coffey took on top seed Simon... Rutherford in a Catalan. It was a lengthy and equal struggle throughout and was eventually drawn. Joel Beggs versus Ben Naughton was an Italian Game. After castling on opposite wings, the players reached a messy, very tactical position. Ben soon dropped a piece, then his Queen before being overwhelmed by Joel's strong attacking skills. James Watson versus Kevin Perrin, and Scott Stewart versus Patrick Cook were postponed. more on https://www.ballaratchess.com//2/2020clubchampionship.html See more