Livechess News

May20
2020 Written by DCA

GCCC Swiss Allegro Thursday 21st 6pm. Gold Coast Chess Club is hosting a Swiss Allegro this Thursday night. The tourney will be a 5 round 10 minute per side with no increment. Sonneborn–Berger is the tiebreak. The tournament link is GCCC Swiss Allegro This is (hopefully) the final test before the Swiss system goes live and unattended. All w [...]

AuNix Online Swiss

May01
2020 Written by DCA

This Sunday the 3rd of May we are hosting an Online Swiss tournament – AuNix Online Swiss Rapid 15 Minutes per side Plus 5 seconds increment from move 1. Free entry open to all registered Livechess Play Group members, CAQ members and selected invitees. Arbiters are FA Dusan Stojic and NA David Esmonde. Round 1 will start at 10am S [...]

Cheating and Online Chess

May01
2020 Written by DCA

I woke this morning and the first article in my news-feed was a youtube link to IM Danny Rensch from chess dot com talking about online cheating. He mentioned the word “pandemic” in describing the avalanche of evidence gathered by their site on players using engines or bots to assist their play. Link to IM Danny Rensch “Don& [...]

Playoffs for the Under 10 Australian ...

Jan20
2020 Written by DCA

Photos of the Australian Juniors 2020

Jan19
2020 Written by DCA

Official Photographs AJCC 2020 Claire Liu is the official photographers for the Australian Juniors 2020 – so to see more of her fantastic work please follow the link by clicking the image!

Australian Junior Chess Championships...

Jan18
2020 Written by DCA

Almost ready – despite falling bridges and flooded roads! Live Games Here!

Timur Gareyev’s Stunning Blindf...

Jan03
2020 Written by DCA

Timur Gareyev’s Stunning Blindfold Queen Sacrifice

Charm City Motel Open 2019 Roving Cam...

Dec09
2019 Written by DCA

A video walk-around among the Charm City Motel Open players! What an unique sport where the youngest novice can play against the world’s best in an event open to all!

Bundaberg Blitz Simul with GM Timur G...

Dec03
2019 Written by DCA

GM Timur Gareyev is a wonderful ambassador for Chess. On Friday night he and his students push-biked to “Grunske’s by the River” – a local Bundy seafood hotspot; then off to see the visiting Great Moscow Circus. Next morning it was a healthy start to the tournament by cooking breakfast for all the chess players hosted [...]

Charm City Motel Open – Prizegi...

Dec02
2019 Written by DCA

So to start the Sunday off on a great note, Karen from Charm City Motel served up a Bundaberg friendly style breakfast by the pool! The kids loved the pancakes! Grand Master Timur Gareyev, holder of the world record for blindfold chess, won the Charm City Motel Open 2019 event with a perfect 6. WIM Heather Richards and IM Brodie McClymont fi [...]