Perth Chess League


2025 Perth Chess League (Haydn Barber Shield)

The second season of the Perth Chess League will commence on the 11th of March 2025 at Southern Suburbs Chess Club

For further information please contact League Organiser (Ian McAteer) at:     email: cawa.gp@outlook.com


2025 Perth Chess League (Haydn Barber Shield) - Rules and Regulations

The Perth Chess League is a four-board format team tournament played over nine rounds.

The format in 2025 will be a four-team First Division and a four-team Second Division. Both divisions will play a nine-round triple round-robin.

Players in the Second Division must have an initial rating (December 2024) below 2000 ACF. There is no limit on the number of players in a team, but no one can play for more than one team in the same division. Players in a First Division Team can only play in the Second Division if they meet the rating rules for the Second Division. Once a player has played one game for a team, they are committed to that team for the rest of the year. In the final two rounds, only players who have played in at least one of the preceding rounds are eligible to play. All players must be CAWA members.

Team rating will be the sum of the four highest rated players. If there is more than one division, team ratings will determine which division a team will be in. There are no limits on ratings within a team. Teams must play in current (on the day of play) ACF rating order, with a 50 point allowance at the discretion of the team captain and the agreement of the League Organizer. In exceptional circumstances (e.g., an unrated player or a young player whose rating has changed quickly) a player may use an allocated rating, subject to the agreement of the League Organizer.

The matches will be played on a weeknight. One round per month, starting in March.

The winner of the Haydn Barber Shield will be determined by Match Points, with Game Points used as the tie-break.

Games will be ACF rated at a classical time control: 75 minutes with a 30 second increment from move 1.

FIDE laws of chess will apply.

Preferred format:

Four team First Division and up to four team Second Division.

First Division will play a nine-round triple round-robin.

Two-team Second Division = four double round robins, for a total of eight rounds.
Three-team Second Division = as for four teams with a BYE in each round.
Four-team Second Division = nine-round triple round-robin.


2025 Perth Chess League Calendar

Round 1 - 11 March 2025 - Southern Suburbs Chess Club

Round 2 - 3 April 2025 - West Coast Chess Club

Round 3 - 6 May 2025 - Southern Suburbs Chess Club

Round 4 - 25 June 2025 - Perth Chess Club

Round 5 - 14 July 2025 - Swan Valley Chess Club

Round 6 - 28 August 2025 - Metropolitan Chess Club

Round 7 - 23 September 2025 - Southern Suburbs Chess Club

Round 8 - TBC

Round 9 - November 2025 - Swan Valley Chess Club


Click here for all available 2025 PCL PGN's


First Division Cross Table after Round 1


 N  Team Name            Rtg   Fed      MP    GP  |   1     2     3     4   
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 1  Southern Suburbs     2221  AUS     1.0   3.0  |   *     -     -    1.0  
 2  Teh's Team           2047  AUS     0.5   2.0  |   -     *    0.5    -   
 3  Perth                2010  AUS     0.5   2.0  |   -    0.5    *     -   
 4  Metro                1879  AUS     0.0   1.0  |  0.0    -     -     *   

Second Division Cross Table after Round 1


 N  Team Name            Rtg   Fed      MP    GP  |   1     2     3     4   
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 1  West Coast            732  AUS     1.0   3.0  |   *     -     -    1.0  
 2  Southern Suburbs     1866  AUS     1.0   2.5  |   -     *    1.0    -   
 3  Swan Valley White    1823  AUS     0.0   1.5  |   -    0.0    *     -   
 4  Swan Valley Black     708  AUS     0.0   1.0  |  0.0    -     -     *   



2025 Perth Chess League - Round 2 Draw
(To be played 3 April at West Coast CC)


                   First Division                      
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 Board   WHITE                    BLACK              
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   1     Metro               -    Perth              
   2     Southern Suburbs    -    Teh's Team         
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                  Second Division                     
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 Board   WHITE                    BLACK              
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   1     West Coast          -    Swan Valley White  
   2     Swan Valley Black   -    Southern Suburbs   
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2025 Perth Chess League - Round 1
(Played 11 March at Southern Suburbs CC)


                                 First Division                
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  1         Southern Suburbs        -      Metro                    3.0 - 1.0
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  [01]  01: Shen,Daniel             -  32: Barry,David              0.5 - 0.5
  [02]  02: Hare,Tim                -  33: Roebuck,Derek J          1.0 - 0.0
  [03]  04: Hardegen,Kathryn        -  35: Wu,Kobe                  1.0 - 0.0
  [04]  05: King,David              -  36: Moseley,Paul             0.5 - 0.5
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  2         Teh's Team              -      Perth                    2.0 - 2.0
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  [05]  11: Teh,Rui Gen             -  21: Rahmani,Noor             1.0 - 0.0
  [06]  13: Teh,Hui Lam             -  22: Gibson,Jacob             1.0 - 0.0
  [07]  14: Huang,Hui               -  25: Elkington,Derek          0.0 - 1.0
  [08]  17: Gong,Leo                -  26: Janceski,Alex            0.0 - 1.0
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                                 Second Division                
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  1         Southern Suburbs        -      Swan Valley White        2.5 - 1.5
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  [09]  31: O'Gorman,Alice          -  01: Fokaite,Gabriele         1.0 - 0.0
  [10]  33: Soutar,Gavin            -  02: Gough,Dylan              0.0 - 1.0
  [11]  34: Gwezere,Cecil           -  03: Massey,Reg               0.5 - 0.5
  [12]  36: Rithauddin,Florentyn    -  05: Howard,Mark              1.0 - 0.0
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  2         Swan Valley Black       -      West Coast               1.0 - 3.0
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  [13]  22: Dilallo,Alby            -  11: Curtis,Calan             0.0 - 1.0
  [14]  23: Enright,Chris           -  13: Sheikh,Suhail            0.0 - 1.0
  [15]  24: Gough,Sebastian         -  14: Ford,Trevor              1.0 - 0.0
  [16]  25: Dowling,Shane           -  15: Zhang,Olivia             0.0 - 1.0
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