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Welcome to the Chess Association of Western Australia's Website

Here you will find all the information you need regarding chess in Western Australia.

The site primarily caters for registered CAWA chess players be they Senior or Junior. But if you are an unregistered player, casual player or even an interested visitor feel free to look around. Perhaps after viewing the CAWA site you may wish to join the CAWA. By becoming a member you are then eligible to participate in ratified tournaments and obtain an official rating. Membership forms are available under the Administration section in the site navigation menu on the left.

You may also consider volunteering to help CAWA in running (or helping out at) events and competitions. Your gift of time would be much appreciated and meaningful to CAWA and participants. To volunteer please use the link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1uOGkfc3ltuIgt1KgF1UDxfDEq5WN4lKsSEbjM-r1ims For more information regarding volunteering for CAWA, please contact: Andrew Hardegen - CAWA President     email: andrewhardegen4@gmail.com

We hope you enjoy the CAWA site and if you have any comments, corrections or questions please forward them to:


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FINESSE CHESS BLITZ TOURNAMENT - 25 JAN 2025 (14/10/24)

Finesse ChessFinesse Chess will be holding an 11 round Blitz Tournament (2 divisions) on the 25th January at John McGrath Hall - 97 Hensman St, South Perth 6151.

Full details are available from the entry form:
2025 Finesse Chess Blitz Entry Form

To enter book here: https://www.trybooking.com/CWECG


For further information please contact the organiser: Dylan Gough     email: chessnut36@gmail.com






OCTOBER 2024 CAWA NEWSLETTER (10/10/24)

CAWA Newsletter The October Edition of the CAWA Newsletter is now available.

Please enjoy!!!!

For those wishing to contribute anything to the next edition please send your submission to:

Mike McGregor - CAWA Newsletter Editor by the 30th of November 2024     email: mike.mcgregor@cawa.org.au








DALKEITH PRIMARY SCHOOL & PRESBYTERIAN LADIES COLLEGE WIN THE SCHOOL CHESS LEAGUE GIRLS FINALS (24/09/24)

SCL Girls Finals The
2024 School Chess League Girls Finals was held at Nedlands Primary School on the 15th of September.

There was a record turnout for this years event.

Congratulations to the two winners: Dalkeith Primary School and Presbyterian Ladies College.

These two schools have earned the right to play in the 2024 Australian Schools Teams Championships to be held in Perth in early December.








2024 SOUTH WEST OPEN RESULTS (23/09/24)

SW Open Margaret River The
2024 South West Open was held on Saturday 14th September & Sunday 15th September at the Margaret River Community Centre.

Congratulations to:

Tim Hare - Winner of the 2024 South West Open with a score of 5.5/6

Michael Molenaar and Allan Miller - joint WA Country Champions

Seamus Maclaughlin - Winner of the 2024 South West Rapid with a perfect score of 6.0/6


Please click here for the Grand Prix Standings after the 2024 South West Open: 2024 Grand Prix Standings





2024 SCHOOL CHESS LEAGUE GIRLS FINALS (10/09/24)

SCL Girls Finals The 2024 School Chess League Girls Finals will be held on Sunday the 15th of September at Nedlands Primary School.

Full details can be found on the information sheet:
2024 SCL Girls Finals Information Sheet

Click on the link to register: https://www.trybooking.com/CVEHO

Entries Close by 6pm Friday - 13th Sept 2024


***UPDATE (10/09)*** We are excited to announce a new development.

One of our student participants, Kobe Wu, who is heavily involved in chess and other community events, has graciously offered to sponsor the entry fee for FIFTEEN girls, for the 2024 SCL Girls finals. Thank you very much Kobe Wu for your initiative on this at such a young age. This is very much aligned to our vision of involving more girls within WA to participate in chess tournaments.

This sponsorship applies for any second participating girls in each family or to any girls residing outside the Perth Metropolitan Area.

This entry free sponsorship would be in the form of a direct refund according to the signup time in Trybooking. As such, even someone who has already signed up, but falls in this category, would be considered. We still require all new entries to sign up for the tournament as usual via Trybooking. At the end of the tournament, we will select the 15 earliest entries that the offer is applicable for, and the entry fee credited back.

Once again, thank you Kobe Wu for this initiative.


Please send all enquiries to: Carvin Kumar/Alan Wolstencroft - Schools Chess League Coordinators     email: chessassociationwa@gmail.com





2024 SOUTH WEST CHESS FESTIVAL (31/08/24)

SW Open Margaret River The
2024 South West Chess Festival (Open & Rapid Tournaments) is coming up soon on Sat 14th Sept & Sun 15th Sept at the Margaret River Community Centre, 33 Tunbridge Street, Margaret River, WA 6285 and if you are considering playing in either event please make your bookings as soon as possible. We need to get an early idea of numbers for preparation purposes.

Information Sheet: 2024 South West Chess Festival information sheet

Book for the South West Open here through Trybooking: https://www.trybooking.com/CRBZB

Book for the South West Rapid here through Trybooking: https://www.trybooking.com/CRXQR


Please send all enquiries regarding these events to: Ian McAteer - CAWA GP Coordinator     email: cawa.gp@outlook.com





OBERTHUR PS & ROSSMOYNE SHS WIN THE SCHOOLS CHESS LEAGUE FINALS (31/08/24)

School Chess League The
Schools Chess League Finals was held at North Woodvale Primary School on 25th August.

Congratulations to the two winners: Oberthur Primary School and Rossmoyne Senior High School.

These two schools have earned the right to play in the Australian Schools Finals to be held in Perth in early December.

The finals tournament report, results & photos are available from the School Chess League section.


Alan Wolstencroft - School Chess League Coordinator     email: chessassociationwa@gmail.com





2024 WILLETTON OPEN RESULTS (21/08/24)

Willetton Open The
2024 Willetton Open was played on the weekend of Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th August at the Canning Bridge Community Space, 63 Kishorn Road, Mount Pleasant WA.

Congratulations to the winner: CM Gyula Plaganyi.


Please click here for the Grand Prix Standings after the 2024 Willetton Open: 2024 Grand Prix Standings







2024 WILLETTON OPEN & 2024 SOUTH WEST CHESS FESTIVAL REMINDER (11/08/24)

Upcoming Chess Events A gentle reminder to all players of the the next upcoming events on the CAWA Calendar.

The 2024 Willetton Open (17 & 18 Aug) and the 2024 South West Chess Festival in Margaret River (14 & 15 Sept)

Details of each is below:

2024 Willetton Open

Sat 17 Aug & Sun 18 Aug at the Canning Bridge Community Space, 63 Kishorn Road, Mount Pleasant WA 6153.

Entry Form: 2024 Willetton Open Entry Form

Book here through Trybooking: https://www.trybooking.com/CTOZN

2024 South West Chess Festival

Sat 14 Sept & Sun 15 Sept at the Margaret River Community Centre, 33 Tunbridge Street, Margaret River, WA 6285.

If you are considering the South West Open or Rapid please make your bookings as soon as possible. We need to get an early idea of numbers for preparation purposes.

Information Sheet:
2024 South West Chess Festival information sheet

Book for the South West Open here through Trybooking: https://www.trybooking.com/CRBZB

Book for the South West Rapid here through Trybooking: https://www.trybooking.com/CRXQR


Please send all enquiries regarding these events to: Ian McAteer - CAWA GP Coordinator     email: cawa.gp@outlook.com





2024 PERTH CHESS LEAGUE UPDATE AFTER ROUND 6 (11/08/24)

Perth Chess League Round 6 of the
Perth Chess League was played on Thursday the 8th of August at Metro Chess Club.

Unfortunately, Perth A couldn't assemble a team and forfeited to the Southern Swindlers. The Perth B team was nonplussed and recorded a hard-fought win over Metro to maintain its lead. Southern Knights prevailed over sister team Southern Fried Cabbages to move into third place.

With four rounds still to go, it's still all to play for.

The next round will be played at SSCC (Leeming Primary School) on Tuesday 24th September.

Ian McAteer - Perth Chess League Coordinator     email: cawa.gp@outlook.com






2024 CAWA NATIONAL ARBITERS' SEMINAR (08/08/24)

National Chess Arbiter From 27th July to 3rd August 2024, a National Arbiters' Seminar was organised in Perth, by the Chess Association of WA, under the auspices of the ACF. The Lecturer was IA Andrew Hardegen (AUS).

Six (6) Arbiters from WA participated in the Seminar and four (4) of them participated in the examination test, held after the end of the lectures.

The following succeeded in the test, and they have fulfilled the ACF's seminar requirement for the award of the NA licence:

Keegan O'Mahoney
Srikuhan Raveendran
Yonal De Vas (does not yet meet minimum age requirement)
Kobe Wu (does not yet meet minimum age requirement)

Congratulations to these four Arbiters.

IA Andrew Hardegen - CAWA President





SCHOOL CHESS LEAGUE FINALS TO BE HELD ON 25TH AUGUST AT NORTH WOODVALE PRIMARY SCHOOL (03/08/24)

WA School Chess League The School Chess League Finals will be held on Sunday, 25th August at North Woodvale Primary School.
Registration will be at or before 10:30am and play will commence at 11am.

The following teams have qualified:-

Primary Schools

Christchurch Grammar School
Dalkeith PS
Nedlands PS
Oberthur PS
Subiaco PS
Wesley College
West Leederville PS
Secondary Schools

Bob Hawke College
Duncraig Senior High School
Melville Senior High School
Perth Modern School
Rossmoyne Senior High School
Shenton College
Trinity College
Wesley College


For the Primary Schools there will be 6 rounds at 15 minutes plus 2 seconds.
For the Secondary Schools there will 7 rounds with the same time limit.
The organiser's reserve the right to alter the schedule subject to the number of teams that take part.

The rules for the Finals are available here:
2024 School Chess League Finals Rules

Some of the key points to note are:-
i) A team should consist of four players plus a reserve (optional).
ii) Each team will play in the order of their ACF rating/playing strength.
iii) The reserve can take the place of any team player but the playing strength order must be preserved.
iv) The winner of the Primary and Secondary school division will qualify to represent Western Australia in the Australian Schools Teams Finals in early December.

Alan Wolstencroft - Schools Chess League Coordinator     email: chessassociationwa@gmail.com





FIDE PRESIDENT ARKADY DVORKOVICH ACKNOWLEDGES PERTH CHESS PLAYERS CONTRIBUTION TO BREAK THE GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS (02/08/24)

FIDE Record Attempt Chess players around the world were involved in attempt to play the most chess games within 24 hours on Saturday, 20th July with the aim of breaking the current World Guinness record.

Considering the short notice we had an enthusiastic response from chess players in Perth. You will find a nice report here:
2024 FIDE Guinness Record Attempt.

Just two days ago we also received a certificate from the FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich acknowledging Perth's contribution.

Thank you to all those who took part. FIDE motto "Gens Una Sumus" (we are one family).

Alan Wolstencroft - The Chess Association of WA Inc     email: chessassociationwa@gmail.com





2024 HARRIS/EDWARDES INTERCLUB TEAMS COMPETITON FINAL RESULTS (22/07/24)

Harris Edwardes Interclub The
2024 Harris/Edwardes Interclub Teams Competition was held on Sunday 21st & Sunday 28th of July at the Blue Gum Community Centre, 33 Moolyeen Road, Brentwood, WA 6153

Congratulations to the Winners of the Harris Trophy - Perth Chess Club


Organizer and Arbiter - Ian McAteer     email: cawa.gp@outlook.com








2024 HARRIS/EDWARDES INTERCLUB TEAMS COMPETITON UPDATE (22/07/24)

Harris Edwardes Interclub The 2024 Harris/Edwardes Interclub Competition is being held on Sunday 21st & Sunday 28th of July at the Blue Gum Community Centre, 33 Moolyeen Road, Brentwood, WA 6153

Interim results after day 1 (21/07) and provisional pairings for day 2 (28/07) are available from the link below:

2024 Harris/Edwardes Interclub Teams Competition


Please send all enquiries to:

Organizer and Arbiter - Ian McAteer     email: cawa.gp@outlook.com    mob: 0403 776 220





2024 WA WOMEN'S CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYOFF (22/07/24)

WA State Trophy The
2024 WA Women's Chess Championship Playoff is now complete, with the last game having been played at Perth Chess Club on 17th July.

Congratulations to: WFM Kathryn Hardegen - 2024 WA Women's Chess Champion.











AN INVITATION TO SMASH THE WORLD GUINNESS RECORD AT NORTH WOODVALE PRIMARY SCHOOL SATURDAY, 20TH JULY (17/07/24)

FIDE Record Attempt Chess players around the world are entering tournaments on Saturday, 20th July in an attempt to play the most chess games within 24 hours and break the current World Guiness record, (click
here for details).

Here in Perth we are doing our part by holding morning and afternoon Blitz tournaments at the North Woodvale Primary School, 4 Chichester Drive, Woodvale WA 6026.

If travelling on the Freeway take the Whitford Avenue turnoff.

The Morning Blitz competition will consist of two tournaments, one for Juniors (below ACF quick rating 500) + unrated players and one Open division.

The tournaments start at 9am and you need to be there at 8:30am to assist the registration process.

The Afternoon Blitz tournaments (same format) will start at 1pm and you need to be there by 12:30 pm to assist the registration process.

All Blitz tournaments will be 11 rounds with 3 minutes plus 2 second increments.

The entry fee is a nominal cash $5 or $10 (it's all about getting as many players as possible on the day - not prizes, although trophies will be organised for the unrated/Junior tournaments).

This is a FIDE tournament so the usual rules apply: Touch and Take, Touch and move and illegal moves, etc., which we will explained to you prior to the commencement of your tournament.

To assist the registration process please Email:     chessassociationwa@gmail.com     with the following details:-

Full name (parents that's the name of your child not your name):

Date of Birth:

Gender:

Tournament Choice: e.g., Morning Blitz Unrated/Junior, etc,.

Depending on the number of entries the organisers reserve the right to alter the rating qualifications for the Junior (<500 rating/unrated tournament) and the number of rounds if we have a lot of entries on the day.

Alan Wolstencroft - The Chess Association of WA Inc     email: chessassociationwa@gmail.com





RESULTS OF THE 2024 STATE JUNIOR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS 8TH TO 11TH JULY (17/07/24)

2024 WA Junior Championships
The 2024 State Junior Chess Championships was held last week from the 8th to the 11th of July at Trinity College and attracted 205 players for 6 different tournaments.

Please click here: 2024 State Junior Chess Championships for a full tournament report.

Congratulations to the following:-

Ashvin Balavignan: Under 18s Champion.

Kobe Wu: Girl's Under 18s Champion.

Anthony Nguyen: Under 16s Champion.

Paula Gruber: Under 16s Girl's Champion

Issa Majidi: Under 14s Champion

Nithuli Liyanage: Under 14s Girl's Champion.

Yuqi (Ricky) Huang: Under 12s Champion.

Senudi De Vas: Under 12s Girl's Champion.

Quang Minh Le: Under 10s Champion

Senudi De Vas: Under 10 Girl's Champion.

Daniel Luong: Under 8 Champion.

Khatangua Nyamdari: Under 8s Girl's Champion.

Ashvin Balavignan : Problem Solving Champion.

Celine Ong : Girl's Problem Solving Champion.

Ashvin Balavignan : Under18s Blitz Champion.

Senudi De Vas : Under 18s Blitz Girl's Champion.


Alan Wolstencroft - Chief Arbiter     email: chessassociationwa@gmail.com





Latest News

Finesse Chess Blitz Tournament - 25 Jan 2025

October 2024 CAWA Newsletter

Dalkeith Primary School & Presbyterian Ladies College
win the School Chess League Girls Finals


2024 South West Open Results

2024 School Chess League Girls Finals

2024 South West Chess Festival

Oberthur PS & Rossmoyne SHS win the School Chess League Finals

2024 Willetton Open Results

2024 Willetton Open & 2024 South West Chess Festival Reminder

2024 Perth Chess League Update After Round 6

2024 CAWA National Arbiters' Seminar

School Chess League Finals to be held on 25th August at
North Woodvale Primary School


FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich Acknowledges Perth Chess Players
Contribution to Break the Guinness Book of Records


2024 Harris/Edwardes Interclub Teams Competition Final Results

2024 State Junior Chess Championships Report

2024 Harris/Edwardes Interclub Teams Competition Update

2024 WA Women's Chess Championship Playoff

An Invitation to Smash the World Guinness Record
at North Woodvale Primary School Saturday 20th July


Results of the 2024 State Junior Chess Championships
8th to 11th July



Upcoming Events

14 Oct
Perth Chess League - Round 8

02 & 03 Nov
Kingsley Open

17 Nov
CAWA Spring Allegro

20 Nov
Perth Chess League - Round 9

07 & 08 Dec (Perth WA)
Australian Schools Teams Championships

10 Dec
Perth Chess League - Round 10

15 Dec
Christmas Blitz

02 to 11 Jan (Melbourne Vic)
2025 Australian Open Chess Championships

13 to 21 Jan (Perth WA)
2025 Australian Junior Chess Championships

25 Jan
2025 Finesse Chess Blitz


Recent Results

Previous tournament results can be found under the
Past Tournaments section in the site navigation menu on the left.

2024 SCL Girls Finals

2024 South West Open

2024 SCL Finals

2024 Willetton Open

2024 FIDE Guinness Record Attempt

2024 Harris/Edwardes Trophy

2024 State Junior Chess Championships

2024 SCL 4th Zonal

2024 WA Blitz Championship

2024 WA Chess Championships