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:
***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
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.
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
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.
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
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
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):
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
Finesse 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.
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A gentle reminder to all players of the the next upcoming events on the CAWA Calendar.
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).
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.
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