2023 Calendar

2 Feb – T01 Summer Rapid (20+5) R1 – R3: A standard rapid tournament to shake off the dust of the holidays!
9 Feb – T01 R4 – 6

16 Feb – T02 Bill Stokie Memorial (60+30, ACF rated) R1: A serious, ACF rated tournament!
23 Feb – T02 R2
2 March – T02 R3
9 March – T02 R4
16 March – T02 R5

23 March – T03 Autumn Rapid (20+5) R1 – R3: A Rapid tournament to take us into the school holidays.
30 March – T04 R4 – R6

6 April – Casual day for Easter

13 April – T04 Autumn Lightning (5+2, round robin): A fun, high spirited competition where everyone will play everyone else.

20 April – T05 Youth vs Experience (10 min): Experienced players play 10 moves in 10 mins then rotate to the next board, while youth remain at the same board the whole time.

27 April – T06 Paul Wendrich Memorial Graded Round Robin (60+30, ACF rated) R1: An ACF rated tournament in honour of former club stalwart Paul Wendrich. The top 6 rated players play in a 5 round round robin, and the remaining players play in a 6 round swiss. 18 May will be a catchup day in case games in the round robin need to be adjourned.
4 May – T06 R2
11 May – T06 R3
18 May – Catchup day (this will be round 4 of the swiss)
25 May – T06 R4
1 June – T06 R5

8 June – T07 Winter Rapid (20+5) R1 – R3: A rapid tournament, suitable for a range of skill levels!
15 June – T07 R4 – R6

22 June – T08 Winter Solstice Lightning (5+2, Round Robin): An all-play-all blitz tournament for those keen for a fight!

29 June – T09 Fischer Random Rapid (20 + 5) R1 – R3: Normal chess, but with a randomized starting position of the pieces on the back rank.
6 July – T15 R4 – R6

13 July – T10 Winter Swiss (60+30, ACF rated) R1: A serious ACF rated tournament; a great opportunity to play competitive chess locally.
20 July – T10 R2
27 July – T10 R3
3 August – T10 R4
10 August – T10 R5
(Ballarat vs Geelong match will be in Ballarat on 13 August!)

17 August – T11 Tandem Chess (20 + 5) R1 – R3: Teams of two play against each other – players take turns making moves for their team.

24 August – T12 Lightning Skittles (5+2): Players start with a number of skittles based on rating. You lose 1 skittle for every loss, and 0.5 skittles for every draw. Last man/woman standing wins!

31 August – T13 Lightining Championship (5+2, Round Robin): Our club’s flagship blitz chess tournament where some of the fastest players in Geelong come to do battle for the perpetual Lightning Trophy.

7 September – T14 Tom Nemaric Rapid Memorial (20 + 5) R1 – R3: A tournament in honour of former Club regular Tom Nemaric.
14 September – T14 R4 – R6

21 September – Lecture: To Be Announced. We will be looking to get a strong player, either local or from elsewhere, to give an instructive lecture and/or simul at the club.

28 September – T15 Variant Chess: King of the hill/3-check/Antichess/Normal Chess

5 October – T16 Geelong Chess Club Championship (90+30, ACF rated, rounds start at 7 pm) R1: The most prestigious tournament in Geelong. Some of the best chess players in the city do battle for the title of Geelong Chess Club Champion.
12 October – T16 R2
19 October – T16 R3
26 October – T16 R4
2 November – Catchup Day
9 November – T16 R5
16 November – T16 R6
23 November – T16 R7


30 November – T17 Geelong Rapid Championship (20+5, ACF Quick Rated, Normal 7 pm Start) R1 – R3: The most serious of the Rapid tournaments, using ACF quick ratings.
7 December – T17 R4 – R6



14 December T18 AGM/prizegiving