The Melbourne Chess Club is the oldest chess club in the Southern Hemisphere which celebrated its 150th birthday on the 4th of August. The Club celebrated with a small dinner of pizza’s and snacks before the lecture that was...
Melbourne GM Masters 2015 LIVE!
The Melbourne Masters, a 9-round GM single round-robin tournament is taking place from December, in Melbourne, Australia. The venue is non other than the historical Melbourne Chess Club, celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2016, and with the following list of...
Hot chess summer in Australia
Hot chess summer in Australia Wednesday, 17 December 2014 08:51 Traditionally in December and January in Australia we are holding many chess events for the players of different strength. At the moment quite a few foreign players are visiting...
FIDE Trainers’ Seminar in Melbourne, Australia
Australia was the only Continent by today that FIDE hasn’t been able to organize an official FIDE Trainers’ Seminar. But with the sponsorship of the ‘Asian Chess Federation’, FIDE & TRG can now be proud of having contacted seminars...
Tragedy struck chess community in Australia
Top chess player critical, 2 dead in crash Melissa Jenkins, AAPUpdated April 2, 2013, 1:07 pm One of Australia’s top chess players is fighting for his life after a car smash that killed two of his friends.Six members of the...
Chess in Melbourne
In the middle of one of the busiest sidewalks in Melbourne, people take time to stop and play chess, watch chess … Source: StreetsBlog.org Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar