Mernda Chess Club

Thankyou to everyone who attended our 7th Mernda Chess Club tournament! We had a tough competition with some very strong players, and plenty of beginners too. Congratulations to our medal winners!

Miguel Embuido, 1st place with 5.5 points
Rommel Laurinaria, 2nd place with 5 points
Dayan Rathnayake, 3rd place with 5 points

There were 4 other players on 5 points, with rankings decided by tie-break score.

Lucas Kwek, U16 1st place with 5 points

Saheli Withanage, U12 1st place with 4 points
Tanay Yalamanchili, U12 2nd place with 4 points
Chenyu Li, U12 3rd place with 4 points

Saven Withanage, U8 1st place with 3.5 points
Senula Athukorala, U8 2nd place with 3 points
Kiana Malawara, U8 3rd place with 1 point

I will add full standings and cross-table in the comments.

All are welcome to attend our Wednesday night casual chess sessions, running every Wednesday 6.30pm to 8.00pm at the Mernda Village Community Center. Use the carpark at the rear (north side), the chess sessions are in the building nearest to the carpark, not the main building on Everton Dr.

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The 2025 Victorian Junior Chess Championships will be running from July 17 - 20 this year, at Bacchus Marsh Grammar School.

This is open to all juniors up to 18 years.

For more details see:

https://vjcc.au/

Thankyou to everyone who participated in the 6th Mernda Chess Club Tournament! We had 33 players with some tough competition and hard-fought games!

The clear winner was Elpidio, undefeated throughout the tournament, with Nethupul coming in second with 6 points. 3rd place was Mohan with 5 points decided by tiebreak, also tieing with some strong younger players Saheli and Aadhya Sai, as well as Patrick.

1st Place: Elpidio Jayagan
2nd Place: Nethupul Athukorala
3rd Place: Mohan Thandhi

1st Place U16: Saheli Withanage
2nd Place U16: Lucas Kwek
3rd Place U16: Deethya Sai Withanage

1st Place U12: Aadhya Sai Katakam
2nd Place U12: Chenyu Li
3rd Place U12: Devansh Chouhan

1st Place U8: Ramanathan Karuppan
2nd Place U8: Saven Withanage
3rd Place U8: Jagger Mulcahy

Congratulations to all medal winners too!

Full standings have been attached as an image.

NO CHESS CLUB today:

Due to Planned works at Mernda Village Community centre Mernda Chess Club will be Cancelled today. The construction will begin in the kinder building and continue to the main hall and foyer. The contractor anticipates the hall upgrade to start on Monday 8 July.

Apologies for any inconvenience.

Happening Tomorrow, Saturday 2nd December

We will be holding our 5th Mernda Chess Club Tournament on Saturday 2nd December! This will be a friendly tournament and is a great way to get some experience. The tournament is not rated.

There will be medals for U16, U12 and U8 age groups, as well as Open.

Date: Saturday 2nd December
Time: 1.30pm to 5:00pm
Location: Mernda Village Community Activity Centre, 70 Mernda Village Dr
Entry fee: $10

To register or for more information, please contact Shweta or Brian, the contact details are in the attached image.

Or send a PM to this page.

You can register at this Google Form: https://forms.gle/tUT6yvpZyCUt8ePW6

Happening Tomorrow, Saturday, 2nd December

We will be holding our 5th Mernda Chess Club Tournament on Saturday 2nd December! This will be a friendly tournament and is a great way to get some experience. The tournament is not rated.

There will be medals for U16, U12 and U8 age groups, as well as Open.

Date: Saturday 2nd December
Time: 1.30pm to 5:00pm
Location: Mernda Village Community Activity Centre, 70 Mernda Village Dr
Entry fee: $10

To register or for more information, please contact Shweta or Brian, the contact details are in the attached image.

Or send a PM to this page.

You can register at this Google Form: https://forms.gle/tUT6yvpZyCUt8ePW6

We will be holding our 5th Mernda Chess Club Tournament on Saturday 2nd December! This will be a friendly tournament and is a great way to get some experience. The tournament is not rated.

There will be medals for U16, U12 and U8 age groups, as well as Open.

Date: Saturday 2nd December
Time: 1.30pm to 5:00pm
Location: Mernda Village Community Activity Centre, 70 Mernda Village Dr
Entry fee: $10

To register or for more information, please contact Shweta or Brian, the contact details are in the attached image.

Or send a PM to this page.

You can register at this Google Form: https://forms.gle/tUT6yvpZyCUt8ePW6

The Western Summary Juniors is a one day, 5 round tournament in Seabrook.

Date: Saturday 11 February 2023
Time: 9 AM - 4:40 PM
Location: Seabrook Community Centre

Full details on Chesschat, registration is on Tornelo:

Western Summer Juniors Championship 2023 Hobsons Bay Chess Club is proud to bring you Western Summer Juniors Championship 2023 Venue: Seabrook Community Centre (Address: 15 Truganina Ave, Seabrook VIC 3028) Date: 11th Feb 2023 (Saturday) Time Control: 20 minutes +5 seconds increment Rounds: 5 Rated- ACF if we can get 30% rated players (and...

Local Melbourne player Rheyansh has been featured in an article in The Age:

‘I’m going to beat Magnus Carlsen’: 8-year-old chess star beats players almost twice his age An eight-year-old playing kids up to twice his age is among 400 competitors in the national junior chess championships.

Registrations have opened for the Oceania Zonal Blitz Tournament! This is a 9 round tournament starting on Thursday 26th January at 9 am. Time control is 3+2 (3 minutes starting, plus 2 seconds per move). Entry fee is $30.

Registration is here:

2023 Oceania Zonal Chess Championships - Registration Registration :