COMING UP OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS!

• Nudgee Junior Chess Tournament on 3 June - details here.

• Gold Coast Open - Open division from 22 to 24 June, U1600 and U1000 from 23 to 24 June.

• Queensland Junior Championships - U18, U16 & U14 from 26 to 29 June; U12 from 28 to 29 June; U10 on 27 June and U8 on 26 June. See details below of a training week featuring GM Ian Rogers. This is specifically for keen players rated over 1000.

 RESULTS

• The Gold Coast Rapid Championships results here

• Gold Coast Juniors - results, report & photos  here

• The Gold Coast Active Championships results here

• The Nudgee Junior Chess Tournament results here

• Doeberl Cup results for Queenslanders here

• Junior Masters Term 1 and the One Day Junior Chess Challenge Results here

• Gold Coast Tin Cup on 11 & 12 February 2012. Results and photos here.

WEEKLY EVENTS

• Quads for kids chess club -  Every Tuesday on school days from 4.30pm at the Mudgeeraba Foundation Hall. Results and photos from 2011 here.

• Emmanuel College weekly after school club - This club is run by Jim Kelly with the assistance of Gardiner Chess coaches. It is open to students of all schools. It is held on Wednesdays from 3.45-5.45pm in the year 7 building at Emmanuel College. This club is an additional opportunity to the weekly Gardiner Quads Chess club on Tuesdays

NEWS

• Master of the Endgame - Parts A & B. Kerry Corker has kindly made his highly successful Master of the Endgame Course available to all-comers. If you want your rating to increase, it is worth your while to work your way through the course.

• Australian Junior Championships 2013
  The Chess Association of Queensland has asked Gardiner Chess to organise and run the 2013 Australian Junior Championships. This will be held in the Sports Hall of Bond University, from Saturday 19th January to Sunday 27th January. Website coming soon!
   
  This tournament is a 'not for profit' event. We are seeking sponsors. We may have need for some volunteer assistance.

STRONG JUNIORS rated over 1000 take note

Gardiner Chess will be putting on a week-long junior training squad in the last week of term two 18-22 June for players with a QJ or ACF rating of at least 1,000. Grandmaster Ian Rogers will be staying with us for this week, and he is widely regarded as Australia's top chess trainer. He is also heavily involved in the Australian junior selection process. As this is a school week, we are not sure how many of the top chess students will be able to attend, so we are asking for registrations of interest. Please register here immediately if you are interested. The week's fee will be $130 to cover coaching costs - this is a not-for-profit event. The week is immediately followed by the Gold Coast Open and the Queensland Junior Championships.

PAST EVENTS

• Check on our archive page for previously posted items.

We sell giant chess and checkers sets at excellent prices
 - click here for details

There are some countries that make chess a compulsory subject in schools - here is an interesting article from the BBC giving the pros and cons.

RATINGS INFORMATION 

The 10 most improved 
Queensland Juniors 
in the May 2012 list

May 2012 QJR List

Queensland Junior Chess Ratings

The Ratings System & FAQs

How to import players into Swiss Perfect

Are you worried about losing your brain power as you age? If so, play chess!

check out this recent article

[courtesy Gladstone Observer]