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We are located in the centre of Mudgeeraba, on the Gold Coast. We provide chess coaching for schools and individuals,
we run interschool tournaments throughout Queensland and northern NSW,
and we sell chess products to schools and the general public.

GARDINER CHESS ABN: 48 672 545 930


SCHOOLS' PAGE

 

Schools that have chess lessons with Gardiner Chess will have registration forms available with details of the days, times and cost of lessons. Once you have these details you can easily enrol your child online

here


APS Schools

Check out the new, once a year, seven-round competition for Gold Coast APS schools


 

The Official Interschool Tournaments and other chess events can be found in the
2013 Calendar

 

Chess Coordinators: If you'd like to add the names of students wishing to play in the interschool tournaments, please do so via the schools' portal here or via the excel form here

2013 Interschool Results

as they happen . . .

 


Try these chess puzzles, updated daily, courtesy of Shredder Chess

 

Australian Schools Teams Chess

Queensland Junior Ratings - 2013
Most improved since the last list
1 Amarasinghe, Dinal 169 746
2 Smith, Tristan 109 640
3 Yeung, Jennifer 89 724
4 Kularatna, Mineth 80 796
5 VonPapen, Sascha 79 729
6 Saulov, Anton 76 831
7 Yang, Thomas 71 984
8 Perina, Ryan 69 716
9 Fraser, Daniel 66 769
10 Wang, Jason 64 1262

May Queensland Junior Ratings List

The Ratings System & FAQs

How to import players into Swiss Perfect


Master of the Endgame - Parts A, B, C & D. 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.


 

 

We sell chess products of all descriptions

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


One of our giant chess sets has even reached Nepal - see the story here

 

 


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.

UPCOMING EVENTS

NEW! You can register for all Gardiner Chess tournaments online if you wish by filling out a form here

  • Peninsula Open Sat 8, Sun 9 & Mon 10 June in Rothwell - see details

  • Nudgee College Chess Tournament Monday 10 June see details

  • Gold Coast Open from 21 to 23 June - details here

  • Queensland Junior Championships at Nudgee College from Tues 25 to Friday 28 June - details here

  • Fancy a weekend of chess in Gladstone? July 27 & 28 - details here

RESULTS

  • Junior Masters results and One Day U800 Chess Tournament result

  • A great turnout for the February Nudgee Junior Chess Tournament - results here

  • Results for Gold Coast Tin Cup for players rated under 1750.

WEEKLY EVENTS

  • Kids' chess club -  Every Tuesday on school days from 4.30pm at the Mudgeeraba Foundation Hall.

  • Emmanuel College weekly after school club. This club is run by Jim Kelly - contact jkelly@emmanuel.qld.edu.au 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 Chess club on Tuesdays

PAST EVENTS


 

 

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