All Welcome!
Thursday evenings at the BMI
All Welcome!
Thursday evenings at the BMI
| Charles Fisher A Grade — Pairing Round 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Board | White | Result | Black |
| 1 | Van Riel, Bas | ... | Jyani, Vipin |
| 2 | Stewart, Scott | ... | Song, Sam |
| 3 | Cook, Patrick | ... | Smith, Declan |
| 4 | Marko, Paja | ... | Jacobs, Rodney M |
| Charles Fisher B Grade — Pairing Round 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Board | White | Result | Black |
| 1 | Biju, Alberto | ... | Guha, Shanaya |
| 2 | Barnett, Jasan | ... | Wang, Terrance |
| 3 | Thomson, Kynan | ... | Weerakkody, Anirudh |
| 4 | Moon, Patrick | ... | Wang, Ricky |
Minsadi, our new Women's Champion, Methuja, the Reserves winner, and Morgan, the C-Grade winner, receiving their medals from Peter, the Club President.
The first ever Charles Fisher Tournament began on Thursday night. Round‑robin pairings featuring, more or less, the top sixteen players in the club make things exciting in both Fisher A and Fisher B. The A Grade is of course led by Club Champion CM Declan Smith, who is still yet to lose a game this year. That raises the question: is this all just a race for second place? Although, as always, anything can happen on the sixty‑four squares.
Round 1 will commence on Thursday 6th, with the two Round Robins and the open Swiss being the format for the new tournament. Round Robin pairings can be seen on the Fisher Tournament page for the whole 7 rounds.
4/8/26 -The TD has made changes to both the A and B Grade pairings -please check your pairing below
| Charles Fisher A Grade — Pairing Round 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Board | White | Result | Black |
| 1 | Marko, Paja | 0-1 | Van Riel, Bas |
| 2 | Jacobs, Rodney M | adj | Cook, Patrick |
| 3 | Smith, Declan | adj | Stewart, Scott |
| 4 | Song, Sam | 1-0 | Jyani, Vipin |
| Charles Fisher B Grade — Pairing Round 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Board | White | Result | Black |
| 1 | Moon, Patrick | ½-½ | Biju, Alberto |
| 2 | Wang, Ricky | 0-1 | Thomson, Kynan |
| 3 | Weerakkody, Anirudh | adj | Barnett, Jasan |
| 4 | Wang, Terrance | 1-0 | Guha, Shanaya |
For info re coaching, junior tournaments, study resources etc., visit the Ballarat Junior Chess Club pages.
There are some chess sets for use at the following cafes... just ask!
Fergusson Plarre next to Woolies, Beechworth Bakery near the Court House
Chess is also played at Woowookarung lookout, but you'll need to take your own set!
To all members and chess players
The Humffray Room at the BMI is now in use for all club activities. Enter the foyer, walk up the stairs or take the lift to the third level. Remember to turn your phone to silent!
From April 1991 until March 1993, Bas wrote a fortnightly chess column for the Ballarat Courier. Read them here
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