The Ballarat Chess Club has existed on and off for over 150 years and this is an attempt to record as much information as we know before it’s lost to time. Bas van Riel has been actively collecting newspaper articles, searching Trove, and over his time living in Victoria, met many of the ‘recent’ chess personalities of Ballarat. Bas’ research, combined with anecdotal reports from Kevin Perrin, Patrick Cook and others, forms the basis for this ongoing project, edited by Rob Loveband. We would welcome any contributions to this ongoing project.
1880 1982 1984 1985 1988 1992 1993 2025 age article australian chess australian open ballarat chess ballarat star begonia open BVR Canberra times C Fisher Chris Depasquale Club championship cook courier david hacche eddy levi event G.Stern game guy west Hain Heffalump historical games koshnitsky Males Mark Bruere other events Pairing cards perrin perrin era photo report Serper Shane Hill Solomon spielvogel stephen solomon world junior championship