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2025 Tuggeranong Masters & Challengers: Entries Close Saturday 30th of August

Entries for the 2025 Tuggeranong Challengers and the 2025 Tuggeranong Challengers round-robin tournaments are now open.
The Tuggeranong Masters and the Tuggeranong Challengers are two concurrent 10 player, 9 round single round-robins, starting on Monday the 8th of September. Both tournaments will be FIDE and ACF rated, with a time-control of 60 minutes plus a 30 second increment per move. The schedule for the tournaments are as follows:

8 Septemer – Round 1
15 September – Round 2
22 September – Round 3
29 September – Round 4
6 October – Postponed games
13 October – Round 5
20 October – Round 6
27 October – Round 7
3 November – Round 8
10 November – Postponed games
17 November – Round 9

The Tuggeranong Masters is open to:

The Tuggeranong Challengers is open to:

If any above mentioned qualifier declines their place in either tournament, their place will be filled by the next highest rated entrant.

To register your entry, email Chief Organiser/Arbiter Tim Pearce at timothydrpearce@gmail.com by Saturday the 30th of August. The fields for the two tournaments will be announced on the 1st of September and the drawing of lots will take place that evening prior to the 2025 Karl Galli Cup.

Players wishing to enter either the Masters or Challengers must understand that in entering the tournament they are expected to play every round of the tournament. This means that every entrant should do their utmost to be available to play their games on the scheduled date for each round. However it also means that as sometimes absences cannot be avoided (illness etc.), players must be amenable to rescheduling a game if necessary. To that end, two weeks in the schedule are set aside for postponed games, and failing that, games can be rescheduled with the agreement of both players and the chief arbiter to another time and place that suits all parties.

All players in the Masters and Challengers must be members of the Tuggeranong Chess Club for 2025. However membership can be arranged at the club in the first week of the tournament- players who are not currently members or have not previously played at the club are most welcome to enter. Membership for 2025 is $25, or $15 for junior players.

The 2025 Tuggeranong Open will be played concurrently to the two round-robins. This will be a 9 round open Swiss tournament that will follow the same schedule as the Masters and Challengers. It will have the same time-control (60 minutes + 30 second increment), and will similarly be both FIDE and ACF rated. This tournament is open to all players not playing in either the Masters or Challengers, and players are not strictly required to register their entries in advance, nor is there a requirement to play every round- players can take up to two half point byes as is usual in Swiss tournaments at the club.

The winner of the 2025 Tuggeranong Open will secure a place in the 2026 Tuggeranong Challengers (in the interest of fairness, should the winner of the Open be someone who could have qualified to the Masters or Challengers by rating, then a qualification place in the 2026 Challengers will also be given to the highest place player in the Open who could not have done so), just as the winner of both the Masters and Challengers will secure a place in the 2026 Masters.

To enter, email Tim Pearce at timothydrpearce@gmail.com. Entries close Saturday 30th of August.

Tuggeranong Chess Club Resumes for 2025 with the New Years’ Blitz on Monday the 13th of January. All are welcome. A full schedule of events for the year can be found on the Calendar page.

Congratulations to all tournament winners in 2024:

2024 Club Championship:

  1. Tim Pearce 8.5/11
  2. Matt Radisich 8/11
  3. =Adrian de Noskowski, Milan Grcic, Max Albert, David Jaksa 7/11

2024 New Years’ Blitz

  1. Jonah Gear 8.5/9
  2. Wais Sidiqi 8/9
  3. Milan Grcic 7/9

2024 Woden Cup

  1. Hui Li 8/9
  2. Wais Sidiqi 6.5/9
  3. =Brian Butler, David Jaksa 6/9

2024 Hetherington Memorial

  1. =Brian Butler, Wais Sidiqi 5.5/7
  2. Milan Grcic 5/7

2024 Winter Rapids

  1. Wais Sidiqi 7.5/9
  2. Milan Grcic 6.5/9
  3. =Harry Johnson, Matt Radisich, Brian Butler 6/9

2024 Karl Galli Cup

  1. =Harry Johnson, Masaki Horikawa 7.5/9
  2. Dev Raichura 6/9

2024 Tuggeranong Masters

  1. Brian Butler 6/9
  2. =Bill Sargent, Victor Braguine, David Jaksa, Wais Sidiqi, Harry Johnson 5.5/9

2024 Tuggeranong Challengers

  1. Leiming Yu 7/9
  2. Lachlan Smart 6.5/9
  3. Will Knight 6/9

2024 Tuggeranong Open

  1. James Minogue 9/9
  2. Milan Grcic 7/9
  3. Roy Teymant 6.5/9

2024 Rapid Championship

  1. Max Albert 9/9
  2. Harry Johnson 8/9
  3. Milan Grcic 7/9

2024 Christmas Blitz

  1. =Harry Johnson, Jonah Gear 7/9
  2. Wais Sidiqi 6.5

When and Where

The Tuggeranong Chess Club meets once a week at Vikings Club Erindale, 6 Ricardo Street, Wanniassa, ACT 2903 at 7pm on Monday nights. Check the club calendar if unsure of the night.

If you are interested in playing or finding out more about the club, just turn up on the night or you can contact us first. 

Parking

Parking is freely available at Vikings Erindale.

Players

The club welcomes players of all ages and all strengths. Advice is freely given to beginners and those unfamiliar with club and tournament play.

Equipment

The club provides all equipment. Players should bring a pen to record moves in longer time-control events.

Tournaments

The Club is affiliated with the ACT Chess Association (ACTCA) and welcomes both serious and social players.

Club tournaments are run continuously during the year – see the calendar for details. Most of the club’s tournaments use a long time control of 60 minutes plus 30 seconds per move for each player. Players are welcome to join tournaments at any time.

Ratings

All club tournaments are rated as part of the Australian Chess Federation’s rating system. This means that after playing one or two tournaments, new players will receive a rating which is an indicator of their playing strength, much in the same way that a golfer’s handicap indicates their golfing strength. Ratings are revised every three months (aligned with the seasons) based on tournament results.

Fees

The current annual fee is $25 ($15 juniors) which covers full year membership and includes all tournament fees. Exceptionally, new members may pay $10 for temporary membership to play in individual tournaments, if they would like to see how they enjoy playing before committing themselves to the full annual fee. However, the full year membership fee must be paid by all players competing in the Club Championship.

Fees cover equipment, affiliation fees, rating fees, trophies, prizes and administration costs.

Juniors

Players under the age of 18 must be accompanied to and from the chess playing area by a parent or guardian. 

Social

Tuggeranong Chess Club players join and make use of the facilities of the Vikings Club. Players can have a meal before play, tea/coffee and a quiet drink after the game if they wish.