Welcome to the Perth Chess Club
North Woodvale Primary School, 4 Chichester Drive (Cnr Trappers Drive), Woodvale WA 6026
Perth Chess Club is a senior club based in the Northern Suburbs. We meet each Wednesday from mid-January to early December. For most of the year, players compete in ACF- and FIDE-rated tournaments that involve playing one game per week at a slow time control.
Information about the club, including a map of its location, is available on the Club Info page.
The FIDE Laws of Chess 2023 are available for viewing by following the link.
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Norbert Muller Cup
(2025-11-09)Games from round three of the Norbert Muller Cup are now available for viewing and download (PGN) on the Tournament page.
Ratings update
(2025-11-02)The Ratings page has been updated with the November FIDE ratings.
Club Allegro Championship
(2025-10-18)The Perth Club Allegro Championship was held over 8 and 15 October, and was won by Gyula Plaganyi on 6.5/8. Equal second were Leon Taylor and Gabriele Fokaite (6.0/8). The cross table is on the Tournament page.
Wolfgang Leonhardt Cup and John Brooke Cup
(2025-10-05)Cross tables are on the Tournament page, along with games for viewing and download (PGN) up to round 5 (the remaining games will be uploaded soon). Winners:
Wolfgang Leonhardt Cup: Michael Selby and Rob Maris (5.5/7)
John Brooke Cup: John Brooke and Colin Walker (6.0/7)
Bernard Anton Shield
(2025-09-17)The first half of the Bernard Anton Shield match between Perth Chess Club and Metro Chess Club was played on 4th June at the Perth Chess Club. From these 36 games played in four rating groups, Perth led 21.5 to 14.5.
The second half of the match was played at Metro Chess Club on 11th September. Here the score was Metro 20 to Perth 16.
The total score over the two matches was therefore close with Perth 37.5 and Metro 34.5.
Details of the scores in each of the rating groups for all matches since 2007 is on the Metro Club website.
Details about Bernard Anton are on this website's Members page.
Ratings update
(2025-09-05)The Ratings page has been updated with the September ACF and FIDE ratings.
Rapid Championship
(2025-08-23)The club Rapid Championship was won by Ashvin Balavignan with a perfect 7/7. The cross table is on the Tournament page.
Fred Maris Cup
(2025-07-18)(Update 2025-08-09: Games from the final round are now on the tournament page.)
Cross tables for the Fred Maris Cup are available on the Tournament page, along with games for viewing and download (PGN). Winners:
A: Gyula Plaganyi (5.5/6)
B: Amila Hapugala (3.5/5)
C: Mark Howard (4.0/4)
D: Jeremy Lowson (5.0/5)
E: Ayun Batahena (5.0/5)
F: Brian Overste & Manfred Young (4.0/5)
Ratings update
(2025-06-04)The Ratings page has been updated with the June ACF and FIDE ratings.
Club Championship
(2025-05-17)(Update 2025-05-23: Games from the final round are now available on the Tournament page.)
The Club Championship has now completed. The Club Champion is Victor Spirin (7.5/9); congratulations to him and and to the U/1700 Reserves Champion, Amila Hapugala (6.0/9).
Games are available for viewing and download (PGN) on the Tournament page, along with the cross table.
Club Blitz Championship
(2025-03-07)Noor Rahmani won the Club Blitz Championship with a score of 6.0/7. The cross table is on the Tournament page.
Ratings update
(2025-03-05)The Ratings page has been updated with the March ACF and FIDE ratings.
Mary Thomson Cup
(2025-02-27)Cross tables for the Mary Thomson Cup are now on the Tournament page. Winners:
A: Jacob Gibson & Daryoush Rafiei (4.0/5)
B: Abhinav Verma (4.0/5)
C: Raf Adel (4.0/5)
D: Joshua Williams (5.0/5)
E: Grant Porteus (4.0/5)
F: Ahmad Dawoud (4.5/5)