Updated January 25th, 2023
Tournaments & School Matches 2023
Please find below the tentative dates for this year’s junior chess events – these could all change depending on whatever happens with Covid and the World.
The Annual General Meeting of the SAJCL will take place on 2nd March 2023 at the Chess Centre, 10 Ranelagh St Adelaide everyone welcome – we have a big year planned!
A player’s age will be his/her age at the start of the tournament, not at the the first of January. This is the policy of the NSW Junior League and for most juniors it will make sense. Players wishing to play in National events just need to bear in mind that those events use the age you are at the first of January.
The tournaments are either run by the SA Junior Chess League or the SA Chess Association Inc.
Please check the following websites before the event and then use the link on the website to register:
The bookings for all the events will be through the TryBooking system and that way we can notify the participants of any changes. However, players and participants will generally still be accepted if they turn up on the day of the event.
The Tournaments are held on the last Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of the second week of the holidays.
The Girls Only Tournaments are generally held on the Tuesdays of the second week of each term break with the tournament in July being considered the State Girls titles. The Girls Only Day in April will be on Monday 24th April since the Tuesday is Anzac Day.
Junior Tournaments:
Girls only 24th April; City of Adelaide Junior for Players aged 6 – 20 (ie Under 21) 26- 28th April
State Girls Day & Championship only 18th July; State U18-U12 Championships & July Junior 19th-21st July
Girls only 10th October; State U11-U7 Championships & October Junior 11-13th October
Other Events:
Inter-school team matches will start on Thursday 4th May for Primary A Grade and some of the other Primary venues while most matches, including the Secondary will be on Friday 5th May – and they will be played fortnightly until mid-Term 3.
Please check the following dates on the sachets.org.au website – they may change!
SA State Championships & Candidates for adults and advanced students 31st January – 28th March
The West Torrens Chess Classic and Junior Tournaments 18th March
Inter-club matches (adults & juniors) 25th April – 11 rounds
City of Adelaide Championship 25th July – 19th September
Pennant Interclub Matches 26th September – 11 rounds
And for serious players there are many more events, like the Begonia Open in Ballarat, the Doeberl Cup in Canberra, the Checkmate Tournament and the Hosworth Labour Day weekender in Adelaide.
Updated December 20th, 2022
The Matches for Primary A Grade will be at PAC on the consecutive Thursdays in Terms 2 and 3 – please check the dates:
4/5/23
18/5/23
1/6/23
15/6/23
3/8/23
17/8/23
31/8/23
Updated November 17th, 2022
Come and play in the 2023 Summer Tournaments on Friday 13th January 2023
Three Allegros – 15 minutes on the clock per player – starts at 9:30am and finished at 3:30pm
Under 18
Under 12
Under 10
Costs $20 and if you would like pizza for Lunch at 12:15pm it costs another $5
Lots of prizes and fun!
The tournaments will be held at the Chess Centre but will NOT take place if the forecast temperature is greater than 39 degrees!