September 28th, 2026
Please note these are very popular and it helps if you can book before Monday next week
Also:
The St Peter’s Junior School is undertaking important structural repairs to the North Terrace entrance in the second week of the non term time.
The North Terrace entry gate and carpark will be closed from Tuesday 6 October until Friday 11 October.
If you are coming into School in the second week of the holidays, please use the Trinity Street entrance to park on The Avenues or the Hackney Road entrance and car park.
Thank you for your patience and understanding while the works are completed.
2026 Oct-60 FIDE & 2026 Oct-25 Tournaments – for players Under 21!
SA Under 11/10 and SA Under 9/8/7 Championships
Wednesday 7th October – Friday 9th October 2026
Played at St Peter’s Junior School
The venue will be open from 8.30am on all days to allow parents to drop off youngsters before work. The sessions should all be finished by 4 pm
The players’ age is their age at the start of the tournament
Players who are aged 11 – 21 should play in either the October 60 or October 25 Tournaments.
The SAJCL is offering juniors the choice of 4(!) tournaments these holidays:
The U21 October 60 Tournament is for older juniors – Under 21 – and is played at a time rate of 60 minutes + 30 secs per move and will be FIDE rated (6 rounds – 2 games each day). To play in this event you must already have a FIDE Id or be an Australian citizen.
The U21 October 25 Tournament has shorter games – only 25 minutes each + 10 secs per move (12 games, 4 games each day). Players can choose to play just single days
The Under 11 / Under 10 Championships will be combined and played over 3 days – 25 minutes each + 10 secs per move (12 games, 4 games each day).
The Under 9/8/7 Championships will be played as 3 separate events – a new one each day and the juniors will play 7 games – 15 minutes each on the clock. The overall winners is decided by the overall scores over the 3 events.
Schedule:
U11 & U10 & Oct 25 Tournaments: 4 games daily : 9:30am, 11am, 1pm and 2:15pm;
The October 60 Tournament: 9:30 & 1pm
Lunches will be at 12:30pm and Pizza can be ordered each day for $10
Prizes: 1st in U11, U10 & U9 & U8 – $100, 2nd: $50; 3rd $25.
The Prizes for the October Tournaments will be decided on entries but as always, will be generous.
Entry Fee – $65 which covers all 3 days if you register through the TryBooking link by Sunday 4th October 10pm.:
Entry Link:https://www.trybooking.com/DPQHT
Otherwise You can enter on the day but must do so at 9am. It is $75 to enter and pay on the day for all 3 days. You can enter for 1 day – pay $25 on the day. If you wish to enter for 2 days, such as Wednesday and Friday, simply register for the first and advise the organisers when you arrive.
For more details or to enter by text, please ring Alan Goldsmith on 0401 672 481 or check www.sajuniorchess.org
September 25th, 2026
A chess day just for girls -Wednesday 30th September 2026
We will be holding the SA Girls Under 18, Under 15 and Under 12 Championships as well as an event for Beginners on the day. Some of the best SA women players will be on hand to help and give advice.
Just $20 – including the pizzas.
It will take place at the Chess Centre, 10 Ranelagh St, Adelaide
Schedule: It will start around 9am, have lunch at 12:30pm and finish by 3:30pm
To book: https://www.trybooking.com/DPQJD
Proudly sponsored by the Evelyn Koshnitsky Trust
September 25th, 2026
A big congratulations to the Prince Alfred College Red team on winning Division 1 this season, but they were hard pressed by the Glenunga Teams and St Peter’s was an honourable fourth!
2026 Division 1
Final Standings
Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 , PAC Red 22.5 75.0 105.0 90.0
2 , Glenunga A 20.5 71.0 97.5 76.0
3 , Glenunga B 19 76.5 105.5 71.0
4 , SPSC Blue 18.5 81.5 115.0 73.0
5 , PAC Gold 15.5 56.0 78.5 56.0
6-7 , PAC Silver 13.5 79.0 105.5 58.5
, Glenunga C 13.5 61.0 85.5 55.0
8 , PAC White 13 76.0 105.0 56.0
9 , SPSC White 11 74.0 100.5 51.0
10 , SPSC Gold 9.5 59.5 86.0 42.0
11 , SPSC Green 6.5 70.5 95.0 24.0
12 , Pembroke 4 63.0 90.0 15.5
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And the Division 3 Competition was amazingly close with the winner only decided virtually by the last game. A big congratulations to the Rostrevor Red team, just finishing ahead of the Glenunga team and the Campbelltown Library composite team.
2026 Division 3
Standings
Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 , Rostrevor Red 39.5 339.5 394.0 287.0
2 , Glenunga F 39 342.5 403.0 294.0
3 , Campbelltown Lib Yellow 38.5 347.0 403.0 278.0
4 , Immanuel Senior 35 347.5 403.0 227.0
5 , Glenunga G 34 355.0 418.0 272.0
6 , Glenunga A 30.5 356.5 417.5 251.0
7 , Pembroke Blue 30 327.5 383.0 208.0
8 , St Peter's gold 28 351.5 411.0 218.0
9-10 , SIG Pamplona 27 334.5 390.5 207.5
, CBC 2 27 276.0 326.5 174.0
11 , Immanuel Junior 26.5 273.0 322.5 126.5
12 , SIG Barcelona 26 321.0 376.5 202.5
13-14 , SIG Madrid 25.5 297.0 355.5 193.5
, Rostrevor Blue 25.5 278.5 328.0 165.0
15 , Pembroke Gold 25 277.5 331.5 165.0
16 , SIG Rome 24.5 333.5 389.5 202.0
17 , Glenunga B 24 306.5 361.0 178.5
18-19 , St Peter's Blue 23.5 322.0 377.5 182.5
, SIG La Storta 23.5 305.0 360.0 173.5
20-21 , Glenunga E 21.5 283.5 338.5 169.5
, Rostrevor Green 21.5 283.5 338.0 124.0
22 , SIG Paris 21 307.5 362.5 154.5
23 , St Peter's Green 20.5 296.5 342.5 157.5
24 , St Peter's Pink 16.5 292.0 346.0 130.0
25 , Glenunga J 16 283.5 334.0 116.0
26 , CBC 3 15.5 272.0 327.5 128.0
27-30 , St Peter's White 0 54.0 104.0 0.0
, Glenunga D 0 46.0 46.0 0.0
, Glenunga H 0 45.0 80.0 0.0
, St Peter's Purple 0 15.5 56.5 0.0
Cross Table
No Name Feder Rtg Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1. , Rostrevor Red 39.5 15:3.0 17:2.0 23:2.0 26:4.0 7:2.0 4:3.0 16:2.0 11:3.0 21:4.0 29:2.0 19:4.0 22:3.0 28:2.5 20:3.0 2. , Rostrevor Green 21.5 16:0.0 11:0.0 27:2.0 28:1.0 25:0.0 26:2.0 30:.5 13:3.0 23:2.0 3:2.0 9:3.0 15:2.0 8:2.0 22:2.0 3. , Rostrevor Blue 25.5 17:.5 15:2.0 8:1.0 21:1.0 24:1.0 20:2.0 5:3.0 12:3.0 27:1.0 2:2.0 25:1.0 26:3.0 23:2.0 13:3.0 4. , Campbelltown Lib Yellow 38.5 11:2.0 16:2.0 22:4.0 9:4.0 17:2.0 1:1.0 29:3.0 21:3.0 28:3.0 24:3.0 7:1.5 5:3.0 20:3.0 27:4.0 5. , St Peter's Blue 23.5 19:1.0 21:3.0 15:1.5 23:1.0 29:1.0 12:2.0 3:1.0 27:3.0 9:3.0 8:3.0 17:1.0 4:1.0 24:1.5 16:.5 6. , St Peter's White 0.0 20:0.0 28:0.0 7:0.0 18:0.0 : : : : : : : : : : 7. , St Peter's gold 28.0 21:1.0 19:1.0 6:4.0 12:3.0 1:2.0 8:3.0 17:1.5 29:0.0 25:3.0 20:3.0 4:2.5 11:2.0 16:0.0 24:2.0 8. , St Peter's Green 20.5 22:1.0 20:1.0 3:3.0 30:3.0 19:2.0 7:1.0 24:1.0 28:0.0 12:0.0 5:0.0 13:3.0 23:2.5 2:2.0 25:1.0 9. , St Peter's Pink 16.5 23:1.0 25:2.0 21:2.0 4:0.0 22:2.5 29:0.0 13:2.0 26:2.0 5:0.0 30:0.0 2:1.0 27:1.0 19:1.0 15:2.0 10. , St Peter's Purple 0.0 24:0.0 26:0.0 26: : : : : : : : : : : : 11. , Glenunga A 30.5 4:2.0 2:4.0 19:2.0 20:4.0 16:2.0 17:2.0 21:3.0 1:1.0 24:3.5 28:0.0 29:0.0 7:2.0 27:2.0 12:3.0 12. , Glenunga B 24.0 26:1.5 22:1.0 24:2.0 7:1.0 28:2.0 5:2.0 27:2.0 3:1.0 8:4.0 15:2.5 20:1.0 16:1.0 21:2.0 11:1.0 13. , Glenunga J 16.0 27:0.0 14:0.0 28:1.0 29:1.0 30:4.0 25:1.0 9:1.0 2:1.0 15:2.0 26:2.0 8:1.0 20:0.0 22:1.0 3:1.0 14. , Glenunga D 0.0 28:0.0 13:0.0 : : : : : : : : : : : : 15. , Glenunga E 21.5 1:1.0 3:2.0 5:2.5 24:2.0 20:2.0 21:1.0 25:1.5 19:1.0 13:1.0 12:1.5 26:2.0 2:2.0 30:0.0 9:2.0 16. , Glenunga F 39.0 2:4.0 4:2.0 20:3.0 19:4.0 11:2.0 23:3.0 1:2.0 17:2.5 29:2.0 21:3.0 28:1.0 12:3.0 7:4.0 5:3.5 17. , Glenunga G 34.0 3:3.5 1:2.0 30:3.0 22:3.0 4:2.0 11:2.0 7:2.5 16:1.5 19:3.0 25:4.0 5:3.0 28:2.0 29:1.0 21:1.5 18. , Glenunga H 0.0 25:0.0 27:0.0 : 6:0.0 : : : : : : : : : : 19. , SIG Rome 24.5 5:3.0 7:3.0 11:2.0 16:0.0 8:2.0 24:2.0 20:1.5 15:3.0 17:1.0 22:2.0 1:0.0 29:1.0 9:3.0 30:1.0 20. , SIG Barcelona 26.0 6:3.0 8:3.0 16:1.0 11:0.0 15:2.0 3:2.0 19:2.5 24:1.5 22:2.0 7:1.0 12:3.0 13:3.0 4:1.0 1:1.0 21. , SIG Pamplona 27.0 7:2.0 5:1.0 9:2.0 3:3.0 23:4.0 15:3.0 11:1.0 4:1.0 1:0.0 16:1.0 22:2.5 24:2.0 12:2.0 17:2.5 22. , SIG La Storta 23.5 8:2.0 12:2.0 4:0.0 17:1.0 9:1.5 28:1.0 26:4.0 30:2.5 20:2.0 19:2.0 21:1.5 1:1.0 13:1.0 2:2.0 23. , SIG Paris 21.0 9:3.0 24:1.0 1:2.0 5:3.0 21:0.0 16:1.0 28:.5 25:0.0 2:2.0 27:1.0 30:0.0 8:1.5 3:2.0 26:4.0 24. , SIG Madrid 25.5 10:2.0 23:1.0 12:2.0 15:2.0 3:3.0 19:2.0 8:2.0 20:2.5 11:.5 4:1.0 27:1.0 21:2.0 5:2.5 7:2.0 25. , CBC 2 27.0 18:0.0 9:0.0 29:1.0 27:2.0 2:4.0 13:3.0 15:2.5 23:4.0 7:0.0 17:0.0 3:3.0 30:1.0 26:3.5 8:3.0 26. , CBC 3 15.5 12:1.5 10:3.0 10:0.0 1:0.0 27:1.0 2:2.0 22:0.0 9:1.0 30:2.5 13:2.0 15:1.0 3:1.0 25:.5 23:0.0 27. , Pembroke Gold 25.0 13:0.0 18:0.0 2:2.0 25:2.0 26:2.0 30:2.0 12:2.0 5:1.0 3:3.0 23:3.0 24:3.0 9:3.0 11:2.0 4:0.0 28. , Pembroke Blue 30.0 14:0.0 6:0.0 13:2.0 2:3.0 12:2.0 22:3.0 23:3.5 8:4.0 4:1.0 11:4.0 16:3.0 17:2.0 1:1.5 29:1.0 29. , Immanuel Senior 35.0 : : 25:3.0 13:3.0 5:3.0 9:4.0 4:1.0 7:4.0 16:2.0 1:2.0 11:4.0 19:3.0 17:3.0 28:3.0 30. , Immanuel Junior 26.5 : : 17:1.0 8:1.0 13:0.0 27:0.0 2:3.5 22:1.5 26:1.5 9:4.0 23:4.0 25:3.0 15:4.0 19:3.0