Updated June 14th, 2026
Welcome to all the schools that regularly take part and any new schools keen to participate. There are 3 grades in both the Primary and Secondary team competitions – Primary A, B and C, and Secondary Div 1, Div 2 and Div 3.
Please check the tab Inter-school Results for the current team registrations!
Points to note:
The Primary A Grade is played with clocks with 45 minute per player so the matches can go to 5:30- they will be played at PAC.
In an important change for 2026, it is hoped to have all B grade and C grade teams play 2 games each afternoon with a time limit per player of 15 minutes per game – so a game could last 30 minutes and 2 games one hour. These Primary grades will generally finish around 5:00 pm.
The Secondary Division 1 will be played using a time limit of 1 hour per player with a 10 second increment each move. The games of the players in Div 1 will be rated and so all those students playing in Div 1 will end up with an ACF (Australian Chess Federation Rating) They will play only 1 game a night – 7 in total.
The Division 2 and 3 matches have 2 games each night – with each player having 25 minutes per game – the matches are usually all finished by 8:45pm
Matches on alternate Thursdays – PAC and St Andrew’s
PRIMARY
These Matches take at Prince Alfred College for Primary A, B and C Grades at 4pm and St Andrew’s Primary C
Term 2: April 30, May 14, 28; June 4 for PAC and June 11 for St Andrew’s
Term 3: July 30, Aug 13, 27
SECONDARY – PAC
These will take place at PAC on Thursdays at 7pm for Secondary Division 2/3
Thursday Dates:
Term 2: April 30, May 14, 28; June 4 – please note the change of date!
Term 3: July 30, Aug 13, 27
Matches on alternate Fridays
PRIMARY
These Matches take place at St Peter’s Junior School, Seymour College, Fulham Gardens PS and Walford starting at 4pm
Friday Dates: Term 2: May 1, 15, 29, June 12 Term 3: July 31st, Aug 14, 28
SECONDARY
There are 3 Divisions: Div 1 will be played at the St Peter’s College Junior School Hall and Div 3 will take place at the Chess Centre starting at 7pm.
Division 2 takes place on the alternate Friday evening at the Chess Centre starting at 7pm.
Div 1 & Div 3 Dates:
Term 2: May 1, 15, 29, June 12
Term 3: July 31st, Aug 14, 28
Div 2 Dates: Term 2: May 8, 22, June 5, 19 Term 3: Aug 7, 21, Sept 4
Finals
Primary B and Primary C 11th September 2026 4pm at the Chess Centre
Evelyn Koshnitsky Shield 18th September 2026 4pm at Chess Centre
Girls Playoffs Primary and Secondary 18th September 7:30pm at Chess Centre