Interschool Chess brings together the best Australian School Teams in each engaging and educational chess event.
Our Tournaments are run by expert coaches and arbiters who inspire young chess enthusiasts to play their best games!

• All Zone qualifying events in 2022 are held online
• Each Zone event is restricted by Geographic Region 
• Contact us if you wish to play in an out-of-region Event. We can make exceptions and allow out-of-region schools to take part.
• The winning team from each Zone qualifies for STATE FINALS (onsite) 
• To win an event, a team must have a minimum of 4 players

A Chess Tournament is a celebration of learning. Every child who is learning chess and is enthusiastic about it, should have the opportunity to play in a competitive tournament setting.

Each Tornelo Interschool tournament is an educational event where students will learn to improve their thinking skills, manage their time and slow down to get the most out of their brains.  It is where children learn to win gracefully and lose with resilience.

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Online or Onsite,
find your next competition and register now!

Can't find what you are looking for? Contact us events@chess.com.au

Check out tournament results, ratings, player profiles and history

TESTIMONIALS

This chess tournament was an awesome opportunity to make new friends and improve our chess.
​- Nicole Tsoi, Auckland International College (NZ)

Very well organized and well run event.
- Bev Curtis (VIC)

Heaps of fun - great supportive Chess Kids staff. Great environment to learn and meet other great chess kids.
- Mellissa (TAS)

The kids goal last year was to get into the State Finals ... and we were thrilled that two teams made it!!! Although they did not do so well in the finals they had a ball and the experience was invaluable!!!
- Maria Damianos, Melton Secondary

Player Pathway

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What is a rating?
A rating is a number which indicates, based on your past performance, how good you are at chess. The higher the number the better you are. The highest rated player in the world is Magnus Carlsen with a rating of 2864.

The highest rating ever was Garry Kasparov reaching 2882 in May 2014.

The best players in the world have ratings as follows:
World Champion 2800
GrandMaster 2500
International Master 2400
National Master  2300

For juniors in Australia (ranked #32nd best chess-playing country in the world at the last Olympiad) the easy way to gauge if you are on track to becoming a Champion is to take your age and multiply by 100.

Eg. Age 9, good target to have a rating in the 900’s

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT RATINGS

INDIVIDUAL CHESS TOURNAMENTS

Want to practice? Join to one of our individual chess tournaments, no team needed:

RJ SHIELD

Novice Tournament for children Aged 7 - 12 
(recommended for rating 400+)

click here

VIC YOUTH

Intermediate/Advanced Aged 7 - 15 
(recommended for rating 800+)

click here

Prepare to Compete

Get your students prepared for Interschool Events with one of our coaching programs:

​Tips and Tricks

Equipment

Do you need chess sets, chess clocks or a giant chess set for the playground?
Our friends at Chess World supply all our equipment at affordable prices.

Discount chess equipment for schools