November 30 & december 1

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In 2020, due to covid-19, all chess events
are going to be held online

To run our Online Chess Tournaments with safety and maximum arbiter-player interaction, we use Tornelo. 

Tornelo offers parents and schools peace of mind when it comes to Online Safety for young Chess Players! 

Each session is fully supervised and controlled by a real arbiter, just as in face to face tournaments. The environment provides the opportunity for students to speak with like-minded peers while being fully supervised, enabling them to have fun and enjoy the experience.

It's safe, fully controlled and supervised!

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Find your next competition and register online!

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

Check out tournament results.

interschool stages

Interschool zone events

School Teams start their journey by participating in a Zone Event

• Zone events are nominally named for a Geographic Location - that way you're more likely to bump into people you know (or avoid them!) 
• However, Any school may play in any Zone Event
• The winning team from each event Qualifies for their STATE FINALS

Find out more

STATE FINALS

THERE IS STILL TIME TO QUALIFY

ONLINE IN 2020
from oct 19 - 30

VIC
Oct 19-23

TAS
​Oct 26

NSW / ACT
​Oct 27

WA
Oct 28

SA / NT
Oct 29

QLD
Oct 30

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National Finals

Bringing together the best school chess teams from around Australia and New Zealand!

ONLINE FESTIVAL OF CHESS
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SAVE THE DATE
Sunday, November 29 - Tuesday, December 1, 2020

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Honour Boards

Victorian Champions - since 2003
Tasmanian Champions - since 2004
Western Australia Champions - since 2006
South Australia Champions - since 2004

Prepare to Compete

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

​Tips and Tricks

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

Chess Player Pathway
File Size:	535 kb
File Type:	pdf

Download File

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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 2835.

The highest rating ever was Garry Kasparov reaching 2849 in July 2000.

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

Resources

Download Competition Rules

Download Tips and Tricks

Download Permission Template

INDIVIDUAL CHESS TOURNAMENTS

Can't get enough? Join to one of our individual chess tournaments, no team needed:

RJ SHIELD

Intermediate Aged 7 - 12 
(recommended for rating 400+)

click here

VIC YOUTH

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

click here

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