This has always been regarded as the major tournament of the club.
In addition to the prize money for winning the A division, the Club Champion is provided with a reasonable monetary contribution if they participate in the Australian Chess Championships (ie towards airfares, accommodation etc).
The Club Championship Tournament is the first major event on the Metro Club calendar in the New Year, commencing early February. The format of this competition is an all-play-all, run in three, four or five divisions depending on participant numbers.
The allocation of players into divisions is usually based on their current ACF ratings. An exception is that divisional winners of the previous year are promoted (invited) to the next higher division.
Initially the time limit was 90 minutes per player, however in recent years, with the introduction of digital clocks, all the divisions have 70 minutes with 40 second increments (Fischer time). All games are forwarded to the ACF for rating purposes.
For 2021 the time control for 'A' division will be 90 minutes with 30 second increments per move with all other divisions having 70 minutes with 30 second increments per move. 'A' division will also be FIDE rated.
2021 Metro Club Championship
Please click on the links below to obtain a copy of the cross tables and playing schedule of each division.
Click here: to obtain the PGN file of all available games in each division. Missing games will be published when available.
The PGN game scores above & cross tables below are believed to be correct, but if you find any errors or corrections and/or updates to be made please let the Web Site Administrator know and they will be corrected asap.
A Division
| Rank |
Name |
FIDE |
ACF |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
Score |
| 1 |
Ihsan Ferozkohi |
2240 |
2414 |
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|
1 |
|
|
1.0/1 |
| 2 |
Mark De Groen |
2144 |
2002 |
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|
|
1 |
1.0/1 |
| 3 |
Craig Kinsman |
1963 |
2127 |
|
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|
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| 4 |
Leon Taylor |
1915 |
2085 |
|
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|
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| 5 |
David Ellis |
1908 |
2028 |
|
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|
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|
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| 6 |
Keegan O'Mahoney |
1876 |
2012 |
|
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|
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| 7 |
Peter Roza |
1805 |
1930 |
|
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|
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| 8 |
Gordon Dunlop |
1762 |
1902 |
0 |
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|
0.0/1 |
| 9 |
Valerio Falasca |
1754 |
2104 |
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|
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| 10 |
Robert Baumgartner |
1748 |
1853 |
|
0 |
|
|
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|
|
|
|
0.0/1 |
B Division
| Rank |
Name |
ACF |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
Score |
| 1 |
Richard Lilly |
1797 |
|
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|
|
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|
|
|
|
= |
0.5/1 |
| 2 |
David Barry |
1787 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
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| 3 |
Tjermin Gunawan |
1758 |
|
|
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|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
1.0/1 |
| 4 |
Derek Roebuck |
1738 |
|
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|
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|
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|
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| 5 |
Alex DeHeer |
1701 |
|
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= |
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|
0.5/1 |
| 6 |
Marcus Simonds |
1695 |
|
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= |
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|
0.5/1 |
| 7 |
Julian Rodriguez |
1670 |
|
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|
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| 8 |
Evan Yeung |
1664 |
|
|
0 |
|
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|
|
0.0/1 |
| 9 |
Sjef de Jong |
1639 |
|
|
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|
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| 10 |
Wallace Sheridan |
1624 |
= |
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|
0.5/1 |
C Division
| Rank |
Name |
ACF |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
Score |
| 1 |
Paul Moseley |
1585 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.0/1 |
| 2 |
Melvyn Lintern |
1573 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.0/1 |
| 3 |
Marco Falasca |
1550p |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 4 |
Kundan Dharmapuri |
1526 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
1.0/1 |
| 5 |
Matt Buggins |
1500p |
|
|
|
0 |
|
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|
|
|
|
0.0/1 |
| 6 |
Dougal McLean |
1491 |
|
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| 7 |
Garry Taylor |
1483 |
|
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|
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| 8 |
Matt Moss |
1450p |
|
|
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|
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|
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|
|
|
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| 9 |
Stevica Milovanovic |
1420 |
|
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| 10 |
Ben Motu |
1374 |
|
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D Division
| Rank |
Name |
ACF |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
Score |
| 1 |
Tony Lofthouse |
1354 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.0/1 |
| 2 |
Matthew Pudovskis |
1339 |
1 |
|
|
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|
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|
|
1.0/1 |
| 3 |
Norbert Muller |
1336 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
1.0/1 |
| 4 |
Lucian Watkins |
1200p |
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
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| 5 |
Lucien Koch |
1168 |
|
|
|
|
|
= |
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|
|
0.5/1 |
| 6 |
Emily Zhang |
1042 |
|
|
|
|
= |
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|
|
0.5/1 |
| 7 |
Daniel O'Brien |
935 |
|
|
0 |
|
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|
|
0.0/1 |
| 8 |
Robert Agnew |
unr |
|
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|
0 |
0.0/1 |
| 9 |
Lisa Lam |
unr |
|
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| 10 |
Geoffrey Sutherland |
unr |
|
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|
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|
1 |
|
|
1.0/1 |
Previous Winners
Click here for a list of previous Club Championship winners.
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