ChessChat is the "unofficial" ACF bulletin board. There are numerous news items relating to the Melbourne chess club. Malcolm Pyke, (Macavity) regularly posts there.Here are a few.
Here are links to two other Australian chess forums.
Australian Chess Club Forum Where the rebels rally against the evil empire.
The Closet Grandmaster Australia's best chess blog.
The committee for 2008 is:
The 2008 tournament calendar is available on the tournaments page.
The club now has a broadband Internet connection. Members are welcome to use it at the rate of $2 per session. There are currently five computers connected to the Internet.
This was a 9 round robin held in July/August 2005. First place went to FM Jessie Sales, while second place went to IM Peter Froehlich and third place went to IM Guy West. Jessie Sales earned an IM norm.
A number of members participated in the 2005 Australian Open, which was held at Mt. Buller. On the night up it actually snowed. Life member GM Daryl Johansen came =3rd on 8/11, while Domavoy Dragievic, Ascori Pecori and FM Bill Jordan came =5th on 7.5/11.
The Junior club with Nick Speck on Saturday mornings is currently very successful.
This was the first event at the MCC to be broadcast live to the internet. More information on the Masters is at Gary Bekkers site
Also life member Daryl Johansen recently represented Australia in the world championship in Libya, but was eliminated by super-GM Gurevich.
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(03) 9416-3149