Adelaide University Chess Club

Adelaide University Chess Club We are a club passionate and dedicated towards the great game of chess. https://discord.gg/gtrzHCyANy We welcome any enquires or expressions of interest.

The Adelaide University Chess Club, or UofAChess for short, has been around in its new form since 2009 (and in another, lapsed form for decades), and is host to a fun atmosphere of recreational games of chess and go. Our club is open to players of any ability, although we generally have players ranging from beginners to a moderate level. You do not even need to be an Adelaide Uni student, staff me

mber or affiliated with Adelaide Uni in any way! We have meetings on various weekdays from 12-5pm in the Hub. Our mission for 2016 is to provide an informal and fun atmosphere for people to enjoy chess at the University of Adelaide.

Hi everyone,I'm Charles from the Adelaide University Chess Club. Just have a quick announcement regarding casual chess n...
29/03/2026

Hi everyone,

I'm Charles from the Adelaide University Chess Club. Just have a quick announcement regarding casual chess next week and interclub registrations.

Casual Chess:
Now that graduations have finished, casual chess will be back in the normal location (main walkway of Hub Central) every Monday and Friday afternoon.

We have also begun including Chinese chess (象棋) as part of regular casual chess, hosted by the Australian national Chinese chess champion Ren (Alex) Min! Due to difficulties getting Chinese chess boards in Australia, there is sadly only one board for now. The trial for Chinese chess was a huge success last Friday, with players of all levels coming to learn how to play or challenge the champion.

Interclub Registrations:
Quick reminder that interclub registrations will close Wednesday, 8th March. If you're an experienced competition player or a casual player who wants to take their chess to the next level, I highly recommend playing in a team. Both full team members as well as reserves are highly appreciated.

In this event, teams of 4 will be split into A and B grade divisions, playing 1 round of classical chess each Tuesday night 7:00pm from 21st April to 30th June. Interclub is a pretty chill tournament and definitely a great introduction to the competitive chess scene. It is also an excellent chance to build relationships within a team. If you're eager to join a team as a full time player or reserve, please email me your interest. For more information, send me an email or go to the official interclub page https://sachess.org.au/event/interclub-teams-all-grades-2026/.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17uKgGK7fDUKW3x-tpLXR3Rn4CExXrAbgxAg5f2O8yGw/edit?gid=0 =0

Kind Regards,
Charles Newbold, AUCC

Discord: https://discord.gg/NghFtMufCz
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adelaideunichess
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AdelaideUniversityChessClub/
AUSA Page: https://www.ausaadelaide.com.au/organisation/6283/

Hello everyone, Michael here (Club Champs tournament arbiter).We look forward to seeing you tomorrow for a fun day of ch...
27/02/2026

Hello everyone, Michael here (Club Champs tournament arbiter).

We look forward to seeing you tomorrow for a fun day of chess at the 2026 Adelaide Uni Club Championship! This post has a few notes for tomorrow, so please give the following a read if you intend on playing in the tournament:

1) The weather forecast is looking quite wild, so take care with coming into the city/Chess Centre. At this stage we are still running the event, as we have assessed that the inclement weather should not affect the playing venue. If there are any changes, then we will communicate them to let you know.

2) With a very large number of entries (50+), we are delighted to have a large tournament prize pool. This is supported by generous sponsorships from the Hosworth Foundation, and from Chess Life Academy, who are supporting our 1st Place and Best Junior prizes respectively. Other prizes will include rating bracket prizes (including Best Unrated Player), so there is plenty for players of all levels!

3) This post include a schedule for the day (see attached photo - updated as of 6pm). Please note that those who have not already registered have a strict cut-off time of 12:45pm to enter the tournament. Late entries will be unable to play in Round 1. This schedule is an approximation, and times may be subject to mild variation on the day dependent on any exigencies arising.

4) If you have any questions, please feel free to respond here, or email [email protected], by 9am March 1, and we will endeavour to reply prior to the tournament commencing.

Otherwise, we look forward to seeing you all tomorrow!

Thank you everyone, for attending our first casual chess for the year. Over the 3 hours, we had 45 students swing by and...
25/02/2026

Thank you everyone, for attending our first casual chess for the year. Over the 3 hours, we had 45 students swing by and play some exciting chess

After next Monday's casual chess session, we will host our Annual General Meeting in:

📅 : March 2nd
⏰ : 5.30pm
🏫 : Union House Room 405

Many of the current leaders are stepping down, so the positions that are up for grabs are as follows:

President
Vice-President
Treasurer
Secretary

If you want to join the newly made committee for AUCC for 206, feel free to swing by casual chess, then stick around for our AGM. It'll be great to see you!

With the study year in full swing at Adelaide University, AUCC is so back with Casual Chess today!! We'll be in the Uni ...
23/02/2026

With the study year in full swing at Adelaide University, AUCC is so back with Casual Chess today!! We'll be in the Uni Hub from 3-6 today. We're looking forward to see you :)

Also, we'll be at Clubsland this week on Thursday. Big week of chess, so we hope to see you around

Between O-Week, Clubsland and Semester 1 starting up again for 2026, beginning this week, we feel a little update is in ...
16/02/2026

Between O-Week, Clubsland and Semester 1 starting up again for 2026, beginning this week, we feel a little update is in order for y'all!!

For O-week, we'll have a giant chess set, set up at the Maths Lawns on Wednesday and Thursday. This station will be run by 3 committee members, and is easily findable by our new standing poster :)

For Week 1, we will be activiating our lub in earnest with the first Casual Chess of the year on Monday 23 Feb in the Hub from 3-6pm. We will also have a stall at Clubsland, which you all are welcome to come along to.

For week 2, we have another session of casual chess on the Monday, then the AUCC Club Championships on Sunday 1st March at the Chess Centre, 10 Ranelagh st, Adelaide!!

And finally, for week 3, casual chess again, then the AUCC AGM will take palce immediate afterwards.

We're ramping up again for 2026, and we're looking to see you come along for the ride.

Between O-Week, Clubsland, and Semester 1 starting up again for 2026, beginning this week, we feel a little update is in order for y'all!! will also have a stall at Clubsland, which you are all welcome to come along to..

Hey folks, the AUCC Club Champs is shaping up to be a massive success already. And we are very proud to announce that fo...
13/02/2026

Hey folks, the AUCC Club Champs is shaping up to be a massive success already. And we are very proud to announce that for this event, we will be sponsored by Holey Moley, Twist & Top, The Hosworth Foundation, and Life Academy, with each donating trophies, money to the prize pool and vouchers!!!

This event is open to everyone from beginner to Master, and already, we have club members from Pinoys, , Adelaide Chess Club, and Norwood Chess Club in the playing field, with 28 already pre-registered, we are, with each donating trophies, money to the prize pool, and vouchers!!!me along.

So, if you're learning how the pieces move, or are at the top of your game, and want to play against the best in the state, come along and play some great chess, and fight it out for your name to be etched into history, with the newly minted Hosworth Cup!!

Link to registration is here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jSgGx1BubMXpeMUL1TxC9apMDpWs50-jb-2yIWNUdW4/edit?gid=0 =0

Hey everyone, AUCC here. Nice to see you again😉. After a quiet year last year, we're bouncing back strong with a tournam...
09/02/2026

Hey everyone, AUCC here. Nice to see you again😉. After a quiet year last year, we're bouncing back strong with a tournament!!

For the first time in over a decade, we are very proud to announce that AUCC will be hosting its Club Champs. We're very excited about this event, and you should too. It's looking to be a great event, with trophies, sponsors, and 14 people already pre-registered😁

The venue is the Chess Centre of South Australia (10 Ranelagh st, Adelaide), with the event starting at 1pm. To enter, you pay $25 for 6 round of 15+10, and a chance to play against our best, as well as making history with the Hosworth Cup.

We are excited to see y'all there. If you're avaialble, pre-register through the document here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jSgGx1BubMXpeMUL1TxC9apMDpWs50-jb-2yIWNUdW4/edit?gid=0 =0

See you soon at Club Champs

11/09/2025

Casual chess is on once again! 3-6 at Level 4 of Hub Central - we hope to see you there! 🙂

04/09/2025

Hey all, just a friendly reminder that we are running casual chess Thursday today - 3pm-6pm (ish), Level 4 of Hub Central.

It's been delightful to see so many people each week, so keep coming along! 🙂

And, as ever, bring friends! We can help teach more ways to better enjoy, understand, and improve at the game!

21/08/2025

***Casual Chess Semester 2 Update***

Casual chess is back and will be consistent for the rest of the semester (including today!)

Relatedly, we have two small updates:

Update 1: Casual chess will run every Thursday from 3pm-6pm at Level 4 Hub Central (just below the large tv screen)

Specifically, we will be set-up for casual chess every Thursday from now until Thursday November 6 (SWOTVAC). The one exception is Thursday September 25, as the Hub is being used as part of Graduations.

Update 2: We want you to bring friends/newer players! As part of our set-up this semester, we will have dedicated boards + a dedicated club member from 3pm-5pm to help teach people how to play, as well as teach general strategy. We can cover the very basics (how does the horsie move) up to broader strategy/ideas around making plans (think abilities up to about 1200 by online rating)

So, if you have any friends/know anyone who has been hesitant to come along, then we want to help them become more comfortable and confident in playing chess! We have a friendly approach to getting people to enjoy the game we all love already, and so we hope to see lots of new faces!

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Adelaide, SA
5005

Opening Hours

Monday 3pm - 6pm

Website

https://sachess.org.au/adelaide-university-chess-club/

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