This has always been regarded as the major tournament of the club and is the first major event on the Metro Club calendar in the New Year.
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 format of this competition is 10 player round robins, run in three, four or five divisions but depending on participant numbers, a Swiss may be held in the lower divisions.
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 30 second increments (Fischer time). All games are forwarded to the ACF for rating purposes with the 'A' & 'B' divisions also being FIDE rated.
The allocation of players into FIDE-rated divisions is determined by the first seven players by FIDE rating in a 10-player division, and remaining players by ACF. For non FIDE-rated divisions ACF is used.
Promotion into the higher division
As most spots in a division are filled by rating, the winner of the next-lowest division from the previous year, if not already qualified by rating, is invited to play up a division. If there were more than one winner, tiebreaks for promotion would be, in order:
From a round-robin division: Direct encounter, Sonneborn-Berger, most wins, coin flip.
From a Swiss division: Buchholz-cut1, Buchholz total, direct encounter, most wins, coin flip.
2026 Metro Club Championship
For this year's Club Championship, the A & B divisions (FIDE & ACF rated) are 10 player round robins and the C & D divisions (ACF rated) are 12 player round robins. The time control for each division is set at 70 mins + 30 sec increment per move.
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Please click on the links below to obtain a copy of the cross tables and playing schedule of A, B, C & D divisions.
The PGN file of all available games is available here: 2026 Club Championship PGN's
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The PGN file above and cross tables below are believed to be correct, but if you find any errors or corrections and/or updates to be made please contact the Web Site Administrator Mike McGregor at: metrochessclub@hotmail.com
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A Division
| Rank |
Name |
FIDE |
ACF |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
Score |
| 1 |
Andras Szijarto |
2066 |
2105 |
|
0 |
= |
1 |
= |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
= |
5.5 |
| 2 |
Iker Hernandez Mendez |
1960 |
2198 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
= |
1 |
4.5 |
| 3 |
Michael Kueh |
1943 |
2055 |
= |
0 |
|
|
1 |
= |
= |
= |
1 |
= |
4.5 |
| 4 |
Kevin Shah Mansouri |
1912 |
2023 |
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
= |
|
|
|
0.5 |
| 5 |
Peter Roza |
1895 |
2035 |
= |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
0 |
= |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3.0 |
| 6 |
Keegan O'Mahoney |
1893 |
2027 |
0 |
1 |
= |
|
1 |
|
= |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6.0 |
| 7 |
Yonal De Vas |
1885 |
1913 |
0 |
1 |
= |
= |
= |
= |
|
= |
0 |
= |
3.5 |
| 8 |
Craig Kinsman |
1876 |
2001 |
0 |
1 |
= |
|
0 |
0 |
= |
|
= |
1 |
3.5 |
| 9 |
David Ellis |
1842 |
1950 |
0 |
= |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
= |
|
1 |
4.0 |
| 10 |
Robert Baumgartner |
1813 |
1928 |
= |
0 |
= |
|
0 |
0 |
= |
0 |
0 |
|
1.5 |
Note: Kevin Shah Mansouri withdrew.
As Kevin has played less than 50% of his games, scores against Kevin will not count and the games played rated.
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B Division
| Rank |
Name |
FIDE |
ACF |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
Score |
| 1 |
Yuqi (Ricky) Huang |
1879 |
1850 |
|
0 |
1 |
= |
= |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
5.0 |
| 2 |
Issa Majidi |
1840 |
1889 |
1 |
|
= |
1 |
1 |
1 |
= |
1 |
0f |
1 |
7.0 |
| 3 |
David Barry |
1799 |
1885 |
0 |
= |
|
1 |
= |
1 |
0 |
= |
1 |
1 |
5.5 |
| 4 |
Hui Huang |
1793 |
1756 |
= |
0 |
0 |
|
1f |
= |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4.0 |
| 5 |
Derek Roebuck |
1741 |
1772 |
= |
0 |
= |
0f |
|
= |
= |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5.0 |
| 6 |
Gordon Dunlop |
1729 |
1810 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
= |
= |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5.0 |
| 7 |
Kingsley Ketor |
1716 |
1653 |
0 |
= |
1 |
0 |
= |
0 |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
4.0 |
| 8 |
James Gregory |
|
1800p |
1 |
0 |
= |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
5.5 |
| 9 |
Jayson Gamil |
|
1750p |
0 |
1f |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
3.0 |
| 10 |
Aaron Blair |
1599 |
1690 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1.0 |
C Division
| Rank |
Name |
ACF |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
Score |
| 1 |
Julian Rodriguez |
1734 |
|
|
1f |
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
1.0 |
| 2 |
Evan Yeung |
1712 |
|
|
1f |
= |
1 |
1 |
= |
0 |
= |
1 |
1 |
1f |
7.5 |
| 3 |
Tjermin Gunawan |
1704 |
0f |
0f |
|
= |
1 |
1 |
= |
0f |
1 |
0f |
1 |
0f |
5.0 |
| 4 |
Marcus Simonds |
1684 |
1 |
= |
= |
|
0 |
= |
= |
1 |
1 |
0 |
= |
0f |
4.5 |
| 5 |
Nithuli Liyanage |
1623 |
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
1 |
= |
0 |
= |
= |
0 |
1f |
4.5 |
| 6 |
Luke Bradley |
1609 |
|
0 |
0 |
= |
0 |
|
= |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5.0 |
| 7 |
Wallace Sheridan |
1593 |
|
= |
= |
= |
= |
= |
|
1 |
= |
= |
1 |
1 |
6.5 |
| 8 |
Kit He |
1587 |
1 |
1 |
1f |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
= |
0 |
= |
1 |
6.0 |
| 9 |
Mike McGregor |
1564 |
|
= |
0 |
0 |
= |
0 |
= |
= |
|
= |
= |
1 |
4.0 |
| 10 |
Sjef de Jong |
1531 |
|
0 |
1f |
1 |
= |
0 |
= |
1 |
= |
|
= |
1 |
6.0 |
| 11 |
Joshua Williams |
1500 |
|
0 |
0 |
= |
1 |
0 |
0 |
= |
= |
= |
|
0 |
3.0 |
| 12 |
Aurora Zhao |
1500p |
|
0f |
1f |
1f |
0f |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
3.0 |
Note: Julian Rodriguez withdrew.
As Julian has played less than 50% of his games, scores against Julian will not count and the games played rated.
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D Division
| Rank |
Name |
ACF |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
Score |
| 1 |
Joe Klimczak |
1483 |
|
0 |
1 |
= |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1f |
= |
1 |
1 |
1 |
8.0 |
| 2 |
Paul Moseley |
1482 |
1 |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
= |
1 |
1 |
1 |
9.5 |
| 3 |
Stevica Milovanovic |
1476 |
0 |
1 |
|
1 |
= |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1f |
1 |
1 |
1 |
8.5 |
| 4 |
Nick Matwiejew |
1400p |
= |
0 |
0 |
|
= |
1 |
0 |
0f |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5.0 |
| 5 |
Stephen Prince |
1400p |
0 |
0 |
= |
= |
|
0 |
0 |
1f |
1 |
= |
0 |
1 |
4.5 |
| 6 |
Michael Gent |
1400p |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2.0 |
| 7 |
Senudi De Vas |
1397 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
10.0 |
| 8 |
Ben Motu |
1381 |
0f |
0 |
0 |
1f |
0f |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
= |
1 |
1 |
4.5 |
| 9 |
Matthew Riley |
1232 |
= |
= |
0f |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0f |
0f |
2.0 |
| 10 |
Luca Rotter |
945 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
= |
1 |
0 |
= |
1 |
|
0 |
1 |
4.0 |
| 11 |
Mohsen Golshiripour |
unr |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1f |
1 |
|
0f |
4.0 |
| 12 |
Rhys Tito |
unr |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1f |
0 |
1f |
|
4.0 |
Previous Winners
Click here for a list of previous Club Championship winners.
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