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 2023, the time control for all divisions is 70 minutes with 30 second increments per move. 'A' division will also be FIDE rated.
2023 Metro Club Championship
Please click on the links below to obtain a copy of the cross tables and playing schedule of each division.
To obtain the PGN file of all available games in each division click here. Missing games will be published when available.
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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.
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A Division
| Rank |
Name |
FIDE |
ACF |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
Score |
| 1 |
Ihsan Ferozkohi |
2185 |
2416 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
7.0 |
| 2 |
Craig Kinsman |
1986 |
2174 |
0 |
|
0f |
0f |
= |
0f |
0 |
0 |
1 |
= |
2.0 |
| 3 |
Keegan O'Mahoney |
1914 |
2253 |
0 |
1f |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
= |
0 |
1 |
= |
6.0 |
| 4 |
Peter Roza |
1793 |
2007 |
0 |
1f |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4.0 |
| 5 |
David Ellis |
1770 |
2038 |
0 |
= |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
= |
= |
3.5 |
| 6 |
Gordon Dunlop |
1736 |
1934 |
0 |
1f |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3.0 |
| 7 |
Robert Baumgartner |
1716 |
1934 |
0 |
1 |
= |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
= |
1 |
3.0 |
| 8 |
Iker Hernandez Mendez |
1611 |
1926 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
9.0 |
| 9 |
Sri Krishna Dharmapuri |
1686 |
1910 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
= |
1 |
= |
0 |
|
1 |
5.0 |
| 10 |
David Barry |
1647 |
1895 |
0 |
= |
= |
0 |
= |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
2.5 |
Note: Craig Kinsman has withdrawn.
As Craig has played more than 50% of his games, scores against Craig will count and the games rated.
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B Division
| Rank |
Name |
ACF |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
Score |
| 1 |
Tjermin Gunawan |
1844 |
|
= |
= |
= |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
= |
1 |
6.0 |
| 2 |
Evan Yeung |
1825 |
= |
|
0 |
0 |
0f |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0f |
= |
3.0 |
| 3 |
Derek Roebuck |
1819 |
= |
1 |
|
0 |
0 |
= |
1f |
1 |
1 |
= |
4.5 |
| 4 |
Robin Shaw |
1817 |
= |
1 |
1 |
|
0 |
= |
1f |
= |
0 |
= |
4.0 |
| 5 |
Aaron Gibson-John |
1800p |
0 |
1f |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
1f |
= |
1 |
= |
6.0 |
| 6 |
Marcus Simonds |
1768 |
0 |
0 |
= |
= |
0 |
|
1f |
= |
1 |
= |
3.0 |
| 7 |
Yonal De Vas |
1739 |
0 |
0 |
0f |
0f |
0f |
0f |
|
1 |
1f |
0 |
|
| 8 |
Mike McGregor |
1729 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
= |
= |
= |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
3.5 |
| 9 |
Alex DeHeer |
1691 |
= |
1f |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0f |
0 |
|
1f |
3.5 |
| 10 |
Wallace Sheridan |
1669 |
0 |
= |
= |
= |
= |
= |
1 |
0 |
0f |
|
2.5 |
Note: Yonal De Vas has withdrawn.
As Yonal has played less than 50% of his games, scores against Yonal will not count but the games played will still be rated.
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C Division
| Rank |
Name |
ACF |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
Score |
| 1 |
Jonathan Melnick |
1603 |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6.0 |
| 2 |
Sjef de Jong |
1593 |
1 |
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7.0 |
| 3 |
Paul Moseley |
1566 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
= |
1 |
1 |
= |
4.0 |
| 4 |
Stevica Milovanovic |
1521 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
= |
1 |
= |
3.0 |
| 5 |
David Withnell |
1500p |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5.0 |
| 6 |
Robin Christian |
1500p |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
7.0 |
| 7 |
Josh Williams |
1467 |
0 |
0 |
= |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
0f |
0 |
0 |
2.5 |
| 8 |
Tony Lofthouse |
1375 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
= |
0 |
0 |
1f |
|
1 |
0 |
2.5 |
| 9 |
Lucien Koch |
1248 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
1 |
3.0 |
| 10 |
Senudi De Vas |
1247 |
0 |
0 |
= |
= |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
5.0 |
Previous Winners
Click here for a list of previous Club Championship winners.
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