If you decide to become a member the fee is $35 p.a, $25 p.a. if you have a concession card and $15 p.a. for juniors.
A membership of the Rooty Hill RSL (West HQ) is also required. For juniors a parent needs to be a member of the Rooty Hill RSL (West HQ).
For an additional $10 fee the Rooty Hill Chess Club club will pay your membership to the NSW Chess Association.
Congratulations to Cameron McGowan who capped of a fantastic chess year with the Australian Chess Federation awarding him the prestigious 2019 ACF Arlauskas Medal for Junior Player of the Year. In 2019 Cameron won the Australian U16 Junior Championship with 8.5 out of 9 and the NSW U18 Junior Championship with 8 out of 9. In July Cameron had another excellent result tying for first with 5.5 out of 9 in the NSW State Championship, but unfortunately missed out on the title after a play off with Jack Rodgers. Recently Cameron also won the Rooty Hill Chess Club Championship with the maximum score of 8 out of 8 plus a win on forfeit.
Final Standings and Cross Table – Monday 13 January
Joint winners: Jordan (Handicap of 2 pts) and Winston (Handicap of 3.5 pts) No Name ACF Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1 J. Brown 1861 11 12W 13W 6W 4D 11W 7W 3W 2W 9W 2L 0W 3W 2D 2 W, Zhao Chen 1544 9.5 16W 6L 3W 1L 8W 14W 7W 1L 4W 1W 3W 0W 1D 3 Z. Komer 7 0W 4L 2L 18W 13W 10W 1L 9W 5W 0W 2L 1L 0 4 P. Cassettari 1775 6 14W 3W 11D 1D 7L 6W 10W 18W 2L 0 0 0 0 5 M. Lakeland 1771 4.5 0 0 15W 9W 6L 12D 18W 8W 3L 0 0 0 0 6 L. Tenoriodo 1830 4 9W 2W 1L 10W 5W 4L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 J. Yao 1702 4 0 16W 12W 8W 4W 1L 2L 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 E. Quesada 1533 4 17W 10L 9W 7L 2L 16W 14W 5L 0 0 0 0 0 9 M. Rostamiw 1324 4 6L 14W 8L 5L 18W 0W 12W 3L 1L 0 0 0 0 10 J. Adams n 1526 3.5 11D 8W 13W 6L 12W 3L 4L 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 E. Plaza 1874 3 10D 17W 4D 2W 1L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 B. Herreros 1451 2.5 1L 15W 7L 16W 10L 5D 9L 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 E. Ombina 1605 2 15W 1L 10L 14W 3L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 A. Goldsmith 1248 2 4L 9L 18W 13L 0W 2L 8L 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 P. Tomlinson 610 2 13L 12L 5L 0W 16L 18W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 C. Pemberton 2 2L 7L 0W 12L 15W 8L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 M. Buzad 1940 0 8L 11L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 L. Inglis 0 0 0 14L 3L 9L 15L 5L 4L 0 0 0 0 0
Final Standings and Cross Table – Monday 6 January