Welcome to our "Kings of chess" club incorporated, based on the Gold Coast, Australia.
Club History:
Our club was born on 17 February 2007, one year before the 2008 Football World Cup beginning!
We became Queensland and Gold Coast Champions in 2007, one Year before the Iphone was introduced to the market!
These people who gave birth to "Kings of chess club" and polished it's name:
Amir Karibasic, Margot Karibasic, Nenad Chelebichanin and GM Dejan Antic and in 2008 our team joined Douglas Williams and Raymond Lapitan:
The Tournaments we have organized (click on the names of the tournaments and players to see more):
2007 Surfers Paradise Open 93 Player participated Open Winner: GM Dejan Antic
Held at Broadbeach Life Saving Surf Club, Broadbeach.
Special Guest: 4 x Times Bullet Blitz - 1 minute Chess, World Champion / GM Roland Schmaltz from Germany:
2008 Surfers Paradise Open 94 Players participated Open Winner: GM David Smerdon
Held at Mermaid Waters Hotel, Mermaid Waters.
For the 1st time in Australia, Live games have been transmitted on 11 Monroi panels!
Brilliancy prize judge: Super Grandmster Alexei Shirov
Brilliancy Prize Winner: Giang Nguyen from Soth Australia, see more!
Special Guests:
"Dancing with the stars" television diva and Gold Coast Chess Idol, Women International Master Ariane Caoili:
Australian Top Grandmaster for decades, Darryl Johansen:
2009 Surfers Paradise Open & 2009 Gold Coast Chess Festival, this one is our clubs pride :
Held at most prestigious venue in Australia, Gold Coast Convention Centre, Broadbeach.
Over 100 participants Open Winner: Moulthun Ly
Special Guest: Super Grandmaster Alexei Shirov, top world player for decades congratulates to Moulthun Ly.
2010 Gold Coast International chess festival:
Winner: FM Junta Ikeda
Special guest:
No.1 Australian player Grandmaster Yuan Zhao Zong (2586)
At the same time Simul on the 64 boards has been held, 8 masters against 8 opponents:
2008 Broadbeach Cup 57 Players Participated Winner: IM Peter Froehlich
2009 Broadbeach Cup 43 Players participated Winner: Yi Liu
2009 Broadbeach Mall 56 Players participated Winner: IM Peter Froehlich
Exhibitions:
2007 Simul against GM Dejan Antic from Serbia (2520). 25 Players participated at Italo-Australian soccer club:
On the photo, today Fide master Gene Nakauchi won his game against GM Dejan Antic.
Daniel Lapitan, Begaud Bradley, Peter Keller and Alex Stahnke drew their games. See more: Photos
2009 Simul against Super Grandmaster Alexei (2737) Shirov from Spain.
26 Players took a part in one of the biggest events in Australia:
Young player Daniel Lapitan drew his game against Super GM Alexei Shirov: As Shirov said:"Youngest player played best moves, well deserved 1/2 point"
In 2011 Grandmaster Dejan Bojkov 2582 performed the Simul at our club. 15 Players participated. Daniel Lapitan, Amir Karibasic and Yishan Lin drew their games:
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Chess club "LIFE MEMBER" :
Joe Kingston at age 85, born in 1925 just around 300 Years before Ruy Lopez has written 1st chess book. Joe Kingston is a local hero like Don Kihot for Spaniards.
Joe Kingston is a famous Chess player, who won his game against Grandmaster Lajos Portisch in a simultaneous game
20 Years ago and player who became a Vice Champion of Kings of chess club Championship in 2008.
2008 and 2009 Kings of chess club Champion:
Alex Stahnke (1800):
2010 Kings of chess Champion, Mr Oleg Kitikov:
2011 Kings of chess Champion:
Mathew Orr (1891) - holding trophey on the left
Kings of chess club is a Champion of the Year 2007 in the both QLD Team competition, Premier league and B grade:
Year 2007 was the strongest Interleague competition ever, by number of participants and rating strength, in which competed:
2 Grandmasters, 2 International masters, 3 Fidemasters and 1 Women International master.
On the photo (from right to left): Phachara Wongwichit, Toshi Kimura, IM Peter Froelich, David Lovejoy, Nenad Chelebichanin,
FM Gene Nakauchi, Moulthun Ly, WIM Alex Jule and Amir Karibasic