Here you will find all the information you need regarding
chess in Western Australia. The site primarily caters for registered CAWA chess players be
they Senior or Junior. But if you are an unregistered player, casual player or even an
interested visitor feel free to look around. Perhaps after viewing the CAWA site you may wish
to join the CAWA. By becoming a member you are then eligible to participate in ratified
tournaments and obtain an official rating.
We hope you enjoy the CAWA site and if you have any comments, corrections or questions
please forward them to the CAWA web master:
For those wishing to contribute anything to the next edition please send your submission to the Newsletter Editor: Mike McGregor by the 30th of September 2018.
The CAWA's annual interclub competition, the Harris Edwardes Interclub Competition, will be run on Sundays 29th July and 5th August. An information sheet for this year's event is available from the link below:
Again ACF has asked me to manage the Olympiad Appeal, to help our teams get to Georgia for the 43rd Olympiad in September.
We have a very promising line-up of eligible players - an all-Grandmaster open team plus three WGMs eligible for the women's team. This could be our best-ever performance.
I'm seeking your support by way of promoting the appeal. ACF is matching donations dollar-for-dollar, until the total costs are covered.
The 2018 South West Open was to be played on the weekend of 24 & 25 March in Mt Barker but now has been cancelled due to a lack of entrants.
The 2018 Gufeld Cup was to be played on the Easter weekend - 1st & 2nd of April, but owing to unforseen circumstances has had to be postponed. New playing dates and venue for this event will be advertised when they become available.
