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Welcome to the CAWA Website 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: mike.mcgregor@cawa.org.au Last updated 10 January 2012 CAFE CHESS (10/01/12) If you are interested in casual chess, you can play at Cafe Di Mondo in Midland from 10am till 12 noon on Sundays. Cafe Di Mondo is situated in the centre of the Midland Farmers Markets. It has been going for about 6 months now and has a great friendly atmosphere. It's free and with some nice wooden chess sets available for people to use. Cafe chess is great fun and quite popular in other places around the world. It would be great to see it take off in Perth. For more information please check out the Crobs Coffee & Chess flyer. 2012 TOTAL CHESS NEW YEARS FAMILY TOURNAMENT (10/01/12) This tournament was run by Total Chess on Sunday 8th January at the LeisureLife Centre in East Victoria Park. Full results can be found in the Recent Results section or from the Calendar of Events. CAWA CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR 2012 (01/01/12) The 2012 CAWA Calendar of Events is now available. Information regarding each event is believed to be correct at time of publication but may be subject to change and entry forms for each event will be published when they become available. 2011 TEAMS LIGHTNING (30/12/11) The 2011 Teams Lightning Championship was played at the Moresby Street Centre in Kensington 13th of December. Full results and a nice report by Organizer Gordon Dunlop can be found in the Recent Results section or from the Calendar of Events. Also on the day two quizzes were held and are available with answers if you click here. DECEMBER CAWA NEWSLETTER (14/12/11) The December Edition of the CAWA Newsletter is now available. Please enjoy!!!! For those wishing to contribute anything to the next edition please send your submission to the Newsletter Editor Mike McGregor by the 31st of January. 2011 CHRISTMAS OPEN (11/12/11) The 2011 Christmas Open was played at the Moresby Street Centre in Kensington 3rd & 4th of December. Congratulations to the winner - Yita Choong. Full results can be found in the Recent Results section or from the Calendar of Events. 2011 GRAND PRIX - FINAL POINTS (08/12/11) After the final GP event for this year - the 2011 Christmas Open - final Grand Prix Points for each section are now available in the Grand Prix section courtesy of organiser David Ellis. 2011 JUNIOR GRAND PRIX - FINAL POINTS (29/11/11) After the final Junior GP event for this year - the 2011 Christmas Junior GP - final Junior Grand Prix Points for each division including top ten age group lists are now available in the Junior Grand Prix section. If you notice any errors in names, schools or points in the division spreadsheets or top 10 age group lists please contact:Haydn Barber asap. 2011 RAPID GRAND PRIX - FINAL POINTS (29/11/11) After the final Rapid GP event for this year - the 2011 Spring Lightning - final Rapid Grand Prix Points for each division are now available in the Rapid Grand Prix section. 2011 CHRISTMAS JUNIOR GP TOURNAMENT (29/11/11) The 2011 Christmas Junior GP was played at Rehoboth Christian College on the 26th of November. Full results can be found in the Recent Results section or from the Calendar of Events. You will also find the Junior Ratings for each division have been updated after this event. 2011 SPRING LIGHTNING TOURNAMENT (25/11/11) The 2011 Spring Lightning Tournament was played at the Moresby Street Centre in Kensington on the 20th of November. Full results can be found in the Recent Results section or from the Calendar of Events. You will also find the Rapid GP Points for each division and Rapid Ratings have been updated after this event. 2011 WILLETTON JUNIOR GP TOURNAMENT (25/11/11) The 2011 Willetton Junior GP was played at Perth Modern School on the 19th of November. Full results can be found in the Recent Results section or from the Calendar of Events. You will also find the Junior GP Points for each division have been updated after this event. WA RAPID GRAND PRIX (01/11/11) A new section - WA Rapid Grand Prix has been added. You can find it under the Information/Events menu item above. Here you will find not only information regarding the WA Rapid Grand Prix but also player's points scored from each event played as well as a list of leaders in each division. Please note: The current Rapid Ratings can be found in the ratings section in the Information/Events menu item above. WA CHAMPIONSHIP BEST GAMES PRIZES (28/10/11) This year the Best Game played will come from the Closed Championship and Best Reserves Game from the Reserves/Qualifying Tournament. Players in each event are asked to submit their own games for judging and the results will be announced at the Christmas Prizegiving function in December. For those that wish to submit their game for judging, please send it to CAWA President Haydn Barber Please note that to be eligible for the Reserves Best Game your rating must be under 1850. 2011 JUNIOR TEAMS & SECONDARY INTERSCHOOL COMPETITION (28/10/11) The 2011 Junior Teams & 2011 Secondary Interschool will be played at Perth Modern School on Sunday the 6th of November. The Junior Teams and Secondary Schools competition will be played as a combined event. The winning A Grade Secondary School Team may represent WA in the National Schools Competition. Please click on the link below to obtain a copy of the entry form: 2011 Junior Teams Competition For those needing directions to Perth Modern School, please click here for a map of Perth Modern School. 2011 MACCABI JUNIOR GP & NOVICE/NEWBIE TOURNAMENT (25/10/11) The 2011 Maccabi Junior GP & Novice/Newbie Tournament was played at the Maccabi Chess Club on the 23rd of October. Full results can be found in the Recent Results section or from the Calendar of Events. You will also find the Junior GP Points for each division have updated. 2011 PRIMARY INTERSCHOOL COMPETITION - ROUND 2 (25/10/11) The second round of the 2011 Primary Interschool Competition was played at Poynter Primary School in September. Full results can be found in the Recent Results section below. 2011 WILLETTON OPEN (25/10/11) The 2011 Willetton Open was played at the Moresby Street Centre in Kensington on the 8th & 9th of October. Congratulations to the winner - Dave Dempster (6/6) Full results can be found in the Recent Results section or from the Calendar of Events. 2011 WA LIGHTNING CHAMPIONSHIP (25/10/11) The 2011 WA Lightning Championship was played at the Moresby Street Centre in Kensington on the 25th of September. Congratulations to Stephanus Kurniawan - 2011 WA Lightning Champion Full results can be found in the Recent Results section or from the Calendar of Events. 2011 WA CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP (21/10/11) Congratulations to Yita Choong - 2011 State Chess Champion. Congratulation to Dennis Holland - 2011 WA Reserves Champion 2011 State Championship Final Cross Table 2011 Championship Games PGN 2011 Qualifying/Reserves Final Cross Table 2011 Qualifying/Reserves Games PGN Please note: Missing PGN game scores for each tournament will be added in once they become available. HIGH QUALITY WEST AUSTRALIAN MADE CHESS SETS FOR SALE (25/08/09) Jock MacNaughton makes high quality chess sets using West Australian timber for sale. $25 from each set sold will be donated to the Chess Association of WA. If you would be interested in purchasing a set please click on the link below for further details. Please mention that you heard about the sets on the CAWA website. High Quality Chess Sets Flyer

Cafe Chess Total Chess New Years Family Tournament CAWA Calendar for 2012 2011 Teams Lightning December CAWA Newsletter 2011 Christmas Open 2011 Grand Prix - Final Points 2011 Junior GP - Final Points 2011 Rapid Grand Prix - Final Points 2011 Christmas Junior GP 2011 Spring Lightning 2011 Willetton Junior GP WA Rapid Grand Prix WA Championship Best Game Prizes 2011 Junior Teams & Secondary Interschool Competition 2011 Maccabi Junior GP & Novice/Newbie Tournament 2011 Primary Interschool Competition - Round 2 2011 Willetton Open 2011 WA Lightning Championship 2011 WA Chess Championship High Quality WA Chess Sets 11 Feb Dash for Cash Junior GP 12 Feb Valentines Day Lightning 18 & 19 Feb Kingsley Open 19 Feb CAWA AGM 25 Feb Perth Modern Novice Previous tournament results for 2011 can be found in Archives under the Past Tournaments section. 2012 Total Chess New Years Family Tournament 2011 Teams Lightning 2011 Christmas Open 2011 Christmas Junior GP Tournament 2011 Spring Lightning 2011 Willetton Junior GP Tournament Total Chess Gosnells Junior Tournament 2011 Junior Teams Competition 2011 Maccabi Junior GP Tournament 2011 Maccabi Novice Tournament 2011 Primary Interschool Competition - Round 2 2011 Willetton Open 2011 State Lightning Championship 2011 State Championship 2011 Qualifying/Reseves Championship DHTML / JavaScript Tree by TwinHelix Designs