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Street Chess is a weekly chess event held in the centre of Canberra. Join us under the trees outside King O'Malley's in City Walk.

Street Chess is held every Saturday from 11am to 3pm.

05/09/2026

Street Chess 5 September 2026 - FM Fred Litchfield 6/7, CM Adam Kelly, Wenlin Yin, CM Hui Li 5.5. Amay Rahul 4.5 BOBH

35 players in what was supposed to be the first outdoor event of Spring. But it rained.
BTW if you are interested in playing Go, the Go club meets from 12 at the same venue.

29/08/2026

Street Chess 29 August 2026 - CM Hui Li 6.5/7, Jerry Cheng, Matt Radisich 5.5. Jayden Li 4.5 BOBH

30 players, who were caught by surprise after we decided to move outdoors a week ahead of schedule!

22/08/2026

Street Chess 22 August 2026. CM Hui Li, Jonah Gear, FM Fred Litchfield 5.5/7. Dhyan Nair, Shrihari Prabhu 4 BOBH

29 players in a hard fought event. Next week is the last week we play indoors, before returning to the newly landscaped surrounds.

15/08/2026

Street Chess 15 August 2026 - FM Fred Litchfield 7/7, Padma Gyalpo 5.5, Jerry Cheng, Harry Johnson 5. Amay Rahul, Gary Milton 4 BOBH

28 players,which was a little low. My speech last week about late arrivals may have resulted in latecomers choosing to stay home instead!

08/08/2026

Street Chess 8 August 2026 - CM Hui Li 6/7, Miles Patterson, Olaoluwa Fasakin, Harry Johnson, Matt Radisich 5. Dhyan Nair 4 BOBH
30 players today, including the captain of the PNG Women's Olympiad Team , Jeremiah Age.

25/07/2026

Street Chess 25 July 2026 - CM Hui Li 6/7, Harry Johnson, Wenlin Yin 5.5 Stephen Mugford, Dhyan Nair 4/7 BOBH

40 players turned up today. NB There will be no Street Chess next week (1st August) as the 2026 ANU Open is happening

18/07/2026

Street Chess 18 July 2026 - Jonah Gear, Masaki Horikawa 6/7, Matthew Bennett 5.5. Advaith Cheerala 4.5 BOBH
Today ran very smoothly, with 40 players in attendance. A win by Masaki Horikawa over top seed Harry Press in the final round was enough for a share of first place.

11/07/2026

Street Chess 11 July 2026 - CM Hui Li 6/7, Miles Patterson, Matt Radisich 5.5. Leo Wu, Cosmo Skourtis, Will Heferen, Edric Cauresma 4 BOBH

35 players saw a triumph of age and wisdom over youth and enthusiasm. Also pleased to see 11 newcomers take the first steps in their chess career's.

04/07/2026

Street Chess 4 July 2026 - CM Hui Li, Masaki Horikawa 6/7, Olaoluwa Fasakin 5.5. Amay Rahul, Shrihari Prabhu 4.5 BOBH

39 players today. A couple of players crueled their chances with late arrivals, thereby missing the round 1 pairings.

24/05/2026

Street Chess 23 May 2026 - FM Fred Litchfield 7/7, Prakarsha Paudel 6, Matt Radisich, Khoi Hoang, Padma Gyalpo 5. Jayden Li, Angelo Nelson, Gary Milton, Amay Rahul 4 BOBH
37 players this week.

**Important information** No Street Chess next week as the ACT Chess Championships is being held at Eastlakes, Griffith.

Address

City Walk, Canberra City
Canberra, ACT
2600

Opening Hours

11am - 3pm

Website

http://chessexpress.blogspot.com/

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