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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.

07/11/2026

Street Chess 7 November 2026 - FM Fred Litchfield 7/7, CM Hui Li, James Madoc 5.5. Shiran Yapa, Max Mao 4.5 BOBH
45 players today. The decision to defy the weather forecast paid off, as we only received a light sprinkle of rain

31/10/2026

Street Chess 31 October 2026 - CM Hui Li 6.5/7, Masaki Horikawa 6, Arjan Singh, CM Adam Kelly, Owen MacMullin, Miles Patterson, Jerry Cheng 5. Abhiq Ansary 5 BOBH

A great turnout of 41 players today, although we chose to play indoors, avoiding the early afternoon rain.

24/10/2026

Street Chess 24 October 2026 - CM Hui Li, Masaki Horikawa 6/7, Arjan Singh 5.5 Jayden Li 4 BOBH.

38 players today enjoying perfect spring weather. A number of casual players dropped in as well, noting it costs nothing to use the spare boards for friendly games.

10/10/2026

Street Chess 10 October 2026 - Steven Sengstock 6/7, Teng Yang, Olamide Fasakin 5.5. Miroslav Geslin, Erik Jochimsen, Abhiq Ansary, Angelo Nelson 4 BOBH

35 players today. Steve Sengstock emerged from semi-retirement to claim first place, while my vow to play more chess once I turned 60 lasted 1 round before the chaos of organisation took over.

03/10/2026

Street Chess 3 October 2026 - CM Hui Li 6.5/7, Masaki Horikawa 6, CM Adam Kelly 5.5 . Eric Tian 4 BOBH
29 players today. Many thanks to everyone who made the journey across flooded rvers, washed out bridges and the storm swept streets of Canberra.

I've also updated results up until June 2026.

12/09/2026

Street Chess 12 September 2026 - CM Hui Li 6/7, Sanat Hegde, Owen MacMullin 5.5. Will Heferen 4.5 BOBH

48 players today. The spring weather is clearly the reason. Also, I gave the BOBH prizes to the wrong players. Sorry Will, but collect it next week!

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!

Address

City Walk, Canberra City
Canberra, ACT
2600

Opening Hours

11am - 3pm

Website

http://chessexpress.blogspot.com/

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