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Frankston Chess Club

Open every Wednesday night starting at 7.00PM until after 10.30PM. At Leawarra House, 200 Beach St, Frankston 3199 We play both social/friendly chess.

A friendly club for ALL ages. Social and tournament games. Open every Wednesday night starting at 7.00PM until after 10.30PM. Come any time during the night - all welcome

No need to book, no need to bring anything, just drop in and say hello. First night is free - membership is cheap and affordable - we are a non profit club. Leawarra Place at 200 Beach Street Frankston, (Melway Ref: 102 H3) is located near the beach street shops near IGA, next to Meals on Wheels.

10/03/2026

The 2026, 60th Ballarat Begonia Chess Open was held on Sat 7th March till Mon 9th March. Three days of Chess madness.
Six Frankston Chess Club members went to the competition.
Five as players, and one as an official.
A total of 213 players competed overall most from Victoria the rest coming from interstate and overseas.
Congratulations to our top player in the tournament who placed 99th.
Our player results from seven rounds were:
One player on 1.5
One player on 2.0
One player on 3.0
Two players on 3.5
Below is a picture of the Frankston contingent.
Full results of the tournament can be seen here : https://ballaratchess.com/tournaments/2026/Begonia2026/wwwBegonia2026/standings.php
Pictures from the tournament can be seen here: 2026 Ballarat Begonia Open | Flickr https://share.google/6Y4ugep5ClwCafnFw

20/01/2026

2026 is upon us.

Happy New Chess year everyone.

Our gracious Frankston Chess Club overloards have granted we pleb players, the next half yearly update to our itinerary.

Thank you, Chess Club overloards. 😉🤣

See also frankstonchessclub.com for further information.

17/12/2025

Frankston Chess Club is now closed for 2025, and will be reopening on Wednesday 21st of January 2026.
We wish all our current players, former players, and future players a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year; not to mention a peaceful chess game or more with friends and family...even enemies.

Last night, an impromptu 7 round (5min 3sec) Chess960 (Fischer Random Chess) tournament was played, where 15 players engaged in hard fought battles on the chess board.
Even a cry of "off with her head" was heard.
The winner on the night ended up taking home a 3/4 Family size Aussie pizza as a left over prize.

In short, our last night was a lot of fun with all of us enjoying the pizzas and companionship which our club and the people in it facilitated.

Results for the night and pictures are below:

Congratulations to our top three.
1. James
2. Tim
3. Shannon

https://tornelo.com/chess/orgs/frankston-cc/events/fcc-960-/standings/section/section-1

05/12/2025

Tomorrow at 1pm, melbchessnbeer is hosting a chess hangout at the Moon Dog Beach club.

We would like to see some club members to attend this hangout.

We hope to see you there.

02/12/2025

Two weeks ago, on the 19th of November, Frankston Chess Club held its Annual General Meeting, and also presented trophies to our club members for 2025.

Here are the results:

Best Clasical Player: Adam
Best Under 18 Player: Alex
Best Rapid Player: James
Best Blitz Player: Tim
Most Improved Player: Paris
Best Club Person: Kevin
Club Champion: James

Congratulations to all on your achievements.

19/11/2025

Last week Frankston Chess Club finished the final round of our 2025 Fast Rapid (10min + 5sec) competition.

Twenty seven played over three weeks.

Congratulations to our top three place getters; Tim, James and Jack.

Full results here: https://tornelo.com/chess/orgs/frankston-cc/events/frankston-fast-rapid-2025/standings/section/section-1?fbclid=IwVERDUAOKRulleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR7IKH7P-uxriVINYqTpClr4h8jbbKGoc2QOySTlhn6RTrg8XwMI-j95SHO8Nw_aem_O3Jwhcj78edGN5rV68uAyQ

Pictures of the tournament are shown below.

22/10/2025

Last week (15 Oct) Frankston Chess Club decided to have a bit of fun, by playing a "Hand and Brain" chess competion.

Game information: chess.com/terms/hand-and-brain-chess

Eight teams (16 players) started the night, with one team having to leave early. Others who did not play in the competition played casual chess in another area of the club.

Much banter and laughter was had on the night, with many "hands" not moving the way their "brains" instructed. 🤣

Results, and some of our compeditors are shown in the pictures below.
1st: Two teams on 3 points.
2nd: Two teams on 2 points.
3rd: Four teams on 1 point.

Thank you Paris for suggesting the event, and James for organising it.

23/07/2025

Frankston Chess Club Late 2025 Timetable is here
We will update it on the website soon

17/07/2025

On Wednesday the 16th of July, we had just over 30 people attend our club to play Chess and Backgammon. Picture shown below.

A warm welcome to the new players, Chess and Backgammon alike, who came down to see our club in action. We hope you enjoyed yourselves here, and hope to see you again in the coming weeks.

Unfortunately our frankstonchessclub.com website has not been updated to show our tournament schedule for the second half of this year, as our tournament organiser is currently away in Italy with another Frankston Chess Club member, playing in the World Youth Teams Bridge Championships in the under 26 division.
Good luck Matt and Heath. We know you will make Australia proud. 🙂

On that note, the new schedule will be up on our website upon his return.

Given the above, I wish to inform everyone that our Frankston Chess Club Championship Tournament starts on Wednesday the 24th of July at 8 pm.

04/07/2025

One year has passed!
Yesterday, the 3rd of July 2025, Mentone hosted Frankston in our annual interclub chess competition.
After last year's 4.5 point draw between the clubs, this year's games were all about showing which club really has the best players overall.
The clubs were vying for honour, pride, glory, prestige, ... not to mention the satisfaction of beating the other club.
There were 16 players from each club, playing one game, at 60 min plus 10 sec.
The results were as follows:

Board Mentone Result Frankston
1 Leon (B) 0 - 1 Tim (W)
2 Harley (W) ½ - ½ James (B)
3 Stefan (B) ½ - ½ Matt (W)
4 Senith (W) 1 - 0 Jack (B)
5 Rhys (B) 1 - 0 Jonno (W)
6 William (W) ½ - ½ Chris (B)
7 Nachiket (B) 1 - 0 Heath (W)
8 Jack (W) ½ - ½ Alex (B)
9 Monty (B) ½ - ½ Moustafa (W)
10 Sougata (W) ½ - ½ Erik (B)
11 Anya (B) 0 - 1 Paris (W)
12 Nick (W) 1 - 0 Bastian (B)
13 Nathan (B) 0 - 1 Shannon (W)
14 Evan (W) 1 - 0 Marcus (B)
15 Sylvia (B) 0 - 1 Roberto (W)
16 Serena (W) 0 - 1 Jesse (B)
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MENTONE 8 - 8 FRANKSTON

Another year and another draw!
The cut-throat rivalry between the clubs will continue next year at Frankston.
A big thank you to Mentone for hosting the game this year, and the organisers, Leon from Mentone and Tim from Frankston...and how can I forget the players themselves.
Pictures from the competition are below:

17/04/2025

Hello Frankston Chess Club enthusiasts, or any enthusiasts for that matter.

We held our 9 round Fast Blitz tournament yesterday, being the 16th of April 2025. 3 min + 2 sec of chess pace at its finest, and not.
22 players in total.

A number of players were away on holidays; where others didn't want to come down and play fast games; old fashioned and slow thought processes I guess!?
I might get in trouble for that last statement. 😉

Congratulations to Tim, Matt and James for their 1st, 2nd and 3rd places in the tournament.

Results are here: https://tornelo.com/chess/orgs/frankston-cc/events/frankston-fast-blitz-2025/standings/section/section-1

Pictures below:
1. Our top three. Pickle my grandmother, but no cheese. 😀
2. Waiting for the next round to be announced. 👍

If anyone wants to see the club's schedule, please visit frankstonchessclub.com.

Untill next time...Hope to see you at our club.

Address

Frankston North, VIC

Opening Hours

7pm - 10:30pm

Telephone

+61421164677

Website

https://frankstonchessclub.com/

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