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Important INFORMATION STARTING 2026
We are relocating!
- Starting January 2026, The Suncoast Chess Club will be relocating to the Environmental Centre, Immanuel Lutheran College Buderim. 126-142 Wises Rd, Buderim QLD 4556.
Our new location
- Review the map shown and locate point 37. The Chess Club House will be located at this new address from 2026 onward.
- The facility will provide a state-of-the-art Chess Club environment.
- We have changed the tournament format schedules and only selected tournaments will be officially CAQ rated. However, all tournaments will be Queensland Junior Rated (QJR). Please check the tournament schedules further information on these schedules for the tournament codes. Note that (QJR) only tournaments will not require CAQ Membership, as these are regarded as a separate rating.
- All CAQ participants must be current members of the Chess Association of Queensland (CAQ). Proof of active CAQ membership must be presented prior to participating in any clubhouse tournament.
- Please note that CAQ memberships will no longer be processed through the club. To register or renew your membership, please visit the CAQ website: https://caq.org.au/membership-levels/
- You can download the full 2026 tournament schedule from the SCCC Document Downloads page: https://suncoastchess.com.au/document-downloads
Tuesday November 18th & 25th 2025 - 7:30 pm
Invitation to the Gardez Queen Rapid Chess Tournament
Royal Scroll of Invitation 👑 Proclaimed from the High Seat of the Eternal Board
To all Seekers of Strategy, Masters of Mind, and Children of the Sacred Game,
By decree of the Divine Order of the Sixty-Four Squares, let it be known across the lands of sand and stone, river and reed, that the Gardez Queen Chess Tournament shall commence beneath the Eye of Ra, over two weeks in the season when the Mooloolah River whispers secrets to the wind.
🦅 Come forth, O Noble Player! Whether you be a humble pawn or a mighty rook, the time has come to test your wisdom, your foresight, and your courage. The Gardez Queen awaits — she who guards the realm with elegance and wrath, she whose stride commands the board like the lioness commands the hunt.
Virtues of the Gardez Queen
- She is swift as a Persian, striking from afar with grace and precision.
- She is wise as Thoth, foreseeing traps and weaving victory from chaos.
- She is unyielding as the pyramids, standing firm against the tides of battle.
- She is merciful yet merciless, sparing the worthy and vanquishing the arrogant.
Let all who dare approach her throne bring not just skill, but reverence. For to utter “Gardez la Reine!” is to speak a sacred warning — a cry that echoes through dynasties of players past.
- 📅 Dates: Tuesday November 18th & 25th 2025
- 🕢 Time: 7:30 PM
- Format: Rapid 15 minutes
- Number of games: 8
- Australia Chess Federation &
- Queensland Junior rated tournament
WHERE:
Chess Club House - BWMCA Hall 1 Main Street Buderim QLD 4556.
Admission: $3.00 Members - $6.00 Non-Members per event.
Saturday November 29th 2025 - 2:00 pm
Invitation Event: The Crystal Fortress Clash Chess Tournament
- 📅 Date: Saturday November 29th 2025
- 🕢 Time: 14:00 - Must Register by 13:30 pm
- Format: Rapid 10 minutes
- Number of Games: 7
- Australia Chess Federation &
- Queensland Junior rated tournament.
Hear ye, hear ye!
Let it be known throughout the realm, from the misty moors to the sunlit shores, that a most noble contest approacheth!
Invitation to The Crystal Fortress Clash Where minds are sharpened as blades, and kings fall not by sword, but by cunning.
To all Lords and Ladies, Knights of the Board, and Squires of Strategy, thou art hereby summoned to partake in the grand tournament known as The Crystal Fortress Clash, a gathering of the finest tacticians and boldest minds in all the land.
Glory awaits the victor, and tales shall be told of their triumph for generations hence. Feast and merriment shall follow the clash, with ale and bread enough to sate even the hungriest of pawns.
RSVP thy intent to join the fray, lest thy name be lost to history. For in the words of the great Milton: “Awake, arise, or be forever fallen.”
May thy mind be swift, thy hand steady, and thy gambits bold. We await thee at the gates of the Crystal Fortress.
WHERE:
Chess Club House - BWMCA Hall 1 Main Street Buderim QLD 4556.
Admission: $5.00 Members - $10.00 Non-Members per event.
Tuesday December 2nd & 9th 2025
📜 Hear Ye, Hear Ye! 📜
An Invitation to the Noble Contest of Wits and Stratagems
THE KING’S REIGN A Chess Tournament in Allegro Time.
In the Realm where Reason doth rule and Courage is crowned. Let it be known to all Lords, Knights, and Scribes of the Board: The Lion-King, Sovereign of the Sixty-Four Squares, calleth forth his champions to a Tournament most grand— “The KING’s Reign”, where minds shall clash and glory be won.
“The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.” — Proverbs 28:1
So come forth, ye valiant and wise, and let thy boldness be as the lion’s—undaunted, regal, and resolute. For in this reign, it is not brute strength but cunning and foresight that shall earn thee the crown.
To Enter Thy Name into the Ledger of Contestants: Send word to the Herald of the Club, that thy intent be known and thy place secured.
Let not thy courage slumber, nor thy wit grow dull. The King awaiteth.
- 📅 Dates: Tuesday, December 2nd & 9th, 2025
- 🕢 Time: 7:30 PM
- Format: Allegro 25 minutes
- Number of games: 6 per in total
- Australia Chess Federation &
- Queensland Junior rated tournament
By Order of the Crown, Let the Games Begin.
WHERE:
Chess Club House - BWMCA Hall 1 Main Street Buderim QLD 4556.
Admission: $3.00 Members - $6.00 Non-Members per event.
Saturday December 6th 2025
SIEGE OF THE KINGS
Harken, Ye Noble Minds of the Realm!
An Invitation to the Grand Contest of Kings, Queens and Captains
A Rapid Chess Tournament of Tactical Might
In the days of old, when cities were compassed and kings stood besieged, Let it be proclaimed throughout the land: The time hath come for a reckoning upon the board— Where Kings and shall be tested, not by sword nor spear, but by wit and will. and Queens shall fight and protect their beloved Kings.
Day of Battle: Saturday, the Sixth of December, in the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand and Twenty-Five Hour of Commencement: The Second Hour past Noon (2:00 PM) Format of Engagement: Rapid Chess—A swift and fierce campaign upon the squares
The Field of Play: To be revealed unto those who pledge their fealty and readiness for war.
“And it came to pass, when the kings that were on this side Jordan heard... they gathered themselves together to fight.” — Joshua 9:1–2
“Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants...” — 2 Kings 6:8
So shall ye gather, O ye strategists and stalwart defenders, as did the kings of old—under siege, yet unyielding. Let thy moves be as the counsel of Elisha, thy foresight as the wisdom of Solomon, and thy courage as Hezekiah who held fast against the Assyrian host.
- 📅 Dates: Saturday, 6th December, 2025
- 🕢 Time: 2:00 PM
- Format: Rapid 15 minutes
- Number of games: 6 per in total
- Australia Chess Federation &
- Queensland Junior rated tournament
WHERE:
The Great Hall of the Ivory Bastion (formerly your humble Chess Club House—now under a full Fortification Charm)- BWMCA Hall 1 Main Street Buderim QLD 4556.
Admission: $5.00 Members - $10.00 Non-Members per event.
Saturday 13th December 2025 - 2:00 pm
Invitation to the
Knights of the Mystic Board Chess Blitz Tournament
Hark! Ye seekers of glory and masters of cunning, thou art summoned to the grand tournament of Knights of the Mystic Board, where minds clash upon sacred squares and destiny is revealed move by move.
Held within the torchlit halls of Castle Sanctum, where “a fire infolding itself” (Ezekiel 1:4) dances upon ancient stone, challengers shall test their mettle in battles of intellect and foresight. Between rounds, behold the thunderous spectacle of the Grand Joust, where armored champions ride beneath banners of old.
Let thy spirit be girded with wisdom, for “the whole armor of God” (Ephesians 6:11) shall be thy shield against defeat. Riches, renown, and a seat at the Round Table await the victor, whose name shall echo through the annals of legend.
Declare thy intent by raven, scroll, or courier ere the fortnight’s end. All noble houses, wandering sages, and rogue tacticians are welcome. Come forth, brave soul, and let the Mystic Board reveal thy fate.
The moon waxes, the stars align, and the realm awaits its champion.
- 📅 Dates: Saturday 13th December 2025
- 🕢 Time: 14:00 - Must Register by 13:30 pm
- Format: Blitz 10 minutes each on the clock
- Number of Games: 7
- Australia Chess Federation &
- Queensland Junior rated tournament
WHERE:
Chess Club House - BWMCA Hall 1 Main Street Buderim QLD 4556.
Admission: $5.00 Members - $10.00 Non-Members per event.
Saturday 20th December 2025 - 2:00 pm
Invitation to The Arcane Endgame Chess Tournament
Harken, ye lords and ladies of wit and quick cunning!
Let it be known unto all persons of noble spirit and gaming inclination, that upon the twentieth day of December in the Year of our Lord Two Thousand and Five-and-Twenty, at the hour of two post meridian, there shall be convened The Arcane Endgame Rapid Chess Tournament, a contest of minds sharp as blades and fancies fleet as falcons.
The field of battle shall be graced at Sunshine Coast, whereupon pawns shall march, bishops shall dance diagonal, and knights shall leap to fame or folly. Let thine intellect be thy sword, and thy stratagem thy shield.
Gentry and commoners alike are hereby invited to bear witness or partake in this grand tourney, wherein the crown of victory awaiteth the swiftest hand and keenest foresight.
Pray, make thy presence known and arrive with spirits high and honour unblemish’d.
Your humble and obedient servant,
The Stewards of the Arcane.
- 📅 Date: Saturday 20th December 2025
- 🕢 Time: 14:00 - Must Register by 13:30 pm
- Format: Rapid 15 minutes
- Number of Games: 6
- Australia Chess Federation &
- Queensland Junior rated tournament
The Suncoast Chess Club
WHERE:
Chess Club House - BWMCA Hall 1 Main Street Buderim QLD 4556.
Admission: $5.00 Members - $10.00 Non-Members per event.
Tuesday 16th & 23rd December 2025 - 7:30 pm
A Royal Summons to Santa’s Surprise: The Grand Yuletide Chess Tournament
Hearken, Noble Folk of All Ages!
By proclamation of the High Council of Wintertide and with the blessing of Saint Nicholas himself, thou art cordially invited to test thy mettle and wit in a most wondrous contest of strategy and valour:
Santa’s Surprise: The Grand Yuletide Chess Tournament, A festive clash of minds upon the sacred checkered field!
Let it be known across the realm: this is no mere gathering, but a tournament of legend, where pawns rise and kings fall. Whether thou be a humble novice or a grandmaster of renown, thy presence shall bring honour to the Yuletide Games.
- 📅 Dates: Tuesday, December 16the & 23rd 2025
- 🕢 Time: 7:30 PM
- Format: Rapid 15 minutes
- Number of games: 4 per eventing
- Australia Chess Federation &
- Queensland Junior rated tournament
Sir Kringle the Bold Grandmaster of the Holly Crown Keeper of the North Pole Codex
WHERE:
Chess Club House - BWMCA Hall 1 Main Street Buderim QLD 4556.
Admission: $3.00 Members - $6.00 Non-Members per event.
Tuesday 30th December 2025
Invitation to the Final Tournament of 2025 "The End Game" Chess Tournament
Hear Ye, Hear Ye! A Noble Summons to All Lords and Ladies of the Chessboard!
Thou art cordially bidden to partake in a most glorious contest of wit and war.
"The End Game" Chess Tournament, a final reckoning ere the sands of the year 2025 slip into the annals of time.
The Challenge: A Blitz of Minds! Each noble contender shall be granted but five minutes per battle, with nine fierce duels to be waged ere the night is done. Steel thy nerves and ready thy stratagems, for only the swift and cunning shall triumph.
As the final rook falls and the last pawn meets its fate, we shall raise our goblets in farewell to the year past and herald the dawn of 2026, a new chapter of glory and conquest.
Come clad in thy finest spirit, and let the board be thy battlefield. Let not this eve pass without thy presence, for legends shall be forged, and tales shall be told of "The End Game."
🖋️ RSVP with haste, lest thy seat be claimed by another brave soul.
“Check not merely thy foe, but the year itself—make thy final move count.”
By royal decree, we await thee.
- 📅 Date: Tuesday 30th December 2025
- 🕑 Time: 7:30 pm
- Format: Blitz 5 minutes
- 9 rounds
- *** Please Arrive 7.00 pm to register ***
Australia Chess Federation &
Queensland Junior rated tournament
By the Presidents Command, The Suncoast Chess Council
WHERE:
Chess Club House - BWMCA Hall 1 Main Street Buderim QLD 4556.
Admission: $3.00 Members - $6.00 Non-Members per event.
Tuesday 6th & 13th January 2026 - 7:00 pm
Hearken, noble lords and ladies of the chequered field!
📜 The Tale of the Blind Pigs
In the chronicles of chess, the Blind Pigs arose as a fearsome stratagem.
When two rooks, side by side, descend upon the seventh rank, they are likened unto swine feasting blindly in the enemy’s granary.
These “Blind Pigs” devour pawns and pieces alike, heedless of peril, laying waste to the foe’s camp.
Though ungainly in name, their power is dread and their hunger insatiable, oft bringing swift ruin to the opposing king’s fortress.
📯 The Invitation
Come forth, ye gallant players, to prove thy mettle in this contest most noble!
Let thy rooks, those Blind Pigs, storm the granary with tusks of iron.
The tournament shall be held in the spirit of chivalry, with honor, wit, and mirth aplenty. Victors shall be crowned with glory, and tales of their triumph sung in the halls of memory.
- 📅 Date: Tuesday 6th & 13th January 2026
- 🕢 Time: 7:00 PM
- Format: Allegro 25 minutes
- Number of games: 6 in total
- Queensland Junior rated tournament only
WHERE:
Suncoast Chess Club House - Environmental Centre, Immanuel Lutheran College Buderim. 126-142 Wises Rd, Buderim QLD 4556
Free Admission for Members - $10.00 Door Fee for Non-Members.
Sunday 11th January 2026 - 1:30 pm
Frederick Henry Wise Blitz Chess Tournament
Hear ye, hear ye, noble chess enthusiasts, knights of the board, and seekers of swift victory!
We summon thee to the Frederick Henry Wise Blitz Chess Tournament, a grand contest of rapid wits, to unfold. Honouring the adventurous Frederick Henry Wise, this blitz shall feature lightning games with mere minutes per battle. Prizes of gold and glory await—all ranks welcome!
Harken to the saga of our patron: Born in Cornwall's shires, Wise ventured to Australia in the mid-19th century, amid gold rushes of the 1850s, joining Cornish miners fleeing home's mining woes for fortunes in Victoria's fields like Ballarat.
When gold dimmed, he turned to husbandry. In April 1901, he bought 160 acres on Buderim Mountain near Maroochydore, Queensland, from Gustav Adolph Riebe for £800. With son Richard, he named it Palmyra—perchance after a migrant ship. First selected in 1881 for £60, Wise forged it into a thriving farm of melons and corn.
Known later as Wises Farm, it endured o'er 120 years in the family: to grandson Bill of Buderim, then great-grandson Peter Wise (1941–2024), who tilled it till death and writ This Land Is My Land! (2013) on their lore. The Cornish homestead echoes in tales. In 2022, 'twas sold for urban growth, ending its pastoral days.
- 📅 Date: Sunday 11th January 2026
- 🕢 Time: 13:30 - Must Register by 13:00 pm
- Format: Blitz 10 minutes
- Number of Games: 7
- Queensland Junior rated tournament.
WHERE:
Suncoast Chess Club House - Environmental Centre, Immanuel Lutheran College Buderim. 126-142 Wises Rd, Buderim QLD 4556
Free Admission for Members - $10.00 Door Fee for Non-Members.
Sunday 18th January 2026 - 1:30 pm
Dragons Court Rapid Chess Tournament
Hear Ye, Hear Ye!
Let it be declared across the realm that the Dragons Court Rapid Chess Tournament summoneth all valiant minds to contest upon the chequered field. Within Dragons Court, where pawns march as footmen and queens command as sovereigns, noble challengers shall gather to prove their mastery in battles of wit and swiftness.
📜 The Call to Contest Come forth, ye knights of calculation and lords of foresight, to engage in rapid trials of cunning. The board shall be thy battlefield, the clock thy relentless foe, and victory thy crown.
✝️ Scripture for Strength "And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him." — Revelation 12:9
Thus shall wisdom be thy armour, and steadfastness thy shield, as thou enterest the lists of Dragons Court.
- 📅 Date: Sunday 18th January 2026
- 🕢 Time: 13:30 - Must Register by 13:00 pm
- Format: Blitz 15 minutes
- Number of Games: 6
- ACF & Queensland Junior rated tournament.
WHERE:
Suncoast Chess Club House - Environmental Centre, Immanuel Lutheran College Buderim. 126-142 Wises Rd, Buderim QLD 4556
Free Admission for Members - $10.00 Door Fee for Non-Members.
Tuesday 20th January - 24th February 2026 - 7:00 pm
Hear Ye, Hear Ye!
Lords and Ladies of the noble game, By decree of the Grand Council of Chess, thou art summoned to partake in a most wondrous contest:
The Endless Summer Classic Chess Tournament
Six weeks in succession One duel per eve, as the sun doth set Time bestowed: 60 minutes per champion, with 10 seconds’ grace upon each move
Gather ye at the appointed hour, where minds shall clash as knights upon the field, and pawns march forth like loyal footmen. The board shall be thy battlefield, the pieces thy army, and victory thy crown.
Let none tarry, for the Endless Summer is fleeting, and only the bold shall etch their names into legend.
Invitation is hereby extended to all seekers of glory, cunning strategists, and merry challengers. Come forth, don thy mantle of wisdom, and let thy wit be sharpened as steel.
- 📅 Date: Tuesday 20th January - 24th February 2026
- 🕢 Time: 7:00 PM
- Format: Classic 60 minutes + 10 sec
- Number of games: 6 in total over 6 weeks
- Australian Chess Federation rated
- Queensland Junior rated
WHERE:
Suncoast Chess Club House - Environmental Centre, Immanuel Lutheran College Buderim. 126-142 Wises Rd, Buderim QLD 4556
Free Admission for Members - $10.00 Door Fee for Non-Members.
Come Join us
From 2026 we will meet every Tuesday evenings starting 6:00 pm for Social Chess. 7:00 pm for tournaments, Sundays from 13:00 for tournaments. You can view and download a copy or use the button below.
Where: Chess Club House
Suncoast Chess Club House - Environmental Centre, Immanuel Lutheran College Buderim. 126-142 Wises Rd, Buderim QLD 4556
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