The North Sydney Chess Club was founded in 1908 and is one of the oldest continually existing
Chess club
A chess club is a club formed for the purpose of playing the board game of chess. Chess clubs often provide for both informal and tournament games and sometimes offer league play. Traditionally clubs host over the board, face to face chess more t ...
in
Australia
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and the
Southern Hemisphere.
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Biljana Dekic became the first woman to win the North Sydney Chess Club Lightning Championship in 2000 and repeated her success and won the title again in 2005.
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Chess clubs in Australia
Sports clubs and teams in Sydney
1908 establishments in Australia
Sports clubs and teams established in 1908
North Sydney, New South Wales
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