Welcome to Brisbane's premier social chess community. We are a registered community organization in Queensland dedicated to promoting the love of chess through regular meetups and social engagement.
Join us at any of our six weekly locations across Brisbane:
| Day | Time | Venue | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | 4:00-7:00 PM | Pig N Whistle KGS | King George Square, 100 Adelaide Street, Brisbane City QLD 4000 |
| Wednesday | 12:00-2:30 PM | June's Café | 17 Lytton Rd, East Brisbane QLD 4169 |
| Thursday | 6:00-8:00 PM | Royal Hotel | 1259 Sandgate Rd, Nundah QLD 4012 |
| Friday | 12:00-2:00 PM | Chocolate Moments | 60 Albert St, Brisbane City QLD 4000 |
| Saturday | 10:30-2:00 PM | West End Park Café | 305 Montague Rd, West End QLD 4101 |
| Sunday | 11:00-2:00 PM | The Garden Room | 1 Parkland Blvd, Brisbane City QLD 4000 |
Fun, Friendly, and Free
We're always looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our community! Whether you're interested in:
- Contributing to our projects and repositories
- Helping with site development
- Managing our Discord server
- Playing chess with fellow enthusiasts
Connect with other chess enthusiasts, join discussions, and participate in exclusive events by joining our Discord server!
Our Discord server is the best place to stay updated on upcoming meetups, online tournaments, and community activities. Everyone is welcome, from beginners to seasoned players!
We extend a special invitation to Master level chess players with official FIDE profiles. Eligible titles include:
- Super Grandmasters
- Grandmasters (GM)
- International Masters (IM)
- FIDE Masters (FM)
- Candidate Masters (CM)
To Join: Please verify your credentials by linking your GitHub profile to your chess.com and/or lichess profiles. Open an issue to request membership once completed.
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| President | Jimmy |
| Treasurer | Matt McLean |
| Secretary | Steve |
| Auditor | garveybiz |
| General Members | Ben, Adam, John Bampton |
- John Bampton: Manager Operations and Relations
- Max Base: Programming Team Leader
- John Bampton
- garveybiz
- Max Base
- Mohammad Lotfi Akbarabadi
- SM Riad
- Ayush Rana
- Nicholas Meredith
- Anuradha Fernando
- therealnugget
- Mahabub Islam Prio
Be Our First GitHub Chess Master! Join the Brisbane Social Chess GitHub Organization today.
- Chess: https://lichess.org/
- Lots of standard two player chess sets
- Four-player chess: https://www.chess.com/variants/4-player-chess
- One vinyl Four-player chess set with 68 plastic pieces including 8 total queens which is packaged in a green cylindrical zipper bag
- Harmegedo 6 Player Chess Set - The Board of Lords
- One Harmegedo chess set with 6 armies and 108 total soldiers. Each army starts with 9 pieces (including 2 queens) and 9 pawns for a total of 18 soldiers
- Quaternity: https://play.quaternity.com/
- Chessplus: Everyday Edition
- A fast paced, edgy version of chess with exponentially more moves & all new strategies
- Go - at least one small Go set
- Shogi (Japanese chess) - at least two Shogi sets
- Xiangqi (Chinese chess) - at least one Xiangqi set
Please Star some of our repositories ⭐ 💫 🌠 🌟
You can set your membership in the Brisbane Social Chess GitHub Organization to Public on the
People page when logged in.
Please show your support for your new team 🏢 🧑🏽💻 💃 😎 🚀
