Brisbane Social Chess

🏢 Who are we?

Brisbane Social Chess is a not-for-profit organization in Queensland that promotes the game of chess through social gatherings and community engagement. We organize regular meetups where people can play chess in a relaxed and friendly environment. We are registered in Queensland and have a dedicated team of organizers.

📄 A More Detailed Look at Brisbane Social Chess

• Focus: We emphasize social interaction and fun, making it a welcoming space for players of all skill levels.
• Community Driven: We encourage community participation in various aspects, including website development, Discord server management, and event organization.
• Meetups: We host multiple meetups each week, with locations and times varying. We have meetups on different days of the week, excluding Tuesdays, and are always working on adding more.
• Social Media: We have a strong presence on social media, including Discord, GitHub and Facebook.
• Website: We have a website that serves as a hub for information about our organization, our activities, and how to get involved.
• Not-for-Profit Status: We are a registered not-for-profit organization in Queensland.

👥 Team Members

🧑🏽‍🎨 Organizers

• Organizer: Matt McLean: "A good player is always lucky" - Capablanca
• Co-organizers:
  • Adam Lomsargis: Long time chess player with a great respect and passion for the game. I believe chess offers more than just a competitive space in which to battle your opponent. It's also a great way to socialise with intelligent people and have a laugh! :D
  • Ben Martin: How does the horsey move again? 🤔
  • Jimmy Joe
  • Robert Garvey: Welcome to Brisbane Social Chess. Come along and play with us, let us know your ideas, and help us organize future events.
  • Steve Anderson: Official pawn wrangler.
  • the Prof
• Assistant organizer: Roger Clarke
• Event organizers:
  • Christoph Dierkes
  • Joseph Tan
  • Marty Benjamin
  • Peiqi Sun
  • Stuart Holt

🎲 Games that we play

• Chess: Play on Lichess

  Lots of standard two player chess sets

• Four-player chess: Play on Chess.com

  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 - 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: Play online, Official site

  One Quaternity 4 Player Chess Set Basic52 144 Squares Wood Folding 64 Quality Pieces

🕹️ New games recently delivered

• Chessplus: Everyday Edition
  • A fast paced, edgy version of chess with exponentially more moves & all new strategies

♣️ Games we might play in future

• Go - at least one small Go set
• Shogi (Japanese chess) - at least two Shogi sets
• Xiangqi (Chinese chess) - at least one Xiangqi set

📖 Chess books we recommend

🏨 Royal Hotel - A Quick Game is a Good Game

🏡 Garden Room - Random Days Gone Bye

🧙‍♂️ Royal Hotel - Never Underestimate the Power of Jedi Master Big Bird

4️⃣ Garden Room - Quaternity Zombie Road Block