StAC Chess Club

Achieve Chess Excellence

With educational courses for players of all skill levels and ability to review games, this website allows our students to improve their chess playing

How you learn

Master chess fundamentals

Introductions to strong openings

Core game ideas

About Us

Canterbury Chess Interschools 2024

Cayden Wang (Board 2) and Owen Menzies (Board 3) playing in the A grade

Canterbury Chess Interschools 2024

Owen Menzies (Board 3) and James Anthony (Board 4) playing in the A grade

Canterbury Chess Interschools 2024

Josh Adams (Board 4), Luke Manson (Board 3), Alex Manson (Board 2), and William Sherborne (Board 1) playing in the B grade

Our school has had consistently strong results for the past 5 years at the Canterbury Chess Interschools (with lowest placements at 2nd). We qualified for the national tournament four times and competed twice representing Canterbury. With strong players leaving over the years including Gavith Dharmasena (OC 2023), Kian Dharamsena (OC 2024), and myself this year (2025), we are looking to grow the students in our club.

For More Chess

We run the StAC Chess Club weekly every Tuesday lunchtime in the science block.