Club Ratings And Club Ladder Updated

Posted: 22/03/2023 by Ian in Club News

graphClub ratings have been updated to reflect the most recent games.

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James Wilson Newest Member

Posted: 22/03/2023 by Ian in Club News

The club welcomes James as its newest member

Round Four Draw

Posted: 22/03/2023 by Ian in Club News

Below is the tentative draw for the top four boards, assuming everyone turns up. See you Tuesday night

The crosstable at the half way mark is below. RIchard and Fuatai will face off next week

1Richard_Dare3.0+B17+W7+B6
2Fuatai_Fuatai3.0+B18+W8+B4
3Ishaan_Singh2.5=W11+B10+B9
4Prashant_Mistry2.0+W12+B5-W2
5Hugh_Masters2.0+B13-W4+B15
6Graham_Nolan2.0+W19+B14-W1
7William_Lynn2.0+W20-B1+W14
8Jeremy_Coombe1.5=W16-B2+BYE
9Ranuga_Ekanyake1.5=W10+B11-W3
10Nathan_Sun1.5=B9-W3+B19
11Ian_Kennedy1.5=B3-W9+B20
12Poen_Hsieh1.5-B4+W21=B13
13Robert_Spencer1.5-W5+B22=W12
14Archie_Fenell1.0+BYE-W6-B7
15James_Wilson1.0+B23-W5
16Daniel_Dizon1.0=B8=BYE
17Leo_Dizon0.5-W1=BYE
18AndrewCade0.5-W2=BYE
19Mark_Hloba0.5-B6=BYE-W10
20Ryan_Zhou0.5-B7=BYE-W11
21Josh_Drummond0.5-B12=BYE
22Blake_Marshall0.5-W13=BYE
23Thijs_Van_Dreiel0.5-W15=BYE

A Change Of Plan

Posted: 19/03/2023 by Ian in Club News

Having players indicate their non-availability prior to Tuesday night is probably unrealistic and doomed to fail so to avoid players turning up and having a missing opponent I will do the draw on the night. I will however post the tentative draw for the top four boards, which for round three is set out below. See you Tuesday night

May 9th Next Date For New Members

Posted: 19/03/2023 by Ian in Club News

As we are now at week three of the 6 week club championship, and we also lose three club nights for the school holidays and Anzac day the next day for prospective new members to play will be May 9th

Standings At Round Two

Posted: 15/03/2023 by Ian in Club News

Four new players joined last night. Round two standings below

1Prashant_Mistry2.0+W9+B7
2Richard_Dare2.0+B15+W8
3Fuatai_Fuatai2.0+B16+W14
4Graham_Nolan2.0+W17+B10
5Ranuga_Ekanyake1.5=W18+B19
6Ishaan_Singh1.5=W19+B18
7Hugh_Masters1.0+B12-W1
8William_Lynn1.0+W20-B2
9Poen_Hsieh1.0-B1+W22
10Archie_Fenell1.0+BYE-W4
11James_Wilson1.0+B21
12Robert_Spencer1.0-W7+B23
13Daniel_Dizon1.0=B14=BYE
14Jeremy_Coombe0.5=W13-B3
15Leo_Dizon0.5-W2=BYE
16AndrewCade0.5-W3=BYE
17Mark_Hloba0.5-B4=BYE
18Nathan_Sun0.5=B5-W6
19Ian_Kennedy0.5=B6-W5
20Ryan_Zhou0.5-B8=BYE
21Thijs_Van_Dreiel0.0-W11
22Josh_Drummond0.0-B9
23Blake_Marshall0.0-W12

Two New Members

Posted: 09/03/2023 by Ian in Club News

The club welcomes Ranuga Ekanayake and Mark Hloba  as its newest members

Nineteen For Club Champs

Posted: 08/03/2023 by Ian in Club News

The club champs kicked off last night with 19 players. You can still join in round 2 so come along next week if you want in on the action

Round one crosstable below

1Richard_Dare1.0+B14
2Prashant_Mistry1.0+W15
3Fuatai_Fuatai1.0+B16
4Graham_Nolan1.0+W17
5William_Lynn1.0+W18
6Hugh_Masters1.0+B19
7Archie_Fenell1.0+BYE
8Nathan_Sun0.5=B11
9Ian_Kennedy0.5=B12
10Jeremy_Coombe0.5=W13
11Ranuga_Ekanyake0.5=W8
12Ishaan_Singh0.5=W9
13Daniel_Dizon0.5=B10
14Leo_Dizon0.0-W1
15Poen_Hsieh0.0-B2
16AndrewCade0.0-W3
17Mark_Hloba0.0-B4
18Ryan_Zhou0.0-B5
19Robert_Spencer0.0-W6

Club Ratings Updated

Posted: 01/03/2023 by Ian in Club News

graphWe have only had the icebreaker blitz and the Summer Cup so far this year, nevertheless club ratings have been updated to reflect these most recent games. Current club ratings will be used as the basis for the draw in next weeks tournament. Check everything out under the club ratings dropdown.

Robert Spencer Newest Member

Posted: 01/03/2023 by Ian in Club News

The club welcomes Robert as its newest member

Club Champs Start Next Week

Posted: 01/03/2023 by Ian in Club News

Rating Our premier event, the club champs, will kick off on Tuesday 06 March.

Time control will be the same as usual at 60 minutes + 10 seconds per move from move 1.

One game per night over 6 weeks.

The format will be start time 7.15pm (7.30 on week 1), 1 game per night, open to financial members (or financial members temporarily in arrears) only. You can check when your sub is due by going to the website – About > Who We Are. Online payments preferred, see the website for details. [Note that HBHS pupils and staff are financial members by default]. If you are not currently a member but want to take part then you can join in the first two weeks, after that it is no-pay no-play.

(Adult: $40 per year, or $25 for 6 months. Juniors $20 per year)

A single division Swiss Style Tournament. The overall winner will be awarded the title Club Champion 2023 and receive all the accolades that are associated with the title. The highest rated junior will be awarded the title Club Junior Champion 2023.

The draw will be based on current club ratings. New players without a club rating will be assigned 1500 points for the purposes of the draw.

Entry can be in week one or week two only. If you can’t make it on the first night let me know and you will be awarded a half point bye. Also if you want to play but might be a little late  let me know and I will include you in the draw. The draw will be done on the night of the tournament for the first two weeks to allow for late entries. Please don’t turn up after 7:15. and expect to be included. Entries will not be accepted in week three or beyond, so the draw will be posted before Tuesday night.

Games start at 7.15pm – a 30 minute late time applies (your game is lost if you are 30 minutes late). Clocks will be started at 7:15 even if neither player is present.

Usual FIDE laws apply with the exception of the Hamilton Chess Club Special Rules found on the website. Disputes committee will be club executive (Ian and Richard). If one of the disputes committee is/are party to a dispute, the remaining member will constitute the disputes committee.

Please bring a pen if you wish to record your games. Recording is not mandatory, but if you don’t record your game you will not be allowed to claim a draw for the 50 move rule or 3 fold repetition unless agreed by your opponent.

One 1/2 point bye allowed per player, if notified to Ian the Sunday before the round that it applies.

No half point byes allowed in round 6.

Tie breaks will be according to the NZ standard 1. Direct Encounter. 2. Cumulative (Sum of Progressive Scores). 3. Total Buchholz. 4. Sonneborn-Berger. 5. Buchholz Cut1. If still tied the award will be shared.

Summer Cup To Prashanth

Posted: 01/03/2023 by Ian in Club News

Prashanth takes out the Summer Cup with a clean sweep. Club Open champs start next week.

1Prashanth_Mistry6.0+B15+B11+W14+B2+W6+W3
2Nathan_Sun5.0+B12+B14+W6-W1+B4+W7
3Ian_Kennedy4.0-W6+W12+B8+B7+W11-B1
4Graham_Nolan4.0-W7+B17+W18+B11-W2+B6
5Ranuga_Ekanyake3.5=W21-B18+W9-B6+W12+B11
6William_Lynn3.0+B3+W16-B2+W5-B1-W4
7Richard_Jackson3.0+B4+B10-W11-W3+B15-B2
8Kian_Wehi3.0-W10+B21-W3-B9+W13+B15
9Poen_Hsieh3.0-W14=W15-B5+W8=B17+W12
10Jeremy_Coombe2.5+B8-W7+B16=BYE
11Hugh_Masters2.0+B17-W1+B7-W4-B3-W5
12Amalroy_Thomas2.0-W2-B3+W17+W15-B5-B9
13Yugal_Gautam2.0+W19-B8+B20
14Andrew_Cade1.5+B9-W2-B1=BYE
15Archie_Fenell1.5-W1=B9+W21-B12-W7-W8
16Leo_Dizon1.5+W18-B6-W10=BYE
17Robert_Spencer1.5-W11-W4-B12+B20=W9-B19
18Alan_Wolstencroft1.0-B16+W5-B4
19Mark_Hloba1.0-B13-W20+W17
20Ryan_Zhou1.0-W17+B19-W13
21Daniel_Dizon1.0=B5-W8-B15=BYE

Club Ratings Are Up And Running

Posted: 26/02/2023 by Ian in Club News

graphWe have only had the icebreaker blitz and half of the Summer Cup so far this year, nevertheless club ratings have been updated to reflect these most recent games. Several new members enter the list, and the club ladder may be a surprise. Check everything out under the club ratings dropdown.

The club calendar started with a seven round blitz tournament at 5 + 3. Due to computer troubles (the club’s aged computer monitor started fizzing and sparking) the draw had to be done by hand and the crosstable was not immediately available but is now posted below

1Hugh_Masters5.5-W2=B5+W8+B6+B4+W3+W7
2Edmund5.0+B1+B7+B3-W4+W6+W8-W5
3Nathan_Sun5.0+W8+B6-W2+W5+B7-B1+B4
4Poen_Hsieh5.0+B5+W8+B6+B2-W1+B7-W3
5Jeremy_Coombe4.5-W4=W1+W7-B3+B8+W6+B2
6Ryan2.0+W7-W3-W4-W1-B2-B5+B8
7Archie_Fenwell1.0-B6-W2-B5+B8-W3-W4-B1
8Jackson0.0-B3-B4-B1-W7-W5-B2-W6

Club Open Champs Starts March 7

Posted: 22/02/2023 by Ian in Club News

We will have the second half of the Summer Cup next week, and then the following week, March 7, we will start the Club Open champs — one game per night over six weeks. The Club Open champs is open to financial members and members recently in arrears only so make sure your sub is up to date.

Summer Cup Underway. Eighteen Players.

Posted: 22/02/2023 by Ian in Club News

The Summer cup is underway with an impressive turnout of 18 players. The crosstable at the halfway mark is below. Rounds 4 5 6 are next week. Late entrants are welcome.

1Prashanth_Mistry3.0+B9+B4+W11
2Nathan_Sun3.0+B12+B11+W3
3William_Lynn2.0+B6+W13-B2
4Hugh_Masters2.0+B18-W1+B5
5Richard_Jackson2.0+B8+B7-W4
6Ian_Kennedy2.0-W3+W12+B14
7Jeremy_Coombe2.0+B14-W5+B13
8Graham_Nolan2.0-W5+B18+W15
9Archie_Fenwell1.5-W1=B17+W16
10Ranuga_Ekanyake1.5=W16-B15+W17
11Andrew_Cade1.0+B17-W2-B1
12Amalroy_Thomas1.0-W2-B6+W18
13Leo_Dizon1.0+W15-B3-W7
14Kian_Wehi1.0-W7+B16-W6
15Alan_Wolstencroft1.0-B13+W10-B8
16Daniel_Dizon0.5=B10-W14-B9
17Poen_Hsieh0.5-W11=W9-B10
18Robert_Spencer0.0-W4-W8-B12

First New Member Of 2023

Posted: 20/02/2023 by Ian in Club News

The club welcomes Ryan Zhou as its newest member

Check Us Out February 14th

Posted: 30/01/2023 by Ian in Club News

If you have been thinking about coming along for a look then Feb 14 at 7pm is your best bet. We will kick off the new year with a blitz tournament of 6 games at time control 5 + 3. Games will kick off shortly after 7, so dont be late if you want to take part in the fun. New members are always welcome. Read this page for guidance if you are thinking of joining the clubplayers3

Calendar For 2023 Posted

Posted: 30/01/2023 by Ian in Club News

The calendar for 2023 is now posted here on the website. We will start the year off February 14th with an icebreaker blitz, followed by some longer games, then use the rest of Term 1 for the club champs. New members and guests welcome. Come along February 14th at 7pm to join in the action.