Junior Membership Reopened

Posted: 20/08/2026 by Ian in Club News

The recent pause on new junior memberships has been lifted. Remember minimum age for new members is 11 years

Ratings Updated

Posted: 20/08/2026 by Ian in Club News
graphClub ratings have been updated to include Winter (2). Check out the losers and gainers

Winter (2) To Anyi

Posted: 20/08/2026 by Ian in Club News

Anyi takes out Winter (2) on 5.5 points. Crosstable below. Winter (3) starts next week.

1 Anyi_Wang 5.5 +B18 +W10 =B15 +W2 +B3 +W4
2 Paul_Dalley 4.0 +W23 +B7 +W3 -B1 -W4 +B9
3 Cal_Comin 4.0 +B24 +W5 -B2 +W10 -W1 +B14
4 Dundun_Zhang 4.0 +B20 -W14 +B21 +W9 +B2 -B1
5 Ian_Kennedy 4.0 +PAB -B3 +W23 -B6 +W14 +B7
6 Edwin_Zhou 3.5 +B9 -W15 =B14 +W5 =W7 =B8
7 Austin_John 3.5 +B19 -W2 +B20 +W14 =B6 -W5
8 Richard_Jackson 3.5 -B15 +W21 -B9 +W19 +B12 =W6
9 Archie_Verry 3.0 -W6 +B12 +W8 -B4 +B10 -W2
10 David_Morse 3.0 +W22 -B1 +W24 -B3 -W9 +B17
11 Andy_Shi 3.0 +W16 +B18 +W13
12 Viyan_Aravindkumar 3.0 -B21 -W9 +PAB +B22 -W8 +W19
13 Carlos_Duan 3.0 -B14 -W20 +B18 +PAB +W22 -B11
14 Bruce_Wang 2.5 +W13 +B4 =W6 -B7 -B5 -W3
15 Felix_Zuo 2.5 +W8 +B6 =W1
16 Athul_Kaimal 2.0 -B11 +PAB +B22
17 Andrew_Evelo 2.0 +W18 +B19 -W10
18 Gerard_Classens 1.0 -W1 -B22 -W13 -B17 -W11 +PAB
19 Yuanwei_Zhao 1.0 -W7 -B23 +W22 -B8 -W17 -B12
20 Stephan_Petrov 1.0 -W4 +B13 -W7
21 Daksha_Dinesh 1.0 +W12 -B8 -W4
22 William_Hu 1.0 -B10 +W18 -B19 -W12 -B13 -W16
23 John_Feyter 1.0 -B2 +W19 -B5
24 Ray_Zhang 1.0 -W3 +PAB -B10

Winter (2) Underway. Paul Leads.

Posted: 13/08/2026 by Ian in Club News
1 Paul_Dalley 3.0 +W12 +B7 +W5
2 Felix_Zuo 2.5 +W13 +B11 =W3
3 Anyi_Wang 2.5 +B21 +W9 =B2
4 Bruce_Wang 2.5 +W19 +B8 =W11
5 Cal_Comin 2.0 +B15 +W6 -B1
6 Ian_Kennedy 2.0 +PAB -B5 +W12
7 Austin_John 2.0 +B17 -W1 +B14
8 Dundun_Zhang 2.0 +B14 -W4 +B16
9 David_Morse 2.0 +W20 -B3 +W15
10 Archie_Verry 2.0 -W11 +B18 +W13
11 Edwin_Zhou 1.5 +B10 -W2 =B4
12 John_Feyter 1.0 -B1 +W17 -B6
13 Richard_Jackson 1.0 -B2 +W16 -B10
14 Stephan_Petrov 1.0 -W8 +B19 -W7
15 Ray_Zhang 1.0 -W5 +PAB -B9
16 Daksha_Dinesh 1.0 +W18 -B13 -W8
17 Yuanwei_Zhao 1.0 -W7 -B12 +W20
18 Viyan_Aravindkumar 1.0 -B16 -W10 +PAB
19 Carlos_Duan 1.0 -B4 -W14 +B21
20 William_Hu 1.0 -B9 +W21 -B17
21 Gerard_Classens 0.0 -W3 -B20 -W19

 

Ratings Updated

Posted: 05/08/2026 by Ian in Club News
graphClub ratings have been updated to include Winter (1). Check out the losers and gainers

Winter (1) To Dundun On Tiebreak

Posted: 05/08/2026 by Ian in Club News

Felix and Dundun both scored 5 out of 6. First place goes to Dundun on Direct Encounter tiebreak. Crosstable below. Winter (2) starts next week.

1 Dundun_Zhang 5.0 +B20 +W10 +B4 +W5 +B2 -W3
2 Felix_Zuo 5.0 +B14 +B13 +W7 +B3 -W1 +W5
3 Andy_Shi 4.5 =B17 +W20 +B11 -W2 +B6 +B1
4 Paul_Dalley 4.5 +B23 +B6 -W1 +W9 =B5 +W10
5 Bruce_Wang 3.5 +W11 +B25 +W15 -B1 =W4 -B2
6 Austin_John 3.5 +B25 -W4 +B10 +B7 -W3 =B9
7 David_Morse 3.5 +W16 +B19 -B2 -W6 =B8 +W15
8 Cal_Comin 3.5 -B10 +W21 -W14 +B11 =W7 +W13
9 Daksha_Dinesh 3.5 +B21 -W11 +W13 -B4 +B15 =W6
10 Stephan_Petroff 3.0 +W8 -B1 -W6 +B13 +W18 -B4
11 Richard_Jackson 3.0 -B5 +B9 -W3 -W8 +B22 +W16
12 Ian_Kennedy 2.5 +W22 =B16 +B18
13 Archie_Verry 2.0 +B15 -W2 -B9 -W10 +W21 -B8
14 Anyi_Wang 2.0 -W2 +W17 +B8
15 John_Feyter 2.0 -W13 +W23 -B5 +B21 -W9 -B7
16 Yuanwei_Zhao 1.5 -B7 =W24 =W19 -B18 =W12 -B11
17 Edwin_Zhou 1.5 =W3 -B14 +B24
18 Kunal 1.5 =B23 +W16 -B10 -W12
19 Steven_O’Rourke 1.5 +B24 -W7 =B16
20 Andrew_Evelo 1.0 -W1 -B3 +W25
21 William_Hu 1.0 -W9 -B8 +PAB -W15 -B13 -W22
22 Gerard_Classens 1.0 -B12 -W11 +B21
23 Athul_Kaimal 0.5 -W4 -B15 =W18
24 Carlos_Duan 0.5 -W19 =B16 -W17
25 Ray_Zhang 0.0 -W6 -W5 -B20

Once again HBHS pupils have taken line honours in the Waikato Regional Secondary School Championship. This year the national finals will be held in Auckland and we look forward to success there later in the year as well. The final crosstable is below and individual players scores and crosstabs can be found here and here.

Andrew Evelo Newest Member

Posted: 01/08/2026 by Ian in Club News

The club welcomes Andrew as its newest member

Winter (1) Underway

Posted: 01/08/2026 by Ian in Club News

Twenty three players for Winter (1). Crosstable at the halfway mark below. See you next week.

1 Felix_Zuo 3.0 +B7 +B13 +W5
2 Dundun_Zhang 3.0 +B15 +W14 +B6
3 Bruce_Wang 3.0 +W12 +B23 +W16
4 Andy_Shi 2.5 =B11 +W15 +B12
5 David_Morse 2.0 +W19 +B9 -B1
6 Paul_Dalley 2.0 +B21 +B8 -W2
7 Anyi_Wang 2.0 -W1 +W11 +B17
8 Austin_John 2.0 +B23 -W6 +B14
9 Steven_O’Rourke 2.0 +B20 -W5 +B19
10 Daksha_Dinesh 2.0 +B18 -W12 +W13
11 Edwin_Zhou 1.5 =W4 -B7 +B20
12 Richard_Jackson 1.0 -B3 +B10 -W4
13 Archie_Verry 1.0 +B16 -W1 -B10
14 Stephan_Petroff 1.0 +W17 -B2 -W8
15 Andrew_Evelo 1.0 -W2 -B4 +W23
16 John_Feyter 1.0 -W13 +W21 -B3
17 Cal_Comin 1.0 -B14 +W18 -W7
18 William_Hu 1.0 -W10 -B17 +PAB
19 Yuanwei_Zhao 0.5 -B5 =W20 -W9
20 Carlos_Duan 0.5 -W9 =B19 -W11
21 Athul_Kaimal 0.5 -W6 -B16 =W22
22 Kunal 0.5 =B21
23 Ray_Zhang 0.0 -W8 -W3 -B15

Ratings Updated

Posted: 22/07/2026 by Ian in Club News
graphClub ratings have been updated to include the Club Rapid. Check out the losers and gainers

Winter (1) Next Week

Posted: 22/07/2026 by Ian in Club News

We will start Winter (1) next week. Time control 20 + 0, 3 rounds per night over two nights. See you then

Felix Club Rapid Champ

Posted: 22/07/2026 by Ian in Club News

Felix and Anyi both ended up on a score of 5 out of 6. Felix takes out the title of club rapid champ for 2026 on second tiebreak. Final crosstable is below.

. . . . . . . . . DE PS
1 Felix_Zuo 5.0 +W26 +B22 +W4 -B6 +W10 +B3 0 18.0
2 Anyi_Wang 5.0 +B25 +W13 +B4 +W9 +B10 0 17.0
3 Edwin_Zhou 4.0 +B20 +W5 +W16 +B8 -W1 0 14.0
4 Rangarajan_Ganeshan 4.0 +B32 +W11 -B1 -W2 +B16 +W8 0 14.0
5 Paul_Dalley 4.0 -B12 +W31 -B3 +W25 +B14 +W11 0 11.0
6 Graham_Nolan 3.5 +B23 +W16 =B8 +W1 0 16.0
7 Dundun_Zhang 3.5 =B21 +W12 -B11 +W13 +W16 0 12.0
8 Ian_Kennedy 3.0 +W15 +B10 =W6 =B9 -W3 -B4 0 14.5
9 William_Lynn 3.0 +W19 =HPB +B14 =W8 -B2 0 14.0
10 Carlos_Duan 3.0 +PAB -W8 +B23 +W11 -B1 -W2 0 13.0
11 Sithu_Kyaw 3.0 +W17 -B4 +W7 -B10 +W18 -B5 0 12.0
12 John_Feyter 3.0 +W5 -B7 =HPB +B28 =W13 0 10.5
13 Austin_John 3.0 +W28 -B2 =W15 -B7 +W17 =B12 0 10.5
14 Liam_Membery 2.5 +B31 =HPB -W9 +B15 -W5 1 11.5
15 Cal_Comin 2.5 -B8 +W29 =B13 -W14 +B26 2 8.0
16 Andy_Shi 2.0 +W20 -B6 +W17 -B3 -W4 -B7 0 10.0
17 Athul_Kaimal 2.0 -B11 +W32 -B16 +W22 -B13 0 8.0
18 David_Morse 2.0 +B31 +W23 -B11 0 7.0
19 Stephan_Petroff 2.0 -B9 +B32 +W31 0 5.0
20 Daksha_Dinesh 2.0 -B16 -W3 -B27 -W30 +PAB +B28 0 3.0
21 Yori_Mochinda 1.5 =W7 +B32 0 4.0
22 Darcy_Beckett 1.0 +B33 -W1 -B17 0 6.0
23 Charlie_Liu 1.0 -W6 +B28 -W10 -B18 0 5.0
24 Bj_Harrison 1.0 +W25 0 5.0
25 Archie_Verry 1.0 -W2 -B24 +W28 -B5 0 4.0
26 Bruce_Wang 1.0 -B1 +PAB -W15 0 4.0
27 Varun_Reddy 1.0 +W20 0 4.0
28 Yuanwei_Zhao 1.0 -B13 -W23 -B25 +PAB -W12 -W20 0 3.0
29 Rayford_Ruan 1.0 -B15 +W31 0 3.0
30 Abheek_Mishra 1.0 +B20 0 3.0
31 William_Hu 1.0 -W14 -B5 -W18 -B29 +W32 -B19 0 2.0
32 Ray_Zhang 0.0 -W4 -B17 -W19 -B31 -W21 0 0.0
33 Alexander_Bourne 0.0 -W22 0 0.0

 

NZ Seniors Championship

Posted: 21/07/2026 by Ian in Club News

Rangaragan recently completed in the NZ Seniors championship finishing with a creditable middle of the pack score of 3 out of 6. Final crosstable is here

Club Recess Until 21 July

Posted: 01/07/2026 by Ian in Club News

Club nights will resume 21 July after the school holiday break.

Round Six Draw

Posted: 01/07/2026 by Ian in Club News

Subject to attendance and change on the night round six may look like this:

Down To The Wire

Posted: 01/07/2026 by Ian in Club News

The competition for Club Rapid Champ 2026 is fierce as there are currently 3 players tied on four points. It will come down to the wire (and likely tiebreaks) after the final round on 21 July. Tiebreaks will be applied as per the usual club rules for our major tournaments which are here reproduced in italics by way of reminder . Round 5 crosstable below.

Usual FIDE laws apply with the exception of the Hamilton Chess Club Special Rules found on the website. Disputes committee will be club executive (Graham Ian and Richard). If one or two of the disputes committee is/are party to a dispute, the remaining member(s) 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 before the round that it applies. (No half point byes allowed in rounds 5 or 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.

. . . . . . . . DE CUM
1 Felix_Zuo 4.0 +W23 +B19 +W8 -B4 +W7 0 13.0
2 Anyi_Wang 4.0 +B22 +W14 +B8 +W6 0 12.0
3 Edwin_Zhou 4.0 +B29 +W10 +W15 +B5 0 10.0
4 Graham_Nolan 3.5 +B20 +W15 =B5 +W1 0 12.5
5 Ian_Kennedy 3.0 +W18 +B7 =W4 =B6 -W3 0 11.5
6 William_Lynn 3.0 +W24 =HPB +B11 =W5 -B2 0 11.0
7 Carlos_Duan 3.0 +PAB -W5 +B20 +W9 -B1 0 10.0
8 Rangarajan_Ganeshan 3.0 +B32 +W9 -B1 -W2 +B15 0 10.0
9 Sithu_Kyaw 3.0 +W16 -B8 +W12 -B7 +W17 0 9.0
10 Paul_Dalley 3.0 -B13 +W30 -B3 +W22 +B11 0 7.0
11 Liam_Membery 2.5 +B30 =HPB -W6 +B18 -W10 0 9.0
12 Dundun_Zhang 2.5 =B31 +W13 -B9 +W14 0 8.5
13 John_Feyter 2.5 +W10 -B12 =HPB +B26 0 7.5
14 Austin_John 2.5 +W26 -B2 =W18 -B12 +W16 0 7.5
15 Andy_Shi 2.0 +W29 -B4 +W16 -B3 -W8 0 8.0
16 Athul_Kaimal 2.0 -B9 +W32 -B15 +W19 -B14 0 6.0
17 David_Morse 2.0 +B30 +W20 -B9 0 5.0
18 Cal_Comin 1.5 -B5 +W27 =B14 -W11 0 5.5
19 Darcy_Beckett 1.0 +B33 -W1 -B16 0 5.0
20 Charlie_Liu 1.0 -W4 +B26 -W7 -B17 0 4.0
21 Bj_Harrison 1.0 +W22 0 4.0
22 Archie_Verry 1.0 -W2 -B21 +W26 -B10 0 3.0
23 Bruce_Wang 1.0 -B1 +PAB 0 3.0
24 Stephan_Petroff 1.0 -B6 +B32 0 3.0
25 Varun_Reddy 1.0 +W29 0 3.0
26 Yuanwei_Zhao 1.0 -B14 -W20 -B22 +PAB -W13 0 2.0
27 Rayford_Ruan 1.0 -B18 +W30 0 2.0
28 Abheek_Mishra 1.0 +B29 0 2.0
29 Daksha_Dinesh 1.0 -B15 -W3 -B25 -W28 +PAB 0 1.0
30 William_Hu 1.0 -W11 -B10 -W17 -B27 +W32 0 1.0
31 Yori_Mochinda 0.5 =W12 0 2.5
32 Ray_Zhang 0.0 -W8 -B16 -W24 -B30 0 0.0
33 Alexander_Bourne 0.0 -W19 0 0.0

Ratings Updated

Posted: 24/06/2026 by Ian in Club News
graphClub ratings have been updated to include the first four rounds of the Club Rapid.

Round Five Draw

Posted: 24/06/2026 by Ian in Club News

The first ten tables of next weeks draw subject to attendance and revision on the night are below

Graham Leads At Round Four

Posted: 24/06/2026 by Ian in Club News

As we turn the post and enter the home stretch it is Graham in the lead on 3.5 out of 4. We look forward to some well matched games for the final two rounds.

 

1 Graham_Nolan 3.5 +B19 +W11 =B2 +W5
2 Ian_Kennedy 3.0 +W17 +B4 =W1 =B3
3 William_Lynn 3.0 +W23 =HPB +B9 =W2
4 Carlos_Duan 3.0 +PAB -W2 +B19 +W10
5 Felix_Zuo 3.0 +W22 +B21 +W12 -B1
6 Anyi_Wang 3.0 +B20 +W16 +B12
7 Edwin_Zhou 3.0 +B30 +W13 +W11
8 Dundun_Zhang 2.5 =B29 +W18 -B10 +W16
9 Liam_Membery 2.5 +B31 =HPB -W3 +B17
10 Sithu_Kyaw 2.0 +W14 -B12 +W8 -B4
11 Andy_Shi 2.0 +W30 -B1 +W14 -B7
12 Rangarajan_Ganeshan 2.0 +B32 +W10 -B5 -W6
13 Paul_Dalley 2.0 -B18 +W31 -B7 +W20
14 Athul_Kaimal 2.0 -B10 +W32 -B11 +W21
15 David_Morse 2.0 +B31 +W19
16 Austin_John 1.5 +W24 -B6 =W17 -B8
17 Cal_Comin 1.5 -B2 +W26 =B16 -W9
18 John_Feyter 1.5 +W13 -B8 =HPB
19 Charlie_Liu 1.0 -W1 +B24 -W4 -B15
20 Archie_Verry 1.0 -W6 -B25 +W24 -B13
21 Darcy_Beckett 1.0 +B33 -W5 -B14
22 Bruce_Wang 1.0 -B5 +PAB
23 Stephan_Petroff 1.0 -B3 +B32
24 Yuanwei_Zhao 1.0 -B16 -W19 -B20 +PAB
25 Bj_Harrison 1.0 +W20
26 Rayford_Ruan 1.0 -B17 +W31
27 Varun_Reddy 1.0 +W30
28 Abheek_Mishra 1.0 +B30
29 Yori_Mochinda 0.5 =W8
30 Daksha_Dinesh 0.0 -B11 -W7 -B27 -W28
31 William_Hu 0.0 -W9 -B13 -W15 -B26
32 Ray_Zhang 0.0 -W12 -B14 -W23
33 Alexander_Bourne 0.0 -W21

Monthly Website Hits Rising

Posted: 19/06/2026 by Ian in Club News

The below table shows the monthly hits to the club website, we are consistently getting 40 to 50 hits per day on average

 

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Totals
2021 707 937 1000 853 1100 879 721 775 465 369 366 385 8642
2022 302 386 253 421 428 331 349 519 428 580 448 467 4912
2023 877 993 1000 745 792 725 801 944 946 696 746 592 9878
2024 479 650 1100 891 782 791 720 732 661 912 664 670 9007
2025 796 934 981 751 914 1100 1200 1100 1100 1000 1300 841 11963
2026 917 1200 1400 1300 1600 810 7232