We will return to our usual format of three 20 + 0 games next week with rounds 1 2 3 of Spring (1). See you then.
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Club ratings have been updated to include the club lightning. Check out the losers and gainers
Anyi is Club Lightning Champion 2026 with a score of 7 out of 8. Crosstab below
| 1 | Anyi_Wang | 7.0 | +W7 | +B12 | -W9 | +B4 | +B2 | +W8 | +B6 | +W5 |
| 2 | Dundun_Zhang | 6.0 | +B14 | +W6 | +B8 | -B9 | -W1 | +W3 | +B13 | +W10 |
| 3 | Andy_Shi | 5.5 | +W15 | -W8 | +B11 | =B5 | +W7 | -B2 | +W9 | +W6 |
| 4 | Austin_John | 5.0 | -B8 | +W16 | +B13 | -W1 | -B10 | +W14 | +B11 | +B9 |
| 5 | Bruce_Wang | 5.0 | -B16 | +W15 | =B14 | =W3 | +B11 | +W10 | +B8 | -B1 |
| 6 | Edwin_Zhou | 4.5 | +W10 | -B2 | =W7 | +B13 | +W12 | +B9 | -W1 | -B3 |
| 7 | Stephan_Petrov | 4.5 | -B1 | +W18 | =B6 | +W14 | -B3 | -W11 | +B17 | +W8 |
| 8 | Felix_Zuo | 4.0 | +W4 | +B3 | -W2 | +B12 | +W9 | -B1 | -W5 | -B7 |
| 9 | Paul_Dalley | 4.0 | +B11 | +W13 | +B1 | +W2 | -B8 | -W6 | -B3 | -W4 |
| 10 | John_Feyter | 4.0 | -B6 | -W14 | +B15 | +W16 | +W4 | -B5 | +W12 | -B2 |
| 11 | Vihaan_Prem | 4.0 | -W9 | +B17 | -W3 | +B18 | -W5 | +B7 | -W4 | +B15 |
| 12 | Cal_Comin | 4.0 | +B18 | -W1 | +B16 | -W8 | -B6 | +W17 | -B10 | +W14 |
| 13 | Ian_Kennedy | 4.0 | +W17 | -B9 | -W4 | -W6 | +B16 | +B15 | -W2 | +B18 |
| 14 | Richard_Jackson | 3.5 | -W2 | +B10 | =W5 | -B7 | +W17 | -B4 | +W18 | -B12 |
| 15 | David_Morse | 2.0 | -B3 | -B5 | -W10 | -B17 | +W18 | -W13 | +B16 | -W11 |
| 16 | Yuanwei_Zhao | 2.0 | +W5 | -B4 | -W12 | -B10 | -W13 | =B18 | -W15 | =B17 |
| 17 | Carlos_Duan | 2.0 | -B13 | -W11 | =B18 | +W15 | -B14 | -B12 | -W7 | =W16 |
| 18 | William_Hu | 1.0 | -W12 | -B7 | =W17 | -W11 | -B15 | =W16 | -B14 | -W13 |
Club ratings have been updated to include the club blitz. Check out the losers and gainers
Nathan is Club Blitz Champ 2026 with a score of 5.5 out of 6. Club Lightning (3 + 2) next week.
| 1 | Nathan_Sun | 5.5 | +W15 | +B3 | +W4 | +B9 | +W5 | =B2 |
| 2 | Andy_Shi | 4.5 | +W12 | +B16 | +W5 | -B4 | +W9 | =W1 |
| 3 | Felix_Zuo | 4.5 | =B8 | -W1 | +B13 | +W19 | +W11 | +B4 |
| 4 | Dundun_Zhang | 4.0 | +B20 | +W7 | -B1 | +W2 | +B10 | -W3 |
| 5 | Bruce_Wang | 4.0 | +B14 | +W19 | -B2 | +W18 | -B1 | +W10 |
| 6 | Anyi_Wang | 4.0 | -B7 | +W8 | +B19 | -W10 | +B13 | +W9 |
| 7 | Stephan_Petrov | 3.5 | +W6 | -B4 | -W9 | +B16 | +W15 | =B11 |
| 8 | Edwin_Zhou | 3.5 | =W3 | -B6 | +W16 | -B11 | +W18 | +B15 |
| 9 | Vihaan_Prem | 3.0 | +B18 | +W10 | +B7 | -W1 | -B2 | -B6 |
| 10 | Cal_Comin | 3.0 | +W17 | -B9 | +W15 | +B6 | -W4 | -B5 |
| 11 | Austin_John | 3.0 | -B19 | +W20 | =B18 | +W8 | -B3 | =W7 |
| 12 | Yuanwei_Zhao | 3.0 | -B2 | =W13 | -B20 | =W14 | +B19 | +W17 |
| 13 | Ian_Kennedy | 2.5 | -W16 | =B12 | -W3 | +B17 | -W6 | +B18 |
| 14 | William_Hu | 2.5 | -W5 | -B15 | -W17 | =B12 | +W16 | +B20 |
| 15 | Richard_Jackson | 2.0 | -B1 | +W14 | -B10 | +W20 | -B7 | -W8 |
| 16 | Daksha_Dinesh | 2.0 | +B13 | -W2 | -B8 | -W7 | -B14 | +W19 |
| 17 | Gerard_Classens | 2.0 | -B10 | -W18 | +B14 | -W13 | +B20 | -B12 |
| 18 | David_Morse | 1.5 | -W9 | +B17 | =W11 | -B5 | -B8 | -W13 |
| 19 | Ray_Zhang | 1.0 | +W11 | -B5 | -W6 | -B3 | -W12 | -B16 |
| 20 | Carlos_Duan | 1.0 | -W4 | -B11 | +W12 | -B15 | -W17 | -W14 |
In future the club ratings and club ladder pages will only show players that have played at least one game in the last 90 days
We will have a couple of rapid fire tournaments for the next two weeks: 5 + 3 six rounds, and then 3 + 2 eight rounds. See you there.
Club ratings have been updated to include Winter (3). Check out the losers and gainers
Winter (3) to Ian on 5.5 points. Blitz next week 5 + 3. Lightning the week after that 3 + 2.
| 1 | Ian_Kennedy | 5.5 | +B12 | +W9 | +B4 | +W8 | +B6 | =W3 |
| 2 | Paul_Dalley | 5.0 | +B10 | +W3 | -B6 | +W4 | +B5 | +W8 |
| 3 | Bruce_Wang | 4.5 | +W17 | -B2 | +W14 | +W6 | +B8 | =B1 |
| 4 | Anyi_Wang | 4.0 | +W21 | +B7 | -W1 | -B2 | +W15 | +B9 |
| 5 | Richard_Jackson | 4.0 | +B18 | -W6 | +B15 | +W10 | -W2 | +B16 |
| 6 | Andy_Shi | 3.5 | +W24 | +B5 | +W2 | -B3 | -W1 | =B7 |
| 7 | Austin_John | 3.5 | +B14 | -W4 | -B8 | +W18 | +B10 | =W6 |
| 8 | Edwin_Zhou | 3.0 | +W16 | +B20 | +W7 | -B1 | -W3 | -B2 |
| 9 | David_Morse | 3.0 | +W15 | -B1 | -W17 | +B14 | +B16 | -W4 |
| 10 | John_Feyter | 3.0 | -W2 | +B16 | +W20 | -B5 | -W7 | +B19 |
| 11 | Ramakrishna_Sanku | 3.0 | — | — | — | +B25 | +W22 | +B15 |
| 12 | Jimmy_Daisa | 2.5 | -W1 | -B17 | +W24 | -B19 | +W20 | =B13 |
| 13 | Cal_Comin | 2.5 | — | — | — | +B22 | +W14 | =W12 |
| 14 | Daksha_Dinesh | 2.0 | -W7 | +B21 | -B3 | -W9 | -B13 | +W23 |
| 15 | Yuanwei_Zhao | 2.0 | -B9 | +PAB | -W5 | +W23 | -B4 | -W11 |
| 16 | Andrew_Evelo | 2.0 | -B8 | -W10 | +PAB | +B20 | -W9 | -W5 |
| 17 | Viyan_Aravindkumar | 2.0 | -B3 | +W12 | +B9 | — | — | — |
| 18 | Carlos_Duan | 2.0 | -W5 | +B24 | -W21 | -B7 | -W19 | +B20 |
| 19 | Dundun_Zhang | 2.0 | — | — | — | +W12 | +B18 | -W10 |
| 20 | Ray_Zhang | 1.0 | +PAB | -W8 | -B10 | -W16 | -B12 | -W18 |
| 21 | Stephan_Petrov | 1.0 | -B4 | -W14 | +B18 | — | — | — |
| 22 | William_Hu | 1.0 | — | — | — | -W13 | -B11 | +B25 |
| 23 | Sione | 1.0 | — | — | — | -B15 | +W25 | -B14 |
| 24 | Austin_Liang | 0.0 | -B6 | -W18 | -B12 | — | — | — |
| 25 | Gerard_Classens | 0.0 | — | — | — | -W11 | -B23 | -W22 |
Crosstable below. Rounds 4, 5, 6 next week
| 1 | Andy_Shi | 3.0 | +W19 | +B7 | +W4 |
| 2 | Ian_Kennedy | 3.0 | +B14 | +W11 | +B5 |
| 3 | Edwin_Zhou | 3.0 | +W12 | +B13 | +W10 |
| 4 | Paul_Dalley | 2.0 | +B8 | +W6 | -B1 |
| 5 | Anyi_Wang | 2.0 | +W15 | +B10 | -W2 |
| 6 | Bruce_Wang | 2.0 | +W9 | -B4 | +W16 |
| 7 | Richard_Jackson | 2.0 | +B18 | -W1 | +B17 |
| 8 | John_Feyter | 2.0 | -W4 | +B12 | +W13 |
| 9 | Viyan_Aravindkumar* | 2.0 | -B6 | +W14 | +B11 |
| 10 | Austin_John | 1.0 | +B16 | -W5 | -B3 |
| 11 | David_Morse* | 1.0 | +W17 | -B2 | -W9 |
| 12 | Andrew_Evelo | 1.0 | -B3 | -W8 | +PAB |
| 13 | Ray_Zhang | 1.0 | +PAB | -W3 | -B8 |
| 14 | Jimmy_Daisa | 1.0 | -W2 | -B9 | +W19 |
| 15 | Stephan_Petrov | 1.0 | -B5 | -W16 | +B18 |
| 16 | Daksha_Dinesh | 1.0 | -W10 | +B15 | -B6 |
| 17 | Yuanwei_Zhao | 1.0 | -B11 | +PAB | -W7 |
| 18 | Carlos_Duan | 1.0 | -W7 | +B19 | -W15 |
| 19 | Austin_Liang | 0.0 | -B1 | -W18 | -B14 |
The recent pause on new junior memberships has been lifted. Remember minimum age for new members is 11 years
Club ratings have been updated to include Winter (2). Check out the losers and gainers
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 | — | — | — |
| 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 |
Club ratings have been updated to include Winter (1). Check out the losers and gainers
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.
The club welcomes Andrew as its newest member
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 |
Club ratings have been updated to include the Club Rapid. Check out the losers and gainers
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