Hamilton Chess Club

December 6th will be the final night of the year. We have “casual chess” down on the calendar, but maybe we will have one last blitz for the sake of auld lang syne if that is the mood of the evening.

Richard comes out on top in Spring(2) with a clean sweep. A four way tie for second. Ratings have been updated.

The club picnic provided a fitting end to the year. We had quite a good turn out and I think people enjoyed themselves playing chess and croquet as the sun shined down upon us …. Richard looked quite comfortable sitting in the café playing all comers and there were quite a number of interested lookers-on.  Some chess games on the big board were won by committee decision management.  Matt encouraged the young ones into playing a game of soccer on the circular field where there were no corners awarded and afterwards they had a walk through the gardens.  Murray found a nice quiet place to sit and contemplate and enjoy the cooling breeze while others found it nice to remove their socks and soak their feet in Turtle Lake.

Remember it is the club end of year picnic in the gardens, this saturday, from 11am. Bring your chess sets along for some recreation in the open air. The flyer is here

The club welcomes Greg Van Eyk as its newest member. Greg has played nine games suitable for club rating so far and is enjoying the Spring Cup. Welcome Greg

Club ratings and club ladder have been updated.

We will have a rerun of the Spring Cup starting again next week, six games over 2 weeks. Dont be late. Guests are welcome to join in — be there around 7:05

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The club is sad to see Stefan leaving us to take up his new post in far away Scotland. Stefan has been a club stalwart over the years and one of its strongest players. He will be sadly missed, but we wish him all the best.

The Hamilton Press now lists us in “Clubs and Groups” so lets hope we can attract a few more members

The recently created New Zealand Chess Forum “Over The Board” can be found here.

Over the board is all about having conversations centred around Chess for the NZ Chess Community. So start a conversation or join in a conversation already started.

Discuss your favourite opening, get help analysing an interesting game, show off an awesome game you played, talk about famous players and your heroes, send your review of a book or two, throw in a comment about a tournament in progress, start a local chess event or even hint at something that is bugging you.

Share your love for our great game and inspire others to do the same!

Next week we will start the first of 2 Spring Cups. Please if you want to be in, make a commitment to be there for both nights.  The time control will be 20+0, 3 games per night, over 2 nights. We will have two solid hours of chess, so kick off will be as soon as the draw is done. Dont be late. Guests and non-members are welcome to come along and join in.