If you have been thinking about coming along for a look then May 2nd at 7pm is your best bet. We have now completed the club champs so will revert back to something a little less formal with a night of quick fire games. Games will kick off shortly after 7, so dont be late if you want to take part in the mini tournament. New members are always welcome.
Archive for April, 2017
The club is in recess now for the school holidays, we resume on 2 May with a night of casual lightning chess, 3 + 2
Richard is club champ for 2017 with a final score of 5.5. Prashant came runner up, followed by Hilton, and then the also rans. Sivaram is club Junior champ once again. For the rest of is it is a case of: oh well, there is always next year.
| 1 | Richard_Dare | 5.5 | +W6 | +B10 | +W7 | +B2 | +W12 | =B3 |
| 2 | Prashant_Mistry | 5.0 | +W14 | +B5 | +W12 | -W1 | +B7 | +W4 |
| 3 | Hilton_Bennett | 4.5 | +B22 | =BYE | =W8 | +B5 | +W9 | =W1 |
| 4 | Christopher_Symon | 4.0 | +W17 | -B12 | +W20 | +B10 | +W8 | -B2 |
| 5 | Brendon_Tangiora | 4.0 | +B15 | -W2 | +B17 | -W3 | +B13 | +W16 |
| 6 | Gary_Judkins | 4.0 | -B1 | +W11 | +B18 | -W9 | +W15 | +B12 |
| 7 | Graham_Nolan | 3.5 | +B23 | +W9 | -B1 | +B8 | -W2 | =B10 |
| 8 | Sivaram_Manoharan | 3.5 | +W13 | +B21 | =B3 | -W7 | -B4 | +W17 |
| 9 | Lara_Heppenstall | 3.5 | +W20 | -B7 | +W14 | +B6 | -B3 | =W11 |
| 10 | Michael_Budd | 3.5 | +B16 | -W1 | +B13 | -W4 | +B14 | =W7 |
| 11 | Ian_Kennedy | 3.5 | +W18 | -B6 | +W21 | -B12 | +W19 | =B9 |
| 12 | William_Lynn | 3.0 | +B19 | +W4 | -B2 | +W11 | -B1 | -W6 |
| 13 | Eushin_Kang | 3.0 | -B8 | +W15 | -W10 | +B20 | -W5 | +B19 |
| 14 | Murray_Tuatini | 3.0 | -B2 | +W19 | -B9 | +W16 | -W10 | +B21 |
| 15 | Dhushar_Chatergee | 3.0 | -W5 | -B13 | +BYE | +W17 | -B6 | +W18 |
| 16 | Shilong_Yang | 2.5 | -W10 | =BYE | +B22 | -B14 | +W21 | -B5 |
| 17 | Jeff_Xiang | 2.0 | -B4 | +W23 | -W5 | -B15 | +W20 | -B8 |
| 18 | Adam_Hasan-Stein | 2.0 | -B11 | +BYE | -W6 | -B19 | +W23 | -B15 |
| 19 | Cooper_Quinn | 2.0 | -W12 | -B14 | +B23 | +W18 | -B11 | -W13 |
| 20 | Sean_Clark | 2.0 | -B9 | +W22 | -B4 | -W13 | -B17 | +B23 |
| 21 | Ryan_Choy | 1.5 | +BYE | -W8 | -B11 | =W23 | -B16 | -W14 |
| 22 | Matt_Crombie | 1.0 | -W3 | -B20 | -W16 | +BYE | — | — |
| 23 | Joel_Crombie | 0.5 | -W7 | -B17 | -W19 | =B21 | -B18 | -W20 |
Tie breaks may be crucial tomorrow night. Remember we are using the New Zealand standard system of 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.
This means that if Hilton has a win against Richard, then Hilton takes the title.
Save the date: August 11th-13th 2017
Our premiere tournament will be held at St Pauls Collegiate during the second weekend in August. An Open, and an under-1800 tournament, each a six-round Swiss at 90 minutes plus 30 seconds per move. The Open will be FIDE-rated. This event is a Poison Pawn Grand Prix Class 1 event. The flyer is here. Be the first to register online here
| 1 | Richard_Dare | 5.0 | +W8 | +B7 | +W6 | +B2 | +W5 |
| 2 | Prashant_Mistry | 4.0 | +W14 | +B9 | +W5 | -W1 | +B6 |
| 3 | Christopher_Symon | 4.0 | +W18 | -B5 | +W21 | +B7 | +W12 |
| 4 | Hilton_Bennett | 4.0 | +B22 | =BYE | =W12 | +B9 | +W10 |
| 5 | William_Lynn | 3.0 | +B17 | +W3 | -B2 | +W11 | -B1 |
| 6 | Graham_Nolan | 3.0 | +B23 | +W10 | -B1 | +B12 | -W2 |
| 7 | Michael_Budd | 3.0 | +B13 | -W1 | +B15 | -W3 | +B14 |
| 8 | Gary_Judkins | 3.0 | -B1 | +W11 | +B19 | -W10 | +W16 |
| 9 | Brendon_Tangiora | 3.0 | +B16 | -W2 | +B18 | -W4 | +B15 |
| 10 | Lara_Heppenstall | 3.0 | +W21 | -B6 | +W14 | +B8 | -B4 |
| 11 | Ian_Kennedy | 3.0 | +W19 | -B8 | +W20 | -B5 | +W17 |
| 12 | Sivaram_Manoharan | 2.5 | +W15 | +B20 | =B4 | -W6 | -B3 |
| 13 | Shilong_Yang | 2.5 | -W7 | =BYE | +B22 | -B14 | +W20 |
| 14 | Murray_Tuatini | 2.0 | -B2 | +W17 | -B10 | +W13 | -W7 |
| 15 | Eushin_Kang | 2.0 | -B12 | +W16 | -W7 | +B21 | -W9 |
| 16 | Dhushar_Chatergee | 2.0 | -W9 | -B15 | +BYE | +W18 | -B8 |
| 17 | Cooper_Quinn | 2.0 | -W5 | -B14 | +B23 | +W19 | -B11 |
| 18 | Jeff_Xiang | 2.0 | -B3 | +W23 | -W9 | -B16 | +W21 |
| 19 | Adam_Hasan-Stein | 2.0 | -B11 | +BYE | -W8 | -B17 | +W23 |
| 20 | Ryan_Choy | 1.5 | +BYE | -W12 | -B11 | =W23 | -B13 |
| 21 | Sean_Clark | 1.0 | -B10 | +W22 | -B3 | -W15 | -B18 |
| 22 | Matt_Crombie | 1.0 | -W4 | -B21 | -W13 | +BYE | — |
| 23 | Joel_Crombie | 0.5 | -W6 | -B18 | -W17 | =B20 | -B19 |
This is tuesday nights draw. Getting down to the pointy end now, so dont be late.
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