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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 |
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