Archive for October, 2026

Spring (2) At Round Four

Posted: 28/10/2026 by Ian in Club News

Anyi leads after 4 rounds on 3.5 points. Final two rounds next week. Crosstable below.

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

 

Spring (2) Underway

Posted: 21/10/2026 by Ian in Club News

Spring (2) is underway at the new (for the club) time control of 30 + 0, 2 games  per night. We have an odd number of players so someone joining next week to even up the numbers would be welcomed.

Crosstab below

1 Stephan_Petrov 2.0 +PAB +B7
2 Andy_Shi 2.0 +B11 +W8
3 Dundun_Zhang 2.0 +W12 +B10
4 Paul_Dalley 2.0 +W19 +B9
5 Anyi_Wang 1.5 +W17 =B6
6 Edwin_Zhou 1.5 +W20 =W5
7 Felix_Zuo 1.0 +B15 -W1
8 Cal_Comin 1.0 +W13 -B2
9 Bruce_Wang 1.0 +W14 -W4
10 Ian_Kennedy 1.0 +B21 -W3
11 Richard_Jackson 1.0 -W2 +B19
12 Bj_Harrison 1.0 -B3 +W21
13 Ray_Zhang 1.0 -B8 +PAB
14 Vihaan_Prem 1.0 -B9 +B18
15 Daksha_Dinesh 1.0 -W7 +B20
16 Yuanwei_Zhao 1.0 =W18 =B17
17 John_Feyter 0.5 -B5 =W16
18 Austin_John 0.5 =B16 -W14
19 Carlos_Duan 0.0 -B4 -W11
20 Gerard_Classens 0.0 -B6 -W15
21 William_Hu 0.0 -W10 -B12

Ratings Updated

Posted: 14/10/2026 by Ian in Club News
graphClub ratings have been updated to include Spring (1). There are now five members with a club rating over 1600. Check out where you stand.

Spring (1) To Andy

Posted: 14/10/2026 by Ian in Club News

Spring (1) to Andy who continues to increase in strength with every tournament. Spring (2) kicks off next week with longer time controls. Crosstab below

1 Andy_Shi 5.5 +W12 +B5 +W13 +B3 +W4 =B2
2 Austin_John 4.5 -W11 +B19 +W5 +B13 +W3 =W1
3 Cal_Comin 3.5 +W19 =B11 +W6 -W1 -B2 +W12
4 Ian_Kennedy 3.5 +B20 -W13 +B12 +W8 -B1 =W5
5 Vihaan_Prem 3.5 +B23 -W1 -B2 +W18 +B11 =B4
6 Edwin_Zhou 3.5 -B7 +W18 -B3 +W23 =B12 +W8
7 David_Morse 3.0 +W6 +B8 +W11 — — —
8 Stephan_Petrov 3.0 +B18 -W7 +B20 -B4 +W13 -B6
9 Bruce_Wang 3.0 — — — +B19 +W16 +B14
10 Anyi_Wang 3.0 — — — +B22 +W18 +B13
11 Daksha_Dinesh 2.5 +B2 =W3 -B7 -W12 -W5 +B18
12 Richard_Jackson 2.5 -B1 +W23 -W4 +B11 =W6 -B3
13 John_Feyter 2.0 +W21 +B4 -B1 -W2 -B8 -W10
14 Dundun_Zhang 2.0 — — — +B21 +B15 -W9
15 Felix_Zuo 2.0 — — — +B17 -W14 +B22
16 Viyan 2.0 — — — +W24 -B9 +W21
17 Paul_Dalley 2.0 — — — -W15 +B24 +W23
18 Carlos_Duan 1.0 -W8 -B6 +W21 -B5 -B10 -W11
19 Yuanwei_Zhao 1.0 -B3 -W2 =B23 -W9 -B21 =W24
20 Gerard_Classens 1.0 -W4 +B21 -W8 — — —
21 Ray_Zhang 1.0 -B13 -W20 -B18 -W14 +W19 -B16
22 Bj_Harrison 1.0 — — — -W10 +B23 -W15
23 William_Hu 0.5 -W5 -B12 =W19 -B6 -W22 -B17
24 Roman_Drozdov 0.5 — — — -B16 -W17 =B19

HBHS Shine At National Tournament

Posted: 14/10/2026 by Ian in Club News

Hamilton Boys’ High team gave a creditable performance at the recent National Tournament held September 26/27 in Auckland. Competing as one of 23 Secondary teams from around the country in a seven round Swiss style event HBHS came 9th with a score of 8 out of a possible 14. Wellington College top scored with 11 points

When with look at individual players honourable mention to local star Nathan Sun who was the second highest rated player on board 1 with a score of 5.5 out of 7, only pipped by a player from Wellington College on 6.5.

The depth of HBHS talent is demonstrated by the honourable mention also to Shawn Jeng who was the highest rated player on board four for the tournament. Shawn had a score of 6 out of 7.

Full results are available here