Hamilton Chess Club

Prashant had a clean sweep with 6 winters in the Winter (2) tournament, picks up some club rating points, and goes to the top of the club ladder in the process.

William Lynn continued his long run of success at senior National Level taking out the title of New Zealand Veteran Champion. Congratulations William. Full tournament results are available here

If you have been thinking about coming along for a look then August 29at 7pm is your best bet. We will have he first 3 games of a 6 round tournament run over two Tuesdays. 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. Come along and join in the fun

We have had three new members sign up this week, taking active club numbers to over 40 players. The club welcomes two new promising juniors, Alex treat, and Lasen Silva, along with Lasens dad Ruchira as its newest three members. These three, plus the two other recent additions Nathaniel Loy and John Feyter now make their appearance on the list of club ratings which has been updated.

By popular vote we will not play Fischer Random chess next week. Instead we will have regular chess as part of the Winter (2)  cup, usual time control of 20 + 0, three games per night over two nights. See you there.

Richard takes out Winter(1) with a perfect 6.  Winter (2) kicks off next week.

Club membership continues to grow. We welcome John as our newest member.

The club welsomes Nathanial Loy as its newest member

The Open division cross table is on top, and the under 1800 below

We have 47 registrants  for the Waikato Open, split evenly between the divisions.  You can  follow the events on Vega here for the open, and here for the u1800

The hit counter at left shows 89940 hits so far. With the Waikato Open this weekend we will likely cross the 90000 milestone this weekend.

If you have been thinking about coming along for a look then August 15 at 7pm is your best bet. We will have he first 3 games of a 6 round tournament run over two Tuesdays. 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. Come along and join in the fun

We have 42 registrants so far for the Waikato Open, split evenly between the divisions. Not too late to register if you want to be in. You can see who has registered, and follow the events on Vega here for the open, and here for the u1800

Final standings are Below. Milton gets the honourable mention. Eushin is pushing up the ranks, and is Club Rapid Champ (Junior) 2017.

Club ratings and club ladder have been updated. Graphs of player ratings have also been refreshed.

With one round to go Richard has an unassailable lead. Great to see a turnout of 26 players tonight!

The club is in recess now for the school holidays, we resume on 26 July with round 4 of the club rapid