Hamilton Chess Club

Club ratings have been updated to include Round 3 of the club champs. Fuatai joins the 1600 club with his impressive Club Champ performance. He already has 45 earlier games from a brief appearance at the club back in 2014.

We will have a two week hiatus, next club night will be 4th May.

Remember that if you are not going to be there for round 4 please let me know by the Sunday beforehand as the draw will be posted on Monday night and wont be re-done on the Tuesday. If all players currently entered were to turn up the draw would be as below. THIS IS NOT THE FINAL DRAW FOR ROUND FOUR as inevitably someone is going to notify of an absence.

Standings at round 3 below

Below is what round three will look like if all currently participating players show up on the night. The draw will be modified on the night if there are no-shows. From round four onward players will need to email me if they are not going to attend so they can be awarded a bye. That will also allow the draw to be pre-posted on the website and not redone on the night

Standings are below. Dont be late for round three.

Club ratings have been updated to include Round 1 of the club champs. One member has recorded a significant personal best.

Steve Wood has joined as the clubs newest member and taking the tally to 50.

The club welcomes Chris Rezon as its newest member.

Club champs kicked off last night with 24 players putting their hats in the ring. Special mention to Peter Ladur who took Hilton to a technical draw with opposite coloured bishops only to miss out due to the clock. Remember you can still join up in week 2 and claim a retrospective bye for round one. No joining week three and beyond. As Ian is away next week and their is no capacity to request byes via email the draw will be done on the night for the next two nights, so dont turn up late. Also remember no play on Easter Tuesday

Standings at round one

Club ratings have been updated to include the just completed Summer Cup

Remember that our premier event, the club champs, will kick off on Tuesday 22 March.

Time control will be the same as last year at 60 minutes + 10 seconds per move from move 1.

One game per night over 6 weeks (interrupted by Easter, and the school holidays).

The format will be start time 7.15pm (7.30 on week 1), 1 game per night, open to financial members (or financial members temporarily in arrears), and newly paid up members, only. You can check when your sub is due by going to the website – About > Who We Are. Online payments preferred, see the website for details. If you are not currently a member but want to take part then you can join on the first night.

(Adult: $40 per year, or $25 for 6 months. Juniors $20 per year)

A single division Swiss Style Tournament. The overall winner will be awarded the title Club Champion 2021 and receive all the accolades that are associated with the title. The highest rated junior  will be awarded the title Club Junior Champion 2021.

The draw will be based on Current club ratings. New players without a club rating will be assigned 1500 points for the purposes of the  draw.

Entry permitted in round one and two, but round one preferred!.  If you can’t make it on the first night let me know and you will be awarded a half point bye. If you enter in round two without prior notification you will retrospectively receive a zero point bye for round 1. Also if you want to play but might be a little late on the first night let me know and I will include you in the draw. Please don’t turn up after 7:15. Entries will not be accepted in week three or beyond.

Games start at 7.15pm – a 30 minute late time applies (your game is lost if you are 30 minutes late). Clocks will be started at 7:15 even if neither player is present.

Usual FIDE laws apply with  the exception of the Hamilton Chess Club Special Rules found on the website. Disputes committee will be club executive (Hilton Ian and Richard). If one or two of the disputes committee is/are party to a dispute, the remaining member(s) will constitute the disputes committee.

Please bring a pen if you wish to record your games. Recording is not mandatory, but if you don’t record your game you will not be allowed to claim a draw for the 50 move rule or 3 fold repetition unless agreed by your opponent.

One 1/2 point bye allowed per player, if notified to Ian the Sunday before the round that it applies.

No half point byes allowed in rounds 5 or 6.

Tie breaks will be according to the NZ  standard  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.

The Summer Cup was a clean sweep to Richard on 6.0. Club champs begin next week

The club welcomes two new junior members, Peter Ladur and Poen Hsieh

The country is back at level one, so club nights resume on Tuesday

We may be in for a stop start sort of a year. Club nights will run when all of New Zealand is at level one. That means no chess next week I am afraid. Once the country is back at level one we will resume. Hopefully see you soon

The club welcomes Leon Lee as its newest member.

Current standings are below, final two rounds next week

With the club now back up and running member subscriptions have been adjusted. If you had an active sub at the time the club went into recess you have had the expiry date extended by 11 months. Members that had not yet paid there 2021 subs are now in arrears. You can check when your sub is due by visiting this page

The club welcomes Fuatai as its newest member.