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Spring 3 To Paul And Sudhir

Posted: 19/11/2025 by Ian in Club News

Paul and Sudhir both had a clean sweep in their respective divisions. Crosstables below.

1 Paul_Dalley 6.0 +W11 +B5 +W7 +B3 +W4 +B6
2 Austin_John 4.0 -B6 +W10 +B8 -W4 +B7 +B3
3 Rangarajan_Ganeshan 3.5 +B8 +W6 +B4 -W1 =B5 -W2
4 Richard_Jackson 3.5 +W7 +B11 -W3 +B2 -B1 =HPB
5 Ian_Kennedy 3.5 +B10 -W1 +B6 -W7 =W3 +B9
6 William_Lynn 3.0 +W2 -B3 -W5 +B10 +W8 -W1
7 Graham_Nolan 2.5 -B4 +W8 -B1 +B5 -W2 =W10
8 Bruce_Wang 2.0 -W3 -B7 -W2 +PAB -B6 +W11
9 Ishaan_Singh 2.0 — — — +B11 +W10 -W5
10 Edwin_Zhou 1.5 -W5 -B2 +W11 -W6 -B9 =B7
11 Bj_Harrison 1.0 -B1 -W4 -B10 -W9 +PAB -B8
                 
1 Sudhir_Zhuwaau 6.0 +B5 +W3 +B11 +B2 +W6 +W4
2 Abheek_Mishra 4.5 +B14 +W4 +B7 -W1 =B3 +W5
3 Andy_Shi 4.0 +W12 -B1 +W8 =B10 =W2 +B6
4 Darcy_Beckett 3.0 +W10 -B2 +W5 -B6 +W8 -B1
5 Yuanwei_Zhao 3.0 -W1 +B8 -B4 +W7 +W12 -B2
6 Anyi_Wang 3.0 -W11 +B15 +B13 +W4 -B1 -W3
7 Daksha_Dinesh 3.0 -W8 +B12 -W2 -B5 +W16 +B10
8 Arlo_Brooker 2.5 +B7 -W5 -B3 +W14 -B4 =W9
9 Cohen_Stringer 2.5 — — — +PAB +B14 =B8
10 Micah_Brown 2.5 -B4 -W14 +B18 =W3 +B13 -W7
11 Dundun_Zhang 2.0 +B6 +W13 -W1 — — —
12 Stephan_Petrov 2.0 -B3 -W7 +B14 +W13 -B5 -F17
13 Mehrdad_Dehnabi 2.0 +W15 -B11 -W6 -B12 -W10 +B16
14 Akrish_Jadhav 2.0 -W2 +B10 -W12 -B8 -W9 +B18
15 Shiven_Patel 1.0 -B13 -W6 +PAB — — —
16 Akaran_Ragulan 1.0 — — — +W17 -B7 -W13
17 Rayford_Ruan 1.0 — — — -B16 +W18 -F12
18 Carlos_Duan 0.0 — — -W10 — -B17 -W14

 

Andy Shi Newest Member

Posted: 19/11/2025 by Ian in Club News

The club welcomes Andy as its newest member

Ratings Updated

Posted: 12/11/2025 by Ian in Club News

graphClub ratings have been updated to include Spring (3) A and B. New members Rangarajan, Abheek, and Micah enter on 1572, 1541, and 1468 respectively. Check out where you stand. 

William Lynn Honoured At National Tournament

Posted: 12/11/2025 by Ian in Club News

Club stalwart William was honoured at the recent 2025 NZ Seniors Championship held in Napier from 07 – 09/11/2025 receiving the title of New Zealand Legends Champion. William came 3rd equal in the tournament with a score of 3.5 out of 6, and first in his age group of 80+.

Three New Members

Posted: 12/11/2025 by Ian in Club News

The club welcomes Rangarajan Ganeshan, Micah Brown, and Abheek Mishra as new members. Rangarajan will be a strong addition to the club having recently competed in the NZ Seniors Championship finishing with a creditable 3 out of 6.

Twentyfour Players For Spring 3

Posted: 12/11/2025 by Ian in Club News

Spring 3 is under way with 24 players in two divisions. Crosstables below. Rounds 4 5 6 next week, see you there.

1 Paul_Dalley 3.0 +W9 +B3 +W7
2 Rangarajan_Ganeshan 3.0 +B10 +W6 +B4
3 Ian_Kennedy 2.0 +B8 -W1 +B6
4 Richard_Jackson 2.0 +W7 +B9 -W2
5 Austin_John 2.0 -B6 +W8 +B10
6 William_Lynn 1.0 +W5 -B2 -W3
7 Graham_Nolan 1.0 -B4 +W10 -B1
8 Edwin_Zhou 1.0 -W3 -B5 +W9
9 Bj_Harrison 0.0 -B1 -W4 -B8
10 Bruce_Wang 0.0 -W2 -B7 -W5
1 Abheek_Mishra 3.0 +B10 +W2 +B7
2 Darcy_Beckett 2.0 +W14 -B1 +W9
3 Sudhir_Zhuwaau 3.0 +B9 +W5 +W4
4 Dundun_Zhang 2.0 +B6 +W8 -B3
5 Andy_Shi 2.0 +W12 -B3 +W11
6 Anyi_xxx 2.0 -W4 +B13 +B8
7 Daksha_Dinesh 1.0 -W11 +B12 -W1
8 Mehrdad_Dehnabi 1.0 +W13 -B4 -W6
9 Yuanwei_Zhao 1.0 -W3 +B11 -B2
10 Akrish_Jadhav 1.0 -W1 +B14 -W12
11 Arlo_Brooker 1.0 +B7 -W9 -B5
12 Stephan_Petrov 1.0 -B5 -W7 +B10
13 Shiven_Patel 1.0 -B8 -W6 +PAB
14 Micah_Brown 1.0 -B2 -W10 +B15
15 Carlos_Duan 0.0 — — -W14

Ratings Updated

Posted: 05/11/2025 by Ian in Club News

graphClub ratings have been updated to include Spring (2). Check out where you stand. 

Three Way Tie for Spring (2)

Posted: 05/11/2025 by Ian in Club News

 

Twenty seven players participated in Spring (2). A few computer hiccups needing ironing out but we got there in the end. Line honours go to Graham William and Edwin, all of whom finished on five points. Spring (3) next week. See you there.

1 Graham_Nolan 5.0 +W15 +B5 -B6 +W4 +W7 +B2
2 William_Lynn 5.0 +B14 +W8 +B4 +B7 +W5 -W1
3 Edwin_Zhou 5.0 +B26 -W4 +B10 +W16 +B6 +W8
4 Bj_Harrison 4.0 +W13 +B3 -W2 -B1 +W19 +B7
5 Austin_John 4.0 +B9 -W1 +B18 +W8 -B2 +W6
6 Bruce_ Wang 3.0 — +B13 +W1 +B19 -W3 -B5
7 Daksha_ Dinesh 3.0 +B10 +W18 +B16 -W2 -B1 -W4
8 Darcy_ Beckett 3.0 +W24 -B2 +W21 -B5 +W13 -B3
9 Rayford_ Ruan 3.0 -W5 +B15 -W19 +B18 +B16 -W12
10 Yuanwei_ Zhao 3.0 -W7 +B20 -W3 =B15 =W14 +B19
11 Sudhir 3.0 — — — +W17 +W18 +B14
12 Paul_ Dalley 3.0 — — — +B27 +W23 +B9
13 Richard_ Jackson 3.0 -B4 -W6 +W15 +B21 -B8 +W16
14 Cohen_ Stringer 2.5 -W2 +B24 =W22 =B20 =B10 -W11
15 Arlo_ Brooker 2.5 -B1 -W9 -B13 =W10 +B26 +W20
16 Athul_ Kaimal 2.0 +W22 +B19 -W7 -B3 -W9 -B13
17 Ian_ Kennedy 2.0 — — — -B11 +W27 +B23
18 Stephan_ Petrov 2.0 +W20 -B7 -W5 -W9 -B11 +B21
19 Dundun_ Zhang 2.0 +B21 -W16 +B9 -W6 -B4 -W10
20 Carlos_ Duan 2.0 -B18 -W10 +B26 =W14 =W21 -B15
21 Shiven_ Patel 1.5 -W19 +BYE -B8 -W13 =B20 -W18
22 Mehrdad_ Dehnabi 1.5 -B16 +W26 =B14 — — —
23 Micah 1.0 — — — +W26 -B12 -W17
24 Akaran_ Ragulan 1.0 -B8 -W14 +BYE — — —
25 Andy 1.0 — — — — — +W26
26 Akrish_ Jadhav 0.0 -W3 -B22 -W20 -B23 -W15 -B25
27 Anyi 0.0 — — — -W12 -B17 —

 

Club Ratings Updated

Posted: 23/10/2025 by Ian in Club News

graphClub ratings have been updated to include the recent Lightning tournament. Check out where you stand. 

Club Welcomes Newest Member

Posted: 23/10/2025 by Ian in Club News

The club welcomes Stephan Petrov as its newest member.

Paul Club Lightning Champion 2025

Posted: 23/10/2025 by Ian in Club News

Paul takes out the title of club lightning champion 2025 with a score of 6 out of 7. Crosstable below. Spring (2) begins next week.

1 Paul_Dalley 6.0 +B6 -W3 +B12 +W7 +B2 +W13 +B5
2 Graham_Nolan 5.0 +W9 +B10 -W4 +B8 -W1 +B18 +W3
3 Richard_Jackson 5.0 +W17 +B1 +W20 -B4 +W9 +W7 -B2
4 Dundun_Zhang 5.0 +B15 +W12 +B2 +W3 -B7 -W5 +B8
5 Bj_Harrison 5.0 -W14 +B19 +W18 +B10 +W11 +B4 -W1
6 Bruce_Wang 5.0 -W1 +B17 -W10 +B19 +W14 +B9 +B7
7 Edwin_Zhou 4.0 +W18 +B14 +W8 -B1 +W4 -B3 -W6
8 Jose_Riosa 4.0 +PAB +W13 -B7 -W2 +B19 +B10 -W4
9 Ian_Kennedy 4.0 -B2 +W15 +B16 +W13 -B3 -W6 +B12
10 Darcy_Beckett 4.0 +B21 -W2 +B6 -W5 +B12 -W8 +B13
11 Austin_John 4.0 -B12 -W20 +B21 +W15 -B5 +W17 +B16
12 Arlo_Brooker 3.0 +W11 -B4 -W1 +B20 -W10 +B14 -W9
13 Daksha_Dinesh 3.0 +W22 -B8 +W14 -B9 +W18 -B1 -W10
14 Stephan_Petrov 3.0 +B5 -W7 -B13 +W21 -B6 -W12 +B19
15 Athul_Kaimal 3.0 -W4 -B9 +W17 -B11 -B16 +PAB +W21
16 Aaryan_Jasti 3.0 — +B22 -W9 -B18 +W15 +B20 -W11
17 Akrish_Jadhav 2.5 -B3 -W6 -B15 +PAB +W20 -B11 =W18
18 Rayford_Ruan 2.5 -B7 +W21 -B5 +W16 -B13 -W2 =B17
19 Mehrdad_Dehnabi 2.5 =B20 -W5 +B22 -W6 -W8 +B21 -W14
20 Yuanwei_Zhao 2.5 =W19 +B11 -B3 -W12 -B17 -W16 +PAB
21 Carlos_Duan 1.0 -W10 -B18 -W11 -B14 +PAB -W19 -B15
22 Cohen_Stringer 0.0 -B13 -W16 -W19 — — — —

Ratings Updated

Posted: 15/10/2025 by Ian in Club News

graphClub ratings have been updated to include Spring (1)). Check out where you stand. 

Spring (1): Edwin wins on tiebreak

Posted: 15/10/2025 by Ian in Club News

 

Edwin, the clubs newest AND YOUNGEST member takes out Spring (1) on tiebreak. Kudos to Mehrdad also with a score of 4.5. Spring 2 starts next week.

1 Edwin_Zhou 4.5 +W2 +B22 +W3 -B7 +W4 =B6
2 Mehrdad_Dehnabi 4.5 -B1 =W6 +B20 +W15 +B5 +W3
3 Daksha_Dinesh 4.0 +B17 +W14 -B1 +W5 +W7 -B2
4 Paul_Dalley 4.0 +B20 +W13 -B5 +W6 -B1 +B7
5 Bj_Harrison 3.5 =W7 +B8 +W4 -B3 -W2 +B10
6 Austin_John 3.5 =W8 =B2 +W10 -B4 +B13 =W1
7 Dundun_Zhang 3.5 =B5 +W15 +B13 +W1 -B3 -W4
8 Richard_Jackson 3.5 =B6 -W5 +W22 +B12 -B10 +W13
9 William_Lynn 3.0 — — — +W27 +B16 +W15
10 Ian_Kennedy 3.0 -B13 +W20 -B6 +B21 +W8 -W5
11 Bruce_Wang 3.0 — — — +B26 +W12 +B17
12 Akaran_Ragulan 2.5 -B14 +W17 =B15 -W8 -B11 +W20
13 Arlo_Brooker 2.0 +W10 -B4 -W7 +B17 -W6 -B8
14 Rayford_Ruan 2.0 +W12 -B3 +W21 — — —
15 Yuanwei_Zhao 2.0 +W28 -B7 =W12 -B2 =W21 -B9
16 Darcy_Beckett 2.0 — — — +B24 -W9 +B21
17 Yaniv_Janson 2.0 -W3 -B12 +B28 -W13 +B23 -W11
18 Athul_Kaimal 2.0 — — — =W20 =B27 +W23
19 Aaryan_Jasti 2.0 — — — — +W26 +W27
20 Chris_Barry 1.5 -W4 -B10 -W2 =B18 +W24 -B12
21 Cohen_Stringer 1.5 -B22 +W28 -B14 -W10 =B15 -W16
22 Stephan_Petroff 1.0 +W21 -W1 -B8 — — —
23 Anuja_Ravindran 1.0 — — — +B25 -W17 -B18
24 Akrish_Jadhav 1.0 — — — -W16 -B20 +W26
25 Dylan_Li 0.0 — — — -W23 — —
26 Shiven_Patel 0.0 — — — -W11 -B19 -B24
27 Carlos_Duan 0.5 — — — -B9 =W18 -B19
28 Rodin 0.0 -B15 -B21 -W17 — — —

 

Spring (1) Edwin Leads

Posted: 10/10/2025 by Ian in Club News

Crosstable below. Rounds 3 to 6 next week.

1 Edwin_Zhou 3.0 +W8 +B13 +W4
2 Bj_Harrison 2.5 =W3 +B9 +W6
3 Dundun_Zhang 2.5 =B2 +W10 +B12
4 Daksha_Dinesh 2.0 +B14 +W5 -B1
5 Rayford_Ruan 2.0 +W11 -B4 +W15
6 Paul_Dalley 2.0 +B17 +W12 -B2
7 Austin_John 2.0 =W9 =B8 +W16
8 Mehrdad_Dehnabi 1.5 -B1 =W7 +B17
9 Richard_Jackson 1.5 =B7 -W2 +W13
10 Yuanwei_Zhao 1.5 +W18 -B3 =W11
11 Akaran_Ragulan 1.5 -B5 +W14 =B10
12 Arlo_Brooker 1.0 +W16 -B6 -W3
13 Stephan_Petroff 1.0 +W15 -W1 -B9
14 Yaniv_Janson 1.0 -W4 -B11 +B18
15 Cohen_Stringer 1.0 -B13 +W18 -B5
16 Ian_Kennedy 1.0 -B12 +W17 -B7
17 Chris_Barry 0.0 -W6 -B16 -W8
18 Rodin 0.0 -B10 -B15 -W14

 

Edwin Zhou Newest Member

Posted: 02/10/2025 by Ian in Club News

The club welcomes Edwin as its newest member

Club Nights Resume 7 October

Posted: 17/09/2025 by Ian in Club News

We have a 2 week break for the school holidays. See you again 7 October. New members welcome

Winter (3) Results

Posted: 17/09/2025 by Ian in Club News

 

Paul and John took out their respective divisions, both with scores of 5 out of 6. Crosstables below

1 Paul_Dalley 5.0 +W6 +B4 +W3 +B5 -W2 +W3
2 Ian_Kennedy 4.0 +W8 -B3 -W4 +B7 +B1 +B4
3 William_Lynn 3.5 +B5 +W2 -B1 =W4 +W7 -B1
4 Richard_Jackson 3.5 +B7 -W1 +B2 =B3 +W5 -W2
5 Austin_John 2.5 -W3 =B8 +W6 -W1 -B4 +B7
6 Dundun_Zhang 1.0 -B1 +W7 -B5 — — —
7 Darren_Fisher 1.0 -W4 -B6 +W8 -W2 -B3 -W5
8 Cohen_Stringer 0.5 -B2 =W5 -B7 — — —

 

1 John_Feyter 5.0 +B5 -W8 +B9 +W11 +B3 +W4
2 Rayford_Ruan 4.5 +B13 =W9 +B8 -W3 +B11 +W7
3 Bj_Harrison 4.0 +W6 +B4 +W7 +B2 -W1 -B5
4 Yuanwei_Zhao 4.0 +B14 -W3 +W12 +B9 +W7 -B1
5 Aaryan_Jasti 4.0 -W1 -B12 +BYE +W13 +B8 +W3
6 Mehrdad_Dehnabi 3.5 -B3 =W14 -B19 +B12 +W9 +W11
7 Akaran_Ragulan 3.0 +B19 +W11 -B3 +W8 -B4 -B2
8 Daksha_Dinesh 3.0 +W12 +B1 -W2 -B7 -W5 +B13
9 Akrish_Jadhav 2.5 +BYE =B2 -W1 -W4 -B6 +W16
10 Athul_Kaimal 2.5 — — — +B15 =B16 +BYE
11 Arlo_Brooker 2.0 +W16 -B7 +W13 -B1 -W2 -B6
12 Chris_Barry 2.0 -B8 +W5 -B4 -W6 -B13 +W18
13 Shiven_Patel 2.0 -W2 +BYE -B11 -B5 +W12 -W8
14 Bruce_Wang 1.5 -W4 =B6 +W16 — — —
15 Adarsh_Prakasan 0.5 — — — -W10 +BYE —
16 Carlos_Duan 1.5 -B11 +W19 -B14 — =W10 -B9
17 Paul_Reed 1.0 — — — — +B18 -W21
18 Peter_Reed 1.0 — — — +B20 -W17 -B12
19 Kevin_Joash 1.0 -W7 -B16 +W6 — — —
20 Zayne_Sebastian 1.0 — — — -W18 +B21 -BYE
21 Max 1.0 — — — — -W20 +B17

 

Ratings Updated

Posted: 10/09/2025 by Ian in Club News

graphClub ratings have been updated to include the first 3 games from Winter (3). Check out where you stand. 

Akaran Ragulan Newest Member

Posted: 10/09/2025 by Ian in Club News

The club welcomes Akaran as its newest member.

Winter (3) In Two Divisions

Posted: 10/09/2025 by Ian in Club News

 

Twenty three players in two divisions started Winter (3) last night. Rounds 4 5 6 next week

  Division 1        
1 Paul_Dalley 3.0 +W6 +B3 +W2
2 William_Lynn 2.0 +B4 +W5 -B1
3 Richard_Jackson 2.0 +B7 -W1 +B5
4 Austin_John 1.5 -W2 =B8 +W6
5 Ian_Kennedy 1.0 +W8 -B2 -W3
6 Dundun_Zhang 1.0 -B1 +W7 -B4
7 Darren_Fisher 1.0 -W3 -B6 +W8
8 Cohen_Stringer 0.5 -B5 =W4 -B7

 

  Division 2        
1 Bj_Harrison 3.0 +W15 +B4 +W3
2 Rayford_Ruan 2.5 +B10 =W8 +B5
3 Akaran_Ragulan 2.0 +B13 +W7 -B1
4 Yuanwei_Zhao 2.0 +B9 -W1 +W11
5 Daksha_Dinesh 2.0 +W11 +B6 -W2
6 John_Feyter 2.0 +B14 -W5 +B8
7 Arlo_Brooker 2.0 +W12 -B3 +W10
8 Akrish_Jadhav 1.5 +BYE =B2 -W6
9 Bruce_Wang 1.5 -W4 =B15 +W12
10 Shiven_Patel 1.0 -W2 +BYE -B7
11 Chris_Barry 1.0 -B5 +W14 -B4
12 Carlos_Duan 1.0 -B7 +W13 -B9
13 Kevin_Joash 1.0 -W3 -B12 +W15
14 Aaryan_Jasti 1.0 -W6 -B11 +BYE
15 Mehrdad_Dehnabi 0.5 -B1 =W9 -B13

 

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