Hamilton Chess Club

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

Club ratings and club ladder have been updated. The current top of the ladder will be a surprise to many, but follows on from an unexpected draw in round 1 of the club champs

Standings at round 2 of of the club rapid champs. Round 3 next week.

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Once again Richard takes out the title of club blitz champ. Club junior champ this year is Sivaram. Best upset is JARVIS with an impressive score of 4 in round 1. Only the cumulative scores for players present on both nights is shown.

The title of Club Blitz Champion will go to the player scoring the most wins over the two nights. In case of a tie the tie breaks on the second night will be used to decide the winner. Tie breaks will be as for the club champs ie 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

If you have been thinking about coming along for a look then June 6th at 7pm is your best bet. We will have a 6 round tournament at short time control of 5 minutes plus 3 second increment. 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. Same format the following week as well. Come along and join in the fun

The field is wide open with five players on 2.5. If everyone turns up you can find the draw for round 4 here. Ratings and ladder are updated.

Autumn (1) goes to William on tie break. We will have Autumn (2) from next week, same format. See you there. Ratings and ladder have been updated.

The club welcomes Kevin Li as its newest member. Kevin is a promising junior who is going to be beating some of the adults in a couple of years. He has played 9 rateable games so far and enters the ratings board on 1472. Welcome Kevin

Next week we will start the Autumn Cup. Please if you want to be in, make a commitment to be there for both nights. Time control will be 20+0, 3 games per night, across two nights. After that we will have Autumn Cup (2) with the same format. See you there.

An informal blitz tonight at 3 + 2. Richard first on 6 points with a three way tie for second. A little more serious next week with rounds 1 2 3 of the Autumn cup at time control 20 + 0. Rounds 4 5  6 the following week, so please commit to both weeks. No entries in week 2.

If you have been thinking about coming along for a look then May 2nd at 7pm is your best bet. We have now completed the club champs so will revert back to something a little less formal with a night of quick fire games. 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.

The club is in recess now for the school holidays, we resume on 2 May with a night of casual lightning chess, 3 + 2