Hamilton Chess Club

The club welcomes Ruan Rayford as its newest member

 

Club nights resumed last night. Twenty players turned out. We started a new 10 + 0, and it was round 4 of the Club Rapid. Nathan and Jacob are leading the pack, expect a big showdown between them next week! Crosstables are below. All welcome, see you there.

Rapid

1	Nathan_Sun	3.5	=BYE	+B18	+W13	+B3
2	Jacob_Haughey	3.5	=BYE	+B10	+W14	+W7
3	Ian_Kennedy	3.0	+B9	+W7	+B6	-W1
4	Austin_John	3.0	-B7	+W26	+B9	+W11
5	Graham_Nolan	2.5	+W12	=B13	-W8	+B16
6	John_Feyter	2.5	+B26	=BYE	-W3	+B17
7	Cooper_Gaddes	2.0	+W4	-B3	+W10	-B2
8	Paul_Dalley	2.0	+W19	—	+B5	—
9	Arlo_Brooker	2.0	-W3	+B28	-W4	+B13
10	Yuanwei_Zhao	2.0	+B11	-W2	-B7	+W21
11	Dundun_Zhang	2.0	-W10	+B16	+W19	-B4
12	Yori_Mochinda	2.0	-B5	—	+W27	+B19
13	Anzar_Shafiq	1.5	+B25	=W5	-B1	-W9
14	Seth_Hotten	1.5	=BYE	+BYE	-B2	—
15	Liam_Membery	1.5	+W18	=BYE	—	—
16	Athul_Kaimal	1.5	=B22	-W11	+B25	-W5
17	Tam_Wu	1.5	—	+W25	=B21	-W6
18	Aaryan_Jasti	1.0	-B15	-W1	+B29	—
19	Cohen_Stringer	1.0	-B8	+W30	-B11	-W12
20	Anend	1.0	—	—	+BYE	—
21	William_Lynn	1.0	=BYE	—	=W17	-B10
22	Heagan_Henare-lynch	1.0	=W16	=BYE	—	—
23	bruce_Wong	1.0	—	—	—	+BYE
24	Rayford_Ruan	0.5	—	—	—	=W25
25	Carlos_Duan	0.5	-W13	-B17	-W16	=B24
26	Shiven_Patel	0.0	-W6	-B4	—	—
27	Chris_Barry	0.0	—	—	-B12	—
28	Joel_Pittams	0.0	—	-W9	—	—
29	BJ_Harrison	0.0	—	—	-W18	—
30	Craig_Jonas	0.0	—	-B19	—	—

 

Ten + 0 (B)

1	Jacob_Haughey	2.0	+W11	+B10
2	Cooper_Gaddes	2.0	+W17	+B9
3	Nathan_Sun	1.5	+B12	=W7
4	Austin_John	1.5	=W5	+B15
5	Yori_Mochinda	1.5	=B4	+W16
6	Ian_Kennedy	1.5	+BYE	=W8
7	Graham_Nolan	1.5	+W18	=B3
8	Richard_Jackson	1.5	+W19	=B6
9	William_Lynn	1.0	+B14	-W2
10	Dundun_Zhang	1.0	+B20	-W1
11	Anzar_Shafiq	1.0	-B1	+W20
12	John_Feyter	1.0	-W3	+B19
13	Bruce_Wong	1.0	—	+B18
14	Arlo_Brooker	1.0	-W9	+B17
15	Athul_Kaimal	0.5	=B16	-W4
16	Tam_Wu	0.5	=W15	-B5
17	Rayford_Ruan	0.0	-B2	-W14
18	Cohen_Stringer	0.0	-B7	-W13
19	Yuanwei_Zhao	0.0	-B8	-W12
20	Carlos_Duan	0.0	-W10	-B11

 

 

It has taken a few years but it looks as if the club has finally shaken off the COVID blues with 23 players turning out for last nights games. The club looks to be going from strength to strength.

Due to the school holidays the club is in recess now until 15 July. We will resume with the first two rounds of 10 + 0 (B) and round 4 of the rapid. New members welcome

10 + 0 (A) goes to Graham on a score of 5. Club rapid at the halfway mark. Crosstables are below

10 + 0

1	Graham_Nolan	5.0	+W22	+B3	+W8	+B9	+W10	-B2
2	Paul_Dalley	4.0	+B21	+W23	—	—	+B14	+W1
3	Anzar_Shafiq	4.0	+B14	-W1	+W15	+B8	+W9	-B5
4	Jacob_Haughey	4.0	—	—	+W17	+B15	+W8	+B10
5	Arlo_Brooker	4.0	-W9	+B25	+W14	-B10	+W16	+W3
6	Nathan_Sun	4.0	—	—	+W25	+W21	+B20	+B9
7	Cohen_Stringer	3.5	-W8	-B14	=W11	+B25	+W19	+B15
8	Richard_Jackson	3.0	+B7	+W12	-B1	-W3	-B4	+W14
9	Cooper_Gaddes	3.0	+B5	+B10	+W19	-W1	-B3	-W6
10	Dundun_Zhang	3.0	+B16	-W9	+B20	+W5	-B1	-W4
11	Tam_Wu	3.0	—	—	=B7	+W27	=B12	+W16
12	John_Feyter	2.5	+B13	-B8	—	—	=W11	+W20
13	Yori_Mochinda	2.5	-W12	+BYE	—	—	+B21	=B19
14	Aaryan_Jasti	2.0	-W3	+W7	-B5	+B19	-W2	-B8
15	Ian_Kennedy	2.0	+BYE	-W20	-B3	-W4	+B17	-W7
16	Yuanwei_Zhao	2.0	-W10	-B22	+W28	+W20	-B5	-B11
17	Seth_Hotten	2.0	—	—	-B4	+B28	-W15	+W21
18	Chris_Barry	2.0	—	—	—	—	+B24	+W26
19	Carlos_Duan	2.0	=B20	+W21	-B9	-W14	-B7	=W13
20	Austin_John	1.5	=W19	+B15	-W10	-B16	-W6	-B12
21	Athul_Kaimal	1.0	-W2	-B19	+W27	-B6	-W13	-B17
22	Heagan_Henare-lynch	1.0	-B1	+W16	—	—	—	—
23	Liam_Membery	1.0	+W25	-B2	—	—	—	—
24	BJ_Harrison	1.0	—	—	—	—	-W18	+BYE
25	Shiven_Patel	0.0	-B23	-W5	-B6	-W7	—	—
26	Anend	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	-B18
27	Craig_Jonas	0.0	—	—	-B21	-B11	—	—
28	Joel_Pittams	0.0	—	—	-B16	-W17	—	—

Rapid

1	Ian_Kennedy	3.0	+B15	+W4	+B11
2	Nathan_Sun	2.5	=BYE	+B18	+W9
3	Jacob_Haughey	2.5	=BYE	+B16	+W13
4	Cooper_Gaddes	2.0	+W6	-B1	+W16
5	Paul_Dalley	2.0	+W17	—	+B8
6	Austin_John	2.0	-B4	+W25	+B15
7	Dundun_Zhang	2.0	-W16	+B12	+W17
8	Graham_Nolan	1.5	+W22	=B9	-W5
9	Anzar_Shafiq	1.5	+B23	=W8	-B2
10	Liam_Membery	1.5	+W18	=BYE	—
11	John_Feyter	1.5	+B25	=BYE	-W1
12	Athul_Kaimal	1.5	=B20	-W7	+B23
13	Seth_Hotten	1.5	=BYE	+BYE	-B3
14	Tam_Wu	1.5	—	+W23	=B19
15	Arlo_Brooker	1.0	-W1	+B28	-W6
16	Yuanwei_Zhao	1.0	+B7	-W3	-B4
17	Cohen_Stringer	1.0	-B5	+W27	-B7
18	Aaryan_Jasti	1.0	-B10	-W2	+B26
19	William_Lynn	1.0	=BYE	—	=W14
20	Heagan_Henare-Lynch	1.0	=W12	=BYE	—
21	Anend	1.0	—	—	+BYE
22	Yori_Mochinda	1.0	-B8	—	+W24
23	Carlos_Duan	0.0	-W9	-B14	-W12
24	Chris_Barry	0.0	—	—	-B22
25	Shiven_Patel	0.0	-W11	-B6	—
26	BJ_Harrison	0.0	—	—	-W18
27	Craig_Jonas	0.0	—	-B17	—
28	Joel_Pittams	0.0	—	-W15	—

Updated crosstables for 10 + 0 (A) rounds 1 – 4 and club rapid rounds 1 -2 are below. Note that members are allowed one half point bye for the rapid tournament and these have been allocated retrospectively for the first two rounds. No byes in the final round. Byes will need to be nominated in advance for the remainder of the tournament

1	Graham_Nolan	4.0	+W16	+B3	+W5	+B2
2	Cooper_Gaddes	3.0	+B7	+B4	+W12	-W1
3	Anzar_Shafiq	3.0	+B8	-W1	+W17	+B5
4	Dundun_Zhang	3.0	+B9	-W2	+B13	+W7
5	Richard_Jackson	2.0	+B14	+W21	-B1	-W3
6	Paul_Dalley	2.0	+B18	+W20	—	—
7	Arlo_Brooker	2.0	-W2	+B23	+W8	-B4
8	Aaryan_Jasti	2.0	-W3	+W14	-B7	+B12
9	Yuanwei_Zhao	2.0	-W4	-B16	+W25	+W13
10	Jacob_Haughey	2.0	—	—	+W19	+B17
11	Nathan_Sun	2.0	—	—	+W23	+W18
12	Carlos_Duan	1.5	=B13	+W18	-B2	-W8
13	Austin_John	1.5	=W12	+B17	-W4	-B9
14	Cohen_Stringer	1.5	-W5	-B8	=W15	+B23
15	Tam_Wu	1.5	—	—	=B14	+W24
16	Heagan_Henare-lyn	1.0	-B1	+W9	—	—
17	Ian_Kennedy	1.0	+BYE	-W13	-B3	-W10
18	Athul_Kaimal	1.0	-W6	-B12	+W24	-B11
19	Seth_Hotten	1.0	—	—	-B10	+B25
20	Liam_Membery	1.0	+W23	-B6	—	—
21	John_Feyter	1.0	+B22	-B5	—	—
22	Yori_Mochinda	1.0	-W21	+BYE	—	—
23	Shiven_Patel	0.0	-B20	-W7	-B11	-W14
24	Craig_Jonas	0.0	—	—	-B18	-B15
25	Joel_Pittams	0.0	—	—	-B9	-W19

1	Ian_Kennedy	2.0	+B11	+W10
2	Graham_Nolan	1.5	+W22	=B3
3	Anzar_Shafiq	1.5	+B19	=W2
4	Jacob_Haughey	1.5	=BYE	+B12
5	Seth_Hotten	1.5	=BYE	+BYE
6	Liam_Membery	1.5	+W20	=BYE
7	John_Feyter	1.5	+B21	=BYE
8	Nathan_Sun	1.5	=BYE	+B20
9	Paul_Dalley	1.0	+W13	—
10	Cooper_Gaddes	1.0	+W16	-B1
11	Arlo_Brooker	1.0	-W1	+B24
12	Yuanwei_Zhao	1.0	+B15	-W4
13	Cohen_Stringer	1.0	-B9	+W23
14	Tam_Wu	1.0	—	+W19
15	Dundun_Zhang	1.0	-W12	+B18
16	Austin_John	1.0	-B10	+W21
17	Heagan_Henare-lynch	1.0	=W18	=BYE
18	Athul_Kaimal	0.5	=B17	-W15
19	Carlos_Duan	0.0	-W3	-B14
20	Aaryan_Jasti	0.0	-B6	-W8
21	Shiven_Patel	0.0	-W7	-B16
22	Yori_Mochinda	0.0	-B2	—
23	Craig_Jonas	0.0	—	-B13
24	Joel_Pittams	0.0	—	-W11

Eighteen players turned out for round one of the rapid. We opened the evening of two rounds of 10 + 0 followed by the main game for the night. Crosstables are below

Ten + 0 (A) Rounds 1 + 2

1	Graham_Nolan	2.0	+W11	+B7
2	Cooper_Gaddes	2.0	+B12	+B9
3	Paul_Dalley	2.0	+B16	+W10
4	Richard_Jackson	2.0	+B17	+W8
5	Austin_John	1.5	=W6	+B13
6	Carlos_Duan	1.5	=B5	+W16
7	Anzar_Shafiq	1.0	+B14	-W1
8	John_Feyter	1.0	+B15	-B4
9	Dundun_Zhang	1.0	+B20	-W2
10	Liam_Membery	1.0	+W21	-B3
11	Heagan_Henare-lynch	1.0	-B1	+W20
12	Arlo_Brooker	1.0	-W2	+B21
13	Ian_Kennedy	1.0	+BYE	-W5
14	Aaryan_Jasti	1.0	-W7	+W17
15	Yori_Mochinda	1.0	-W8	+BYE
16	Athul_Kaimal	0.0	-W3	-B6
17	Cohen_Stringer	0.0	-W4	-B14
18	Jacob_Haughey	0.0	—	—
19	William_lynn	0.0	—	—
20	Yuanwei_Zhao	0.0	-W9	-B11
21	Shiven_Patel	0.0	-B10	-W12

 

Rapid Round 1

 

1	Graham_Nolan	1.0	+W20
2	Paul_Dalley	1.0	+W15
3	Ian_Kennedy	1.0	+B16
4	Anzar_Shafiq	1.0	+B17
5	Liam_Membery	1.0	+W18
6	John_Feyter	1.0	+B19
7	Cooper_Gaddes	1.0	+W14
8	Yuanwei_Zhao	1.0	+B13
9	Heagan_Henare-lynch	0.5	=W10
10	Athul_Kaimal	0.5	=B9
11	Jacob_Haughey	0.5	=BYE
12	William_Lynn	0.5	=BYE
13	Dundun_Zhang	0.0	-W8
14	Austin_John	0.0	-B7
15	Cohen_Stringer	0.0	-B2
16	Arlo_Brooker	0.0	-W3
17	Carlos_Duan	0.0	-W4
18	Aaryan_Jasti	0.0	-B5
19	Shiven_Patel	0.0	-W6
20	Yori_Mochinda	0.0	-B1

 

The club welcomes Liam as its newest member.

Club ratings have been updated to include recent games. Some recent climbers. Check out where you stand.

The calendar for the remainder of 2025 can be found here. We will start the club rapid next week. The club rapid will be run over the next 6 club nights with time control 30 + 5. In a departure from previous years each round of the club rapid will be preceded by an appetiser of two rounds of a 10 + 0 tournament which will run over three consecutive club nights

William makes it 2 from 2. Honorable mentions to Austin and Athul, 2 junior players making significant strides in performance. Crosstable below.

1	William_Lynn	5.5	+B9	+W6	+B5	+B7	+W2	=W3
2	Austin_John	4.0	-B7	+W20	+B6	+W5	-B1	+B8
3	Jacob_Haughey	4.0	+W16	+B4	-W7	+B8	=W9	=B1
4	Ian_Kennedy	4.0	+B11	-W3	+W10	-B6	+BYE	+W7
5	Athul_Kaimal	3.5	+W8	+B16	-W1	-B2	=W6	+B15
6	Dundun_Zhang	3.5	+W17	-B1	-W2	+W4	=B5	+B9
7	Richard_Jackson	3.0	+W2	+B10	+B3	-W1	-W8	-B4
8	John_Feyter	3.0	-B5	+W11	+B17	-W3	+B7	-W2
9	Heagan_Henare-lynch	2.5	-W1	-B17	+BYE	+W10	=B3	-W6
10	Liam_Membery	2.5	+W20	-W7	-B4	-B9	+W16	=W11
11	Cohen_Stringer	2.5	-W4	-B8	-W16	+B18	+W17	=B10
12	Paul_Dalley	2.0	—	—	—	+W13	+B14	—
13	Seth_Hotten	2.0	—	—	—	-B12	+W18	+B17
14	Anzar_Shafiq	2.0	—	—	—	+B19	-W12	+B16
15	Arlo_Brooker	2.0	—	—	—	+BYE	+W19	-W5
16	Cooper_Gaddes	1.5	-B3	-W5	+B11	=W17	-B10	-W14
17	Yuanwei_Zhao	1.5	-B6	+W9	-W8	=B16	-B11	-W13
18	Mehrad_Desnadr	1.0	—	—	—	-W11	-B13	+W19
19	Carlos_Duan	0.0	—	—	—	-W14	-B15	-B18
20	Jharell_Prittams	0.0	-B10	-B2	-BYE	—	—	—

Club ratings have been updated to include recent games. There are several new members featured in the rating list. Check out where you stand.

Autumn (2) goes to William. Autumn (3) starts next week. All welcome.

1	William_Lynn	5.0	+B15	+W14	+B2	+W9	-B3	+W5
2	Jacob_Haughey	4.5	+W19	+B6	-W1	+B5	+B9	=W3
3	Richard_Jackson	4.5	+B12	-W10	+B11	+B7	+W1	=B2
4	Ian_Kennedy	4.0	=B5	-W9	=W6	+B12	+W7	+B10
5	Liam_Membery	3.5	=W4	+B18	+B10	-W2	+W6	-B1
6	Seth_Hotten	3.5	+B11	-W2	=B4	+W10	-B5	+W9
7	Austin_John	3.0	-B10	+W12	+B19	-W3	-B4	+W11
8	Cooper_Gaddes	3.0	—	—	—	+W11	+B16	+W12
9	Dundun_Zhang	2.5	=BYE	+B4	+W15	-B1	-W2	-B6
10	Yuanwei_Zhao	2.0	+W7	+B3	-W5	-B6	-W12	-W4
11	Arlo_Brooker	2.0	-W6	+B19	-W3	-B8	+W17	-B7
12	Cohen_Stringer	2.0	-W3	-B7	+W18	-W4	+B10	-B8
13	John_Feyter	2.0	—	—	—	-B17	+W18	+W16
14	Robin_Alex	1.5	+W18	-B1	=BYE	—	—	—
15	Heagan_henareLynch	1.0	-W1	+BYE	-B9	—	—	—
16	Zayne_Sebastian	1.0	—	—	—	+B18	-W8	-B13
17	Athul_Kaimal	1.0	—	—	—	+W13	-B11	-B18
18	Carlos_Duan	1.0	-B14	-W5	-B12	-W16	-B13	+W17
19	Jharell_Prittams	0.0	-B2	-W11	-W7	—	—	—

1	William_Lynn	3.0	+B11	+W9	+B5
2	Liam_Membery	2.5	=W10	+B14	+B4
3	Dundun_Zhang	2.5	=BYE	+B10	+W11
4	Yuanwei_Zhao	2.0	+W7	+B6	-W2
5	Jacob_Haughey	2.0	+W15	+B8	-W1
6	Richard_Jackson	2.0	+B13	-W4	+B12
7	Austin_John	2.0	-B4	+W13	+B15
8	Seth_Hotten	1.5	+B12	-W5	=B10
9	Robin_Alex	1.5	+W14	-B1	=BYE
10	Ian_Kennedy	1.0	=B2	-W3	=W8
11	Heagan_HenareLynch	1.0	-W1	+BYE	-B3
12	Arlo_Brooker	1.0	-W8	+B15	-W6
13	Cohen_Stringer	1.0	-W6	-B7	+W14
14	Carlos_Duan	0.0	-B9	-W2	-B13
15	Jharell_Prittams	0.0	-B5	-W12	-W7

Next week we start a new tournament: 3 rounds per night at 20 + 0 over two weeks. Games will start shortly after 7, so dont be late if you want to take part in the fun. New members are always welcome. Read this page for guidance if you are thinking of joining the club.

Crosstable below. Autumn (2) starts next week

1	Dundun_Zhang	5.0	-B16	+W12	+B9	+W3	+B7	+W4
2	William_Lynn	4.0	+B19	+W3	-B6	=W4	=B5	+W7
3	Ian_Kennedy	4.0	+W7	-B2	+W4	-B1	+W11	+B9
4	Seth_Hotten	3.5	+B11	+W5	-B3	=B2	+W13	-B1
5	Graham_Nolan	3.5	+W14	-B4	-W7	+B12	=W2	+B13
6	Jacob_Haughey	3.0	+B9	+W16	+W2	—	—	—
7	Richard_Jackson	3.0	-B3	+W19	+B5	+W11	-W1	-B2
8	Nathan_Sun	3.0	—	—	—	+W15	+B18	+B14
9	Austin_John	2.5	-W6	+B13	-W1	=B14	+W12	-W3
10	Heagan_HenareLynch	2.5	—	—	—	+B17	=W14	+B11
11	Cooper_Gaddes	2.0	-W4	+B14	+W12	-B7	-B3	-W10
12	Yuanwei_Zhao	2.0	+W13	-B1	-B11	-W5	-B9	+W19
13	Cohen_Stringer	2.0	-B12	-W9	+B16	+W19	-B4	-W5
14	Arlo_Brooker	2.0	-B5	-W11	+B19	=W9	=B10	-W8
15	John_Feyter	2.0	—	—	—	-B8	+BYE	+W17
16	Robert_heide	1.0	+W1	-B6	-W13	—	—	—
17	Athul_kaimal	1.0	—	—	—	-W10	+B19	-B15
18	Jharell	1.0	—	—	—	—	-W8	+BYE
19	Carlos_Duan	0.0	-W2	-B7	-W14	-B13	-W17	-B12

The new term is off to a flying start with 14 players turning out for 20 + 0. Crosstable at the half way is below

1	Jacob_Haughey	3.0	+B11	+W8	+W3
2	Seth_Hotten	2.0	+B5	+W9	-B4
3	William_Lynn	2.0	+B14	+W4	-B1
4	Ian_Kennedy	2.0	+W7	-B3	+W2
5	Cooper_Gaddes	2.0	-W2	+B13	+W10
6	Dundun_Zhang	2.0	-B8	+W10	+B11
7	Richard_Jackson	2.0	-B4	+W14	+B9
8	Robert_Heide	1.0	+W6	-B1	-W12
9	Graham_Nolan	1.0	+W13	-B2	-W7
10	Yuanwei_Zhao	1.0	+W12	-B6	-B5
11	Austin_John	1.0	-W1	+B12	-W6
12	Cohen_Stringer	1.0	-B10	-W11	+B8
13	Arlo_Brooker	1.0	-B9	-W5	+B14
14	Carlos_Duan	0.0	-W3	-B7	-W13

The club welcomes Yuangwei as its newest member

Club ratings have been updated to include the Club Champs. There are several new members featured in the rating list. Check out where you stand.

The club is in recess now. Club nights resume 29 April. Guests and new members welcome. See you there !!