In a break from tradition we will dive in with the first three games of a two-parter next week, 20 + 0. The calendar for the first half of the year is posted here. Guests and new members welcome. See you next week, February 4.
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The club is in recess now for the Summer break, we will resume February 4 with icebreaker blitz, see you then. Leave comments on this post if you have suggestions for the calendar for next year. Have a great Summer, and see you in the new year. NEW MEMBERS ALWAYS WELCOME
Club ratings have been updated to close out for 2024. Check where you ended up for the year.
Richard takes out the final tournament for the year.
| 1 | Richard_Dare | 5.0 | +W10 | +B3 | +W5 | +B6 | -W2 | +B4 |
| 2 | Erwin_Pacua | 4.0 | -W5 | -B8 | +B10 | +W3 | +B1 | +W6 |
| 3 | William_Lynn | 4.0 | +W8 | -W1 | +B7 | -B2 | +W6 | +B10 |
| 4 | Zade | 3.0 | +W9 | -B5 | -W6 | +W8 | +B7 | -W1 |
| 5 | Richard_Jackson | 2.5 | +B2 | +W4 | -B1 | =BYE | — | — |
| 6 | Ian_Kennedy | 2.5 | =B7 | +W10 | +B4 | -W1 | -B3 | -B2 |
| 7 | Dundun_Zhang | 2.5 | =W6 | -B9 | -W3 | +B10 | -W4 | +W8 |
| 8 | Heagan_Henare-Lynch | 2.0 | -B3 | +W2 | +W9 | -B4 | -W10 | -B7 |
| 9 | Carlos_Duan | 1.5 | -B4 | +W7 | -B8 | =BYE | — | — |
| 10 | Cohen_Stringer | 1.0 | -B1 | -B6 | -W2 | -W7 | +B8 | -W3 |
Cross table for spring (3) at the half way below. Final night of the year next week.
|
1 |
Richard Dare |
3.0 |
+W10 |
+B3 |
+W4 |
|
2 |
Ian Kennedy |
2.5 |
=B9 |
+W10 |
+B6 |
|
3 |
William Lynn |
2.0 |
+W5 |
-W1 |
+B9 |
|
4 |
Richard Jackson |
2.0 |
+B7 |
+W6 |
-B1 |
|
5 |
Heagen Henare-Lynch |
2.0 |
-B3 |
+W7 |
+W8 |
|
6 |
Zade |
1.0 |
+W8 |
-B4 |
-W2 |
|
7 |
Erwin Pacua |
1.0 |
-W4 |
-B5 |
+B10 |
|
8 |
Carlos Juan |
1.0 |
-B6 |
+W9 |
-B5 |
|
9 |
Dundun |
0.5 |
=W2 |
-B8 |
-W3 |
|
10 |
Cohen Stringer |
0.0 |
-B1 |
-B2 |
-W7 |
The club welcomes Erwin Pacua as its newest member
A couple of quick tournaments for the previous two weeks, crosstables below
Blitz 19/11/24
| 1 | Richard_Dare | 6.0 | +W7 | +W3 | +B2 | +B5 | +W6 | +B4 |
| 2 | Richard_jackson | 5.0 | +BYE | +W4 | -W1 | +B7 | +W5 | +B3 |
| 3 | Thomas_Bennett | 3.0 | +W5 | -B1 | +W4 | -B6 | +BYE | -W2 |
| 4 | Carlos_Duan | 3.0 | +W6 | -B2 | -B3 | +BYE | +W7 | -W1 |
| 5 | Heagan_Henare-Lynch | 3.0 | -B3 | +BYE | +W6 | -W1 | -B2 | +B7 |
| 6 | Dundun | 3.0 | -B4 | +W7 | -B5 | +W3 | -B1 | +BYE |
| 7 | Trevor_Sycamore | 1.0 | -B1 | -B6 | +BYE | -W2 | -B4 | -W5 |
Eight + Oh 26/11/24
| 1 | Richard_Dare | 5.0 | +B5 | +W3 | +B2 | +W4 | +W6 |
| 2 | Richard_jackson | 3.0 | =W4 | +B6 | -W1 | +B3 | =W5 |
| 3 | Nathan_Sun | 3.0 | +W6 | -B1 | +B5 | -W2 | +B4 |
| 4 | Ian Kennedy | 2.5 | =B2 | +BYE | +W7 | -B1 | -W3 |
| 5 | Heagan_Henare-Lynch | 2.5 | -W1 | +B7 | -W3 | +B6 | =B2 |
| 6 | Dundun | 1.0 | -B3 | -W2 | +BYE | -W5 | -B1 |
| 7 | Cohen_Stringer | 1.0 | — | -W5 | -B4 | +BYE | — |
We have had a couple of six round rapids over the last two weeks. For the upcoming final two club nights of the year we will have 20 + 0, 3 games per night, over two nights. See you there
Club ratings have been updated incorporating all recent games. Check out where you are at.
The club welcomes Carlos
William and Richard had a hard fought final round. In the end opposite coloured bishops meant an inevitable draw, and both players ended up on 4.5 out of 6
|
1 |
William_Lynn |
4.5 |
-B5 |
+B6 |
+W3 |
+W7 |
+B4 |
=B2 |
|
2 |
Richard_Dare |
4.5 |
-B3 |
+B8 |
+W7 |
+W4 |
+B5 |
=W1 |
|
3 |
Erwin_Pacua |
4.0 |
+W2 |
-B4 |
-B1 |
+W6 |
+B7 |
+W5 |
|
4 |
Ramesh_Krishnamachari |
3.0 |
+W8 |
+W3 |
-B5 |
-B2 |
-W1 |
+B7 |
|
5 |
Ian_Kennedy |
2.5 |
+W1 |
-B7 |
+W4 |
=B8 |
-W2 |
-B3 |
|
6 |
Heagan_Henare-Lynch |
2.5 |
-B7 |
-W1 |
=W8 |
-B3 |
+W10 |
+B9 |
|
7 |
Richard_Jackson |
2.0 |
+W6 |
+W5 |
-B2 |
-B1 |
-W3 |
-W4 |
|
8 |
Cohen_Stringer |
1.5 |
-B4 |
-W2 |
=B6 |
=W5 |
-B9 |
=W10 |
|
9 |
Dundun |
1.0 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
+W8 |
-W6 |
|
10 |
Carlos_Duan |
0.5 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
-B6 |
=B8 |
You can see the trend in your club rating over the last fifty games here
Club ratings have been updated incorporating all recent games. Check out where you are at.
The club welcomes Cohen Stringer as its newest member. COhen has played fifty games so far and appears enters with a club rating of 1463
Final three rounds next week
| 1 | Ian_Kennedy | 2.0 | +W5 | -B2 | +W3 |
| 2 | Richard_Jackson | 2.0 | +W8 | +W1 | -B4 |
| 3 | Ramesh_Krishnamachar | 2.0 | +W7 | +W6 | -B1 |
| 4 | Richard_Dare | 2.0 | -B6 | +B7 | +W2 |
| 5 | William_Lynn | 2.0 | -B1 | +B8 | +W6 |
| 6 | Erwin_Pacua | 1.0 | +W4 | -B3 | -B5 |
| 7 | Cohen_Stringer | 0.5 | -B3 | -W4 | =B8 |
| 8 | Heagan_Henare-Lynch | 0.5 | -B2 | -W5 | =W7 |
The ticker at the top left of the webpage shows we have now reached 153000 views. So far this year we have had 7600 views from 2740 visitors. By way of example yesterday we had 71 views from 18 visitors. The most popular pages are the Home Page (64,249 all time views) followed by Reasons to play chess (7159 views). Third place is Female Grandmaster wins Hamilton Rookies Shield (5833 views)– not quite the scandal of Carlsen:Niemann, but a scandal nevertheless. It even made ChessBase and Wikipedia
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
| 1 | Richard_Dare | 6.0 | +B7 | +W10 | +B2 | +W6 | +B3 | +W4 |
| 2 | Ramesh_Krishnamachari | 4.0 | +W8 | +B3 | -W1 | -B4 | +W5 | +B10 |
| 3 | Erwin_Pacua | 4.0 | +B6 | -W2 | +W4 | +B7 | -W1 | +B8 |
| 4 | Cameron_Munroe | 3.5 | +B9 | +W5 | -B3 | +W2 | =B6 | -B1 |
| 5 | Ian_Kennedy | 3.0 | +B10 | -B4 | -W8 | +W9 | -B2 | +W6 |
| 6 | Richard_Jackson | 2.5 | -W3 | +W7 | +B9 | -B1 | =W4 | -B5 |
| 7 | DunDun | 2.0 | -W1 | -B6 | +B10 | -W3 | +W8 | -B9 |
| 8 | Cohen_Stringer | 2.0 | -B2 | -W9 | +B5 | +W10 | -B7 | -W3 |
| 9 | Hegan_Henare-Lynch | 2.0 | -W4 | +B8 | -W6 | -B5 | -W10 | +W7 |
| 10 | Carlos | 1.0 | -W5 | -B1 | -W7 | -B8 | +B9 | -W2 |
Club ratings have been updated incorporating all recent games. Check out where you are at.
| 1 | Richard_Dare | 6.0 | +B5 | +W6 | +B7 | +B2 | +W3 | +W4 |
| 2 | Ramesh_Krishnamachari | 5.0 | +B6 | +W3 | +B10 | -W1 | +B4 | +W7 |
| 3 | Ian_Kennedy | 4.0 | +W4 | -B2 | +W8 | +B5 | -B1 | +W6 |
| 4 | William_Lynn | 3.0 | -B3 | +W5 | +B6 | +W7 | -W2 | -B1 |
| 5 | Erwin_Pacua | 3.0 | -W1 | -B4 | +W11 | -W3 | +B7 | +B8 |
| 6 | Cameron_Munroe | 2.0 | -W2 | -B1 | -W4 | +B11 | +W8 | -B3 |
| 7 | Richard_Jackson | 2.0 | +W11 | +B8 | -W1 | -B4 | -W5 | -B2 |
| 8 | Hegan_Henare-Lynch | 2.0 | +B10 | -W7 | -B3 | +W9 | -B6 | -W5 |
| 9 | DunDun | 2.0 | — | — | — | -B8 | +BYE | +B11 |
| 10 | Trevor_Sycamore | 1.0 | -W8 | +B11 | -W2 | — | — | — |
| 11 | Cohen_Stringer | 1.0 | -B7 | -W10 | -B5 | -W6 | +B12 | -W9 |
| 12 | Carlos | 1.0 | — | — | — | — | -W11 | +BYE |
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