The club welcomes Robert Craig and Andrew Malcouronne as new members. They enter the club rating table with ratings of 1558 and 1506 respectively.
| 1 | Philip_Rice | 3.0 | +B12 | +W11 | +W6 |
| 2 | Michael_Lin | 3.0 | +B17 | +W5 | +B10 |
| 3 | Richard_Dare | 2.5 | +B11 | +W10 | =B4 |
| 4 | Graham_Nolan | 2.5 | +W18 | +B13 | =W3 |
| 5 | Prashanth | 2.0 | +W8 | -B2 | +W12 |
| 6 | William_Lynn | 2.0 | +B16 | +W7 | -B1 |
| 7 | Ian_Kennedy | 2.0 | +BYE | -B6 | +W13 |
| 8 | Joel_Crombie | 2.0 | -B5 | +W17 | +B15 |
| 9 | Daniel_Dizon | 1.5 | -B10 | =W16 | +B17 |
| 10 | William_Crombie | 1.0 | +W9 | -B3 | -W2 |
| 11 | Richard_Jackson | 1.0 | -W3 | -B1 | +W18 |
| 12 | Andrew_Malcouronne | 1.0 | -W1 | +BYE | -B5 |
| 13 | Nathanial_Loy | 1.0 | +B15 | -W4 | -B7 |
| 14 | Robert_Craig | 1.0 | — | — | +B16 |
| 15 | Leo_Dizon | 1.0 | -W13 | +B18 | -W8 |
| 16 | Gary_Judkins | 0.5 | -W6 | =B9 | -W14 |
| 17 | David_Lee | 0.0 | -W2 | -B8 | -W9 |
| 18 | Andy_Song | 0.0 | -B4 | -W15 | -B11 |
Winter (A) results are below. Winter (B) starts next week
| 1 | Richard_Dare | 6.0 | +B12 | +W5 | +B2 | +W11 | +B3 | +W4 |
| 2 | Max_Stephens | 4.0 | +W8 | +B6 | -W1 | -B3 | +B5 | +W9 |
| 3 | William_Crombie | 4.0 | -B11 | +W14 | +B10 | +W2 | -W1 | +B8 |
| 4 | Graham_Nolan | 3.5 | =W17 | +B9 | -W7 | +B10 | +W6 | -B1 |
| 5 | Joel_Crombie | 3.5 | +W21 | -B1 | +W8 | =B6 | -W2 | +B11 |
| 6 | Sean_Clark | 3.5 | +B18 | -W2 | +B12 | =W5 | -B4 | +W10 |
| 7 | Michael_Lin | 3.0 | +B14 | +W11 | +B4 | — | — | — |
| 8 | Andrew_Malcouronne | 3.0 | -B2 | +W18 | -B5 | +W12 | +B11 | -W3 |
| 9 | Ian_Kennedy | 2.5 | =B10 | -W4 | -B11 | +W15 | +W13 | -B2 |
| 10 | Ben_Wright | 2.5 | =W9 | +B17 | -W3 | -W4 | +B12 | -B6 |
| 11 | DanielLoy | 2.0 | +W3 | -B7 | +W9 | -B1 | -W8 | -W5 |
| 12 | Andy_Song | 2.0 | -W1 | +B21 | -W6 | -B8 | -W10 | +BYE |
| 13 | Kaedan_Govender | 2.0 | — | — | — | +W19 | -B9 | +W15 |
| 14 | Murray_Tuatini | 1.0 | -W7 | -B3 | +W21 | — | — | — |
| 15 | Rowan_Lightfoot | 1.0 | — | — | — | -B9 | +W19 | -B13 |
| 16 | Robert_Craig | 1.0 | — | — | — | +W20 | — | — |
| 17 | Philip_Rice | 1.0 | =B4 | -W10 | =B18 | — | — | — |
| 18 | Nathanial_Loy | 0.5 | -W6 | -B8 | =W17 | — | — | — |
| 19 | Shen_Sundararaj | 0.0 | — | — | — | -B13 | -B15 | -BYE |
| 20 | richard_Jackson | 0.0 | — | — | — | -B16 | — | — |
| 21 | Zane_Brown | 0.0 | -B5 | -W12 | -B14 | — | — | — |
| 1 | Richard_Dare | 3.0 | +B10 | +W5 | +B3 |
| 2 | Michael_Lin | 3.0 | +B11 | +W4 | +B8 |
| 3 | Max_Stephens | 2.0 | +W12 | +B7 | -W1 |
| 4 | DanielLoy | 2.0 | +W6 | -B2 | +W14 |
| 5 | Joel_Crombie | 2.0 | +W16 | -B1 | +W12 |
| 6 | William_Crombie | 2.0 | -B4 | +W11 | +B9 |
| 7 | Sean_Clark | 2.0 | +B15 | -W3 | +B10 |
| 8 | Graham_Nolan | 1.5 | =W13 | +B14 | -W2 |
| 9 | Ben_Wright | 1.5 | =W14 | +B13 | -W6 |
| 10 | Andy_Song | 1.0 | -W1 | +B16 | -W7 |
| 11 | Murray_Tuatini | 1.0 | -W2 | -B6 | +W16 |
| 12 | Andrew_Malcouronne | 1.0 | -B3 | +W15 | -B5 |
| 13 | Philip_Rice | 1.0 | =B8 | -W9 | =B15 |
| 14 | Ian_Kennedy | 0.5 | =B9 | -W8 | -B4 |
| 15 | Nathanial_Loy | 0.5 | -W7 | -B12 | =W13 |
| 16 | Zane_Brown | 0.0 | -B5 | -W10 | -B11 |
Graham and Hilton ran a successful Waikato Schools’ regional tournament on the weekend to decide the representatives to attend the upcoming National event. Four club members constituting Hamilton Boys’ A team will lead off for the high school section. It is noteworthy that the Hamilton Boys B team consists entirely of club players also.
Waikato Regional Interschools Qualifiers
4th August 2019, Hamilton Boys’ High School
High School Section
1st Hamilton Boys’ High School ‘A’
(Eushin Kang, Michael Lin, Max Stephens, Nathanael Loy)
2nd Hamilton Boys’ High School ‘B’
3rd St Paul’s Collegiate School
Hamilton Boys’ High School ‘A’ qualify for the National Finals.
Intermediate School Section
1st Southwell School intermediate ‘B’
(Isaac Li, Stanley Lin, Rachael Ronowicz, Daniel Shen, Jerry Zhou)
2nd Peachgrove Intermediate School ‘A’
3rd Southwell School Intermediate ‘A’
Southwell School Intermediate ‘B’ qualify for the National Finals.
Primary School Section
1st Southwell School Primary ‘A’
(Alex Ko, Ryan Wang, Leyu Zeng, Adi Manda)
2nd Hukanui Primary School ‘A’
3rd Hillcrest Normal School ‘A’
Southwell School Primary ‘A’ qualify for the National Finals.
During the recent Waikato Open the club website had a surge in traffic, with 217 views on the Saturday and 239 views on the Sunday as shown in the adjacent graph. The website has now had over 111000 hits since it was developed.
Club ratings have been updated including the just completed rapid. Graphs of ratings have also been updated. See if you have gone up or down.
We will switch to a series of two Winter rapids next week, 3 games per night over two nights with time control 20 + 0. Dont be late. Guests and new members welcome
| 1 | Richard_Dare | 5.0 | +B8 | +W11 | +B2 | =W3 | +B6 | =W5 |
| 2 | Prashant_Mistry | 4.5 | +W12 | +B4 | -W1 | +B10 | =B5 | +W6 |
| 3 | Max_Stephens | 4.0 | =BYE | +B22 | +W14 | =B1 | +W10 | — |
| 4 | Michael_Lin | 4.0 | +B26 | -W2 | -B6 | +W23 | +B9 | +W7 |
| 5 | Hilton_Bennett | 4.0 | =BYE | +B25 | =W10 | +B12 | =W2 | =B1 |
| 6 | William_Crombie | 3.5 | =BYE | +B15 | +W4 | +B14 | -W1 | -B2 |
| 7 | Andy_Song | 3.0 | -B11 | +W8 | -W13 | +B16 | +W17 | -B4 |
| 8 | Nathanial_Loy | 3.0 | -W1 | -B7 | -W21 | +B25 | +W15 | +B16 |
| 9 | Joel_Crombie | 3.0 | =BYE | +BYE | -W12 | =B15 | -W4 | +B10 |
| 10 | William_Lynn | 2.5 | +W23 | +B17 | =B5 | -W2 | -B3 | -W9 |
| 11 | Eushin_Kang | 2.5 | +W7 | -B1 | =BYE | — | — | +W18 |
| 12 | Richard_Jackson | 2.5 | -B2 | +W18 | +B9 | -W5 | =BYE | — |
| 13 | Graham_Nolan | 2.5 | -B19 | +W16 | +B7 | =BYE | — | — |
| 14 | Daniel_Dizon | 2.5 | +BYE | =BYE | -B3 | -W6 | +W25 | — |
| 15 | Ian_Kennedy | 2.5 | -B17 | -W6 | +B18 | =W9 | -B8 | +W22 |
| 16 | Ben_Wright | 2.0 | =BYE | -B13 | +W28 | -W7 | =B18 | -W8 |
| 17 | Leo_Dizon | 2.0 | +W15 | -W10 | -B23 | +BYE | -B7 | — |
| 18 | Sean_Clark | 2.0 | =BYE | -B12 | -W15 | +B27 | =W16 | -B11 |
| 19 | Rowan_Lightfoot | 1.5 | +W13 | =BYE | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Daniel_Loy | 1.5 | =BYE | — | +BYE | — | — | -B24 |
| 21 | Robert_Craig | 1.5 | =BYE | — | +B8 | — | — | — |
| 22 | Philip_Rice | 1.5 | =BYE | -W3 | +W25 | — | — | -B15 |
| 23 | Paul_Dalley | 1.5 | -B10 | =BYE | +W17 | -B4 | — | — |
| 24 | Kevin_Li | 1.0 | — | — | — | — | — | +W20 |
| 25 | Murray_Tuatini | 0.5 | =BYE | -W5 | -B22 | -W8 | -B14 | — |
| 26 | Gary_Judkins | 0.5 | -W4 | =BYE | — | — | — | — |
| 27 | David_Lee | 0.5 | =BYE | — | — | -W18 | — | — |
| 28 | Udula_Bandara | 0.5 | =BYE | — | -B16 | — | — | — |
Max continues his rise by taking out the William Lynn Cup 2019. The trophy is for the best Waikato Junior. Max came 1st equal in the under1800 grade with a score of 5 out of 6
Open Section ‘A’
1st Ben Hague 5.5
2nd Ralph Hart 5
3rd Russell Dive 4.5
Grade I (1875 to 2000)
1st Bob Gibbons 4
2nd = Jasmine Zhang, Richard Dare, Vyanla Punsalan, Helmut Marko 3.5
Grade II (1650 to 1875)
1st Benjamin Lim 3.5
2nd = Caleb Wright, Oliver Picken, William Lynn 3
Grade III (under 1650)
1st Isabelle Ning 3.5
2nd Nadia Braganza 2.5
Winner of the Len Whitehouse Memorial Cup for Best Waikato Player
Richard Dare
Under 1800 Section ‘B’
1st = Karl Holdo, Max Stephens 5
3rd = Nathanael Loy, Ian Kennedy, Kevin Li 4
Grade I (1200 to 1450)
1st Max Stephens 5
2nd Nathanael Loy 4
3rd = Eva Lourenco, Gary Judkins 3
Grade II (under 1200)
1st Kevin Li 4
2nd = Udula Bandara, Joel Crombie 3
Winner of the William Lynn Cup for the best Waikato Junior
Max Stephens
To claim for tournament prize email Name, Account Details, Prize, and Prize Amount to the club email address
Links to currently registered players are located below
Open
https://newzealandchess.nz/2019/Vega/wwwWaikatoOpen/
Under 1800
https://newzealandchess.nz/2019/Vega/wwwWaikatoU1800/
| 1 | Richard_Dare | 4.5 | +B12 | +W17 | +B3 | =W2 | +B4 |
| 2 | Max_Stephens | 4.0 | =BYE | +B20 | +W11 | =B1 | +W8 |
| 3 | Prashant_Mistry | 3.5 | +W10 | +B6 | -W1 | +B8 | =B5 |
| 4 | William_Crombie | 3.5 | =BYE | +B23 | +W6 | +B11 | -W1 |
| 5 | Hilton_Bennett | 3.5 | =BYE | +B24 | =W8 | +B10 | =W3 |
| 6 | Michael_Lin | 3.0 | +B25 | -W3 | -B4 | +W22 | +B15 |
| 7 | Andy_Song | 3.0 | -B17 | +W12 | -W9 | +B13 | +W14 |
| 8 | William_Lynn | 2.5 | +W22 | +B14 | =B5 | -W3 | -B2 |
| 9 | Graham_Nolan | 2.5 | -B18 | +W13 | +B7 | =BYE | — |
| 10 | Richard_Jackson | 2.5 | -B3 | +W16 | +B15 | -W5 | =BYE |
| 11 | Daniel_Dizon | 2.5 | +BYE | =BYE | -B2 | -W4 | +W24 |
| 12 | Nathanial_Loy | 2.0 | -W1 | -B7 | -W19 | +B24 | +W23 |
| 13 | Ben_Wright | 2.0 | =BYE | -B9 | +W27 | -W7 | =B16 |
| 14 | Leo_Dizon | 2.0 | +W23 | -W8 | -B22 | +BYE | -B7 |
| 15 | Joel_Crombie | 2.0 | =BYE | +BYE | -W10 | =B23 | -W6 |
| 16 | Sean_Clark | 2.0 | =BYE | -B10 | -W23 | +B26 | =W13 |
| 17 | Eushin_Kang | 1.5 | +W7 | -B1 | =BYE | — | — |
| 18 | Rowan_Lightfoot | 1.5 | +W9 | =BYE | — | — | — |
| 19 | Robert_Craig | 1.5 | =BYE | — | +B12 | — | — |
| 20 | Philip_Rice | 1.5 | =BYE | -W2 | +W24 | — | — |
| 21 | Daniel_Loy | 1.5 | =BYE | — | +BYE | — | — |
| 22 | Paul_Dalley | 1.5 | -B8 | =BYE | +W14 | -B6 | — |
| 23 | Ian_Kennedy | 1.5 | -B14 | -W4 | +B16 | =W15 | -B12 |
| 24 | Murray_Tuatini | 0.5 | =BYE | -W5 | -B20 | -W12 | -B11 |
| 25 | Gary_Judkins | 0.5 | -W6 | =BYE | — | — | — |
| 26 | David_Lee | 0.5 | =BYE | — | — | -W16 | — |
| 27 | Udula_Bandara | 0.5 | =BYE | — | -B13 | — | — |
Club ratings have been updated up to round 4 of the rapid. See if you have gone up or down.
The club is in recess for the next 2 weeks. We resume on July 23rd
| 1 | Richard_Dare | 3.5 | +B23 | +W13 | +B3 | =W4 |
| 2 | William_Crombie | 3.5 | =BYE | +B16 | +W8 | +B15 |
| 3 | Prashant_Mistry | 3.0 | +W9 | +B8 | -W1 | +B6 |
| 4 | Max_Stephens | 3.0 | =BYE | +B18 | +W15 | =B1 |
| 5 | Hilton_Bennett | 3.0 | =BYE | +B24 | =W6 | +B9 |
| 6 | William_Lynn | 2.5 | +W17 | +B11 | =B5 | -W3 |
| 7 | Graham_Nolan | 2.5 | -B14 | +W19 | +B10 | =BYE |
| 8 | Michael_Lin | 2.0 | +B26 | -W3 | -B2 | +W17 |
| 9 | Richard_Jackson | 2.0 | -B3 | +W22 | +B12 | -W5 |
| 10 | Andy_Song | 2.0 | -B13 | +W23 | -W7 | +B19 |
| 11 | Leo_Dizon | 2.0 | +W16 | -W6 | -B17 | +BYE |
| 12 | Joel_Crombie | 2.0 | =BYE | +BYE | -W9 | =B16 |
| 13 | Eushin_Kang | 1.5 | +W10 | -B1 | =BYE | — |
| 14 | Rowan_Lightfoot | 1.5 | +W7 | =BYE | — | — |
| 15 | Daniel_Dizon | 1.5 | +BYE | =BYE | -B4 | -W2 |
| 16 | Ian_Kennedy | 1.5 | -B11 | -W2 | +B22 | =W12 |
| 17 | Paul_Dalley | 1.5 | -B6 | =BYE | +W11 | -B8 |
| 18 | Philip_Rice | 1.5 | =BYE | -W4 | +W24 | — |
| 19 | Ben_Wright | 1.5 | =BYE | -B7 | +W27 | -W10 |
| 20 | Daniel_Loy | 1.5 | =BYE | — | +BYE | — |
| 21 | Robert_Craig | 1.5 | =BYE | — | +B23 | — |
| 22 | Sean_Clark | 1.5 | =BYE | -B9 | -W16 | +B25 |
| 23 | Nathanial_Loy | 1.0 | -W1 | -B10 | -W21 | +B24 |
| 24 | Murray_Tuatini | 0.5 | =BYE | -W5 | -B18 | -W23 |
| 25 | David_Lee | 0.5 | =BYE | — | — | -W22 |
| 26 | Gary_Judkins | 0.5 | -W8 | =BYE | — | — |
| 27 | Udula_Bandara | 0.5 | =BYE | — | -B19 | — |
| 1 | Richard_Dare | 3.0 | +B23 | +W10 | +B4 |
| 2 | William_Lynn | 2.5 | +W11 | +B15 | =B8 |
| 3 | Max_Stephens | 2.5 | =BYE | +B13 | +W12 |
| 4 | Prashant_Mistry | 2.0 | +W17 | +B14 | -W1 |
| 5 | Graham_Nolan | 2.0 | -B9 | +W16 | +B19 |
| 6 | William_Crombie | 2.0 | — | +B18 | +W14 |
| 7 | Joel_Crombie | 2.0 | — | +BYE | +W17 |
| 8 | Hilton_Bennett | 2.0 | =BYE | +B22 | =W2 |
| 9 | Rowan_Lightfoot | 2.0 | +W5 | =BYE | =BYE |
| 10 | Eushin_Kang | 1.5 | +W19 | -B1 | =BYE |
| 11 | Paul_Dalley | 1.5 | -B2 | =BYE | +W15 |
| 12 | Daniel_Dizon | 1.5 | +BYE | =BYE | -B3 |
| 13 | Philip_Rice | 1.5 | =BYE | -W3 | +W22 |
| 14 | Michael_Lin | 1.0 | +B26 | -W4 | -B6 |
| 15 | Leo_Dizon | 1.0 | +W18 | -W2 | -B11 |
| 16 | Ben_Wright | 1.0 | — | -B5 | +W24 |
| 17 | Richard_Jackson | 1.0 | -B4 | +W25 | -B7 |
| 18 | Ian_Kennedy | 1.0 | -B15 | -W6 | +B25 |
| 19 | Andy_Song | 1.0 | -B10 | +W23 | -W5 |
| 20 | Robert_Craig | 1.0 | — | — | +B23 |
| 21 | Daniel_Loy | 1.0 | — | — | +BYE |
| 22 | Murray_Tuatini | 0.5 | =BYE | -W8 | -B13 |
| 23 | Nathanial_Loy | 0.0 | -W1 | -B19 | -W20 |
| 24 | Udula_Bandara | 0.0 | — | — | -B16 |
| 25 | Sean_Clark | 0.0 | — | -B17 | -W18 |
| 26 | Gary_Judkins | 0.0 | -W14 | — | — |
Live links to tournament registrations can be found under
Events >> 2019 >>Tournament Registrations.
We have three players registered so far.
Hamilton Chess Club 