Hamilton Chess Club

The graded robin last night was a success with 28 players in 7 divisions competing. Richard and Ruchira top scored in their respective divisions winning all three games. We will have another graded robin next term. Ratings tables have been updated.

Divison 1

Divison 2

Divison 3

Divison 4

Divison 5

Divison 6

Divison 7

We will have a graded Robin of three games with groups of four players based on your current club ranking next week. Time control will be 20 + 0. Don’t be late because once the groups are set I cant go back and remake them all.

We will have six rounds of blitz next week, time control 5 + 5 which is a departure from our usual blitz of 5 + 3. Dont be late. Non-members welcome

Club ratings have been updated. Yesterdays tournament had an unprecedented 8 players achieving personal best all time ratings. You can see if you were one of them by looking at the bottom of this page

Richard is Club Lightning Champ for 2018. Michael Lin was the top rated junior and picked up a book prize (kindly donated by Milton) for his efforts. We will havesix rounds of 5 + 5 next week, so don’t be late.

Division A

Division B

Udula Bandara joins as the the clubs newest member

Gold Division

Silver Division

Esandi joins brother Lasen and dad Euchira as the clubs newest member.

The final crosstables are below. We will have another Winter Cup starting next week. Numbers in each division will depend on how many turn up on the night.

Knights

Bishops

Winter Cup (1 ) is being run in two divisions. Crosstables at the half way point are below. We had a bit of a late start last night, but hope to be underway by 7:15 next week. Don’t be late

Knights Division

Bishops Division

Congratulations to Milton who takes the title of Club Rapid Champion 2018 with a score of 5.5 out of 6. We start the Winter Cup next week. Don’t be late.

You can check out photos from the open here

This is the tentative Round Six Pairing for the top ten boards, subject to change on the night if people dont turn up.

Open Division
1^st           Ben Hague                          (Auckland)                          5
2^nd =      Michael Steadman          (Auckland)                          4.5
Russell Dive                        (Wellington)
Grade I
1^st           Nathan Goodhue             (Auckland)                          4
2^nd =      Bob Gibbons                      (Auckland)                          3.5
Hilton Bennett                  (Hamilton)
Grade II
1^st           Luis Duran Rubalcava      (Hamilton)                          3.5
2^nd –       Josia Vickers                       (Mt Maunganui)               3
Juni Aguilar                         (North Shore)
Winner of Len Whitehouse Memorial Trophy for best Waikato player:
Graeme Spain                                    (Te Awamutu)                   4

Under 1800 Division
1^st           Michael Lin                         (Hamilton)                          5.5
2^nd =       Lara Heppenstall              (Hamilton)                          4.5
William Crombie              (Hamilton)
Grade I
1^st           Kendrick Zhang                 (North Shore)                    4
2^nd =      Gary Judkins                       (Hamilton)                          3.5
Jeffrey Yu                            (Auckland)
Ying Wang                           (Auckland)
Grade II
1^st           Joel Crombie                      (Hamilton)                          3
2^nd          Tracy Liu                               (Auckland)                          2.5
Vraj Dhankee                     (Waitakere)
Winner of William Lynn Cup for best Hamilton Junior:
Michael Lin                                         (Hamilton)                          5.5

We have 52 registered players for the open compared to 47 last year and 48 the year before. You can follow progress for the Open here and the U1800 here

We have fifty registered players for the open compared to 47 last year and 48 the year before. You can follow progress for the Open here and the U1800 here