Hamilton Chess Club

We have the final night for the winter cup next week, then two weeks off with the school holidays. We will then resume with a night of blitz on 21 July and blitz again on 28 July. The blitz nights are fast paced with six quick games on the night. They are a great place for prospective members to come along for a look. Guests very welcome !!!!

Crosstables at round 6 are below. There is a two way tie for first place in the open, and a three way tie in the Juniors. Final two games next week.

Open

Junior

Club ratings have been updated. Two members have recorded new personal bests following last nights games. See this page for details.

The Winter Cup got underway last night with 24 players in two divisions. Sean leads the Juniors with 3 points, while Stefan and William share equal first in the Open division, each on three points. Three more rounds next week.

Winter Cup Junior

Winter Cup Open

If you have been thinking about coming along for a look then next week 16 June at 7pm is a good place to start. We will be starting an eight game tournament to run over the next 3 weeks. New members are welcome. Come along and join in the fun.

Don’t miss out: The NZ JUNIOR MINDSPORTS TRIATHLON will be held at the Gallagher Centre, Waikato University, July 3.-There are under 18, under 16, and under 14 competitions in each of five events – see the attached flyer for details. Cash prizes to be won. Webpage for entry is here.

The Winter Cup kicks off next week and will run over 3 nights. Format will be 3 games per night for the first two nights at time control 15 + 0, then two games on the final night at 25 + 0. Guests are welcome to play. Pick up for Juniors will revert to the usual time of 9:15.

Richard ,Joel and Gary are unbeaten in the rapid. Richard and Joel lead their respective divisions on 4 points each. Gary with two draws and two wins is unbeaten in the open and shares second place with Stefan. Rounds five and six will be played later in the year on the 15^th and 22^nd of September

Results At Round Four. Two rounds to go, to be played later in the year

Open

Junior

Open

Junior

The club welcomes Saied Shahosseirni as its newest member. Saied is currently placed fourth in the club Rapid Open division and has played eight rateable games so far. He enters the club ratings board on 1570. Welcome Saied.

Open

Junior

The club rapid kicked off last night with 26 players across two divisions. Round 2 next week, not too late to join if you missed last night. The crosstables so far are below

Open

Junior

The club rapid tournament gets underway next week. We will have one game per week at 25 + 5 time control. There will be two divisions – an Open and a Junior, as in the club championships. This is a members only event, so you will need to join up as a member on the first or second night if you want to be in. Once again we will have a book prize for the winner of the Junior division. As there is only one organized game per night pickup for Juniors will be around 8:15.

We had 25 for t he second round of the the blitz last night. Special mention for Joel who came away with four points. Richard is leading the cumulative points table with 10.5 followed by Hilton on 9.5, then Ian Sivaram and Stefan on 7.5. The crosstables and cumulative points can be found under Events>2015>Blitz above. We will kick off the club rapid champs next week, with the final two nights for the club blitz championship in July.

The club blitz kicked off with 22 entries last night. Hilton and Richard lead the field on 5.5 points a piece. Round 2 next week. Points will accumulate over a total of four nights. Remember guests are welcome. Club ratings have been updated: Check them out as there are a couple of new personal bests.

Round 1  05/05/15

The executive have shuffled responsibilities with Richard now in charge of finances. Ian will continue as ringmaster, cat herder, webmaster, and ratings officer. Hilton continues as club captain.

The format for the club blitz was put to a vote of the membership last night. The overwhelming majority favoured the slightly longer time control of 5 minutes plus 3 seconds per move, with points accumulated over 4 club nights, 6 games per night. The first round will be this coming week May 5^th. The final night will be held in July. The two blitz nights that were scheduled for September have been redesignated as casual blitz, since they will no longer count for club titles. One will be Casual 5 +3, and the other will be casual 3 + 2. Remember that guests are welcome to play on all blitz nights, the more the merrier. See you next week. The draw closes at 7:25 and games kick off 7:30 pm, so don’t be late.

The results are now in after the sixth round of this years club champs. In the Open Division Richard took first place on 5.5 points, with William second on 4 points. Sean was leading after five rounds of the Junior Champs, but Adam managed a win against him in the final round to take the title of Junior Champ 2015 with 5 points. Adam will receive a chess book prize for his efforts. Congratulations for Sean taking second place on 4 points. Both Adam and Richard have had their names immortalized on the Hall of Fame. Ratings have been updated, and the final crosstables appear under Events>2015.

We have a members only night this week but  if you have been thinking about coming along for a look then 5 May at 7pm is a good place to start. We will be playing blitz games at short time control. New members are welcome. Come along and join in the fun.