The Otago Chess Club
7 Maitland Street, Dunedin, New Zealand
New Zealand's oldest incorporated society
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The Otago Chess Club7 Maitland Street, Dunedin, New Zealand
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The Otago Summer Rapid Open is on Sunday 3rd December. See Tournaments for details and entry forms.
The Otago Chess Club meets on Wednesday evenings, 7:00pm at 7 Maitland Street, Dunedin and social play on Tuesdays 1pm to 4pm begins again on Tuesday 14 February - Email otagochess@gmail.com for more information The current event on the 2023 Calendar is the Richard Sutton Trophy, which started on 25 October, followed by the 5th Blitz tournament on 6 December and Closing Night on 13 December. The September 2023 NZCF ratings are out - check out the full list on the NZCF Ratings page. The second leg of the Standard Championship had two grades under the Rules. The Perpetual Handicap for 2023. The leader in the Standard is Samuel Mitchell on +123, followed by Oscar Lobb on +101, with Jens Paulsen on +69. The winner in the Rapid is Oscar Lobb on +82, followed by Ryan High second on +79, with Rogan-Joe Sloan third on +65. The leader in the Blitz is Oliver Lee on +68, followed by Samuel Mitchell on +65, with Rogan-Joe Sloan on +62. The 2023 South Island Championship and Rapid Championship ran from 27 September to 1 October. There are excellent articles on both in the new online magazine Aotearoa Chess, Vol. 1, No. 1. See the NZCF website: 2023 South Island Championship and live broadcast on lichess The fourth Blitz tournament was held on 27 September, with Ben Suazo winning on 5/5, followed by 2nd Iain Lamont on 4 and Rogan-Joe Sloan 3rd on 2½, Zhen Min Yee 2, Samuel Mitchell 1½ and Henry Chapman 0. The Otago Spring Rapid Open was held on Sunday 3 September, with 30 players from all over NZ. There was a four-way tie for first on 5/6 between Alex Nedyhalov, Quentin Johnson, Atlas Kerr and Ben Suazo. The Under 1500 grade was won by Tyne Grant on 4 points with Paul Gudoy, Ryan Zhou and Roam Penwarden sharing second on 3 points. Samuel Mitchell has designed a new look Otago Chess Club website - Take a look and fill in the feedback form here. It will also be emailed out to club members. The third Blitz tournament was held on 30 August, with Iain Lamont winning on 5½/6, followed by 2nd Quentin Johnson on 5 and Henry Chapman and Ben Suazo 3rd= on 3½. View the final crosstable. The second leg of the Rapid Championship started on 9 August, with three grades under the Rules. The 2023 Otago Individual Under 20 Championship was held on Saturday 19 August with 40 players from Dunedin, Oamaru and Invercargill - The U20 Championship was won by Leo Malcolm (UO) on 6/6 with Alexander Sun (LPHS) second on 5 points. 3rd equal on 4½ were Luke Woo (OBHS), Hasnula Hewa Barbaranda (James Hargest), Oscar Lobb (UO) and Henry Le (Trinity) with Henry also winning teh Under 16 section. 2nd= U16 on 4 points were Naoki Kozakai (LPHS), Tyne Grant (LPHS), Ramon Quennell (LPHS), Joseph Butson (Home), Aidan Dixon (LPHS) and Roam Penwarden (JMC). 1st in the U13 section on 3½ was Eshaan Atre (DNI), with 2nd= U13 on 3 points shared by Zihan Fu (LPHS), Conor Kerr (DNI), Misha Zernov (James Hargest) and Othika Hewa Barbaranda (Salford). Hasanli Hewa Barbaranda (James Hargest) was the best female on 3½ points and the bBest Team was LPHS 1 (Sun, Kozakai and Grant). View the Final Crosstable and Team standings. The 2023 Otago/Southland Individual Under 13 Championship was held on Saturday 5 August with 21 players from Dunedin and Invercargill - The U13 Championship was shared by three players on 5/6: Samantha Coleman (SGHS), Zihan Fu (LPHS and Eshaan Atre (DNI). Samantha also won the U11 section and second on 4 points were Anderson Scott (Maori Hill) and Dean Coleman (St Theresa's). View the Final Crosstable. The Swiss Rapid ended on 2 August with victory going to Leo Malcolm on a perfect 4/4, ahead of Jens Paulsen and Ryan High second equal on 3 points. View the final scores. The Cleland Trophy ended on 19 July. Ben Suazo collected the trophy this year with an unbeaten 5/6, ahead of Quentin Johnson on 4½ and Hamish Gold on 4 points. Early leader Oscar Lobb finished tied of 4th on 3½ and gained a bundle of rating points. View the Final Scores. The 2023 Otago Secondary Interschool Teams Chess Championships were held on 24 June at Logan Park HS in Dunedin. The Monday Chess Group (MCG) is open to anyone on Lichess - Join the Otago Chess Club Team and you can enter the next event starting Mondays at 7:30pm The catalogue of the Club's library of over 600 items is available - see Library For links to other chess sites including free chess training resources, visit the favourite links page of the club wiki. The Otago Chess Club meets on Wednesday evenings, 7:00pm at 7 Maitland Street, Dunedin and social play on Tuesdays 1pm to 4pm begins again on Tuesday 14 February - Email otagochess@gmail.com for more information The Dunedin Junior Chess Academy (a separate business that operates from the clubrooms) is running for term 4 from Friday 20 October to Friday 8 December. Invercargill has a chess club looking for new members. |
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This site was last updated on 26 November 2023 |
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