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 first event on the Draft 2026 Calendar is the Opening Night on 28 January 2027, followed by the first Blair Freeman Trophy Blitz on 4 February and the AGM on 11 February. Until then some of our members are playing in the 133rd NZ Congress in the Invercargill 2 - 12 January. The final event on the 2025 Calendar was the Closing Night on 17 December. A Special Genral Meeting was held at the beginning to make amendments to the constitution requested by Inland Revenue. After some treats the annual quiz prepared by Geoff Aimers was held. The Double Sixers team came from the back in the final round after correctly guessing at the first attempt which famous chess player was born by the Black Sea in the last few decades [Vladimir Kramnik]. The fourth and final Blitz tournament toward the Blair Freeman trophy took place on 10 December with 13 players. Iain Lamonth secured first place with 7/7. Second was Ben Suazo on 5½, with Jonno Christie third on 5 points. Jonno Christie's result won him the Blitz Handicap for 2025 and his aggregate score of 13½ points from his best three events earned him the Blair Freeman Trophy for 2025 - see final crosstable - See News. The Perpetual Handicap for 2025. The winner in the Standard was Jonno Christie on +106, followed by Zeke Stewart 2nd on +94, with David Reid 3rd on +68. The winner in the Rapid was John Armstrong on +87, followed by Jonno Christie 2nd on +75, with Mark Edwards 3rd on +74. The winner in the Blitz Perpetual Handicap for 2025 was Jonno Christie on +85, followed Mark Edwards 2nd on +75, with Jacob Christie on 3rd +48. The Richard Sutton Trophy 2025 finished on 3 December with 18 players taking part. First place was shared by Ben Suazo, Quentin Johnson and Hamish Gold on 4½/6. Hamish, Kerry Peng and Jonno Christie made the biggest rating gains, though the latter missed the final two rounds due to illness. See Vega results including games to download in pgn and all games to download in pgn - See News. The second leg of the Club Standard Championship ended on 22 October with two grades under the rules. The October 2025 NZCF ratings are out - check out the full list on the NZCF Ratings page. The South Island Championship and Rapid took place on 24-28 September 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 3pm - 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 17 October to Friday 5 December |
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This site was last updated on 18 December 2025 |
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