The Otago Chess Club

7 Maitland Street, Dunedin, New Zealand
New Zealand's oldest incorporated society

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The Otago Chess Club meets on Wednesday evenings, 7:00pm at 7 Maitland Street, Dunedin starting again in 2025 on 29 Janaury and social play on Tuesdays 1pm to 4pm began again on Tuesday 11 February - Email otagochess@gmail.com for more information

Otago Chess Club Anniversary Exhibition

The curent event on the 2025 Calendar is the FIDE-rated Richard Sutton Trophy, which started on 29 October, followed by the final Blair Freeman Trophy blitz on 10 December and the Closing Night on 17 December. The Draft 2026 Calendar indicates the club will reopen on 28 January 2027.

The Richard Sutton Trophy 2025 started on 29 October. See Vega results including games to download in pgn.

The Perpetual Handicap for 2025. The leader in the Standard is Jonno Christie on +110, followed by Zeke Stewart on +94, with Bob Clarkson on +65. The winner in the Rapid was John Armstrong on +87, followed by Jonno Christie 2nd on +75, with Mark Edwards 3rd on +74. The leader in the Blitz Perpetual Handicap for 2025 is Mark Edwards on +75, followed by Jacob Christie on +48, with Zeke Stewart on +45.

The second leg of the Club Standard Championship ended on 22 October with two grades under the rules.
The Senior Champion for 2025 was Quentin Johnson, whose two point lead from the first leg was enough to stay ahead of Ben Suazo, who won the A Grade. The B Grade was won by Jonno Christie on 5½/6, however this was not enough to catch Ezekiel Stewart for the Intermediate Championship trophy. John Armstrong's aggregate score of 5 points was enough to take the Junior Championship trophy with a 1½ point margin.
View all crosstables and the A Grade draw
View A-Grade results and B-Grade results - See News.

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 South Island Championship was won by Isabelle Ning of Auckland on 7/8. The South Island Champion was Ed Rains of Christchurch on 5½.
View 2025 South Island Championship standings, live broadcast on Lichess and livestream on twitch
Otago Daily Times coverage: article by Mark John on 25 September, article by John Lewis on 26 September and subscriber article on 29 September - See News
The South Island Rapid Championship was jointly won by John Stark of Christchurch and Richard Jingjie Liu of Auckland on 5½/6. John Stark is the South Island Rapid Champion.
View 2025 South Island Rapid Championship standings, live broadcast on Lichess and livestream on twitch - See News

The third Blitz tournament toward the Blair Freeman trophy took place on 3 September with 10 players. Elliot Munro secured first place with 6½/7. Second was Ben Suazo on 6, with Tyne Grant third on 4½ points - see final crosstable - See News.

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
Email dnjrchess@yahoo.co.nz for inquiries

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This site was last updated on 6 November 2025