The Otago Chess Club

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

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The final event on the 2025 Calendar is the Closing Night on 17 December. The Draft 2026 Calendar indicates the club will reopen on 28 January 2027.

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 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 and the brilliant article by Tyne Grant in Chess Aotearoa NZ Vol 3 No.4

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 11 December 2025