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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*** Notice: Social play on Tuesdays 1pm to 3pm has moved to Sundays from this Sunday 21 June. *** The current event on the 2026 Calendar is the Cleland trophy starting on 17 June, followed by the Swiss Rapid starting on 29 July. The Otago U13 Championship is on 8 August The Cleland Trophy started on 17 June with 18 players taking part. See Crosstable and rating performances. The first leg of the Club Rapid Championship ended on 17 June. There were four grades under the rules. The winner of the D Grade was Kerry Peng on 5½/6 with Bob Clarkson and Aidan Dixon 2nd= on 4 points. Hamish Gold won the C Grade on 5½/6 with Oliver Lee 2nd on 3½. First in the B Grade was shared by Oscar Lobb and Iain Lamont on 5/6. The winner in the A Grade was Quentin Johnson on 4½/6 with Romero Suggate 2nd on 4 points. The Perpetual Handicap for 2026. The leader in the Standard is Jonno Christie on +62, followed by Brent Southgate on +55 , with Oscar Lobb on +47. The leaders in the Rapid are Romero Suggate and Oscar Lobb on +58, with Kerry Peng on +54. The leader in the Blitz is Oscar Lobb on +100, followed by Iain Lamont on +39, with Romero Suggate on +19. The 2026 Otago Secondary Interschool Teams championship took place on 14 June at Otago Boy's High School with 18 teams from 12 schools taking part. The Secondary champions for 2026 were Otago Boy's HS A, with Waitaki Boy's HS Red second, and King's HS A third. The second Blitz tournament toward the Blair Freeman trophy for 2026 took place on 10 June with 11 players. Iain Lamont secured first place with 7/7. Second was Ben Suazo on 6, with Quentin Johnson third on 5 points. - see final crosstable. The Otago Winter Rapid Open was held on 7 June and attracted 22 entries. Tony Chiwuzoh won his first 5 games to be a point clear going into the final round, where he met Oscar Lobb, who had lost his first round game in an upset to Hilarie Guan, then won the next four. Lobb prevailed in the final round contest to draw level with Chiwuzoh and the pair shared first place on 5/6. Third was shared by Greg Familton, Hamish Gold and Iain Lamont on 4 points. The U1400 grade was won by Sean Balbalin on 3½ points, with second shared by Scott Samuel, Hilarie Guan, Matthew Murphy and Bob Clarkson on 3 points. View final scores on Vega. The 2026 Otago Primary and Intermediate Interschool Teams championship took place on 6 June at Trinity Catholic College with 9 teams from 6 schools taking part. The Intermediate champions for 2026 were Balmacewen A, with Balmacewen B second and Oamaru Intermediate third. The Primary champions for 2026 were Macandrew Bay, edging ahead of regular winners George Street Normal School A on tiebreak. The Graham Haase Memorial tournament finished on 13 May with 25 players taking part. Romero Suggate took the trophy for 2026 with an unbeaten 4½/5 including a half point bye. Second was Ben Suazo on 4 with Ryan High, Jonno Christie and Quentin Johnson sharing third on 3½. See Crosstable and rating performances. The April 2026 NZCF ratings are out - Only players with 20 rated games or more are shown on this list. Check out the full list on the NZCF Ratings page. The first leg of the Club Standard Championship ended on 8 April bar one game left to play. There were three grades under the rules (these have been reinterpreted due to NZCF rating deflation: Intermediate trophy is now U1700 and Junior Trophy is now U1400). 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 Sundays 1pm to 3pm (Social Chess has moved from Tuesdays Sundays) - Email otagochess@gmail.com for more information The Dunedin Junior Chess Academy has been replaced by Otago Junior Fridays for Otago Chess Club Junior members and started for term 2 2026 on Friday 1 May and runs until Friday 26 June |
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This site was last updated on 18 June 2026 |
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