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 next event on the Draft 2026 Calendar is the first Blair Freeman Trophy Blitz on 4 February followed by the AGM on 11 February and the start of Allan Chang Memorial on 18 February. The Otago Autumn Rapid Open on 1 March is open for registrations. Email otagochess@gmail.com for more information or to register. The opening event for 2026 was the traditional President vs Vice President match on 28 January. This year Alf Loretan's President's team drew with Geoff Aimers' Vice President's team 4½-4½ in a satisfyingly close match - See News. The Perpetual Handicap for 2026. The early leader in the Standard is Toan Nguyen on +17, followed by David Reid on +11, with Oliver Lee on +10. The January 2026 NZCF ratings are out - check out the full list on the NZCF Ratings page. Note an adjustment was made since the October list to bring the NZCF ratings closer in line with FIDE ratings, so the numbers may have shifted unexpectedly. 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 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 not running for term 1 2026 |
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This site was last updated on 29 January 2026 |
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