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 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 The Tournaments page has the following upcoming events:- The current event on the 2025 Calendar is the Cleland Trophy starting on 18 June, followed by the Swiss Rapid starting on 30 July. The Cleland Trophy started on 18 June with 19 players - a few taking half point byes in round 1 to finish their rapid championship games - see results and rating performances to date. The Perpetual Handicap for 2025. The leader in the Standard is Zeke Stewart on +85, followed by Bob Clarkson on +65, with Terry Duffield on +57. The leader in the Rapid is Tony Chiwuzoh on +65, followed by Mark Edwards and John Armstrong on +55. The leader in the Blitz Perpetual Handicap for 2025 is Mark Edwards on +75, followed by Zeke Stewart on +45, with Samuel Mitchell on +44. The first leg of the Club Rapid Championship ended on 18 June with four grades under the rules. The second Blitz tournament toward the Blair Freeman trophy took place on 11 June with 8 players. Alexander Nedyhalov secured first place with 5½/6. Second was Mark Edwards on 5, with Tony Chuwizoh third on 3½ points - see final crosstable - See News. The 2025 Otago Secondary Interschool Teams championship took place on 24 May at Logan Park High School with 15 teams from 8 schools taking part. The Secondary champions for 2025 were Logan Park HS A, with Otago Boys' HS A second, and King's HS A third. The 2025 Otago Primary and Intermediate Interschool Teams championship took place on 17 May at Trinity Catholic College with 13 teams from 11 schools taking part. The Intermediate champions for 2025 were John McGlashan, with Balmacewen A second, and Oamaru Intermediate third. The Primary champions for 2025 were St Clair Primary, edging ahead of regular winners George Street Normal School. The Graham Haase Memorial ended on 14 May with 26 players taking part. After a closely contested competition, the joint winners were Iain Lamont and Quentin Johnson on 4/5. Sharing third on 3½ were the leader until the last round, Elliot Munro, Ryan High and Zeke Stewart. But the biggest rating gains were made by the group on 3 points: Tyne Grant, Bob Clarkson, Mark Edwards, Oliver Lee and Terry Duffield. The April 2025 NZCF ratings are out - check out the full list on the NZCF Ratings page. 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, which is in recess now and begins again in February - Email otagochess@gmail.com for more information The Dunedin Junior Chess Academy (a separate business that operates from the clubrooms) is running for term 2 from Friday 2 May to Friday 27 June (not Matariki) |
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This site was last updated on 10 July 2025 |
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