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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 startin gain in 2025 on 29 Janaury and social play on Tuesdays 1pm to 4pm begins again on Tuesday 11 February - Email otagochess@gmail.com for more information The Tournaments page has the following upcoming events:- The next event on the 2025 Calendar is the Allan Chang Memorial starting on 19 February, followed by the first leg of the Club Championship staring on 5 March. The Annual General Meeting was held on 12 February. The committee remained much the same with Alf Loretan staying on as President. The constitution was amended to be in line with new legislation. 2025 Subscriptions were left the same as 2024: Ordinary $135, Unwaged $115 and Junior $70. Subs are now due and can be paid to the Otago Chess Club (Inc), Westpac A/C 03-0905-0169820-00 - See News. The first Blitz tournament toward the Blair Freeman trophy took place on 5 February with 17 players. Leo Malcolm secured first pace with a round to spare on 6/7. Second was Quentin Johnson on 5½, with Tony Chuwizoh and Samuel Mitchell sharing third on 5 points - see final crosstable - See News. The Perpetual Handicap for 2025. The early leader in the Standard is Quentin Johnson on +11, followed by Ryan high on +9, with Brent Southgate on +7. The early leader in the Blitz Perpetual Handicap for 2025 is Zeke Stewart on +45, followed by Samuel Mitchell on +44, with Ryan High on +43. The January 2025 NZCF ratings are out - check out the full list on the NZCF Ratings page. The first event for 2025 was the Opening night on 29 January, where the President's team took on the Vice Presidents in a 60-60 time limit match. The President's team won a close match 4-3. The Perpetual Handicap for 2024. The Standard Perpetual Handicap Champion for 2024 is Tyne Grant on +107, followed by Tony Chiwuzoh second on +98, with Mark Edwards third on +85. The Rapid Perpetual Handicap Champion for 2024 is Tony Chiwuzoh on +69, followed by Jonno Christie second on +65, with Alexander Sun third on +53. The Blitz Perpetual Handicap Champion for 2024 is Ryan High on +79, followed by Connor Morrison on second on +48, with Samuel Mitchell third on +43. The Otago Summer Rapid Open 2024 was held on 1 December with 28 players from Dunedin and Oamaru. In an event of many upsets, top seed Alex Nedyhalov needed to beat third seed Elliot Munro in the final round to achieve first place, but Munro was not to be denied and won the game to take first place on 5½/6. Second went to Pratik Jahdav on 5 points and third was shared by Mark Edwards and Quentin Johnson on 4½ points. The Under 1500 grade was shared by Jordan Napier and Sean Balbalin on 3 points. See final crosstable. Samuel Mitchell has designed a new look Otago Chess Club website - Take a look. This will be gradually updated and then take over from the current website. 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 1 from Friday 14 February to Friday 4 April |
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This site was last updated on 13 February 2025 |