The Otago Chess Club

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

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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 Otago Under 13 Championship on 9 August
The Otago Junior (U20) Championship on 23 August
The South Island Championship and Rapid on 24-28 September

The next event on the 2025 Calendar is the Cleland Trophy starting on 18 June, followed by the Swiss Rapid starting on 30 July.

The first leg of the Club Rapid Championship started on 21 May with four grades under the rules.
The D Grade has finished with Zeke Stewart scoring 6/6 for first place and promotion in the next leg, with John Armstrong second on 4 points and Brent Southgate third on 3. The A Grade was won by Quentin Johnson on 5½/6. The other grades have a number of games to complete, though Tony Chiwuzoh and Jonno Christie have secured at least equal first in the B Grade on 4/6 and Oliver Lee has secured at least equal first in the C Grade on 5/6.
View all crosstables, the A, B and C Grade draw, and the results and rating performances.

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 Perpetual Handicap for 2025. The leader in the Standard is Zeke Stewart on +76, followed by Bob Clarkson on +56, with Eddy Li on +46. 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 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.
View final full scores and match points crosstable.

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.
View final full scores and match points crosstable.

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.
View final crosstable and rating performances - See News.

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)
Email dnjrchess@yahoo.co.nz for inquiries

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This site was last updated on 12 June 2025