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 next event on the 2025 Calendar is the first leg of the Rapid Championship starting on 21 May, followed by the 2nd Blair Freeman Blitz tournament on 11 June, with the Cleland Trophy starting on 18 June. 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 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 early leader in the Rapid is Mark Edwards on +55, followed by Tony Chiwuzoh on +43, with Jonno Christie on +28. 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 April 2025 NZCF ratings are out - check out the full list on the NZCF Ratings page. The first leg of the Club Standard Championship started on 5 March with three grades under the rules. As at 9 April The B Grade has been completed with Zeke Stewart wining convincingly on 4½/5, beating his main rival Oscar Lobb in the final round. Lobb finished second on 3 points. The A Grade had defending champion Quentin Johnson taking out the leg on 4½/5 ahead of Elliot Munro second on 3½ with Benedict Suazo and Tony Chiwuzoh sharing third on 2½. The C Grade resulted in a 4-way tie for firs on 4/6 bteween Terry Duffield, Alexander Sun, Alf Loretan and Bob Clarkson, with a strong showing by new member Eddy Li tying for fift with John Armstrong on 3½. Otago Autumn Rapid Open took place on 2 March in 27 degree heat. With a modest turnout of 18 players from Dunedin and Invercargill, at least we didn't have crowded conditions on top. The tournament was convincingly won by 6th seed Richie Christie with a picket fence 6/6. Second on 4½ was Elliot Munro and third was shared by Qi-Le Kong-Lim, Tony Chiwuzoh, Pratik Jadhav and Mark Edwards on 4 points. Chiwuzoh took first prize in the U1700 grade and second was Jonno Christie on 3½. 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, 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 18 May 2025 |
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