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 Graham Haase Memorial starting on 16 April, followed by the first leg of the Rapid Championship starting on 21 May. The Graham Haase Memorial started on 16 April with 22 players The Perpetual Handicap for 2025. The early leader in the Standard is Zeke Stewart on +41, followed by Bob Clarkson on +40, with Eddy Li on +37. 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 thrird 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 Allan Chang Memorial ended on 26 February. Tony Chuwizoh won the trophy this year for his win over Quentin Johnson being the biggest upset with a 281 club rapid rating point difference. Mark Edwards chalked up the most points with 7/7 - see crosstable and rating performances - See News. 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 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. 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 17 April 2025 |
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