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 current event on the 2026 Calendar is the first leg of the Club Standard Championship starting on 4 March, followed by the Graham Haase Memorial starting on 15 April. The Otago Winter Rapid Open on 7 June is open for registrations. Email otagochess@gmail.com for more information or to register. The first leg of the Club Standard Championship started on 4 March with three grades under the rules (these have been reinterpreted due to NZCF rating deflation: Intermediate trophy is now U1700 and Junior Trophy is now U1400). The Perpetual Handicap for 2026. The early leader in the Standard is Oliver Lee on +19, followed by Toan Nguyen, Aidan Dixon and Jonno Christie on +17. The early leader in the Rapid is Lewis Kim on +32, followed by Romero Suggate on +26, with Jacob Christie on +21. The early leader in the Blitz is Oscar Lobb on +100, followed by Romero Suggate on +19, with Jonno Christie on +14. The Otago Autumn Rapid Open was held on 1 March and attracted 33 entries including players from France, Christchurch, Tiamru and Oamaru. Top seed Ollie Archer made no contest of the event, winning with 6/6. Second was shared by Romero Suggate, Riley Jellyman and Quentin Johnson on 4½. The U1400 grade was won by Jacob Christie on 4 points, with second shared by Caleb MacDonald, Sean Balbalin and Scott Samuel on 3½. View final scores on Vega - See News. The Annual General Meeting was held on 11 February. The committee stayed mostly the same except for Alf Loretan standing down as President and being replaced by Iain Lamont. Iain in turn was replaced as Treasurer by Jonno Christie. The Allan Chang Memorial tournament ended on 25 February with 19 players taking part. Returning member Lewis Kim's victory in the first round over top seed Quentin Johnson, with a rating difference of 394, proved to be the buiggest upset of the tournment, so Lewis won the Allan Chang Trophy for 2026. Johnson had the satifaction of being the highest scorer with 4/5 - see Crosstable and rating performances - See News. The first Blitz tournament toward the Blair Freeman trophy for 2026 took place on 4 February with 16 players. Oscar Lobb secured first place with 7/7. Second was Romero Suggate on 6, with Ben Suazo third on 5 points. Oscar Lobb's result put him well in the lead in the Blitz Handicap for 2026 with a gain of 100 points from one tournanment! - see final crosstable - See News. The opening event for 2026 was the traditional President vs Vice President match on 28 January. This year Alf Loretan's President's team drew with Geoff Aimers' Vice President's team 4½-4½ in a satisfyingly close match - See News. The January 2026 NZCF ratings are out - check out the full list on the NZCF Ratings page. Note an adjustment was made since the October list to bring the NZCF ratings closer in line with FIDE ratings, so the numbers may have shifted unexpectedly. 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 - Email otagochess@gmail.com for more information The Dunedin Junior Chess Academy has been replaced by a second night on Fridays for Otago Chess Club Junior members and is running for the rest of term 1 2026 on Fridays until Friday 27 March |
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This site was last updated on 5 March 2026 |
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