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 and social play on Tuesdays 1pm to 4pm begins again on Tuesday 13 February - Email otagochess@gmail.com for more information The Tournaments page has the following upcoming event:- The next event on the 2024 Calendar is the final Blitz tournament on 4 December and the Closing night is on 11 December. The 2025 Draft Calendar begins on 29 January. The 5th and final Blitz tournament toward the Blair Freeman trophy took place on 4 December with 15 players. In and event of many twists and upsets the final result was a four-way ties for first place between Ben Suazo, Elliot Munro, Pratik Jadhav and Tyne Grant on 5/7 points - see final crosstable 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. The Richard Sutton Trophy 2024 ended on 28 November. Elliot Munro scored 5 straight wins after taking a half point bye in round 1 to win convincingly on 5½/6. Tony Chiwuzoh was second on 5 and Mark Edwards third on 4½. See Vega results including games to download in pgn and all games to download in pgn. The second leg of the Club Standard Championship ended on 30 October February with two grades under the rules. The B Grade finished with new members Tony Chiwuzoh and Mark Edwards taking first and second on 5½/6 and 4 points respectively, while Connor Gray finished third on 3½. In the A Grade, Ben Suazo and Quentin Johnson shared first on 4/5 and Elliot Munro on 3½/5 was third. The October 2024 NZCF ratings are out - check out the full list on the NZCF Ratings page. The 4th Blitz tournament toward the Blair Freeman trophy took place on 4 September with 10 players. New member Tony Chuwizoh showed he is a fiend at blitz, winning with 6½/7 ahead of Ben Suazo on 6 and Quentin Johnson on 5 points. - see final crosstable - See News. 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 4 from Friday 25 October to Friday 13 December |
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This site was last updated on 5 December 2024 |
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