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Otago/Southland Under 13 Championship – 8 August
Just 20 players turned out from Invercargill and Dunedin at the Otago Chess Club to compete in this year's championship. Seedings were based mainly on ages but in a field of young players it is experience that counts. Players expected to do well were defending champaion Okitha Babaranda (10, Salf), Alex Lai (12, Balm) and Angus Slabbert (11, Balm).
In round 1 the only upset was Muhammad Hadeed Khizar's (9, GSNS) win over Olivia Ma (11, Columba), with all other games won by the older player.
In round 2 Olivia Ma again lost, this time to Jamie Bachop (9, Opoho). A bye was introduced after Usaid Afzali (9, St Clair) did not turn up for his game against Jack McKee (10 Macandrew Bay).
Round 3 saw the filed thinning out at the top. Alex Lai beat Angus Slabbert on board 1 to move to 3/3. He was joined by Chanesh Chawla (12, JMC), who beat Max Yao (11, Balm), and Okitha Babaranda, who beat Isaiah Chin (11, Balm). Olivia Ma donated her third upset, losing to Rimu Xiao (10, Salf).
In round 4 Okitha Babaranda beat Alex Lai on board 1 to move to 4/4. He was joined by Chanesh Chawla, who beat Julien Sterk (12, Trinity). The group of chasers on 3/4 behind these two were lead by Lai, Angus Slabbert, who beat Farannisa Wahyudi (9, GSNS), Max yao, who beat Anne Bertolli (10, Mac Bay) and Matvei Gordon (10, Balm), who beat Rimu Xiao. Olivia Ma just avoided the bye with her first win, over Carson Ong (8, St Clair).
Round 5 saw Okitha Babaranda take the sole lead on 5/5 with a win over Chanesh Chawla on board 1. Joining Chanesh on 4/5 were Alex Lai, who beat Max Yao, and Angus Slabbert, who beat Matvei Gordon. Olivia Ma continued her turnaround, beating Caleb Ong (10, St Clair).
The sixth round saw Okitha Babaranda beat Angus Slabbert on board 1 to move to 6/6. Alex Lai kept his hopes alive by beating Chanesh Chawla to stay in touch on 5/6. Other contenders along with Slabbert and Chawla on 4/6, were Max Yao, who beat Vinuth Hewarathagamage (8, GSNS), and Matvei Gordon, who beat Anne Bertoli. Olivia Ma scored her 3rd win, over Julien Sterk, to move to 50%.
The seventh round was not the final round, as so much time had been gained on the schedule throughout the day, there was still an hour left at the end of the round, so an eighth round was added to keep everyone occupied until their parents came back. On board 1 Okitha Babaranda beat Max Yao to move to 7/7 and guaranteed the defence of his title. Alex Lai slipped against Matvei Gordon on board 2, blundering a piece in a winning position and having to work hard to hold the draw, staying in second place on 5½. Chaneshe Chawla beat Angus Slabbert to move to third position on 5 points, ahead of Matvei Gordon and Muhammad Hadeed Khizar, who beat Vinuth Hewarathagamage, on 4½ points. Olivia Ma move to 4 points with her 4th winin a row, over Anne Bertoli.
The final round saw Okitha Babaranda make no mistake to beat Matvei Gordon to win the event on 8/8 and retain the trophy. Alex Lai agreed a draw with Muhammad Hadeed Khizar to take second place with 6 points. Chanesh Chawla was unable to join him, as he lost to the resurgent Olivia Ma, who joined him and Muhammad Hadeed Khizar in thrid place on 5 points, along with Angus Slabbert, who beat Max Yao. Olivai also took the Best Girl prize. With Babaranda taking 1st prize, Muhammad Hadeed Khizar was awarded the U11 section first prize. Second equal U11 on 4½ points were Matvei Gordon and Vinuth Hewarathagamage. The team prize went to the George Street Normal School team of Muhammad Hadeed Khizar, Vinuth Hewarathagamage and Farannisa Wahyudi on a combined 12½ points, just ahead of the Balmacewen Team on 12 points.
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Swiss Rapid – 5 August
The Swiss Rapid ended on 5 August with 21 players taking part over the two weeks. First was shared by Quentin Johnson and Iain Lamont on 3½/4 after they drew their round 3 game and Johnson defeated the leader Romero Suggate in the final round. Suggate was second equal on 3 points along with Jonno Christie, Tyne Grant and Jacob Christie, who gained the most rating points with a great result and jumped to second on the Rapid Perpetual Handicap.
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Cleland Trophy – 23 July
The Cleland Trophy had a good turnout of 26 players. The The early leaders on 2½/3 were Iain lamont, Jonno Christie, Romero Suggate and Ezeliel Stewart, the first two having drawn their third round game while the other thwo had taken a half point bye at some stage. In round 4 Lamont took a half point bye, so Suggate took the sole lead on 3½/4 by beating Stewart, as Christie lost to Ben Suazo. The chasing pack on 3 points consisted of Lamont, Suazo and Terry Duffield. In round 5 Suggate beat Lamont to hold the lead on 4½/5. Suazo kept pace half a point behind with a win over Duffield. Then there was a point gap back to the next group on 3 points: Lamont, Christie, Duffield, Stewart, Alf Loretan, and Oscar Lobb. The final round saw Suazo beat Suggate to overtake him and win the Cleland Trophy for 2026 on an unbeaten 5/6. Suggate finished in clear second on 4½. Third on 4 points was shared by Lamont, who beat Duffield, and Loretan, who played a fine rook ending to beat Christie.
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Otago Junior Fridays term 2 – 26 June
Eddy Li won the term 2 blitz tournament with 5½/6, after drawing with his closes rival Marcus Ng in the final round. Ng was was second on 5 points and third went to Henry Zhong on 4½. The U500 grade was shared by Angus Slabbert and Max Yao on 4 points.
Marcus Ng and Max Yao were also the joint highest improvers for the short term 2 on +116 points, with Alex Christie third on +87. Term 3 starts on Friday 31 July.
Club Rapid Championship - 17 June
24 players contested the first leg of the club rapid championship for 2026. The grades were set using the NZCF Rapid ratings under the rules.
The A grade regulars, Quentin Johnson and Ben Suazo, were joined by Romero Suggate and Jonno Christie. The grade was incredibly close until the final catchup games on 17 June when a 2-0 victory by Johnson over Suazo decided the final placings. Johnson won the grade on 4½/6 ahead of Suggate on 4 points, Suazo on 2½ and Christie on 1 point.
The B Grade was a two-horse race between Iain Lamont and Oscar Lobb, who eventually tied for first on 5/6. Ryan High placed third on 2 points and Jacob Christie found the going tough on 0 points.
The C Grade was was convicingly won by Hamish Gold Oliver Lee on 5½/6, with Oliver Lee second on 3½ and Terry Duffield 3rd on 3. John Gibb lost the four ganes he played to finish on 0.
The D Grade was a six-round swiss, and first convicingly went to Kerry Peng on 5½/6. His nearest rivals were Bob Clarkson and Aidan Dixon, ties for second on 4/6. $th was shared by Brent Southgate and new member Adrian Seconi on 3½/6.
In the combined cross table below the inter-grade handicaps of 5%frac12;, 4, and 2 points have been added to the A, B, and C grades, showing the overall standings after the first leg. The handicaps are derived from the difference in expected score between the average NZCF rating of each grade. The leaders in each trophy category after the first leg are Quentin Johnson in the Senior Championship, Hamish Gold in the Intermediate Championship and Aidan Dixon in the Junior Championship.
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Otago Secondary Interschool Teams Championship 2026 – 14 June
A good turnout of 18 teams from 12 schools played for the 21st annual Otago/Southland Secondary Interschool Teams' Championship on Saturday 14 June in the Otago Boy's High School Shand Building. The venue had been used for many years in the previous decade, but had been closed for several years for a major upgrade and was very comfortable. With teams from Milton, Dunedin, Oamaru and Queenstown schools the championship was truly representative of Otago school chess.
Match Points with Game Points as a tie-break meant once again that the result was in contention right to the last round. Only four teams won their first two matches: top seed Logan Park A, 2nd seed OBHS A, 3rd seed Kings HS A and 9th seed after missing last year's competition Waitaki BHS Red.
In round 3 Logan Park A and Kings HS A squared off, with a convincing 3½-½ victory to Kings HS A, reflecting the significant chnage in lineup since 2025 for the defending champions Logan Park A. OBHS A and Waitaki BHS Red drew a tight match 2-2.
In round 4 The it was the the turn of leaders King HS A to be held 2-2 by Waitaki BHS Red. This allowed OBHS A to catch them in the lead on 3½ match points by beating Logan Park A with a resounding 3½-½. Joining Waitaki BHS Red half point off the pace on 3 match points were Kings HS B, who beat Trinity 2½-1½, John McGlashan, who beat Waitaki BHS Black 2½-1½, and the mixed team "Let's make Otago great again" (LMOGA), who trounced OBHS B 4-0.
In round 5 the leaders faced off on the top table and the key match. OBHS A prevailed 3-1 over Kings HS A to take the sole lead on 4½. In the battle of the chasers, Waitaki BHS Red also beat LMOGA by 3-1 to stay in touch on 4 points, but Kings HS B drew with John McGlashan 2-2 to join Kings HS A a point back from the leaders on 3½. John McGlashan were left out of contention on 3 points, along with LMOGA and Trinity, despite a 2½-1½ win over Wakatipu HS A.
The sixth round was made the final round, due to slippage of the playing schedule from so many players. OBHS A held on to the lead with a 3-1 victory over Kings HS B to once again win the Secondary Teams Trophy 2026 on 5½/6 (17½ game points) after a long hiatus since their last championship victory. Waitaki BHS Red underlined their strength in beating Trinity 3-1 to claim second place on 5 match points (17 gp), while Kings HS A beat LMOGA , also 3-1, to claim third third place on 4½ match points (17 gp).
Leading individual scorers were Board 1: Rundell Pelayo (Waitaki BHS Black) 5/6, Eddy Li (Kings B)
4½/6, Noah Wilson(OBHS A), Jacob Christie (LMOGA) & Paul Gudoy (Waitaki BHS Red) 4/6;
Board 2: Raymond Yang (Kings HS A) & Caleb MacDonald (Waitaki BHS Red) 5/6, Ashton Lodge (Wakatipu HS B) 4½/6;
Board 3: Sean Balbalin (Waitaki BHS Red) 6/6, Methu Liyanagunawardhana (Wakatipu HS B) 5/6,
Scott Samuel (OBHS A) & Ethan Then (Trinity) 4½/6;
Board 4: William Miers (St Kevin's College) 5½/6, Randika Dassamayake (OBHS A) 5/6, Marcus Ng (Kings HS A)
4½/6.
The highest scoring female players was Haley Guan, scoring 3½/6 on board 2 for Columba College.
Thank you to Otago Boy's High School and Konrad Hanson for providing the excellent venue.
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Blitz Championship 2 – 10 June
On 10 June the second Blitz event for the Blair Freeman Trophy was held with 11 players and a time limit of Bronstein 5 mins plus 3 seconds delay per move. The tournament was won Iain Lamont on 7/7, ahead of Ben Suazo on 6, with Quentin Johnson third on 5 points. Hamish Gold and Tyne Grant tied for 4th on 4 points.
Winter Rapid Open - 7 June
The Winter Rapid Open drew a field of 22, with players coming
from Oamaru and Dunedin. There were two prize grades: Open
and U1400.
Round 1 saw only one upset: 5th seed Oscar Lobb was beaten by Hilarie Guan.
Round 2 opened the floodgates, with top seed Quentin Johnson losing to Greg
Familton, 2nd seed Iain Lamonth drawing with Caleb MacDonald, and 4th seed Jonno
Christie losing to Hamish Gold.
Round 3 saw Hilarie Guan's winning streak ending on board 1, being defeated by 3rd
seed Tony Chiwuzoh. 6th seed Paul Gudoy joined Chiwuzoh in the lead on 3/3 by
beating Gold, as did Familton with a win over MacDonald.
Round 4 Chiwuzoh took the sole lead on 4/4 by beating Familton, who went wrong in the
opening. Lamont beat Gudoy to join the chasing pack on 3 points of Familton, Gudoy,
Lamont, Lobb and Gold.
In round 5 Chiwuzoh beat Gudoy to move to 5/5 and assure himself of at least a share
of first place. Staying in touch on 4 points were Lamont, who beat Familton, and Lobb,
who beat Gold, while Johnson was next on 3½ after a win over Christie.
In the final round Lobb played a fine game on board 1 to defeat Chiwuzoh and join
him in joint first place on 5/6. Lamont had to leave before the final round, so the
minor place battle was between Johnson and Gold on board 2, with Gold winning to finish
3rd= with Lamont and Familton, who beat Matthew Murphy all on 4 points.
The U1400 grade was won by Sean Balbalin on 3½, after he beat Scott Samuel. Second
in the U1400 grade was shared by Samuel, Hilarie Guan, Bob Clarkson and Murphy, all on
3 points.
Otago Primary and Intermediate Interschool Teams Championship 2026 - 6 June
Only nine teams from six schools played for the twenty-second annual Otago Primary and Intermediate Interschool Teams' Championships at Trinity College Library. The five Intermediate and four Primary teams competed in a single tournament with separate prize sections. A disappointment was the defending Primary Champions St Clair missing out due to an administrative wrangle that had them planning for the wrong date for the competition.
In the Intermediate section defending champions John McGlashan were likely to be tested by the strong Balmacewen team and Oamaru Int. George Street was clear favourite in the Primary, with three teams and only Macandrew Bay up against them.
The first round saw only one upset - John McGlashan lost 2½-1½ to the Balmacewen B team. Three teams were on full points after 2 rounds: Balmacewen A and B, and Oamaru Int. In round 3 Balmacewen A took the sole lead on 3 points with a 3½-½ win over John McGlashan, while Oamaru and Balmacewen B drew 2-2. In the Primary section George St C beat their B team 3-1 to take the lead on 2 match points. In round 4 Balmacewen A convincingly beat Oamaru 3½-½ to move to 4/4, while Balmacewen B kept pace with them on 3½ with a 4-0 sweep of George St C. After two losses and a bye, Macandrew Bay had a notable upset win 3-1 over the hosts Trinity to join the Primary lead on 2 points with George St A and C. Round 5 saw Balmacewen A pull away at top with a 4-0 win over their B team to move to 5/5 match points. Oamaru joined Balmacewen B in second on 3½ with a 3-1 win over George St C. George St A drew 2-2 with John McGlashan to lead the Primary section on 2½, along with Macandrew Bay, who drew 2-2 with George St B. Round 6 saw the top teams paired down the field, having played each other already: Balmacewen A won 4-0 against Macandrew Bay to march to 6/6 match points and guaranteed 1st place, while Oamaru similarly won 4-0 over George St A to move to 4½. However Balmacewen B were held 2-2 by George St B, to drop behind on 4 match points, at teh same time this put George St B in the joint lead in the Primary section with Georget St A and Macandrew Bayon 2½. The final round saw Balmacewen A win the Intermediate trophy on 7 match points (27 game points) with a 4-0 sweep of Trinity. Oamaru were defeated 2½-1½ by John McGlashan to stay on 4½ match points (18 gp). This meant that Balmacewen B, having the bye overtook them to move to 5 match points (17 gp) and 2nd place, while Oamaru had to be content with 3rd. In the final round the primary teams were fittingly all paired together. George St A beat George St B 3-1, while Macandrew Bay beat George St C 4-0. That meant Macandrew Bay took the Primary section on 3½ match points (14 gp) by the narrowest margin over George St A on 3½ match points (13½ gp) and the vagaries of the swiss draw system meant these two teams never played each other.
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Leading Intermediate individual scorers were Board 1: Alex Lai (Balmacewen A) 7/7, Marlow Kruskopf
(Oamaru) 5/7;
Board 2: Angus Slabbert (Balmacewen A) 6½/7, Liam Mao (John McGlashan) 6/7, Muaaz Asrar (Balmacewen B) 5½/7;
Board 3: Max Yao (Balmacewen A) 7/7, Ray Stonelake (John McGlashan) 5½/7;
Board 4: Matvei Gordon (Balmacewen A) 7/7, Boe Berry (Oamaru) 6/7.
Leading Primary individual scorers were Board 1: Vinuth Rathgamage (GSNS B) 6/7, Muhammad Hadeed Khizar (GSNS A)
5/7;
Board 2: Sean van Voornveld (Mac Bay) & Fara Wahyudi (GSNS C) 4/7;
Board 3: Anne Bertolli (Mac Bay) (also best girl) 5/7;
Board 4: Ed Hammond (GSNS B) 4½/7, Noel Hsu (GSNS A) 3½/7.
Thanks again to Daniel Kelly and Trinity College for providing the great venue.
Graham Haase Memorial - 13 May
The Graham Haase Memorial 2026 chess tournament had a great turnout with 25 players taking part. With two of the top seeds Quentin Johnson and Ben Suazo dropping early games to Jonno Christie and Ryan High respectively, the way was open for 4th seed Romero Suggate to take the trophy for 2026 with an unbeaten 4½/5 including a half point bye and a final round win over 2nd seed Iain Lamont. Ben Suazo won all his other games to finish clrear second on 4 points, while third was shared by Ryan High, Jonno Christie and Quentin Johnson on 3½.
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Club Championship – 15 April
The last game of the first leg of the 2025 Club Championship was completed at the time of the first round of the Graham Haase Memorial.
The rules mean that each grade starts with a base score and/or a scaling factor, to allow performances to be roughly compared between grades, based on the average rating of the field in each grade. That allows players in different grades to compete for the same trophy on fair terms. The Championship totals in the link below show the effect of these adjustments. Because of the recent defaltion of the NZCF Standard rating list to mirroe rating deflation in FIDE ratings, the cutoff for eligibility to the Intermediate and Juniro Championship was lowered 100 points to be the same as that for the Rapid Championship - i.e. 1700 and 1400 respectively.
Top seed Quentin Johnson secured first place in the A Grade with 3½/5. With all the scores within one point going intot he last catchup game, the finals results were all decided by his draw with Greg Familton in that game. three players tied for second on 2½: Romero Suggate, Greg Familton and Ben Suazo. Iain Lamont and Jonno Christie were just half a point further back on 2 points.
The B Grade tournament was won convincingly by Oscar Lobb on 4/5, a point clear of Tyne Grant second on 3 points. Hamish Gold and Terry Duffiled tied for 3rd on 2½ and Ketry Peng and Ryan high tied for 5th on 1½.
The C Grade was jointly won by Oliver Lee and Brent Southgate on 4/6. Lee raced out to thewinning score in the first four rounds, before losing to Alf Loretan in round 5 and missing the final round, allowing Southgate to catch him with two wins in the final rounds. John Armstrong and new member Aidan Dixon finished equal third on 3½, while Loretan and Jacob Christie tied for 5th on 3 points.
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Otago Junior Fridays term 1 – 27 March
Thisun Kuruppuarachchi won the term 1 blitz tournament with 6/6, after coming back from a piece down against Scott Samuel in a key game. Scott was second on 4 points and third went to Marcus Ng on 3½. New member Max Yao won the U500 grade on 3 points.
Max Yao was also the highest improver for the short term 1 on +108 ponts, with Marcus Ng second on +67 and another new member Alex Christie third on +58. Term 2 starts on Friday 1 May.
Autumn Rapid Open - 1 March
The Autumn Rapid Open drew a healthy field of 33, with players coming
from France, Christchurch, Timaru, Oamaru and Dunedin. The field was strong at the top with a
karge contingent of unrated players of unknown strength. There were two prize grades: Open
and U1400.
Round 1 saw only a couple of upsets of older players succumbing to Oamaru juniors: 3rd seed
Quentin Johnson conceded a draw to Sean Balbalin and 6th seed Grant Kerr lost to Caleb
MacDonald.
Round 2 saw more carnage, with Tony Chiwuzoh's Bird Opening beating up 2nd seed Riley
Jellyman and Oscar Lobb defeating 4th seed Mat King. Caleb MacDonald scored his second
upset win, this time over French visitor Gabriel Barbe.
Round 3 saw just four players left on 3 points at the half-way mark: Top seed Ollie Archer,
5th seed Romero Suggate, Oscar Lobb, who upset John Robinson, and Caleb MacDonald, who
won his 3rd upset over Tosh Stewart. Meanwhile Johnson lost an upset to another Oamaru
junior, this time to Paul Gudoy.
Round 4 left just two players sharing lead on 4/4: Archer beat Lobb on board 1 and
Suggate ended MacDonald's run of upsets on board 2. Joining Lobb and MacDonald
in the group on 3 points were Jellyman, who beat Gudoy, Jonno Christie who upset
King, Greg Familton who upset Robinson, Jacob Chritie, who upset Pratik Jadhav
and Tony Chiwuzoh, who beat Matthew Murphy.
In round 5 Archer beat Suggate on board to move to 5/5 and take the sole lead into
the final round, guaranteeing himself at least a share of first place. The chasing
pack was mde up of Jellyman, who defeated Lob on board 2 and Chiwuzoh, who beat Jacob
Christie on board 3. MacDonald drew with Jonno Christie to drop back half point, while
Familton lost to Johnson.
In the final round Archer capped off a great tournament by quickly beating Chiwuzoh on
board 1 to finish first on 6/6. The board 2 game Jellyman - Suggate was shortly afterward
agreed drawn, guaranteeing both a share of 2nd place. MacDonald was unable to join them,
losing to King, but Johnson finally outlasted Jonno Christie in a time scramble to win
the final game to finish and join the group in second place on 4½.
The U1400 grade was won by Jacob Christie, after he upset Lobb to finish on 4 points. Second
in the U1400 grade went to Gudoy, who drew with Kerr, Balbalin, who drew with Robinson
and Scott Samuel, who beat the other French vistor, Maxime Leprovost to join them on 3½.
Allan Chang Memorial – 25 February
The Allan Chang 10 minute hourglass tournament had a turnout of 19 participants over the two weeks. The trophy goes to the largest upset (based on club rapid rating difference January 2026). The unusual time limit can encourage reckless play and plenty of upsets.
Returning member Lewis Kim won the trophy this year by recording the biggest upset on the first night with a win over top seed Quentin Johnson (difference 394 club rapid rating points). Kim won both his games and leads the perpertual rapid on +32 on the back of his performance. Highest points: Johnson 4/5, Romero Suggate 3/3, and Kerry Peng 3/4.
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2026 Otago chess club AGM – 11 February
Alf Loretan stood down as President and remains on the committee as Past President.
Iain Lamont was elected as the new President. Geoff Aimers stayed on as Vice-President.
Brent Southgate was voted to stay on as Secretary. Jonno Christie was elected Treasurer
and Quentin Johnson stayed on as Financial Reviewer and Director of Junior Play.
Bob Glass remained as Patron. Terry Duffield and Tyne Grant were elected as committee
members.
2026 Subscriptions were raised $5 from 2025 to cover the increase in NZCF registration
fees: Ordinary $140, Unwaged $120 and Junior $75. The Probationary one month sub was
left at $20.
Subs are now due and can be paid to the Otago Chess Club (Inc), Westpac A/C 03-0905-0169820-00.
The 2026 committee comprises:
President: Iain Lamont; Vice President: Geoff Aimers; Secretary: Brent Southgate; Treasurer: Jonno Christie; Director of Junior Play: Quentin Johnson; Past-President: Alf Loretan; Club Captain: (outside Committee - TBC); Committee members: Terry Duffield and Tyne Grant; Financial Reviewer: Quentin Johnson; Patron: Bob Glass.
The club constitution was re-ratified for the changes made at the SGM in December to qualify for tax exemption status with Inalnd Revenue. The club voted to co-nominate Richie Christie of Invercargill chess club to be the Southern South Island councillor on the NZCF council.
Blair Freeman Blitz 1 - 4 February
The first Blitz tournament for the 2026 Blair Freeman trophy took place on 4 February and had a turnout of 16 players. Oscar Lobb won easily with a perfect 7/7, giving him a 100 point gain on the Blitz Perpetual Handicap to start the year. Romero Suggate took second place on 6 points, while third went to Ben Suazo on 5 points.
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President vs Vice President - 28 January
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.
Individual scores: (President's Team white on boards 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9)
Alf Loretan ½-½ Geoffrey Aimers
Ryan High 0-1 Quentin Johnson
Mathew King 1-0 Tyne Grant
Bob Clarkson 0-1 Jonno Christie
Aidan Dixon 0-1 David Reid
John Armstrong 0-1 Oscar Lobb
Thisun Kuruppuarachchi 0-1 Oliver Lee
Toan Nguyen 1-0 Kerry Peng
Zack M 0-1 Michael Nguyen