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Greetings Chess Lovers and Welcome to the Kapiti Chess News Blog. Catch up with what is happening at the Club and see how the regions best players play, plus tips on how to improve your game and much more.....
IM Anthony Ker 2318 (NZ) v Filo Nunilon 2006 (PHI)
IM Russell Dive 2295 (NZ) v FM Steffan Guttuk 2179 (GER)
UPCOMING EVENTS
For those of you who are going into withdrawal due to lack of competitive chess, it is not too late to enter the following tournaments being held in February.
14th Bay of Plenty Rapid 2019
The 14th Bay of Plenty Rapid, hosted by the Mount Maunganui RSA Chess Club is taking place on Saturday 23 February 2019. For details and entry form contact: wernercorbe@gmail.com
Well that's all for our first issue of 2019.
See you all on Tuesday 22nd Jan 19 for our first club night of the year!!
Yours In Chess
Alan Winfield
P.S. Don't forget - Round 1 of John Kingston Memorial Trophy commences Tuesday, 29th January 2019.
Greetings Chess Lovers and Welcome to the Kapiti Chess News Blog. Catch up with what is happening at the Club and see how the regions best players play, plus tips on how to improve your game and much more.....
* See our website at Kapiti Chess Club for Contact Details - Joining Fees and much more.
* For Information on Chess matters in Wellington Click Here Wgtn Chess News
* For Information on Chess matters in New Zealand Click Here: NZCF Web Site
Links for Chess Training
* For Beginners and Novice players, Click Here Chess for Beginners with International Grand Master Yasser Seirawan (USA), to learn the basic set up positions of good development of pieces when starting a game of Chess.
Most of you will be aware that the NZ Open is taking place in Auckland and will conclude this week. GM Brandon Clarke from England leads the tournament with 6 out of 7 with two representatives from Wellington, IM A Ker and IM R Dive in equal 3rd with 5 from 7.
A selection of games from the tournament are sown below:
GM Brandon Clarke 2400 (UK) v GM Vasily Pappin 2491 (RUS)
Links for Chess Training
* For Beginners and Novice players, Click Here Chess for Beginners with International Grand Master Yasser Seirawan (USA), to learn the basic set up positions of good development of pieces when starting a game of Chess.
WELCOME TO A NEW CHESS YEAR
With 2018 behind us, we welcome both old and new visitors to our first Newsletter of 2019 and the start of a New Chess Year. Our chess programme for 2019 will be published next month after the AGM on 19th February, however as has been tradition, we will kick off the year with the 1st round of the John Kingston Memorial Trophy on Tuesday 29th January.
Please note - all members will be entered into the tournament unless otherwise notified. No half-point bye unless absence notified. Arrive prior to 7.45pm. Draw will be made at 7.45
Please note - all members will be entered into the tournament unless otherwise notified. No half-point bye unless absence notified. Arrive prior to 7.45pm. Draw will be made at 7.45
Our first club night of the year will be tomorrow night (22nd at 7.30pm) and for those with short memories, please remember we have now relocated to our "New" premises in the rear Hall of the Salvation Army Kapiti Corps Headquarters on Bluegum Road, at Paraparaumu Beach.
NEW NZCF RATING LISTS
The NZCF has published the latest Ratings/Rankings for both Standard and Rapid Ratings. The new lists are shown below however they do not tell the full story. Due to our own Championship tournament not being completed in time, the results were not included in the last quarter assessment but will be added into the 1st quarter of 2019.
Alan's poor form over the latter half of 2018 saw him drop 3 places but stays in the top 100 at 99. He was able to improve his Rapid Ranking however, rising to 43 in the Rapid Top 50.
Club Champion Gordon Lyall comes into the ranking list at 102 putting him in third spot in the clubs ranking. David Paul drops to 4th and Alistair moves to 5th place.
KAPITI CHESS CLUB - NZCF RATINGS/RANKING
| NZCF Code | Name | Standard Rating | NZCF Ranking | Rapid Rating | NZCF Ranking |
| 4333SM 3845VM |
Jackson, Ross Winfield, Alan W |
1955 1932 |
90 99 |
1816 1992 |
84 43 |
| 9762SM | Lyall, Gordon | 1923 | 102 | 1835 | 82 |
| 5708SM | Paul, David | 1884 | 118 | 1948 | 57 |
| 4527SM | McGowan, Alistair | 1762 | 164 | 1800 | 90 |
| 9035AM | Dobbertin-King, Lars | 1732 | 177 | 1735 | 107 |
| 4131VM 9732SM |
Whibley, John Scott, David |
1692 1651 |
193 204 |
1624 1442 |
144 195 |
| 4541SM | Burns, Guy | 1626 | 213 | 1774 | 96 |
| 5661AM | Woodward, Mark | 1462 | 283 | 1386 | 213 |
| 9310JM 9761JM |
Gunawan, Geoffrey Bonyushkin, Valera |
1445 1320 |
287 329 |
1445 1251 |
194 259 |
| 7844VM | Lowe, Rick | 1219 | 346 | 1173 | 248 |
| 9309PM | Summers, Mark | 1176 | 356 | 1189 | 273 |
| 9749PF | Edwards, Savannah | 935 | 378 | 1136 | 295 |
| 9766JM | Lester, Hamish | Unr | 354 | 1184 | 277 |
Entries for Connor McCann, Hamish Lester and Asher Te Whaaro are pending publishing of Club Championship results in the next quarter.
126TH NEW ZEALAND OPEN 2019
126TH NEW ZEALAND OPEN 2019
Most of you will be aware that the NZ Open is taking place in Auckland and will conclude this week. GM Brandon Clarke from England leads the tournament with 6 out of 7 with two representatives from Wellington, IM A Ker and IM R Dive in equal 3rd with 5 from 7.
A selection of games from the tournament are sown below:
GM Brandon Clarke 2400 (UK) v GM Vasily Pappin 2491 (RUS)
IM Anthony Ker 2318 (NZ) v Filo Nunilon 2006 (PHI)
IM Russell Dive 2295 (NZ) v FM Steffan Guttuk 2179 (GER)
UPCOMING EVENTS
For those of you who are going into withdrawal due to lack of competitive chess, it is not too late to enter the following tournaments being held in February.
7th Hawkes Bay Rapid 2019
The 7th Hawkes Bay Rapid, hosted by the Hawkes Bay Chess Club is taking place on Saturday 9 February 2019 in Havelock North. For details and entry form contact George Kimber at: georgekimber@hotmail.com
Members, Alan Winfield and David Scott taking part
14th Bay of Plenty Rapid 2019
The 14th Bay of Plenty Rapid, hosted by the Mount Maunganui RSA Chess Club is taking place on Saturday 23 February 2019. For details and entry form contact: wernercorbe@gmail.com
Members, David Scott taking part
Well that's all for our first issue of 2019.
See you all on Tuesday 22nd Jan 19 for our first club night of the year!!
Yours In Chess
Alan Winfield
P.S. Don't forget - Round 1 of John Kingston Memorial Trophy commences Tuesday, 29th January 2019.
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