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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.....

* 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.

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

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

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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