Welcome
The Wellington Chess Club meets every Thursday evening (excluding January) at the Wellington Bridge Club, 17 Tinakori Road Thorndon.
See also our Instagram page!
Please don't park at the Bridge Club, there's plenty of parking on Thorndon Quay (under the motorway) just a short walk away (free in the evening only).
What's Hot Right Now
Gordon Lyall is more active than ever as a regional organiser. He has drawn our attention to a couple of upcoming events;
- Kapiti Junior Chess Championships will be held on Saturday 20th September at Paraparaumu College.
- NZCF Online School - a new course titled Attack, Attack, Attack, presented by FIDE Trainer Tony Dowden.
Details are available on the NZCF website or contact Gordon directly.
We have an Instagram page!
The Julian Mazur Memorial is up and running, after four rounds the top players are doing battle. You can still late join by emailing Daniel Winsley - Club Captain wellingtonchessnz@gmail.com
We are having a little holiday from entering games. Let me (Bill) know if this annoys you. Having said that, Azra Saglam has kindly entered some games, now available on the tournament page.
Recently concluded tournaments:
Standings
1st= 5/6 Nic Croad, Anthony Ker, Ryan Winter
4th= 4.5/6 (particularly meritorious I think:) Matthew Keith, Ollie Archer, Bill Forster
Arthur Pomeroy Memorial standings, courtesy of Daniel Winsley (thanks Daniel)
Swiss:
1st - Nic Croad 6.5/8, only dropping the last game to a stellar performance from Joy Ulm. Joy tied for second with the consistent Ed Tanoi and the unrated shark Aristotle Santos.
Round Robin A:
1st - Anthony Ker maintained an unbeaten run finishing half a point ahead of Russell Dive and new FM Ollie Archer.
Round Robin B:
1st - Matthew Keith with a solid performance in Round Robin B, winning 4 of 5 games. Leighton Nicholls finished a strong second half a point behind, with Karthik salvaging a third place by beating Matthew in the very last game.
What's Coming Up
Coming soon, the Kapiti Junior Chess Championships and the long postponed Games Database update.