Welcome
The Wellington Chess Club meets every Thursday evening (excluding January) at the Wellington Bridge Club, 17 Tinakori Road Thorndon.
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
The Wellington Open is up and running!
ROUND 5 DRAW DELAYED TO 6pm SUNDAY because we have a regular trickle of withdrawls and we want to reduce the number of people missing out on games.
Quicklinks
Vega: Home,
Crosstable,
Standings
Pairings Round 1,
Round 2,
Round 3,
Round 4,
Round 5,
Round 6
Lichess Broadcast (15 minute delay): Live boards
Partial PGN please send me your Lichess studies or PGNs, thank you Layla!
The Rapid Champs started on April 10th. You can definitely still enter if you haven't already, check new club captain Daniel Winsley's email in the Contacts Page. And yes, we are playing on Thursday night before Good Friday and the Wellington Open. If you aren't coming remember to give prior notice!
The AGM was held on Thursday April 3rd. Key documents for the meeting are available on the dedicated page. The minutes will be available soon. Check our Contacts page, there have been some changes in personnel.
The Summer Cup is done and dusted! Congrats to Ollie Archer, Nic Croad, Russell Dive and Anthony Ker who share the title with 6/8. Ollie came very close to winning this tournament alone, stumbling only at the last hurdle.
We have a new website location. The website itself isn't changing, but it will be easier to tell people where it is on the web. Instead of borrowing space in a subdirectory of a defunct website (the old location nzchessmag.com/wellingtonchessclub) the new website is at wellingtonchess.club. That's right .club. How cool is that?
Games Database - Here is the Wellington Games Database, through the end of 2023: PGN, update for 2024 coming soon.
Arthur Pomeroy
Arthur Pomeroy, our club captain, passed away on January 7th. Arthur has been very ill in recent months. He faced his situation with great courage and good humour. RIP Arthur. For more information please see this post on NZCF.
A Memorial service to celebrate Arthur’s life was held at Lychgate Chapel on Wednesday 12 March 2025.
The Memorial service can be viewed at www.lychgate.co.nz