David Paul is starting to pull away from contenders for the Leo Eichholtz Board on 10.5 points. Paul Frost is playing well and is David’s nearest rival on 9 points, closely followed by Guy Burns and Gordon Anderson on 8.5. There maybe a chance for players to catch David as he’s away next night of play. Josh Bunker and Johnny Hynes share the lead for the Juniors.
A fine draw by Glenys Mills has helped to put the brakes on David Paul’s lead for the Leo Eichholtz Board. Play for Series B has started with 2 rounds tonight, and a lot more water has to flow under the bridge with 6 rounds to play over 3 more evenings.
The 2nd round of our Five Minute Tournament was played and David Paul continues neck and neck with Club President Guy Burns with both on 10.5 points. Todd Stewart follows on 7.5, followed by Glenys Mills and Mike O’Rorke on 7. Spencer Viernes leads the Juniors with 6 points closely followed by Josh Bunker on 5. The next round is due to be played 10 July. Next Wednesday we start Series B of the Leo Eichholtz Board.
A draw against Guy Burns did little to stop David Paul’s lead in the last game (Round 8) of the first series of our Leo Eichholtz Board. David’s in front with 7 points followed by Guy, Gordon Anderson and Todd Stewart on 5.5. Nathan Price leads the Juniors, closely followed by Spencer Viernes, Josh Bunker and Johnny Hynes. Next night— 5 June—will be 6 rounds of Blitz and the first round of Series B for the Leo Eichholtz Board the following week.
Todd Stewart put up a brave attack against David Paul, but it was not enough to stop the incumbent Leo Eichholtz Board champion from winning this thrilling game. The final rounds—7 and 8—of Series A will be played next—29 May—followed by play for our Blitz Trophy.
Two nights of play for our Leo Eichholtz Board has resulted, once again, with incumbent champion David Paul struggling to get clear of the field as he shares the lead with Todd Stewart and Gordon Anderson. There’s still 6 nights of play to go—2 rounds per night—with a lot of water to flow under the bridge in regards of the result. Next night’s play will be for the Trophy and the following week we will be playing a night of Transfer Chess .
The first round of six games for our Blitz Trophy was played (four more nights to go) and incumbent champion David Paul is sharing the lead with Guy Burns. Todd Stewart and Paul Frost are also neck and neck for 2nd spot and several players share 3rd spot. Next Wednesday sees the start of our Leo Eichholtz Board—25 minute plus 5 second add on time-frame. There will be two series of two games per night, for the Board, played over 8 nights.
David Paul suffered a rare loss as Todd Stewart struck like a thief in the night, to take the prize of game 4 (of our third series of games—4 rounds per series) for the 15 minute Freebird Trophy. Next Wednesday begins the first series (from five over the year) of 6 rounds in our Blitz Trophy.
Congratulations to David Paul who easily wins the John Kingston Memorial Trophy. Next game in our competition will be the third round in our Freebird Trophy.
The final round—Round 8—of the John Kingston Memorial Trophy will be played 17 April. Congratulations already goes to David Paul winning the Trophy as he’s 3.5 points ahead of the nearest rivals who will battle it out for runner up position.
8 rounds of the 15 minute Freebird Trophy have now been played and David Paul leads the field on 8 points—2 points ahead of Todd Stewart, with several players 1 point behind Todd. Round 7 of the John Kingston Memorial Trophy is played 10 February.
Round 6 of the John Kingston Memorial Trophy was played and David Paul leads the field by one and half points with 2 rounds to go. Next Wednesday—following Easter—we have four rounds towards our 15 minute each Freebird Trophy. Some Club subs are still due—these should have been paid by in March.
After 2 rounds of the John Kingston Memorial Trophy the lead is shared by Glenys Mills, Todd Stewart and David Paul. It’s early days yet and there’s a lot more water to flow under the bridge with 6 more rounds to be played in this 8 round Tournament.
David Paul in his AGM Club Captain’s Report mentions an idea regarding changing our meeting night from Wednesday night to Tuesday. I would like to throw this out for discussion so please email me with your comments (which I will forward to all email capable members) and will also follow up with face-to-face discussion.
Kapiti Chess AGM occurred. The 2012 Committee was re-elected with Mike O’Rorke replacing David Paul as Club Captain. All games for 2013 will start at 7:45 sharp. Those playing must be at the Club by 7:35. Please let Mike O’Rorke know if you will be late by phoning or texting him on 027 7345664 and he will put you into the draw. Club fees are set the same as 2012, please pay these by end of March.
Chess is now under way for 2013 with the start of our Freebird 15 minute Tournament. Four rounds were played and David Paul leads the field.
Next week—13 February—is the annual AGM where we will review last year, elect officials and set fees. Please come along and support the Club and play some casual games later.
Hello everyone the chess club meets tomorrow night 7pm for the AGM then the 1st 4 rounds of the Freebird 15 15 series one commences hopefully at around 7.45 so hopefully you have all honed your chess skills with the view of knocking David Paul off his perch
Chess resumes next week on 6 February at the Paraparaumu Library, 7:30 start.
We begin the year with 4 rounds of our Freebird trophy—15 minutes per player time-frame.
The Chess Calendar for the year has been published—thanks David.
The 120th NZ Chess Congress was held in Wellington with the final round 11 held today. Club member David Paul played in the Major Open and finished a respectable 4th equal—well done David. Photos of the event can be found Here and full results are available Here.