Alan Winfield full steams ahead in the Leo Eichholtz  Trophy—one and a half points clear from his nearest rival. Still room for plenty to happen in this 3 series Tournament.
Next week we will have the final round of the first series of our Leo Eichholtz Trophy.
This will be followed by a session on Opening Principals and Development from Club Captain Alan Winfield.
There will be no Gambit night as previously advertised.
There’s been a lot of rook endings at the Club lately, that should be drawn games. When there are rooks left on the board and your opponent has a pawn, you should still be able to draw if you understand the Philidor position—for more info Here.

A strong win over David Paul propels Alan Winfield into the lead in the first series of on 3 part Leo Eichholtz  Trophy.
Full results Here.
Next week is the last night of this series, followed by an Irish Gambit night and tuition by David Paul.

Due to a logistics hiccup we only played one round in our Leo Eichholtz  Trophy—25 Minute Plus 5 Second add-on.
Alan Winfield eases into the lead, half a point clear of his nearest rivals and Natalie Bowles had a good win.
Still early days with plenty of sea, yet to sail yet.

First night’s play kicked off in the Leo Eichholtz  Trophy—25 Minute Plus 5 Second add-on. It’s early day’s steaming out of the port, but, rough weather is forecast to come….
This Tournament will be a marathon—3 series of eight rounds.

Result 1-0. 60 min time control.

David Paul quickly demolished Guy Burns to reclaim the John Kingston Memorial Trophy–Full Results Here.
Next week we have the first round of our Blitz Trophy which returns to a 5 minute per player format.

Club members Guy Burns and David Paul attended the classic Wellington Easter Open, 6 round Swiss format with a time control of 90 minutes plus 30 seconds a move. Scott Wastney took out this iconic Tournament which has been played since 1943. Check out some photos.

Guy Burns knocked back Ross Jackson’s hand on the John Kingston Memorial Trophy with a well fought draw against the stronger player. This places David Paul half a point in the lead, but, he will likely face Guy in the final game next week and will need to do better than a draw, to have a realistic chance of reclaiming this prize.
Further results Here.

Key game in the John Kingston Memorial Trophy was Ross Jackson against current Trophy holder Alan Winfield. In a game with opposite castled Kings, Ross’s pawn rush was triumphant over Alan’s counter attack. Natalie Bowles recent strong run came to a grinding halt against David Paul. 

Arguably the key game of the night was current John Kingston Memorial Trophy champion—Alan Winfield—against former Trophy holder David Paul. Rook versus Knight ending looked like an easy win for Alan, but, in great Houdini fashion, David managed a draw, to share lead with Ross Jackson—both on 4 points.

Full results here.

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