28/05/2025
2025 Kāpiti Rapid Open
The 2025 Kāpiti Rapid Open was held last weekend at Paraparaumu College. The tournament drew a field of 64 players, the largest in its 31-year history. The honours were shared between former NZ champion Anthony Ker – who played in the first running of this tournament back in 1991, and who wins it for the sixth time, and up and coming former NZ junior champion Ollie Archer. Final results were:
| Open |
| 1st = IM Anthony Ker (5½/6) |
| 1st = FM Ollie Archer (5½/6) |
| Under 1700 |
| 1st= Lucas Qu (4/6) |
| 1st= Afique Nazeer (4/6) |
| 1st= Raghava Kumar (4/6) |
| Under 1300 |
| 1st= Stanley Fitton (4/6) |
| 1st= Finn O’Brien (4/6) |
| 1st= Ian Shannon (4/6) |
| Junior Grade Over 14 years |
| 1st Ollie Archer (5½/6) |
| 2nd Luke Chang (5/6) |
| Junior Grade 12 – 14 years |
| 1st Lucas Qu (4/6) |
| 2nd= Aadhav Dhamodharan (3/6) |
| 2nd= Jin Tan (3/6) |
| 2nd= Zachary He (3/6) |
| Junior Grade Under 12 |
| 1st William Sun (3/6) |
| 2nd= Sreenikesh Miriyala (2½/6) |
| 2nd= Sahayne Vithanalage (2½/6) |
| Flora Paul Memorial Trophy (for leading Kāpiti player) |
| 1st= Stanley Fitton (4/6) |
| 1st= David Paul (4/6) |
| 1st= Ross Jackson (4/6) |
Full standings and results from each round can be found here.
Games from the top 8 boards can be found here.
And photos from the day can be found here.
