Author: Gordon Lyall

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.

End of Prize Giving was held and David Paul scooped the field getting his name on all the major trophies. Rick Lowe won the B grade trophy and Nathan Price the C grade. Photos of the Prize Giving can be found Here. The Kapiti Chess Club is now in recess and will resume playing Wednesday 6 February 2013.

The Club Championships are over. After some hard games, including a loss to Alistair McGowan, David Paul has again won the Kapiti Chess Club Title for the fifth year in a row—he is now needs to win the Trophy for two more years to better Earl Roberts six year winning streak. Next week—5 December—we play the final round of our 5 minute Blitz series, and the following week the year is completed with our Prize Giving night.

After a marathon key game in Series B of the Club Champs, David Paul triumphed over John Whibley to clip his heals after a great winning run. This win puts David back in position to retain his name on the Cup having 3 points clear with 3 more games to go—Round Six is played this coming Wednesday 14 November.

Round Four of the second series of our Club Champs was played last night and John Whibley leads the field, like a rabbit chased by the greyhound of current champion David Paul. Four rounds to go before this Tournament is over. 

Final 4 rounds of the Freebird Trophy (15 minutes per player time frame) were played tonight and David Paul won his four games to give him—again—the Trophy. David is clear 3.5 points ahead of 2nd placed John Whibley. Johnny Hynes is the top placed Junior player.

Round 4 of our 5 round Blitz series was played and current Blitz Champion, blitzed the field with 6 wins out of 6 games, but Glenys Mills did cause him some problems with her game. Series B of our Club Champs starts next week—3 October—this will be a chance to knock David from his crown

Series A of the Club Championships finished 19 September. David Paul is ahead of the field by 2.5 points. Victor Fagundes leads the juniors by 1.5 points. Series B will start on 3 October.

Mike O’Rorke played bravely and long into the night, but could not subdue David Paul—current leader by 1.5 points ahead of Guy Burns and Todd Stewart—after round 7 of the first series of our Club Champs. Next week is round 8, the final round of the Series, which is followed by a 5 minute tournament on 26 September.