Author: Gordon Lyall

David Paul scored a key win against leader Zoe Kingston, to bring him back into contention to defend his title. After tonight’s play, David, Tim and Zoe share the lead, closely followed by Dennis, Mike, Christy and John. This event has been conspicuous by the absence of Guy and Itay. Italy is back tonight and Guy will re-join the Tournament next week.

Don’t forget the Kapiti Rapid Tournament on Sunday (5 September). Kapiti players who turn up at 8:00 and help with the running of the event will gain subsidised entry. We have had some good publicity with articles in Thursday’s Observer and the Kapiti Independent News.

First round of the club championships have begun. Glyns Mills played well to hold incumbent A grade champion—David Paul—to a draw. This is a two series championships comprising of 8 rounds per series (total of 16 rounds). The Championship is run on swiss format. A, B and C grade prizes will be based ratings—cut-off determined by Club Captain and approved by the Committee. There are plenty of more games to go for what is promising to be a hard fought contest in all grades.

The game of the night was between Zoe Kingston and David Paul—if David won, the John Kingston Memorial 60-60 Trophy is finally his—alone. But, the best laid plans of mice and men…..Zoe played superbly to take the game and place her name on her late father’s prize, along with David Paul and top junior Itay Ben-Dom. Alistair McGowan is a respectable runner-up. Junior runner-up is Christie Paul whose form has been strong all year. A special mention goes to Glyns Mills who has been playing extremely well over the tournament, and came very near to achieving several upset wins against higher rated players.

Next week (4 August) is round three of our 5 round Blitz (5 minute time frame) Tournament.

Kapiti Coast District Council (our landlord) has informed the Club, that, because of local-body elections—over the period 10 September to 15 October—the Club will using the Community Centre (100 meters to the West of Library) for Wednesday night games.

The game of the night was between Zoe Kingston and David Paul—if David won, the John Kingston Memorial 60-60 Trophy is finally his—alone. But, the best laid plans of mice and men…..Zoe played superbly to take the game and place her name on her late father’s prize, along with David Paul and top junior Itay Ben-Dom. Alistair McGowan is a respectable runner-up. Junior runner-up is Christie Paul whose form has been strong all year. A special mention goes to Glyns Mills who has been playing extremely well over the tournament, and came very near to achieving several upset wins against higher rated players.

Next week (4 August) is round three of our 5 round Blitz (5 minute time frame) Tournament.

Kapiti Coast District Council (our landlord) has informed the Club, that, because of local-body elections—over the period 10 September to 15 October—the Club will using the Community Centre (100 meters to the West of Library) for Wednesday night games.

A sound win against Itay Ben-Dom places Zoe Kingston into contention for sharing the John Kingston Memorial 60-60 Trophy. All eyes will be on her game next week—most probably against David Paul who is leading this event by one point.

A sound win against Itay Ben-Dom places Zoe Kingston into contention for sharing the John Kingston Memorial 60-60 Trophy. All eyes will be on her game next week—most probably against David Paul who is leading this event by one point.

Guy Burns is regretting turning down a draw offer from Itay Ben-Dom, who capitalised on a mistake to win the game.

Full results below.

Club Champs start 11 August, one week after Round Three of our 5 round Blitz Tournament. The Championships are based on a two series Swiss format of 8 rounds per series (Total of 16 games). Time frame for games is one and a half hours with a 30 second add-on per move. Club officials decided today that a half point bye can be taken for one night missed for the first 6 games in each of the series (Maximum for championships that can be claimed is 2 nights or one point).

Guy Burns is regretting turning down a draw offer from Itay Ben-Dom, who capitalised on a mistake to win the game.

Full results below.

Club Champs start 11 August, one week after Round Three of our 5 round Blitz Tournament. The Championships are based on a two series Swiss format of 8 rounds per series (Total of 16 games). Time frame for games is one and a half hours with a 30 second add-on per move. Club officials decided today that a half point bye can be taken for one night missed for the first 6 games in each of the series (Maximum for championships that can be claimed is 2 nights or one point).

The second series of the John Kingston Memorial Trophy is underway. Guy Burns leads the field closely followed by David Paul and Alistair McGowan. Five players are within one and half points from the leader.

The second series of the John Kingston Memorial Trophy is underway. Guy Burns leads the field closely followed by David Paul and Alistair McGowan. Five players are within one and half points from the leader.

The second series of the John Kingston Memorial Trophy is underway. Guy Burns leads the field closely followed by David Paul and Alistair McGowan. Five players are within one and half points from the leader.

Here are the results at the end tonight’s play—Part A. The second and final half of this series starts immediately next week.

Great result for Itai Ben-Dom who scored  a well-deserved win against highly rated Brendon Reedy to position himself as leader in the race for the JKM Trophy. Is anyone able to topple this talented junior from the throne? We now have two more rounds in this series, immediately followed by a 6 round return set. So there is time for others to develop a serious strategy to disarm Itai and take out the title.

The John Kingston Memorial Trophy resumes Wednesday 2 June at our normal time of 7:30.

Unfortunately there was no chess tonight. We all turned up to the Library at our normal time of 7:30 to be told that due to a malfunction in the alarm system, members could not access the building.

Don’t forget that there is no Kapiti Chess Club meeting for next week—26 May (or for Monday 24 May) due to an extra-ordinary committee meeting of the Kapiti Coast District Council.

For Chess aficionados there will be informal games on 26 May at the Big Chill Pub at 3 Raumati Road from 7:30pm.

 The John Kingston Memorial Trophy resumes 2 June at our normal time of 7:30.

We are quarter way through the John Kingston Memorial Trophy [two 6 round series]. Brendan Reedy is starting to develop his form and leads the field. He is bound to strike some fierce opposition over the next three weeks as he strives to stay on top. Top junior, Itay Ben-Dom is a half point behind and these two players may meet over the board next week. Nearly half the club follows on 2 points. Results are below. We also welcome back Ian Liddell who has returned from a warm holiday in Hawaii.

The Club welcomes Brendan Reedy (rated 2012) to this year’s competition—Brendan may be a bit rusty as he resumes club chess, but his presence may cause some worry for players who have dominated previous competitions.

The John Kingston Memorial Trophy has started with the first round starting tonight. This tournament will be over 12 rounds—two six-round series—one round per night. There will be a break between the rounds—either a blitz or fun night.

David Paul clipped the field to win all 6 games on Night 2 of the Blitz Cup series [5 nights over 2010]. David’s strongest opposition was his son Christie—whose current form makes him a strong contender in the Junior grade. Itay Ben-Dom is another strong player with potential to give A grade players a run for their money.

Next week [28 April] we begin the John Kingston Trophy [55 minutes, plus 5 seconds timeframe]. The Tournament will be a double round, six round Swiss-run tournament.

The Leo Eichholtz Board [25 minutes plus 5 seconds per move] competition is now over. Congratulations 1) to Zoe Kingston—who takes the Board: and to 2) Itay Ben-Dom, winner of the Junior section and second place over all in the club. Full results of the tournament are below

Next week is the second round in our 5 minute series. This is followed by the start of our John Kingston Memorial trophy, which will be either 60 minutes timeframe or 55 minute plus 10 seconds per move—timeframe to be decided by committee next week.

The first half of the Leo Eichholtz Board has finished––Zoe Kingston is well clear of the pack, one point ahead of Glenys Mills and Alistair McGowan. A former ex-Olympiad competitor and a top rated woman’s player, Glenys played a strong game against David Paul to lessen his chances of retaining the Board for 2010. For Juniors; Christy Paul leads the field—only half a point of the dark-horse Itay Ben-Dom who has missed two games due to missing one nights play. For full results see the table below.The Leo Eichholtz Board competition continues with the Part B section, which starts 24 March.

30-30 LEO EICHHOLTZ BOARD RESULTS