Coaching successfully started at the Kapiti Chess Club today at 7:00 and will occur on a fortnightly basis—excluding school and public holidays. Next coaching session will be taken by Club Captain David Paul on 23 March.

Series I of our two series 30-30 tournament is now complete. David Paul leads the field closely followed by top junior player Itay Ben Dom. Alistair McGowan and Gordon Anderson follow next and Johnny Hynes is the next top placed Junior.

30-30 Series II starts 23 March and our next tournament will be round 2 of our 5 round—held through the year—Five Minute Tournament.

Next week—4 March—is the AGM where we will elect officials for the Club and confirm fees which are expected to be $125 for seniors and $60 for juniors.

The Leo Eichholtz Board commences 11 March. Here are the latest results:

The Leo Eichholtz Board series—30-30 minute time-frame—is now under-way and will continue throughout February and into March. Don’t forget 3 March is the Annual General Meeting (AGM) when officers will be elected and fees set.

The Club’s first night of tournament play got off to a flying start with 19 players participating in the first round of our 5-minute tournament–-there will be 4 to 5 other rounds in 2010. We welcome two new players to the club:  Mikala Nielson and Itay Ben-Dom, both juniors. Itay achieved the perfect result on the night—6 wins from 6 games–-and will be a player to watch in the senior league. Detailed results are below. New week we start the first round of the 30-30 Leo Eichholtz Board series–-a double-round swiss-format series.

Had a fun night at the new venue—Paraparaumu Library. A very impressive location:  modern, chic, great amenities, comfortable, easy find, the list goes on.

Next week—10 January—we start the first of our games for the 5 minute tournament, these games are spread throughout the year.

The following week is the beginning of the 30-30 minute tournament to be held over the next several weeks.

The Kapiti Chess Annual Clubs Champs are drawing to a close. There are three more rounds for the B and C grade players, and the A grade has several catch up games—see below. Johnny Hynes is well ahead on points to take out the C grade. The B grade is a battle between Rick Lowe and Christy Paul, closely pursued by a pack of three players. David Paul appears to have taken out the A grade with an insurmountable eleven and a half points. His nearest contender David Sosnoski needed to defeat Guy Burns last week to have a chance of beating David to the trophy. Please note these points/results are tentative and are yet to be triangulated by Club officials—see below for detailed results

KAPITI CHESS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS—A-GRADE CATCH UP GAMES

Round One

Zoe Kingston             V         Dennis Sosnosky

Guy Burns                 V         Dennis Sosnosky

Round Two

Zoe Kingston             V         Tim Roberts

John Whibley             V         Zoe Kingston

John Whibley             V         Dennis Sosnosky

Guy Burns                  V         Zoe Kingston

Christy Paul faced his nemisis—Rick Lowe—keeping his cool, came away with a finely deserved win, arguably the winner of this game will be the winner of the 2009 B Grade title, as both players have been running neck and neck. Johnny Hynes continues to dominate the B grade. The game to watch in the A grade was between David Paul and Dennis Sosnosky—a gargantuan match—which ended in a draw, though both players had opportunites through the game. Mike O’Rorke continues his fine form and managed a draw against the tenacious Tim Roberts. Perhaps the ‘get out of jail’ card was handed to Guy Burns who scored an unexpected victory over Zoe Kingston after a shocking start.

Next week (02 September) the A grade will play out the last round of this series, and the B & C will contine their combined Swiss Round games.
09 September will be a catch-up night for the A grade. B & C will by as per normal.
16 September all the grades will begin a new series of games for the Club Championships.

There’s still two rounds of the A Grade Championships to go—series 1 of a double-round-robin. Then there is a break between series—a chance for players to catch-up on any games they’ve missed. Series 2 for the A Grade starts 10 September. The B and C grade Champs are now well under way, next week is Round 4 for this Swiss based Championships.

No  NAME                        RATING 

1.  WOODWARD, MARK                1531

2.  REEVES, David                 1450

3.  LOWE, RICK                    1100

4.  SEDDON, BRIAN                 978 

5.  PAUL, CHRISTY                 967 

6.  SEDDON, DAVE                  912 

7.  KINGSTON, ROSE                842 

8.  CARR, CHRIS                   745 

9.  BENNY, TRISH                  742 

10. EVANS, Andrew                 575 

11. CLARK, Josie, Josie           542 

12. HYNES, Johnny                 540 

13. CLARK, Jack, Jack             539 

14. REYNOLDS, Luke                539 

15. TOON, Josh                    537 

16. MURROW, Xander                512 

 A GRADE

No NAME                     RATING

1. PAUL, DAVID                1775
2. KINGSTON, ZOE              1589
3. WHIBLEY, JOHN              1463
4. BURNS, GUY                 1459
5. O'RORKE, MIKE              1386
6. ROBERTS, TIM               1370
7. SOSNOSKY, DENNIS           1370

Next week— 29 July—we have our Fourth round of the Blitz series, five rounds throughout 2009.

• Tom Powell Trophy — A Grade
• Anneke Borren  Trophy — B Grade
• Gufeld Trophy — C Grade