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The John Kingston Memorial Trophy is over and we now have a new champion. Congratulations to Alan Winfield, who has broken David Paul’s 4 year grip on the trophy. Next Wednesday we play the 3rd series of our Freebird Trophy—four rounds at 10 minutes with a 5 second add-on.

Lars Dobbertin-King—now known as giant killer—had an upset win against current champion David Paul in the penultimate round of our John Kingston Memorial Trophy. His win places David half a point behind Alan Winfield, and as David is away next week, Alan is almost assured of toppling David from his 4 year winning streak—unless of course Alan loses his game next week—we will wait and see.

5 Rounds have now been played in the John Kingston Memorial Trophy and 3 players push ahead of the field, led by David Paul, then Alan Winfield and Andy Hicks. With 2 rounds to go it will be a close finish.

The John Kingston Memorial Trophy is now well underway. The 4th night of play saw a battle of the giants—David Paul and Alan Winfield—slugging it out in an epic game that went down to a few minutes on each clock. Neither was able to out-master the other, with the game ending in a draw. David Paul nudges the lead, half a point ahead of Alan Winfield and Andy Hicks. We’re back in the Library for next week’s play.

Two Rounds have now been played in the John Kingston Memorial Trophy—55 Minutes plus 5 second add-on. David Paul, Paul Frost and Alistair McGowan lead the field, closely followed by Alan Winfield and Mike O’Rorke. With 5 rounds to go it’s early days yet, with more water to flow under the bridge of fine chess.

The John Kingston Memorial Trophy has began. It’s early days yet, with plenty of water to flow under the bridge. This Trophy continues for the next 6 weeks.

Rapid chess was order of the day, or I should say night. It was fast, furious and fun—3 minutes on the clock and a 2 second add-on. After 7 rounds Guy Burns came on top with 6 points, closely followed by Lars Dobbertin-King on 5.5. Next Wednesday we start the John Kingston Memorial Trophy—7 rounds of chess, with one game played per night with the timeframe of 55 minutes on the clock and 5 seconds per move.

A smaller field turned up for the last 2 games of Series 2 of the Leo Eichholtz Trophy. Guy Burns threw away an offered draw—from David Paul—in his determination to win and lost on time. This win helped to propel David Paul well into the lead. Next week, we are back in the Library to play our first Blitz games of the year. The timeframe is 3 minutes plus a 2 second per move add on. The number of games will be determined by the number of players present—we will keep playing games until everyone has played each other.

Due to a KCDC room booking misunderstanding, the Leo Eichholtz Trophy was played in the Women’s Centre (just down from Paraparaumu Library). Please note we will also play there again next Wednesday—25 March. After rounds 3 & 4 of Series Two, David Paul nudges, only nudges into the lead, half a point ahead of Guy Burns, Alistair McGowan and Paul Frost—next week’s play will set out the men from the boys.

After 2 more games of Series 2 of the Leo Eichholtz Trophy, Paul Frost has  nudged into the lead, closely followed by a large pack of Guy Burns, John Whibley, Alistair McGowan and David Paul. With such a large group chasing this Trophy there’s going to be some exciting chess over the next 2 weeks.