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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Nine boards were in play for our Freebird Trophy—such numbers have not been seen for a while. Top Kapiti Junior Johnny Hynes played well with wins against Senior players Guy Burns and Ian Liddell. After this second round, current champion David Paul has caught John Whibley to share the lead, but several strong players are not far behind, including dark horses Alan Winfield and Andy Hick—full results here. Ratings have been adjusted, these can be checked Here. Club Subs can be paid into our bank account, use your name for a reference. Next Club night sees play return to the Leo Eichholtz Trophy—series 2.
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The final 2 games of series one of the Leo Eichholtz Trophy were played and David Paul and Paul Frost are neck and neck—closely followed by a marauding pack. We welcome ex-Wellington Club player Alan Winfield to the Club.
Next week we continue series two of the Freebird Trophy. Please note, ratings will be adjusted at the end of all Tournaments (or series of Tournaments).
