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David Paul and Alistair McGowan are neck and neck with one round to go, both share the lead with 6 points each! Mike O’Rorke trails on 4.5 points.
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Kapiti Chess Club is saddened to hear of the passing of Setefano Mikaio and offers condolences to his family and friends. Setefano will be remembered for his passion, determination and proven skill in the game of chess. He impressed people with his warm, gentle and positive manner. His presence will be missed.
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David Paul continues his John Kingston Memorial Tournament lead, closely followed by a large field on 3 and 2.5 points. Next week is the AGM — 7 March — an important occasion where paid members elect the Committee, set fees for the year and discuss general business. A key point of discussion will be finances, as the Club made a loss last year of nearly $650—we have options of raising our fees, sponsorship or pulling out of the Chess Federation—if you have some good ideas, please let us know….
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The Club is humming at the moment as 5 new players joust with members. Our 60-60 John Kingston Memorial Trophy is in full swing and current 60-60 trophy holder David Paul leads the pack on 3 points, closely followed by Alistair McGowan and Setafano Mikaio on 2.5, with a large pack on 2 points.
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Kapiti Chess Club began the year’s play with a rapid 5 Minute Tournament. 18 players traded blows over the board, including 3 Junior visitors for the night. Setefano Mikaio and Paul Frost tied first with 5 points each, closely followed by a pack of players on 4 points. Johnny Hynes and visiting brothers Vinicius and Victor Faguundes were the top Juniors on 2 points.
Next week we start our 60-60 John Kingston Memorial Trophy, with a new timeframe of: 50 minutes on the clock and with each move, 10 seconds is added.
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Kapiti Chess starts soon Wednesday 1 February. The Queenstown Chess Classic has just finished and FM Mike Steadman is now NZ Chess Champion.
For further results check out:
http://newzealandchess.co.nz/results.html
Former Kapiti Player Roy Seabrook played well, finishing with 4 points, ranking 89 out of 148 players. -
Kapiti Chess Club’s David Paul made Kapiti chess history by winning all seven major trophies in 2011. At the Club’s 14 December prize giving, Mr Paul was awarded the trophies, which included A Grade Champion, Grand Prix trophy and several rapid play titles.Mr Paul learnt to play at age 10 and was inspired by Bobby Fischer when Fischer became the first non-Russian to win the world championship in 1972. “He heavily influenced the way I play my chess and has been a lifetime inspiration on how exciting and dynamic chess is executed on the 64 squares of the board” declared Mr Paul.
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Congratulations to David Paul; first-time winner of the Mike O’Rorke donated, Freebird 15-15 Trophy—but, it was a close call!—a magnificent win by Glenys Mills—in magnificent form this year—against Zoe Kingston, put the brakes on Zoe’s attempt to steamroll David’s grasp on the new Trophy. Johnny Hynes and Josh Bunker took out top Junior positions. Don[t forget Prize Giving: 7:00pm at Paraparaumu Library, Wednesday 14 December.
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The penultimate round of the Freebird Trophy was played tonight and David Paul and Zoe Kingston are neck and neck on 8 points each, closely followed by Alistair McGowan. Pressure is on David Paul to take this trophy and achieve the rare feat of single-handedly taking all Kapiti Chess Club major trophies in one year.
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Congratulations to David Paul, winner of the Club Champs—very closely followed by Itay Ben-Dom, who also takes the top Junior title. David also wins the important Grand Prix trophy, based on points allocated for every game played in the Club year. A great result for David who, if he wins the current Freebird 15-15 trophy, will, single-handedly, take all the major titles in one year—a feat only ever achieved by Earl Roberts in 2001 and Andrew Stanton 1996 & 1997.
